Cell Division + 1

RIP. Though referred in the media as a "two headed boy", these boys - given the single name "Kiron" by their parents - are in fact Siamese Twins. For such a strange sight, this is a remarkably peaceful photo.

All Election All The Time

• Check on your voting registration status here.
  
  
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• Right wing blogs are convinced Joe Biden embarrassed himself in this interview. Some argue Biden is a gaffe prone fool hardly more qualified than Palin to be Vice President. I think he showed remarkable restraint in the face of blatant gotcha journalism.
  
  
  
  
  
• Self hating, all of them
  
  
• This kid cracks me up:
  
  
  
  
  

Main Street & God's Country

The right deserves the backlash it's receiving for trying to claim the mantle of real America; of decency, honor, and patriotism. As if party affiliation and zip code are reliable indicators of one's values or character. This type of demagoguery has been a productive election season tool for the right for many decades but times have changed and it's clear the returns are diminishing. The Daily show exploits the BS of it all in this clip about Main Street, Wasila, Alaska.

It Has Begun

This is a screen shot from inside the game "Burnout Paradise." If you play games like these, you'll notice plenty of sponsored ads from snack and drink companies in the form of billboards, vending machines, stadium signs, etc. Contemporaneous real time advertising, however, is a whole new ball game (possible only when your console is connected to the internet - which for most people is always). When reading about this a couple of years ago the idea was to advertise new and upcoming movies, music, and games. There was also talk about location specific advertising; perhaps a timely billboard ad from your local Dominos Pizza franchise, for example. Considering the fact that adults, young and not so young, make up such a large part of the gaming community, I guess political ads are a logical extension of the idea though it's hard to imagine anybody other than Barack having the cash for such niche advertising.

I'm Stunned

As much as I've rejected the right's flimsy attempts to link Obama to domestic terrorism, I have to admit, this link to the Weather Underground is hard to ignore.

Puns, I Like Them

This porta potty in midtown caught my eye - perhaps it jogged my thoughts on our economy. In any event, I thought the name of the company was brilliant. Only so many (tasteful) ways to make a company in the poo business stand out.

A Few Things

It's been a while so here goes:

• Did you know that the economic crisis is the fault of Niggers and Spics (capitalized out of respect)? Me neither. Sure, we all know these groups are often the root of problems that face America, whether it be overly exposed underwear or the loss of gardening jobs for White men, but in matters involving Wall Street, it's an American tradition to blame the Jews. Nonetheless several prominent voices are now telling us that a substantial portion of the blame for our current economic malaise can in fact, be laid on the backs, ashy or wet - take your preference - of the Niggers and Spics. They call it the diversity recession and instead placing blame on (a) the wall street geniuses who got richer than most of us can even imagine pedaling spectacularly risky financial products such as credit debt-swaps and derivatives, (b) the wall street financed lobbying firms that convinced (bribed?) ratings agencies and Fannie and Freddie to lower their risk criteria, or (c) simple old fashioned greed by an industry where folks named Leon and Jose have enough power to misplace your mail but not much more than that, instead of all that, our economy is imploding because the government made banks start loaning to Niggers and Spics. I love when complicated things are simplified for me. Speaking of simple, did you know?:
  

  ... whites (non-minorities) received 72.5% of subprime mortgages. Blacks got 16.2% of subprime mortgages, which isn’t all that different from the 12.4% of the general population that blacks comprise. The Hispanics about ... 6.2% of subprime mortgages, significantly less than their 14.8% of the general population

  I suspect the liberal media for these unhelpful facts.

• Bloomberg wants to do an end run around the term limits law by having the city council revoke the voter mandated law. Lot's of big players in the New York power scene are all for it: we're doomed without his vast financial expertise, say the the Wall Street titans who got us into this mess ...

• This article attempts to justify the practice of churches blessing pets but I still think it's stupid. I'd like to bring my Xbox 360 in for a blessing, as I've discussed in the past, the shit's got the devil in it.
  
  
• I just lost my fantasy football game by .03 points. I'm bringing my laptop to church dammit.
  
  
• Some say Track Palin, the recently deployed to Iraq son of Sarah, chose the Army when faced with jail time for a drug offense. I don't know if this is true, but I wanted to experience the fun of saying misleading shit to taint the character of a political candidate. Here's a picture of Sarah "Barracuda" Palin with her other son, Branch. I feel bad for the Palin kids not being exploited by their mom in this election, they must feel so unloved.
  
  

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