Thursday, February 3, 2011
UFO's In The "Holy Land"
Reports have been coming in that hovering overtop the Islamic holy shrine, the Dome of the Rock, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, an unidentified flying object was spotted.
Now, of coarse, a UFO doesn't automatically mean aliens. It just means that no one has any idea what it was. However, whether it be ET or angels, wouldn't they both classify as extraterrestrials? After all, is God, Jesus, and angels not of this world? Maybe the Scientologists were right.......I'm just fuckin with ya. Scientologists aren't right about anything ever.
Now, if it turns out that the UFO were visitors let's hope that they are kosher. You know how tolerant the Middle East is about anything that is different from them.
Now, of coarse, a UFO doesn't automatically mean aliens. It just means that no one has any idea what it was. However, whether it be ET or angels, wouldn't they both classify as extraterrestrials? After all, is God, Jesus, and angels not of this world? Maybe the Scientologists were right.......I'm just fuckin with ya. Scientologists aren't right about anything ever.
Now, if it turns out that the UFO were visitors let's hope that they are kosher. You know how tolerant the Middle East is about anything that is different from them.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Worst Tattoo Ever
Yes, that is an ice cream cone shooting out lightening bolts on the face of some rap artist named, get this, Gucci Mane. Guess you can't really expect too much from a guy who names himself after a piece of high priced fashion and the hairdo of a jungle cat. I was gonna post one of his songs but I don't want to infect my blog with bad decisions and piss pore "talent".
Banksy's Oscar Campaign
If you've never heard of the street artist Banksy then....well, I don't know what to tell you. Go outside and talk to people would be my only suggestion. But for the rest of us, last year the world renowned artist created a film 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' which was both entertaining and has since created some debate. The mixture of all these elements has led this film to be nominated for best documentary film at the 2011 Oscar's. And, just as in true Banksy fashion, a mural in LA soon found it's way to a random wall.
(All pictures courtesy of sneakhype.com. If it's not sneak then it must be hype.....HA! No, that's not their real slogan.)
Week Of Revolution
A little over a week ago the Egyptian people, tired of the police state, puppet government run by a dictator, took to the streets to demand their aristocracy step aside. In that time the Egyptian revolutionaries had gone head to head against the oppressive police regime and forced them from the capital of Cairo. Uprisings began springing up in other cities throughout Egypt. President Mubarak has since fired the government while at the same time digging his heels in saying that, though he won't run for re-election, he also will not step down as President. The military has moved in to try and create some sort of order in Cairo and many reports have come out that the military has shown sympathy to the revolutionaries. Looters, many backed by the disgraced police, had been spotted ransacking homes and buildings riding crotch rockets and wielding samurai swords (Ok, I gotta admit, that is pretty epic.). Neighborhood Patrol's aka militia's have began to form in order to secure parts of the city that the military was unable too. Egypt went through a phase of complete information blackout as the internet and cell phone service was cut. And now, a new element, loyalists to the regime, have begun to take the revolutionaries on.
Hey, if revolution was easy, everybody would be doing it.
The brilliance of the current Egyptian Revolution is, just as it was inspired by the Tunisia Revolution, it is inspiring protests and possible uprising in Yemen and Jordan. The Arab World is on fire and it is a beautiful thing to see the people take their freedoms from the oppressors.
Hey, if revolution was easy, everybody would be doing it.
The brilliance of the current Egyptian Revolution is, just as it was inspired by the Tunisia Revolution, it is inspiring protests and possible uprising in Yemen and Jordan. The Arab World is on fire and it is a beautiful thing to see the people take their freedoms from the oppressors.
(All pictures courtesy of HuffingPost.com)
Republican National Committee: Come For The Conservatism And Buy Our Reagan Crap
How would you like a Ronald Reagan bobble head for the low low price of $25 bucks so that the 40th can agree with all of the poor hating, minority spiting, war profiteering, commie delusions you fling at it? For the same price you can also get the Gipper's favorite candy, Jelly Beans. That sure as hell beats the, what $3.99 you'd have to pay at Target? Actually I think they have a 2 for 5 deal right now. Or, better yet, shovel out $400 dollars and you can get a framed photo of Reagan at his Inauguration which is actually something you can grab online for free and upload into a digital frame but hey.....$400 dollars! I know what you want. How about a shit ton of weapons? Oh wait, no you have to be Iranian for that and all the proceeds must go to fund the anti-communist Contra's who are actually a drug cartel. Nevermind. But hey, you can still get a "I really miss Reagan" bumper sticker. Funny how we didn't see that through the Bush years.
So what's with all this cheap Reagan crap now on the market? Well, funny thing. Remember the GOPs token black friend Michael Steele who the Republicans elected to be their chairman in an effort to show that the Democrats weren't the only ones willing to make history? Well, apparently the guy who blinged out the American flag at the bottom of the RNC website spent a bit too much and got his ass canned for it. How much? Well, currently the Republican National Committee is $23 million in debt. Who would have known that all those luxury golf outings and lesbian S&M clubs would be so goddamn expensive. So, new RNC chairman Reince Priebus, is on a quest to restore the RNC back into the green before the Republicans go into the 2012 general election with no support structure. What's Priebus doing? He's selling the Gipper. Or atleast hawking a bunch of Gipper crap. They aren't actually selling the Gipper. That would be illegal.....right? Fuckin socialists trying to ruin capitalism all the time.
Now, the RNC isn't just banking on the memory of Reagan. Priebus has already fired nearly half of his staff and cut back on the massive spending spree which Steele began. But $23 million is a lot of bobble heads. 4.6 million to be exact. But hey, if you just throw on a million dollar shipping and handling fee you'll knock that out in no time. You are the party of overly bloated rich people after all right? Oh, my bad, you don't make the rich people pay for shit. I forgot.
So what's with all this cheap Reagan crap now on the market? Well, funny thing. Remember the GOPs token black friend Michael Steele who the Republicans elected to be their chairman in an effort to show that the Democrats weren't the only ones willing to make history? Well, apparently the guy who blinged out the American flag at the bottom of the RNC website spent a bit too much and got his ass canned for it. How much? Well, currently the Republican National Committee is $23 million in debt. Who would have known that all those luxury golf outings and lesbian S&M clubs would be so goddamn expensive. So, new RNC chairman Reince Priebus, is on a quest to restore the RNC back into the green before the Republicans go into the 2012 general election with no support structure. What's Priebus doing? He's selling the Gipper. Or atleast hawking a bunch of Gipper crap. They aren't actually selling the Gipper. That would be illegal.....right? Fuckin socialists trying to ruin capitalism all the time.
Now, the RNC isn't just banking on the memory of Reagan. Priebus has already fired nearly half of his staff and cut back on the massive spending spree which Steele began. But $23 million is a lot of bobble heads. 4.6 million to be exact. But hey, if you just throw on a million dollar shipping and handling fee you'll knock that out in no time. You are the party of overly bloated rich people after all right? Oh, my bad, you don't make the rich people pay for shit. I forgot.
Easy A Review
Easy A wasn't exactly a film I was rushing out to see. After all, the film looked and turned out to be exactly what every single high school based movie was since the 80s. The bullshit of youth. Teenage minds with hormones flooding their brain as they try to find their place in the world and discover who they are, what is their purpose, and if they will ever find true love. It's one eye rolling second after the other as teenage angst leads to one forgettable problem after the other as the young viewers attempt to script the message and quotes into their every day interactions and the older viewers want to smack them all in the back of the head to try to wake them up to the reality that the world gets SO much harder.
The funny thing about Easy A was that throughout the film the film maker makes fun of the 80s style of the classic coming of youth story while at the same time following every single one of the rules.
Saving grace about the film? Emma Stone. First time I saw Emma Stone was in SuperBad and lately she has been in a lot of the headlines ever since she was cast in the Spiderman reboot. Stone has a cleverness and a charisma to her that makes you believe that she is the character that she is portraying. The way Matthew Lillard made many believe he was an actual punker after SLC Punk came out; after watching Easy A, you could almost believe that this was a biography of Stone's high school years just with the names and locations changed. She is a less indie hipster version of Ellen Page but better. Better because she is actually funny and not just funny for ironic sakes.
All in all my favorite part of Easy A was how they nailed the Jesus Freaks on the head. Growing up as a pastors kid I knew these people all too well. Believe me, I went to DC Talk and Petra concerts too. They are the "cool, next generation Christians" who grow their hair long, get into shape, wear the ironic t-shirts, don't shave, get tattoos and piercings, sit on their chairs backwards, and strum the guitar. There is ALWAYS some douche bag with a guitar. They act as though they are a new breed but they are just chameleons. Taking the form of anything they can in order to infiltrate any social group to force their message. They are the same religious bigots, just with a better alternative soundtrack.
In closing, we've seen this movie before plenty of times. At one point American Pie attempted to change the formula but it seems as though the pendulum has swung back pretty quickly to the original. Except now, they have the token gay character.
Final Grade: B- = Filled with situations that by no means could ever happen in real life. One of those movies where the entire school becomes obsessed with the problems of just a few students. However, a relatively funny film which didn't need to become overly vulgar as a fall back in order to get the jokes out. Not knocking vulgarity by any means, but it's nice to have none dick and fart jokes once in awhile.
In the scale of Burn It, Wait and Rent It, Wait and Buy It, Go and See It, Obsess Over It, Turn It Into A Religion: Wait and Rent It. Definitely worth a watch but doubtful if I'll ever want to watch it again. The best part of the film is the teachers rant about how our generation is obsessed with documenting our every waking thought on social networks. No need to buy the film though. Can't really imagine the dvd having too many extra features that I would want to sit through.
The funny thing about Easy A was that throughout the film the film maker makes fun of the 80s style of the classic coming of youth story while at the same time following every single one of the rules.
Saving grace about the film? Emma Stone. First time I saw Emma Stone was in SuperBad and lately she has been in a lot of the headlines ever since she was cast in the Spiderman reboot. Stone has a cleverness and a charisma to her that makes you believe that she is the character that she is portraying. The way Matthew Lillard made many believe he was an actual punker after SLC Punk came out; after watching Easy A, you could almost believe that this was a biography of Stone's high school years just with the names and locations changed. She is a less indie hipster version of Ellen Page but better. Better because she is actually funny and not just funny for ironic sakes.
All in all my favorite part of Easy A was how they nailed the Jesus Freaks on the head. Growing up as a pastors kid I knew these people all too well. Believe me, I went to DC Talk and Petra concerts too. They are the "cool, next generation Christians" who grow their hair long, get into shape, wear the ironic t-shirts, don't shave, get tattoos and piercings, sit on their chairs backwards, and strum the guitar. There is ALWAYS some douche bag with a guitar. They act as though they are a new breed but they are just chameleons. Taking the form of anything they can in order to infiltrate any social group to force their message. They are the same religious bigots, just with a better alternative soundtrack.
In closing, we've seen this movie before plenty of times. At one point American Pie attempted to change the formula but it seems as though the pendulum has swung back pretty quickly to the original. Except now, they have the token gay character.
Final Grade: B- = Filled with situations that by no means could ever happen in real life. One of those movies where the entire school becomes obsessed with the problems of just a few students. However, a relatively funny film which didn't need to become overly vulgar as a fall back in order to get the jokes out. Not knocking vulgarity by any means, but it's nice to have none dick and fart jokes once in awhile.
In the scale of Burn It, Wait and Rent It, Wait and Buy It, Go and See It, Obsess Over It, Turn It Into A Religion: Wait and Rent It. Definitely worth a watch but doubtful if I'll ever want to watch it again. The best part of the film is the teachers rant about how our generation is obsessed with documenting our every waking thought on social networks. No need to buy the film though. Can't really imagine the dvd having too many extra features that I would want to sit through.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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