April 26, 2ôô8
NAVIGATING THE FRINGE STREAM
- LISTING A BIT TO THE LEFT...
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Argus Hamilton says, “Barack Obama denied his comments marked him as an elitist, while Hillary denied being an elitist in Indiana. Who isn't an elitist anymore? We live in a country where you have to pay a hundred dollars a month to watch a TV series about John Adams.”
By the way - Barack Obama has sent me an e-mail saying that reading my blog has made him bitter…
Hillary's Speech
The highlight of Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania victory speech was when she said: "I'm in this race to fight for you ... You know you can count on me to stand up strong for you every single day in the White House"...
Obama was unable to get enough of the white and female vote to win the primary. He was also hurt by thousands of his supporters in small towns who were too bitter to go to the polls.
Barack Obama remained upbeat Wednesday after his pummeling in Pennsylvania. He couldn't knock her out. After Hillary finished beating him Tuesday, the makers of Waterford crystal offered Obama ten million dollars for the naming rights to his jaw.
Media pundits continued to question Senator Obama’s ties to the volatile Rev. Wright and unrepentant Weather Underground anarchists who blew up police stations. Only Vitamin C attaches itself to more free floating radicals than Barack Obama does.
North Carolina Republicans ran a commercial Thursday showing Barack Obama with his pastor Jeremiah Wright. Then it shows the minister denouncing America. Barack Obama blasted Republicans for running the ad, John McCain asked Republicans to remove the ad, and Hillary denied doing sexual favors for North Carolina Republicans.
John McCain raised concerns about his candidacy when he reported raising only fifteen million dollars in March. He doesn't need to raise much money at this stage. It only costs him three dollars to eat if he gets to Denny's before five o'clock.
Hillary Clinton was endorsed last Sunday by former right wing nemesis and Pittsburgh newspaper owner Richard Mellon Scaife. It's pure self-interest. Ever since Bill Clinton moved out of the White House, newspaper circulation in America has been falling like a stone.
Giuliani Takes Communion
Jake Novak reports, “Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani received Communion at the Papal mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral despite the fact that Giuliani has been divorced twice and favors abortion rights. The Church later clarified that it only bars Communion for Democrats who have been divorced twice and favor abortion rights.”
Argus Hamilton notes, “President Bush hosted a conference in New Orleans to show the city has recovered from Hurricane Katrina. The storm caused many to lose faith. It's hard to reconcile an Old Testament God who would destroy homes and churches and spare the French Quarter.”
T-Boz aka Tionne Tenese Watkins (38). As a child, Tionne was diagnosed with sickle-cell disease; her parents both have the homozygous recessive trait which 1 in 12 people of African American descent have. Since the age of seven, Watkins has been in and out of hospitals due to her sickle cell disease.
Watkins, and Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes eventually joined with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, and the group was signed in 1991 as TLC, which would go on to become one of the most successful girl groups in history and sell over 45 million records worldwide. She is one of the founders of the group TLC and also shares lead singing duties along with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. In addition to her work in TLC, Watkins has done some solo recording, including the singles "Touch Myself" (1996) for the Fled soundtrack, and "My Getaway" (2000) from the Rugrats in Paris: The Movie soundtrack.
Princeton physicist Edward Lorenz, who fathered the chaos theory, died at ninety last week. His contended that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could set off a tornado in Texas. Before we had global warming everything was the butterfly's fault.
“Mao more than ever.” [Dong Ki Kong, Chinese Interior Minister]
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable—intoxication.”
[Friedrich Nietzsche]
“The secret of drunkenness is that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.” [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
“What is the truest definition of Globalization?
Just take Princess Diana’s death: An English princess, with an Egyptian boyfriend, crashes in a French tunnel riding in a German car with a Dutch engine driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scotch whiskey, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi on Japanese motorcycles. Then she was treated by an American doctor using Brazilian medicines.
This was sent to me by an American using Bill Gates’ Microsoft technology, which is developed and produced all over the world. You’re probably processing it on your computer run by Taiwanese microchips and viewing it on a Korean monitor assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant and transported by Indian lorry-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexican illegals!
That, my friends, as Senator McLame would say, is Globalization at work.” Planet Proctor
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I’m Rev. Art.
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AH, YES! THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER!
Just in time for -
“THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER” (Thursday, May 1) - why don’t we have a rational discussion concerning the efficacy of prayer. SURE! Like THAT’s ever gonna happen!
Does prayer relieve a headache?
Pharyngula
Placebo also works sometime, with or without prayer.
So does Tylenol.
Go figure.
Aspirin is the One True Pain Reliever!
The doctor told Mike: "Nothing works faster than aspirin."
So he took nothing.
Heroin works, every time.
Or orgasms... "Honey, I have a headache!"
"I have just the thing for it!" (AKA Dr. Art's Root Injection Therapy)
I envision a commercial for Aspro Clear...
A man and woman are in bed and the man is mixing up a some Aspro Clear in a glass of water.
Woman: What are you doing?
Man: I'm preparing a glass of Aspro Clear, that is, Aspirin that dissolves in water and can relieve mild muscular pain and headache when taken as directed.
Woman: Well, fine - but I don't have a headache…
Man: Excellent!
Woman's eyes widen!!!
Pain management has become an industry.
I hear amputation works.
Pity the poor stigmatic. Every time he tries to pop a pill for the pain it falls through the holes in his hands.
What you think you know may not be so. Here’s something I think I know. After insulin was invented, people could survive with diabetes. Before that, all the praying in the world didn't save people from dying within two or three years.
Down went the fundie, a headache was his fate
Down went the fundie, and then the fundie's mate
Up jumped the sky pilot, looking for some pills
And tried to heal himself, from all sorts of pains and ills, ... shouting...
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
And we're all pain free
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
Can't afford to sit around a-loafin'
Droppin' "g's", insertin' apostrophin'
No more pain for me
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
Praise the Lord and pass the ibuprofen
And we're all pain free…
Those St. Joseph's Cross kits must be sellin' like hot cakes - what with the sluggish house re-sale market and tumbling prices! You buy the St. Joseph's cross, bury it in the front yard, and voila! your house sells!
The online anecdotal evidence is there. There are no accounts of houses that failed to sell even with the St. Joe thingy buried on the premises. So, there ya go!
There are three possible answers for any prayer: Yes, No, and Wait.
No matter what happens, prayer has intervened...
To sum up - The ways of God are mysteriously indistinguishable from random chance...
Office clerk: Wait, this doesn't look right.
Manager: It has to be right -it's highlighted.
Office clerk: Maybe someone highlighted the wrong thing, because that's not right.
Manager: I highlighted it.
Office clerk: Well, I think it may be wrong.
Manager: It can't be wrong. It's highlighted.
A farmer purchases an old, run-down, abandoned farm with plans to turn it into a thriving enterprise. The fields are grown over with weeds, the farmhouse is falling apart, and the fences are collapsing all around. During his first day of work, the town preacher stops by to bless the man's work, saying, "May you and The Lord work together to make this the farm of your dreams!"
A few months later, the preacher stops by again to call on the farmer. Lo and behold, it's like a completely different place - the farm house is completely rebuilt and in excellent condition, there is plenty of cattle and other livestock happily munching on feed in well-fenced pens, and the fields are filled with crops planted in neat rows. "Amazing!" the preacher says. "Look what The Lord and you have accomplished together!"
"Yes, Reverend," says the farmer, "but remember what the farm was like when The Lord was working it alone!"
FatWonderWoman
TRIVIA QUESTION
Who provided the voice of the animated cartoon character Underdog on "Underdog" (1964-1973)?
A. Wally Cox
B: Bill Cullen
C: Bob Newhart
D: Pat Paulsen
E: Tom Poston
TRIVIA ANSWER at the end of The Stand-Up!
An albino kangaroo named Milka clings to his mother at a zoo in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, Saturday, April 26, 2008. The cub was born 3 and a half months ago, but the zoologists have not examined it to determine its sex fearing they will harm the fragile kangaroo.
TRIVIA ANSWER
Who provided the voice of the animated cartoon character Underdog on "Underdog" (1964-1973)?
A: WALLY COX
B: Bill Cullen
C: Bob Newhart
D: Pat Paulsen
E: Tom Poston
TRIVIA BONUS: In the early years of their careers, Wally Cox and Marlon Brando were room mates…
Here’s your VIDEO: Classic Underdog Cartoon Intro
Wally Cox as “Mister Peepers” VIDEO
BREAKING!!! KATE EARL - She’s from Alaska. She’s ½ Fillipina & ½ Caucasian.
WONKETTE
The Feds threw the book at American cinema/tax hero Wesley Snipes! Three Years for just evading income taxes and escaping to Africa.
FREE WESLEY SNIPES!!
WHY HASN’T RON PAUL HELPED THIS BLACK VAMPIRE TAX HERO?!
Jake Novak's Comdey Corner
Sharpton Threat
Al Sharpton is vowing to "shut down the city," after three New York City police officers were acquitted in the shooting of Sean Bell. Sharpton has a point: when a drunken man can't ram his car into police officers after being at a strip club until 4am on his wedding day... well, what CAN a person do in America anymore?
Commander Demoted
Israel has demoted a battalion commander because too many civilians died during an April 9th terrorist raid in Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas has demoted one of its battalion commander after too few civilians died during an April 9th terrorist raid in Gaza.
Comedian Argus Hamilton
The King of Jordan met with President Bush to discuss his Middle East peace concerns. He need not worry. The king and his late father have been lifelong friends of the United States, so we would never try to bring democracy to Jordan.
Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri blasted Palestinian terror group Hamas for meeting with Jimmy Carter and telling him they might agree to recognize Israel. You can't make it up. In one meeting Jimmy Carter ticked off both Al-Qaeda and the Bush administration, proving again that he can bring people together.
The White House secretly briefed congressmen about its concerns that North Korea built a nuclear plant in Syria. It's no secret. You can see what the Israeli air force did to the plant six months ago if you Google the word smithereens.
President Bush made a video appearance on Deal or No Deal last week to root on an Army captain who ended up winning eighty thousand bucks. It's the president's new policy on improving veterans' benefits. He puts them on game shows and wishes them luck.
Songstress Alicia Keys has called gangsta rap a gummint conspiracy.
Ah, yes. I see the deft, but invisible, hand of MC Rove in this…
MORE from Jake
Verhoeven Slams Jesus
Film director Paul Verhoeven has written a book suggesting that Jesus was fathered by a Roman soldier who raped Mary. Of course, Verhoeven has nothing to fear unless the book also contains cartoons of Mohammed.
MORE from Argus
U.S. Judge David Doty denied the NFL's motion to force Michael Vick to give back his sixteen million dollar signing bonus. Something isn't right. Michael Vick is in prison for arranging vicious dogfights while Howard Dean walks the streets a free man.
Jose Canseco was questioned by federal investigators about his latest charges in a new book. So far he's been right about everything. Federal investigators want to ask Jose Canseco if Iran is making weapons-grade uranium or just developing nuclear power.
Doris Day's new biography tells of her love affair with Mickey Mantle. They would meet at his St. Regis Hotel suite. Alex Rodriguez just learned that real New York Yankee stars don't go to strip joints, they have Doris Day brought to their room.
CNN anchor Richard Quest (Do they call “Dick Quest”?) was arrested in Central Park last Friday with a rope tied around his neck and genitals. His bosses at CNN were alarmed. If Larry King tried that with his suspenders they could lose a valuable host when the blue pill kicked in.
CNN anchor Richard Quest was arrested in Central Park. Police say he was wearing a single rope tied around his neck and genitals. Ever since Luciano Pavarotti died, the competition has been fierce for the title of World's Greatest Tenor.
Prince William caused an uproar last week by landing his air force helicopter in his girlfriend's yard. Tabloids headlined the swashbuckling stunt. He could have been our king too, but thanks to John Adams all we get is Jenna Bush releasing a children's book.
VICKIE
is funnier than a clown having revenge sex with a mime.
JANET is a fan from Ghana
A man is running along and falls off a cliff - I don't know why he falls off a cliff, he just does, OK?
As he's falling he manages to grab onto a tree about 15 feet down, growing out from the side of the cliff. Now he's hanging there and he looks down and sees this 200 feet drop below him, but he knows he's only 15 feet from the top of cliff. Looking up he cries out for help, "Is there anybody up there?"
Much to his surprise he is heard. A voice replies which can only be that of the lord (the reverb has been turned up and there's too much bass), "Let... go..."
The man looks down at the 200 feet drop, and then looking up once more, cries out, "Is there anybody else up there?"
HUNKS FOR THE LADIES
THE GREATEST PORN STAR EVER: RON JEREMY
A fellow from the city was driving through the country one day when he came upon a quaint farmhouse alongside of the road - and there was even a farmer standing out front. So the city boy decided to stop and talk to the farmer. "Good morning, sir," he said, "I was driving by, admiring the country, 'cause I'm a city boy, and I couldn't help but notice that you have a field full of cows on your farm. Now I've lived in the city all my life and I've never tried any fresh country milk. If it's all right with you, I'd like to try some fresh country milk from your cows."
The farmer replied, "Son, those are bulls! You don't get milk from bulls!!"
And the city boy said, "But I won't hurt your cows. All I want to do is to try some fresh country milk."
The farmer had to try again, "Son, those are BULLS!! You don't get milk from BULLS!!!"
But the city boy persisted, "Really, I won't hurt your COWS! I just want to try some fresh country milk!!"
So the farmer reluctantly gave in, "Son, knock yourself out."
In a half an hour the city boy returned from the fields carrying a pail of fresh country milk. The farmer scratched his head and started to speak, but the city boy jumped in with, "You know, while I was out in the field getting this lovely fresh country milk, I saw a fence covered with honeysuckles. And you know, I've been city boy all my life and I've never had any fresh country honey. If it's all right with you, I'd like to try some fresh country honey from your honeysuckles."
And the farmer replied, "Son, honeysuckles are flowers. You get honey from bees."
But the city boy persisted, "I won't hurt your flowers. I just want to try some fresh country honey."
So the farmer tried again, "Son, honey comes from BEES!"
But the city boy was adamant, "Really, I won't hurt your FLOWERS! I just want to try some fresh country honey!!"
And the farmer reluctantly gave in again, "Son, be my guest."
In a half an hour the city boy boy returned with 2 mason jars full of honey. The farmer scratched his head harder than before and started to speak. Just then the city boy said, "You know, I'm a city boy - been a city boy all my life. Now while I was out getting some of that fresh country honey, I noticed that you have a field full of pussy willows ..."
"Son," interrupted the farmer, "let me get my hat."
Symptom : Drinking fails to give satisfaction and taste; shirt front is wet.
Fault : Mouth not open when drinking or glass being applied to wrong part of face.
Solution : Buy another pint and practice in front of a mirror. Continue with as many pints as necessary until drinking technique is perfect.
Symptom : Bar blurred.
Fault : You are looking through the bottom of your empty glass.
Solution : Find someone who will buy you another pint.
Symptom : Bar moving.
Fault : You are being carried out.
Solution : Find out if you are being taken to another bar - if not complain loudly that you are being hi-jacked.
Desperate for work, Paul decides to accept a job offer mining deep in Alaska. After a long journey he arrives at the mining camp, 200 miles from civilization. The camp is small, with only a handful of miners. He promptly meets up with the manager, and asks what his duties are.
"First, you work six days of the week, every day except Saturday. Your primary duty is to help clear out the rubble, and dump it into the rock quarry down the road. The work isn't easy, but you will get used to it. Also, you are on KP duty on Friday nights."
Morning comes, and Paul goes to work. The work is hard, but he is strong enough that it isn't a real problem. However, by the time Thursday comes around, Paul is feeling kind of lonely. With the nearest women 200 miles away, he can't imagine how the other miners endure from day to day. So, he approaches the manager.
"What do you want?" asks the manager.
"Well, the work itself is fine, and I have no complaints about it, but ... well sir, I wonder what the other miners do for women around here?"
"Ah. Say no more. Let me show you something."
The manager leads Paul into the mine, and turns down an unfamiliar passage. He continues on deeper into the mine into older and older tunnels until he finally stops at the end of a tunnel which must be well over a hundred years old. At the end is a barrel.
The manager says: "The other miners use this."
"What?"
"Well, you see that knot hole? Try it out."
Paul is decidedly skeptical about the idea, but he is desperate, so he gives it a shot. He absolutely can't believe the results. He practically busts a nut--the best damned blow job he's ever gotten.
Well, Friday comes around, and the work is getting him down, so he goes back to the barrel to try it again. Wow! This time the blow job is even better than last time. Truly unbelievable!
So, after a long day, and KP duty that night, Paul sleeps in on Saturday. He gets up at 11 and really feels great. He can't think of much to do, so he heads off to visit the barrel. On his way to the mine, he bumps into the manager, who asks him:
"What are you doing here?"
"It's my day off ..."
"Day off? Hell no! It's your turn in the barrel."
A woman was driving through the countryside late at night when her car broke down. Not knowing anything about cars, she started to walk. A mile down the road, she came to an old country farmhouse and knocked on the door until two young men came out.
"Kin we help ya, miss?"
"Yes, my car broke down about mile back. I wonder if you could drive me to the nearest town so I can get a tow truck?"
"Well, now, the town's all shut up right now and don't open back up until tomorrow mornin'. But ah'll tell ya what, miss, mah brother here an ah'll tow yer car over to the farmhouse and you kin spend the night here with us."
The woman thought, "Well, I really don't have a choice. Besides, I can handle myself," so she agreed.
After the two brothers towed her car back to the farmhouse, and they were getting ready for bed, the first one said, "Yah know, miss, we only got one bed in this here house, so ah'm afraid ya'll have ta sleep with us."
The woman thought about it, and consented. As they were taking their clothes off, the woman said, "By the way, you DO have protection, don't you?"
"Protection? What's that?"
"You know, condoms."
"Well, what're they for?"
"It's so I don't get pregnant."
"We're simple country folk, miss. Ah'm afraid we don't know about those things."
"Well, it just so happens that I have two here in my purse. Here, put them on."
"Hmm... well, all right."
The three of them got into bed and did their thing all night. The next morning, the brothers drove the woman into town, where she got her car repaired and drove off. About a month later, the two brothers were sitting out on their porch watching the sun set, when the first one said, "Hey, d'ya remember that lady that drove through here about a month ago?"
"Yep. She was real good, wasn't she."
"Yep. Say, do you care if she gets pregnant?"
"Nope."
"Well, then, let's take these durn things off!"
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