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John Denver Karaoke Sparks Thai Killing Spree 2008-03-09 07:00:00 Here is the story that illustrates what the world has come to: A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver
’s Country Roads. Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as they partied at her home in Songkhla Province, South Thailand. "When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk," he said after his arrest. He said he was so furious with their awful singing that he did not notice he had murdered his own brother-in-law. "I warned these people about their noisy karaoke parties. I said if they carried on I would go down and shoot them. I had told them if I couldn’t talk sense Read more:Sparks
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Good Old-Fashioned Gay-Bashing Straight From Oklahoma! 2008-03-08 13:51:00 I love how she says she isn't gay-bashing and then says their lifestyle is not good for this nation. Of course, religion has not been good for this country and probably has shortened more than a few lifespans, especially, I believe, my own. Read more:Straight
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Movie Moments of the Day: "The Third Man" & "The Long Goodbye" 2008-03-08 09:10:00 SPOILERS: These are the endings to each film, so do not watch this if you haven't seen them.Do you see what's similar about the endings?In my opinion, this scene from "The Long Goodbye
" was echoed in the ending of "There Will Be Blood". Read more:Moments
What We Need in the White House 2008-03-07 19:46:00 There's nothing like a man who demonstrates the qualities of calm and reserve that should put him into the WhiteHouse
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John McCain Makes Ego-Stroking Video 2008-03-07 16:46:00 Seriously, is this a parody? This spot has images right out of Koyanisqatsi, Gus Van Sant's sped up clouds, and Terrence Malick's wheat field shots done at the magic hour.Don't you think a man should have a presidency before attempting to compare himself to great presidents from the past? The hubris! Read more:McCain
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George Bush: "It's Clear Our Economy Has Slowed" 2008-03-07 15:13:00 The President is always the last one to know.UPDATE: Just in case you forgot, the IRS plans to spend $42 million to send letter to tell taxpayers their rebate checks will be coming. Thanks, guys. Read more:George
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There Will Be Bud 2008-03-07 15:05:00 There Will Be Bud on FunnyOrDie.comThese usually are lame, but this one was actually very well made and acted.This was more sophisticated than what Saturday Night Live attempted.
SNL Forgoes Comedy For Political Shilling 2008-03-07 09:20:00 Here is a piece from Adam McKay, former writer of "Saturday Night Live" and director of "Anchorman" and "Talladega Nights", who sheds some light on the recent SNL sketches that have been portraying Hillary Clinton as a victim.As it turns out, the writer of those sketches, Jim Downey is a pal of Ann Coulter, if you get what I mean. Thus, we have a Republican who's looking to tear down Obama because they know McCain can beat Hillary in the election.Am I the only one who believes "Saturday Night Live" should be ashamed of itself? Not merely for crimes against good comedy, but now attempting to influence elections through alleged "satire". People may claim "The Daily Show" has its biases, but anyone who watches that show knows they ridicule politicians of all stripes on a regular basis.Now tha Read more:Comedy
Job Losses: Worst in 5 Years 2008-03-07 09:05:00 Employers cut more jobs in February than in any month in the last 5 years. There was a net loss of 63,000 jobs, as compared to 22,000 jobs cut in January.Do you think we might be going into a recession? The number of people joining the unemployment ranks is getting staggering.I'm really thinking George Bush's economic policies are going to be his way of finishing this country off before he leaves office. When our country has this unstable an economy and more effort is being put into taking away our liberties than getting us work, don't you think that maybe this may have been the ultimate plan for the terrorists all along? Read more:Losses
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Choosing My Religion 2008-03-07 08:38:00 "What I'm left with is Christianity and Islam: the two loudest religions in the world."Found at Atheist Media Blog. Read more:Religion
1 in 300 American Residents Are Terrorists 2008-03-13 14:14:00 As of April 2007, the Justice Department has compiled a list of 700,000 U.S. residents who may be terrorists. Think they may be overreacting a little bit? Or perhaps, maybe they may want to look at themselves as the real threat?Later this year, the list will grow to 1 million suspected terrorists. Or, as the government calls them, those who disagree with us.When did our country become a fascist police state that starts rounding up suspects for no reasons? Read more:American
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Douchebag of the Day: Reverend Joseph Devine of Scotland 2008-03-13 10:32:00 The Rt Rev Joseph
Devine of Scotland
, one of Scotland's most senior Catholics, apparently took several swigs of whiskey and started publicly lashing out at gays and Gandalf himself, Ian McKellen!Devine claims that there is a "gay lobby" in Scotland orchestrating a conspiracy against Christian values. He adds that gay rights groups align themselves with groups, such as Holocaust survivors. to project an "image of a group of people under persecution". Because if there's one thing that Catholics aren't guilty of is falsely portraying themselves as victims of persecution.Ian McKellen is attacked for being honored for his work on behalf of homosexuals, when Devine adds that, years ago, Oscar Wilde was jailed for having sex with other men.Based on the level of hate Devine shows towards McKellen, Read more:Reverend
The Final Word on Eliot Spitzer 2008-03-13 10:02:00 This reminds me that I've been getting e-mails from Democrats.com the last couple of days. The first one yesterday tried to rally people to save EliotSpitzer
. Then, I just received one a few minutes ago that tried to say that what Spitzer did was not so bad and then concluded that if Spitzer was punished, then Bush and Cheney should be impeached.Bush and Cheney should be impeached, but this is a separate issue. Spitzer built his career on being a man of principle and morals, but he is no different than the gambling addict Bill Bennett. It seems like some Democrats expect party hackery to make us forget that Spitzer was, above all, a hypocrite.I hate it when public figures present themselves as infallible, especially when they're paying nearly $5,000 a night to have sex with this chick:I'm Read more:Final
, Eliot Spitzer
David Mamet Writes About Why He Isn't a "Brain-Dead Liberal" 2008-03-13 09:23:00 I am a big fan of David
Mamet's work and his writing style. But, at the same time, one has to come to the realization that at least half of his work is borne out of his self-styled macho, lunkheaded privileged white male thinking. This article in this week's Village Voice is David Mamet talking about why his politics have changed...I think.To be honest, my eyes glazed over this piece, which has no form or structure or focus to speak of, considering it comes from a writer of several tightly-constructed con artist films. Although what I was able to cull from it was yet another well-off white man coming to the conclusion that pansy liberalism doesn't benefit him anymore.What I don't understand is the term "brain-dead liberalism", as if everyone with liberal leanings do not base those ideas on Read more:Brain
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The New 5-Dollar Bill 2008-03-13 08:54:00 Behold! Today the Federal Reserve will debut the new 5-dollar bill, still mostly green with a splash of purple. This is being introduced to try to stop counterfeiters, who, of course, never have had a history of being resourceful.So, after you've spent all of your earnings for the week on rent, food, bills and other necessities and are left only with 5 dollars, you can admire the design of it while wondering how this will hold you until next Friday. Read more:Dollar
Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years 2008-03-13 08:41:00 Reprinted here from AP:WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Deputies say a woman in western Kansas became stuck on her boyfriend's toilet after sitting on it for two years. Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat. She initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital. "We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it." Whipple said investigators planned to present their report Wednesday to the county attorney, who will determine whether any charges should be filed against the woman's 36-year-old boyfriend. "She was not glued. She was not tied. She Read more:Toilet
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"The Incredible Hulk" Trailer 2008-03-12 23:05:00 MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment NewsIt's sad watching good actors slumming for a paycheck. There seems to be a new trend in Hollywood to make sequels to movies that flopped.Ang Lee's "Hulk" was such a pretentious downer that turned off everyone who saw it. I think they're running out of comic book characters to franchise, which is the only reason to give that movie a sequel. The well's running dry.Oh, and, as per usual with most CGI, the special effects look like shit. Read more:Incredible
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This Week In: Stupid Things That Religion Makes You Do 2008-03-12 08:39:00 About 50 Indians may have blinded themselves because they believed that staring at the sun would allow themselves to see a vision of the Virgin Mary.Apparently, this vision can be seen over the former home of a hotel owner in Southeast India. Although that hotel owner had previously claimed to have statues of the Virgin Mary that cried honey and bled oils and perfumes.There is truly a sucker born every minute. Read more:Stupid
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