Gerard Damiano, director of the popular pornographic film "Deep Throat" that lent its name to a Watergate whistleblower, has died.
He was 80.
Damiano died Saturday at a Fort Myers hospital, his son, Gerard Damiano Jr., said Monday.
He had suffered a stroke in September.
Damiano's "Deep Throat" was a mainstream box-office success and helped launch the modern hardcore adult-entertainment industry.
Shot in six days for just $25,000, the 1972 flick became a cultural must-see for Americans who had just lived through the sexual liberation of the 1960s.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Letter to the Editor
The Republican party is going to have to make some tough choices in the final days of this election.
Where does the GOP spend their remaining money? (Certainly not on more clothes for Palin.)
Do they go all in behind McCain who is almost certain to lose, or do they cut their losses for
President and put all their money into holding on to seats in close races the House and Senate?
McCain could be a death sentence for the Republican party.
The McCain/Palin campaign is so bad that even Bush is distancing himself from them!
Marc Perkel
San Bruno, CA.
*****
That's bad ... when the shrub is distancing himself from you, you know you're f#@ked.
And I Quote
"If your television declares John McCain the president elect on the evening of November 4th, your television will be lying.
You should immediately pick up your pre-packed bags and head straight to the White House in Washington, DC, which we will surround and shut down until this
attempt at a third illegitimate presidency is reversed.
We may be there for days or weeks or months.
But we must be there. We must be there by the millions.
We must show each other, and the nation, and the world that we have had enough,that we will not stand for one more stolen election, that we will not give in to fear, lies, theft, and intimidation."
~ David Swanson,
speaking for everyone
Full text
You should immediately pick up your pre-packed bags and head straight to the White House in Washington, DC, which we will surround and shut down until this
attempt at a third illegitimate presidency is reversed.
We may be there for days or weeks or months.
But we must be there. We must be there by the millions.
We must show each other, and the nation, and the world that we have had enough,that we will not stand for one more stolen election, that we will not give in to fear, lies, theft, and intimidation."
~ David Swanson,
speaking for everyone
Full text
And I Quote
"Putting Palin one 72-year-old heartbeat
from the leadership of the free world is
just too risky at this time."
~ Anchorage Daily News
German traffic cops angered by British driver who mocks traffic cams with a Muppet
Someone in Germany is driving an automobile built for UK roads and has installed a Muppet in the passenger seat. The speed cameras in Germany are made to take photos of drivers who sit in the left side of the vehicle, so drivers of UK-style cars driver can't be easily identified.
A German police source said: “The number plate is not enough. We need clear evidence of who is driving the vehicle too.“But because this is a British vehicle we can never get a decent picture. The driver has obviously worked this out because he has placed a large puppet in the passenger seat.
“This may be an example of the famous British sense of humour but it is still dangerous driving. The driver has been caught on camera on several occasions and the puppet is on the passenger seat every time. We suspect he positions the toy deliberately before accelerating past the camera.”
Ashley Todd pulled hoax hijinks in Ron Paul campaign, too
When you're too whacked-out for the Ron Paul campaign, you really do have a problem.
Below is an excerpt from an article about previous victim-hallucination hijinks by Ashley Todd:
In March, Ms. Todd was asked to leave a grass-roots group of Ron Paul supporters in Brazos County, Texas, group leader Dustan Costine said. He said Ms. Todd posed as a supporter of former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and called the local Republican committee seeking information about its campaign strategies."She would call the opposing campaign and pretend she was on their campaign to get information," Mr. Costine said last night. "We had to remove her because of the tactics she displayed. After that we had nothing to do with her."
About a month earlier, he said, Ms. Todd sent an e-mail to the Ron Paul group saying her tires were slashed and that campaign paraphernalia had been stolen from her car because she supported Mr. Paul. "She's the type of person who wants to be recognized," Mr. Costine said.
White Supremacists Plotted to Assasinate Obama, Behead Black Children
White supremacist terrorism persists in America: Two neo-nazi skinheads planned to assassinate Barack Obama and shoot or behead 88 black people, but their plot was thwarted by a federal investigation. In the photo below: Daniel Cowart, 20, of Tennessee vamps for a MySpace vanity snapshot with one of the guns seized by ATF agents. His plot partner, also arrested: Paul Schlesselman 18, an Arkansas native.
From the New York Ttimes:
Crap like this makes me ashamed to be a man. Actually, not ashamed more than a little PISSED OFF is a better description.
Plotting to kill a man and children is the act of a coward but doing so because of the color of their skin is beyond reprehensible.
And with the look of the moron in the photo, I could make him piss and soil himself just by saying 'boo'.
It is no wonder the ladies lament that there aren't many real men out there - with examples like these two ignorant assholes.
From the New York Ttimes:
The assassination was to be the culmination of a “killing spree” that would also single out children at an unnamed, predominately black school, federal officials said. The men talked of “killing 88 people and beheading 14 African-Americans,” according to the affidavit.
The two men each had “very strong views” about Aryan white power and “skinhead” ideology, the federal officials said, and the numbers 88 and 14 have special significance in the white power movement. The number 88 is shorthand for “Heil Hitler” — H is the eighth letter in the alphabet —and 14 signifies a 14-word mantra among white supremacists: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”
Officials said the two men met via the Internet through a mutual friend.
Crap like this makes me ashamed to be a man. Actually, not ashamed more than a little PISSED OFF is a better description.
Plotting to kill a man and children is the act of a coward but doing so because of the color of their skin is beyond reprehensible.
And with the look of the moron in the photo, I could make him piss and soil himself just by saying 'boo'.
It is no wonder the ladies lament that there aren't many real men out there - with examples like these two ignorant assholes.
Guilty of Corruption
Stevens found guilty.
The senator from Alaska is guilty of corruption.
Now, we can get the other Alaskan that is guilty of corruption.
Hockey mom, me arse!
The senator from Alaska is guilty of corruption.
Now, we can get the other Alaskan that is guilty of corruption.
Hockey mom, me arse!
Daily Funny
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PLAY COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC BACKWARDS ?
You sober up, your wife comes home, and your dog comes back to life.
You sober up, your wife comes home, and your dog comes back to life.
Geezer and Dingbat
Read this over on Gloria Brame's Blog and felt it pretty much sums up how many feel this election cycle so I am posting her one and only 'rant' on the election here ...
By Gloria Brame
To start, this image pretty much sums up my take on the Republican candidates this year:
The first and biggest problem I have with McCain is that I think he'll die in office, making Palin our president. If the job doesn't actually kill him, he will at least be down for the count time and again, as doctors desperately work to keep him alive. The fact is that being a US president is, more than ever, an exhausting, demoralizing, mind-fuckingly stressful job. Look at Bill Clinton's before and after pix, then look at George W. Bush's. Does anyone really believe a 72 year old man can take all the kicks to the stomach that go with the job and come out alive? McCain could live to 100 as a Senator, but as President, the stress will take an already physically and mentally fragile old guy and put him in an early grave. (Note: no need to explain why Sarah Palin in the Oval Office is a nightmare none of us can face, right?)
The next problem with McCain is that he is a sociopath. When the devoted wife who stood by him during his time in a POW camp got into a terrible car wreck that destroyed her figure, put her in a wheelchair, and caused her to gain weight, McCain promptly dumped her and his kids cold and ran off with a rich, young woman who he married only one month later. That's why none of his grown kids show up at rallies or speak out in support of him: they hate his guts for what he did to their mother. I can't help wondering why his new kids don't show up at rallies either. The GOP has made a point of dragging Palin's kids on stage, even the baby who shouldn't be passed around like a political prop in the first place. But where is McCain's little adopted daughter? Is he afraid he'll lose the support of his racist constituents if they were frequently reminded that his wife adopted a darling little girl of color?
Leading to another thing that makes me hate McCain. I've read thousands of anti-Obama rants by McCain supporters. And I'm afraid I can only draw one conclusion from the gobbledy-gook of their addled arguments. They're damn racists. I don't care how vociferously McCain supporters may deny it, but his camp's political fortunes rest on the shoulders of hate-mongers and ideologues. McCain's most fanatical supporters believe in white supremacy and in keeping women in their place. A good number believe the Rapture's right around the corner, so we might as well blow up the world now, because they're floaters and the rest of us can go to hell.
As I see it, there's room for everyone in America, even the ignorant and deluded; but I am certain that if the ignorant and deluded run America, they won't make room for me or anyone else who doesn't think like them.
I still can't believe that the female lobbyist McCain philandered with (and no doubt made illegal deals with) has not even been an issue in this campaign. I can't believe anyone thinks that McCain, who played a role in the S&L fiasco, could possibly do shit about Wall St., except fuck it up even more. I can't believe that anyone could see McCain as a man of the people when he married a filthy-rich, Mafia-connected heiress who puts up with verbal abuse and worse from him, while he uses her money to buy office. McCain called her a cunt in public and yet no one links this with his character. WTF. Everything about McCain screams sociopath.
I'm not madly in love with Obama, but I respect him. More than that, I think he will be a great president. If he can live up to his potential, well, I think he could be the greatest president of my lifetime, maybe even the greatest American president since FDR. But he is a politician, and I am incapable of ever fully trusting any politician, no matter how much I love what he stands for. To be a politician is to compromise: if you don't compromise, you don't win. And those compromises inevitably disappoint. When Obama caves to oil interests, when he goes along with bills that infringe on our Constitutional rights to privacy, well, it is what it is: a politician trying to please too many camps, listening to too many advisors, and trying to make the most politically advantageous compromise.
But I believe Obama can be a great president. He is the only presidential candidate in my lifetime thus far who has demonstrated the same qualities as the best presidents in American history. He is that wondrous, mythical creature: a liberal Christian. He has shown himself to be rational, generous, kind, respectful and considerate in the face of adversity, even when he's been viciously attacked. Obama has overcome incredible odds in this campaign, and in his life as well. He was the disenfranchised, underprivileged outsider who, through hard work and more hard work, has risen to lead a nation. He combines the charisma of Bill Clinton with the affability of Ronald Reagan, the social concern of Franklin Roosevelt with the towering intelligence of Abraham Lincoln.
His political enemies have done everything in their power to discredit and humiliate him. He's survived dirty tricks (like the Obama "food stamps"), hoaxes (like the campaign worker who scratched a B on her face and blamed it on an Obama supporter), lies (such as the claim that he's a Muslim terrorist) and McCarthyism (e.g., re-heating Cold War hysteria and calling Obama a Commie for wanting to restore social equality to America). More amazingly, he's done so without resorting to the GOP's favorite ploy: whining like babies about media bias. ( Which is really fucking hilarious, btw, since nearly all major media outlets and talk-radio stations in the US are owned by right-wingers.) Obama has weathered every possible political storm with courage and elan.
Obama seems to be a man who always valued his family, and particularly the women in his life: his mother, his grandmother, his wife. Unlike Cindy McCain, Michelle doesn't seem to freeze up in terror next to her husband. Mrs. Obama is beautiful and strong and acts like her husband's equal and friend, unlike Mrs. McCain, who looks like she's hiding domestic abuse and drug addiction under three compacted inches of make-up. That Obama appears to have such warm and progressive relationships with his female relatives probably explains why he has a progressive attitude about women's issues. That McCain looks like the poster-child for tyrannical males may explain why he doesn't think women have a right to choose what to do with their bodies.
Obama doesn't have to engage in name-calling to win points. Whether or not you thought he won the debates, Obama certainly classed them up. He exudes leadership qualities. McCain looked and acted like a creepy old Wal-Mart greeter. Obama is articulate. McCain is loud. Obama looks like he smells of good cologne. McCain looks like he smells of Ben Gay. Obama gets personally informed on issues and makes original, interesting statements. McCain gets memos from staff telling him what to say. You can "listen" to McCain simply by turning on Fox News where talking heads read off the same notes that McCain was given.
But perhaps the most important reason I support Obama is because I believe that he is uniquely capable of getting America out of the horrible shit-hole we've sunk into over the past eight years. Obama has the character, the intelligence and, most importantly, the will to get us out of Iraq. Obama understands social inequality and financial hardship, and can make the right choices to restore financial stability to the country, just as he made good choices in his own life and lifted himself up by the bootstraps. McCain's greatest personal financial accomplishment was to marry a rich woman. McCain's innate sense of entitlement, coupled with his greed, spell doom to our economy. If McCain's a friend of the working class, I'm the tooth fairy.
I took advantage of early voting this year. I don't know if, in the end, Obama will prove to be the man I think he is. Who can say? But I'm kind of hoping that he will prove that he is even better than we can yet imagine. Kind of like Lincoln, who stepped into office equipped with little more than an insanely bright mind and a passionate commitment to serving his country. Lincoln's resources were tested and stretched beyond all human limits once in office, yet he managed, despite his personal agony and despair, to rise above and lead this nation towards truth and justice. I see that potential in Obama. I see that same strength, and clarity, and sense of honor and duty to a cause larger than himself.
McCain and his minions are the same old boys who created the mess America is in now, and they're still living in the past. Obama has a vision for a better future and the talent to make it happen. He is our only hope for change, and we need change badly. I pray to God that you, and yours, and most Americans this election year will vote for Barack Obama.
*****
I know how Gloria feels when it comes to politicians and I think she has Obama sussed pretty well. She definitely has McPain's number - as do a whole lot of people.
I know how Gloria feels when it comes to politicians and I think she has Obama sussed pretty well. She definitely has McPain's number - as do a whole lot of people.
Guess Who's Birthday Is Today?
Theodore Roosevelt
(10/27/1858 – 01/16/1919)
What is so striking about him in today's political climate is that he would be considered a 'Flaming Liberal' by the wing-nuts.
Although he was a member of the 'right' party, his views and positions where akin to his 'left' cousin Frank better known as FDR.
Although he was a member of the 'right' party, his views and positions where akin to his 'left' cousin Frank better known as FDR.
Boy Killed At Gun Show
An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.
The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, police Lt. Lawrence Valliere said.
The boy, Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Connecticut, was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," a police statement said.
Christopher died at Baystate Medical Center.
Two things - beyond the tragedy of a child losing his life - Why in the name of all the holies was a child of 8 firing an Uzi and there was NO ADULT supervision because no adult would allow a child to fire an Uzi.
Learning to handle firearms is one thing and knowing what types are manageable for someone else or yourself is a crucial part of that learning ... something this young lad will never learn and something those "adults" obviously have not learned.
The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, police Lt. Lawrence Valliere said.
The boy, Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Connecticut, was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," a police statement said.
Christopher died at Baystate Medical Center.
*****
Two things - beyond the tragedy of a child losing his life - Why in the name of all the holies was a child of 8 firing an Uzi and there was NO ADULT supervision because no adult would allow a child to fire an Uzi.
Learning to handle firearms is one thing and knowing what types are manageable for someone else or yourself is a crucial part of that learning ... something this young lad will never learn and something those "adults" obviously have not learned.
Emblem Change
Well, they waited until the eleventh hour to release this, but they finally have come clean and told the truth.
Lucky for us see knew this a while back and we will be restoring the proper emblem on November 4, 2008.
Eligible voters are being 'purged' from voter rolls
- Story Highlights
- Kyla Berry got a letter saying to vote, she must prove she's a U.S. citizen
- She and others like her have been flagged for mismatched information
- Experts say lists of people with mismatches are being purged from voter rolls
- Cases like Berry's raise fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states
Read the full story here.
So much for the "calls" by repugicans for people to get out and vote for if they do the repugicans stand less chance of winning than a fart in a wind storm does of staying cohesive.
150,000 Rally for Obama
150,00 people rallied for Obama in Colorado. 100,000 of them in Denver and another 50,000 in Fort Collins.
What gives?
Colorado is a "RED" state, remember.
Maybe it has always been "Blue" just like we have been in North Carolina and the repugicans just haven't realized it before.
Meanwhile McPain only drew paltry crowds totaling 7000 for two rallies if you can believe their tallies. They claimed the same number last week when McPain rallied in Concord, North Carolina.
If true that gives McPain 14,000 'votes' from three rallies.
Using three rallies held at the same time for Obama (he drew 100,000 in St. Louis you know) - he has 250,000 'votes'.
That's a quarter-million folks to less than 20K.
I don't know about you but the math I learned says 250K is a bigger number than 20K.
However you can bet your sweet bippy, McPain will claim 20K is greater than 250K, after all he still proclaims, "I'm going to win it".
If just those rally 'votes' where all the votes that counted McPain would so not "win" and the trend of those rallies follows the general trend of the nation so just when and in what lifetime do the delusional repugicans think McPain is going to 'win it'?
The numbers that I and many others have maintained as to the actual numbers of voters in each respective 'party' are really showing - with the Democrats holding a vastly superior numerical count as they always have and this time they are being joined by Independents, Greens, Libertarians and others ... and even some Republicans.
(Note: I use republicans for those voting for Obama, not repugicans because some are the moderate and even left leaning conservatives that are trying to reclaim what is their's and some are recovering repugicans who have had the epiphany that the wing-nuts are crazy and insane.)
What gives?
Colorado is a "RED" state, remember.
Maybe it has always been "Blue" just like we have been in North Carolina and the repugicans just haven't realized it before.
Meanwhile McPain only drew paltry crowds totaling 7000 for two rallies if you can believe their tallies. They claimed the same number last week when McPain rallied in Concord, North Carolina.
If true that gives McPain 14,000 'votes' from three rallies.
Using three rallies held at the same time for Obama (he drew 100,000 in St. Louis you know) - he has 250,000 'votes'.
That's a quarter-million folks to less than 20K.
I don't know about you but the math I learned says 250K is a bigger number than 20K.
However you can bet your sweet bippy, McPain will claim 20K is greater than 250K, after all he still proclaims, "I'm going to win it".
If just those rally 'votes' where all the votes that counted McPain would so not "win" and the trend of those rallies follows the general trend of the nation so just when and in what lifetime do the delusional repugicans think McPain is going to 'win it'?
The numbers that I and many others have maintained as to the actual numbers of voters in each respective 'party' are really showing - with the Democrats holding a vastly superior numerical count as they always have and this time they are being joined by Independents, Greens, Libertarians and others ... and even some Republicans.
(Note: I use republicans for those voting for Obama, not repugicans because some are the moderate and even left leaning conservatives that are trying to reclaim what is their's and some are recovering repugicans who have had the epiphany that the wing-nuts are crazy and insane.)
Palestinians host first international soccer game
Palestinians may not have a state, but now they have a way to express their national pride - through soccer.
On Sunday, October 26, 2008, the national team hosted an international match for the first time, in the West Bank's only regulation-size stadium.
Located in a West Bank suburb of Jerusalem, the stadium was renovated with the help of FIFA, soccer's governing body, and other donors.
Thousands watched the friendly game against Jordan, and the crowd roared as Palestinian forward Ahmed Kashkash scored several minutes after kickoff.
Jordan tied early in the second half.
The game ended in a 1-1 tie.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter was on hand to cheer.
"We are here to realize a dream, that is the national team of Palestine playing in its own stadium," Blatter said, calling the event "historic."
This is a good thing folks ... if everyone could just get together to play a game and then go to dinner afterwards some of the world's problems just might be not problems anymore.
It might be a pipe dream, but pipe dreams do have an odd habit of becoming reality at unusual times.
If only we could control the soccer hooligans from ruining the dream in the first place. And you know who you are!
On Sunday, October 26, 2008, the national team hosted an international match for the first time, in the West Bank's only regulation-size stadium.
Located in a West Bank suburb of Jerusalem, the stadium was renovated with the help of FIFA, soccer's governing body, and other donors.
Thousands watched the friendly game against Jordan, and the crowd roared as Palestinian forward Ahmed Kashkash scored several minutes after kickoff.
Jordan tied early in the second half.
The game ended in a 1-1 tie.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter was on hand to cheer.
"We are here to realize a dream, that is the national team of Palestine playing in its own stadium," Blatter said, calling the event "historic."
*****
This is a good thing folks ... if everyone could just get together to play a game and then go to dinner afterwards some of the world's problems just might be not problems anymore.
It might be a pipe dream, but pipe dreams do have an odd habit of becoming reality at unusual times.
If only we could control the soccer hooligans from ruining the dream in the first place. And you know who you are!
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