Filed under: BS Patrol • International •

Anyone with any knowledge of British history knows that beef is part of their national staple; me, I love Shepherd’s Pie. But if you’re flying on British Airways, don’t expect any beef meals in economy class. This is because they’ve taken it off that specific menu to avoid offending traveling Hindus. Once again, British culture is falling to Politically Correct multiculturalism.
Here’s what the Hindu Council UK said about it:

“The Hindu community will welcome this decision and the news it has been made partly because Hindus don’t eat beef.
“Hindus have a great deal of respect for British culture and are well integrated into the British way of life, so it’s good to see evidence of how they are literally flying the British flag by choosing British Airways.
“That said, Hindus are tolerant of the beliefs of others and do not expect everyone to stop eating a food because they do not eat it.”

Much more tolerant than, say, the RoPMA™. Pretty soon, that group will ask British Airways to ban pork for the same reason. Don’t be surprised if that happens.

Filed under: Battlestar Galactica •

This week finds the mutiny put down for now...while Helo runs the Demetrius, Gaeta got shot and may lose his leg; Kara, Athena, Anders, and Barolay accompany Leoben back to the base ship which, as it turns out, was the very ship circling the ringed gas giant Starbuck painted back aboard the garbage scow! She finally meets the Hybrid and finds out her destiny as prophesied two years ago.
The Cylons (that is, the Twos, Sixes, and Eights) get their own prophecy from the Hybrid too:

Thus will it come to pass. The dying leader will know the truth of the Opera House. The missing Three will give you the Five who come from the home of the Thirteenth. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace, you will lead them all to their end. End of Line.

...guess who’ll be coming baaaaaack! And that Hybrid can scream when it’s unplugged from the base ship.
Meanwhile, the President has lost her hair. Totally. She meets and speaks for a short time with Emily, another cancer patient who listens to Baltar’s broadcasts and openly discusses the existence of the One True God, the one who belongs to the Cylons but, as Emily states, belongs to both Human and Cylon. She tells the President of the river which separates this life from the next, and it shakes Laura to her core.

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UPDATE (05/10/08; 1455 MST): Bear’s Take of course. I swear, with all the fantastic stuff he’s done so far, we’re gonna need two CDs and not just one!

Filed under: Battlestar Galactica •

I am kicking myself in the a** because I don’t remember where I read this idea that someone put into my head that this person might be the Final Skin Job:

Anyone got any face recognition software to run this photo through?

Filed under: РУССКИЕ ДЕЛА •

Well looky here what’s returned to Red Square! On Victory Day of course!

Take a good look at what shows up in photo C: the good ol’ Hammer & Sickle! All this on the ascension of Dmitry Medvedev to the Russian Presidency (with Pooty taking the PM post).
Wonder why the price of a barrel of oil is now $126? Well, part of those revenues go to these guys! That’s why they’re flexing their military muscle once again.

Filed under: BS Patrol •

Is it possible that unpaid, overdue Taxes may finally shut Al Sharpton up? Hard to say at this point, but here’s what he owes so far:

Sharpton’s own debts include $365,558 owed in New York City income tax and $931,397 in unpaid federal income tax, according to a lien filed by the Internal Revenue Service last spring. His for-profit company, Rev. Al Communications, owes the state another $175,962 in delinquent taxes.

I would surmise Al, like another prominent Democrat who happens to be running for the US Senate in Minnesota, might do well to hire some more competent attorneys so he pays his Taxes on time!

Filed under: The UN •

Well, in light of the fact that the cyclone which hit Burma a week or so ago may have killed a few hundred thousand people, which would dwarf the 2004 tsunami which hit Indonesia...comes this story that the Burmese junta has suspended and seized all foreign aid, and the UN has suspended aid to the country.
This better not surprise you that totalitarian governments don’t give a s**t about the People, only about remaining in power. No, liberals, don’t give me your mantra that the Bush Administration is totalitarian...the very fact that you can say that puts that lie to rest. What’s it gonna take for the REST of the Burmese People to get up off their a**es and send these guys to Hell?

Filed under: Axis of Donks • BS Patrol •

Kim Jong Il should be very happy that his favorite p*ss* is considering a run for office. That said, I’m a Doubting Thomas on this one.
Why? For one very simple reason: because of his promise to leave the USA if George W. Bush won the 2000 election, a promise which he obviously never kept.
Then again, he may very well fit into the world of politics for that same reason...Ugh.

Filed under: Axis of Donks •

I swear, Matt Drudge is getting lazy....

So there are the headlines this morning on Drudge’s site. He says he links to an audio, which he doesn’t...it’s a YouTube video. So I took the liberty to rip it down for you; this mp3 file is based on a USA Today phone interview with Senator Clinton two days ago.
And just who are the racists here? I rest my case.

Filed under: Entertainment • Sports •

There’s a team here in Phoenix. But will my girlfriend let me go?

Filed under: Personal •

Aside from Osama Obama and Shrillary splitting the major primaries last night (NC and IN, respectively)...I don’t think there was too much going on in the current news cycle.
Good. Time to catch our breaths....off to work. Off tomorrow.

Filed under: Great White North •

Gee, I wonder who is responsible for this debacle, eh:

Indigo and Chapters are recalling about 10,000 tote bags because they may cause skin irritation.
The bags, which were part of a Mother’s Day gift-with-purchase promotion, were distributed across the country.
“A few skin irritations have been reported in relation to the handling of this blue floral printed tote bag with a green lining that customers received as a gift with purchase,” the company said.
The company said it pulled the bags from stores on May 2. Preliminary composition tests showed the presence of a potential skin irritant, the company said.
The recall affects blue tote bags with green linings sold from April 30 through May 2. Consumers should return the bags in exchange for a gift card.

Doesn’t take a Rocket Scientist to figure this one out. Happy Mother’s Day, eh.

Filed under: War on Terror •

Now here’s a surprise! Unboxed? Nawwww!
This revelation was only recently discovered in his diaries, around the time the Tyrant Was In His Pants, referring to a common fear from male prisoners:

“I explained to them that they are young and they could have young people’s diseases. My main concern was to not catch a venereal disease, an HIV disease, in this place.”

Well, the US Military wasn’t about to let Saddam have free run of the place so he could intimidate other Iraqi prisoners! And Arafat was, well, occupied elsewhere....

Filed under: History •

...it’s Cinco de Mayo. It’s when Mexico beat France at the Battle of Puebla way back in 1862. Watch for many vehicles to wave Mexico’s Flag today! Some employers are encouraging their workers to wear Mexican colors today, so they can get free non-alcoholic Margaritas. Whoop de freakin’ do.
But the French got beat, so at least that’s a plus for the Mexicans.

Filed under: BS Patrol • War on Terror •

NOW the frakkin’ true loonies are starting to come out over at my ”Crashing Code Pink” video. Here’s what a very recent visitor left on the graffiti board, and its name is BerkeleyRightsNOW:

I wear a burka on campus because I don’t like men idolizing me. It makes life easier. That is why I converted to Islam and only date Black men so they will stop putting white women on pedestals. My parents are Republican and they hate my boyfriend because they know I told him how they used to laugh about paying their Black employees less then the white ones. That is why I hate my own race.

And my reply? Heheheheheheh!

Gee that’s funny! You set yourself free by enslaving yourself to a “Religion of Peace” which has 1427 years of violence behind it. What an Original solution.

NOT.

Wait till you see the comments at this troll’s profile...they are a Hoot! We’ll see how much more fanatical it becomes quite soon. RoPMA™!

Filed under: Entertainment •

If you’ve ever wondered where Frank Miller got the inspiration to do 300, both the graphic novel and the motion picture, then look no further than The 300 Spartans, a 1962 classic motion picture depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae. It was filmed on location with the full cooperation of the Greek Government.
Granted, the style of movies made over forty years ago is quite different; part of the ingredients of a successful film involved a young couple in love, there was NO nudity allowed, and Ephialtes (the traitor who betrayed the Spartans to Xerxes) was a goat farmer who was rebuffed by the Young Woman in Love who accompanied her fiance to Thermopylae (in the modern version, he was a deformed, hunchbacked outcast). Another major difference was that Xerxes was portrayed as what I would term “kingly,” and definitely not metrosexual; oh, and no Battle Burqas either.
The 300 Spartans was filmed before the MPAA rating system was created; therefore, it is Not Rated. In today’s parlance, given the content, it would most likely be rated PG. Definitely a retro movie with the same message that Free Men must stand to oppose Tyranny. My rating: 7