the new left media does the rally to restore sanity

These guys do a much better job with reporting on the rally than reason.tv (as that report came off somewhat comedic).

What Chase and Eric are doing is much better than most things I’ve seen on TV or anywhere else. I appreciate that their line of questioning isn’t loaded, vague or tricky but rather simple and straight forward. If only these questions seemed as uncomplicated to those who are being asked.

linkage

• The Institute for Human Continuity: Ensuring the end is just the beginning. For three decades the Institute of Human Continuity has brought together the world’s foremost scientists, politicians and business leaders to ensure the survival of humankind beyond 2012… creepy. LINK.
• 25 Random Things About Me: 1. I stopped doing these lists sometime before the turn  of the century. NYT LINK.
• White Dade made a short comeback on September last year. Who knew? LINK.
• Christian Bales out on lil’ David on the way to the dentist. LINK.
• 6 ways to save on beer, wine and liquor -other than buying a home brewing kit. LINK.
• Above, Dilbert encapsulates the dense atmosphere reigning at the J.O. Ever better than before.
  

word of the day

1. cougar hawk

A gentleman of any age who preys on cougars. This gentleman is very knowledgeable in the ways of the cougar and is an expert at looking like prey while actually being the predator. He often uses this insight to work the cougar while working other ladies or multiple packs of cougars at the same time. This is usually accomplished though intermittent flirting throughout the evening. The cougar hawk is not to be confused with a guy wearing mirrored shades and a Hustler jacket hitting on everything in the room.

The cougar hawk is a gentleman first. A master of etiquette. He will never cock block one of his party for his own gains. He knows cougars hunt in packs when you see one there are many. The best cougar hawks approach a bar like a puzzle or riddle. The size up all prospective action upon entering and allot enough time to each candidate to maximize his efficiency. A cougar hawk is an asset in any band of merry men.

“Careful bud or that cougar is going to maul you.” Don’t you worry boys, I am a wise man when is comes to the ways of the cougar. In 12 hours she will be making me breakfast. Do you all want breakfast? I can have her call some friends?”

“Hey man I don’t know if things are going to work out with these chicks. She just figured out she knows me but cant remember I used to date her sister”. “That’s ok man I’ve been been making eyes at these ladies at the end of the bar and Jay is on his way. Jay is a real cougar hawk I’ve seen him line up three groups of chicks and take two of them with him.

For tips on becoming a master cougar hunter, i.e. a cougar hawk go here and here. And last but not least, some heartfelt words (and timeless advice) from America’s foremost renaissance man, Benjamin Franklin.

jimmy kimmel *hearts* ben affleck

Kimmel gets back at Sarah Silverman for f###ing Matt Damon (and manages to keep it surprisingly funny):

this posting is not filtered.

A couple of things.

I’m not the biggest T.V. watcher, but whatever watching I do, it mostly happens around late night. Normally it’s something along the lines of MMA repeats, Family Guy, or Law and Order reruns (o.k. throw a little Monk and Psych in there for the hell of it); if you’re not getting by now, I’m not big on the late night circuit either (although I do think Letterman >>> Leno). Most of the time the stuff serves as background noise.

I gotta say though, Dennis Miller’s Sports Unfiltered on the Versus Network (apparently not everybody gets it; Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 10 p.m.) is something to post about. My guess is that it helps if you’re into sports and humor (notice that no “or” is included in that statement). And also, that you get Dennis Miller humor.

This is the second show I catch, although I’m sure it helped that they featured a few MMA fighters and that he had “extensive” Miami Dolphin coverage (about 2 jokes; 2 extensive jokes). I wouldn’t call it background noise. I’ve always thought he’s a funny guy. His show tonight focused on tough guys… his major downfall was not featuring Tim Tebow.

Basically, I’m not chalking this up to the strike -viewers be forewarned.

a few things

One.

Wiretap has got to be one of the greatest things on the radio right now (if you happen to be listening to 91.3 fm at 1pm on a Saturday in Miami that is).

Two.

Stephen Colbert from The Stephen Colbert Report takes up on a dare by Maureen Dowd and ends up writing both her and Frank Rich’s columns this Sunday. He was also on Fresh Air last week. Hilarious.

Three.

Why is this still an issue? In a way, I think it’s a good thing because it shows we care, but on the other hand, there are more important things out there… like world peace. Thank God Al Gore doesn’t have to worry about such things.

jen stizark gets wired

First Critical Miami, then boingboing, and now…

Miamian Jen Stark gets her surgical cuts featured on (one of the best mags evar) WIRED.

just another dead white guy

As if there weren’t enough to go around. No offense to other dead white guys out there.

Matt over at miamibeach411 attempts his best White Dade (no pun intended) impression and gives us a bit of a local history lesson: where Dade County gets its name from. Meh. I say, less comedy, more fact. It would’ve made the process about 8 paragraphs shorter and whole lot more gratifying.

Synopsis: Dade County got its name from Major Francis L. Dade, who got lost in route to reinforce someone else’s troupes and managed to get himself and 104 (out of 107) of his men killed by the Seminole in the process.

There. Big surprise. Oh wait, he got 3 counties and one city named after him, so he must’ve done something right.

Personally, I wouldn’t mind having the county renamed to plain Miami County, specially after finding out about the county’s namesake. As a matter of fact, I think Tequesta County would actually be more appropriate, but for the sake of avoiding things that are simply a pain in the ass and would probably be a waste of tax-payer money, Miami-Dade County is just fine.

That said, hooray for dead white guys.

Click here for Matt Meltzer’s article (via Critical Miami). Click here for the abridged Wikipedia version.

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jimmy kimmel *hearts* laura bozo

I could easily file this under things that are supposed to be funny, but aren’t, but I’m actually ecstatic that it would go under the radar, but seriously, Mexico is not the only country south of the U.S.

Jimmy Kimmel is an alright guy. He’s actually very funny at times. I spent my share of time watching the Man Show during college, and think his late night talk show is a bit underrated (particularly when it comes to music guests) not to mention, bits like George Takei’s reply to Tim Hardaway’s homophobic rant are just hilarity personified.

I was watching Kimmel tonight, when he introduced a segment he referred to as one of his favorite recurring new series. It was called “Que Pasa Con Laura,” and it was set to mariachi music. And here is where the problem begins.

The Laura in his “Que Pasa Con Laura” segment is none other than Peru’s infamous talk show hostess, Laura Bozo, the-self-anointed-savior-of-the-destitute-Oprah-Winfrey wanna-be-but-more-Jerry-Springeresque-unscrupulous exploiter-of-the-poor-eye-sore-of-spanish-language-television and-thorn-on-the-side-of-fellow-peruvians. I can’t stomach that woman. Every time I see her face on television, I throw up in my mouth a little bit.

It’s a horrible feeling to have random people misidentify your country of origin as a whole because of such trash. Horrible because this woman does such a disservice to the community she lives in and gets away with it (laughing all the way to the bank), and horrible because it says a lot about random people’s mental capacity when they make these ground-braking connections based on such asinine observations.

I also find it irritating when spanish speaking people are referred to, or identified, as Mexicans by the Caucasian populace.

I suppose I’d find it funnier if it didn’t actually happen so frequently. Yup, frequency tends to kill the laugh factor. But in the end, I guess it’s all jokes, right?

Hmm… in this case, I think couldn’t care less. So Jimmy, feel free to keep on playing that mariachi music along with Laura’s clips… if my fellow Mexicans don’t mind, that is.