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I had heard of the story of the attempted rape and say the accompanying video, but I had noooo idea Autotune the news got a hold of it.

I’d get more into the story, but I have to catch up on the Autotune news. This song better show up in clubs and bars.

(12:11:25 PM) BJB: this polanski thing… gah
(12:11:38 PM) BJB: I can remain silent no longer
(12:11:39 PM) BJB: I can remain silent no longer
(12:11:41 PM) BJB: I can remain silent no longer
(12:11:44 PM) BJB: and then he switches it up
(12:11:49 PM) BJB: I can no longer remain silent
(12:11:50 PM) BJB: SMOOTH
(12:11:57 PM) SJ: whoa.
(12:12:02 PM) SJ: THERE IS AN UNDERLINE TOO
(12:12:09 PM) BJB: for EMPHASIS!
(12:12:39 PM) SJ: i like taht he had to mortgage his place for bail
(12:12:47 PM) SJ: …he didn’t have to get bailed out
(12:12:54 PM) SJ: he could have saved that money for his buttload of lawyers
(12:13:13 PM) BJB: it’s true!
(12:13:34 PM) BJB: it’s like… can i remind you that you banged a 13 year old?
(12:13:53 PM) SJ: and intoxicated her with drugs and alcohol
(12:13:57 PM) SJ: to do so
(12:14:30 PM) BJB: I guess being married to sharon tate could fuck a dude up… but that’s not an excuse to bang a 13 year old
(12:14:33 PM) BJB: let alone drug one
(12:14:56 PM) SJ: not really
(12:15:42 PM) BJB: he’s a fucked up dude
(12:15:54 PM) SJ: you mean “artsy”
(12:16:11 PM) BJB: ha
(12:18:16 PM) BJB: i will say this about him: Chinatown is one of the best movies ever made.
(12:18:46 PM) SJ: i haven’t seen it
(12:18:53 PM) SJ: i do know he is a talented director
(12:19:07 PM) SJ: i saw a thing on tv about him
(12:19:17 PM) SJ: but he STILL decided to leave the country and not come back
(12:19:19 PM) SJ: if memory serves
(12:19:27 PM) BJB: yeah
(12:19:34 PM) BJB: he needs to be in a special kind of jail
(12:19:38 PM) BJB: the asspound kind

Dear Roman Polanski,

Shut up. Seriously, shut the fuck up. You left the country to escape the United States law. You made the decision to stay out of the country since 1977 while leaving the case officially unresolved.

I read your recent statement on a pdf file. You seem to feel you’ve fulfilled your sentence for having sex with a thirteen-year-old girl in 1977 that you gave alcohol and drugs to. Have you realized that, had you stayed in the country, this all would have been over long ago? Maybe even twenty years ago?

Artistic talent is a fantastic thing to have, and people believing in your talent garner support to you. You’ve been making movies all these years, fantastic movies that so many people love. You’re still a rapist.

At this stage of the game, it’s common knowledge you banged a barely teen-aged Samantha Geimer by giving her sedatives and alcoholic drinks while you were well above the age of eighteen. It’s been over thirty years and the victim of this crime has come to terms with it, yet you haven’t actually served your term as you were never properly sentenced. That time you were held was only for psychiatric evaluation. Why do you think that you should come back Stateside without finishing what you started? For such a professional, you seem to be lacking on tying up your loose ends.

Geimer asking for the case to be dropped shows that she’s tired of the lack of resolution. Her request being denied shows that many other people feel that there is a rapist that has not paid his debt to society. You face- and ass-fucked a young teenager. Come back and serve time and you’ll be going back to making movies in no time.

Sincerely,
haddadadad

Polanski Breaks Long Silence on His Extradition ontd
I can remain silent no longer! Roman Polanski courtesy the new york times

It’s just how they are………..

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Here’s The Daily Show talking with coach Don “Moose” Lewis on his proposed all-white men basketball league. Moose, based in Georgia, believes that with people from other countries and other colored skin, white guys aren’t getting enough play because the others are better than them. And that’s bad.

Kudos to the kid with a strong enough disposition to not go ballistic on the coach when he’s accused of stealing.

Whites-Only Basketball Promoter Still Not A Racist (But Really Is) [Multiculturalism] deadspin

I’m a little slow on the worldly draw. I’ve only just heard about this Toyota recall, and it was because I read a sports blog that has a Sexy Mailbag. Through the lolz I find out that the United States Congress has decided that it needs to make a Japanese car company look bad. Naturally I can no longer locate the Deadspin article I glanced at for two seconds.

The Toyota Camry is the most generic car in the United States. I can state this with confidence without proof (but I found it anyway.) The Camry hybrid is manufactured within the United States borders. That means Toyota pays Americans to build their cars. I’m not exactly sure why Congress has decided to skewer the image of Akido Toyoda and the Toyota company other than to hurt some Japanese people’s feelings and reinforce the outdated idea that all “foreign” companies are evil. Maybe a smidge.

The USA Today reports that customer support is dropping. 60% of Toyota owners surveyed said they would purchase a Toyota again, down ten points from a previous survey, yet the brand loyalty continues to trail Ford and Chevy closely in the States. The “American” brands are pushing hard to stay ‘Merican and be bigger and better. How’s this for bigger: in 1996, Ford’s recall of their Explorers affected over 7.6 million units, 2.6 million more than what Toyota is recalling today. “The malfunction in question gave it the less-than-favorable moniker ‘Ford Exploder’ as the ignition switches were found to be defective and could catch fire, overheat or otherwise malfunction. Nearly 8 million cars were affected and Ford recalled nearly all its cars manufactured between 1988 and 1993.” (USA Recall News) Also, in both 2005 and 2009, Ford had other recalls for 4.5 million units each of those years, almost doubling what Toyota is recalling now, for cruise control malfunctions that could lead to fires while parked. As in, not in gear. Or moving.

People getting hurt and killed due to a stuck accelerator is definitely a serious matter. So is a car being too tall for its width and flipping when changing lanes or maybe tires exploding while in motion. Ford Explorers with Firestone tires were considered time bombs when I was in high school. Jeep Wranglers are notorious of flipping, yet they have an established fan base and they continue to gain new buyers.

Cars being recalled is part of the natural cycle of their lives. Is it awesome? Negative. Does it happen? Yes. They usually have a glitch that people rarely hear about. Car companies do have web pages now set up to look up their vehicle models and whether or not they have a recall on a part, and if they don’t tell you, you can easily look it up. The information is available. It’s up to the consumers and owners of vehicles to look up their possession’s reputation and technical information. It’s always been like that. Machines have faults sometimes. They’re made by humans. That’s why we have mechanics.

What struck me the most:

“We had a great deal of faith in something that was stamped ‘Made in Japan,’ that it was of the highest reliability, and [you’ve] injured that thought process in the American public.” Pennsylvania representative Paul Kanjorski

Thank you, Mr. State the Obvious, for reminding Toyoda what kind of image-damning fiasco this recall has turned into. Here’s what I’m saying. It’s unfair of my country’s government to bully a car-maker, especially one from a first-world company, especially during the Olympics, and especially when it’s the job of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to keep automakers in line. Akido Toyoda had enough respect for the government’s wishes to come overseas and sit before a giant committee of people giving him dirty looks and telling him what an awful successor he is for his grandfather, and he disgraces the image of his country. This recall isn’t a movie, this is real life. It would be nice if the government of the free world would cut out the drama and get to the point, which supposedly is making safe vehicles. Unless of course the point is to save GM’s ass.

This isn’t the first major recall to happen, nor will it be the last one. Maybe helping them move forward to make a better product would help make our streets an overall safer environment.

Sources:
Mr. Toyoda Goes to Washington National Post Feb 27, 2010
U.S. is cast as villain in Japan LA Times Feb 27, 2010
Toyota buyer loyalty starting to slip in face of recalls USA Today Feb 26,2010
Cause of Sudden Acceleration Proves Hard to Pinpoint Wall Street Journal Feb 25, 2010
Autos: Sonata, new sixth generation sedan scripps Feb 25, 2010
Ford Recall Puts Toyota Recalls in Perspective US Recall News Feb 16, 2010
Toyoda Takes Hot Seat CBS News Online Feb 24, 2010
Ford Explorer Rollover
Attention shifts from Firestone to Ford Explorer St. Petersburg Times June 17, 2001

Tired of the old standbys of Trojan and Lifestyles condoms? Try Obama Condoms!

Yes, they’re real, and yes, they have Facebook group. They’re FDA approved. Practice safe policy, okay?

In Which Case, Perhaps He’ll Opt for the Self-Stimulus Package. overheard in new york
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It’s a lovely card. Maybe you haven’t heard, but NBC decided they want Jay Leno to go back to the 11:35 slot — for a half hour. This half hour show of Leno twiddling his thumbs and telling jokes will push back hour-long The Tonight Show, that thing that’s been on since… since forever (like the 1960s?), that comes on at 11:35pm est. I’m not always one for tradition, but it would be a little weird for The Tonight Show to not be on after the news on weeknights, and even weirder to still have to deal with Jay Leno.

Sidenote, you ratings people: Supposedly no one is watching Conan. A whole mess of young people watch Conan the day after broadcast on the internet rather than on the television at the time of airing. My cohort brought this up after seeing yet another article on the Leno O’Brien NBC shitstorm, and he’s right. Most of the shows I watch, I see them online with Hulu. Do THOSE viewings get counted? Eh? Eh?!?!

That reminds me, I need to catch up on Community episodes.

Norm Macdonald stops by The Tonight Show ontd
The Tonight Show wikipedia entry they have a lot of sources, okay
a href=http://www.hulu.com/search?query=community&st=0″>Hulu — Community hulu

thanks chels.

Besides the fact that I can listen to mike Rowe talk about anything until the end of time, here he starts off explaining his time castrating lambs to later get to the point: working for work’s sake. I believe he has a point. Take it away, Mike!

Mike Rowe on lamb castration you might find yourself

“SPECIAL EDITION” NEW YORK POST from The Yes Men on Vimeo.

The Yes Men made a mock special edition of the New York Post reporting true facts about environmental changes. This video interviews people who have read it and their reaction to it. My favorite part is the “obama socialist environmentalist agenda,” and the guy almost gets schwinned while returning to his giant building.

Breaking: The Yes Men’s “New York Post” Special Edition
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it’s going to be okay.