- Tonight’s Smallville was more than a little confusing and didn’t exactly get me hyped up for next week’s season finale, but let’s review it anyhow. Things kicked off with Clark walking in on Tess Mercer in her office atop the Daily Planet just after she ended an intense conversation with someone she was ordering to “wait for the rest of the team” because things were “too dangerous” on their own. Clark proceeds to berate Tess for continuing to make Davis Bloome front-page news every day and inciting a massive manhunt for him. She counters that if Clark would accept his destiny to kill Davis and save Earth, she wouldn’t have to do so. The debate rages on until Clark picks up a faint call for help in the distance courtesy of his super hearing. It’s Chloe, calling out to him as she runs through the woods outside the city. Clark super speeds to the scene and saves Chloe right as she darts across a road and is nearly hit by a truck. However, there is a curious trio of onlookers watching the scene from the woods nearby. All three are dressed in black and one of them is Bet, the meteor-powered girl with the power to blow things up that Clark tried to help earlier this season. One of the three declares that now that Clark has her, it’s time to follow him and put their plan into place. Clark takes Chloe back to the farm and she tells a harrowing tale of holing up in a motel just outside Metropolis with Davis, then escaping one day when they stopped at a gas station. She urges Clark to kill Davis, which marks a stark reversal of heart from her stance against doing so last week. Clark seems to finally get the message and goes to Oliver Queen for help. He asks Oliver to steal a piece of black Kryptonite from Tess Mercer’s vault so he can use it to kill Davis. In the mean time, we learn what the team of meteor freaks in the woods were watching Clark for. They are part of a team assembled by Tess Mercer, comprised entirely of former patients at LuthorCorp’s now-closed scientific facility in Black Creek, Montana. There was Parasite, Plastique (Bet), Live Wire and one other team member who was killed by Davis/Doomsday before we got to know him. Tess shows up at the site of the murder and tears the remaining team members a new one for not sticking together and waiting on the whole team to arrive before taking on Doomsday. When Live Wire voices dissent with Tess’ leadership and decides that she’s no longer a part of the team, it turns out to be a lethal choice. Tess orders Parasite to sap her of her powers, then has Bet and Parasite leave before triggering a small explosive/tracking device implanted in Live Wire’s head during her Black Creek days, killing her on the spot. Tess arrives back at the office to find Oliver waiting for her, apparently trying to get her to sleep with him (they do have a history together). She repeatedly turns his advances down, but in the elevator ride down it becomes clear what Oliver was really after. He examines a bottle of champagne he took from the office and finds one of Tess’ fingerprints on it - just what he needs to gain access to her safe. Dressed as Green Arrow, Oliver breaks into the Luthor Mansion and gets inside the vault. Just as he picks up the black kryptonite, Tess arrives home and to cover his true intentions, Oliver strips and hops into Tess’ bed. She is startled to see him but once again rejects his advances. Meanwhile, Clark has been in contact with both Chloe and Dr. Emil, the scientist Chloe had contacted to try and find a cure for Davis’ condition. Dr. Emil tells Clark about two bodies that have been recovered in Metropolis, apparently the work of Doomsday. Detective John Jones of the Metropolis Police Department, a.k.a. the Martian Manhunter, has managed to tip off the doctor and fend off the local police for a little while, but there is only a short time to examine the bodies before the cops arrive. The first body is in fact the one killed by Doomsday, but the second one is Live Wire and her death clearly wasn’t the work of a monster. Dr. Emil and Clark examine the bodies, but Chloe excuses herself and walks outside against Clark’s advice. Curiously, she meets up with Plastique and Parasite in an abandoned building and talks like she’s a member of their team. When Chloe disappears and won't answer her phone, Clark goes looking for her and finds her at the Isis Foundation offices. Chloe admits she’s been lying to Clark ever since he found her in the woods and begins to tell him the truth about Tess’ team of meteor-powered hunters when a high-frequency shrieking in her head begins. She collapses on the floor and as Clark catches her and tries to help her, something bizarre happens: Chloe isn’t really Chloe. She’s a girl named Eva, a shape-shifter Clark has met before. She’s been posing as Chloe to help Tess get information on Clark, but when she tried to reveal some of her own secrets Tess killed her via remote triggering of the tracking device in her head. Clark realizes that all members of Tess’ team must have a similar device in their heads and he has Dr. Emil come up with a way to track them all. That leads Clark to Bet, who he catches up with in a dark alley in downtown Metropolis. Clark tells her the truth about what Tess is doing and although Bet doesn’t want to believe it, seeing herself on Clark’s GPS tracking device convinces her. She decides to go after Tess and kill her as payback, which Clark tries to stop. His efforts are thwarted when Parasite jumps him from behind and steals Clark’s powers. This isn’t exactly new territory, as lots of people have been imbued with Clark’s powers on a temporary basis: Lana, Pete Ross, various bad guys, etc. But Parasite and Bet/Plastique put those powers to instant use by super speeding to the mansion and attacking Tess. They tie her up and demand that she give them to passwords to access all of the Black Creek files on the LuthorCorp server. By this time, Clark has borrowed a car from Dr. Emil and made it to the mansion himself. However, without his powers he is of no use fighting Bet and Parasite. Parasite manhandles Clark and is choking the life out of him against a wall when Green Arrow intervenes. He first shoots Bet with an arrow and disables her, then breaks out a Kryptonite ring to subdue Parasite. After all, having Clark’s powers also means having his weaknesses. When Parasite begs for the pain to stop, Clark assures him that it will - if he returns the powers. Parasite agrees and Clark is back to normal, but an unconscious Tess sees none of it. What she does see, or see too more accurately, is that the information Eva gained while posing as Chloe is put to use. Tess finds the Kryptonian crystal Clark had been hiding under the floor of the Kent Barn and destroys it. Clark planned ot use the crystal at the Fortress along with the black Kryptonite to separate the Doomsday part of Davis from the human side. He thought of the plan because his own parents once used black K to separate him from his Kryptonian self. With the crystal destroyed, Tess reasons, Clark will have no choice but to kill Davis and ensure the safety of mankind in the process. Oliver has a similarly upset reaction when he hands over the black K to Clark and learns of his true plan, which Clark had been hiding from him. Clark tersely informs Oliver that they are no longer on the same side in this fight and that he will find Chloe - the real Chloe - and save her his way. So as you can see, a pretty complex and at times, confusing episode. It sets up what should be an exciting season finale, which we already know is going to include the death of one major character. Be sure to tune in for that…….
- Dammit, where are freaky losers looking for other losers willing to have sex with complete strangers go now? If Craigslist goes through with its plans to work with state attorneys general around the country to eliminate advertisements from the site for prostitution and other suspected illegal sexual activities, this is going to create real problems. Craigslist representatives met with state attorneys general from Missouri, Illinois, and Connecticut Tuesday in New York City, with those three officials representing a group of state attorneys general from around the country. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said his office found several ads offering and seeking prostitution on Craigslist pages for the Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia/Jefferson City, and Springfield areas. And the problem is? “Craigslist is allowing advertisements for illegal activities like prostitution on its site,” Koster said a statement. “It is blatant. It is irresponsible. It is illegal.” Illegal, shmill-egal. Why shouldn’t one freak who is either to hideous or too lazy to find real love or causal sex be able to surf on over to Craigslist.com and find some equally pathetic a-hole to engage in random sex with? I’m urging you not to back down on this, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster. Quit expressing optimism toward the goal of reducing illegal activity on your site. Hold the fort and refuse to discuss the removal of the "erotic services" section. “Craigslist looks forward to meeting with the attorneys general, and anticipates making further progress toward the common goal of eliminating illegal activity from Craigslist, while preserving its full utility and benefit for tens of millions of law-abiding Americans who value and depend on Craigslist's free local community services in their everyday lives,” Buckmaster said in a statement. Not good, Buckmaster. Stand strong, don’t back down and stop being wishy-washy. Yes, your site’s erotic services section became cannon fodder for your critics following the arrest last month of Philip H. Markoff, who is suspected of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist at a Boston hotel. And yes, he’s also suspected of attacks on two other escorts at hotels. Don’t let one demented freak ruin it for the rest of the freaks. I’ll admit that until I started looking into this story, I had no idea that there were so many reprehensible skanks and losers slamming revealing pictures of themselves on Craigslist and basically turning it into an online brothel, but freaks need their corner of the world too. This is a battle worth waging, especially since a group of 40 attorneys general were working on strategies to thwart ads for prostitution and other illegal sexual activities long before the so-called "Craigslist killing. The AGs aren’t the only ones looking to shut down the erotic services section of Craigslist. The sheriff of Illinois' Cook County filed
a federal lawsuit against Craigslist in March, alleging that the Web's largest classifieds publication is "facilitating prostitution." Sheriff Tom Dart asked the court to force Craigslist to remove the erotic services section and compensate his department for the hours they spent working on the illegal activity the came out of those ads. In other words, it’s an all-out war at the bat rack to get to the plate and take a swing at Craigslist, so Buckmaster and his company need to prepare accordingly……
- So about that whole closing down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba…..how attached are you to the idea, President Obama? Because right now, making that dream a reality is proving to be a difficult task. You’d think closing down a place where prisoners were blatantly deprived of their legal and human right and which became a symbol of all that was wrong with the W. administration would be a no-brainer, but House Democrats seem to disagree. They told the president Monday he won't be getting money to close the until he has a "concrete program" for shutting it down and moving its prisoners. Until that plan comes, Congress is doing something that is against its nature: refusing to give out money. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. David Obey stated that the $80 million will be dropped from President Obama's supplemental request for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. “So far as we can tell, there is yet no concrete program for that,” said Obey, D-Wisconsin. “And while I don't mind defending a concrete program, I'm not much interested in wasting my energy defending a theoretical program. So when they have a plan, they're welcome to come back and talk to us about it.” Wait…..so now you want people to have concrete plans and a clear vision when they want money from you? Since when is that Congress’ policy. You all don’t mind doling out tens of millions for federal programs in your own states and seeing that money wasted because the ass clowns entrusted with spending it don’t have concrete, well-reasoned plans. Yet you won't give the Obama administration the $50 million it requested for the Defense Department and $30 million for the Justice Department to close the prison? Could the Democrats be caving in to pressure from Republicans who have been pounding Obama over the proposed closure? The Republican contention is that closing the facility could push detainees into facilities in the United States, making the country less safe. Ah, the old “pander to their fears on terrorism” ploy, a classic Republican maneuver when they know they have nothing. Ironically, Sen. John McCain, Obama's Republican rival for the presidency last year, is the most notable Republican supporter for closing the facility. Sen. McCain has argued for moving the prisoners to the military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. For right now, those prisoners will be going nowhere. They will continue to have their rights trampled in Cuba, which ironically enough is beginning to rebuild relations with the United States. So the president isn’t exactly on the same page with his own party, which always makes for an interesting political mix in the nation’s capital……..
- Great news for all you losers who get off by flashing your breasts for souvenir photos at Disneyland Rides. The past 10 years have been tough for all would-be flashers because the park has assigned employees to snuff out flashing attempts Splash Mountain and three other rides in the park where cameras take pictures for riders to purchase as souvenirs. Riders are photographed on the attractions and can then buy souvenir copies, but some ladies out there have exposed their breasts in hopes that the picture would make it onto a photo preview screen at the ride's exit. Right, because what could be bad about pictures of your rack popping up on TV screens in a place where kids outnumber adults by a 3-to-1 ratio? I’m sure parents would be pumped if their 6-year-old was exposed to that. Apparently the strategy by Disney has worked well in discouraging potential flashers, because the company confirmed Tuesday that it has reassigned employees at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure who watched for breast-baring riders. Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says "actual inappropriate behaviors by guests are rare" and thus, the extra security isn’t needed. I do wonder if this would be Disney’s stance if the economy wasn’t in the tank and they weren’t looking to trim their budget and cut operating costs like every other business in this country. Regardless of the motivation,
the changes took effect Sunday at Splash Mountain, Tower of Terror, Space Mountain and California Screamin'. In other words, if you’re been waiting for just the right chance to flash your boobs on a Disneyland ride and have unsuspecting strangers see the image at the end of their ride, now is your chance……
- Oh, so close. Delaware was this close to opening its arms to the blight that is legalized sports betting, but the state’s lawmakers have voted down such a bill by a mere two votes. The bill that would have authorized sports betting in the First State, but on Tuesday night, the measure fell two votes short of the three-fifths majority needed for the bill to clear the Delaware House of Representatives, with 23 votes in favor, 15 against and three abstentions. Gov. Jack Markell had been eyeing an expansion of gambling as a means of raising an estimated $55 million in revenue for the state, which is struggling to keep its financial head above water like every one of the other 49 states. Markell proposed expanding gaming at the state's three racetrack/casinos and a larger state share of slot machine revenues, but the legislature wasn’t drinking his gambling Kool-Aid. Markell claimed that passing the bill would prevent additional cuts in the fiscal 2010 budget, but the argument wasn’t enough to sway the legislators. The governor has already proposed an 8 percent salary cut for all state workers, but those cuts may even deepen after this vote. Ironically, the bill’s chief opponents were the state's three racetrack/casinos, who said the proposal would drive them out of business. I’m sorry, was that supposed to be a negative? A state with out horse racing and gambling, however would people survive without having a place to throw away their money on sucker bets and rigged games at casinos? Representatives of the NFL and National Collegiate Athletic Association also lobbied against the bill last month, although Delaware doesn’t even have an NFL team and thus it would be a moot point in terms of the NFL’s involvement. This new bill came about because after a failed experiment with a sports lottery in the late 1970s, Delaware is one of only four states, along with Nevada, Montana and Oregon, grandfathered under a 1992 federal law that bans sports gambling. Guess the losers, er, gambling addicts, er, gaming enthusiasts of the state will just have to find another way to get their fix……
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