Wednesday, October 17, 2012

One Year Ago Today

chris hitchens pummels the mormon cult

weird and insane chris hitchens stomps all over the really weird and really insane cult of mormonism, a uniquely american twist on the religious derangement.  as soon as you learn just a little about how creepy and sick many of their beliefs are, you should examine the more established religions and see the horrible truth about them as well, but the mormons are fucking out there, a nasty little group of freaks and perverts, the diseased product of an especially bad time in american history.  

eric cantor and paul ryan

watching these two clowns, one question comes to mind: is this the best that a major american political party can do?  i mean, these two assholes are just about too stupid to breathe and yet, there they are.

carbon quandry: appleman custom vs. crumpton corsa team

this is a question for the ages if you are looking for a plastic carbon road bike frame before 1 january 2012.  the crumpton corsa team is a good-looking made-in-italy stock carbon frameset for almost 4 grand.  for 3.5 grand this year, you could also get a custom appleman.  i'm not sure what i would or will do.  the crumpton is a nice looking sled, but the chance to get it tweeked is a strong incentive.  the only other carbon frame i'd consider would be from carl strong, but they're crumpton-expensive. 

the end of pat buchanan's sad career

if that horrible fuckwad can be on fox news to push his asinine racist book, can we hope that he will never be seen on any other tee vee outlet ever again?  of course not.  but he sucks. 

mekons at city winery

the mighty mighty mekons in a snazzy restaurant.  who woulda thunk it, though the mekons have a history of sit-down shows from way back on the natural tour, so it was a natural extension of their current zeitgeist to play such a venue.  the new stuff fit in well with the old stuff, and tom looked quite a bit more comfortable than he did on friday in brooklyn.  in 2007, i was struck at how much tom was the leader of the band on stage, but after four years without seeing him perform with the band, notably missing the epic mercury lounge show in 2009, i thought he was a little lost on friday but looked more natural on saturday.  all in all, it was a great experience, with a nice atmosphere and great sound.  highly recommended.  the banter was especially sharp that night as well.  a nice bootleg of the show can be found here.  highly recommended too. 

the latest war

watching all the assholes out there scream and cry in support of the latest and greatest american war against evil where our oil lives, you cannot help but be depressed.  firedoglake was an interesting example with snarky moron tbogg getting into it with some of our more clear-headed citizens and this followup bringing all the good democratic warriors out again.

after all the idiocy we've heard just in the last week, anyone who believes obama's story about uganda is an asshole themselves.  we only kill bad people when they live on top of shit we need.

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