Archive for January 1st, 2008
Andy Borowitz list from the Huffington Post:
January: After paying five billion dollars for The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch will reduce the size of the paper by removing the facts.
February: Responding to the controversy over the CIAs’ waterboarding videotapes, President Bush will reaffirm his administration’s opposition to videotaping.
March: As the writers strike drags on, Paramount will produce the second Transformers film without a script, just like they did with the first one.
April: Monica Lewinsky will announce her candidacy for President of the United States. She will offer herself as an alternative to Hillary, saying, “It worked before.”
May: Attempting to bolster flagging enlistment rates, the Army will change its recruitment slogan from “Army Strong” to “I Can’t Believe It’s Not a Civil War.”
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Good stuff! You must check out the whole list.
The Solid Quarter
“That twenty-five percent of America who would not desert George Bush if he ran over Dakota Fanning with his pickup truck on the White House lawn. Is it a coincidence that twenty-five percent is also the number of people who, in an AP poll of predictions for 2007, said they expect Jesus Christ to return this year!? I don’t think it is.”
Bill Maher’s picks for the biggest assholes of 2007
 AP Photo/Paul Sancya Let me get this straight. Mike Huckabee, up until a few weeks ago, was riding high in the Iowa polls. Mitt Romney answered this by placing a few ‘negative’ ads that featured some of Huckabee’s worst moments as Governor of Arkansas. Seeing his momentum fading, Huckabee then decided to run his own ($30,000 worth) negative ad on Romney… but decided against it at the last minute. Our good-hearted presidential contender had an epiphany… a “sudden aversion to negative politics.” (Iowans HATE negative ads!)
And he calls a news conference to state as much.
By doing this, Huckabee attempts to kill two birds with one stone. Not only does he make himself out as one who takes the high road, he also makes public the contents of his anti-Romney, negative ad. But the whole thing kinda backfired on him.
(I wonder if he got to keep that $30,000?)
It’s a better question for George Bush, actually. But where’s bin Laden in Charlie Wilson’s War?
I read a draft of the script last year, and while most of it hasn’t changed much, there were a few notable, disappointing omissions.
Let me be clear: Charlie Wilson’s War is an excellent film, one of the best I’ve seen all year. Overall, the cast is superb. The film combines substance with wit to spare. Aaron Sorkin is a master of exposition, using it as ammunition and often off’setting it with comedy and other activities: sitting in a hot tub, a belly dance, the old West Wing walk and talk, a dance of dueling meetings reminiscent of the Marx Brothers. Director Mike Nichols knows the medium well, but he’s also an actor’s director, well beloved by them. Hanks is quite good as Wilson. I still think Julia Roberts is miscast, but I understand why she was cast (huge box office draw). I was ecstatic to see Phillip Seymour Hoffman cast as Gust; it’s a perfect fit and one of his most enjoyable performances, and that’s saying a lot. His first scene alone is worth the price of admission, and he and Hanks have great chemistry. Ned Beatty plays a small, key role. The film even has Amy Adams, splendid as always (see Junebug if you haven’t), although a friend of mine noted, she should have been sporting big hair for the era (as most American women in the cast are).
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Gee, you think it will be broadcast? I think…..NOT.
From Xinhua:
U.S. anti-war activists said Sunday they plan to protest on the sidelines of the Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year’s day, calling for an end to the Iraq war and the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
A group call itself the White Rose Coalition said its members would demonstrate in front of the TV camera platforms from 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day, two hours before the famous annual holiday event begins.
Organizers plan to start demonstrating during pre-parade telecasts, according to Peter Thottam, the coalition’s spokesman.
“Everything we are doing is strictly within our First Amendment rights, and we do not want to interrupt anyone’s enjoyment of the parade,” he said. “We have made it clear to every participant that we want to be respectful.”
“We are a decentralized group simply trying to get our message out through the mainstream media blockade, especially about the impeachment of the president of the United States,” said Thottam, a lawyer and former political candidate for the Green Party.
The White Rose Coalition, which takes its name after a short-lived resistance movement to Nazi power in Munich in 1942, said on its website that activists will unfurl a banner and demonstrate as the Port of Los Angeles float passes by the grandstands on Colorado Boulevard at about 9 a.m.
According to Tottham, California peace activist Cindy Sheehan reportedly will also attend.
The spokesman said that protest organizers have been promised by police and Tournament of Roses officials that they will not be arrested if they do not hold up signs as to block other persons’ views.
About 1 million people from across the United States are expected to attend the 119th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade, which will be broadcast live by major U.S. television networks and watched by millions of people around the world.
 To our friends around the world…….Happy New Year!
Saale Nao Mubbarak, Gelukkige nuwe jaar, Gezuar Vitin e Ri, Snorhavor Nor Tari, Antum salimoun, Sheta Brikhta, Yeni Iliniz Mubarek!, Shuvo Nabo Barsho, Ã-åñòèòàÃÂîâàÃîäèÃÂà, Soursdey Chhnam Tmei, FELIÇ ANY NOU, Xin Nian Kuai Le, Pace e Salute, Sretna Nova godina!, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, Godt NytÃ¥r, Ufaaveri Aa Aharakah Edhen, GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!, Kiortame pivdluaritlo, Felican Novan Jaron, Head uut aastat!
MELKAM ADDIS AMET YIHUNELIWO!, Onnellista Uutta Vuotta, Bonne Annee,Bliadhna mhath ur,Bo Nadal e Feliz, Aninovo, Prosit Neujahr, Kenourios Chronos, Nutan Varshbhinandan, Hauoli Makahiki Hou, L’Shannah Tovah, Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen, Sun Leen Fai Lok, Boldog Ooy Ayvet, Selamat Tahun Baru, Saleh now mobarak, Sanah Jadidah, Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit, Felice anno nuovo,Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu,
Asegwas Amegaz, Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu,SOMWAKA OMOYIA OMUYA, Sua Sdei tfnam tmei,
Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo!, NEWROZ PIROZBE, Laimīgo Jauno Gadu!, Laimingu Naujuju Metu, Sabai dee pee mai, Srekjna Nova Godina, Tratry ny taona, Selamat Tahun Baru, Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha,
Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal, Is-Sena t- Tajba, Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana, Godt Nyttår, yia i go long yu,
Masaganang Bayung Banua, Nawai Kall Mo Mubarak Shah, Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam, Manigong Bagong Taon, Szczesliwego Nowego Roku, Feliz Ano Novo, Nave sal di mubarak, AN NOU FERICIT, S Novim Godom,
Manuia le Tausaga Fou, Sretna nova godina, Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje, Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa,
Nawan Saal Shala Mubarak Theevay, Stastny Novy rok, sreèno novo leto, Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican!,
Feliz Ano ~Nuevo, Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº, GOTT NYTT ÅR! /Gott nytt år!, Warsa Enggal, Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal, Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu, Sawadee Pee Mai, Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun,
Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku, Chuc Mung Tan Nien, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
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