Friday night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Signs You’re Watching A Bad Spy Film.” The list was in reference to the opening of the new James Bond film, “Quantum of Solace.” CBS’ David Letterman noted that the 22 James Bond films have netted $4.6B (“Late Show,” CBS, 11/14).
10) “Keeps leaking classified information on his Facebook page.”
9) “He has a license to fish.”
8 ) “It’s set in the dark, dangerous world of photocopier repair.”
7) “Hero’s new high-tech gadget: a shampoo that’s also a conditioner.”
6) “Sexy new Bond girl has 5 kids and a loving husband named Todd.”
5) “Villain’s plot to destroy the world’s financial system is foiled when the bank beats him to it.”
4) “Main character announces, ‘The name’s Bond, Shecky Bond.’”
3) “It’s about a plot to steal the Colonel’s fried chicken recipe.”
2) “‘Jet pack’ looks suspiciously like Hello Kitty backpack.”
1) “He promises to find Osama, yet seven years later, nothing.”
A woman fought off a serial rapist on Staten Island over the weekend with an ipod charger:
The victim picked Fields — a convicted serial rapist — out of a lineup yesterday afternoon, authorities said.
Sources told the Advance the woman fought back during the rape by jabbing her iPod charger into Fields’ neck. He still bore two prong marks on the neck from the charger, the sources said.
What makes this even better is that I didn’t even find this story on SILive originally. I saw it on Reddit- the woman is getting props on the internets.
Rudy Giuliani said Sunday he will consider running for governor of New York and isn’t ruling out a second attempt at the U.S. presidency….
Current New York Governor David Paterson said last month he will run in 2010 for a full term in office. He assumed office after his predecessor Eliot Spitzer resigned earlier this year amid a prostitution scandal.
So, in an election between Paterson and Giuliani: 1) Who wins? 2) Who would you vote for?
The police are seeking out additional supsects and believe that the two pictured above were involved in other crimes on election night:
Before sneaking up from behind Kamara in their car with their headlights turned off and then jumping him, the defendants committed a number of other crimes of hatred, according to the District Attorney’s office, which is continuing to gather evidence.
They could serve up to 15 years in prison. Imagine being the two punk white boys in prison for beating a black guy after Obama’s election victory. My guess would be that they’d be above the child molesters but definitely below the run-of-the-mill murders in terms of the prison hierarchy. That isn’t to suggest what they did was somehow worse than murder- only that in an African-American heavy environment, a hate crime against an African-American due to Obama’s win would likely be frowned upon.
The police say they have arrested the two Einsteins involved in the beating of the black Mulsim on election day:
Two Staten Island teen-agers have been arrested this morning in connection with the beating of a black Muslim teen, allegedly at the hands of a carload of white men furious over Barack Obama’s election victory.
Ralph Nicoletti, 18, of Wadsworth Avenue, Fort Wadsworth and Bryan Garaventa, 18, of Maryland Avenue in Rosebank, were arrested yesterday and charged with second-degree assault, a hate crime, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.
The only thing that stops me from writing some philippic about these idiots is the fact that they are, in the eyes of the law, innoncent until proven guilty. I guess we’ll have to wait.
Also, in case no one read the comments on my last post, I figured I’d refresh readers on an itneresting quetion LE posed. Kosher or no: banning speech denying the Holocaust?
Residents of Staten Island’s ethnically-diverse Mariners Harbor community were shocked this morning to find swastikas spray-painted on sidewalks, the sides of buildings and cars, apparently out of anger over Barack Obama’s historic presidential victory.
At least three swastikas were left in black paint on sidewalks at the intersection of Sparton Avenue and Mersereau Avenue. Another was left on a stop sign and a community center.
On the rear of a commercial building on Wemple Street were the words “F— Oboma [sic]” and “Mcain [sic] al [sic] day.”
“We woke up this morning only for my daughter to discover the sign,” said Rotimi Oloye, 56, of Spartan Avenue, who had a pair of swastikas painted on the sidewalk in front of his home. “If you understand anything about history, you know it’s hateful. My daughter was terrified.”
It’s embarrassing. Not only are they racists- they can’t even spell the two names of the people they think about enough to violate the law for (awk sentence, too lazy to fix).
Related to the previous post, care of George Clooney:
At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won’t be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.
At least we’ll be on the right side of history- even if it takes awhile.
Shame on California. Much love to Connecticut. None of this one man one woman bullshit. None of this “separate but equal” civil union crap. Gay Marriage:
Gay marriage is legal in Connecticut now that a judge has cleared the way.
New Haven Superior Court Judge Jonathan Silbert ruled at a brief hearing Wednesday morning that gay and lesbian couples now may pick up marriage license forms at town and city clerks’ offices statewide.
While there’s anger and recriminations in California’s gay-rights movement after voters there banned same-sex marriage, gay couples in Connecticut are at the opposite extreme: They’re getting ready to exchange vows.
Let’s keep it going. It’s the civil rights movement of the 21st-century.
Last night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Terrell Owens Advice For Kids.” The list was read on-stage by Cowboys WR Terrell Owens (“Late Show,” CBS, 11/11).
10. “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how crazy smooth you look playing the game.”
9. “Get into a line of work that includes cheerleaders.”
8. “Look good.”
7. “Smell good.”
6. “Election Day is just around the corner—be sure to get out and vote.”
5. “On or off the field, play it safe and wear a cup.”
4. “Don’t hassle the Hoff.”
3. “Listen to me—do not cry during a press conference.”
2. “There ain’t a damn thing to do in Green Bay.”
1. “Show up to practice every day…unless you’re renegotiating.”
In an interview after his ceremony aboard the USS Intrepid yesterday, President Bush admitted there were some things he regretting saying during his presidency.
As his presidency nears its end, a reflective President Bush suggested Tuesday that he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terrorism over the last eight years and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner only a month after U.S. troops in Iraq were deployed.
Last night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Things Overheard During The Bush-Obama Meeting” (“Late Show,” CBS, 11/10).
10) “You sure you want this job?”
9) “Actually, sir, I do mind if you call me ‘Barack-Odile Dundee.’”
8 ) “Let me know if you want the Secret Service to frisk you for fun.”
7) “I appreciate the offer, but you can take the spittoons with you.”
6) “Honest opinion: Would it be a mistake to pardon Amy Winehouse?”
5) “Is that Roger Clinton sleeping on the sofa?”
4) “The red phone is for talking to world leaders, the blue phone is for ordering Domino’s.”
3) “When there’s a big crisis, you might be here as late as 4pm.”
2) “Other than the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, the deficit, the crumbling infrastructure, our energy policy, Gitmo and global warming, is there anything else I need to fix?”
A recent discovery in a Berlin flat indicates that the Third Reich had blueprints for the gas chambers (later constructed in Auschwitz-Birkenau) long before the major effects of the Nuremberg laws took place. In fact, the blueprints of the gas chambers are dated to before the Wannsee Conference of January 1942 - which only furthers the argument that the Nazis had intended to systematically exterminate the 11 million Jews, Soviets, mentally disabled persons, Gypsies, and homosexuals/Catholics* who were victims of the concentration camp system of Nazi Germany. (*i group gays & catholics for no other reason than their being a smaller contingency of the total number of victims during WWII in the KL’s. however, i do acknowlege the wealth of comedic potential there is in this juxtaposition…)
As a big nerd, guys, this is SO GREAT!!! Working in the academic publications department of the USHMM got me super into this stuff; it is so beautiful to see that they have discovered primary sources that could eventually contribute to the dissolution (or at least weakening) of the Holocaust denial following there is in this country and around the world. The minutes from the Wannsee Conference are meager at best, and those are some of the best pieces of evidence the world has showing that the Nazis intentionally exterminated the Jews & others in a systematic manner. These blueprints are critical to the academic world of genocide studies because one of the major arguments deniers use against the existence of the Holocaust involves the rubble that remains at the sites of places such as Auschwitz, Birkenau et cetera, as the modern day evidence shows no structural indication that the buildings that the Nazis destroyed once the Allies invaded had the infrastructure to be gas chambers. (as an aside, why the fuck would the nazis totally bomb the shit out of buildings on the sites of labor camps which, at the time of wwii, were relatively kosher (excuse my word choice) if they weren’t guilty of some horrible human rights violation inside said buildings? whatever.)
With these new blueprints, it can be ascertained once and for all that the buildings that once stood in specifically Birkenau, but also in camps like Treblinka and so many others whose gassing chambers & creamatoria were indeed integral parts of death camps, not labor camps.
While the often hilarious Chuck Norris facts were, well, often hilarious, I became increasingly uncomfortable with what amounted to deifying a total asshole as it became very clear that he was a conservative nutjob. An example being his full support of charming-but-crazy Mike Huckabee and this:
In yet another sign of these troubling economic times, Circuit City has filed for bankruptcy.
Circuit City Stores Inc., the No. 2 electronics seller after Best Buy, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, becoming the latest retailer hurt by a worsening economic downturn that’s left more consumers with less money to shop.
The company, filing for Chapter 11 protection, has no plans to shut down, and has said it is merely doing this to allow for uninterupted flow of merchandise during the hoiday season.
