TAGS: longboard, SKATEBOARDING, youtubevote NO on 8 today in California
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 12:38 pm (EST)
By John LaCroix
Don’t let the church take over the government.
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Republican cry-baby John Boehner calls Barack “chicken shit”
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 7:02 pm (EST)
By John LaCroix
He’s got to be kidding. From Yahoo:
“Now, listen, I’ve voted ‘present’ two or three times in my entire 25-year political career, where there might have been a conflict of interest and I didn’t feel like I should vote,” Boehner said. “In Congress, we have a red button, a green button and a yellow button, alright. Green means ‘yes,’ red means ‘no,’ and yellow means you’re a chicken shit.
Real tough words from a dude who’s cried on the senate floor at least twice.
I think he’s actually drunk too in this video. I get the drunkemos once in a while too.
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Dictators Mock Obama’s Ignorance… but who put them up to it?
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 11:59 am (EST)
By John LaCroix
The PAC behind this unfunny video is called “ourcountrydeservesbetter”. It’s another generic political action committe that’s sole purpose is to stop Obama from becoming President - these are the guys running the “Stop Obama Tour”. The fear-mongering bastard that’s behind the PAC is Howard Kaloogian. He’s got this strange prefix to his name on their website… it says “Hon.”. Now what the hell does that mean? Honorable?
Kaloogian’s legacy as a politician, besides losing elections, is photoshopping pictures of himself to look taller (more than once) and lying about endorsements. Wow. That is honorable!
We do deserve better.
Please donate some money now and, on tuesday, vote for Barack Obama.
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Let’s pray for armageddon!
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 11:42 am (EST)
By John LaCroix
I found this guy, Eddie Current, on the interwebs. I think he’s got a good idea… pray for the death of everything non-Christian.
“The time has come to flush this hope ridden cultural mess down the cosmic toilet”
(Eddie, please white balance your camera)
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A good morning for America
Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 1:49 pm (EST)
By a.p.
But a bad morning for John McCain.
First up, Colin Powell doesn’t just endorse Obama, the man praises him emphatically (”transformational figure,” could be an “exceptional president”) while jabbing both the GOP and McCain himself for mistakes, miscalculations, and poor leadership (plus, the divisive nature of their platform and campaign). Youch.
Second, Chris Wallace on Fox News steps it up on McCain and nails him for the blatant hypocrisy of his robocall campaign. McCain, in turn, flounders in his response. Double youch.
Finally, looks like Obama is picking up just about every credible newspaper/media endorsement in the land. And, hey, before the right-wing cries “liberal media,” this slew includes papers like the Chicago Tribune (which has never endorsed a Democratic president since its inception in the mid-19th century) and conservative radio host Michael Smerconish, a registered Republican of 28 years and an appointee of H.W. Bush’s staff. And, that’s just scratching the surface — there’s plenty more where that came from.
Is this going to be a landslide? One dares to hope. It would be a proud day for America. But, at the end of the day, all we need is 51 / 49 — let’s just make sure that happens.
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On Predictability
Friday, October 10, 2008 - 1:52 pm (EST)
By a.p.
Oh, John McCain…it’s a sad day when your campaign’s entire playbook meets despicably-low expectations by being reduced to a few half-jokey comments made by your opponent two months ago.
Sigh.
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Diamond Vampires
Friday, October 10, 2008 - 12:44 pm (EST)
By GnarlyTown USA
Diamond Vampires are a newer band based out of the UK, London I believe. Not much info on this band, person, whatever - oh well who cares? I know that Diamond Vampires are unsigned to any label which means nothing really these days. Eerie dark disco synthy thumpin’ beat driven laptop stuff.
Here are a couple songs of theirs, Hungry Wives and Friday Nights, along with a video to Hungry Wives.
Visit Diamond Vampires on the TomSpace
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I see thieves… NAS “Thief’s Theme” music video
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 10:39 pm (EST)
By John LaCroix
Basically, I’m just obsessed with this video by Ben Mor.
NAS “Thief’s Theme”
I can picture masks on everybody I see now. download an ipod-able file here.
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People in Glass Houses…
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 2:41 pm (EST)
By a.p.
…shouldn’t throw stones. Especially when those stones are — at best — a strange mix of quotes-out-of-context and outright lies.
So, Obama’s economic policies are “bad for America?” He “doesn’t know how to reinvigorate our economy”…but “McCain does?” Weird…want to know more about McCain’s proven lack of judgment on economics, sell-out politics, hypocritical exploitation of government (for big business), and flat-out dishonesty (how’s that for a mouthful)? Watch here:
And, how about “Obama’s palling around with terrorists” (…gag…)? Well, that comes from the mouth of one Sarah Palin, whose husband was a member of a secessionist party in Alaska until 2002 (long after they met, married, had children, probably talked politics, etc). That’s right — Sarah Palin’s married to a man who spent years in a political party that wants Alaska to break away from America (…”Country First”?) and whose founder said CRAZY shit like this:
“The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government, and I won’t be buried under their damn flag.”
Nice.
But it doesn’t stop there. Looks like Sarah herself has A LOT to do with those folks too. In fact, they cite her getting elected Governor as an “infilitration” into Alaskan politics. Wow. Imagine what they’ll say if she becomes VP.
Don’t believe me? Watch the meeting (and other clips) here:
I dare any supporter of Liar/Wackjob to watch those two clips and tell me that McCain/Palin is the “patriotic” ticket.
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Bill0 vs Barney
Friday, October 3, 2008 - 9:12 pm (EST)
By John LaCroix
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McCain isn’t rich
Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 12:21 pm (EST)
By John LaCroix
By his own definition he’s rich x20. Is this guy just stupid or a pathological liar?
John McCain was joking around on Morning Joe earlier today about gambling on the baseball playoffs and let loose a verifiably false claim, saying “I’m not a rich man.”
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Mind-Melting
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 9:19 pm (EST)
By a.p.
When it comes to mind-melting displays of ignorance, Sarah Palin just keeps upping the ante. I thought she couldn’t possibly top not being able to name a single newspaper she reads…or not being able to name any Supreme Court case besides Roe v. Wade…or fumbling through a strange explanation of how Rick Davis is still cool even though his fingerprints are all over Fannie/Freddie…but here we go — from five days ago — she proved me wrong:
Hats off to Couric for holding in the projectile vomit around a minute in.
Yep, you just watched the potential VP of our country bullshit (poorly) through not knowing who/what Hamas is.
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The Old Man and the Bulldog
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 9:47 pm (EST)
By a.p.
So this is the caliber of discourse that we’ve come to expect from our Vice Presidential candidate, huh? Yikes.
Watch that and tell me that you don’t experience all of the following:
a) Shock and awe that that woman might soon represent you to the world.
b) A curiosity as to when Couric hosted SNL, and how they made Fey look so convincing.
c) A strange new appreciation of George W’s eloquence.
But hey, hats off to McCain for managing to make her seem a viable candidate. Of course, he’s had to shield her from the media almost entirely (3 interviews — if you include the new CBS interview — to Biden’s ~80 since being named VP candidate)…and they certainly fought hard and won to change the format of the VP debates so she can stick to the script.
But whatever, McCain’s been able to play the media effectively for years. More recently, think back to how effortlessly he pandered and parlayed the impending disaster of Gustav into a non-photo op with George W at the opening of the Republican National Convention. Think I’m being too harsh? Consider his relative non-response to the far more devastating Ike (sure, we got a couple press releases, but I didn’t see/hear of any preparation-assessment roadtrips before ol’ Ike came to Texas…).
Or how he half-succeeded this week in attempting to cancel the first presidential debate to “Put Country First” and fix the economy (nevermind that it wasn’t close to broken as far as McCain was concerned as recently as last week).
Oh, right — but he did it so he could rush back to help “break the deadlock” in Congress. Except there wasn’t any deadlock…and no one asked for/wanted/needed his help. I mean, what could they need from the guy who’s missed so many damn senate votes anyway?
Or wait…maybe he’s just not ready for the debate itself?
What’s important here is that McCain has taken a time out. Kinda. Sure, his surrogates are still out there bashing Obama (…time out?). But this move attempts three things:
1) McCain “looks” like a leader. Sort of. Actually, as far as I’m concerned, he looks like a confused old man taking orders from his handlers. But, hey, that’s just me.
2) McCain further shields Palin. As David Letterman ranted about last night (brilliant video below), the campaign shouldn’t just stop…administrations can’t just call time out. What should be happening here is that Palin should be out pounding the trail while McCain attends to business. But nope — this distraction even lessens the amount of time they’ll have to keep her away from the press between now and the election.
3) McCain saves the “Foreign Policy” debate for later. It’s clear at this point that McCain is perceived (however incorrectly) as the foreign policy guy, and Obama is the economy guy — at least according to the polls. So, what’s bad for the foreign policy guy? Having the foreign policy debate during an economic crisis so massive that no one cares about much else at the moment. So, this move saves that point for later.
But, whatever — it’s all nonsense. What Americans need right now are two things: the democratic process and leaders.
The debates are part of the democratic process. That’s something we don’t suspend, and we don’t cancel. Democracy first. If not, what’s next? Suspend the election? Just push it back a bit? Nope. Remember when “not shopping” was “letting the terrorists win”…? Right…so who wins if we “suspend our democratic process”…?
And leaders. Not figureheads — leaders. We need people we can believe in and trust to go out and offset a national crisis like this. Not with band aids or promises to be broken at a later date, but with real solutions that come from honest — even sometimes unattractive — answers. That’s why Obama’s push to debate is not only the right move, it’s the patriotic one too. In times of trouble, we need our government to stand before us and take the heat — to present solutions and to take action, but all within the context of openness and transparency. Even if it means taking a couple hours away from the closed-door sessions. Now more than ever, accountability matters — McCain wants none of it…and Obama, on the other hand, is ready to deliver.
Consider this: McCain’s attitude towards the debates is clear…he finds them superfluous. He cast aside national discourse — the two candidates first chance to spar on the most important issues of our day — as though it were the finale of American Idol. Fitting, given his American Idol running mate, but nonetheless insulting, and cynical.
In fact, McCain’s posturing proves him to be exactly what he so desperately tries to convince everyone he hasn’t become — a power-hungry figurehead who considers an active, participatory democracy just a cheap popularity contest.
That’s un-American, my friends.
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Kid Rock Should Get Catapulted Into The Sun
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 10:23 pm (EST)
By GnarlyTown USA
The world’s worst musician ever, Kid Rock, has completed his work for the Nation Guard’s new racist video. I guess I should also mention NASCAR’s bad boy darling, coat tail rider extraordinaire Dale Earnhardt Jr. also appears in the video driving his Chevy race car around the track and also shows his pit crew change his tires or something - which is really exciting if you haven’t seen it before. Detroit’s most famous gangsta hick hillbilly son, Kid Rock is clear on his view of how America can defend the world from TERROR… just watch below.
With an amazing genre combo of Country, Rap & Rock, America’s Badass Kid Rock’s song for the video is called WARRIOR and it’s a real treat if you love shit music. The video is the typical Hoo Rah GO USA! themed bullshit with the Kid screaming about Liberty, Red White & Blue blah blah mixed with scenes of clearly Muslim folks running though their village as tanks roll in and helicopters soar like bald eagles above. As little Muslim boys are playing soccer, their ball is inadvertently kicked in front of the “Liberator” Humvee and GI Joey gets out with his massive gun, takes his Black Flys bro glasses off and smiles at the young boy while he kicks his ball to him and saves the day. The video is really confusing to me and I can’t tell what’s going on - or what the message is - if the American’s are trying to be badass and hunt down “terrorists” or if they’re trying to emulate the Peace Corp and help out the youth of today across the world. I would imagine the National Guard’s level of compassion to be on the lower side. I wonder if Kid Rock (aka Bobert Ritchie) thinks about Liberty and Freedom while he’s making sex tapes with 4 strippers and that great band Creed’s Scott Stapp. It’s so bad that you should really watch it.
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ABC News: 1, My Cynical World View: 0
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 12:14 pm (EST)
By a.p.
Yesterday I kvetched about the mind-blowing lack of honesty exhibited by the McCain-Palin campaign, culminating recently in McCain’s own epic flip-flop on government regulation and the American economy. In my lament, I pondered the likelihood that the mainstream media would do its job in highlighting the disgrace…and, admittedly, had my doubts.
I stand corrected.
It’s a passing victory for journalism in this country, at best — but I’ll award the point where it’s due.
Well played, Charles Gibson, well played.
*edit: Thanks to you too, Joe Klein/Time Magazine
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Au Revoir and RNC
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 3:09 pm (EST)
By Ray LeMoine
Hey all. This is my last post here at Medicine. I had a great time writing about dumb shit for the past 8 or so months. Thanks to John for giving me such a great experience in cyberspace.
I started a new site with Inigo, Jeff N, and a few others called Shiite Happens. (Below is the first post.) For now, it will be a political, arts, and culture blog with a young-ish voice, much like Medicine, but with more original video content. We’ll have a redesign and hopefully our own url soon. Please ignore the generic design for now. There won’t be any ads or commercial aspect and it will operate as a cooperative. We’re looking for writers, so give me a shout at wormetheperm {at} hotmail(.)com if you’d like to contribute.
Anyway, I’ve been out in Denver and Minneapolis for the Conventions with Inigo Gilmore, a filmmaker friend. And tomorrow we’re going moose hunting in Alaska. Despite our being robbed twice over the past two weeks, a video diary of the RNC was still able to be cut for Britain’s Channel 4. Note the shot of Inigo getting shot at by police (with rubber bullets of course) during a riot in St Paul.
Sarah Palin and the Re-Rise of the Republicans: An RNC Diary
1
I’m in Minneapolis, having arrived from Denver on Sunday night. With me: Inigo Gilmore, a British journalist and filmmaker who recently relocated to New York after a year’s stint in Bangkok for Channel 4 UK. That morning, we’d awoken to find our rented SUV had been broken in to, and someone had stolen the tapes from Obama’s stadium coronation. The video and still cameras were safe, but everything else—chargers, bags, tripod, batteries—gone.
So our arrival at the Republican Convention came without glory. Luckily we were staying at a nice loft in downtown St. Paul, just blocks from the Xcel Center. To forget about our Denver loss, we trekked across St. Paul’s quaint downtown looking for a bar. It’s 10m. The bars, which normally close at 2am, are supposedly open until 4am all week, but few people are out.
“The thing about St Paul is that it’s only a few hundred thousand people,” says the local who’s guiding us. “It may be the smallest city to ever hold a national Convention.”
We stop at a dive-y bar on 7th Ave, St Paul’s pedestrian mall. Neon beer signs dangle on the windows. Dart boards and pool tables are visible inside. Sitting outside, we realize 20 or so Texas delegates surround us. Clustered around two pitcher strewn tables, the Texans meet every cliche: loud, foul mouthed, cross bearing, light beer loving, and cigar chomping. They wear orthopedic shoes, unrevealing dresses, snakeskin, denim…
Our next stop was another bar filled with boozing Texas delegates. Third stop: booze, Texans. Later, we even stumble on a hotel with a sign reading, “WELCOME TEXAS DELEGATION! Crowne Plaza Hotel…”
Aside from cowboy hats and generic clothing, what else did these Texans have in common? A shockingly passionate love for Ron Paul and his post-libetarianism. Few of the Texans we meet even like John McCain.
“We support McCain because we are Republicans,” one says. “But Ron Paul is beyond partisian politics.” Then comes a detailed Paul “Revolution”-ary spiel, which I block out. Yet as Convention eve came to a close, the Paul insurgency made clear that this year’s GOP was indeed a fractured party.
2
Monday. The Twin Cities got hit by twin bombshells. First, due to Hurricane Gustav, day one of the Convention was canceled, meaning no President Bush. Second, Sarah Palin, the dark horse Alaskan Governor McCain chose for VP, has a 17-year-old pregnant daughter. Some Convention so far, eh GOP? No opening night and so much for the whole family values and no sex before marriage thing.
Around noon we hear about a anti-war protest. Venturing from the loft, on 4th Street, up a block or two, we quickly realize this is no mere protest. On a street corner stood fifty plus cops in full riot gear—helmets, bulging pads, gas masks, sticks and tazers at the ready. The police surround about twenty black-clad, masked anarchists. The anarchos are backed against a building and all have their hands up, but they yell to the few onlookers and journalists on hand.
“We did nothing!” one kid in googles yells.
“These are our streets!” they chant.
A few blocks away we spot a beat-up blue Volvo blocking a major intersection connecting St Paul to the highway that leads to Minneapolis. About two dozen cops cordon the area. Inside the car I see a black clad youth chained to the steering wheel. A big yellow forklift arrives. I hear a buzzsaw. The cops are cutting the anarchist out of the car. Once he’s been removed and arrested, the forklift removes the car and dumps it on a grass lot.
Pushing further downtown we cross paths with about two hundred “direct action” folks. They even have a trance/techno soundtrack (c/o a red wagon with a stereo and “Funk the War” signs). But the mostly black wearing bandana crew seem confused as to where they’re headed.
“C’mon, this way,” yells one.
“No, this way,” shouts another, who eventually wins out.
But the confusion ends when it comes to the marchers’ intent. These folks want nothing short of destruction of the capatilist state. I’ve witnessed a few dozen riots in my day—mostly sports related—but I’ve never seen such a long, uncontested orgy of smashed windows, popped tires, trash can flipping, road blocking, and wreckage. Inigo captures a long shot of people running up the road by a big Macy’s, where a black woman sits on a bench smiling, Macy bags at her feet. Just then, two anarchists charge from behind with a metal grate. It takes a few tries, but they smash the windows.
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