- Republicans might want to stop talking for a while,
maybe sit the next few plays out….either that or administer sanity tests to
their candidates before allowing them to run for elected office. Republican
House of Representatives Todd Akin of Missouri kicked off the most recent round
of verbal gaffes with his indefensible remark about pregnancy rarely resulting
from “legitimate” rape. But as insane as Akin’s words were, they pale in
comparison to the sheer kook-ery of Tom Head, a Republican county judge in
Lubbock, Tex. who is reaching all the way back to 1860 for his poor reasoning
and mixing in a healthy dose of apocalyptic nuttiness. Head has put the nation
on notice that America could descend into civil war if President Barack Obama
is reelected. Head conducted interviews for both radio and television this wek
in which he called for a trained,
well-equipped force to battle the United Nations troops that he said Obama
would bring in if the civil war actually occurs. He explained that as the
county's emergency management coordinator he has to "think about the very
worst thing that can happen and prepare for that and hope and pray for the
best." Head believes "in this political climate and financial
climate, what is the worst thing that could happen right now? Obama back in the
White House. No. God forbid." His insanity is based on unexplained
"executive orders" and other documents that Obama and "his minions have filed” and the belief that
"regardless of whether the
Republicans take over the Senate, which I hope they do, he is going to make the United States Congress and he's going to make the Constitution irrelevant.
He's got his czars in place that don't answer
to anybody." Head worries Obama will cede the United States’ sovereignty
to the United Nations and believes a popular uprising will result. “I'm talking
Lexington, Concord, take up arms,
get rid of the dictator. OK, what do you think he is going to do when that happens? He is going to
call in the U.N. troops, personnel carriers,
tanks and whatever,” Head ranted. He also referenced a conversation with
Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe in which Rowe allegedly promised to back Head
should this doomsday scenario unfold. Unfortunately, Rowe denied any such
conversation ever took place. Democrats have predictably called for Head’s
ouster and even Republicans are running the other direction from this
crackpot………….
- Fightstar frontman and former Busted singer Charlie Simpson
has low goals – really low. In fact, his aim is so low that he’s looking to
enter the Guinness Book Of World Records later this year. Simpson, who released
his debut solo album “Young Pilgrim” last summer, wants to set a record by
playing the world's coldest gig. For that reason and in the hopes of joining
the loon with the world’s longest fingernails and the loser with the world’s
largest ball of aluminum foil, in November he will fly to the Russian town of
Oymyakon in Siberia, which has a population of 472 and has no running water or
electricity. People who would probably be happy to see a 10-year-old with a
yo-yo perform for entertainment will watch him attempt to play a show in the
town in temperatures of around -40 degrees. Oymyakon is so cold that mobile phones
cannot function and boiling water can be turned to ice in under five seconds
when exposed to the air, so Simpson will face plenty of challenges in getting
any of his gear to function or stay unfrozen long enough for him to get it
indoors. If he successfully carries out his mission, he has been assured that
he will enter the Guinness Book Of World Records. "The gig is by far one
of the biggest challenges of my career, but I’m really excited to get out there
and see a part of our planet that very few people will ever get to visit. It’s
not really an option to play my guitar wearing gloves, so I just hope my
fingers don’t freeze," Simpson said. As he readies for his sub-zero show,
Simpson has also been busy completing for the British comedy film “Everyone's
Going To Die,” which is due for release later this year. Depending on how well
his show in Oymyakon goes, he may just live up to the film’s title………
- Dear science: Please stop giving people more excuses not
to exercise or to exercise less. What happens when you suggest to the world
that 30 minutes of daily exercise provide an equally
effective loss of weight and body mass as 60 minutes? Nothing good. Sure, the research team at
the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences may have
meant well when they followed 60 heavy - but healthy - Danish men in their
efforts to get into better shape. It seems like a solid concept and maybe some
medical help would do the cherubic Danes some good. In the study, 30 of the men
exercised for an hour a day, wearing a heart-rate monitor and calorie counter,
while the second group worked out for just 30 minutes. The men who exercised 30
minutes a day lost a measly 8 pounds in three months, while those who exercised
for a whole hour only lost an average of just under 6 pounds. The reduction in
body mass was about 9 pounds for both groups, according to researcher and PhD
student Mads Rosenkilde. Rosenkilde then stuck another dagger in the back of
exercise discipline when he pointed out another “benefit” for the men who
worked out for just 30 minutes a day. “Participants exercising 30 minutes per
day burned more calories than they should relative to the training program we
set for them. In fact we can see that exercising for a whole hour instead of a
half does not provide any additional loss in either body weight or fat,” Rosenkilde
said. “The men who exercised the most lost too little relative to the energy
they burned by running, biking or rowing. Thirty minutes of concentrated
exercise give equally good results on the scale.” His theory on the results is
that 30 minutes of exercise is so doable that participants in the study had the
desire and energy for even more physical activity after their daily exercise
session. He also postulated that the study group that spent 60 minutes on the
treadmill probably ate more, and therefore lost slightly less weight than
anticipated. In other words, they figured that since they were working out
more, they could eat more and still lose weight. Wrong idea, fatties. Not that
this sort of nonsense about exercising less should be allowed to infect the
mind of the obese worldwide, but the results have just been published in the
American Journal of Physiology……….
- Talks for a new arena in California’s capital city have
not gone well for the Sacramento Kings. A few months ago, the team and the city
seemed to have settled on the parameters of a deal and Mayor Kevin Johnson, a
former NBA star himself, presided over a celebration complete with chants from
fans and high-fiving in the streets. That was in March, but August is a
different story and as summer begins to wind down, the new tale is one of Kings
ownership and officials from Comcast and concert promoter Live Nation traveling
to Virginia Beach, Va. On Tuesday to discuss a new stadium and relocation of
the NBA franchise. So far, the trip is only a rumor and one the Kings were
eager to dismiss. "We haven't
talked to Virginia Beach," co-owner Joe Maloof said. It was he, along with
co-owners Gavin and George Maloof, who pulled out of the plan to help finance
an arena in Sacramento earlier this year, saying it didn't make financial sense
for the franchise. Anaheim had been mentioned as a logical spot for the
franchise to move without having to relocate too far, but if Virginia Beach is
in play, the scope of the search has clearly expanded. What the Kings are not
denying at this point is their quest to find a new place to play. "The
Kings have been approached by numerous cities interested (in) buying the team
and relocating it," Kings spokesman Eric Rose said. "We are not going
to discuss which cities have approached the team and are not going to comment
on every rumor. I can tell you that the Kings are 100 percent focused on putting
a winning team on the court." The latter part is reassuring because it’s
sad to imagine how a team that finished 22-44 last season would have fared if
it weren’t 100 percent focused on putting a winning team on the court. Virginia
Beach Mayor Will Sessoms confirmed meetings with Comcast, Live Nation and
Global Spectrum next week, but did not respond to a request for comment on the
Kings…………
- Restoring an historical work of art is an incredibly
delicate task. Whether the art is a painting, sculpture or mural, reversing the
hands of time and taking it back to its original form is a job best left to an
expert. Cecilia
Giménez, a parishioner at the Sanctuary of Mercy at Borja near Zaragoza, Spain,
is not an expert and probably shouldn’t be anywhere near a work of art for any
reason. Giménez offered her services to restore a 120-year-old fresco on a
column inside the church after the painting, titled Ecce Homo (Behold the Man),
was donated to the Center for Borja Studies from one of artist Elias Garcia
Martinez, who crafted the depiction of Jesus Christ with a crown of thorns in
the late 19th century. It was painted on a wall of the Sanctuary of Mercy at
Borja and after being notified of the donation, members of the center’s
staff
went to the church to photograph the fresco. They realized it was in bad shape
and Giménez was reportedly asked by the church to “fix things up.” Why she was
asked is unclear, but she insisted the church knew exactly what she was doing. “The
priest was aware … he knew,” she said. “Of course I did it because I was told
to do it." From theere, the artistic sh*t hit the fan. Giménez went to
work and the result was so ugly and hideous that many who saw it actually
wondered if she had drawn inspiration from the 1997 Rowan Atkinson film
"Bean." In the movie, Atkinson’s titular character accidentally
sneezes on the masterpiece "Whistler's Mother" and attempts a crude
repair that is little more than a line drawing. Giménez’s renovation looks more
like a crude concept sketch for a costume in the next “Planet of the Apes”
movie and Garcia's granddaughter, Teresa Garcia, is livid. "Everybody that
came into the church saw me. I never tried to hide,” she is quoted as saying.
"Clearly, she has destroyed the painting," Garcia said. The center
addressed the controversy on its blog and didn’t exactly have Giménez’s back,
expressing "astonishment" that "an intervention was done"
on the painting. Officials are uncertain if the "restoration" can be
fixed, but Giménez said her work was done in the open and nobody tried to stop
her………
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