Post 133

Howdy ho neighbors...

First on the docket today is politics... Yes I'm going to make fun of conservatives, so if that's what you are and you have a thin skin you might want to just jump down further...

First idiot is Glenn Beck... Now I'm not going to talk about his oh so sincere email exchange with fellow nitwit Sarah Palin talking about how the Republic would fall if she were killed, because yeah our Republic is THAT fragile.  Forget Civil Wars, Great Depressions and general civil unrest of the 60s... Sarah Palin being alive is what is keeping this country from collapsing.  I'm talking about this awesome juxtaposition:

Yes that's Glenn Beck responding to the Tucson shootings with "We must stand together against all violence."... next to a picture of Glenn Beck holding a handgun.  Classy Glenn... Classy.

Next up is Sarah Palin herself... She took to the airwaves (actually YouTube) and released a video denouncing the criticism of her and other conservatives as "blood libel".  Ok, history lesson time... The term "blood libel" refers to the, obviously false, claim that religious minorities, almost always Jews, use the blood of children in religious rites.  Really?  You're going there?  You're comparing people saying "You know, maybe you went a bit too far putting crosshairs on people and that just might be inciting people to do bad things... " to "Jews use the blood of Christian children when making matzos for Passover."?  Also she said that American politics has always been this contentious... 

But when was it less heated? Back in those "calm days" when political figures literally settled their differences with dueling pistols?

OK really?  Aaron Burr in 1804 is your example?  Ma'am, that was 206 years ago.  TWO HUNDRED SIX YEARS AGO.  

Finally we have Cindy Jacobs of Generals International, an organization devoted to "training in prayer and spiritual warfare".  Apparently Ms Jacobs is a prophet.  Since she's a prophet *nudge*nudge*wink*wink* people have supposedly been asking her about all the birds dying.  She came to this conclusion... The mass die off of birds was in Beebe, Arkansas and the Governor of Arkansas is also name Beebe and the former governor of Arkansas was Bill Clinton who was the President that enacted Don't Ask/Don't Tell which was just repealed!

Uh... wut?

Yes apparently in accordance with Hosea 4:2-3

2 By swearing and lying,  

Killing and stealing and committing adultery, 

They break all restraint, 

With bloodshed upon bloodshed. 

3 Therefore the land will mourn; 

And everyone who dwells there will waste away 

With the beasts of the field 

And the birds of the air; 

Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.

God is telling us that repealing Don't Ask/Don't Tell was wrong by killing birds in the town with the same name as the governor of the state that used to be governed by the President who enacted DADT.

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I've seen this question asked about the Tucson shootings so I thought I'd answer it... People have asked by the nutjob (whom I'm not dignifying by saying his name) is only charged with killing 2 people and attempting to kill 2 others when he killed 6 people and injured 14 others.

Well it's actually because he's being charged in a Federal court and the Federal government doesn't have jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed against citizens of Arizona.  They DO have jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed against Federal employees which is what the Federal judge (John Roll) and the Congressional staffer (Gabe Zimmerman) are.  He's also being charged with attempted assassination of Congresswoman Giffords. Presumably the nutjob (whom I'm not dignifying by saying his name) will be charged in Arizona state court where he'll be charged with the murders of the Arizona citizens.  Most likely it'll be a moot point because I'm going to assume that he'll end up in Federal prison for the rest of his natural life if not put to death.  President Obama does believe in the death penalty in cases of the most heinous crimes like mass murder.

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Name the state with this snowy mountain:

 

Answer below...

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In sports... The University of Michigan hired Brady Hoke as their new head coach.  Coach Hoke formerly was the head coach of the San Diego State University Aztecs and took them from a 2-8 record in 2008 to a 9-4 record and Poinsettia Bowl win over a very good Navy team this year.  Before that Coach Hoke was the head coach for the Mighty Ball State Fighting Cardinals (fiercest of the robin-sized birds).  There Coach Hoke took them from the regular punch line for David Letterman to an undefeated MAC season in 2008.

But most important, Coach Hoke is a Michigan Man.  In 1995, Coach Hoke was signed as an assistant coach for Gary Moeller and was promoted to associate head coach under Lloyd Carr.  In 1997, the University of Michigan won the National Championship. Hoke was assigned to recruit in California where he spotted the talents of a skinny kid at Junípero Serra High School.  Hoke convinced the kid to come to Michigan where he started in 1998 and 1999 winning 20 of 25 games he started.  The skinny kid?  Tom Brady.

Good luck Coach Hoke!  Hail to the Victors!

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Dear Lady Gaga:

What the fuck.

Sincerely, 

The World.

Apparently Lady Gaga is teaming up with Polaroid (now that, you know the film business is extinct they have to do SOMETHING) to develop new sunglasses that will take pictures and then display the pictures on the lenses of the sunglasses for everyone else to see.

Did anyone bother to stop and ask "Why are we doing this????"  Yeah I didn't think so.

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Ok... answer to the above trivia question... the State in question is.... Hawaii!  The picture is of Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in Hawaii.  Mauna Kea normally has snow in January and February.

It's significant today because snow on Mauna Kea makes Hawaii the 49th state in the US to have new fallen snow... Florida is the only state currently without new snow.

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JP