A true outrage you probably never heard of!

Here’s a story you haven’t heard, and you should have.An intelligence source, working for a government agency. He’s not a spy, he’s an analyst. He uses computers to crunch numbers and at the end of his work, out pops the truth that was hiding in the original data. Let’s call him “Mann.”

The trouble with Mann is, he has an ideology. He knows what he wants his results to be. And the original numbers aren’t giving him that data. So the agency he works for won’t be able to persuade people to fight the war he wants to fight.

Well, that’s not acceptable.

Prepare to be really really annoyed at the enlightened ones.

So insulated from life

He can thank Michael Cohill, a toy designer and enthusiast, whose marble seminar Joseph attended at a youth fair a few weeks ago. Cohill considers himself something of a pied piper of the game, having taught it to thousands of children at schools, parks and scout meetings. They have the exact same experience kids did with marbles a hundred years ago, said Cohill, 52.
Well, not exactly. Back then, children didn’t need to take seminars to learn to play a no-tech, simple game. In the era of micro-managed play dates, overstuffed after-school schedules, cuts to recess and parents terrified of injuries, lawsuits and predators, many traditional childhood games have become lost arts, as antique as the concept of idle time.

Needing consultants and seminars to learn to play… games.  Like marbles.  That’s what he’s talking about.  Marbles.

Not Enough Evidence To Indict High Fructose Corn Syrup In Obesity

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been singled out as having special properties that make Americans fatter than sugar and other energy sources with identical calorie contents. But an analysis by the University of Maryland Center for Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy (CFNAP), now appearing online in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, says there isn’t enough research to conclude that high fructose corn syrup contributes to weight gain any more than any other energy source, including sugar and fructose.

So, High fructose corn syrup isn’t worse for you than… Fructose. And sugar, which is 50% fructose.

That is kinda like saying that getting shot in the head with a .45 caliber 1911 style handgun isn’t any worse than getting shot in the head with a .45 caliber Glock.

But seriously folks, think about this:

The Grizzlies and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts have teamed up to create Baseball’s Best Burger. The burger, which was debuted at the Grizzlies’ December 10th sale, consists of a thick and juicy burger topped with sharp cheddar cheese and two slices of bacon. The burger is then placed in between each side of a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut.

Are soooo horrible.

Becca Pini, 16, a junior at Concord High, said she would consider it a hardship if her high school banned flip-flops.

Let that sink in for a few minutes.  It is a “hardship” along the lines of not eating for a week or losing your family’s income.  How dare those evil people at the school board say that flip flops are banned!!!  Call in the ACLU!  They’ll always take a case this unbelievably stupid!

(Thank you to my Aunt Dot, I had to share…)

Thought for Today…

Handle every situation like a dog.

If you can’t Eat it, drink it or Screw it.

Piss on it and Walk Away

That was an amazing creation, so I wanted to see more.. I found Bubba’s site, and he paints a rock for Memorial Day (each May) as a tribute to our military!

What an awesome person, what an awesome talent. Check out his site to see more rocks, more art-work, and you can also buy stuff with images of his rock on it!

Chad thank you for sharing those pix!

I’m told that there is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy.25 in rural Iowa.
For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times.
A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed.   It’s quite an impressive sight.
I thought the flag  was draped over the rock, but it’s not.  It’s actually painted on the rock too.






Here’s the artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen.

Matt Damon - uberpuss. He’s talking about the difference between James Bond and Jason Bourne.

“He’s an insider. He likes being a secret agent. He worships at the altar of technology. He loves his gadgets. And he embodies this whole set of misogynistic values,” Greengrass said. “He likes violence. That’s part of the appeal of the character. He has no guilt. He’s essentially an imperial adventurer of a particularly English sort.”Personally, I spit on those values. I think we’ve moved on a little bit from all that, the martini shaken, not stirred.”

In other words, Matt Damon is a big touchy, feely, panties in a bunch metrosexual.

From the “on their knees in front of Biden” newspaper…

Townsend, a 30-year-old from Clio, Mich., came next to last among the amateur inquisitors in the CNN/YouTube debate. But he made an indelible impression by asking the candidates if they would protect his “baby” — the Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle he cradled in his arms.

“I’ll tell you what, if that’s his baby, he needs help,” Biden said of Townsend. “I don’t know that he is mentally qualified to own that gun. I’m being serious.”

Many in the audience laughed and applauded. But the response in Townsend’s home and among gun enthusiasts was considerably more chilly.

Townsend called the Biden response “kind of off-kilter,” adding, “I think he hurt himself. A lot of people who are out there said ‘We are all gun owners. He lost my vote.’ “

I’m being serious too.  Any tool out there that thinks they’ll get more freedom with the Democrats in charge need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid.  The ongoing bleating about the Patriot act and such will be completely forgotten.

Where I’m working they have a “health club” for the employees, and every semester we get some new interns. As far as I can tell their jobs are to come up with “contests” to motivate people to work out, update all the bulletin boards to match the season, and put on health-related seminars. So there’s a “Relaxation Techniques you can do right at your desk” seminar here at the office from 12:15 to 12:45.
If it’s what I’m thinking it is, I can already do it just fine and it doesn’t take 30mins.

Coworkers suggested that maybe the seminar lasts so long because the “visual aids” for the presentation waste a lot of time introducing characters and storyline, and because I’m at a coed facility not everybody fast-forwards thru those parts. To which I replied “they have storylines?”

–jason

People in the US don’t blow their car horns enough. 

Every time some idiot near you does something stupid like change lanes without signaling, cuts you off, fails to yield, etc, you just let them get away with it.

Next time, just blow your horn at the bastard who can’t drive.  Trust me, you’ll feel better, and there is the slightest miniscule chance that they’ll realize they’re driving like a woman on a cell phone (especially if they’re a woman on a cell phone) and possibly not get someone else killed.

Heard today at the office…

Getting married again to your ex-wife or husband, well, that’s kinda like taking a carton of milk out of the fridge, smelling it, and finding it incredibly rank and disgusting. 

Then you put it back in the fridge figuring it might be better tomorrow.

In case you missed it - our senate full of idiots managed to block two important amendments

1) John Doe Amendment - the one that would protect your butt if you did your duty by reporting suspicious activities from lawsuits like the “flying imans” who will in turn sue you for discrimination. See if your idiotic senator voted to block:

http://michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/rolljohndoe.jpg

Nays win. I’m from DE, which means that both the talking heads representing me voted incorrectly.

2) Voter ID Amendment - this one required the incredibly onerous burden that voters actually show photo ID before voting. But, since that is probably completely unfair to the poor illegals and other criminals who wish to vote, this one was voted down, also

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/20/does-your-senator-support-voter-fraud/

Again, I come from DE, which means that again, my senators were on the wrong side of this vote.

So, we should all be proud of the fact that our senators have upheld our right to vote, without any proof that we are who we say we are; and that they have chosen to protect possible terrorists from honest citizens who are willing to report suspicious activity before someone gets a chance to murder US citizens…

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her young son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”.
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.  “I can’t dear” she said. “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room”.
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: “The big sissy”.

A precious little girl walks into a pet shop and asks, in the sweetest little lisp, between two missing teeth, “Excuthe me, mithter, do you keep widdle wabbits?”

As the shopkeeper’s heart melts, he gets down on his knees so that he’s on her level and asks: “Do you want a widdle white wabbit or a thoft and fuwwy bwack wabbit or maybe one like that cute widdle bwown wabbit over there?”

She, in turn, blushes, rocks on her heels, puts her hands on her knees, leans forward and says in a tiny quiet voice, “I don’t think my python weally gives a thit.”

A lady walks into a high class jewelry shop. She browses around, spots a beautiful diamond bracelet and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to look more closely she inadvertently breaks wind.

Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed her little accident and prays that a sales person doesn’t pop up right now.

As she turns around, her worst nightmare materializes in the form of a salesman standing right behind her. Cool as a cucumber and displaying complete professionalism, the salesman greets the lady with, “Good day, Madam. How may we help you today?”

Very uncomfortably, but hoping that the salesman may just not have been there at the time of her little ‘accident’, she asks, “Sir, what is the price of this lovely bracelet?”

He answers, “Madam, if you farted just looking at it, you’re going to crap yourself when I tell you the price…”

These guys rule.  Listen here… 

Heh, I liked ‘em so much, I bought the CD.  And yes, this is news.  I have not bought a CD in at least 5 years.  And I haven’t bought more than 3 in the past 10 years.

Hawaiian Chicken BBQ pizza is not nearly as good as normal pizza when having it for breakfast cold the next day.

Take a look at Galaxy Zoo.

You get to do analysis of very far away galaxies.  Pretty darn slick stuff.  They can’t be analyzed by computer easily, so they’re relying on the general public to classify what types of structure they have.  This will help solve a cosmology puzzle explained on the site.

So I’m hearing that Live Earth mega concert got trounced in the ratings by… America’s Funniest Home Videos.

What are those top 5 movies that you will ALWAYS stop for when flipping channels?  My list…

1. Kelly’s Heroes
2. Fifth Element
3. Dirty Dozen
4. Philadelphia Story
5. Spirited Away

Special Mentions

1. Blade Runner
2. Casablanca
3. Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back

Lots of other movies that I’ll stop and watch particular scenes but the entire movie isn’t quite enough to watch.