23 January 2008... On The Garlic
Yes, Another "I'm Shocked To Find Gambling Going On Here" ... Bush Lied - 935 Times!
Keith Olbermann ... Setting The Standard That, Almost Guaranteed, Will Not Be Followed
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Of Daydreams, Lies, Libby and The State of the Union
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Editor's Note: Excellent Truthout Perspective - Democrats: Get Up and Walk Out
White House Scores Again, Adds MSNBC Trio To Bushapalooza Tour
Top Ten Cloves: Things That Can Go Wrong For James Carville's New XM Radio Sports Show
Friday, January 23, 2009
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Doc Bloc Death Knock? ... MSNBC Climbs Into the Big Yellow Taxi
Okay, "Sticks nix hick pix" it isn't, but it appears MSNBC is looking to get out of the rerun business
MSNBC Wants to Add a 3rd Prime-Time ShowBuilding on the momentum of its prime-time hours, MSNBC is developing a 10 p.m. program that would complement its left-leaning evening lineup, the cable news channel’s president said this week.
[Snip]
Unlike most major networks, MSNBC’s original programming ends at 10 each weeknight. The 8 p.m. program “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” is rerun at 10 p.m., where it usually ranks third.
[Snip]
But at 10 p.m., MSNBC replaced live programming with documentaries and repeats in 2006. It moved the reruns of “Countdown” there in March to capitalize on the political year. Reverting to tape at 10 p.m. puts the network at a disadvantage, especially on busy news nights. Meanwhile, CNN and Fox News are battling for first place in the hour. Last year, “Anderson Cooper 360” on CNN outperformed “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on Fox News among younger viewers, but the Fox program averaged a higher number of total viewers.
Hmmm ...
We once joked, at the height of the Missing White Woman bonanza, that MSNBC was going to launch a 24/7 Rita Cosby Channel, and, apparently, they are reluctant to plaster a Keith Olbermann Doc Bloc of sorts, endlessly replaying his Countdown program on the channel.
And, now, they want to cash in on their "left-leaning evening lineup" ...
Something seems to come to mind about that;Dont it always seem to go
Perhaps this is an opportunity to make amends, for their boneheaded cowardness, for their capitulation to the Right Wing Freak Show, and the Bush Grindhouse, when they dumped Anti-War proponent Phil Donahue from their line-up.
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lotExit Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue on his 2003 MSNBC firing: "We had to have two conservatives on for every liberal. I was counted as two liberals."
MSNBC Sabotages Donahue
Then again, we haven't seen Rita Cosby pop up anywhere.
From this view, it would be nice if they came up with a second "progressive" program, and stop subjecting us to the Tweety rerun at 7:00PM.
And don't you dare put Morning Joke back in Prime Time!
Bonus MSNBC Riffs
MSNBC's Matthews Uninjured Pulling Head Out Of Judy Miller's Ass ... Hardball Host Fawns Over Former White House Stenographer; Stays Away From Tough Questions
Top Ten Cloves: Things Joe Scarborough Likes To Eat and Wear When Sitting At Computer
Developing Story - MSNBC Making Pitches To Become Eulogy Channel
Rachel Maddow: Hillary Apologist and Obama Basher
Bonus Bonus
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi
How Did This Crack Through?
Boy, you would have thought, between the Obama Inauguration (and the continuing Right Wing Freak Show flap, over the Oath of Office), President Obama's spectacular first-day-on-the-job, and the bursting news of Caroline Kennedy's "My Sister-My Daughter" Senatorial foray, any other news would be sitting, collecting dust.
Ahhh, but we do have a winner, one of the best headlines seen, since the World Weekly News shut down;
Former French President Chirac hospitalised after mauling by his clinically depressed poodleFormer French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own 'clinically depressed' pet dog.
The 76-year-old statesman was savaged by his white Maltese dog - which suffers from frenzied fits and is being treated with anti-depressants.
[Snip]
We were already aware the animal was unpredictable and is actually being treated with pills for depression.
'My husband was bitten quite badly, but he is certain to make a full recovery over the coming weeks.'
The former French First Lady did not reveal where on his body Chirac was bitten.
The pet, named after the Japanese form of wrestling, was a gift to the Chiracs from their grandson Martin.
Hmmm ... One clue might checking the Last Will and Testament, or Living Will, and see if a certain grandson is in line to make a haul.
Or, maybe the help was teaching little Sumo some "tricks".
Then again, there was Chirac, and his popularity.
One commenter to the story wrote that they would "like to send the dog a present".
Another wrote;How I hate those yappy, snappy looking mutts these French love to drag everywhere they go. I once saw a lady savaged around the ankle by one of those ratty looking terrier things - she walked past a table in a cafe and the thing leapt out from under it's owner's table.
I smell a deliciously comical, cinematic, French Farce coming down the pike, which, just may happen to have a corporate leader, or politician, in the lead, the owner of a snapping, vicious, feisty little chienne
Too bad Jacques Tati isn't still around.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Before You ... On The DL, Again
Good Evening Garlic Fans
Hope you are all well, and warm, if that be the case where you are ...
Though, I didn't have as busy a day as President Barack Obama, events here on the homefront have been building up, and I will be light posting for the next day, or two.
Included in the travails is that I injured myself shoveling snow this past weekend (Hip/Thigh/Leg).
While I have battled through it for the past two days, today was a day where that was difficult to do, and with the other things going on, time to sit it out for a spell.
So check in, as there is so much going on, I may pop in with something, otherwise, it will likely be Friday, or Saturday, before I resume normal posting.
Tonight's treat ...
I did have a thought, in case you hadn't heard it enough the past few days, of posting "At Last", but I don't want to be that cruel
No, we go with something from ''Sharky's Machine', a 1981 cop caper, directed by, and starring, to burnish his "Es Muy Macho", Burt Reynolds, as well as the oozing sensuality of Rachel Ward (additionally, former LA Rams football star Bernie Casey, and Buffy and Jody's Dad, Brian Keith are in it).
While it's a Grade B movie all the way, it does have one, ass-kicking, motherfucking soundtrack, a Who's Who of Jazz stars of the day.
Here's two of the biggest.
Enjoy!
Before You (Sarah Vaughan & Joe Williams)
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Everybody Rejoice! ... President Barack Obama!
Well, we made it.
You had to account, and prepare, for, a last-minute coup by The Bush Grindhouse.
It wouldn't be a stretch to think of Keyser Soze (aka VP Cheney), pulling an all-nighter, with his lap dog David Addington, feverishly culling through the Library of Congress, the Federal Archives, or, doing what they did for most of the past 8-years - making up their own laws - to come up with something that would block the new administration and keep themselves in power.
But it went off without a hitch.
Well, almost ...
How to shine in the spotlight there, Mr. Chief Justice.
That remarkable, stunning, transfer-of-power that the media has been salivating all over the place about, for the past few days.
Considering we've done this, now, for the 43rd time, in both peaceful eras, and in the fury of wartime, it is neither remarkable or stunning ... It's der rigeur ... pro forma ...
Been There/Done That ...
If anything, it has become a spectacle, kind of like the run-up to the Super Bowl, only instead of a week, or two, we have to wait four-years for it.
Being that the Obama Team was selling it like crazy, missing, perhaps, was NASCAR-like logos on their suits.
The only cool thing before today, was having Pete Seeger join the other artists, at the "Inauguration Concert", leading a rousing, In-Your-Face, "This Land Is Your Land" on Sunday.
The rest of it has been pap and fodder for the media ... All those hours of airtime to fill (and sell).
In fact, better stated, and with much more bite, a must-read, is Dennis Perin's "O-nauguration"
It's an "Inauguration You Can Believe In".
If Obama being sworn in as President today gets the top billing, let's take a look at what came in a close second.
Ding Dong, The Bush Grindhouse is Dead!Ding Dong! The Bush Grindhouse is dead.
Sadly, and how sweet it would have been, is if, minutes after taking the Oath of Office, President Obama had his Federal Marshalls arrest the former Court-Appointed President, and his henchman, Cheney.
Which old Bush Grindhouse?
The Wicked Bush Grindhouse!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Grindhouse is dead.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Bush Grindhouse is dead!
After all, they used their Legacy Farewell Tour to boast and brag about all the War Crimes they committed.
That, perhaps, will be left to another day - we fervently wish for.
And, speaking of War Crimes, old Darth Vader in a wheelchair? ... Hurt himself moving boxes (plausible, considering they were probably the shreds of all those White House emails, that would be some hefty weight he was toting)?
Looks more to me that they are lining up that old crazy Mafia Don defense.
They'll have him stumbling down Pennsylvania Avenue next week, in his pajamas.
Today, however, is the day to celebrate a new day, bask in the glow of optimistic hope, and have Hillary Clinton's Hillary's Locker Creatures shift allegiance;"Obama is back! The keeper of the light! All hail Obama! All hail Obama! Obama can you see by the dawn's early light..."
And we salute the new President with song, culled from the out-of-sight, total knock-out Broadway Cast Album, and not the horrendously ill-cast movie, 'The Wiz',
Everybody Rejoice
Everybody Rejoice ( LP Version ) - The Wiz
Congratulations to our 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama!
Now, roll up your sleeves, and start digging into the massive pile of shit your predecessor has left you.
Bonus Obama Inauguration Riffs
NYT: Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
NYT: Inaugural Poem
John B. Judis: Barack Obama's Speech: A Disappointing Hodgepodge
Eve Fairbanks: John, You're Too Hard On Obama's Speech
The Raw Story: 'Change has come': 1st post on WhiteHouse.gov announces
Gregg Levine: Worst. Inauguration. Ever.
Steve Benen: ABOUT THAT OATH....
Monday, January 19, 2009
First Day of School...5 years from now
This is pretty damn funny!
First Day of School...5 years from now
And here's a related article to it;
Black cartoonists missing from pages
H/T to my friend, Dee Dee, for this
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Editor's Note
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Our Ignorant Dolts of the Week ... Judie Brown and the American Life League!
While The Wasilla Whiz Kid, in her latest installment of "I Wuz Robbed", drew attention, that certainly put her in the room for IDOTW.
And, with The Bush Grindhouse shutting down, we could also have considered, as part of rousing farewell, The Commander Guy, and his Shadow President, Dick Cheney (or Keyser Soze, as we pointed out the other day).
However, much like larger-then-life idiots, such as Bill O"Reilly, Rick Santorum, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, we can, pretty much grandfather them, to the level of Grand Ayatollah of Dolts.
It's just a given.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a strong case for grabbing the IDOTW title, over his strategy on dealing with the seating of Senator Roland Burris.
We all know that Reid used to a boxer, so it was a surprising revelation that he also graduated from Clown College, as well.
But no, our Ignorant Dolts of the Week came charging down the pike, in full, rampaging, Flying Monkey fury, certainly to the pleasing smiles from the Queen of the Flying Monkeys, Michelle "Stalkin" Malkin, who had her own irrational tizzy having to do with donuts.
The American Life League, led by Judie Brown gets the IDOTW crown and septer this week, for their comparison of a Krispy Kreme marketing promotion to abortion.
Yeah, I know, pretty, way-the-fuck, out there, not assuming they had their optic nerves banged around by a spoon.
The American Life League, according to Wikipedia, is "One of the largest pro-life organizations in the United States, according to their website, American Life League, or ALL, opposes all forms of abortion, birth control, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. Its current president is Judie Brown and its headquarters are in Stafford, Virginia.[1]
And their mission;American Life League, which claims to have 300,000 members, aims to persuade Americans and Catholics about its views on abortion, birth control and euthanasia. ALL is involved with issues pertaining to the sanctity of life, with an emphasis on abortion. American Life League describes itself as "pro-life—without exception, without compromise, without apology." ALL's mission is to end all forms of abortion without any exceptions for the life and health of the woman, rape, incest, fetal abnormality, viability, or IVF. According to its president, "Abortion is never necessary to save a mother's life."[2]
SourceWatch also adds that "ALL also opposes health insurance coverage of contraceptive medications"
So, I hear you cry, what the hell does any of this have to do with Krispy Kreme donuts?
Enter, the election, and forthcoming inauguration of Barack Obama
Krispy Kreme Celebrates the Freedom of Choice on Inauguration Day ...Customers Can Enjoy a Free Treat at Participating Stores NationwideKrispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American's sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies -- just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet "free" can be.
Sound like a pretty good deal, if you like Krispy Kreme donuts.
Now, here is a American League Press Release, written by Katie Walker;"The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme you just might be supporting President-elect Barack Obama's radical support for abortion on demand – including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20.
[Snip]
Just an unfortunate choice of words? For the sake of our Wednesday morning doughnut runs, we hope so. The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that "choice" is synonymous with abortion access and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand.
Now be honest, when you read the line from Krispy Kreme, about picking up a free donut - of your own free choice - you immediately stopped thinking about the glazed treat, and went straight to being consumed about abortion, right?
Katie Walker, Judie Brown, and the rest of the Flying Monkeys that make up the American Life League, might have actually had their heads outside of their asses, if, say, Krispy Kreme was running abortion clinics in their back rooms, if they announced that a certain percentage of every donut sold went towards the local abortion clinic, or, if they handed out discount coupons for contraceptives in every dozen donut box.
As you could see, it wasn't, it isn't anything remotely in the same universe of any of those actions.
Now, I'm all in on the First Amendment, people can say anything they want ... No Problemo.
However, when you come out with shit like this ... Jesus, your Freedom of Speech Rights are well intact, but you really dilute your message and come off as First Class Whack Jobs!
Emily Douglas, over on The Reality Check points out;Best comment on the Miami New Times blog: "if they were abortion donuts, i don't think i'd want one. i assume they'd be taking them out of the oven way too early."
Only thing missing in this picture, to make it complete, is to have William Donohue running around, decrying someone is making a Jesus Christ out of Krispy Kreme donuts.
I mean, it is really an enormous stretch, something that would even challenge Elastic Man, to take a marketing promotion, with a common phrase, and build a abortion protest around it.
Since he does have a sense of humor, and the Obama Team certainly wouldn't mind making some more money off the Inauguration, President Obama should, in the middle of his Inaugural Speech, stop, hold up a glazed Krispy Kreme and announce that he has "exercised his Freedom of Choice today"
So, The Garlic, sans any Krispy Kremes, excersises its' Freedom of Choice today, for Judie Brown, Katie Walker and the American Life League, crowning (and no, that isn't anything do with being pro-life, as in a birth, the baby "crowning") them all Ignorant Dolts of the Week.
Bonus Abortion Donuts Riffs
Steve Benen: MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT DONUTS....
Wonkette: Free Abortion Donuts On Demand!
Amanda Marcotte: Sanctity of Donuts Day
DougJ: Why does Krispy Kreme hate America?
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Guarare
Good Evening Garlic Fans
Completely out-of-gas today, due, specifically, to the rough week.
So rather than winging it (and I do have a bevy posts, just needing to be put in shape), here's something to put a little "azucar" into your Saturday night ...
A gem, from the 70's, with Ray Barretto, Ruben Blades, Tito Gomes and a host of others
Guarare
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Mister Sandman ... Or, Is Dick Cheney Keyser Soze?
Think Progress has the scoop ...
Did Cheney nod off during Bush’s farewell address?Last night during PBS’s coverage of President Bush’s farewell address to the nation, for a brief moment, the camera panned to Vice President Cheney, who appeared to momentarily doze off ...
And, this would not, hardly, be the first time
Let's not forget, in the movie 'The Unsual Suspects', Agent Kujan observes;First day on the job, you know what I learned? How to spot a murderer. Let's say you arrest three guys for the same killing. You put them all in jail overnight. The next morning, whoever's sleeping is your man. You see, if you're guilty, you know you're caught, you get some rest, you let your guard down.
Hmmm ...
He's always been pegged as Darth Vader ...
What if ... What if .. All this time, Dick Cheney is really ... Keyser Soze?
Keyser Soze (The Story)
Cue the music, Maestro!
The exiting VP has some "Z's" to catch ...
Mr Sandman - The Chordettes
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hallelujah
We've seen (and heard) the word "hero" tossed around, particularly during the past eight-years, like Bernie Madoff sales pitches, sometimes given to someone truly deserving, more often, bestowed to some dwarf, fink, phony or fraud.
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.
Hero!
Major fucking hero!
Big-Time Mr. Clutch!
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is the pilot, of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, that made the unscheduled landing in the Hudson River today.
Everyone on the plane is alive tonight, 155 survivors.
In the coming days, 154 people are going to tattoo "Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger - Major Fucking Hero" on their lips.
And, they will be singing this song as they do it (and everyday for the rest of their lives);
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
In the Small Potatoes Department, The Commander Guy hijacked the airwaves this evening, for the television component of the Bush Legacy Project.
Pure bullshit.
And, to note, he showed exactly how small a person he is.
He made absolutely no statement, no reference, no nothing to the Hudson River Plane Crash today.
No best wishes, no "Thank God", almost as if it was competition for his sales job, that it encroached on his ownership, his copyright of September 11th and New York City, and his faux heroism.
Or maybe we're judging that too early ...
He may wait five days, and they do a fly over of Hudson River, you know, to show he was engaged and compassionate.
Like we said the other night - The President of Shitdom!
Bonus Links
Great Riff by Spencer Ackerman - Al Qaeda Uses Birds to Down Civilian Airliner
No More Mister Nice Blog: PLANE CRASH IN THE HUDSON RIVER
NYT City Room: Updates From Plane Rescue in Hudson River
Dan Frommer: U.S. Airways Crash Rescue Picture: Citizen Journalism, Twitter At Work
Editor's Note: The Aunt made out A-OK at the Doc's today ... Whip-Smart, crackerjack Rheumatologist carried the day and all is well ... Should be back in the saddle with posting tomorrow.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Down Here On The Ground
Yeah, when you listen to the tune below, it was that kind of day.
It started off, reading about the Oscar Grant shooting, out in Oakland.
Man, it is sick-to-the-stomach incomprehensible what went down there.
In one of the two video angles of the incident, you can see the BART Cop, with another pinning Grant down, knee-on-neck, pull out his gun and shoot him.
Unbelievable ...
That was followed by seeing the latest revelations of the Bush Grindhouse Torture Program.
And then, the other stuff took over.
Actually, it's been a carry-over, from the past few days.
Last month's troubles with the Aunt, produced a blood test where all was not right, and her primary Doc was a bit concerned about it.
So, last week, we followed up, and had another run, and the same aspect of the blood work is still showing something not quite right.
With remnants of the head cold stirring up, for the past two days, we have been playing phone tag with the Doc, detailed discussions and a call to get the Aunt in for a check, from, preferably a Rheumatologist, or, a neurologist, for possible (more to rule out) Temporal Arteritis.
Which will be tomorrow.
Naturally, such took up a big chunk of creative and writing time, and not sure how tomorrow will play out (assuming all goes well, you can bet-your-booties that Friday, I will be anchored, writing, with the temps down near zero)
So, for tonight, another gem.
Killer, monster rendition of the classic 'Down Here On The Ground' (coming from the movie 'Cool Hand Luke').
Of the bevy of people who have recorded this, Grant Green's is the favorite here
Kick back and groove with it!
Down Here on the Ground - Grant Green
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
"Nothing Lost, Mr. Christian!"
Spoiler Alert!
If you have never seen the absolute riveting movie, ''The Long Good Friday', then don't watch this video
The Long Good Friday...the fantastic end! Good Quality
"Shut up you long streak of paralyzed piss ..."
I only wish someone, anyone one of the assembled media at yesterday's final press conference with The Commander Guy, stood up and fired that back at him.
And, it would have been extra bonus points for Helen Thomas to do it.
Showing his bravery, he completely snubbed the veteran reporter, perhaps one of the very, very few who actually asked the opposite kind of questions lobbed at him by Jeff Gannon.
Perhaps, flashing back to his old drinking days, the "Compassionate Conservative" was all over the place, taking no blame, no signs of remorse, remarking only that the "Mission Accomplished" banner, and some of his rhetoric, were, perhaps, disappointments.
And, right down to the end, he showed off his intellectual prowess, referring to the Coast Guard pilots who rescued the citizens of New Orleans (no thanks to The Bush Grindhouse), as "drivers".
Drivers!
Now there's a real "Commander-In-Chief" moment ... Perhaps he should have stuck around, and fulfilled more of his National Guard service.
Maybe then he would know the difference between a "pilot" and a "driver"
While this piece of turd believes he has the record to take a victory lap, right in front of him was the evidence of just how insignificant he, and his Presidency, has become.
The Bush Grindhouse had to get interns to fill the last two rows (out of seven total) of the press room, to make it look full.
As Bob Hoskin's Harold Shand scornfully mocks the American gangsters, we borrow;
"Look at you ... The President of the United States ... of shitdom!"
Bonus Commander Guy Low Lights
Attaturk: Look, we’re not nostalgic
Andrew Sullivan: A Confession Of Sorts
Dana Milbank: Where Some See Mistakes, He Sees Disappointments
Kathy: Bush Says the World Still Respects U.S. Moral Authority
Matt Corley: Krauthammer: Bush ‘took a shoe for the country.’
David Neiwert: Bush has a peculiar way of admitting to his mistakes
Gregg Levine: Bush’s Final Presser: Redefining Success, One Rooftop Rescue at a Time
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Smell Me, Baby!
Oh God ....
Look out for the nearest live version of a beer commercial coming to you.
And, that office Romeo just got the license to become "funkier".
This could just as well serve as a "Heads-Up" to any, and all woman, who may be hitting a disco, dance hall, or just going out clubbing.
Especially if they run into any lunkheaded men, who happen to have stumbled on this article;
Women Can Smell a Man's Intentions ...At least subconsciously, a woman can also tell a man's in the mood by the scent of his sweat Scientists have long debated whether humans, like animals, use chemical signals called pheromones to communicate sexual interest to potential mates. Problem is, the effects of pheromones are thought to be subconscious — meaning that if we do communicate using them, we sure don't know it. It's also hard to know what these pheromones might be and how we sense them, so researchers understand little about them.
Yeah, you're reading that right, sweat.
But if human pheromones are going to be anywhere, they're going to be in sweat, right? Denise Chen, a psychologist at Rice University in Houston, and her colleagues devised an experiment to compare how women respond to different forms of male sweat — sweat produced in everyday situations versus that produced when a man is turned on.Chen and her colleagues asked 20 heterosexual guys to stop wearing deodorant and scented products for a few days. Then they told the men to put small pads in their armpits as they watched pornographic videos and became aroused (the researchers confirmed, using electrodes, that the images did the job). Later, the guys were asked to exchange those pads for fresh pads to collect the sweat they produced when they weren't aroused.
Can't you just see some Tony Manero-types, hanging around out in front of a club, shower-less for days, sans any deodorant, fanning through porno magazines, ogling woman as they walk in, checking out their own armpits and boasting to one another, "Oh Yeah, she's gonna dig me ...Forward my mail. boys" Then the researchers recruited 19 brave women to smell the men's pads while undergoing brain scans.
Now, getting 20 guys to watch porn, that had to be a no-brainer, but what sales pitch did they use to get the 19 woman to inhale the sweat?
"Hi ... We conducting a study and we just had a group of men pop boners and get excited watching porn, and we'd like to know if you be interested in smelling their sweat? ... No, no ... You don't have to meet the men ... You won't be sticking your nose in their armpits ...No, not down there, either ... "
Then, how many of the woman contacted for the study expressed disappointment, that they wouldn't be sticking their nose in men's armpits?
How many of them asked if they could watch porn, too?
What did they do, if any of the woman, started getting aroused - by any of the other woman, who may have been "sweating" during the testing?
Man, the extraneous notes to this study must be priceless.
One thing, for sure, we know what song will be most-requested in this sweat swap ...
Kick it, Mister DJ!
C & C Music Factory;Freedom Williams - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
It's Not Global Warming, It's Google Warming!
In the "Now, What Do We Have To Worry About?" Department;
Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searchesPerforming two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research.
Holy Hot Search Bar, Batman!
I'm destroying the planet, just for my searching for discounted lambs wool sweaters!While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. “Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.”
Hmmm ... Perhaps the first volley in what will be an epic battle down the road, "the colonisation of real space by virtual space"?
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Google is secretive about its energy consumption and carbon footprint. It also refuses to divulge the locations of its data centres. However, with more than 200m internet searches estimated globally daily, the electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions caused by computers and the internet is provoking concern. A recent report by Gartner, the industry analysts, said the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines - about 2% of global CO2 emissions. “Data centres are among the most energy-intensive facilities imaginable,” said Evan Mills, a scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Banks of servers storing billions of web pages require power.
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Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch, Rewiring the World, has calculated that maintaining a character (known as an avatar) in the Second Life virtual reality game, requires 1,752 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. That is almost as much used by the average Brazilian.
“It’s not an unreasonable comparison,” said Liam Newcombe, an expert on data centres at the British Computer Society. “It tells us how much energy westerners use on entertainment versus the energy poverty in some countries.”
Okay folks, this means you have to cut down on your searches for Jennifer Lopez's butt, or Carmen Electra, and you can wait to see the newspapers to find out the score, or latest news, from Manchester United.
And solar power your tea ...
We've got average Brazilians to save!
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