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In the depths of the Cold War, Stanley Kubrick created a notoriously-mad scientist character, Dr. Strangelove, whose passion was for dropping atomic bombs. Now there is a rising media and Beltway fascination with a new Dr. Strangelove, whose passion is imposing a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran whom the Washington Po

If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the 1986 classic, “Little Shop of Horrors”, I highly suggest you give it a rent. In the clip below, Steve Martin plays the dentist from hell. You know, the evil guy with the drill hell-bent on causing the patient as much trauma as possible. Come to think [...]

If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the 1986 classic, “Little Shop of Horrors”, I highly suggest you give it a rent. In the clip below, Steve Martin plays the dentist from hell. You know, the evil guy with the drill hell-bent on causing the patient as much trauma as possible. Come to think [...]

This is a trailer for the documentary entitled “Forgiving Dr. Mengele.” Simply powerful…Wow! On a side note, certainly I understand the concerns of the lady they interview at the end and realize her concerns are legitimate, from my perspective they seem to miss the point. Thoughts?

5:00 pm. An empty house. A ticking clock. Even the dog is away, vacationing with his grandmother.I hadn’t carried on a conversation in 25 hours and needed to get out of the house.My first mistake was clipping coupons. A dreary Saturday while one’s husband is away is not the time to start thinking about dwindling account balances and heading out on a discount shopping tour. But I braved the onslaught nevertheless.First stop, Kmart. The scent of vinyl shower curtains greets me, unlike the salespeople who avoid eye contact. I apologetically slink past a woman replenishing the bath towel supply.I make two round trips through the store and decide my time is up when I hear angry price haggling coming from the season opening of the Garden Department.Though my mind is beginning to numb, my psy

Border-fence dispute snares rare jaguars - CNN.com Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Congress that the agency continues to talk to some 600 landowners along the border to get their input. But in order to comply with the congressional mandate, he said, there is no time to deal with "unnecessary delays caused by administrative processes or potential litigation."After reading the article above you may or may not be in the least bit concerned. I guess it depends on whether you give a damn about the natural flora and fauna of the US. If you do care enough to believe that the government shouldn't be able to arbitrarily wave environmental laws, then I suggest you contact either Defenders of Wildlife or the Sierra Club, and get in on the conversation.I you are the type o

The L.A. Convention Center this weekend is the central hub of sex and violence. In one hall is AdultCon — an egregiously overpriced adult film convention — and in another is Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. Being slightly more of a fan of carnography than pornography, I attended the latter this afternoon. I’d never been to a [...]

Our bros over at Pollystaffle.com are having some giveaways over at their site for Fangoria’s upcoming Weekend of Horrors. Amongst the available prizes are tickets to a showing of “Night of the Living Dead” with select members of the cast, tickets to a screening of Wicked Lake and also the premiere showing of Amateur [...]

Editor’s note: Christiane Amanpour is currently in production on a major CNN documentary that focuses on those people who stood up and said, “Listen! We must stop the killing. Stop the genocide.” PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNN) — A recently disclosed memo gave U.S. interrogators the ability to use harsh methods — what many call “torture” — [...]

Remember that movie Little Shop of Horrors? That's what I think of every time I sit down to eat in our morning room.Take a look at this 4 foot tall beast (it started out about 6 inches four years ago):And, here's a view of it's mouth:Then, here are it's 2 babies (it got so big that it decided to have sex with itself):We don't have pets - we have plants. If we did have pets though, they may end up being food for the Aloe Monsters in our very own Little Shop of Horrors.

The check-in procedures have been suspended at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5, which opened to the public today. It seems to get worse. One worker said, "The computer cannot cope with the number of bags going through". Oh yes! Is that so? What sort of management have the shareholders of British Airways hired?It is all crazy! British Airways, which has sole use of the terminal, cancelled 34 flights due to "teething problems" and was later forced to stop the luggage check-in. In a statement, BA said it had experienced "initial teething problems" first thing in the morning, which had caused delays in staff arriving at their posts. Difficulties included car parking provision, delays in staff security screening and staff familiarisation and "some baggage performance issues", it said.It's all

From Winter Soldier hearings at Democracy Now : ...JON MICHAEL TURNER: On April 18, 2006, I had my first confirmed killed. This man was innocent. I don't know his name. I called him “the fat man.” He was walking back to his house, and I shot him in front of his friend and his father. The first round didn't kill him, after I had hit him up here in his neck area. And afterwards he started

With a hairdresser for her mother, you'd think that Gail Platt's hair would have looked better than it has done since she first turned up in Coronation Street in 1974.Mind you, at least she never went for a Deirdre perm.

Podcast: Dalecast Date: February 21, 2008 Title: Show Number 162 Download the show: Episode 162 Don't know why, but I seem to have touched a nerve with Steve Wheatley when I compared his low-fi Dalecast with the extremely frightful-sounding Top 20 AM radio format of many, many decades ago. In truth, I meant for my comments to elicit warm feelings of nostalgia, as when one fondly recalls a cat that once went missing and never turned up again. But the compliment appears to have flown right past Steve, who retaliated by playing I'll Get Old And Die on Episode 162 of Dalecast and adding, "Ken Turetzky…Don't forget to visit his Web site and leave a comment on his blog of horrors." Indeed! And what's all this then? At any rate, further examination of the playlist revealed that fo

Poverty is a major problem in our world. Children are the major victims.Every 5 seconds a child dies because of starvation..... that's around 18,000 each day... 5.5 - 6.5 Million children WILL DIE every year!....Below are links to websites where with just a "free" click you can donate to help feed the children. So don't be shy in sharing them...and click away to help!Children Care site: Hunger Site:

It has been reported that Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington has said that he wants to team up with UK goth-rockers The Horrors. Chester has revealed that he has several potential collaborations lined up and that they were top of his list. He said that “There is some collaborations we’re thinking about working on right now. But I can’t say who they are yet in case it doesn’t happen. There’s so many great artists out right now, I could just put a bunch of names in a hat and pick one and it’d be really cool. There’s a lot of British artists - I think Amy Winehouse is really good, I heard a Babyshambles song the other day and I thought it was really interesting and actually kinda cool, and I was surprised by that as I wasn’t sure what to expect. Arctic Monkeys are really great and I also really like The Horrors, they’re probably my favourite band right now.” Do you think that this will be a good move? What do you think of Li

For some children, it's not just Halloween they find scary. Call it Fear of Changing Appearances. These children abhor change of any kind, any time of the year. Pajama day, crazy hair day,or dress as your favorite character from a book day can throw these kids into a tailspin. Parents wonder “what’s wrong with my kid? Why doesn’t he like pajama day for goodness sake? He stays in his comfy PJs, snuggles with his pillow, and reads books at school all day.” While wearing PJs at school is a drastic change from the child's routine, some other upsetting changes may be so subtle that we parents miss them. Yet they are monumental to a child who does not appreciate any change of appearance. For instance, when we traveled to Peru several years ago, I took off my heart-shaped locket and put it in the safe deposit box. I did not want to wear anything “flashy.” When my son noticed the necklace gone, he cried. Better stated, he sobbed. It wasn’t until I bought a neckla

Banned for decades in Japan! Not knowing if he’s sane or deranged, medical student Hirosuke Hitome (Teruo Yoshida) escapes from an asylum and tries to piece together his past. Wanted for a murder he didn’t commit, Hirosuke makes his way to the coast, where he finds that he is virtually identical (right down to the swastikas carved into the soles) to a man named Genzaburo Komoda, who has just been buried. They may be brothers. Hirosuke takes the corpse’s place and fakes a miraculous return from the dead. Both Genzaburo’s widow and mistress pursue Hirosuke for sex, and threatening letters appear. More murders occur until Hirosuke takes a boat to the mysterious island where his reclusive, deformed father Jogoro (Tatsumi Hijikata) is said to be preparing some kind of ‘earthly paradise.’ Hirosuke instead finds that his father is a madman ruling scores of captive women and freakish deformities. Hirosuke’s mother is a prisoner chained in a cave. Jog

When it comes to men's skin care and grooming, nothing's scarier than dark under-eye circles, fine lines and damaged skin. So in honor of this ghoulish season, MenScience provides some tips on how to avoid looking like a monster...for the other 364 days of the year!Reducing scars / damaged skinEven if they are a natural part of your body's healing process, you don't have to look like Frankenstein's monster. Diminish scars by exfoliating your skin on a regular basis with a product that gently buffs away dead skin cells. This will soften the scar's edges, creating a smoother appearance. Whether your scars are from previous injuries or old acne, make sure to use a sunscreen so marks won't re-darken when exposed to sunlight. Although moisturizing is not proven to reduce scars, keeping skin w

It’s Almost Halloween! Something that can be as scary as Halloween’s ghosts and goblins is the thought of recovering from a disaster for which you were unprepared. If you have not already, now is the time to learn what steps you can take to prepare yourself. Financial Planning - A Guide to Disaster Preparedness . If you are recovering from an unexpected crisis, the information in this guide can help you through the steps you need to take to recover, Disaster Recovery: A Guide to Financial Issues . The guides above were developed by the AICPA, Red Cross, and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). Visit www.FeedthePig.org <http://www.feedthepig.org> for more money-saving tips.

Greta Christina has the latest Carnival of the Godless. She writes: So you thought you’d take an innocent visit to the Carnival of the Godless? See the godless sights, ride the godless rides, make yourself pleasantly sick on godless cotton candy? Your visit is about to take a ghastly turn. Hand in your tickets, step through these gates, and abandon all hope. You are about to enter… Carnival of the Godless #78: Haunted House Edition hmmmm… godless cotton candy… Browse the rest of Greta Christina’s blog while you are there. It is really very good. Hope you aren’t bashful though. I try not to pick favorites from these carnivals and let the carnival itself advertise everyone equally, but I like this one a lot and it maps well to the themes of some of my posts. Alister McGrath manages to go on and on and say almost nothing of substance. He refuses to commit himself to any type of position, and avoids being really debated by never staking out a claim

Yep, the whole “every other day” groove of Halloween Scream 2007 is already ruined. But to quote Gene Snitsky… “IT WASN’T MY FAULT!!!” I couldn’t get to the...

So, let’s talk about the knitting So, let’s talk about the knitting.  I’ve been making a valiant effort to knit at least a couple of rows on the mega-scarf per night and for the most part it’s been going swimmingly.  I’m still not particularly fast, but I can manage this smallish amount on a pretty steady basis.  I’ve even remarked on how surprisingly simple and friendly it all seems.  Not in any way resembling my previous, slightly deranged and manic attempts that left me seething with homicidal rage.     Buoyed by the appearance of a steadily growing straight edge, I’ve actually even come to terms with the tremendous size of the thing.  Measuring in at well over three and a half feet in width without the slightest bit of stretching, I’ve decided the only reasonable thing to do is to accept it’s mutant size and make it the nine foot long monstrosity it obviously aspires to be.  Like Frankenstein’s monster, it abides only by the

By David Terr "Little Shop of Horrors" is a funny musical horror film about a man-eating plant from outer space. The film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin and Jim Belushi and features Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II, the plant.The movie takes place in the slums of a large city in the early 1960s. Seymour Krelborne (Moranis) and Audrey (Greene) work at a plant shop for an older man named Mushnik (Gardenia). Business is doing very badly until following a total eclipse, Seymour finds a very unusual plant in Chinatown, which he buys and decides to display at Mushnik's shop. Once visitors see the plant, they become quite intrigued by it and start buying dozens of flowers.Seymour soon learns that the plant, which he names Audrey II, requires blood to grow, so he starts pricking his fingers and feeding the plant with his blood. Audrey II eventually grows into a human-sized monster of a plant and begins talking. The plant tells Seymour that it needs to ea

SPAIN’S Sergio Garcia floundered at the finish in Major again today (AEST), ending his first round with successive bogeys at the 89th US PGA Championship. Still seeking his first Major title after losing a play-off at the Carnoustie Open Championship three weeks ago to Irishman Padraig Harrington, Garcia fired a level-par 70 after contending among the early leaders in the $US7 million ($8.2 million) event. Battling severe heat, tricky winds, a pace-of-play warning and the memories of a more…

Since it is Friday the 13th I thought I'd go with a band that sounds and looks like the bastard offspring of The Damned and The Misfits - The Horrors. Good stuff! Check out their new album - Strange House

Since it is Friday the 13th I thought I'd go with a band that sounds and looks like the bastard offspring of The Damned and The Misfits - The Horrors. Good stuff! Check out their new album - Strange House

The party to celebrate the opening of the 'House of Horrors' in Mumbai was hosted by Satish Reddy and Dr Tanaaz Irani, a Horror Fashion Walk saw item girl Rakhi Sawant make her runway debut. Dressed as an evil witch in an outfit designed by Rohit Verma from a collection called the Graveyard Collection, seeing both her and her designer, it was hard to decide what the scariest attraction at the

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Declawing a cat can lead to all kinds of emotional and behavior issues—not always apparent right after it is done. Declawing is a negative feature for cats that find themselves in shelters therefore they are more likely to be euthanized than adopted.

The old British horror studio which last drew a scream way back in the 70s has been re-opened by a Dutch producer, John de Mol. The old Hammer horror films are fondly remembered by fans and they made stars of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as Van Helsing and Dracula respectively. They also brought to life countless other classic horror stories like The Mummy, The Wolf-Man and Frankenstein's Monster. The Hammer label could breathe a bit of forgotten class into modern day horror flicks, which are perhaps bordering a bit close to gratuitous violence and sex due to Eli Roth and the new wave or gorenography. Not that there's anything wrong with violence and sex, of course. (I hope you're not reading this, God) Read more on Hammer Horror at God's homepage, Wikipedia. Source: Empire make money

Gene Simmons House of Horrors la nueva antología de IDW y Simmons Comics Group empezará en Julio con la portada del primer número realizada por Todd McFarlane basada en una idea de Simmons. Constará de 64 páginas en color y tendrá varias páginas de introducción y también otras páginas ilustradas por el polémico Matt Busch además de una historia en prosa del hijo de Simmons, Nick. En total contendrá 5 historias de terror. Simmons es un fan de las antologías de terror y ciencia ficción y no se perdía nunca Twilight Zone y Amazing Stories, siempre deseó reintroducir el formato en los comics. El español Esteve Polls dibujará una de las historias en las que Gene Simmons juega a anfitrión de La Cripta del Terror.Circle Seven, escrita por Chris Ryall (Zombies vs Robots) y dibujada por el nuevo talento Steph Stamb (Salvador). En esta historia Dack es un nuevo recluta de la Patrulla fronteriza del castigo eterno, a pesar de su inexperiencia está destinado a ser el Neil Arms

I don't know how many people have heard it or said this: "DMV is the worst place to have to go. Schedule a couple of hours when you have to go in there." Of course, these people all have "normal" jobs which means they probably have to go when everyone else does. At any rate, I went between three and four o'clock yesterday to get my license plates transferred and based on all the stories I'd heard, I was expecting to be in there a while. What really happened was a totally different story.I got there, stood in line for my number for about 5 minutes, maybe not even that. I got my paperwork, sat down, and filled it out. I wrote about four sentences in a letter to one of my friends, and my number was called. I went up to the counter, took care of my business, and I was done within 45 minutes. Of course, shortly after I sat down, the line to get a number grew tremendously and those people were waiting for quite a while, so I suppose I should mention that.The worst thing about the

Not quite as good as the laydeez C4 ad - but at least this one looks like they're all in the studio at the same time.So we have: The Horrors, Bat For Lashes, Unkle Jam, The Noisettes, Jack Peñate and Patrick Wolf. I love how they all try and get their 'personality' into their 2 seconds of spotlight. Fab.

And on today's show we have...Strange HouseThe HorrorsI really, really want Joshua Von Grimm's (Joshua Hayward) guitar effects processor. I don't know whether it's a result of his B.Sc. in Physics from University College London or watching infinite repeats of the Addams Family that he came to making his own box, but for The Horrors breed of what I like to call Frankenstein music it's perfect.Which is not to say that Strange House is perfect. In fact, it barely makes the cut.Faris Rotter (Faris Badwan) is your quintessential new garage punk vocalist. He's got the whole "look I can do The Killers AND The Strokes" thing going for him and it wouldn't be all bad, if he didn't end up sounding like a drunken bum trying to read from a teleprompter on most songs. Pugsley and Wednesday are not going to be happy.Here's what The Horrors have got going for them - the novelty. They're a little different, and have some decent instrumentation. I'm assuming they'll have their live act sorte

I recently got a little description of this "treatment" and how it is meant to work and cure someone. Or maybe the word cure has been removed from the Psychiatric vocabulary. It's pretty disgusting, if you've got an upset stomach I would suggest you skip this post and go to the next one.Here's a brief description of the process - don't try this at home (nor in a hospital).1. The patient is injected with an anesthetic to block out pain and a muscle relaxant to shut down muscular activity and prevent spinal fractures.2. Electrodes are placed on the temples bilaterally (from one side of the brain to the other) or unilaterally (front to back on one side of the brain).3. A rubber gag is placed in the mouth to keep teeth from breaking or patients from biting their tongues.4. Between 180 and 480 volts of electricity are sent searing through the brain.5. To meet the brain’s demand for oxygen, blood flow to the brain can increase as much as 400%. Blood pressure can increase 200%. Under no

1. Probably the most significant development is that Miro is back. Remember he ditched me on Christmas Eve. He was clearly scared of me and didn't want to speak to me once he saw me walk up with Chris. For my part I wasn't interested anyway. Whether he had a legitimate excuse or not is beside the point. Some things are so awful that I'd never forgive them and by now I'm used to Czechs fucking me over. On the other hand, I'm not going to make a big deal of it either since the station, after all, is a very small - I won't say, community; it's more like an ecology - and I could still use his help now and again. Lately though I've gotten boys for Chris and Mike and Richie all on my lonesome using my pitiful Czechlish. It can be done.2. I got kicked out of Fornetti Cafe by the French Moroccan proprietor, ostensibly for being gay (he was yelling, "No gays! This my coffee! No gays!") but probably because he sees me hanging out with little Luki who looks 15 but is really 20. At least,

As I previously noted, as soon as I found out The Tomb of Horrors existed, I wanted to read it. It's based off an old Dungeons & Dragons module, which, when I was a kid, I longed to play, but never had the opportunity. Never missing an opportunity to return to my youth, I grabbed the chance to play the game vicariously—through the imagination of Keith Strohm.The BasicsThe story line runs thus. Our hero, Kaerion, along with his trusty side-kick, the elf Gerwyth, join up with the nobles of a collapsing kingdom in order to retrieve a lost treasure with the hopes of restoring the kingdom to some of its former glory. Unbeknownst to them, another group, led by an evil cleric, is seeking this same treasure, but not for such noble purposes. The sought treasure is that of an long-dead, sinisterly evil wizard who has buried himself, along with his fortune, in an underground tomb—the Tomb of Horrors.At the heart of this novel is the interior journey of Kaerion. At one time, he was the

Indie Rock 1. Jack The Ripper 2. Count In Fives 3. Draw Japan 4. Gloves 5. Excellent Choice 6. Little Victories 7. She Is The New Thing 8. Sheena Is A Parasite 9. Thunderclaps 10. Gil Sleeping 11. Train Roars 12. Death At The Chapel (Bonus Track) Review: guardian Download: rapidshare www.myspace.com/thehorrors