Morning Seditionists

Meet the latest candidate for NYS Governor, Kristin Davis, who is prepared to throw her, um, hat into the ring.

Davis built the most successful escort service in world history. She had more than 100 girls and operated in 5 countries, with a call center in Uruguay. She could dispatch a $1,000-plus-an-hour call girl to a hotel or residence in Paris, Berlin, Gstaad, Rome, New York, L.A., Miami, Dubai, Montreal or elsewhere within minutes. She personally recruited her girls at bars, clubs, resorts and restaurants. (more…)

I went to the grocery store after work yesterday, which wasn’t the way I wanted to cap off a pretty sucky Monday. I’m not that crazy about going out in public these days, mostly because I think people should be taken in moderation, and definitely in groups of three or less. The store, of course, was packed with brain-dead idiots, their grubby, shrieking spawn running amok, daring me to crush them under the wheels of my cart. Fortunately, I only needed some Schinkenbrot and beer (which reminded me of a guy I used to know who for some reason would often say, “oh dear, bread and beer. If I were dead, I wouldn’t be here.” In fact, he isn’t here, ‘cuz he’s been dead for quite a while now), but it was still a challenge to get what I needed and get out again without giving in to my desire to ram somebody with my shopping cart, or run their bratty little kids over. No offense, but can’t you leave them home or lock them in the trunk or something? I mean, do I bring my dogs and let them run loose? (more…)

This whole Monday thing gets tougher every week.

Tonight is the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony. This used to be a big deal back when I was running movies. I seem to recall we’d have Oscar parties, and get together to watch, though I’m not sure how we managed to do that, since we all had to work on Sunday nights. I guess we probably taped them (yes, tape; this was a long time ago) to watch after work. Now, though, I don’t much care one way or another about the things, though I’ve at least heard of most of the films and actors that were nominated, unlike the Grammys. But I supposed that’s just how it goes when you get old. Back in my day, music was music, you could make a decent living as a working person and have health insurance for your family and a pension to live on when you retired. We walked 100 miles each way to school (but we had fun doing it), never had to lock our doors, and let our dogs roam freely about the neighborhood (in fact, mine would follow me to school in the morning, then make her rounds about the neighborhood getting handouts along the way, and be there waiting to walk me home at the end of the day). Now we have the Internet, cell phones, and HDTV though, so I suppose it’s a fair tradeoff. (more…)

Now that President Obama has successfully reformed health care, ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, closed Gitmo, ended Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, restored bipartisanship to Congress, reformed the financial industry, solved Global Warming (by calling for more nuke plants), tackled the whole federal government Styrofoam cup controversy, and turned the unemployment situation around, he’s taking on immigration reform. Good idea. He needs something to get all the teabaggers wound up again. They’ve been kinda losing steam. It was either that or gay marriage. (more…)

It’s been kind of a long week here (and without any snow shoveling), and I’m pretty happy that it’s finally Friday. Other than that, I haven’t really got much of anything to say. But this song has been stuck in my head all morning for some reason, so what the hell. Maybe I can get it stuck in your head, too. (more…)

Our governor is facing calls for his resignation because he got free tickets to a NY Yankees World Series game (valued at $450 per ticket). Yankee tickets? Really? That’s the best you can do? Now, I’m not exactly a huge David Paterson fan, but, come on now. Maybe it’s against “the rules” but on the NY State scale of political corruption (aka, the “Boss Tweed Scale”), this doesn’t even register. Look, I’m not a Blinky apologist or anything, but the guy’s already not running for a new term, and on the list of things that need fixing around here, the Blinkster’s pretty much at the bottom. (more…)

Great picture of Charlie Rangel on the Huff Post to accompany the story about him apparently giving up his Chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee (or is he? To sum up the story, yes he is, no he isn’t, yes he is, no he isn’t. UPDATE: Yes he is, but only “temporarily”). He’s wearing a black jacket, but it makes him look like Satan (or at least an old-school vampire – you know, before they got all ‘Lost Boys” and Twilight in the Loafers) wearing a black cape standing amidst the flames of hell. I always got a kick out of Charlie, but it appears he was bad, so I think he needs to go. I’m getting tired of politicians on the take (and, yeah, I think pretty much all of them are) – especially in New York State (the worst ones always seem to be from NYC; I guess Upstate politicians aren’t considered worth paying off – or maybe their prices are so low they fly under the radar). Except for our former mayor, Lee Alexander (best mayor Syracuse has ever had, except he got a kickback on every piece of business the City did), but he was from Jersey, so whattya expect? (more…)

I think I may move to Kentucky, just to show my support for Jim Bunning, US Senator, Hall of Fame pitcher (not surprisingly, he was a righty), and the USA’s honorary crazy uncle (shown here entering the size of his tallywhacker into the Senate record). Despite his rather apparent senility, KY voters (fun fact, KY is best known for its jelly) returned the Bunster to office back in 2004, where he plays Valentin Arregui to Mitch McConnell’s Luis Molina in Kentucky’s version of Kiss of the Spider Woman (OK, sorry; I realize that’s a pretty obscure reference). His latest feat is not only blocking (repeatedly) unemployment and COBRA extensions for people out of work (which only encourages them to sit on their asses and not look for a job, according to Krazy Jon Kyl of AZ. Question: in poker, does Arizona’s pair of crazy uncles beat Kentucky’s crazy uncle and closet queen?), but at the same time triggering a 21 percent Medicare cut, putting thousands of Federal employees out of work, and killing construction and transportation jobs for tens of thousands of people. Well done, Senator. You’re a credit to your party. (more…)

Gun nuts are basking in a tremendous victory, apparently: Starbucks isn’t banning guns.

Dale Welch recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia, handgun strapped to his waist, and ordered a banana Frappuccino with a cinnamon bun. He says the firearm drew a double-take from at least one customer, but not a peep from the baristas. (more…)