Stupid King of Pop....
I thought Pop was now a republic, with an elected non-executive President (or Head of Pop, if you will) and a bicameral parliamentary system.
I might be getting Pop confused with Germany, though.
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
Riley ,'Sleeper'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
TomW - Mar 10, 2006 3:08:37 am PST #3149 of 10001
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Fred Pete - Mar 10, 2006 3:29:11 am PST #3150 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Stupid King of Pop
I think there's been a revolution. James Blunt is now the King of Pop.
Sue - Mar 10, 2006 4:08:01 am PST #3151 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I liked the biker jacket with the ruching (sp?).
I tripped over my headphone cord (and got my foot tanbgle in it) this morning and now one of the speakers is dead. They're still under warranty, but I don't think Sony will fix them. Wah!
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2006 4:24:52 am PST #3152 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I thought Pop was now a republic, with an elected non-executive President (or Head of Pop, if you will) and a bicameral parliamentary system.
I think there's been a revolution. James Blunt is now the King of Pop.
It makes me miss the good ol' days of the Presley dictatorship - at least he made the Mystery Trains run on time....
Theodosia - Mar 10, 2006 4:39:53 am PST #3153 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
is so out of it she doesn't know who James Blunt is
on reflection, may be proud of that
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2006 4:40:21 am PST #3154 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Um... why is there not more outrage?
In the latest New Yorker, Michael Specter has a positively chilling story on how theoconservatives and Christianists have waged a quiet war against some critical vaccines, especially against Human papillomavirus or HPV. A vaccine exists against this virus that would drastically reduce the numbers of cervix cancer cases. The religious right opposes it as a mandatory childhood vaccination, because it removes a disincentive to having sex:
"Religious conservatives are unapologetic; not only do they believe that mass use of an HPV vaccine or the availability of emergency contraception will encourage adolescents to engage in unacceptable sexual behavior; some have even stated that they would feel similarly about an H.I.V. vaccine, if one became available. 'We would have to look at that closely,' Reginald Finger, an evangelical Christian and a former medical adviser to the conservative political organization Focus on the Family, said. 'With any vaccine for H.I.V., disinhibition' - a medical term for the absence of fear - 'would certainly be a factor, and it is something we will have to pay attention to with a great deal of care.' Finger sits on the Centers for Disease Control's Immunization Committee, which makes those recommendations."
Specter has a Q and A about the article here. These people would rather people die of AIDS and cancer than do anything to "encourage" sexuality. And they have the cojones to call the Democrats the "party of death."
Jesse - Mar 10, 2006 4:49:32 am PST #3155 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The problem is that those of us who are outraged are so busy being outraged about all the other bullshit!
Jessica - Mar 10, 2006 4:56:03 am PST #3156 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Um... why is there not more outrage?
Oh, there's outrage. It's just muted because it's been going on for so long.
sumi - Mar 10, 2006 5:01:31 am PST #3157 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I loved the wacky WAT.
HDT and Malone doing Rock, Paper, Scissors (We used to call this jon ken pon) to see who got to talk down Mrs. Reynolds was so funny.
Also, you pockets haters are CRAZY!!
Fred Pete - Mar 10, 2006 5:17:03 am PST #3158 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
is so out of it she doesn't know who James Blunt is
British singer of what, some years ago, would have been called "soft rock." Became a big star worldwide on the strength of "You're Beautiful," which is a great single. (How big? "You're Beautiful" went to #1 in the U.S. Last time anyone from the U.K. did that, it was Elton John mourning Princess Di.)
Too soon to tell whether he's "flavor of the month" or "lasting star." But I can't say I'm as impressed with the other songs I've heard off the CD.