You are looking at posts that were written in the month of September in the year 2007.
Posted on September 29th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News.
Here’s something that will likely serve to piss off the Russians and the Chinese. I can hardly wait for the response. What new devices will they claim to possess that will render our new defensive system irrelevant? Last time we had a successful test, Putin declared that Russia had developed a new missile that we could not intercept. Ah, modern day super power brinksmanship… is there anything more entertaining?
An intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor blasted out of an underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base shortly after 1:15 p.m., and tracked a target missile that had lifted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, the Boeing Co. said in a statement.
The Missile Defense Agency said initial results show the interceptor’s rocket motor system and kill vehicle performed as planned. Boeing said the warhead was tracked, intercepted and destroyed.
Woohoo! Now it’s time for some diplomat to declare that this is our nefarious means to secure complete and total world domination.
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Just Dumb.
This guy has completely lost it. You know when an attack by an alien named Xenu trumps terrorism and a crazy world as reasons to build a bunker, you’re out there.
Hollywood star Tom Cruise is planning to build a bunker at his Colorado home to protect his family in the event of an intergalactic alien attack, according to new reports.
The Mission Impossible actor, who is a dedicated follower of Scientology, is reportedly fearful that deposed galactic ruler ‘Xenu’ is plotting an evil revenge attack on Earth.
You can stop reading right there. I mean who cares about the particulars after you read something like that? L. Ron Hubbard has got to be laughing his derrier off somewhere. I cannot believe that people actually buy into this science fiction writer’s “religion”.
It’s unbelievable… now I’m going to run along and play with my Galactica model and watch some episodes of Battlestar Galactica on DVD.
*snickers*
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News.
…a single gene pool of humanity will survive the atomic holocaust! *snickers*
In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation’s most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.
Others would hunker down in college dorms, churches, libraries and research halls that planners hope will bring the community’s shelter capacity to 300,000, or space for every man, woman and child in Huntsville and the surrounding county.
This move guarantees that a lot of folks with the middle name of Wayne will survive… for a while. I suppose it’s a plan that’s a wee more optimistic than my own, which is to lather up in tanning butter and crash in my hammock out back. If it’s fallout that concerns them, they should have potassium iodide pills and SUVs to drive people out of the area. I have them for my family, because Florida has a couple of nuclear plants within range of my house and fallout is a possibility just from a garden variety accident.
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News.
Jurassic Park anyone? The Disney people really should be getting on this, now! Who knows where this could go in the future.
Mammoths are extinct, of course. No one knows if the cause was climate change, hungry Neanderthals or something else — but they left behind remains, often frozen in the tundra. Attempts have been made to sequence their DNA from frozen animals, but that can be complicated by contamination.
Researchers report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, however, that mammoth hair seems to be an excellent source of well-preserved DNA.
“It is important to understand the genetic makeup of an organism before it went extinct,” explained lead researcher Stephan C. Schuster
Science is fast becoming very interesting. The pace of development in the area of genetics is astounding and just a little scary. I know they aren’t cloning extinct species yet, but never say never.
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Just Dumb.
What’s the big hairy deal? HAR! HAR!
I guess it really pissed off somebody that was intending on cooking it up!  I think the crew did a fine job… look at how those lines pop.
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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News, Sports.
How dumb is this guy? He’s under overwhelming scrutiny, staring down a prison sentence and additional state charges for dog fighting/killing and now he tests positive for weed. Way to go Mike! Why not just walk yourself out in front of a city bus?
A federal judge placed tighter restrictions on Michael Vick on Wednesday after he tested positive for marijuana.
Because of the result, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson placed special conditions on Vick’s release, including restricting him to his home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and ordering him to submit to random drug testing.
The urine sample was submitted Sept. 13, according to a document by a federal probation officer that was filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
Vick has already plead guilty. Does he deserve to be out running around getting stoned? Why not just incarcerate the guy now pending sentencing (obviously giving him credit for any time served) and make sure that he isn’t out partying up? His being out right now is a privilege he obviously isn’t worthy of.Â
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Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Just Dumb, Uncategorized.
Debra Opri just might be one of the biggest media whores to come down the road in a long time. Think of a flashy, celebrity case in the last few years and I assure you, somewhere along the line she’s been involved or sought to be involved. One of her recent clients was Larry Birkhead. What better forum for a huckster attorney like Opri than a sensational circus like the custody battle for Anna Nicole Smith’s kid? She had her puss out in front of the cameras, and she was wining and dining herself and enjoying the Bahamian island life at the same time. Color Larry shocked when she laid the boom on him by charging him a couple of hundred thousand bucks for the privilege of her services!
Needless to say Birkhead and Opri parted company on bad terms… so when sensational claims were made in the new book by gravel voiced Rita Cosby, Larry attributed some of them to Opri. Now comes a suit (in addition to the one for her OUTRAGEOUS fees), that claims that this pig Opri’s career has suffered and that she has damages in the range of $200,000. Some of that $200,000.00 had to be spent on paying a firm to provide damage control and rehabilitation to Opri’s supposed lagging career after Birkhead’s remarks.
I wonder how much damage can be attributed to Birkhead when he’s made a name for this cow. I’m no fan of Birkhead, Anna Nicole Smith, or any of the other people this woman has represented, but the jig is up. People know that she charges outrageous fees and that she seems to make herself the center of a case, often taking to the air and commenting on them. It’s obscene and dare I say, likely unethical. From Michael Jackson to James Brown to Larry Birkhead and David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife Pamela Bach it’s been a who’s who of freaks and hasbeens for this woman. Did I mention that even after the drunken burger incident Opri lost the Bach vs. Hasselhoff case? I’m sure that didn’t help her star studded career either.
Don’t take my word for it… go to this woman’s website and see how she showcases her various talk show spots. Maybe Debra Opri should concentrate more on being an attorney and less on being a pseudo celebrity if she wants to truly heal her “damaged” career.
At any rate, all of these people deserve one another. Oh the drama.
Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News.
What is it with actors and directors and their willingness to meet with the most despicable people on the planet? I know that the “art” that is acting requires a certain degree of empathy but come on. This is a guy that has plainly stated that he intends to maintain a stranglehold on power in Venezuela. He’s a dictator and his loathing of Bush doesn’t make him acceptable… well, unless you’re a hypocrite.
So Kevin Spacey has gone for his audience with the portly despot, just beating the Ahmadinejad World Tour’s arrival in Caracas. Maybe if Kevin sticks around, he can clue Ahmadinejad in on homosexuals and let him in on the secret that Iran has them? I don’t get it and I never will get it. You might disagree vehemently with your president and his administration, but to then embrace a thug? Honestly, have some decency.
CARACAS, Venezuela - Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington’s most outspoken critics in Latin America.
Neither Spacey nor Chavez spoke to the press after the nearly three-hour encounter in the presidential palace in Caracas. They shook hands warmly on the red carpet as Spacey left after a dinner with Chavez.
I wonder what they had for dinner. I’m sure the conversation was engrossing… literally.
Chavez has said Venezuela hopes to produce its own films as an alternative to the “cultural imperialism” of Hollywood.
Good luck with that one “fatbody”.Â
Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News.
A spokeswoman for Rudy Giuliani says it is unfortunate that a supporter throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican’s presidential campaign is asking for that amount.
Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday, when Giuliani backers across the country are participating in the campaign’s national house party night.
But Sofaer said he had nothing to do with the “$9.11 for Rudy” theme.
“There are some young people who came up with it,” Sofaer said when reached by telephone Monday evening. He referred other questions to Giuliani’s campaign.
“I’m just providing support for him. He’s an old friend of mine,” Sofaer said of Giuliani.
Way to be supportive! I think it’s tacky as all hell, but perhaps there can be something redeeming about it all, in that Rudy might now see that his use of 9/11 as a marketing tool for himself has gone too far. Somebody thought this was alright. I know Mr. Sofaer is tossing this off on some nameless and faceless “young people”, but didn’t HE consider for an instant that it was in poor taste?Â
Giuliani spokeswoman Maria Comella said: “These are two volunteers who acted independently of and without the knowledge of the campaign. Their decision to ask individuals for that amount was an unfortunate choice.”
Now that’s an understatement honey!
Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials.
… to lead the party.
As a Republican, I can remember the days when I relished the Democrats being beaten into submission. Back then the Democrats actually presented a challenge to conservatism and seemed to represent the vast majority of Americans. Now however, when it is necessary that a government run afoul of proper judgment needs to be challenged, the Democrats can offer none.
This isn’t going to change anytime soon and it’s frankly scary. Clinton, Obama and all of the rest of the left’s supposed superstars share a singular trait… they are all ill-equipped to offer any challenge to the status quo. As a matter of fact, they likely stand a better chance of cementing the right’s stranglehold on power, rather than loosening it.Â
Woe are we, when a Congress even while under the control of the opposition continues to rubber stamp everything. You can whine about not having legitimate control of the House and the Senate all you want, but legislation of any sort has to go through the Democrats. Whether it be public relations suicide or not, standing firm on your convictions should be a no brainer. Standing firm on your convictions should be a part of a person’s very NATURE. Bush has been doing it all along and it has served him well, in that he has gotten nearly EVERYTHING he wants. Leading is about making unpopular choices. The Democrats’ unwillingness to do that indicates that perhaps they don’t even deserve a place at the table anymore.
I offer up this criticism not as a Republican, a Conservative or any other political affiliation that might be stamped onto a soul… I offer it up as an American that is disgusted with the complete lack of BALANCE in government.