rachael ray, the tooth-achy sweet food network brand & cooking show host that ironically can’t actually cook seems to have a dark side - she’s an islamic sympathizer & terrorist wanting to usher in the next jihad. crazy! how is that possible? and how was this revealed? apparently from the traditional outlet for declaring jihad: a dunkin’ donuts commercial where rachael ray wore what appeared to be a keffiyeh. and because the scarf rachael ray wore looked like a keffiyeh, conservative & right wing groups desperate for attention (could also be the ultra-paranoid & fashion-sense impaired groups desperate for attention) were of course insulted and so justly protested. and to avoid controversy, dunkin donuts pulled the ad. first: that’s not a keffiyeh. it’s a scarf. second: keffiyehs looks cool. they do. get over it (if you even need to). third: the visual of a keffiyeh has been scientifically proven to make people want to eat lots of donuts (bad move to pull the ad dunkin!). so everyone loses here, except rachael ray, who may have gained some level of ‘edge’ over the whole thing.
when politics collide with my hard wired sense of star wars nerdy-ness, magical things can happen. the battles and infighting between our next president barack obama and former first lady hilary clinton can best be summed up in this awesome clip titled the empire strikes barrack. totally laugh it up fuzzball - it’s good stuff! i feel oddly compelled to watch the empire strikes back again. thanks brit for the link!
the makers of the fantastic & inspiring film One Giant Leap are coming out with a new film titled What About Me? the first chapter of the movie is titled Bombardment. the entire chapter (spanning 15 minutes) is available to view on the whataboutme website & even better at dailymotion as well. this movie looks to be as moving and as powerful as their first project, with a wonderful message that we all have & share many more similarities than we do differences. the project creators use music & song as a common thread to connect artists & musicians from around the world along with interviews with people like eckhart tolle, noam choamsky, timothy “speed” levich, and more. take a look when you get a chance & thanks claudine for the link!
introduced by representative barney frank (democrat - maryland) and co-sponsored by ron paul (republican - texas), maurice hinchey (democrat - new york), sam farr (democrat - california), and dana rohrabacher (republican - california), the bill HR 5842 - the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - has been introduced in congress. the bill proposes to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug (which cannot be prescribed) to a Schedule II drug, recognize the medical value of marjiuana, and bolster states rights by protecting state run medical marijuana dispensaries from DEA raids & federal prosecution. NORML has a web page submission form where you can email your representative in support of this legislation.
and although it has nothing to do with the NSA, there’s is the equally powerful king of jews - king of beers billboard masterpiece done near hoston, texas back in 2006. i’ve always looked at billboards as public space and am glad to see these magnificent uses of those public spaces. more please!
i just read this story titled drug czar gives warning: federal official calls marijuana growers dangerous terrorists. terrorists? i have to do a double take on the use of the word ‘terrorists’. really? are you serious? yes, i guess you are. John P. Walters, the director of National Drug Control Policy in the US states is noted as saying ‘the people who plant and tend the gardens are terrorists who wouldn’t hesitate to help other terrorists get into the country with the aim of causing mass casualties.‘ wow. that is pretty heavy. so marijuana growers are classified as terrorists? i have yet to see any pot growers bomb embassies or fly planes into buildings. but he must know what he’s talking about. Mr. Walters, directing a message at marijuana smokers & users, is also quoted as saying “Don’t buy drugs. They fund violence and terror.” really? okay. i agree on that - funding violence and terror is a bad thing.
“Don’t buy drugs. They fund violence and terror.” i love the irony of our federal government. really. it’s fantastic! take the profit out of pot and legalize marijuana already. this war on drugs is just idiotic.
president bush has nominated michael baroody to be the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). ironically, baroody’s background is on the other side of consumer safety, serving as executive vice president at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) for the last 13+ years. see any conflict of interest there? as stated on CNN with Lou Dobbs, “you can’t make this stuff up.” from the website stopbaroody.com, baroody fought to allow a higher level of arsenic in drinking water, lobbied to eliminate the rights of Americans exposed to asbestos, lobbied to keep corporate documents regarding unsafe products from the public, worked to immunize corporate CEOs from criminal liability for marketing deadly products to the public, and much more anti-consumer protection measures. should he get the nomination, he is slated to receive a $150,000 severance package from NAM. wow! you can take some action by emailing your senators using the handy form at peopleoverprofits.org. some senators are aware of what a poor choice baroody is to the CPSC and have moved to block baroody’s nomination. but the more voices that weigh in the better.
like wow man, it’s totally psychedelic republicans trading cards! all colorful and crazy. hilarious website with equally hilarious images and hippied-out bios of george w bush, jesse helms, dick cheney, antonin scalia, laura bush, john ashcroft, and so many others. fun facts like nickname, favorite album, christian coalition rating, and spirit animal for each character card. there’s desktops too! quality funny-ness. cards are limited edition print too (order fast!). they sort of take the edge off how horrible this administration is. actually, no, i take that back - that’s not possible. but at least the cards are funny!
the united states is finally getting its priorities in serious order. you know what i’m talking about. and - no - not those silly things like universal health care for every american, a clean & renewable energy policy, diplomacy, restoration of habeus corpus, electric cars for everybody, or open source voting machines. nope. that’s silly. but dude - we’re going to the moon! totally! we are going, then we’ll build a permanent moon base, and then head off to mars too! sure, it will cost 100’s of billions of dollars. but dude - it’s the moon! yes! i am all for advancing scientific discovery - but - i really think we should fix simple things here on earth first, like levees and pollution. seems easier. i believe david cross summarizes this best …
there is a great timeline listing the facts and events surrounding the latest dishonest dance of alberto gonzales called the purgegate primer. if you are having trouble keeping up with the cover up surrounding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys for political motives, matthew baldwin (author of the article) over on morning news does a great job in summarizing the controversy.
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california governor arnold schwarzenegger is holding a press conference right now. giantmonster camera crews are there. click here for a live feed of governor schwarzenegger ’s speech now …
in light of the current and growing fake news reports and bogus claims to hype up and ‘justify’ a new war with iran, please be sure to watch this amazing video by margo guryan titled Margo Guryan / 16 words. brilliant animation and political commentary. these are the same 16 words from bush’s 2003 state of the union speech to justify a war with iraq. lies, lies, and more lies.
according to cnn money, exxon earned a record breaking $377.6 billion dollars last year. wow. that registers as making $75,000 per minute in 2006. again, that’s seventy five thousand dollars per minute. holy crap. in the time it took for you to read this post, the kids at exxon would have earned over $10,000. wow.
how do you deal with a truly bullshit media circus? the same media that gives a cake walk to our political leaders on pretty much everything but gets irate when their own dumb dialouge and faux discussion format is spun back at them? simple: talk about hair. just hair. and take talking about hair seriously. very seriously. then watch the press get mad. brilliant. i love these guys! also, does this look like a bomb to you? then how about this? ‘dude, there’s a light-up LED thingy with a bit-map character flipping me off on the overpass … must be a terrorist bomb plot.’ are we that far gone? then we have become too paranoid. or is only the city of boston (or boston’s mayor) that lame? good photo gallery of the event. and a great video of the making of the LED signs on youtube too. the hair-raising press conference is below.
did somebody say that the democrats took the senate too? that would give this congress - house and senate - a complete democrat majority. wow - i just may take off work tomorrow.
the widely scattered yet collectively unified minds of giantmonster raise a mighty full glass and toast the sad sack of shit in the white house and all his pals on this very excellent election day afterglow. it’s okay to start drinking again george. thanks to everyone who came out and voted.
in califonia, today is the last day to register to vote. so do it! register, then vote! in order to vote in the november 7th elections, first you must be registered. govote.org makes registration really really easy. their online form fills in all of your information to a printable PDF. once you print that PDF out, get it post marked by today - as today, monday, october 23rd 2007 - is the last day to register to vote in california. so print it out and add a stamp and get it postmarked today. you can then learn what to vote on via smartvoter.org. but register now!
huh. wow. yeah. so, if you live in texas and you are caught in possession of 6 or more dildos, that is illegal and you are considered a felon. learned that by watching the dildo diaries (thanks brad for the link!). in texas, having 6 or more dildos means you have intent to distribute. yes, dildos. clearly a dire act, worthy of a felony charge. but, if you have only 5 dildos, you’re okay. 5 dildos or less means you are merely a hobbyist. a collector, if you will. actually calling a dildo a dildo in the state of texas is illegal too. you’d best call it an educational model to be safe. somebody laugh, please.
giantmonster would like to thank ohio congressman dennis kucinich for his bravery in doing something that should have been done a long time ago: introduce articles of impeachment for george w. bush. 35 articles no less (you may read the summary of the 35 articles after the jump or you can download a PDF file detailing the 35 articles). thank you mr. kucinich! this was done on june 10th, but has been scarcely covered in the media. and quite sadly, nancy pelosi has been very actively blocking any moves for impeachment - including threatening “the removal of Michigan Rep. John Conyers from his chairmanship of the House judiciary committee if an impeachment inquiry were even opened.” oh Mrs. Pelosi (and you too Harry Reid), it is clearly time for you to go. though this resolution has been table for review within committee (meaning it’s effectively dead) Kucinich has vowed to bring his resolution back in 30 days if the Judiciary Committee, to which it was referred Wednesday, doesn’t act on it. right on!
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the widely scattered yet collectively unified minds of giantmonster raise a mighty full glass and toast the 
