Media Bitz

I used to rely on Norwegianity to remind to check out the City Pages' weekly movie quiz. The previously indefatigable Wege retired the blog, though, and since then, it has been very hit or miss to remember the quiz.

The solution to this is obvious: the Pubhouse will start linking to the quiz.

Here's this week's quiz.

To be blunt, I used the word "maybe" just to be nice.

In any case, here's the video which got Randi Rhodes in trouble with the Her Royal Clintonness loyalist Green family (the family which controls Air America Radio).

Hmmm, seems Ms. Rhodes has picked up the "HRC will be on the ballot, no matter WHAT" meme. That is, unless one can parse out "going all Lieberman on ya" differently.

This is yet another one of those things we here in the States won't see in our media. Sir David Frost interviewed Benazir Bhutto back in November- lots of interesting ground covered.

Odd, isn't it, that in all the voluminous coverage of the Bhutto assassination, this interview has not gotten much lame stream media notice?

Well, Generalissimo General Pervez Musharraf is now General Pervez Musharraf. He finally heeded the insistent call of our Dear Leader and his minions that Musharraf take off his uniform.

Yes, here in the States, we have a foreign policy that is well nigh indistinguishable from a 80's wanker's video:

Now that the Dear Leader has gotten his wish and the nuclear muslim tinhorn dictator now stands sans uniform, what next? Is everything better, and these two kindred spirits can get back to ignoring that Osama bin Laden is hanging out in country?

It ain't like our Dear Leader is gonna be taking off HIS uniform, you know...

This one goes out to all those fortunate souls that can be found at the Anti-Strib.

Artist: Tiger Lillies
Album: Bad Blood Plus Blasphemy
Title: Crack of Doom

The Talking Hemorrhoid Glenn Beck should really stop trying to spin his sorry ass to approaching acceptability. First, he did the 'people who hate America are losing their homes to fire' comment.
Then, he tried to explain that statement away by saying it was a joke. Um, a joke? Really? You wanna go down that road that there's some humour in claiming without any basis in reality (or sanity, for that matter) that people watching their homes destroyed by those wildfires are subject to that destruction because they are not sufficiently patriotic?
Finally, though, Talking Hemorrhoid had George Carlin on his show in a last ditch attempt to spin his ass out of contempt. Carlin had made comments earlier on the Annoying Cat Fight Talkshow The View about the devastation of the wildfires, and how poorly considered development practices may have contributed to the problem, and Beck was really hoping he could hide in the shadow of Carlin's statements.

See the attempt here:

The thing is, Carlin has a point, and can back it up. Beck just spews out his ass, and then tries to spin his way out of his own shit.

In his own words:

Are ya thinking this might get him another run with the Ignoranus of the Moment title?

Yeah, me too.

Yeah, Monday night brings us another Magic Christian clip. Nothing like some bare knuckled fine dining, n'est-ce pas?

I haven't been posting much this week, as will be explained in the next post. The musical version of that explanation:

Artist: Circle Jerks
Album: Group Sex
Title: World Up My Ass
Download this song here.

The Anti-Strib blog, whose movement conservatism opposition to the Star-Tribune has truly jumped the shark, needs a makeover for their masthead. Given their rather proud wide stance on displaying their racist, classist bigotry, I suggest they adopt a more honest and straightforward design:

Today's Non Sequitur presented here because it reminds me very much of the Wege's take on the "Don't Tase Me, Bro" guy. Now granted, the Wege is a Freak rather than a Hippie (a distinction lost on too many these days), but the point remains; there is a manner of generational contempt going on with the left.

Too bad, because the basis for this mutual "Wuss" charge is grounded in buying into the right wing spin that the left is 'wimpy'. The truth is that the right is comprised of wussies, wimps, and cowards. It is easier, and cowardly, to follow blindly without criticism than it is to challenge the status quo, to question authority.

I found this here.

Man, I hope that over at the Hillocks of Hysteria, there is an open line of communication to his St. Paul counterpart.

It must be a bit of a karmic blogiversary present, that the Rude Pundit finally put some rude video up. The question answered in this video is "Would you fuck Ann Coulter?"... and, well, let's just hear what RP has to say about that.

I have to admit, I saw this video over at afterglide.com, and immediate grew concerned for the head of the Minneapolis Police Zombie Task Force. In the past, he has assured me that the procedures and protocols are in place to deal with zombies.

But now, holy shit, the zombies (by dint of the title given by Afterglide) are developing their own rules of engagement.

This being October and all, I am concerned. The zombies we see later this month may in fact only be practicing for their big convention here next year. Maybe when Turkey Flaps Kersten gets her bloomers fully wrung out over bicyclists, she can get 'em wadded up all over again about the zombie menace.