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This site has some kick ass stuff.

The Unswoosher Blackspot Shoes, the anti-Nike. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so that is a Nike hat on my head 80% of the time. But those aren’t Nike’s on my feet! So there! Okay, fine, I bought it at a time when I thought I might convince Nike to pay me to wear it all the time. So I wore it all the time. Then I realized that they knew I was wearing it all the time so why bother paying me? I was screwed.

Hot Or Not Scratched So you want to post a pic on “Hot or Not” and there’s more than one person in the picture….

Poop Lots and lots of poop. Avian poop to be specific.

Allah iIs in The House!

The Onion shows Salon how it’s done and turns a profit. All free content and it still makes money. That’s good stuff.

You take Harry Potter and the Sorcer’s Stone, replace “wand” with “wang”, mix and serve:

The troll couldn’t feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if you stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry’s wang had still been in his hand when he’d jumped - it had gone straight up one of the troll’s nostrils.

I got from Jish who got from Danelope.

And what the hell is this?

Jish makes an interesting observation on hotel toilet paper…

In hotel rooms, I’m nearly always presented with a full roll of toilet paper. On extended stays, I’ve noticed that the roll gets replaced by housekeeping staff before it reaches the midway point.

What happens to all of these half-used rolls of toilet paper? Do employees take them home? Are they recylced? Or are they another casualty of the already wasteful hotel industry?

The world my never know…

What is a motivating factor in suspended Alabama Justice Roy “Ten Comandments” Moore’s stance?

For his defiance, Moore has become a home-state hero, paving the way for a future run for a U.S. Senate seat.

Is Judge Roy Moore Using Us To Run For Governor?

Was it all a set up for a political career?

And there’s more talk in comments all over the place. Nothing official but that seems to be the vibe coming out of Alabama…

I raided Reenhead today. You should too. Then you’d get to see all this stuff and then some without having to deal with my drivel.

Death of a schoolboy

Sandra Thompson was used to her son’s weekend rhythm - the immediate relaxation and laughter of Friday afternoons, the dark mood that descended every Sunday as another week loomed. “With the first mention of school, Thomas must have had the same thoughts - are they going to be at the bus stop, are they going to get me today, do I have enough money on me to cover what they take?

“When it’s your own child that can’t walk down the street without someone getting at him you ask yourself, ‘Why is it always him?’ You even begin to wonder if he’s doing something to provoke it. But it seems that there’s always one child who gets singled out.”

There were reasons for that singling out, numerous and at the same time insufficient. Thomas was a highly articulate child, well-spoken, and without the usual local slur. He was overweight. He was easier with adults than children, and more confident around girls than lads. He preferred the Human League to Eminem. And because of this he was bullied, relentlessly. And because of that, on the afternoon of July 2, he took an overdose of painkillers and died later that day. He was 11 years old.

Surprize! FOXNews is reporting…
Bustamante Ties to Student Movement Raises Questions of Racism

Critics are wondering why Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante (search), who is running to be governor of California, hasn’t renounced his association to a little-known Hispanic organization that they say is as racist as the Ku Klux Klan.

The Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, or MEChA (search), has used violence in the past to make its case. In 1996, members of the group, who call themselves Mechistas, were videotaped attacking illegal immigration protesters. In 1993, students at UCLA caused $500,000 damage during protests to demand a Chicano studies department. MEChA has also been associated with anti-Semitic groups like Nation of Aztlan.

MEChA’s motto is “for the race, everything. For those outside the race, nothing.” Critics say affiliation with that kind of group could spell political ruin for a white candidate and are upset that little attention has been paid to Bustamante’s relationship with the group. He belonged to MEChA while attending Fresno State University in the 1970s.

The surprize isn’t the news, it’s just that Fox is jumping all over this like there’s no tomorrow. And when they say critics, they mean two people, Larry Elder and Michelle Malkin. But does Fox mention the interview that has resurfaced about Arnold’s sex orgies in the 70s? Nope. And both happened almost 30 years ago.

Oh and remember that Washington Post poll I showed you all on Monday?

Bustamante had 35 percent support among likely voters, compared to 22 percent for Schwarzenegger…

Well Fox has a different view:
New Poll Shows Schwarzenegger Up 16 Points

A new poll out Wednesday on the California recall paints a different political picture than a poll out this weekend, putting Arnold Schwarzenegger far out in front of Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante for the governor’s seat.

According to KABC in Los Angeles, if the election were held today, 45 percent of those surveyed would vote for Schwarzenegger in the Oct. 7 recall election and 29 percent would support Bustamante.

The same poll showed that 64 percent of those surveyed would also recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis (search), compared to 35 percent who would support keeping him in office.

The KABC poll follows the trend of three other polls in recent weeks, but not one released by the Los Angeles Times this weekend. The Independent Public Policy Institute (search), the Field Poll and an earlier KABC poll showed Californians supporting a Davis recall by at least 8 percent.

The polls also all had Schwarzenegger and Bustamante close or Schwarzenegger in the lead. But the Los Angeles Times poll gave Bustamante a 13 point lead and had support for recall at just 50 percent.

Ah, the joy of polls.

Virtual Cockfighting!

Fake Dr. Pepper Mmmm….

I’ve been nursing a three liter of Dr. Perky for a week now. Goooooood stuff. Best of the knock offs, in my opinion.

Ahnold talks dirty. Though, it is 26 years ago. Will the Californian voters care? They shouldn’t.

US Republican Party outsources fund raising to India

The Republican Party is using call centres in Gurgaon and Noida in India to raise funds for itself and for its chieftain, George W. Bush.
Young people at the call centres are helping robots to phone American citizens to enlist their support and money for the political party, with plans to extend the scheme if they whip up enough donations.

There’s a high degree of automation involved in the process, according to Indian newspaper the Business Standard, which says that HCL Eserve is handling the business for the party.

India is the biggest democracy in the world, and has stayed that way since it threw off the yoke of the British Raj in 1947, courtesy of the Labour Party.

The magazine claims that “human intervention” is limited because of an integrated voice recording technology which picks up on clues from people that pick up the phone.

We do hope and trust here at the INQUIRER that the irony of underpaid people in Harayana helping robots to call possibly out of work Americans because of a widespread policy of corporate outsourcing is not lost on our readers.

Actually, a lot of places have sent their call centers to India as of late. I know a couple guys laid off by EA’s support line after their jobs went so far west they’re east. It’s cheaper. Does this suck ass? You bet your ass it does. Ass ass ass (five times the ass for good measure). If the GOP is doing this, while it makes good business since, it makes horrible political sense unless the Dems are doing it too. Otherwise you’ve just opened yourself up to a lot of “Party of the people my ASS!”

Damn, I’m using ‘ass’ a lot.

Censorship from the New York Indymedia? Isn’t that, I don’t know, missing the point? Al Giordano also goes off on how some folks take this as a sign of Indymedia being evil across the board and makes some good points. Personally, I’m not a big fan of Indymedia but that’s because my few interactions with the DC one have led me to conclude that they could care less about contradicting viewpoints, everyone there is right and if you disagree you’re a tool of the state. But I like the idea of Indymedia and think that it’s an overall good thing as long as the readers are able to read these things constructively.

Why is it that I go to cut and paste stuff and all the ’s and “s turn into question marks? And should I even bother editing it? Sigh.

Poll: Schwarzenegger Trails in Calif.

The new poll, conducted by the Los Angeles Times, showed a big lead for Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the only major Democrat on the replacement ballot.

Bustamante had 35 percent support among likely voters, compared to 22 percent for Schwarzenegger, a significant reversal of earlier polls showing a virtual dead heat or a Schwarzenegger lead.

My, what a quick turn around. I’m still hoping Davis pulls it off and sticks around, really. Either that or that such a large majority want him out that he actually would lose if you compared his no to recall votes to whoever wins. I just don’t like the idea of 49% saying no to recall (and effectively voting for him) yet him losing to some guy who may pull less than 20% of the popular vote.

Political Debate Looms Over Obesity

Even fat is the stuff of politics in Washington. And with obesity a growing health problem, lawmakers, lawyers and activists are lining up the way they do for most issues: on two sides.

The left’s view is that the food industry and advertisers are big bullies that practically force-feed people with gimmicks and high-calorie treats. They say Ronald McDonald is the cousin of Joe Camel.

The right’s argument has been dubbed: You’re fat, your fault. They say people can make their own choices about food and exercise.

“I don’t think people want to go back,” says Tomas Philipson, a University of Chicago economist. “They’d rather be fatter and richer.”

The debate has spilled over into public policy, with proposals for a junk-food tax, limits on food advertising, demands for more details on labeling and lawsuits against food manufacturers. Several states are considering limits on sweets sold in schools; Some are debating whether to force chain restaurants to list nutrition information on menus.

Well, I don’t think anyone forced you to eat. And I don’t recall ever seeing or hearing about fast food and other food makers claiming their artery clogging stuff is good for you or will make you thin, so, well, common sense has to kick in somewhere. But I think the same thing about tobacco lawsuits too, well, some of them. (Thanks, Chew.)