ANYHOW...
It also occurs to me, before I retire to TV and bed, that even if this doesn't, in the end, bring down the whole wretched pack of them, it may at least give Red State Middle American a whiff of the stench the rest of us have been enduring for the last five years.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
LA CITYBEAT
Two quite lengthy gems o’mine in this week's issue...
...on celebrity...
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2340&IssueNum=110
...and the bombings...
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2338&IssueNum=110
Two quite lengthy gems o’mine in this week's issue...
...on celebrity...
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2340&IssueNum=110
...and the bombings...
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2338&IssueNum=110
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
TOADWATCH
(Maybe best to read yesterday first.)
Today Karl Rove – described last night by Jon Stewart as "the only man in Washington with flesh-colored hair" – mounted his counterattack....
As told by MSNBC...
The GOP continues to believe that the best defense is offense, and true to form, Republican talkers are starting to try to change the subject and/or once again question Joe Wilson's veracity. Among those who have come to Rove's offense: President Bush, via Scott McClellan, who said yesterday that Rove has Bush's confidence; Laura Bush, who called Rove a very good friend; Newt Gingrich, via TODAY; Tom DeLay, via The Hill newspaper; and RNC chair Ken Mehlman, who has offered the staunchest backing of Rove by far. But Mehlman leaves Washington for Iowa today, which may cut into his media availability. Add to the list the Wall Street Journal editorial page, which today praises Rove for "turning out to be the real 'whistleblower' in this whole sorry pseudo-scandal," and notes that "there's no evidence that [he] broke any laws."
Before Mehlman lammed it out of town he left the following Rove-style "talkingpoint" that will be repeated by all the TV shrieking heads...
WASHINGTON, July 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Ken Mehlman on the partisan attack on Karl Rove:
"It's disappointing that once again, so many Democrat leaders are taking their political cues from the far-left, Moveon wing of the party. The bottom line is Karl Rove was discouraging a reporter from writing a false story based on a false premise and the Democrats are engaging in blatant partisan political attacks."
Meanwhile in other news...
"President Bush called Tuesday for the release of an Iranian journalist jailed for writing articles linking government officials to murder."
Meanwhile Wonkette has a suggestion...
Okay, we admit it, we were overthinking the whole Rove-Plame thing. In speculating that this wouldn't destroy him or the White House, we had been hung up on how he didn't break the law. What we realize now is that liberals finally have an issue where the headline hurts Republicans more than it hurts them: "White House Aide Identified Undercover CIA Agent." Now, shut up. Shhh. Zip it. ZZZip. No, really, quiet. Repress natural urge to pedantry. For once, allow Americans' short attention span work for you. And whatever happens, do not let Michael Moore make a movie about it. Let the Republicans shoulder the responsibility of having to explain how Karl didn't do anything illegal, or how when he identified the agent it was in a context that wasn't so bad, or that it's Matt Cooper's fault, or why this is all just a massive smear campaign. Soon, they'll be debating the definition of "is" and you can start rumors about Laura being a lesbian. Fun! http://www.wonkette.com/
MEANWHILE (again)...
Over at the NY Times, you can find a fascinating story on audio hallucination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/health/psychology/12musi.html?incamp=article_popular
AND FINALLY SOMETHING WEIRD...
Two nights ago when the insomnia was bad, I scoured the cable grid for something to watch. By default, I clicked on one of the Encore Channels for Meryl Streep in Postcards From The Edge, but found to by surprise that John Walters' Pink Flamingos was being aired. Okay, so errors do happen on the cable schedule, but Pink Flamingos is pretty sturdy stuff even for premium cable what with its cock-sucking, shit-eating, talking-asshole, cop-eating cannibalism, and general overall theme of a drag-queen Manson Family, not to mention the dead chicken and all those eggs. I have heard nothing since, but, then again, it was the time of day when only Travis Bickel and I are watching TV. I do wonder, however, if some subversive out there is deliberate slipping in such raunch in very wee hours.
BUT LET’S LEAVE THE LAST WORD TO TRAVIS...
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who do the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh, yeah? Ok.
(Maybe best to read yesterday first.)
Today Karl Rove – described last night by Jon Stewart as "the only man in Washington with flesh-colored hair" – mounted his counterattack....
As told by MSNBC...
The GOP continues to believe that the best defense is offense, and true to form, Republican talkers are starting to try to change the subject and/or once again question Joe Wilson's veracity. Among those who have come to Rove's offense: President Bush, via Scott McClellan, who said yesterday that Rove has Bush's confidence; Laura Bush, who called Rove a very good friend; Newt Gingrich, via TODAY; Tom DeLay, via The Hill newspaper; and RNC chair Ken Mehlman, who has offered the staunchest backing of Rove by far. But Mehlman leaves Washington for Iowa today, which may cut into his media availability. Add to the list the Wall Street Journal editorial page, which today praises Rove for "turning out to be the real 'whistleblower' in this whole sorry pseudo-scandal," and notes that "there's no evidence that [he] broke any laws."
Before Mehlman lammed it out of town he left the following Rove-style "talkingpoint" that will be repeated by all the TV shrieking heads...
WASHINGTON, July 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Ken Mehlman on the partisan attack on Karl Rove:
"It's disappointing that once again, so many Democrat leaders are taking their political cues from the far-left, Moveon wing of the party. The bottom line is Karl Rove was discouraging a reporter from writing a false story based on a false premise and the Democrats are engaging in blatant partisan political attacks."
Meanwhile in other news...
"President Bush called Tuesday for the release of an Iranian journalist jailed for writing articles linking government officials to murder."
Meanwhile Wonkette has a suggestion...
Okay, we admit it, we were overthinking the whole Rove-Plame thing. In speculating that this wouldn't destroy him or the White House, we had been hung up on how he didn't break the law. What we realize now is that liberals finally have an issue where the headline hurts Republicans more than it hurts them: "White House Aide Identified Undercover CIA Agent." Now, shut up. Shhh. Zip it. ZZZip. No, really, quiet. Repress natural urge to pedantry. For once, allow Americans' short attention span work for you. And whatever happens, do not let Michael Moore make a movie about it. Let the Republicans shoulder the responsibility of having to explain how Karl didn't do anything illegal, or how when he identified the agent it was in a context that wasn't so bad, or that it's Matt Cooper's fault, or why this is all just a massive smear campaign. Soon, they'll be debating the definition of "is" and you can start rumors about Laura being a lesbian. Fun! http://www.wonkette.com/
MEANWHILE (again)...
Over at the NY Times, you can find a fascinating story on audio hallucination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/health/psychology/12musi.html?incamp=article_popular
AND FINALLY SOMETHING WEIRD...
Two nights ago when the insomnia was bad, I scoured the cable grid for something to watch. By default, I clicked on one of the Encore Channels for Meryl Streep in Postcards From The Edge, but found to by surprise that John Walters' Pink Flamingos was being aired. Okay, so errors do happen on the cable schedule, but Pink Flamingos is pretty sturdy stuff even for premium cable what with its cock-sucking, shit-eating, talking-asshole, cop-eating cannibalism, and general overall theme of a drag-queen Manson Family, not to mention the dead chicken and all those eggs. I have heard nothing since, but, then again, it was the time of day when only Travis Bickel and I are watching TV. I do wonder, however, if some subversive out there is deliberate slipping in such raunch in very wee hours.
BUT LET’S LEAVE THE LAST WORD TO TRAVIS...
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who do the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh, yeah? Ok.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
THE FALL OF THE DARK TOWER – SHALL WE GET THE PARTY STARTED?
Gather round friends and neighbors, this might just be the best vertical fun we have all year. Just the possibility that we might be at the start of the Karl Rove Deathwatch Of Toad fills me with a highly Machiavellian glee, and I just hope that this Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald turns out to be a relentless pitbull, similar to Ken Starr. Okay, Pat J. is probably Bush’s boy right now, busy throwing Judith Miller in jail, but you never know with Special Prosecutors. They come in like lackey’s, but once they realize that they’re driving the plane, megalomania sets in and they start wanting blood and fame. And wouldn’t it be such big fun to see the Bush gang all turning on each other at once.
Already Mr MR has sent over a conjecture about how the first fall back of the White House would be to try have their Karl and eat him too. How they move him from the too-visible Dark Tower to the Cave of Shelob, where the evil brain can still function but the porcine face would be hidden.
"It is impossible to know whether any closed-door conversations have begun in the White House about whether to find a graceful way for Mr. Rove to exit partially, or as one former official said, to "get the benefit of the brain without the proximity of the body."
Hoo-wee, I’m certain this is just the start of the swamp fest. All observations are welcome. The email is byron4d@msn.com
And if anyone has any doubts after last week just how urgent the departure of Bush is becoming, check this NY Times op ed on North Korea...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/opinion/12kristof.html?th&emc=th
The secret word is Comeuppance.
CRYPTIQUE – The chickens are flying business class, and the destination is spelled "roost."
Gather round friends and neighbors, this might just be the best vertical fun we have all year. Just the possibility that we might be at the start of the Karl Rove Deathwatch Of Toad fills me with a highly Machiavellian glee, and I just hope that this Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald turns out to be a relentless pitbull, similar to Ken Starr. Okay, Pat J. is probably Bush’s boy right now, busy throwing Judith Miller in jail, but you never know with Special Prosecutors. They come in like lackey’s, but once they realize that they’re driving the plane, megalomania sets in and they start wanting blood and fame. And wouldn’t it be such big fun to see the Bush gang all turning on each other at once.
Already Mr MR has sent over a conjecture about how the first fall back of the White House would be to try have their Karl and eat him too. How they move him from the too-visible Dark Tower to the Cave of Shelob, where the evil brain can still function but the porcine face would be hidden.
"It is impossible to know whether any closed-door conversations have begun in the White House about whether to find a graceful way for Mr. Rove to exit partially, or as one former official said, to "get the benefit of the brain without the proximity of the body."
Hoo-wee, I’m certain this is just the start of the swamp fest. All observations are welcome. The email is byron4d@msn.com
And if anyone has any doubts after last week just how urgent the departure of Bush is becoming, check this NY Times op ed on North Korea...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/opinion/12kristof.html?th&emc=th
The secret word is Comeuppance.
CRYPTIQUE – The chickens are flying business class, and the destination is spelled "roost."
MORE ACID DISCOVERIES
Spent the weekend writing about last week’s Jihadist nastiness and also the horrors of contemporary celebrity. The products will be ready for perusal in LA CityBeat on Thursday, but, in the meantime, after all that fury, I feel a little beat, although I’m gleefully anticipating the possible downfall of Karl Rove, and how the smug fat fuck may soon be toast, evicted from his Dark Tower, and perhaps even wind up doing time. (You think Georgie will stand by him if it’s a case of Rove’s ass or his?) While we wait, though, the following came through from kaymo...
Saw the thing on Crick and acid... have you seen "What the Dormouse Said" by John Markoff? Turns out the early pioneers of the personal computer revolution were mostly acid heads in the period 1955-75. Combination of trips and experiments that produced the breakthroughs that lead to the revolution in computer usage in the late 70s, and thus to the pcs and Macs on our desks today.
With all this good stuff being discovered on acid, I have to wonder what would have happened if someone had dosed Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. We might have had a very different bomb.
The secret word is Microgram
Spent the weekend writing about last week’s Jihadist nastiness and also the horrors of contemporary celebrity. The products will be ready for perusal in LA CityBeat on Thursday, but, in the meantime, after all that fury, I feel a little beat, although I’m gleefully anticipating the possible downfall of Karl Rove, and how the smug fat fuck may soon be toast, evicted from his Dark Tower, and perhaps even wind up doing time. (You think Georgie will stand by him if it’s a case of Rove’s ass or his?) While we wait, though, the following came through from kaymo...
Saw the thing on Crick and acid... have you seen "What the Dormouse Said" by John Markoff? Turns out the early pioneers of the personal computer revolution were mostly acid heads in the period 1955-75. Combination of trips and experiments that produced the breakthroughs that lead to the revolution in computer usage in the late 70s, and thus to the pcs and Macs on our desks today.
With all this good stuff being discovered on acid, I have to wonder what would have happened if someone had dosed Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. We might have had a very different bomb.
The secret word is Microgram
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