“I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS”

I’ve said some far out stuff myself, so far be it for me to say that it would be terrible if a Satanic Death Cult paid the Fox and Friends morning show a visit. They’d be a hell of an interesting interview if nothing else. But even more than I love that idea, I love the completely absurd and ridiculous quotes from a Fox News article talking about John Cusack’s Satanic Death Cult (which would be a bad-ass band name). In the article, Dr. Carole Lieberman had this to say about what John Cusack said:

“His provocative tweets could easily incite a rabid fan to commit violent acts against Fox News Headquarters and others he names. Fans could not only be influenced because of their devotion to Cusack, the man, but also because of their love for one of the characters he plays.“

Emphasis mine. Exactly what the hell is she expecting to happen here? An army of Lloyd Dobler-crazed left wing extremists to go to Fox News headquarters and murder everyone, set to a Peter Gabriel soundtrack?

IN YOUR SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER EYES

We’re a party that isn’t a party. We’re a political movement that won’t stand for being co-opted by politicians. We think an 18 candidate field in an obscure district is worth repudiating the closest thing we have to a friend in Congress. We’re for less government intervention, unless we’re talking about a woman’s uterus. We’re against government health care, unless we’re talking about Medicare. We’re against government spending, but don’t touch Medicare. We’re for making each worker’s social security contributions their own private retirement fund, but don’t touch benefits to current recipients. We think Obama is a socialist for bailing out GM and Chrysler, and we worship Ronald Reagan, who bailed out Chrysler. We hate socialism, and don’t you dare touch social security. We’re all for the constitution, except when it allows you to build a mosque.

One of the best and most truthful descriptions you’ll ever read about the so-called “Tea Party”. In fact, it’s a pretty apt description of many people beyond the Tea Party.

That just flashed by on my screen. This is what’s happened, apparently (from Bleeding Cool, more at link):

Details are sketchy, but it appears that one person wearing a Harry Potter shirt was stabbed in the face with a pen because they refused to swap seats, during a Marvel Studios presentation. A stretcher was needed and blood was spilled.

Wasn’t I just grumbling to myself that I wish I’d gone to SDCC this year again? Too much nerdrage for my blood.

There is language on the state level that any cost overruns in the project must be absorbed by “Seattle area” people. Some of us are just opposed until there is a 100% ironclad unbeatable written legal assurance that cost overruns will be borne equally on the state level, with no additional fiscal burden on the local populace, for a state-level project.

If the Tacoma Narrows bridge falls into the water, we’re not going to make Tacoma-area residents shoulder 1%-50% of the theoretical cost of a replacement bridge because it’s in their backyard. We’d spread 100% of the cost across all state residents… as it should be.

The tunnel needs to be put in stasis until that same situation is setup here and the state acknowledges it. If they won’t, no tunnel. Simple as that.

On a lark, I stuck the names of various Blizzard executives into Google. Without any effort, I found the political contribution history and satellite photos of their various private homes online. I now know how much one of the Blizzard founders paid for their rather nice family residence, and know which schools their children go to. They have a nice swimming pool out back.

How easy to find? Trivial. Click here, for example. A major figure from Blizzard Entertainment lives somewhere on that photo, but I won’t say who or where exactly. All that from a trivial public records search, and all done in less than two minutes. Why does Blizzard want to expose all their players this way?

If this goes through, the moment a single player is hurt “in real life” because of it, I can pretty much guarantee that some zealous fan will post all the information I didn’t here about basically all the Blizzard staff in payback. Who wins if this goes through? More proof this is a bad idea: video game fanatic stabs other player in real life after hunting them. Blizzard is stupidly playing with fire here.

Next morning update:

Apparently, any mention of this USA Today story is being excised from the Warcraft forums, that confirms Blizzard now has some sort of contracted financial deal to integrate Battle.net into Facebook.

The main complaint thread on Warcraft is now 21,000+ posts long, with duplicates and repostings (and who knows what else) being trimmed off. It’s over 1,000 pages long. There are similar threads in all the major non-English language Warcraft threads. I suppose that’s what happens when you piss off 12,000,000 players, and let the media dictate the discussion. It’s also now hit Facebook.

Amazing failure of management.

They’re already at $2.65 billion as of yesterday, June 27th. If the rate doesn’t change it will put them at $5.95 billion by July 31 and $9.05 billion by August 31, and $12.05 billion by September 30. That’s assuming a lot: relief wells work, no more underwater screw ups, and NO storms interrupting them. It also assumes that the deep sea plumes of oil just… don’t do anything. Land, for example. Remember we’re still only seeing a fraction of the oil on the beaches.

$12.05B between now and end of September. BP’s net income in all 2009 was $16.58 billion.

He Who Walks Behind The Litter Box: Yogg Kitteh

Seriously, I don’t even know where to begin: the Old One cat screaming, shooting laser beams from it’s eyes; the Heil Hitler death rays the demon cat god sprays; or the fact it’s screams unleash flights of giant flesh ripping honey bees.

Dead porpoise, Lousiana. The rest of the Gulf will follow.

You can use this shortened URL: http://bit.ly/ccGfdm Don’t credit me–just spread it out wide.

A full military SWAT assault in the middle of the night. Shoot two dogs. All in the presence of a 7-year old child. And for what? A tiny bag of marijuana?

What a joke our “war on drugs” has become. What was the financial cost of this raid? What will be the long-term cost of this raid for the police and the community of Columbia when the inevitable lawsuits arrive? What will be the human cost to this poor family for using a drug that’s arguably less harmful than alcohol (when’s the last time you heard of someone beating up their spouse after smoking a joint)?

A full military assault. All for a bag of marijuana, which grows naturally in the soil.

It’s 1920-1933 all over again. Prohibition of alcohol was proven by history to an unmitigated disaster and complete waste of everyone’s collected time. How many people died and had their lives ruined because some religious fools decided that it was ‘immoral’ or ‘criminal’ for us?

New boss, same as the old boss.

Stop using the “War on Drugs” against regular people. The US government from the birth of Ronald Reagan’s “War on Drugs has created the modern gang problems and wholesale destruction of families as surely as religious groups (and the US officials who failed to heed the facts of separation of church and state) literally handed the bullets to Al Capone and other mobsters for the deaths they caused during Prohibition. Target the crystal meth dealers. The crack cocaine dealers. The parasites that destroy and consume entire communities whole, ripping the living flesh from them.

Spare the regular people.

End the damn Second Prohibition, already, so that we can stop destroying families and move past our failed history.

It’s more of a rich and kind of spicy chicken tomato soup than a chili. Don’t make fun of me for my spice selections (they baffled my wife, as I generally have no idea what I’m doing in the kitchen, but they seemed to work really well here). For the chocolate and cheese melted into the dish, I just think it adds to the texture. I could be wrong, and probably am, but there you go…

It’s got a weird sweetness to it as a finished dish and just enough of a burn that you’re aware of it. Should be served piping hot.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes

    3 slices slab bacon
    1 1/2 lb. bonlesss, skinless chicken breast cut into small bite size pieces
    1 small onion, chopped
    1 (14-oz) can low-sodium, fat free chicken broth
    3 (14.5-oz) cans diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
    1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinced and drained
    Cholula regular hot sauce
    several squares of dark chocolate
    about 8 oz of jack & cheddar shredded cheese
    olive oil
    black pepper
    Worcestershire sauce (no sane reason, but I did it and it worked)
    basil
    dill
    paprika (sweet or hot)
    garlic powder or chopped garlic
    bag of shredded cheddar cheese to top bowls afterward
    sour creme to top bowls

Set oven to Warming temperatures. In a large pot, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Add chicken pieces to the pot (use the same pot and bacon grease); saute 4 minutes. I splashed a bit of of olive oil on it and scraped off bacon remnants stuck to the pan. Add some black pepper to the chicken. Crumple up the bacon while the chicken is cooking. When the chicken is just beginning to brown, throw out paper towel, toss the chicken on the bacon, and stick it in the oven to warm. If you’re not using fresh garlic toss a few dashes of garlic powder on the chicken as well, as it’s being cooked.

Add onion to pot; saute 2 minutes. Saute the garlic here if you’re using fresh garlic.
Add broth, tomatoes, beans and a healthy few splashes of the Cholula.
If using garlic powder, add a dash. Dash of basil and dill, several dashes of paprika, few splashes of Worcestershire.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low.
Return chicken and bacon to the pot; simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
After boiling ten minutes crumble and stir in the chocolate and 4 oz of jack & cheddar. Do the other 4 oz about 5 minutes later.

Ladle chili into soup bowls. Top with shredded cheddar cheese and a small dollop of sour creme (recommended).

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This was the original recipe; I found it’s on most recipe sites.

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 27 minutes
Serves 6
(Find in the food search for one serving at 275 calories)

2 bacon slices
1 lb. bonlesss, skinless chicken breast cut into small bite size pieces
1 small onion, chopped
1 (14-oz) can low-sodium, fat free chicken broth
3 (14.5-oz) cans diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinced and drained
1/2 tsp. chipotle seasoning
4 oz. shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (1 cup)
Sliced fresh japepenos & sour cream (optional)

In a large pot, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Add chicken pieces to the pot; saute 4 minutes. Remove chicken and keep warm.

Add onion to pot; saute 2 minutes.
Add broth, tomatoes, beans and chipotle seasoning; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low.
Return chicken and bacon to the pot; simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Ladle chili into 6 soup bowls. Top with cheese, and if desired, serve with jalepenos and sour cream.