Friday Hustle

Denzel's Wife Run Over At a Football Game
Back to the Future's Biff's Stand-up
Trailer Park - Cowboys And Aliens - The Green Lantern - London Boulevard 



Denzel's Wife Run Over At a Football Game
Well I'm sure some of you have heard of Denzel Washington. What you probably don't know is that his son is a football player. Well, not too long ago, this cat ran in for a touchdown. The kid's father (Denzel) and mother were at the game and even were in the sidelines. When the kid sprung out for his run, his mother, like any other, was just as excited as anyone. She even ran down the sideline with him to cheer her baby on. However in the midst of all the jubilation Mrs. Washington failed to keep an eye on the field and the rather large #53 barreling towards her. No, unfortunately Mrs. Washington doesn't make it out the way. Yes, #53 busted her ass! If I was a sadistic bastard I'd play it over and over again laughing at her happy ass get fucking flattened! But I'm not and I am glad the lady was not hurt in all of this.

But I think Denzel calls it best:



Back to the Future's Biff's Stand-up

Everyone that has seen the Back to the Future knows who Biff is. Hell, we know his grandson (Griff) and even his great grandfather (Mad Dog). What nobody may know is his real name, Tom Wilson. Well this is an actor and has appeared in a few movies here and there. Anyway, it looks like that at some point he decided to go into stand-up. He does have this really funny bit about the types of questions he usually gets once people realize that he played Biff. So I give you "Biff's Question Song":




Trailer Park

     Cowboys & Aliens
 Weird title right? This is actually based on a comic book that I had never heard of before I heard about this movie. The cast is pretty good with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford at the forefront. John Favreu from Iron Man fame is the director. This looks mysterious, and though they don't say it in the trailer, I think the invaders that they have to end up fighting are aliens. I'm not a 100% sure (just a gut feeling really), but I'm going to make that leap and say they are not demons but they are aliens.

  Green Lantern
 Ryan Reynolds plays a comic book superhero known as the Green Lantern. The character's been around for many years and is actually very well known to all comic book fans. This is going to be next year's "Summer Blockbuster". I hope this is good, because they've already OK'ed the sequel. On a geek tip, this movie just floats my boat. I've been a fan of this character for a while now, and I can only hope to the movie gods that this movie doesn't suck. So far it looks pretty good. They capture the Sci-fi elements, and the enormity of this guy's universe pretty well. The CGI could use a little work though.

  London Boulevard
This has my boy Colin Farrell (not my boy as 'I know him' more like an actor I think has a lot of talent), and the ever beautiful Keira Knightley. This is no award winner, but it has that cute 'English Independent' film vibe. The plot may be a little cliche with Colin's character trying to leave the mob, but this seems to have a little more substance than your typical cliche mob movie.

Thursday's Jig

Cell Phone in the 1920's?????
Back to the Future Trilogy on BluRay (M.J. Fox not the original Marty *footage)
Funny Bone - South Park Trashes Snooki
Trailer Park - Paul - Scream 4 - Inhale


Cell Phone in the 1920's?????

So I'm 'surfing the net' and I come across this article with a guy name George Clark who claims he has footage from the 1920's with some lady on a cell phone. Right away I wanted to say that this is a complete bullshit. Hell, the first time I read this I almost skipped it as I just thought this was a hoax so stupid its not even worth time to look into this. But hey I didn't have nothing to do in particular and I gave it a spin. George here is apparently a big fan of Jackie Chan and Charlie Chaplin (this kinda makes sense as Chan's main idol growing up was Chaplin). Anyway he is watching the behind the scenes of Chaplin's "The Circus". In this, he states, that he sees a woman walking around in front of the theater talking on a cell phone.
I have to say, I dont' know exactly quite what to make of this. What exactly was this woman talking into? If it is some sort of recorder, I'll remind you that its 1920's. The recorders at that time were the size of cars. George has a great and completely reasonable explanation for this, the lady is a time traveler. This is why I dont' know what to make of this, I mean I know that it can't be time traveling even though my inner geek is screaming, "I fucking new it, time traveling is possible!"

But the more sensible side is telling me how this is impossible. Doctored footage would be perfect reasoning except that this is a product that is out there for the general public. I guess its still early, but nobody has said that this 'behind the scenes' footage in question doesn't really exist. I'd get this sucker myself and check it out, but... while I am a Jackie Chan fan, I have to say that I am not as familiar with Mr. Chaplin's work. The guy on the video seems honest enough (at least as honest as guys on YouTube videos look), and he seems genuinely puzzled by this (You can hear his whole explanation of it or just jump to the 2:32 mark where the footage begins). You make the decision: time traveler or crazy lady talking into her hand.




Speaking of time traveling:


Back to the Future Trilogy in BluRay (M.J. Fox not the original Marty *footage)

I know you've seen these movies. This is one of my favorite set of movies that I've ever had the pleasure to see. As a matter of fact, I've never ran into anyone who can honestly hate on this trilogy (though some hate on the third one). Every time I see any of them on I'll click over 'for just a couple of minutes'. Those couple of minutes usually take me all the way to the end credits.

Now I will admit that these movies are on TV quite a bit and since they're generally PG-13 (not a lot to censor) there is no real need to get this. However, for big fans of the trilogy there are plenty of reasons to get this. For me there are two main reasons why I am getting this package. First, I loved this movie, I would really like to see this in the highest definition possible (BluRay is better that HD broadcasts). I'm just that kinda geek sometimes. The second reason (admitedly also a geek reason) is the behind the scenes. Now I bet that all of the 'behind the scenes' features are a hoot. They include like 13 deleted scenes (some of which I wish they would've been kept in), and the 'making of' which detail how they got the movie together and why they replaced some casts members. But there is one feature in particular which has my geek senses flaring, the footage of the original Marty McFly. That's right, (you've probably heard by now) while Michael J. Fox was the first choice to play Marty, he actually didn't originally get the part. Yeah, this is heavy.

This was back in the 'Family Ties' days. This was Michael J. Fox's series that first got him some attention. The director of 'Back to the Future', Robert Zemeckis, knew that Fox was Marty. His sense of timing, his humor, his look and all other things. However since 'Family Ties' (which was pretty big back then) already had a co-star out on maternity leave, they refused to let their main star miss the tapings for some other project. Fox was under contract and unable to accept the role. Since the show must go on, Zemeckis hired Eric Stolz to play the part. And so the camera's began to roll with Eric Stolz as Marty McFly. Great Scott!

However, After 5 weeks, and even though they liked the kid, the director realized Eric was miscast. While they found him to be a terrific actor, his comedic timing and general tone just didn't fit what they were trying to do with the movie. So the director tried to make a deal with the 'Family Ties' people again until they finally relented... sort of. They said they could use Michael as long as it doesn't interfere with his duties on 'Family Ties'. All of them agreed and Michael began to work two full time jobs. He did 'Family Ties' rehearsals from 8am - 6pm and rush to 'Back to the Future' to film from when he got there until 2:30am. And thank God he did as they all made one of the most kick-ass trilogies in the history of kick-ass trilogies.

Here is a snipet of the Eric Stolz footage:


Funny Bone - South Park Trashes Snooki
If you know me, you know that I'm no fan of Jersey Shore. I hate that show. I've seen 2 minutes of it once and I just hated it. It gives Jersey such a terrible name. I would accept this in a very low level if these fucks were actually from here, but instead we got some of the most 'ignant' New Yorkers taking a shit on Jersey. I know NY shits on Jerz a lot, but its never fucking televised. I'm just glad that none of these degenerates are Spanish. I don't know exactly how the Italian community feels about this, but I'd be fucking embarrased if any of these people were Peruvian. I'd be up for bringing back linching for one night and go check these people out. Of course this is also a stain on our culture as these asses are not only able to thrive in showbiz but they're actually doing quite well. I'd rather go into hooking than make money by shitting on myself, or my family (by association).

Anyway, the South Park guys lay it thick on Snooki. As I said, I don't watch this show, so I don't really know too much about this chick. I did hear she cried because she couldn't get laid or something. Well, I have to say that this clip really shows how I feel about her (from the very little I know about her) and that show.


Trailer Park
     Paul - This movie looks like winner. Its with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Don't know who they are? Well they're the main characters behind movies like 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz'. If you've never seen these movies you are missing on some pretty good takes on horror (Shaun of the Dead) and buddy-cop comedy (Hot Fuzz). I liked 'Hot Fuzz' a lot better than 'Shaun of the Dead', but both movies are a hoot. This one ups the ante and also stars Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, and the voice of Seth Rogen. The premise is kinda dumb (two English losers find an alien who speaks English), but that's just how I like some of my comedies. Hell just look at these two guy's faces and tell me with a straight face that they're college graduates.



     Scream 4 - Because 3 wasn't enough, here is Scream 4. I loved the first time I saw the first one. Kinda disliked the second one. And the third one... I can't really remember. But here, in all its 'glory', the 4th one:



     Inhale - What would you do if your kid was dying? Would you do anything to save them? Are you sure? Anything?

Saturday's Food for Thought.

This and That - Street Artist Awarded $100K Humanitarian Award
Chris Rock Curses Out an Ex for Autism Charity
Rent is Too Damn High Party
Trailer Park - The Dilemma - I am Number Four - True Grit


This and That - Street Artist Awarded $100K Humanitarian Award

When I first saw this I just thought it would be a cute little story but probably not make it on the blog. But when I saw this cat's work, I was very impressed. This french photographer, who in order to keep his anonymity is only going as 'JR', has been going around the world putting up his pictures among the rooftops and walls of downtrodden neighborhoods. These are some gorgeous pictures (of the residents themselves) that give life to otherwise desolate areas. He doesn't consider himself just a 'street artist', instead he thinks of himself as an 'urban activist'. His projects help bring attention to areas in a city that desperately need attention. This guy is not just about photos either, he also uses video in his completed major projects.

He was just awarded the 'TED' (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) prize for 2011.Yeah, i know its still 2010, but I didn't name the thing. This award I'm not familiar with, but from what I read, it looks like this is given to anyone whom they think have, 'an idea worth spreading'. Apparently they liked the idea of this man's art gathering attention to some areas which most people would rather not think about, let alone want to see.

I think he says it best:


"I would like to bring art to improbable places, create projects so huge with the community that they are forced to ask themselves questions. I want to try to create images of hot spots such as the Middle East or Brazil that offer different points of view from the ones we see in the worldwide media which are often caricatures" - JR

But you know how a picture is worth a thousand words:

This is a very interesting guy. You can see a little gallery of his work here and here. You can also read up on him in this NY Times article, and his Wikipedia page. If you have an art jones, you can check out a couple of his completed projects here:

Portraits of a Generation This was done in a housing project around the outskirts of Paris.

Face2Face This one he did to show the similarities between Palestinians and Israelis

Women Are Heroes This one is all about some incredibly strong women some who have looked death in the face while others show incredible good will to others even though they themselves are poor.

Chris Rock Curses Out an Ex for Autism Charity

I love this clip. Its short but sweet. Its for an Autism Charity and they had a lot of celebrities there doing different things. Chris Rock's talent was put to good use for $20K donation:

Night of Too Many Stars	Thursday, October 21, 2010
Steve Carell and Chris Rock's Special Auction Items Pt. 2
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Ugly Americans New Episodes Nick Swardson's Pretend Time Night of Too Many Stars

Now I ask you this, does anyone have any exes that you'd love to have Chris mutherfucking Rock curse out??? Shit, I have some friends that I'd love to have this mofo curse out.

Rent is Too Damn High Party

This one is hilarious because its real. This guy actually has a point. I'm not saying that this is a guy to back, I'm just saying that in order to fix part of the economy in NY would be to make it cheaper for people to live their. So instead of giving all of their money to a landlord, they can spread it around and give it to other businesses while they enjoy some of the money that they are making. Now, first let me say that the guys looks kinda-sorta ridiculous, so much so that I can barely take him seriously. Check out that mustache. It makes a statement that no other man has ever wanted to make (for good reason).  I don't think there was ever a time where his mustache was ever accepted by society en mass. He wears gloves like if he was going to kill someone in the next 10 - 15 mins. But he has a catchy slogan and a snazzy 'character' to go with it. I wouldn't vote for him necessarily but he's just rather... entertaining. I mean they had a whole debate and he is the only guy who really stuck out, so kudos to him.

The guy looks funky and all, but I swear that this is a real candidate:



Here is an actual interview with this rather interesting fellow to get his insight on how he was able to get into this political ring:




Would you vote for him?


Trailer Park

     The Dilemma: This is a Vince Vaughn comedy. It looks to be worth a couple of chuckles. I don't consider Vince Vaughn much of an actor as all of his characters are basically the same. But its not to say that I don't enjoy this guy's work. Here he is back to doing what he does best, talking.



     I Am Number Four: This one is a mysterious one, with very intriguing action. I am not sure what this guy is supposed to be, but he and nine others escaped from somewhere. Their pursuers have managed to kill the first three. He is ... number four!!!!



     True Grit: This Coen Brothers movie is a remake of an old John Wayne movie if I'm not mistaken. I'm not too much of a fan of the Coen brothers. I know many people consider them 'cult heroes' but I just never liked their work too much. This, however, looks like a pretty bad-ass western. I've never seen the original so I have nothing to compare it to, but this looks promising:
 

Saturday Frolock

Cigar Man
Firefighters Just Watch A Home Burn
Trailer Park - Inside Job - The Tourist - The Adjustment Bureau
Man Found with Narcotics In his Ass Says It isn't His




Cigar Man

This is a wonderful picture of Tiger Woods at the Rider's Cup this past weekend. It was on the 18th hole that Tiger Woods just didn't get a good shot and ended up hitting this guy's camera. Pretty amazing, huh? But check out the guy second from the right. 

 
 LOL. That guy looks like Cheech's (from Cheech & Chong fame) youger more Iranian looking relatives. LOL, what party did this guy just come from? I wouldn't know how you could convince anyone that that guy wasn't on something. And I don't mean to be 'racial' but he's wearing the same outfit as my gas attendant (who, ironically, is not middle eastern). But fuck, he got in one of the hottest pictures in sports. 


The Cigar Man is now immortal.


Firefighters Just Watch A Home Burn

This is fucking disgusting. In Obion County, Tennessee, homeowners are required to pay $75 for fire protection services. If you don't pay that, firefighters do not have to go to your house to put out your fire. Apparently Gene Cranick's house caught on fire and when his garden hoses couldn't contain the flames he called 911. 


As you can assume, poor Gene didn't pay his $75 so they told him they weren't coming. Gene had do watch his house burn down. Then the gods pour a little salt on the man's wounds and when the neighbors are afraid that the fire will spread to their property they call the fire department. They paid their $75 so the firefighters show up to put it out so the firefighters showed up and... did nothing unless the fire jumped to the other people's properties. The man pleaded with them and offered to pay whatever the cost, but it fell on deaf ears. They watched the man's home burn down.


I understand you letting it burn a little bit to make a point. Or charge him an extra fine or something. But don't just stand there as the man's home burns down. I mean, Jesus, he's a human being too. If he was being a complete jerk and refused to pay the $75, then let it burn a little and charge him an extra fine. I mean how cold is it to just watch a man's home burn down.




Inside Job

This one is a documentary about how badly Wall Street really fucked us. Well not only that but why wasn't anyone looking?





The Tourist

This one is with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. It's about a guy that gets taken for a ride by a very sexy woman.




 The Adjustment Bureau

 This one looks great. Its a Matt Damon love flick. It looks like a pretty good flick about a politician who just wants to fall in love with this woman.
 




Man Found with Narcotics In his Ass Says It isn't His

That's right this story is for real! Now I've heard people say some CRAZY stuff to get out of the law's way. But this guy is fucking insane. He was pulled over for speeding when the cop smelled weed. The cop then searched the guy and found weed and crack hidden in his ass. That's right, his ass. When questioned, the man said that the weed was his, but the 'white stuff' wasn't.

Hmmm, where to start? Lets start with the cops:

Now, I know my share of delinquents. Shit, all of my friends have been pulled over by the police, most of my friend's have been searched at least once by the police. But none of my friends (that have not gone to jail) have ever had their ass cracks searched. Who was this officer who was so convinced that the guy had narcotics that he was willing to search someone's ass. Wow, just fucking wow.

Now this asshole:
And who is that fucking moron that thinks, "it aint mine" is a valid excuse. Like the cop is going to say, "Well, good thing you said it wasn't yours. You can go now." Since he rolls around crack and weed, I'm sure he has a friend or two who've had run-ins with cops. When has he ever heard that excuse work when they find stuff on you? I mean, if it isn't on you and its just lying there you can always say that it isn't yours (and even that is very iffy). When you have it on you, they don't want to hear it. You're insulting their intelligence by saying that, even if it is true. They don't care; if you were in possession of it at the time, they've got you by the balls. They will sometimes admit that there is an off-chance it really isn't yours, however, you'd have to give somebody up and that's just being a bitch.

But when they find it in your ass crack, they pretty much assume that NOBODY else is going to use that bullshit but you. If it wasn't yours before, it became yours the minute it got anywhere near your ass. I know addictions are strong as fuck, but personally, I can't ever imagine smoking or snorting something that was in someone's ass just a few minutes ago.

Friday Night Chill

Ugh, I hate it when it gets cold. Specially so 'all of a sudden'. The change in weather got me and now its me and Theraflu for the rest of the evening. I personally think that I've come down with the Bubonic Plague, but my better half thinks I'm exaggerating just a bit.

Anyway, today I thought I'd try a couple of new 'Spots' for you. I've decided to feature trailers to movies that seem interesting to me. I wouldn't guarantee that all the movies I show here will be good, but I will say that the trailers are interesting. That's a feature I call 'Trailer Park'. I've also decided to start 'Funny-bone' which will include videos or stuff I just found funny and you may get a chuckle or two out of it.


Today on the Perspective:

Craziest Commute to Work
Huge Storm Rocks NY
Trailer Park - Priest, Unstoppable
Mayweather Ducks Pacquiao But Fights Wife
Funny-Bone - Antoine Will Fuck You Up!




Craziest Commute to Work
Alright, I would never be able to do this job. I'm afraid of heights as it is, so this in real life ... would rattle me to say the least. With that being said, this guy has a breathtaking commute to work that most likely starts when he gets into the building. Watch the start and then just skip around. Damn, what balls on these cats to just do this day in and day out.

A climb up the tallest tower @ Yahoo! Video

Huge Storm Rocks NYC

Of course you know of the big storm that hit us yesterday, but here is footage of Brooklyn. This was taken from some camera that was posted on a building. This is some wild video of when mother nature visits NYC. Isn't it beautiful in a scary way just how powerful and abrupt weather can be. Now the video says that its a tornado, but I don't see it. I don't think the whole thing is the tornado, so I can't verify whether its a tornado or not. But its still scary looking.



Trailer Park
      Priest
This one is one of those 'comic book' movies. I've never actually read this one, but I hear it was great. Now as you can tell from that guy's face, these priests take being a priest to another level. Its got Paul Bettany in it, who I like from a couple of other movies (can you name them? probably not). It also has Karl Urban who's been in quite a few movies and is actually a very good actor. I'd keep my eye on him as his stock is bound to rise.
The plot: A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) disobeys Church law by teaming with a young sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a beautiful priestess (Maggie Q). The three band together to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped the priest’s niece before they turn her into one of them.





       Monsters
This is an independent British film. It just looked like a cool trailer. Nothing too special about it, it just seemed very intriguing.
 The plot, is: "Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border."



 

        Unstoppable
This one is a Denzel and Chris Pine. Chris Pine is the guy that played Kirk in the new Star Trek flick (with Karl Urban). He's another actor who is really rising. I haven't seen him in anything too challenging, but from what I have seen, he's impressed me.

The Plot: "A rail company frantically works to prevent an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train carrying combustible liquids and poisonous gas from wiping out a city."




Mayweather Ducks Pacquiao but Fights Wife
One fight that fans of boxing want to see is Pacquiao Vs. Mayweather. But it looks like this won't happen. Each time the fight was close to a done deal, Mayweather has looked for an excuse to not do it. His best trick was to use Pacquiao's fear of having his blood drawn as a deal breaker by asking for Olympic Style drug testing in this non-Olympic contest.  After a month or so Pacquiao finally agreed to this, signed the contract and it was up to Mayweather. What does 'Money' do now that Pacquiao has jumped through all the hoops he wanted? He sat on the contract and is refusing to sign it. As a matter of fact, Mayweather even denies the fact that a second round of negotiations took place, even though the HBO president was there and has confirmed the fact that this took place. Shit, that pussy even went as far as to just insult Pacquiao in a video (you can see here) for no fucking reason. He just likes to brag about money all the time. I wish he would realize that, "yes, we know you have fucking money. You're supposed to have money, you are a Boxing champion. Seriously, congratulations on your money, wooo-hooo for you, now take off your skirt and fight."

As you may have heard, Floyd 'Money' Mayweather is in trouble with the law. He allegedly beat his wife, threatened her, took her phone and threatened his own kids. Now I lost respect for Mayweather when he backed out of fighting Pacquiao. So this is a new low for him. You can see the story here. What the fuck is up with celebrities and beating women? I'd like to say its not true but I don't want to defend this guy. He rubs me the wrong the way and he won't fight Paquiao.

Funny-Bone Antoine Will Fuck You Up!
If I ever have a 'Funny-Bone' hall of fame, this pair of videos will be on that list. This video was actually sent to me from Joe P. This is a regular news report until our boy Antoine gets to say a couple of things. Its a terrible crime, but luckily Antoine is on the case.



"Hide yo kids, hide yo wives, and hide your husbands!!" LOL, this guy is freaking great! He is worked up,  and has no problem letting everyone know. LOL, but check out this remix that these cats did with Auto-tune and I'm assuming some booze, LOL, enjoy:

Tuesday Boogie

Japanese Precision 
American Military Efficiency
'Burn the Koran Day' Canceled
Mascot Deer Saves Cheerleader From Rival
New Linkin Park Album Releases Tomorrow
Eva Mendez Sex Tape



Japanese Precision

This is the shortened version of the clip, but check out this display of Japanese Precision. This was done with about 40 Japanese students. When you were in school, did you know 40 people capable of this?





You can find the whole presentation here. Is pretty cool, but it is about 8 minutes long. Though it is a great watch, specially with a couple of drinks in your system.


American Military Efficiency

A few army guys can take a whole Jeep apart and rebuild it in under 4 Minutes!





'Burn the Koran Day' Canceled

Turns out the guy, with quite possibly the worse mustache in the history of mustaches, is finally going to cancel his plan to burn the Koran. "Not today, not ever," were his words as you can see here. Of course, he claims God is telling him to stop and then compared himself to Abraham. Funny thing is that he said that he just wanted to prove that there is a radical faction of Muslims... No shit, who does he think flew two airplanes into our buildings in 9/11, TV salesmen? Did he not realize that radical extremists do not represent a religion? It almost looks to me as if he's really just taking some death threats very seriously, and is correctly backing out of this. I hope nobody does anything to him, and since he didn't actually do it, i don't expect anybody to do that. The crazies are out there, and you make yourself a target to them when you would desecrate whatever their religion may be. But I really hope the religious extremists realize that he never actually did it. The last thing I would want would be for some nut to think their God is telling him/her to kill me.

But that mustache is so brutal it makes a statement about that guy. This guy's 'Fu' needs a little more oomph to get a 'Manchu.'


Mascot Deer Saves Cheerleader From Rival
This one is that 'cute-funny' that anyone can like.






New Linkin Park Album Releases Tomorrow 

Linkin Park's latest album 'A Thousand Suns' releases tomorrow (9/14/10). I'm not sure how familiar you are with the band but their last album ('Minutes to Midnight') was amazing. It was one of the best albums that year. You can see the footage from their VMA Performance here. Though this isn't my favorite song, I am excited about the album. This band really hit their stride with 'Minutes to Midnight' and will hopefully follow that up successfully.
 




Eva Mendes Sex Tape

That's right, I was saving the best for last. How many of you skipped through this whole thing, just to see this. Its not exactly an exclusive, but when I first saw it, it was just... memorable (if it doesn't play click here):
 

Somber Friday

Weiner Busts Balls
Koran Burning Day?
Don't Count Your Chickens... 
A Little Too Much Passion?



Weiner Busts Balls

Of course, my saint-like mannered friends, a story with that tittle has to do with NY Congressman Anthony Weiner. In July 29th congress held a vote to give health care to those who were sickened by the toxins from the 9/11 attacks. That's right, this $7.4 Billion was to go to first responders, and civilians who were exposed to the debris from the falling twin towers. These people are desperately sick and needed this money to help pay their extremely high medical bills. However, the Republicans felt differently about that money.

Politicians play political games and this is one of those times. Since the Democrats were elected to fix the economy and... well the country, the Republicans have tried very hard (and have been successful to a point) to remind everyone that the Democrats can't run a government. Best way to do this is to prevent the whole government from doing anything by clogging up votes such as this one.

Democrats from the House of Representatives thought that everyone could agree with giving the $7.4 Billion to the people that the government failed to protect so that they could get well. So they tried to move the bill along quickly, and therefore would need OVER two-thirds of the house of representatives to pass the bill. This move also prevented Republicans from adding on any bullshit amendments, they just wanted this to be about helping these people. Republicans are a little more than one third of the house of the representatives. Democrats could only get 12 Republicans to help the 9/11 victims. So since they could not get 13 Republicans to vote for this, the bill died.

Which brings us to our friend Anthony Weiner. He didn't expect all Republicans to vote against this, and he didn't take his displeasure lightly. Now, I'll say that he kept it respectable. I mean he went off but its as if he had a 'I'm in front of my fellow Congressmen' filter. But if you can read between the lines, then friend, I have a pretty entertaining story for you:




I wish this guy was representing Jersey. I mean, he did stroll in there a bit worked up already, but he remained relatively cool until someone tried to interrupt him. Now you can interpret it anyway, I took it as:

"I will not yield!" Means "Come up here and Shut me up!"
"The gentleman will observe regular order," means, "You shut the fuck up!"
"The gentleman is wrong," means, "Fuck that mutherfucker!"
"A shame! A shame," means, "Fuck all them mutherfuckers over there!"
"The gentleman will observe regular order," means, "Shut the fuck up!"
"The gentleman is correct in sitting," means, "you better sit the fuck down!!"

I know my version curses a bit more, but after a couple of drinks tell me you don't hear the same thing.

John Stewart from the Daily Show had a great report on this (fun fact, John Stewart and Congressman Weiner not only went to college together, but were roommates):

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I Give Up - 9/11 Responders Bill
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Unfortunately this was all moot as the Republicans killed the bill already. Now if the remaining 9/11 survivors want any help with their medical bills for sicknesses that were caused in 9/11 they will have to sue the government that failed to protect them that day.

Luckily it seems the Democrats have developed a spine after all and will bring this bill back up in such a way that it would just need a simple majority.


Koran Burning Day

Now I don't want to say that I saw something like this coming, but I saw something like this coming. It isn't as bad as the Muslim cab driver that was stabbed for being Muslim, or the various assaults and property damage that has been targeted at Muslims, but this can have the most impact.

This gentleman is Pastor Terry Jones pastor of "Dove World Outreach Center" (a non-denominational church) apparently wanted to hold a Koran Burning day. That's right, he wanted to hold a special day to burn the Muslim 'bible'. Why, you ask? Because he believes that that the Koran is 'full of lies'. That's pretty much it. Both political parties have denounced this 'Koran Burning Day' as well as just about every religious group.

Who would this Koran burning hurt? Our troops. In various different interviews, General Patraeus (the General recently put in charge of the Afghan war) has made it clear that if this guy does this, it will hurt his troops. Think about it, Bin Laden will have new recruitment tool. If this goes down it'll be easier for the abusers of religion to convince the poor and uneducated that America wants to burn down their way of life.

How can we convince Muslims in Afghanistan that we just want the terrorist out of there when they can see an American pastor and his 'church' burn their holiest book?

This man is an example of what happens when a crazy person perverts a religion for his own agenda. General Pataeus sees similarities between how this guy uses religion to create a fear and hatred, "it is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."

The latest is that this guy said that he is postponing the Koran burning because the Muslims behind the Park51 recreation center (ground zero mosque) have agreed to move the center in exchange for not burning the Koran. Unfortunately this doesn't appear to be true, as the people behind the Park51 recreation center have stated that they never promised him such a thing. I hope they don't do it, just because you shouldn't give into the whims of a nut-job threatening to burn your holy book. Now we have other nut-jobs around the nation that are not only going to do it, but also post it on YouTube themselves. This man has already grabbed plenty of media attention, and now other nut-jobs know how to get nation-wide media attention.

My take? This guy has a history of shady organizations in the past and this (and that mustache) is just his nuttiest idea so far. I hope this guy changes his mind. Again, the government shouldn't get involved, as we have the right to protest as long as its not hurting anyone. This is the other side of the freedoms we have.

Speaking of protests, here is a clip of Colin Powell on 'The View' talking about the Park51 recreation center. He kind of voices my thoughts on it.






Don't Count Your Chickens...

Alright, this doesn't have to do with much, but just check this goalie out. He saves a penalty kick, but goes straight to celebrating and doesn't notice the ball spin its way in there.






A Little Too Much Passion?

Now check out this candidate for county treasurer in Ohio. LOL, this guy has a little too much passion... a little too much caffeine in his coffee... a little too much WWE. I swear I didn't know if this guy was going to go psycho and hit someone with a steel chair. I didn't know he was running for anything, I thought he was challenging me to a Wrestle-mania match.

Well that's it for today.

Friday Night Catch-up

Wyclef
Heat Ray
Avatar
The Walking Dead
Chileans Trapped in a Mine 

I haven't been able to get a chance to really sit down too much these last few days. My 9-5's been kicking me around this week, and I've had some personal moves that had to be moved. So now they're moved, and I'm back. By now its probably only my lady and my mom that still read this, but here I go anyway.

Wyclef
Now I'm not one to say that I know what it takes to run a country, but I don't think Wyclef Jean has what it takes to run a country. He couldn't even keep the Fugees together. Though I can't fully blame him, I mean Lauren Hill went kinda... off.

Anyway, Wyclef is apparently upset that the Haitian government won't let him run for president. Turns out Haitian law stipulates that in order to run for president you need to live there for five years. Wyclef says he has been holding residence for longer than five years. He doesn't say that he's lived there in the LAST five years, he just says he's held residence there. Is it the same thing? The Haitian electoral council doesn't think so. Me, I tend to agree. I'm not saying Wyclef's been mostly in the U.S.. But if he has, then I don't think he should run. Its easy to point out problems, but fixing them is a completely different beast.

Sean Penn's even called out Wyclef on "Larry King Live". Now before you ask, "what the fuck does Sean Penn have to do with Haiti?" I'll let you know that this cat's been there for the last 6 months trying to help earthquake victims. Now I know being in a place for 6 months does not in any way equal living there, but I will say this:

In the six months that Sean's been there he has been doing everything he can to help earthquake survivors try to piece their lives and their land back together. For six month's he's been working with rescue groups, hospitals, side by side with the people there just trying to do as much as he possibly can. Do you know who he never ran into? Wyclef.

Here is a video interview he did to announce his intention to fight the ruling (I couldn't put the actual video up).

Now I hear things are pretty corrupt over there, so I'm not going to jump to any conclusions; but after seeing that video, I'm kinda leaning away from Wyclef. Its looking bad for him. This interview made it look like this guy can't even hold his life together, let alone run a country. It also seems like this cat doesn't even live there. If you listen to the video, he never answers as to exactly how long he's been in Haiti in the last five years. That lady really let him have it though. Shit, I won't even buy his next album now (though I've never bought a Wyclef album and wouldn't anyway, but you get my point). I don't know how Hatians feel about Wyclef, but if they think he's a good idea, then fuck, things are REALLY messed up over there. I mean, I know he knows what's wrong with Haiti. I'm not arguing that point, I just don't think he knows how to fix it. Or you know... run a country.

Anyway, Wyclef released a song about it.Its called, “Prizon Pou K.E.P.a”. I don't know what it means or what the song is saying, but it sounds ok.

Wyclef-jean-prizon-pou-k-e-p-a by jozenc

Heat Ray

No I'm not going into comic book talk (yet), but the government developed a heat ray. That's right a fucking heat ray. As some of you know I'm somewhat of a nerd with a dash of geek, so when they actually finished this thing a while back it was a little exciting. I mean, what kind of King Nerd came up with this? I envy you, my friend, I envy you.

Now, this isn't something you carry with you, as you can see from the video below, you put this thing on a truck and operate it with a joystick. They created this thing to break-up 'unruly' crowds in Afghanistan. Funny thing is that the forces over there sent it back. They did not want it there. So then as to give it some use, they decided to put this thing in in prisons in order to help maintain control. And now some people are complaining that this could lead to torture. I could see that happening. I can see somebody getting carried away with it. Or the super crazy mofo's not moving despite the immense pain, and have permanent damage or die. I don't think that it will, but I won't disagree that its possible. The video below calls it a 'pain ray' (she describes the pain as being scolded by hot water) but as you can tell from the links, you'll find it in YouTube under 'heat ray.'

A fucking Heat Ray.

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Avatar

Because it didn't make enough money the first time, Avatar is back in theaters. Have you seen the movie? In 3D? If not, now is your chance. Its not like you're going to buy a 3D TV anytime soon, so the opportunity is open. This is the 'extended version' with new creatures and 'never before seen scenes'. That's right, they've managed to squeeze 9 extra minutes of footage, because the movie wasn't long enough already. This won't just be random footage, this has new hunting sequences (some at night), a lot of action, a touchy scene towards the end, Grace at the school, and a couple of new creatures, 'Stingbat' and 'Surmbeast'. Oh and they added to the love scene.

I liked this movie (original). I saw it in 3D and I have to say that it did really take me into that world. Yes, the plot is the same as 'Dances With Wolves' and 'The Last Samurai', but hey it kept me entertained and the visuals were fucking amazing. Is the movie overrated? Probably. The hype over the records the movie broke is almost too much. This is not the best movie in the world but it was an entertaining one.  I have to say that I'm curious about these extended scenes, so I would probably see this in 3D again. This movie is a classic example of 3D done right.

The Walking Dead

How do you guys feel about your Zombie movies? How about a Zombie TV show? AMC is going to debut a TV show based on a guy looking for his family after a Zombie infestation. That's right AMC. I'm not even sure what channel that is, but they're doing it.




Now if you know your Zombie movies you will see a similar hospital scene in the movie 28 Days Later. However don't think that they just ripped them off. This may most likely be just coincidence. This show is based on a comic book of the same name (by an American, Robert Kirkman) that was being written at the same time this movie was being filmed. With no finished product out there was no way for a comic book writer could have that kind of access to a movie being shot in England. I've only read the first chapter of the comics and its not bad. I do hear great things about the comic book series and I hope this show does well. I'll give it a try (unless I forget when it comes on).




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Chileans Trapped in a mine.

This is definitely one of those last but not least moments. 33 Chilean miners have been stuck in a mine 22,00 feet below the ground since August 5th. I have no love for Chileans. I am Peruvian after all, and lets just say that Chileans and Peruvians have had our spats (Peruvians and Ecuadorians aren't best friends either). However, its still a tragedy when this kind of thing happens. I hope to god they get out of there soon, but estimates put their rescue at around four months. That's right 4 months! Chileans are digging as fast as they can, but they are digging through solid rock, which slows their pace down to about 65 feet per day.

4 Months. Do you know what that is? Its from now until Christmas. Think about it, if they fall behind at all these guys could be stuck there past the new year. They'll have to say they spent the last quarter of 2010 in a hole. For us it would be Halloween, Thanksgiving, and hopefully you're out by Christmas. But they are a different country. Outside of Christmas and New year, Chileans do not celebrate the same events as Americans do for the rest of 2010.

First they will miss the 'Assumption of Mary'. This is a religious public celebration and if you didn't know, South America loves their religion. Next they will miss their "Fiestas Patrias' (Sept. 18th). This is their national holiday. And hey guess what, this is the year where they hold their special bicentennial celebrations. Yes, this year they're making a weekend out of it, celebrating Thursday, Friday, and Monday. What would you do if we ever celebrated the 4th of July like that? Next is their Columbus day, 3 more religious public holidays including the 'Immaculate Conception' (Dec 8th). They won't be with their families, they won't be with their friends. They'll be stuck in a hole, 22,000ft underground until they are rescued. Their families have to camp out near them and try to talk to make sure they don't go mad.

I will let you know that its not like they're in a ditch with barely enough room to move. They're actually in a 540 square feet with adjoining tunnels of space that go on for almost a mile. This isn't great space but it is better than being on top of each other the whole time. Not to mention that they are still UNDERGROUND. Luckily the Chilean government has managed to get tubes to them so they can send food, air, medicine, batteries, even a camera. Crazy thing is that even though they can send food, these miners have to watch how much they eat. The rescue hole that the government is building is only about 26 inches in diameter, so the miners have to stay slim. How many of us could make that?


I can't begin to imagine what they are going through, but I just wish them the best. You can see from the video that it looks like they're in good spirits and will hopefully be able to keep sanity until their rescue. In the mean time, they just have to get through being burried alive with 32 other guys. Hope they get out soon.





I gotta say, after seeing the video, they seem to be in good spirits, but fuck man, four months? Those of you who pray, should pray.

Showtime's Dexter

*I will not give away any spoilers to this or any series. I won't give away anything you wont learn in the first couple of episodes. I'm not only doing that out of respect of this incredible series, but also because I believe all great shows should be an experience on its own. So feel free to read on without any fear of spoilers.*

Jump to conclusion:

As most of us do, I consider myself an excellent judge of entertainment. Though I will admit that if anything, I am a lazy watcher. Its rare that I jump on a show as it starts. I do jump on some shows from the start, but it is very rare. This was not one of those few shows I jumped on. I missed this one completely. I didn't even hear about this show until at least halfway through the first series. In its most simple description, its about a serial killer trying to live a normal life. Its premise was not unheard of, I imagined bad movies of people who do wrong, repent and try to do good with 'disastrous' results. I expected a lot of cliche soliloquies about our protagonist 'trying to quit killing'.

I wasn't even close.

Dexter:



This series, which debuted in October 2006, follows a serial killer who is not trying to do good. He is just following his programing. He is very methodical in the way he stalks his victims. He learns their patterns, finds an opening subdues them and brings them to his 'kill site'. He is very good at getting away with it, as a matter of fact he is almost flawless. But to appear normal and avoid suspicion he attempts to fake emotions, relationships and has a day job which he is very good at as well. Dexter's day job is a blood-splatter analyst for the Miami Police Department. Uhuh, the fucking Miami Police Department. He actually helps the police find and capture murderers. And though he never became a cop like his adoptive father, his 'sister' did.

Yeah, this show has some twists and turns. So a little background on this complex individual.

When he was a boy, Dexter went through a traumatic experience when he lost his mother. He was orphaned and was taken in by a cop. This cop, Harry, felt a kind of sympathy for the kid and with the help of his wife and daughter, raised him as his own. He was a son and a brother in rather loving family. Harry began to notice odd things in Dexter's behavior, he eventually found out that Dexter was killing little animals. He approached the kid about it, and the kid promised to stop... But he didn't.

Harry discovered and confronted him a second time, Dexter began to explain why he does that, and acts rather disconnected most of the time. He told Harry about his urges that he gets, that get stronger and stronger until he succumbs to them. He calls this his 'Dark Passenger'. Harry, a veteran cop who has seen his shared of murderers and crazed killers, knew that Dexter was slowly becoming something very, very dark. He realizes Dexter does not kill because he wants money or power, instead because his trauma killed a very important part, the part that feels emotions. Harry knows that Dexter is going in this direction no matter what. So he decides that it would be best to channel it.

He decides to first teach Dexter to blend into society and appear as normal as possible. He then instills in Dexter a code. A code that would allow him to kill. His victims would have to be killers themselves. He would need solid proof of this. And he would have to be certain that they would kill again. He then teaches Dexter everything he knows about crime scenes and forensics.



So there is our little maladjusted protagonist, who has to fake all emotions and sense of friendship, going about his life keeping his dark passenger satisfied as well as trying desperately just to blend in.

That's all I should really say about this show. That is the 'starter kit' for this show. I would mention the fact that he has somehow found his way into a relationship with a woman. But then I would have to explain what makes this weird is that he is not really interested in women or sex, only his next victim. I would also have to mention that he knows the only chink in his armor is intimacy with women. He knows he is not good at faking that, to the point where he ends up 'freaking women out'. I would have to mention that she has two kids from a previous marriage. And (I admit there is a little sarcasm in my voice) I'd feel bad without mentioning how prim and proper his 'sister' has grown up. She is a very delicate flower who Dexter tries to look out for. But I don't want to get into all that. I have the background of the show to write.

Its kind of funny that after giving all that information I never got past the first couple of episodes in the first season. I have also not mentioned the acting (a topic I love). Michael C. Hall plays Dexter perfectly. There is no higher praise that I can give him other than, "Michael C. Hall IS Dexter". If I ever saw this guy in an elevator I'd think twice about getting in. I'd go over my sins in my head and see if I would make Dexter's list. He plays him very demented when he has to, and even plays his 'confused about normal people' scenes just as masterfully. Rightfully so, Michael C. Hall is the standout of the show in my eyes. Jennifer Carpenter who plays his sister gives an interesting performance. I say interesting not because she is bad, but because she can make me care for her character and then completely annoy the shit out of me in the same episode. Not everyone knows this, but, in real life Michael C. Hall fell in love with and married Jennifer Carpenter. Now don't give me that stink face right away, you have to remember that they are not brother and sister in real life. They're not even blood related in the show!

Julie Benz who plays Dexter's girlfriend, Rita, is also pretty good in this. I've seen her before in other shows, and I have to say that she does not dissapoint. She plays the 'single mom with issues' role well and eventually becomes more than just a 'plot device' as the series progresses. The rest of the cast do well in their roles with no real complaints. A standout among them would be C.S. Lee who plays Masuka. Masuka is hillarious; his character is just MESSED up and C.S. Lee plays it beautifully. Dexter may not have any feelings, but Masuka has no tact whatsoever. I have to say that it is one of my favorite characters on the show.


Darkly Dreaming Dexter:



The series is based on a character created by Jeff Lindsay in his 2004 book, "Darkly Dreaming Dexter". This is his first of five books (so far). The first book follows the first season closely (according to Wikipedia). I have unfortunately not had the pleasure of reading any of them, but I'm sure I would not mind reading it eventually. Wikipedia does tell me that after the first season, the book and the series went on their separate ways.


Dexter and Me:

 

I am ashamed to say that I did not see the actual airing of this show. As a matter of fact I haven't had Showtime since like '94. Yeah, I was more of an HBO guy. Anyway, I remember that I when I used to listen to Z100 and Elvis Duran would sometimes mention this show and how great it was. I heard about it before, but was not overly interested in its premise.

One day, out of curiosity I looked it up and even had my friend, 'Pookie' give me a downloaded copy of the first couple of episodes. I was kind of hooked, but it was during a bit of a busy time in my life and in addition to that, 'Pookie' was finding it hard to find more episodes. It wasn't until 2009 when I was in my 9-5 a friend of mine suggested that I try Netflix. I've heard of Netflix but did not see any reason to join it. At the time, I'd just buy the movies that I really wanted and considered the rest disposable. But she told me that she had a free month, so I said, "what the heck".

It was a good time to try to get into Dexter as I was unsure about dropping good money on a series that could easily go into the toilet. It showed great promise, but sometimes promises get broken. So Netflix seemed to be a great solution for this. Dexter became the first DVD I ever ordered and 'streamed' from Netflix. It blew me away and the second and third seasons quickly went on my Netflix Queue.

Dexter is currently in its fifth season, though I am only catching up on the fourth season. I am behind for two reasons:

1. I am not a member of Showtime. I am sorry to say that besides not being caught up to the day on Dexter, there is really no reason for me to watch Showtime when Netflix is so good to me. Weeds is a good show, but I never really got too into it. 'Premium channels' also tend to overplay movies.

2. Showtime only released season 4 this past week... So I'm on season 4, thanks to Netflix.





Season four has started out nice and mysterious. This new killer he is hunting is a little weird. That's saying a lot for a show who once had a killer completely drain his victim's bodies of blood. And I mean completely drained their blood.

This show has been 'deliciously thrilling' throughout the first three seasons, I hear that season four is quite the season. I recommend this show to anyone with a pulse and a few people without. Character development is very key for me, and this show has plenty of it.



In case anyone is interested, I'm attaching Blu-ray links to a package for the first three seasons (in one package), the fourth season, and the first book: