If The Pope Doesn't Use His Holy Powers To Stop You From Watching It On Showtime On Demand

Check out Penn & Teller's "Bullshit" on the Vatican.

Blaspheme. Blaspheyou. Blaspheeverybody!

Movie Review: Splinter

Get down with the sickness

What would be a schlocky rip-off of John Carpenter's The Thing is saved by two things:

1. great monster effects
2. hands-down the most disturbing, have-to-go-have-a-cigarette-now amputation scene EVER! (it involves a dull box cutter and a cinder block)
   

I squirmed and felt ill. The monster scared me a bit. Way to go, dumb, derivative, low-budget horror movie!

Movie Review: Surveillance

Reality becomes transparent

Sick, twisted, and wacky is just the appetizer. The rest has to be seen to be believed.

The only thing I can say about the movie without giving anything away is this: Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David, plays our knowledge of his films against us.

And even that is saying too much...Brilliant psycho horror!

Adulterer Or Homo?

That seems to be the choice for South Carolina now that Michael Rogers at BlogActive has outed the Lt. Governor of South Carolina.

And one of the Governor's appointees to the SC Board of Education, an evangelical who home schooled her four kids, writes "hardcore erotic fiction."

These Republicans and their sexual hang-ups...

Which Letter Is Missing, Glenn?

In another chapter of "Republicans Turning Into The Parodies Of Themselves:"

I Just Threw Up Into My Brain

From my new favorite website, This is why you're fat, a horror of Lovecraftian machinations:

Krispy Kreme Jelly Donut Chicken Sandwich

A fried chicken breast in a jelly filled Krispy Kreme donut with cheese and honey.

One Of These Is Not Like The Other Ones

Take a look at the list of "The Most Religious" Colleges in the US. One can't help but notice that 2 Alabama "institutions of higher learning"--Samford and our arch-rival Auburn--make the list. I wish those were the most disturbing entries, but they are not. Take a look at #14:

United States Air Force Academy

I could go into a huge tirade here, but I'll leave it to this: who planned the disastrous Iraq invasion? The one where we bombed the infrastructure of a civilian population that was supposed to welcome our occupation (and proselytizing) with flowers and candy as they died in the dark of dysentery and chaos? Here's a hint: they believe in Super Jesus, American Christian primacy, and the John-the-Revelator apocalypse somewhere between a backwards Birmingham Southern Baptist fundamentalist bible college and an east-of-nowhere shitstain public university called Auburn.

The Air Force Academy is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Guess who else is located there: Focus on the Family, the disgusting anti-Enlightenment group of stupefied bigots headed by the odious James Dobson.

The Air Force is in charge of most of our nuclear arsenal. Sleep well...

The Russians Buy French

Russia--realizing that their navy is crumbling and that their ship-building infrastructure is all but in ruin--is buying a French Mistral-class amphibious assault carrier.

If you're not going to buy from us, buying from Le France is getting the next best thing when it comes to warships. Le France has a nuclear carrier and several potent surface combatants and submarines, all well-armed and formidable. But how pitiful does this make Russia look?

Turns out, not as pitiful as having an American destroyer show up unchallenged in their back yard during a major diplomatic crisis.

I do wonder if this is in part a reaction to the conflict in Georgia. I disagree with CNO Gary Roughead in regards to some of his shipbuilding decisions, but last summer when he ordered USS McFaul (DDG 74) into the port of Batum, Georgia he pulled a modern day 'Commodore Perry Goes to Tokyo' with that gunboat diplomacy, and it had to set off alarms in Moscow. Some may not have appreciated what he did, but I thought it was a brilliant exercise in naval diplomacy. Traditionally, naval diplomacy has been a critical element in sustaining peaceful relations in times of tension, and in hindsight I think sending USS McFaul (DDG 74) had exactly that effect. Teddy Roosevelt would have been impressed.

Commodore Perry goes to Tokyo indeed...That is exactly what this decision is about.

Le France's Mistral-class amphibious assault carrier, similar to an American Wasp-class warship

I'll Keep Gettin' Ma Fix On

NBC will be picking up my favorite show, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, for another season. And for good reason: the season finale was the fifth highest rated cable program, and the reruns are guaranteed money-makers. More importantly, when a new NBC show fails, L&O:CI consistently fills the gap and provides solid prime-time network ratings. No word yet on whether Pooh Bear will return, but Jeff Goldblum almost certainly will.

At this point, as long as Kathryn Erbe is still on as our favorite alpha-cunt Eames, I'm all in.

"You know I run the show, right?"

Revenge Fantasy Thriller

The trailer for Peter Jackson's next film: The Lovely Bones.

Set Your DVRs To Weltschmerz

...and stock up on your Imodium: Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, which I previously mentioned here, will be on the SyFylis channel Saturday night.



You know I have to watch it, and that I truly hate myself for it.

The inside crew "helping" Tobermory.

More Regrettable Food

This Is Why You're Fat

These kids today

A former student sent this to me - I like it. I try to take these things into account and still get our work done.

Strangely Compelling

Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat

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