Saturday, December 20, 2008

Someday they'll call a war and nobody will come --

Peace

Georgie Jessel was asked by Richard Nixon for help to prepare for a visit with Golda Mayer.

The president asked Georgie how to say hello to her.

"Mr. President, the woid for hello is shalom"

Next the president asked Georgie how to say goodbye to her.

"Mr. President, the woid for goodbye is shalom."

Then the president asked, "Georgie, how will I know if I said hello or goodbye."

To which Jessel replied, "If she walks out, you'll know that you said goodbye."

Friday, December 19, 2008

Big News

“The Whopper sandwich is America’s favorite burger. Flame by BK captures the essence of that love and gives it to you. Behold the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat.”

Friday, December 05, 2008

Report from Laurel Canyon

So, there I was on the top of a mountain in California
at a silent yoga/meditation retreat and the election
was on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, before the first
stretching, invigorating highly spiritual yoga session,
I took out my cell phone, secretly, in my private room --
and I called home. A brief sabbatical from silence.

I said: Who won? who won!!!?

She said: Who won? Don't you know! Seventy percent of
Massachusetts voted to decriminalize marijuana!

Fantastic, I said, but who won? Wasn't there some kind
of election for president?

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

ELEPHANT DUNG RECYLING

(I honestly can't figure out if this is a joke or not --)

ELEPHANT DUNG RECYLER WINS CO-OP AMERICA’S 2008 GREEN BUSINESS LEADER AWARD

Company Finds Innovative Way to Defuse Conflict between Farmers and Elephants in Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON, D.C. and SAN FRANCISCO, CA.///December 3, 3008///Brooklyn, NY company Mr. Ellie Pooh, which sells 100 percent handmade journals, stationery, office supplies and various grades of paper made partially from Sri Lankan elephant dung, is the Co-op America’s 2008 Green Business Leader Award winner.

The award was presented at the Green Business Conference in San Francisco on November 13, 2008 by the 2007 Green Business Leader Award winner, Organic Valley. Awarded since 2003, the Green Business Leader Award recognizes the extraordinary leadership efforts of one business that has used its position in the marketplace to organize consumers and businesses together to build a more socially just and ecologically sustainable economy.

Sri Lanka is home to about one out of 10 of the world’s estimated 40,000 Asian elephants still living in the wild. Elephants are not killed in Sri Lanka for their tusks, their hides or for meat – they are killed because they interfere with agricultural crops. Mr. Ellie Pooh is working towards finding ways to change the perceptions of farmers, who are being encouraged to see the elephants as a sustainable economic resource.

Along with Maximus, their Sri Lankan partner and paper-production company, Mr. Ellie Pooh plans to introduce “Project Peace Paper,” which would open paper re-cycling plants in rural areas, train villagers in paper making techniques and sell finished goods worldwide in order to contribute to the local economy.

Green Business Program Director Denise Hamler said: “We’re pleased to announce that green business peers awarded the prize this year to Mr. Ellie Pooh, which works towards resolving the elephant-human conflict in Sri Lanka to try and prevent more of the world population of Asian elephants from disappearing. This company’s green and sustainable aims and practices are truly a model for other corporations.”

Mr. Ellie Pooh founder, Karl Wald said: “Mr. Ellie Pooh paper products are 100 percent recycled, made up of 75 percent elephant dung and 25 percent post consumer paper. There are no toxic chemicals used in the paper-making process, only basic bonding agents such as alum and rosin, along with water soluble salt dyes for coloring. As no bleach or acids are introduced during manufacturing, the handmade papers are pH neutral and can be used in multiple situations.”

Past winners of the Co-op America award include Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, T.S. Designs, and Organic Valley Family of Farms.

Along with Mr. Ellie Pooh, the 2008 Green Business Leadership Award nominees were: Social(k); Ecowood Displays; WorldofGood; and Activist Design Studio. The nominated companies are all members of Co-op America’s Green Business Network™ and were nominated by their peers and fellow business leaders attending Co-op America's Green Business Conference.

ABOUT CO-OP AMERICA

Co-op America is the leading green economy organization. Founded in 1982, Co-op America provides the economic strategies, organizing power and practical tools for businesses and individuals to solve today's social and environmental problems. Co-op America’s green economy programs encourage corporate responsibility, tackle climate change, build fair trading systems, advance healthy, local communities, and provide green purchasing and investing information for families and businesses.

To receive Co-op America’s popular publications, including Real Money and the National Green Pages, participate in Co-op America’s Green Business Conferences or Green Festivals, or to get its free e-newsletter, providing the latest green news, green discounts and opportunities to take action for a green economy, visit http://www.coopamerica.org, email info@coopamerica.org, or call at 800-58-GREEN.

CONTACT: Ailis Aaron Wolf, (703) 276-3265 or aawolf@hastingsgroup.com.

Monday, December 01, 2008

UK ASKS FOR MORE TARGETED TERRORISM

UK asks for more targeted terrorism

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has made a statement on the latest situation in Mumbai India following a series of attacks in the city.

Speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary expressed his horror at this 'callous, inhuman and indiscriminate attack on people of all races'.

He said:

"This attack in Mumbai is an attack on all of us because democracy in India is vibrant and because Mumbai is one of the world's most diverse cities.

"The most terrible thing is that we do have one confirmed British fatality. Obviously our hearts go out to the family of the victim and we are determined to do all we can to support those who are currently in hospital."

He also explained that the British High Commissioner to India is in Mumbai and has set up a special command centre and that a special team has just landed to help victims, even if they're not British.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Reflections Aught 8

(Something from the internet)

Reflections Aught 8


Imagine listening to the radio and hearing the announcer state, “Now
playing music from the 80’s (Eighties), 90s (Nineties) and today.” Fast
forward to about a year from now…… same scenario.....

“Now playing music of the 90s (Nineties),_________ties, and today.” Can
you fill in the blank?

How about using “Naughties”, “Aughties” or “Naughty Aughties”.



It’s short, sweet and happens to intimate the tone of this millennium’s
first decade. Not to mention, it rhymes and indicates the decade
containing the number zero (naught=aught=zero). From international or
national to your hometown perspectives and in all categories to include
entertainment, economics, politics, sports, theatre, food and much, much
more, I am certain you can find “naughty” events to create your very own
list. For instance…….

2008
1) Wall Street Bailout
2) Palin VP Nomination
3) NY Governor Admits Involvement in Prostitution
4) China Food & Milk Recall
5) China’s Olympians' Ages Questioned
6) Olympic Torch Relay Protests
7) Sen Edwards Admits Affair
8) Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Scandal
9) Amy Whinehouse
10) Hillary vs Obama

Join me in spreading the word, "Naughty Aughties", Dawn of a New
Millenium, Decade of Change.

Scott Pedersen
www.naughtyaughties.com



For more supporting examples throughout the years.....

2007
1)Lead Paint Recall
2)OJ Burglary & Kidnapping
3)Britney Spears Pantiless, Bald & Rehab
4)Michael Vick & Dog Fighting
5)Senator Craig’s Men’s Room Proposition
6)Imus Booted Off Radio
7)Anna Nicole’s Child Custody Battle
8)Nicole Ritchie Pregnant
9)Lindsay Lohan
10)Adam Pacman Jones Indicted

2006
1) Cheney Shoots Friend
2) Michael Richard’s(Kramer)Outburst
3) Miss USA & Miss Nevada Scandal
4) Rosie & Donald Fued
5) Bode Miller Flops
6) Mark Foley Explicit Messages
7) Bush’s Spying Controversy
8) Kim Detonates Nuke in Korea
9) Bush’s Spying Controversy
10) Ted Haggard Allegations

2005
1)Hurricane Katrina Response
2)Robert Blake Acquitted
3)Runaway Bride, Jennifer Wilbanks
4)Wendy’s Patron Plants Finger in Chili
5)Paula Abdul & Corey Clark Scandal
6)Merck Mum on Vioxx Risks
7)Russel Crowe Phone Assault
8)Jude Law Cheats on Fiance
9)Cruise & Shields’ Media War
10)Prince Charles Weds Mistress

2004
1) Janet Jackson's Wardrobe Malfunction
2) Cal. Governor Booted, Schwartzenegger In
3) Pete Rose Admits Gambling
4) Ashlee Simpson Lipsynch’s on SNL
5) Barbie & Ken Break-up
6) Dan Rather Releases “Mis-Information”
7) Britney Spears Marries/Annuls
8) Johnny "Fairplay" Lies about Grandma
9) Giambi Steroid Use
10) Boston Red Sox Win World Series

2003
1)Paris Hilton Sex Video
2)NO WMD Found Report
3)Martha Stewart Indicted
4)Michael Jackson Admits to Kids Sleeping in Bed
5)Madonna & Spears Make-out
6)Kobe Bryant Charged
7)Jayson Blair “Journalism”
8)Rush Limbaugh Rehab
9)Sammy Sosa’s Cork Bat
10)Dixie Chick’s Denounce Bush

2002
1) Forest Worker Starts Largest Colorado Fire
2) Miss N Carolina Resigns Due to Topless Photos
3) TYCO Fraud
4) Winona Ryder Conviction
5) Canseco & Caminiti Steroid Use
6) 25th Winter Olympic Skating Controversy
7) Michael Jackson Baby & Balcony
8) Tonya Harding & Paula Jones Box
9) The Osbournes Debut
10) Bush Chokes on Pretzel

2001
1)Clinton Admits Sexual Relations
2)Enron Accounting
3)George W Bush Sworn In
4)Bush Abandons Global Warming Treaty
5)Clinton Issues Controversial Pardons
6)Soprano’s Robert ller Arrested
7)Paula Poundstone Rehab
8)XFL Finished in Season 1
9)FBI Hanssen a Russian Spy
10)Jim Jeffords Rocks Senate by Switching Parties

2000
1) Florida Decides Next President
2) “I Love You” Virus
3) Robert Downey, Jr Arrested
4) Eminem Arrested
5) Daryll Strawberry Fails 3rd Drug Test
6) Tyson Apologizes for Ear Bite
7) 55 Gold Oscars Stolen
8) Judge Rules Microsoft Monopoly
9) Dot.com Implosion
10) Mattel’s “Barbie for President”

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Lieberman Courted by the Democrats




Can't we all just get along?

Sunday, November 09, 2008

California: Take Back the Chupah!



TAKE BACK THE CHUPAH!



In general, this election was exciting. It made us believe that Americans are not complete idiots -- that was up for grabs. The vote in Massachusetts to decriminalize marijuana was amazing! And the people said to keep the income tax! But California voted against gay marriage -- unbelievable! On the other hand, we knew that there were a lot of idiots in California --see the governor. I hope that there is a way to challenge this vote. And I hope that the rumors that the bastards who sponsored the referendum in California are planning to come to Massachusetts to try it again are false. Or maybe if they came East they would get their asses whupped. Maybe.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Swami Bar Mitzvah

Monday, October 06, 2008

Lemon Socialism or Innovative Environmentalism?

1. Lemon Socialism

I don't think there's much choice about the bailout -- it's extortion, but they have all the guns. If you don't give us the money, we'll shut down the whole economy! And they meant it! So, it's like a banker-robbery -- as opposed to the old fashioned kind where the people robbed the bank. The only hope is that the corporations behind Obama want a stable system -- and they'll do what is required in order to make that happen. Which is after all what FD Roosevelt did. It's a shame there really is no "left" that could offer any kind of alternative! Amazing, we in effect nationalize major industries but still think of it as a rescue or a bailout. Damn!

2. The Bush Greenhouse Plan

On the other hand, Republican environmentalists propose that the way to deal with greenhouse gases is to bring the economy to a screeching halt. That will deal with energy issues, imports of foreign consumer items, whatever -- no eat, no heat, no houses, no growth! Earth first, fuck the people!

Friday, October 03, 2008

Communist Manifesto Birthday! 160 years!


On the failures of "really existing capitalism"


The Communist Manifesto Turns 160

by Barbara Ehrenreich


This year marks the 160th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto and
capitalism--a "free enterprise"--seems willing to observe the occasion
by dropping dead. On Monday night, some pundits were warning that the
ATMs might run dry and hinting that the only safe investment left is
canned beans. Apocalypse or extortion? No one seems to know, though the
populist part of the populace has been leaning toward the latter. An
e-mail whipping around the web this morning has the subject line "Sign on
Wall Street yesterday," and shows a hand-lettered cardboard sign saying,
"JUMP! You Fuckers!"

The Manifesto makes for quaint reading today. All that talk about
"production," for example: Did they actually make things in those days?
Did the proletariat really slave away in factories instead of call
centers? But on one point Marx and Engels proved right: within
capitalist societies, or at least the kind of wildly unregulated
capitalism America has had, the rich got richer, the workers got poorer,
and the erstwhile middle class has been sliding toward ruin. The last
two outcomes are what Marx called "immiseration," which, in translation,
is the process you're undergoing when you have cancer and no health
insurance or a mortgage payment due and no paycheck coming in.

Marx predicted that capitalism would fall in a spirited, proactive,
fashion: the workers, fed up with immiseration, would revolt, seize the
"means of production" and insist on running the show themselves, that
being the original, pre-Soviet, notion of socialism. The revolution
didn't happen, of course, at least not here. For the past several years,
American workers have sweetly acquiesced to declining wages, rising
prices, speed-ups at work, disappearing pensions and increasingly
threadbare health insurance. While CEO pay escalated to the eight-figure
range and above, so-called ordinary Americans took on second jobs and
crowded into multi-generational households with uncomfortably long waits
for the bathroom.

But all this immiseration--combined with fabulous enrichment at the
top--did end up destabilizing the capitalist system, if only because ,
in the last few years, America's substitute for decent wages has been
easy credit. Until about a year ago, we got almost daily messages, by
telemarketer and by mail, urging us to consolidate our debts, refinance
our homes, transfer our debts from credit card to another and try tasty
new mortgages that didn't even require a down payment. All too often, we
bit. It sounded so reasonable, for example, not to let our assets just
"sit" in our houses but to start spending that money now.

At the other, Learjet, end of the economic spectrum, there was the
problem of what to do with too much money. Yes, this can be a problem.
Some of the super-rich have to hire consultants to help them spend their
money: Where do you get a $20,000 bottle of wine or find a Picasso for
the bathroom wall? More seriously, there was the problem of what to
invest in. As Chuck Collins of the Working Group on Extreme Inequality
has pointed out, huge concentrations of wealth can function like rogue
waves, smashing around recklessly in their search for ever higher
returns. A lot of these money waves flowed, directly or indirectly, into
the dodgy credit schemes that were engulfing the un-rich majority,
leaving even the fat cats imperiled by the toxic debts of the subprime
class.

Marx's argument was that the coexistence of great wealth for the few and
growing poverty for the many is not only morally objectionable, it's
also inherently unstable. He may have been wrong about the reasons for
the instability, but no one can any longer deny it's there. When the
greed of the rich collided with the needs of the poor--for a home, for
example--the result was a global credit meltdown.

Obviously, the way to address the crisis is to deal with the poverty and
inequality that led to it: bail out people facing foreclosures, increase
food stamp allotments, extend unemployment insurance and make a
massive job-generating, public investment in infrastructure--and, since
medical debts are the number-one cause of personal bankruptcy, enact
universal health insurance immediately. But not even Obama, whose lawn
sign I still proudly display, seems to have the stomach for such a
"trickle upwards" approach. He has announced that he won't bother taking
the bailout as an opportunity to change the bankruptcy law so that
people facing foreclosure can renegotiate their mortgages.

So happy birthday, Communist Manifesto--although I'm hoping that
capitalism survives this one, if only because there's no alternative
ready at hand. At the very least, we should get some regulation and
serious oversight out of any bailout deal, meaning that, yes, the
economy will look a little less like "free enterprise." But one thing we
should have learned in the last week, if not the last year, is that,
when applied to enterprise, "freedom" can be just another word for
someone else's pain.



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Speculation: Pelosi on Tap?

Just a thought:

If McCain and Palin are elected and McCain croaks, she becomes president -- but who becomes vice president? The speaker of the House, I think. Isn't that how Gerald Ford moved to the top? So, Nancy Pelosi becomes vice president?!! You may speculate on how that might work out --

Investment Climate Takes a Beating

Indian executive killed by workers’ mob

By James Lamont in New Delhi

Published: September 23 2008 16:35 | Last updated: September 23 2008 16:35

The brutal killing of a multinational company chief in an industrial dispute has sent shockwaves through India’s business community.

Lalit Kishore Chaudhury, the chief executive of Graziano Trasmissioni India, an Italian car parts company, was beaten to death at his company offices in one of the country’s largest industrial zones on the outskirts of Delhi on Monday in a violent industrial protest.

A meeting with former employees to resolve a long-running dispute dissolved into a riot in which protesters overpowered security guards and turned on Mr Chaudhury and his staff. About 20 people were injured.

The attack at Graziano’s Greater Noida plant was sparked by the company’s dismissal of 200 workers in a pay dispute and has raised alarm among foreign companies operating in India. Many have already taken measures to give their personnel greater protection, following the wave of bomb attacks in Delhi this month.

The Italian government said on Tuesday it was “deeply shocked” by the violence that led to Mr Chaudhury’s death.

“The incident is all the more worrying as the Italian Company Graziano Trasmissioni, after many successful years, had been facing for several months violent forms of protest by self­proclaimed workers’ representatives. The situation had been repeatedly brought to the attention of the competent Indian authorities,” it said.

The company, a fully-owned subsidiary of Graziano Italy, makes gears and transmission systems for vehicles. Mr Chaudhury had worked at the company for the past decade.

Niccolo Tassoni, commercial counsellor at the Italian embassy in New Delhi, said attackers armed with metal bars and hammers had broken up the plant.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of this kind of problem for an Italian company in India. It’s quite shocking.”

The Confederation of Indian Industry described Mr Chaudhury’s death as an “unwanted and gory act of violence”. It urged workers not to use violence to settle disputes with employers.

“Dialogue is always the way to find a solution. We can’t have unruly people taking the law into their own hand. We’ve had industrial violence in the past. We had it in Calcutta in the 1960s. But it was never of this kind,” said Jayant Bhuyam, deputy director general of the CII.

“The investment climate and image takes a beating [from an incident like this]. To assuage feelings, it takes time. One incident tarnishes the whole image,” he said.

Since the attack, the police have made sweeping arrests, charging about 13 people with murder. But business representatives in Noida criticised the police for their slow response to Monday’s violence at the plant.

Mr Chaudhury’s death comes against the background of a high profile stand-off between protesters and Tata, the industrial conglomerate, in Singur in West Bengal.

Farmers, backed by the opposition Trinamool Congress, have laid siege to land intended for the plant that will produce the Nano, billed as the world’s cheapest car and a flagship of India’s technical advance. Activists have staged often violent protests demanding that the government return 400 acres to farmers who had not accepted compensation for their relocation.

Business has warned that the damage inflicted on a project of such international acclaim threatens to deter foreign investment in India’s fast growing economy.

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008






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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Curses! Foiled Again!

Banker Robbers Foiled in Treasury Raid!

Washington: A gang of banker-robbers failed in their attempt to clean out the US Treasury this week. Somehow citizens were alerted to the clever plan to clean out the US vaults and were able to put a stop to it -- at least for a while. "I was very confused," said one citizen who preferred to remain anonymous. "I thought people were supposed to rob banks, not the other way around!" Insiders said that they thought this was an indication that certain business elements realized that the Republicans were going to lose the upcoming election for President and decided to steal what they could before November.

Monday, September 29, 2008

The Debates

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Your Urgent Help Needed!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Your Urgent Help Needed
Dear American:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a
transfer of funds of great magnitude.
I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had
crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion
dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most
profitable to you.
I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my
replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may
know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the
1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.
This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds
as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names
of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family
lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person
who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.
Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account
numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to
wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for
this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with
detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the
funds.
Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Time Out,America!

Really, the presidential campaign dwarfs any kind of spoofing the HG&W can even dream of -- so we'll have to wait for the election returns. Then we will be broadcasting from Amsterdam or not. Depends.

Friday, September 05, 2008

What Shade Lipstick for GOP?


What Shade Lipstick for GOP's VP Candidate?


This is a contest -- let's have your suggestions! Maybe get a Government Contract!

For example:

Bullshit Blue

Smut-mouth Scarlet

Something Oily?

But make up your own! Maybe you'll make a fortune!

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

RP Firm on Anti-Affirmative Action Plank

RP Stands Firm on Anti-Affirmative Action Plank

St. Paul, MN. Standing firmly on a plank to oppose affirmative action, the RNC announced today that it believes in hard work and bootstraps as the way for all individuals to advance their social and economic status. The plank calls for promoting individuals to work positions based upon their abilities, experience, and education and training, fitting the best prepared person to the job.

"We've demonstrated our commitment to these principles by selecting Gov. Palin as our vice presidential nominee. Her luminous qualifications include both engagement in vice as well as efforts to eliminate vice in government. We believe that the role of all citizens, except those chosen to lead, is to attend to their daily affairs, stay focused on the home and family, and when it comes to war - just breed enough strong children to fight in battle for God and country. Sarah has demonstrated that she is well qualified to carry this message" said Hadassah Lieberman at the convention. Her husband Joe, a prior VP selection hopeful, stated that he could support Gov. Palin even if she does not shave her hair.

"After all, I'm open to all kinds of religious practice. One of my favorites is standing at the donations wall of the insurance industry in Hartford and praying for more money."

Speaking of her pregnant daughter and the young man who will soon be a happily-wedded father, "Isn't it adorable. We have Juno in Juneau."

Sunday, August 24, 2008

McCain and Giuliani: The Odd Couple

McCain and Giuliani: The Odd Couple

After Barry picked Biden because of his foreign policy expertise and not because he was an old white guy, McCain thought, What the hell, let's go with Rudy -- he throws great parties!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Voting Republican

Saturday, June 07, 2008

The Lesser of Two Weevils is Still a Bug

The Lesser Weevil is still a Bug

Once there were two boll weevils. One had acres and acres of cotton all to himself. The other had nothing ... not even one single cotton boll.
The two weevils met the same lady weevil on the same day. They actually started dating her at the same time. As things would go, they both asked her to marry them at the same time.
Can you guess which one she chose?
The one with nothing. Know why?
He was the 'lesser of two weevils'!

Friday, June 06, 2008

Buy now!

Support independent publishing: buy this book on Lulu.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Fat Kids Stuck by Economic Downturn

Growth in Children Stymied by Recession

The New York Times reported today that growth in children has reached a plateau, causing great concern in commodity markets. "National Pediatric Growth (NPG) has slowed down just as fast food sales have fallen. Fat kids are good for the economy and the economy is in the toilet!"

Data collected from a handful of obesity programs around the country suggest that the trends may be real.

In Somerville, Mass., a communitywide intervention led by nutrition researchers at Tufts University included doubling the amount of bacon served for school lunch, painting crosswalks with swastikas to encourage walks to school and increasing physical activity in after-school programs. Re-introducing cigarette dispensing machines for the fifth grade was an additional component of the program that was controversial

Last year, the medical journal Obesity reported that during the 2003-2004 school year, Somerville schoolchildren gained less weight than children in nearby communities. The researchers are trying to replicate the program in rural areas in other parts of the country. Phillip Morris has expressed interest in funding this effort.

In Arkansas, a statewide obesity effort has eliminated vending machines in elementary schools, added a half-hour of daily physical activity to the school curriculum and sent home annual childhood health reports alerting parents about obesity risks.

"Wake up, Christian parents! Your little bastards are getting fat as pigs and we will sell them to the Perdues if you don't get your shit together!"

As part of the program, school officials in the past four years have tracked the weight and height of 475,000 children, and those numbers show that average body mass index rates in Arkansas have held steady. In an effort to restrict child consumption, parents' incomes were drastically curtailed with the support of employers statewide. Sam Walton commented, "We want skinny little shits like they've got in China. Little hands, move real fast, not like this fat white trash here at home."

The leading NGO in the field, Starve the Children, applauded the reports. "The trick is to starve the poor -- they're the ones getting fat and we're paying their damned medical bills."

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Vatican says aliens could exist

Vatican says aliens could exist
By David Willey
BBC News, Rome


Father Funes says the universe is so vast that other life forms may exist

The Pope's chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled out.

Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.

Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a respected scientist who collaborates with universities around the world.

The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not contradict belief in God.

The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My Brother'.

'Free from sin'

Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, he speculates.

Asked about the Catholic Church's condemnation four centuries ago of the Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo, Father Funes diplomatically says mistakes were made, but it is time to turn the page and look towards the future.

Science and religion need each other, and many astronomers believe in God, he assures readers.

To strengthen its scientific credentials, the Vatican is organising a conference next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the author of the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Yoo-Hoo Musings

What are we to do with Yoo?

If Professor Yoo were teaching at a Not_Law School,
would he profess not-rights? would he advocate the cruel,
he could say not-so-unusual punishment?
Would Yoo say ok to 50 bullets for the bridegroom?
And if that, how many for the bride?
(That's not torture, that's murder.)
But we're mixing up the coasts!

Let's make Yoo talk!
Can Congress waterboard?
Or just skateboard?

Should Yoo have not-academic freedom?
Will he give away his fellow conspirators?

Bad Day?

(Circulating on the internet --)

You might be having a bad day, if:


1] Your new diet doesn't seem to be working

2] You pulled a muscle while trying to exercise


3] Your new hat looked better on you at the store

4] You keep losing things

5] The boss chewed you out at work

6] You got caught in the rain at lunchtime


7] You feel trapped somehow...

8] Traffic on the way home was brutal

9] You think you might be coming down with the flu

10] You're home alone and you hear a noise in the basement




With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is
worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost
went unnoticed last week.

Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote 'The Hokie Pokey' died peacefully at the
age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the
coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.

Shut up. You know it's funny. Now send it on to someone else and make
them smile.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Boston Globe In Recession

The Boston Globe Goes Local

After the purchase of The Boston Globe by the New York Times, New Englanders wondered what changes would be forthcoming. And now we see the true benefit of the sale! The lead article, above the fold, -- Beekeeping! Below the fold, an informative piece on whales being interfered with. The daily pope picture was missing today. And the every other day fire in Lynn or Brockton was missing. Not a word about AFSCME threatening the leadership of Citigroup. Or that institutional investors are pulling out of mutual funds. Something about Iraq. Nothing about Afghanistan. Well, we had better keep our eyes on the breath-taking competition from the weekly Tab. Argh. This ain't funny!

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Truth from Der Spiegel: Back from the Grave

BACK FROM THE GRAVE
Padre Pio Exhumed for Pilgrims in Italy

The Catholic Church is rolling out one of its most popular saints -- although he died in 1968. Padre Pio's remains will be on display for the rest of the year in Italy for pilgrims to visit.

The body of Padre Pio, one of the Catholic Church's most recent and popular saints, went on display Thursday in southern Italy to mark the 40th anniversary of his death.

Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Vatican's sainthood office, conducted an outdoor mass for about 15,000 pilgrims in the town of San Giovanni Rotondo, where Padre Pio spent most of his life in a Capuchin monastery. Then the cardinal paid a private visit with a few other Church officials to the crypt where Pio's remains are laid out in a crystal-windowed casket.

A sort of cult has grown up around the Italian monk who was said to have stigmata, or bleeding wounds to imitate Jesus' crucifixion, on this hands and feet. Thousands of pilgrims gathered to attend a special mass and view his reconstructed corpse.

As a living cult figure, Padre Pio embarrassed the Church because of his popularity and his supposed wounds. For years he was banned from saying mass in public. But Pope John Paul II made him a saint in 2002, and Church officials say they have exhumed his body now so the faithful could pray before it, and to make sure the corpse was well preserved.

Padre Pio died in 1968, at the age of 81. Critics accused him of faking his wounds with carbolic acid, but there was no question of finding them on the corpse -- part of the myth is that they vanished after he died.

Monday, April 21, 2008

The Second Night

The Second Night

On the first night, we had Indian food: chicken tikka masala, saag paneer, unleavened bread, raita -- I drank Hendricks instead of four glasses and she had a mango daquiri. Totally successful seder.

The second night we had leftovers in memory of the rush to get out of Egypt. Very tasty.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Land for Peace!

Miami, Havana, Jerusalem and Washington – all abuzz at rumors circulating that a major land-for-peace deal is in the works. With the retirement of Fidel Castro, Washington expects that many Miami Cubans will be returning to the island. In fact, efforts are already underway for a reverse boat lift to Havana from a secret location in Florida.

But that’s not the whole story. Apparently, Jimmy Carter raised the possibility with Hamas that the U.S. could give the state of Florida to Israeli Jews who would be re-settled in former Cuban-held properties. The U.S. would then foot the re-settlement bill – Jews to Miami, Palestinians to Tel Aviv! The result: peace everywhere.

The only fly in the ointment (problem) is that Texas Born-Againers are against this. “How can we have Armageddon if the fucking Hebes come back to the U.S.? No way!”
In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, there was also a wail or two. “Let my people go to Florida? What kind of song is that?”

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Get a Fork!


Pledge to eat differently


Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Wednesday’s NPHW behavior focuses on encouraging participants to “Eat Differently” to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Join Americans across the nation in signing on to the Healthy Climate Pledge and adopting this healthy behavior and others throughout the week.

Like traveling differently, eating differently will result in positive outcomes for not only the health of the planet, but for your individual health as well. To learn more about how our food choices affect the health of the planet, check out this fact sheet — [special thanks to Dr. Roni Neff of the Center for a Livable Future].

Here are some strategies to get you started as you try to eat differently:


1. Eat with clothes on at least one day a week



2. Check what’s currently in your kitchen: Give her/him a kiss!

3. When shopping, buy sustainable things like Fair Trade chocolate pudding!

3. Check food labels; then check your pocket book. Then checkout the checker, but don't get cheeky! Get a stool for the checkout person.

4. Plan locally sourced meals

Did you know that a typical, conventionally grown carrot travels 1,838 miles to reach your dinner table? Reduce food miles: buy macaroni and cheese produced in a nearby cellar.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Running Water

Special History from Moldova: Running Water

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:


Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor; hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water...

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes t he animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying. It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house . This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door , it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..

Those with money had plates! made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer..

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

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Fallopian Tube Shortage on Long Island

Fallopian Tube Shortage in Nassau County

Special from Ou Correspondent in Wantagh, New York

According to an outraged elderly patient, there is a dramatic shortage of fallopian tubes in Long Island hospitals. "I was scheduled for an examination of my heart -- you know, where they put a tube down your throat and pump dyes in -- and the nurse came back and said we'd have to postpone! There were no fallopian tubes in the stockroom!"


"It's the damn Republicans," said one old-time commentator. "Time for a change!"

Friday, March 28, 2008

Barry Liberates Liberals

For the first time since LBJ -- and maybe George McG -- liberals are starting to sound like liberals! The Nation is jammed full of remembrances of FDR. Everybody from Jesse J to Howard Z is jumpin' with Barry O. Well, thank god for that -- even if you are not in some faith based collective.

Still, when Hillary and O fight to a standstill at the Convention, you just watch for the Gore-man to emerge from the shadows. Draft Al! says the insider. He will save the nation from the McCain-Huckaby ticket!

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Clemens causes War and Poverty!

CONGRESS: CLEMENS CAUSES WAR AND POVERTY

In an amazing display of analytical insight, Congressional spokesmen announced that the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and throughout Equatorial Africa have been caused by Roger Clemens.

"His use of life enhancing drugs is the root cause of the whole fucking thing," said an unnamed Congressional source. "This is one subject we can agree with them about," said an Administration official. "It's that son of a bitch drug-using bastard's fault! We never would have gone into Iraq ..."

On the Presidential nomination campaign, all of the candidates agree that Clemens is causing poverty and inequality. "Time for a change!" agreed Hilary and Barry, not to mention McCain and Huckster. "Stop these drug-taking big muscled athletes from doing this shit and we'll all be a lot better off! No more war! End Roger Clemens in our lifetime!"

Arrangements are being made in Washington to burn Mr. Clemens at the stake next week. The Mormon Tabernickle Choir will provide entertainment if the fire is not enough.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Contra-King Rally

Nero News Service – As the World Burns
Dateline, Amerika, 1-22-2008

We’re Everywhere-Citizens for an American Right Emancipated (WE CARE) has made major victories this week as it moves to restore the U.S. to a land of decency and safety for right living citizens. In Jena, La., WE CARE demonstrated against the half-century of imposed rights for descendents of former slaves. On the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, they brought their forces of nearly thirty people to show that the nooses hanging in the tree were not symbolic or a prank. “We came from outside this area to let folks know that whoever put them nooses in the trees is alright with us.” said WE CARE leader Gawna Getcha.

A local teenager and his grandmother who preferred to remain anonymous made it clear that they don’t want no trouble in this town. “The high school is a good place. The kids learn a lot there, and everything is usually ok. Unfortunately, this time on Noose Night, our semi-annual ritual, things got a bit out of hand and the boys hung those things on the tree in the square and were so drunk the forgot to take them down before dawn. Such a shame that it has marred the name of our good town.”

But this is a minor battle for WE CARE. Elsewhere, they have a hunters’ rights battle on their hand. The group’s western regional environmental affairs coordinator, Klaus BarbyandKen, was having to defend the use of Compound 1080, a mixture of M-44 and sodium fluoroacetate, that WE CARE has encouraged the US Agriculture Dept. to use to kill coyotes and maybe illegal immigrants.

Mr. BarbyandKen told reporters at a press conference, “F**k man. Not since the good old days of Zyklon D have we been able to so successfully eliminate pests. This is better living through chemistry, and that’s the American way, ain’t it?” WE CARE then discontinued the press conference in order to engage in a protest march to signal its opposition to global warming. “This is what hot air looks like.” they chanted as they marched down the streets of Fargo, ND.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Political Gop

GOP Gop

from Carlos Rover


Tickets Still Available
for the Huckabee Contingency Cruise. Excellent seats on a spaceshot to Mars are still available on a contingency basis. Just in case you want to get out.

Nothing to Fear Spokespeople for former Governor Romney said that citizens have nothing to fear from his election to presidency. "He did nothing at all in Massachusetts except watch it deteriorate,"
said a highly placed associate. "Why do you imagine he would do anythin more as president?" Meanwhile speculation continued in Salt Lake City that what Mitt really wants is head of the World Bank. "The Angel Maroni told me so," said a street person.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Prairie State Semen

And Next Step?

Something with which to start your day:



"When you buy a box of Cheerios in New York and one in Champaign, Illinois, you know they are going to be the same. By shortening the genetic pool using clones, you can do a similar thing."
- JON FISHER, president and owner of Prairie State Semen in Illinois,
after the F.D.A. declared cloned animals safe for the food
supply.

(From the New York Times)

Monday, January 14, 2008

Confidential!

FROM:AKUDO NANA SIYABONGA
TEL: 233-249-588-836
48 DEMARK GARDEN
SANDTON
ACCRA GHANA.

URGENT RESPONSE AND CONFIDENTIAL
My name is Akudo Nana Siyabonga the eldest son of Mr Jeremiah Siyabonga, of Ghana the fomer presidential asperanty in Ghana during president (MR.J.J.LAWRENCE).
It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, I got it from the Ghana Information Network Online(GINO)Ghana Trade Centre. And it is coming to you with good intention. During the current crises against the farmers of Ghana by the supporters of our President, MR.J.J.LAWRENCE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.
My father was one of the great and best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president's political ideology, the president's supporters invaded my father's farm burnt down everything,shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sick and died after ten days. And after his death, I and my younger brother decided to move out of Ghana for the safety of our lives to Lome Togo.
BUT, before he died HE WROTE HIS WILL, which reads "(MY BELOVED SON , I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF ($350,000,000=00). THREE AND FIFTY MILLION U.S DOLLARS WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG (LOME -TOGO). IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY".
You should solicit for reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of LOME TOGO for investment purpose. I deposited the money in your name and it can be claimed by you alone with the deposit code. your mother has all the documents. Take good care of your mother and brother." From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money. As such, I will be very grateful if you can assist us. I and my younger brother are now living in Lome Togo as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial law of LOME TOGO does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain financial rights to such huge amount of money .
In view of this, I cannot invest this money in Lome Togo, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of Lome-Togo for investment purposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 40% of the total fund, while 10% will be set aside for local and international expenses and 80% will be kept for me and my family . Finally,all modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves.
Looking forward to your urgent reply. For detailed information, please contact me on my direct line 233-249-588-836
NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. Reply to my alternative mail.(akudo_nana1@yahoo.com)
All the best regards,
AKUDO NANA SIYABONGA
(FOR THE FAMILY)

Friday, January 11, 2008

And now from Ireland: A Prose Poem

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the Irish Lottery
online Program held 2008 by the Irish Lottery .Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 564756063211774 with Serial number 6525/06which emerged
the Irish Jackpot winner. You have therefore been approved to claim
total sum of 1,500,000 pounds in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/06
of Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from
over100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. To file for your claim, please fill the claims and verification
form below and send to our fiduciary agent:
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Fiduciary Agent
The Claims Department
Email; info.irishofficial_claimsdept@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: :+447031918427
Call for verification
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:______________________________________
4.AGE:________
5.OCCUPATION:________________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
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9.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
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Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Don't Cry for Me, Obama!

Don’t Cry for Me, Obama!

Manchester, NH. Special.

Lessons Learned

By Carlos Rover

No question about it: Hilary’s weepiness convinced New Hampshire – or at least enough of New Hampshire – that she was a feeling person. Good for her! She’s no fucking idiot! The time for stoicism was when confronted with Monica out of the closet. Then she was tough and loyal, now she is the “nurturant parent”, to borrow a phrase from cognitive psychology.

But watch out, Obama! Do not hire the composer of Katz to do a pop opera for you! Remember Ed Muskie and the three Muskie-tears! They sent him down East and out of contention for the topspot of the world!

So, important to remember: Americans want women who can weep – maybe even for the presidency – but not teary-eyed men! Slim, yes! Sensitive, well, sort of! Inspiring and charismatic, Absolutely!! But please, Obama, no tears if you want the big job. Yes to change said New Hampshire, but no spare change.

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Nader Sweeps Iowa!




NADER SWEEPS IOWA!!


Unexpected Write-ins Overwhelm GOP and Dems!


Need we say more?

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Subject: I AM JOHNSON DANIEL SON OF LATE Dr.(Chife)DANIEL MUTAMBARA.WHO WAS MURDERED
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