Archive for May, 2009

“Everybody’s gotta git inta da act!”–Jimmy Durante

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

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A real book!

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Howya doin?

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They couldn’t afford a napkin?!

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Extra ketchup, please.

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Open Sesame!
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How it all started.

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Images: (automat) via bethleintz.typepad.com (JC) via dst-corp.com;(book) via christianbookshop.ca; (hot dog stands) via roadfooddigest.com; (hot dog) via deusterco.com (JC) via dst-corp.com (ad) (pizza) via blog.pennlive.com;; (JC) via mormonwiki.com; (drive-through) (JC) via dst-corp.com

Lawmakers Bill Taxpayers For TVs, Cameras, Lexus–WALL STREET JOURNAL headline, May 30, 2009

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

By LOUISE RADNOFSKY and T.W. FARNAM
WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings spent $24,730 in taxpayer money last year to lease a 2008 luxury Lexus hybrid sedan. Ohio Rep. Michael Turner expensed a $1,435 digital camera. Eni Faleomavaega, the House delegate from American Samoa, bought two 46-inch Sony TVs.
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The expenditures were legal, properly accounted for and […]

Inhofe worries that Sotomayor may allow ‘undue influence from her own personal race, gender.’–THINK PROGRESS headline

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Of course, we remember Oklahoma senator Inhofe
for other profound statements…
“I’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.”–Senator Jim Inhofe, (R-OK)–By The Associated Press, 9/17/2008  8:14 PM
Nor, it appears, has it ever had a genius or
and intellectual relationship […]

2 Ex-Timesmen Say They Had a Tip on Watergate First–New York Times headline, May 25, 2009

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

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In other news, Doug Corrigan was honestly confused…

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and Saint Thomas (a.k.a Doubting Tom) really believed in the Resurrection, but after having seen David Cronenberg’s VIDEODROME at the Jerusalem Golgotha-Plex on Saturday evening, wounds intrigued him. Caravaggio’s painting demonstrates.
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Images: (Post) via worldpeacethroughtbeer.org; (parade) + (book) + (movie) via 100megspop3.com;(sheet music) via smithsonianlibraries.si.edu;(James Woods) in david […]

America’s Poor Are Its Most Generous Givers–McClatchy Newspapers headline

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

This has been so for many years.

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Good luck to the money grubbers.
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Image: (Rich skinflint) via productioninmage gatetheatre.ie; (camel) via en.wikipedia.org;(Let them eat Tasteekake box) tasteekake.com; (eye of the needle) mni.us;

Liz Cheney Considering Run For Public Office?–THINK PROGRESS headline

Monday, May 25th, 2009

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The story is here.
Image: (Shining) Kubrick; Danny-via dvdbveaver.com; twins-via jpgmag.com; (Liz) via leadingauthorities.com (Dick) via lefteyeonthemedia.files.wordpress.com;

I love Gillette products…

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

because they are not only well-made; they also sponsored hundreds of World Series games, scores of unforgettable prize-fights and…King Gillette was a great figure in the history of American business.
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I indicated with a red circle and star that portion of the packaging which involved me in a hotel bathroom escapade which rivaled the fight of […]

Either the woman is the tiniest in recorded history or the knob spinner fits on the world’s largest steering wheel.

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

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The entire advertisement is here.

Five Reasons the Atlantis/Hubble Space Walks Are The Most Dangerous Yet Taken.

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

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SECURITY

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THE CARGO

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THE EQUIPMENT

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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THE STOWAWAY
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Images: (Security) NASA via 1.usatoday.net;  spacesuit via marsonearth.org; pit bull via fortworthinjurylawbblog.com; Hubble (Cargo) tnt Warner Bros. via farm1.static.flickr.com; NASA via sciencenews.org; (Neighborhood) NASA via sm.mdacorporation.com;Paradise Square-GANGS OF NEWYORK vis odeon.typepad.com; (Equipment) NASA; (Stowaway) MING via therollerblog.com; NASA via cnet.news;

The government decides that Swine Flu is not frightening enough. Now they call it H1N1 as if it were an off-shoot of the late Robert Crichton’s Andromeda Strain. How about calling it the more familiar N1H1?

Monday, May 11th, 2009

There is a possibility of more confusion.

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Images: (N1H1) via breitbart.tv; (Abrams)  via militarypictures.info;(Pope) via nihilobstat.info;(Nihil Obstat) nihilobstat.info; (NEHI) CF orange. (Swine Flue)-flue-buckeyehi.com; pigs via scrapetv.com; (Swine Flew)-airport-via johnnyjet.com; pigs(top to bottom) #6 & #4 via img2.travelblog.org; #2 via softpedia.com; #3 via adultsremcellawareness.wordpress.com; #1 via vegansoapbox.com; #5 via weathertoplife.com;

“To the Crescent Moon, Alice!!!”

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Updated 10:15 p.m. EDT, Sun May 10, 2009
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By Mohammed Jamjoom
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CNN(CNN) — Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday.
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It is OK to slap Saudi women who spend too much, a judge has told an audience.It is OK […]

And now…for the local gnus…

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

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Images: (#6-gray gnu) via sagarmatha.com; (#4 & #2) via resor.smdendahl.se; (#1) via dic.academic.ru; (#5) via travelweblog.info; (#3) via ibah.com; (coffee shop) via esquire.com

“Top of the World, Ma!!”

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

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Image: Top of the World, Ma via (White Heat) via doctormacro1.info

A Rush to Judgment?

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Listen:

Image: (Hell) Garden of Earthly Delights–Hieronymus Bosch via astro.ucla.edu; via wikimedia.org; via 4.bp.blogspot.com; (Limbaugh) (big shirt) AP/Photo; (mug) via wowowow.com