This Week's Boobies

Happy Friday! Nice Boobies!

(And my Giants are in 1st place today! Yay!)

Politics as a Joke

Insuring comedy gold for the next seven weeks, Christine O'Donnell, the winner in the GOP Senate primary in Delaware, sets a new "standard" for rightwing tea party nuttiness. She's best known for her strong "anti-masturbation" views. Meaning that masturbation will now be a campaign issue. Pundits and comics are certainly going to be 'busy' with that.

Yup, American democracy in action. Just think how much fun the senate would be if she actually wins (thankfully, highly unlikely). Senators debating masturbation? Do we really want that?

WATCH: Christine O'Donnell's '96 Anti-Masturbation Campaign On MTV

Bugs

Via The Political Carnival, go take a look at Bug-eyed: The cartoon faces of insects caught in incredible detail.

Some lovely bugs!

Weird, Sick Marketing

(Full story at The Rude Pundit:)
I tried to avoid doing any "9/11" posts because all possible views have already been blogged to death, but...
The New York Lottery is using human 'ping pong balls' labeled "9" and "11" to market the lottery. Really? Using a tragedy to promote a tax on people who don't understand statistics?
The eventual demise of America will be sold with a shiny marketing campaign, and the sheeple will buy it in bulk. That is the sad truth.

The Weekly Boobies

Friday, again. A fine pair of Boobies.

Football Season

Tonight marks the start of another Football season, for which I am happy. While I'm a Baseball fan first and foremost, Football games generate more social participation. For example, my local pub becomes a full on sports bar where fans for each team gather for a party at game time. I'm a lifelong 49er's fan, and on Sunday I'll be with a bunch of other Niners fans (of course, there will also be a bunch of Seahawks fans rooting against us) for the game. That doesn't happen for baseball, except for the world series.

For Football fans seeking a good laugh, here's the Onion Sports 2010 NFL Team-By-Team Guide. Satire at it's finest. For example, on my Niners:

Strength: He may not be a Joe Montana, but Alex Smith is proving to be a better QB than Jim Druckenmiller, Gio Carmazzi, or Steve Stenstrom ever were

Weakness: Whatever head coach Mike Singletary is thinking at any given moment

Player To Watch: Veteran Brian Westbrook is always a threat to explode into a cloud of ligaments and bone

Biggest Question: If the 49ers are willing to let Glen Coffee go to follow Christ, what's to stop the entire team from following suit?

Well, OK then. Sadly, I remember how bad Carmazzi was.

River Art

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So I'm having a beer with an old river running buddy, and he says: "If you're really a Boatman on The Canyon, then you have a piece of artwork given to you by a passenger."
I said: "yup. I have one."
This is a painting by my dear friend Bex Deluxe, that hangs proudly on my wall.

For Warren...

Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath
Keep me in your heart for awhile

If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less
Keep me in your heart for awhile

When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun
Keep me in your heart for awhile

There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sometimes when you're doing simple things
around the house
Maybe you'll think of me and smile

You know I'm tied to you like the buttons on
your blouse
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Hold me in your thoughts, take me to your dreams
Touch me as I fall into view
When the winter comes keep the fires lit
And I will be right next to you

Engine driver's headed north to Pleasant Stream
Keep me in your heart for awhile

These wheels keep turning but they're running out
of steam
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-li-li-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile

Keep me in your heart for awhile

For Labor Day

I rarely post music, but this is a good one for today.

Age Check

If you laugh at this...

you're probably getting old.

A Friday Boobie

September already? Where did the summer go?

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

A True Christian

There are so many negative stories of religious intolerance that it was refreshing to read an actual positive story showing the true teachings of Christ:

When pastor Steve Stone initially heard of the mosque and Islamic center being erected on the sprawling land adjacent his church, his stomach tightened.

Then he raised a 6-foot sign reading, "Welcome to the Neighborhood."

The issue for Stone and the 550-person Heartsong Church in Cordova, came down to one question:

"What would Jesus do if He were us? He would welcome the neighbor," Stone said.

The Memphis Islamic Center, a nonprofit organization formed three years ago, is two weeks from breaking ground on the first phase of a multimillion-dollar complex.

While plans for Islamic centers across the country and just miles away have triggered vitriolic responses and divided communities, here in Memphis it's been a peaceful process.

On a 31-acre stretch at Humphrey Road and Houston Levee, Memphis Islamic Center leaders plan to build a massive gathering place during the next several years. It will include a mosque, youth center, day care center, indoor gym, sports fields, medical clinic and retirement home.

While the 4,000-square-foot worship hall is being completed, Heartsong has opened its doors to its neighbors throughout the monthlong observance of Ramadan.

Under a gigantic cross constructed of salvaged wood, nearly 200 area Muslims have been gathering each night to pray.

"I think it's helped break down a lot of barriers in both congregations," said Islamic center board member Danish Siddiqui.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/aug/28/common-threads/

This in Memphis, not a bastion of liberalism. As someone who isn't religious but has studied a lot of theology and religious philosophy, I've always thought that at the core of all the Abrahamic religions is a message of living together in peace that is far stronger than all the smiting, slaying, or Jihad. We need more Christians to listen to Pastor Steve Stone and his ilk.

(End of positive post. Regular cynicism will return soon.)

Low Expectaions

Low energy day.

And For What?

The end of "combat operations" in Iraq...

The withdrawal of all but 50,000 troops...

But there is no sense of celebration. The 'war' is 'over', except that it isn't. There is no victory, because there was never anything to 'win' in Iraq. All that was achieved was destruction and despair.

I suppose that President Obama deserves some credit for reducing America's presence in Iraq, as he promised in his campaign. OK, Barack, here's a brownie point. A token of achievement for a rather minor accomplishment.

It was a war that never should have happened. Shrub and the neocons lied to create a threat that never existed and led an invasion that should be a war crime. The slaughter of innocent Iraqi's will be America's shame for many decades to come, as will the debts (both human and monetary) for a tragic act of folly. Over a trillion dollars wasted on wanton destruction, yet we "can't afford" to serve our citizens at home.

So we'll call this an "end", but for what? In the "end", what was it all for? Who was saved?

What was it all for?

Speaking of Boobies

I wonder what this pair are discussing...

I'll Drive

The Kestrel electric car will have room for a driver and three passengers and have a top speed of 90 kilometres an hour. (Motive Industries Inc.)

Blog friend Gordon at the alternate brain pointed this one out: Cannabis electric car being made in Alberta:

An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.

The Kestrel will be prototyped and tested later in August by Calgary-based Motive Industries Inc., a vehicle development firm focused on advanced materials and technologies, the company announced.

The compact car, which will hold a driver and up to three passengers, will have a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour and a range of 40 to 160 kilometres before needing to be recharged, depending on the type of battery, the company said in an email to CBC News Monday.

Now, not to go all curmudgeon on you, but I think us old time veterans of the cannabis culture should get first dibs on these.

And I do agree with Gordon:

Sounds very innovative and cutting-edge, but the jokes are flooding through my brain so fast they can't stop long enough for me to grab one...

I'd love to have one. Dear George Soros; I here you pay for all the liberal blogs.

Primary Blahs

(Tarantula for no particular reason)

Yeah, I voted in yesterday's primary. But it was with a total lack of enthusiasm. This has been a rare election cycle for me, one where I found absolutely zero candidates who motivated me to volunteer on their campaigns.

St. Sleazy McCain easily defeated J. D. "the eggplant" Hayworth in a classic case of 'the lesser of two evils' still being evil. But the democratic nominee, Rodney Glassman, is no prize, and has a snowball's chance in Phoenix of defeating McCain.

My congresswoman, Ann Kirkpatrick, is a milquetoast blue dog, who's first term has been sedate at best. But her opponent, Paul Gosar, is a total right-wing whacko. So I'll probably end up doing some volunteer work for Ann for the general election. Just not with much enthusiasm.

And I'll support Terry Goddard over Jan Brewer for Governor, although I'm not a fan of Goddard. Another 'lesser of two evils' choice.

It's tough to be a political junkie when the drug of choice has gotten so weak that there is no 'high' to be had.

San Juan Pics

Another fine San Juan river trip in the books. A wonderful time, although the weather did try to put up a challenge at first. We got hit with possibly the heaviest monsoon hail storm I've ever seen with a mile left to row to our first camp. After persevering through it, we had wonderful weather the rest of the trip. The boats performed marvelously, the people were delightful (the ladies in the mud fight above were a blast), and the food was delicious.

I'm ready to go back.

Boobies on Schedule

This is a scheduled post of the Friday Boobies, as I'm away on the river. Let me know if it doesn't show up.

River Time

The river is calling, and I must answer.

There are boats that need to be rowed, and rapids needing running.