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June 08
June 30, 2008
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the trailer for Bill Maher’s Religulous, which basically asks the question, “What the fuck is wrong with these people?”
Now, I’m mixed about Maher. Sure, he’s all smarm, but he’s got some nads on ‘im, going after not just fundamentalists but the entire concept of faith—and isn’t it about time that a personality, rather than some schmancy-pants atheist scholar, is attacking the core of religion, saying, “Wait a goddamn minute. You believe what and you’re running my country?”
Posted by: Aaron Retka in Jihad Against Marriage | Permalink 1 Comment
June 30, 2008
$162,000,000,000.00
… the amount of debt-money the Democrats handed Bush today so that he can comfortably continue to play with his toy soldiers in the sandbox of the world throughout the remainder of his childhood.
Posted by: Klayton Elliot Kendall in Uncategorized | Permalink 6 Comments
June 30, 2008
Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Childrenâ??s Healthcare
Posted by: Aaron Retka in Science | Permalink Comments
June 30, 2008
The news!
“Greetings, Americans.” The United States sent a whole crap-ton of food to North Korea after North Korea effectively curbed their nuclear program, helping open up diplomatic relations between our countries. “I so ronery,” said Kim Jong Il. “I can has legacy?” said President Bush.
I DO NOT LIKE MY MITTENS McCain’s top veep choice? Mitt Romney. There he goes, pandering to the “don’t-call-your-wife-a-trollop-faced-cunt” vote.
Directive? The weekend box office was creamed by WALL-E—which, yes, might just be the best movie ever. For serious:
The new Pixar picture Wall-E is one for the ages, a masterpiece to be savored before or after the end of the world — assuming, like the title character, you’re still around when all the humans have taken off and have access to an old video player.—David Edelstein, New York Magazine
…[a] loud and damning indictment of consumerism.—Chris Barsanti, PopMatters
Triumphant and teary-eyed, WALL-E withstands its mellifluous moments with a welcomed surge of honesty, impishness and introspection…smart, heart-warming and savvy in its observational radar.—Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye
(All of these reviews are much more articulate than mine, which consisted mainly of snuffling and not being able to open my mouth for fear that I’d burst into tears. Meanwhile, I was thinking They rediscovered art! THEY REDISCOVERED ART! It really is a near-flawless film. Go see it right now. Seriously.)
And the ‘Zette runs yet another insightful hed:
And here’s a picture of an adorable space robot:
Posted by: Aaron Retka in Let's Win! | Permalink 2 Comments
June 27, 2008
It’s been a while since I posted anything Joss Whedon-related, and this news is a bit overdue. Say hello to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, an online-only musical series starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, that girl who was the cockney potential Slayer, and more, which looks wicked.
Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
Commence pooping of your pants. This looks just delightful.
Posted by: Aaron Retka in Gay for ... | Permalink 2 Comments
June 27, 2008
Some views from what will certainly become the new Newspeak offices in the penthouse of Plaza of the Rockies:
In completely unrelated news, I can now safely announce that the All Pikes Peak Reads book for the coming year is one of my favorite books, The Grapes of Wrath. Yay!
Here’s a scene of the classic Jon Ford movie:
It elicited this thoughtful response on YouTube:
This movie was good and it made me cry. The Great Depression was real. America really sucks with Capitalism control of everything.
Tru dat, “MikeSF1.” You tell those Depression deniers.
In totally other news, the press conference today was help to launch Dream City: Vision 2020, which is a community-wide collaborative project spearheaded by the Gazette and COPPeR. From Warren Epstein’s piece:
The aim of the project is to give everyone living here - kids, construction workers, artists, teachers, military personnel, engineers, retirees - a greater role in shaping our future.
“The exciting thing about Dream City is that we hope to reach not only our established community leaders, but also involve thousands of ordinary people throughout the community in building the future,” said Susan Saksa, executive director of Leadership Pikes Peak. “And by doing this effort, we hope to break new ground for the Pikes Peak region and become a national model along the way.”
Good on ‘em. We think it’s exciting, if only because we want to make our city look like this:
We also want to push to make our city’s official slogan: “Aa’ lasser en lle coia orn n’ omenta ale’quenle.”
Posted by: Aaron Retka in Uncategorized | Permalink 5 Comments
June 27, 2008
As I came into work this morning, I noticed this touching block-long sidewalk conception scene:
… As well as some sidewalk graffiti, presumably by the same authors, in front of the Christian Science Reading Room. It read:
TOM CRUISE WAS HERE
P.S. WE LOVE ALIENS
I hustled to the office to grab my camera, but by the time I got back, it had already been scrubbed clean and looked like this:
The very nice man at the greeting desk of the Reading Room said that such conflation of Christian Science and Scientology is a pretty common thing and that they’ve been subject to similar messages often in the past.
So, for the record (feel free to print, clip and carry in your wallet):
The Church of Christ, Scientist is the one responsible for quite well-respected Christian Science Monitor and is also the faith that sometimes kills its practitioners by encouraging them to decline medical care.
Scientology is the one with E-Meters, thetan levels, Xenu and John Travolta.
Posted by: Aaron Retka in COSsip | Permalink 4 Comments
June 27, 2008
Today’s broadcast on KRCC.
Posted by: Klayton Elliot Kendall in Uncategorized | Permalink 1 Comment
June 26, 2008
It’s in the Manitou Spa Building
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June 26, 2008
This vehicle was parked right outside my office. Looks like word of the Acacia Park elephant spread quickly—and all the way to Arizona!
Hey, I don’t blame the driver for hauling ass up here so quickly. That elephant was freaking awesome.
Outside of Jose Muldoon’s:
“Tru playa,” indeed! 719!
This is the empty storefront of what used to be Esmerelda’s …
… which is apparently turning into another Mexican place soon. Viva!
The notice on the soon-to-be-closing/has-been-closed window of NYLA, which states the intention to become a hookah bar:
This hookah bar was, last I heard, nixed—both by difficulties in zoning it (even though we’ve got two hookah bars in town already) and by neighboring businesses who didn’t want it there. I’m sure the brittle women’s boutiques on the block—one of whom told us that all the “falafel guys,” namely the guys from Persian Grill and Heart of Jerusalem, are drug dealers. Well, duh—their skin is slightly browner than yours! What are they supposed to do, work for a living? Nope, it’s dealing drugs for them, and probably for the owners and employees of the soon-to-be Mexican place moving in across the alley. What we need downtown is a Banana Republic!
On a different note, dear ladies of Colorado Springs,
You are all looking particularly beautiful today. Keep up the foxy work.
Posted by: Aaron Retka in COSsip | Permalink 3 Comments
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