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tuesday humor (more from dangerous minds)

although he's NOT TRYING to be funny





What Does Bathroom Etiquette Have To Do With God?
Posted by Richard Metzger
Pastor Steven L Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church (and Teabagger) preaches that men must urinate while standing up. This is what being a man is all about. And it’s emblematic of everything that’s wrong in the world. Apparently. And did you know that President Obama probably pees sitting down. too? That’s what the good reverend thinks! How he knows this, I can’t say..........

blond on blond is one of my favorite albums

so i was especially happy to see this: (but dangerous minds ALWAYS has cool music and other stuff)


The Making of Blonde on Blonde in Nashville
Posted by Richard Metzger

nteresting 2007 essay by Sean Wilentz from the Oxford American Magazine about the recording of one of the greatest albums of the last century, Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde. A couple of interesting quotes in the piece from actor-musician Kris Kristofferson, who at the time (1965) worked as a janitor in the recording studio where the album was made. Here Wilentz describes the scene when the epic Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands was created:

The strangest Nashville recording dates were the second and third. The second began at six in the evening and did not end until five-thirty the next morning, but Dylan played only for the final ninety minutes, and on only one song: “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.” He would later call it a piece of religious carnival music, which makes sense given its melodic echoes of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the chorale “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” Unlike “Visions of Johanna,” though, this epic needed work, and Dylan toiled over the lyrics for hours. The level of efficiency was military: Hurry up and wait.............

Visions of Johanna from ramonramon on Vimeo.

cool

Modern dance inspired by science

Maggie Koerth-Baker

i could go on and on and on

using words like crazy or insane or soul-less or idiotic or white supremacist. i won't. you can read it for yourself and think what you will

Texas lawmaker: Obama is ‘God’s punishment on us’
By Daniel Tencer

Texas governor 'proud' to be in Glenn Beck's 'army'

It seems conservative firebrands are seeing God's punishment everywhere these days.

First there was televangelist Pat Robertson who in January told his audience that the Haitian earthquake was punishment for Haiti's founders having signed a "pact with the devil."

Then came radio host Rush Limbaugh, who last week suggested that the Iceland volcano was "God's punishment" for the US passing health care reform.

Now a Texas state representative has taken the notion a step further, declaring that an elected official -- rather than a natural disaster -- is a sign of God's displeasure.

"I believe that Barack Obama is God's punishment on us today," Rep. Leo Berman of Texas' 6th district told the audience at a Glenn Beck appearance in Tyler, Texas. ............

we shouldn't have to be reading about this type of thing

what if jere was your best friend or your mother or your aunt or your sister? how would you feel then?

on one of the latest podcasts of 'this american life' they did a show on urban myths. one segment was: stories immigrants to the usa heard (i guess from other immigrants) that couldn't possibly be true. anyway, all of the stories WERE true. the one that stuck with me or struck me is; we have homeless people in america. i guess in most countries homelessness isn't an issue. well i'm bothered it's a problem for us. i'm ALSO bothered by the lack of heath care coverage for our citizens. NONE OF US SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER

Gaps in insurance policies make oral drugs too pricey for some cancer patients

By Sandra G. Boodman

Kaiser Health News

When Jere Carpentier learned last year that she had advanced colon cancer -- her third malignancy in a dozen years -- she worried about spending hours in a clinic tethered to an intravenous line, enduring punishing chemotherapy that would make her hair fall out. Her veins ruined by earlier treatments, Carpentier was elated when her oncologist said this time she could avoid needles and take a pill at home that would specifically target the cancer cells and spare her hair. "I let that be the thing that made this okay," she recalled.

But the former human resources manager, who lives in San Jose, soon discovered that her insurer would not pay for the pill called Xeloda, which cost $4,000 per month, because a cheaper IV drug was available. So instead, she underwent surgery to implant a port in her chest through which she received 46-hour-long chemotherapy infusions, mostly at home. One night the device, which included a large needle that constrained her every move, sprang a leak and began emitting a shrill alarm, requiring a race to the emergency room. "It was the scariest thing that happened to me," Carpentier, now 60, recalled, "and I'd been through two cancers." ..........

the christian science monitor

copy edits 9 teabagging pics

here's one

PROBLEM: An examination of the historical record finds that Congress has never been peeled in the first place. SOLUTION: Replacing 'repeel' with 'repeal,' while failing to create a prescription that could be enacted within any existing legal framework, would at least convey something closer to a meaningful concept.

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see i TOLD you this was going to happen

number one, I DON'T CARRY MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH ME (do you)? number two, i DON'T CARRY MY PASSPORT WITH ME (do you)? i wonder if the governor does? i wonder WHO does?

putting EVERYTHING else aside. HOW THE HELL MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST THE STATE OF ARIZONA? really

Truck driver forced to show birth certificate claims racial-profiling

by Alicia E. Barrón

PHOENIX – A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway.

Abdon, who did not want to use his last name, says he provided several key pieces of information but what he provided apparently was not what was needed.

He tells 3TV, “I don't think it's correct, if I have to take my birth certificate with me all the time.”

3TV caught up with Abdon after he was released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in central Phoenix. He and his wife, Jackie, are still upset about what happened to him.

Jackie tells 3TV, “It's still something awful to be targeted. I can't even imagine what he felt, people watching like he was some type of criminal.”..............

if you're a fan of queen and/or bohemian rhapsody

you MUST run on over to tywkiwdbi to see the comprehensive posting (linked below) on the song

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

(note the following is NOT part of the story, but i HAD to post it anyway)

let's face it, a ravioli

is just a wet empanada

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i guess the pope isn't a sticks and stones kind of dude

he's offended, his FEELINGS WERE HURT over some words. yet, he doesn't really seem to have too very many effing issues over real EVIL TRAGIC TORTUROUS ACTIONS against the priests who assaulted children. someone please explain that one to me. please.

this is beyond belief. the church is OFFENDED OVER WORDS. yet they try to bury abuse. when that doesn't work, they blame the victims. when that doesn't work they blame the jews. when that doesn't work they blame gays. when that doesn't work they blame the devil.

FUCK they blame everyone BUT THEIR OWN FUCKING GUILTY SELVES

Pope 'could cancel UK visit' over 'offensive' Foreign Office memo

By Gordon Rayner and Nick Pisa in Rome

Senior Papal aides suggested the Foreign Office had not taken strong enough disciplinary action against those responsible for the document, which suggested the Pope should open an abortion clinic, bless a homosexual marriage and launch his own range of condoms while he is here.

No-one has lost their job over the memo, which was sent to Downing Street and at least three Whitehall departments, and the civil servant who authorised it has simply been moved to other duties.

One highly-placed source in the Vatican said: “This could have very severe repercussions and is embarrassing for the British government - one has to question whether the action taken is enough.

“It is disgusting. Britain’s ambassador to the Holy See has been in to see the Secretary of State and explain what happened and this will all be relayed to the Pope...........

posted it before, but wanted to again

the nutmeg grater: the hartford courant

the nutmeg grater: the hartford courant

my new ink

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as you may or may not know, when i got my knitting fairy tattoo, her shoes just would NOT heal. i eventually went to the doctor and he ended up having to make her shoe-less (check out her feet in the top picture). the fact i had just been tattooed was coincidental. it had NOTHING to do with the skin cancer. so it's been about a year and i got the go ahead from my doc to get her touched up. i made an appointment with pat macdonald (who did the original knitting fairy) and i told him i'd also like some stars around my lower arm (eventually the arm will be a sleeve). i'm not linking to pat's shop because he's going to a new one on may 5th. i believe he said he's going to west springfield (i know he said it's by the big e fairgrounds). when i get his new info, i'll post it.

anyway.................here's my NEW arm (and yeah, the knitting fairy as you can see if you look closely, is still shoeless. pat won't do it for at least another year. he said the skin had to heal even more. the ink would just spread around too much now and it would be a hot mess. so, i will just have to wait.)

i'm so very happy. i LOVE my pentagram. i love my stars, they're all different and i love my moon. thanks pat!

creepfest

from

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some nice, some not

15 bizarre and creative necklaces

there are NO words

Diner in Australia told gay dogs not welcome

A restaurant in a northwest suburb of Adelaide that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was "gay" was ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500.

Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at the Thai Spice restaurant in May 2009 after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a "gay dog," a tribunal heard this week.............

oh my goddess this is GREAT

Barbie’s Unflattering Photos – She’s Not So Perfect After All!

check 'em ALL out

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"Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black" - Tim Wise

this really IS brilliant


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Thursday, April 22, 2010

"Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black" - Tim Wise

Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure - the ones who are driving the action - we’ll envision black folks or other people of color instead. The object of the game is to imagine the public reaction to the events or incidents, if the main actors were of color, rather than white. Whoever gains the most insight into the workings of race in America, at the end of the game, wins.

So let’s begin.

Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Capitol and White House, armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and ammunition. And imagine that some of these protesters —the black protesters — spoke of the need for political revolution, and possibly even armed conflict in the event that laws they didn’t like were enforced by the government? Would these protester — these black protesters with guns — be seen as brave defenders of the Second Amendment, or would they be viewed by most whites as a danger to the republic? What if they were Arab-Americans? Because, after all, that’s what happened recently when white gun enthusiasts descended upon the nation’s capital, arms in hand, and verbally announced their readiness to make war on the country’s political leaders if the need arose.

Imagine that white members of Congress, while walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of those congressmen for not voting the way the black demonstrators desired. Would the protesters be seen as merely patriotic Americans voicing their opinions, or as an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary mob? After all, this is what white Tea Party protesters did recently in Washington...................



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who knew he had such sweet sweet

well read what his wife said to find out

This week in crazy: Scott Baio

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

We suspected Scott Baio had the makings of a great Twitter meltdown back in January, when the former teen star and staunch conservative posted an unflattering photo of Michelle Obama along with the comment, "WOW He wakes up to this every morning." We were impressed when he followed up by posting a photo of himself with an actual black lady to prove he wasn't racist. And he got our attention when he tweeted, on April 12, "Taxes

are done. That should feed, house & provide medical for quite a few lazy non working people at my expense."

But if you're going to melt down in the same medium that holds a Jim Carrey and a Lindsay Lohan, you're going to have to try a little harder. This week, with a little help from his wife, Scott Baio did just that..................

...................His wife, Renee, meanwhile, took her ire to Facebook, where she posted the elegant: "F**K YOU Jezebel.com web rag!!!! You bunch of FAR LEFT Lesbian shitasses!!!!! No wonder you're all lesbos because what man could put up with your cuntness? Scott Baio has more class in his piss than all of you all!!!"..................

and from jezebel itself:

"You Lesbian Shitasses": Scott Baio's Wife Rants On Faceboo

k (Updates)

and from huffpo:

Scott Baio Defends Wife's Anti-Lesbian Facebook Rant

but NOT to worry. it looks like renee HAS lesbian friends and black friends and jewish friends and muslim friends and maybe even A FAT friend. wow!