There was some sort of kerfuffle out there in Colorado yesterday. I’m not real sure of the details, but it sounds like Cartman wanted to take Kyle’s father’s flying saucer balloon out to LA to see the premiere of the Michael Jackson concert movie, but he he was too fat, and it wouldn’t take off. So then he put Kyle’s brother Ike in it, and the balloon got loose and flew away. Kyle freaked out and called the cops, but it turned out that Ike had fallen out of the basket, so Cartman stuck him in a box and hid him in the attic. Or something like that. Oh, and then they killed Kenny. Whatever it was, it was a pretty big deal on CNN, that’s for sure (knocked Rush Limbaugh right out of the headlines).
Arianna Huffington went to the Mr Ed Show last night, and complained about all the attention the media was giving the balloon boy story. I think if Arianna wants to make a big statement, she ought to resign instead. Resign from what, I’m not sure, but going on the media to complain about the coverage of a bullshit story (essentially adding to the coverage of the bullshit story) doesn’t seem right. Maybe she and Joe Biden can go on tour or something.
Could it be that Harry Reid is a stealth progressive after all? According to some, he’s working behind the scenes to ensure a strong public option in Senate version of health care reform.
“Reid and/or his staff has been in practically hourly conversations with a whole set of progressive players re how best to make sure we position ourselves to get a strong public option coming out of conference committee,” said one progressive strategist, who asked not to be named. “He hasn’t made any final procedural decisions yet RE how to get that done, but he’s having really honest conversations [about] all his major options, pros and cons of each, etc. I’m actually pretty impressed, at least right now.”
Pardon me for being a little dubious, but, well, let’s just say I’ll believe it when I see it. More likely it’s a way for Harry to up campaign contributions from the insurance industry.
Well, time to get this week over with. A bit cold and frosty around here these past few days (even had some snow last night), so I need to get going a little early. Gotta scrape the frost off my UFO balloon.
We had some snow flakes yesterday morning and it’s pretty cold today. Early winter?
The 6-year-old balloon boy appears on the Today Show and physically vomits on the air in the presence of Meredith’s questions.
See how even a youngun’ knows the utter vapidity and banality of our crappy media.
Yet I watch it like a train wreck, as PJ keeps egging me on :bow: and fortunately it provides endless comedy fodder.
It’s been a lousy week for Tom Donohue and his pals over at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
For months now, Tom has been crisscrossing the country looking for corporate donations with which to launch a campaign to “remind, educate and persuade” Americans that the free enterprise system is what has made America great and is what will once again “lead us back to prosperity.”
Normally, it wouldn’t take a $100 million propaganda effort to convince most Americans of the value of “individual initiative, hard work, freedom of choice and free exchange of trade, capital and ideas.” But inasmuch as the country is now mired in the worst recession in 75 years after a decade in which the government pursued the rabidly free-market agenda espoused by the Chamber, you can appreciate Tom’s problem.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101504000.html
The South Park analogy is perfect, as Balloon Boy is expressing his love for Meredith Vieira by hurling all over the set. Just like Stan!
I think I have my Halloween costume now! Say dumb things and throw up? Not much of a stretch for me.
I didn’t see the Today show but I think the kid has thrown up everytime he’s been asked about hiding in the attic. Dad called KUSA TV right after he called the FAA. If he’d been truly concerned he’d have called 911 where a helicoptor was much closer. The local media is doing a pretty good job calling BS on him.
Sorry to say I missed balloon boy puking on Meredith, but I don’t blame him. Meredith strikes me as someone who attempts to cover up the stench of death that surrounds her will gallons of that sickly flora-chemical old lady perfume that stings your eyes and you can taste on your tongue when someone doused in it gets on the elevator with you.
The combination of the two would be enough to make anybody hurl.
http://www.theblacklistnyc.com/johnoliver
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 – SUNDAY, OCT. 25
at NYU’s Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
in Manhattan
Standup Comedian and Daily Show correspondent, John Oliver, hosts a unique night of standup comedy for Comedy Central which features some of America’s most influential standup stars and great upcoming comics. (Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Brian Posehn, Paul F. Thompkins – Maria Bamford, Hannibal Buress, Greg Fitzsimmons, Pete Holmes, Nick Kroll, Eugene Mirman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Amy Schumer)
Show Schedule – John Oliver hosts all shows
SHOW 1 ~ Friday – Oct. 23 – 6:45PM
Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo, Maria Bamford, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Amy Schumer
SHOW 2 ~ Saturday – Oct. 24 – 7:45PM
Paul F. Thompkins, Maria Bamford, Greg Fitzsimmons, Nick Kroll, Eugene Mirman
SHOW 3 ~ Sunday – Oct. 25 – 5:45PM
Brian Posehn, Kristen Schaal, Pete Holmes, Eugene Mirman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Amy Schumer
Judge Halts Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Health Care Workers
A judge on Friday morning halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for the seasonal flu and swine flu.
The temporary restraining order by the judge, Thomas J. McNamara, an acting justice of the State Supreme Court in Albany, is likely to add to the growing debate about the flu vaccine.
Justice McNamara scheduled a hearing on the case for Oct. 30.
Broadband internet as a right
Whether you agree with this as a right or not, it’s an interesting development in Finland. It also highlights the problem previously raised here about how the US is lagging behind the rest of the world. How can the US be such a world leader in technology yet allow Americans to fall behind like this? It’s time to start pushing the industry towards the modern world. They asked for and received exclusive, competition-squashing privileges by Washington.