Okay, what can I say. I missed so much while communing with nature. Wars have been "declared" sort of. Well, Obama has finally gotten religion about global terrorism though he did blame the "intelligence community" for not making him take seriously enough.
And Amal Alamuddin, a well-respected internationally reknowned criminal defense attorney and human rights advocate married...an actor. It has been on the front page of the New York newspapers for 6 days and counting. Wow, you'd think that George Clooney finally got married!
And someone actually jumped the fence and walked right in the front door of the White House and ran around for a while. Not before decking a female agent and causing the Secret Service director Julia Pierson to resign earlier today. Of course it is really absurd that no one bothered to actually lock the front door. And all this after a subversive 2-year-old slipped through the fence and was immediately surrounded by the entire WH Secret Service detail with guns drawn only a few week ago.
Oh, and wait, there's this - long-time champion short-stop and all-around nice guy Derek Jeter played his last game for the New York Yankees this week. It's a sad day for baseball.
And who can forget this! Chelsea Clinton had a girl - Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. Awww, we love babies and what better for the former and future Presidents Clinton than to welcome their first grandchild! Mazel Tov!
But this...THIS is what is the craziest!
I call it "Cup-Gate"! Do they have a Starbucks on Air Force One now? Sweeeeet! And I thought they had special china cups and saucers and stuff on AF1. I hope he recycled that paper cup after he finished with it! Well, at least he didn't hand it to one of the saluting Marines, right?
Anyway, let's have some fun. How would you....CAPTION THIS!
But as always, feel free to change the subject because we have no rules here.
And Amal Alamuddin, a well-respected internationally reknowned criminal defense attorney and human rights advocate married...an actor. It has been on the front page of the New York newspapers for 6 days and counting. Wow, you'd think that George Clooney finally got married!
And someone actually jumped the fence and walked right in the front door of the White House and ran around for a while. Not before decking a female agent and causing the Secret Service director Julia Pierson to resign earlier today. Of course it is really absurd that no one bothered to actually lock the front door. And all this after a subversive 2-year-old slipped through the fence and was immediately surrounded by the entire WH Secret Service detail with guns drawn only a few week ago.
Oh, and wait, there's this - long-time champion short-stop and all-around nice guy Derek Jeter played his last game for the New York Yankees this week. It's a sad day for baseball.
And who can forget this! Chelsea Clinton had a girl - Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. Awww, we love babies and what better for the former and future Presidents Clinton than to welcome their first grandchild! Mazel Tov!
But this...THIS is what is the craziest!
I call it "Cup-Gate"! Do they have a Starbucks on Air Force One now? Sweeeeet! And I thought they had special china cups and saucers and stuff on AF1. I hope he recycled that paper cup after he finished with it! Well, at least he didn't hand it to one of the saluting Marines, right?
Anyway, let's have some fun. How would you....CAPTION THIS!
But as always, feel free to change the subject because we have no rules here.
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Obama nursing his hang over after a vodka filled negotiation with Putin.
"where's my damn pancakes? I just want to drink my coffee and my pancakes in peace!"
Amal Alamuddin raises a point I find very creepy about liberals. Prior to this, the woman was at best a nobody to the public. If the public knew anything about her, it was that she defends terrorists. She's physically unattractive. Her fashion sense is awful. She seems very hard to like.
Yet, now that she's married George Clooney, our celebrity lusting friends suddenly anoint her the most beautiful woman on the planet, they write gushing articles about her fashion sense, they write about what she ate at the wedding so the rest of us can mimic her, and they write about all the great celebrities who attended her wedding with no sense of irony that they are basically claiming that celebrities are better people.
This whole desire to devour famous people, to anoint them as perfect, to worship them and mimic their details is truly sick. It should be declared a mental illness.
And as an aside, they do the exact same thing with Democratic presidential candidates and their spouses. I'm sorry, but Michelle is a dog and she dresses like she has blind people buy her clothes for her at Goodwill. And I don't give a damn what Obama puts on his pizza. I will not dress like him. I will not remake myself in his image.
Blech.
As for Cup-gate...
-- "Oh man, the guy on the right was at the bar last night. Maybe he won't recognize me?"
-- "Yes magic cup. We're here. Now what?"
-- "Biden says this is how you salute, but I'm not so sure."
BTW, Yahoo just posted an article on their front page in which they say Clooney and Alamuddin's romance was... well, let's just give the quote they are using to pimp the article: "Their love story is nothing short of a fairy tale."
Barf.
I suppose their first child will be a virgin birth too.
Personally, I think Amal Alamuddin looks decent and I never knew anything about her before Clooney. I wish her and Clooney well. But, yeah, I am getting tired of the celeb worship. I mean, Christ! He's not a freaking Prince! I just don't care.
Of course, what else are they going to report on? Right now we have ISIS grabbing Iraq and Syria, Ebola in the US, Enterovirus may now be deadly, economy still crap, Putin is making Ukraine (and the EU) his bitch, Secret Service is a joke… yeah.
Oh, and Christina de Kirchner, last seen driving every bit of foreign enterprise out of her country, is now claiming that the US, who she recently lost a case against, might kill her and topple her government.
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A court has decided that the Democrats don't have to field a Senate candidate in Kansas, greatly increasing the possibility an 'independent' will beat Pat Roberts.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/kansas-democrats-elections-pat-roberts-111518.html?hp=l4
The decision is a setback for Kobach, who fought to force Democrats to put a candidate on the ballot after Taylor withdrew. Kansas election law appears to require that parties replace nominees who withdraw, Kobach said.
Kobach effectively conceded defeat Wednesday, ordering county elections officials to begin printing general election ballots without a Democratic candidate listed.
The FCC is contemplating classifying the Redskins as profanity, which would mean fines for anyone who utters the word on public airwaves. Simply amazing.
http://thegrio.com/2014/09/30/fcc-banning-redskins/
The head of the Federal Communications Commission says the agency will consider a petition to ban the Washington Redskins nickname from the public airwaves.
"You know, I once actually considered joining the military...oh yeah, how's that salute thing go again?"
Andrew,
Why are you subjecting yourself to the details of the Clooney marriage? Newspaper readers have to take what they are given, but the joy of the internet is that you never have to read about or hear about stuff you don't give a crap about.
Obama has horrible fashion sense. But I believe he has someone on staff who definitely has taken care of his formal wear. Prior to becoming president he used to dress like a stereotypical pimp or south american cartel lord, what with the white bow tie during black tie events. His power ties with the perfectly dimpled four-in-hand knot are definitely a step up from his predecessors prep school style.
But otherwise I have nothing good to say about his fashion sense or his wife's. Almost threw up when Anna Wintour started crying because fashion goddess michelle was inaugurating a wing of some museum in new york.
Truth be told, fashion hasn't changed (for the better) since the vietnam war. And I say this as a part of millennial generation.
Anthony, It's not by choice. I see a lot of it when I flip past news pages like Yahoo or whatnot. Then my wife turns on Today in the morning and I get to see those "serious" journalists GUSH about her and whatever other crush they have at the moment. But even when I finally get to flip over to CNBC, they are doing stories about it -- cost of the wedding, net worth of the couple, etc. -- and they too are GUSHING like some E! reporter about how magical the couple is. It sounds almost orgasmic. It's pathetic.
Kit, In fairness to Ms. Kirchner, I have been exporting fart guns to the rebels...but you didn't hear that from me.
In all seriousness, I concur 100%. Look at all the news stories out there, and instead we get celebrity gushing-a-thons. Sad.
AM, I agree completely. As a couple, their fashion sense is HORRIBLE! These are not people to emulate!
AM - Yes, the "mom" jeans that he wears are just awful and he refuses to wear a tie when it is appropriate. Most of the time, he looks like a third world dictator.
It was actually the "Anna Wintour Costume Center". It's ironic that Michelle with her GAP and Target clothing sensibilities should be the one to open up the Center. And frankly, Ms. Wintour's sense of style is just to copy what the fashion icons have been doing for the last 80 years.
"Then my wife turns on Today..."
Uh, Andrew, is there something you're not telling us?? Hmmmmm?
Ben, That is the new salute. The military sold the rights to the salute to Starbucks, just like they sell stadium names. They're going to use the proceeds of the sale to buy a new set of missiles.
Bev, Did I forget to mention that? Hmm. Sorry. I thought I had.
We're waiting to do a ceremony until next year, but for various other reasons we got married. :D
As an aside, you would be shocked how easy it is to get married in Colorado. It took us 10 minutes from walking through the door until we left married. It required no paperwork except drivers licenses. And it cost all of $12.
In other fashion news, why do the Marines wear navy blue jackets and bright blue pants with a red stripe. No, really! Who cobbled that color scheme together? They look like someone lost all their pant at the dry cleaners. At least the Navy wears all white and the Army wears all green.
Okay, okay, I won't diss the Marines anymore... I LOVE Marines!
Andrew, first - CONGRATULATIONS! I must have missed the memo. Mazel Tov. My parents just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 16 and today is their 120th wedding anniversary...they were married in two ceremonies too!
"The military sold the rights to the salute to Starbucks"
That is brilliant! Selling corporate branding rights to fund our bombs and planes and all manners of government-owned stuff!
Yellowstone National Park - brought to you by Kellogg!
Starbucks Space Station
I could go on...
Thanks Bev! And congrats to your parents!
Can you imagine if we did sell these things to corporations? Imagine a military briefing...
"Watch closely on the video. Here you see the Domino's Pizza F-22 lock onto its target. It fires and destroys the target. And of course, that shoot down was brought to you by Gillette. If it's going to be a walkover, call the military. But if it's going to be a close shave, call Gillette."
Arrrrrrrrrrgh.
And, what would happen if they forget the product placement during the State of Union!
"This State of Union Address has been brought to you by our co-sponsors Xanax, Nexium, and Everclear, the Preferred Grain Alcohol Of The People, By the People and For the People!"
Congratulations Andrew!
12 dollars in CO? What a deal. cost 50 dollars when my wife and I got married back in '81 but that was in San Diego.
Corporate military sponsers? Somehow I wouln't be surprised.
Tonights ISIS bombing brought to you by budweiser. Remember to drink responsibly and always have a designated bomber.
New ISIS strategy unveiled: Vermont Valentine Bears...packed with ebola!
Put a scarum in their harum and ISIS will fold like the Kenny Rogers limited edition playing cards.
"Tonight's ISIS bombing brought to you by budweiser. Remember to drink responsibly and always have a designated bomber."
LOLOLOL!!! That is perfection!
Andrew -
Congratulations! And, uh, yes, you had neglected to mention it. :-)
Anyway, I always thought it would be interesting if a company had decided to sponsor the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem. Could you imagine going to a sporting event and hearing, "Please rise for the National Anthem, brought to you by Coca-Cola!"?
And there have been movies that feature corporate sponsorship of the military. I know conservatives bristle at this sort of thing but I guess it depends on the execution. (Pardon the expression!) :-)
People are really panicking over this Ebola thing. 'Ebola won't be a problem so long as bureaucracies function perfectly' isn't a notion that will cause most Americans to sleep soundly (especially in light of recent events).
Anthony - I get that they are panicking, but seriously, the thought that Ebola could create an epidemic in 1st world is just absurd [famous last words]. The public should be more concerned about the Enterovirus 68 that is sending children to the hospital in 49 states [Strangely, Florida has not reported any cases]. It has been drowned out by the Ebola scare.
Scott - Aren't there already sponsors of the National Anthem at sporting events? Not that they own the rights to the song, but that they sponsor the singers/musicians who sing it.
Bev -
Shows you how much I attend sporting events! I'm sure the answer is yes, but I was speculating about what would happen if a company literally bought the rights to the Anthem itself.
Hey, wait a minute...Andrew JUST got married...George Clooney JUST got married...HEY, ANDREW, YOU'RE REALLY GEORGE CLOONEY, AREN'T YOU?? I knew it!
Scott - it's just a short distance from paying the singer to owning the song!
Bev, anthony,
The fact that there is a bit of a panic over the Ebola thing is actually what calms me. They are so frightened of it that it might actually cause the government to take it extra-seriously. Having an Ebola epidemic breakout on your watch would probably harm your career.
Andrew,
CONGRATULATIONS!
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!"
re Clooney wedding, I think it serves a useful social purpose in these times of bad news:
They get to gush about and we get to complain about them gushing about it, thus distracting us from all of the awful news in America and around the world!
"A-ha! With everyone focusing on my Starbucks cup, no one will notice that I'm also zipping up my fly."
"Today, the Marines assisted in the President's training for his post-presidential career- beer man at the Wrigley Field. (The Cubs say his record fits in well with their own.)"
"Ah, poor dope. He thinks if he can't see the camera, the camera can't see him."
-Tom Servo (Ep. 822)
Bev,
Actually, that would be the helicopter Marine One he is stepping off of, not Air Force One. Though he could have recently been on Air Force One.
Kit, so there's a Starbucks on Marine One! That's even better! Now I want to be President...
A small town in Florida has disbanded its police force because of a state investigations into claims of excessive ticketing.
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Congratulations, AP, and welcome to a club so nice I joined it twice!
To the FCC's lunacy re the Redskins as profanity, this should be where commentators with any cajones would declare their love of Eric, Kitty, Laurie, and any other visiting members of that 70s Show's Foreman clan. Red's kins not 100% in the grammar department, but still better than too many of the mushmouths in the NFL booths.
G.K. Chesterton on politicians and their area of expertise:
"When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it."
Congratulations from me as well, Andrew! Heh, I'll admit to doing a double-take on mentioning your wife as well. Speaking of the other big wedding, mercifully I've been spared a lot of the gushing over Clooney and until this I had no idea his wife was even involved in that kind of activism - I just assumed she was some obscure model that the media was obsessing over because of Clooney. It doesn't surprise me that he'd go for the activist type in the end, though. As for the cup, unfortunately I'm a bit short on witty comments there.
- Daniel
Bev,
I agree that fear of the Ebola in the US is overblown, but its real and can have real world consequences (political and otherwise). The closest analog I can think of is the DC Sniper (who changed a significant portion of the region's behavior patterns for a bit).
One's chances of getting popped by the DC sniper were always astronomically low (there was more to fear from drunk drivers and gunmen without sniper rifles) but that didn't stop many people from spending less time in public places.
Thanks everybody! :D
Anthony, Agreed on the ebola thing. The odds of anyone being hurt by it here are basically zero percent, but people will freak out.
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