Everything but Fozzie Bear

Being addicted to both Lost and House, I needs me some recaps and reviews after each episode. Television Without Pity provides this in spades, along with some incredibly witty writing. For the latest episode of Lost, which focused on Sayid's backstory, they filled in the following text for the link to the review:

It's time to get the pliers. It's time to start some fights. It's time to pummel Others, on the Sayid Show tonight! Sawyer, he hunts a tree frog. And Hurley sneaks a bite! It all seems rather pointless on the Sayid Show tonight. Why do we always watch this? I guess we'll never know. It's kind of like a torture to have to watch the show! And now let's get things started! Why don't you get things started! It's time to get things started on the most vocational, educational, confrontational, Sayidational...this is what we call the Sayid Show! [And then Gonzo comes out and toots his trumpet, except instead of a trumpet sound, we hear Hurley saying, "Dude." Gonzo looks down the bell of his trumpet, sighs, shakes his head and walks offstage.]

Pure genius.

ah ... eh ... uh ... speechless

Not The Onion ... but an incredible simulation!

CNN Headline: Shooting victim apologizes to vice president

The mind reels. Have a good weekend, folks.

"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."

The 9/11 terrorist attacks were very personal, and we took them as such. Now, over four years later, with an enemy still at large, it's no longer personal for the Bush administration. It's strictly business (Via Daily Kos):

The Bush administration dismissed the security concerns of local officials yesterday and restated its approval of a deal that will give a company based in Dubai a major role in operating ports in and around New York City.

Representatives of the White House and the Treasury Department said they had given their approval for Dubai Ports World to do business in the United States after a rigorous review. The decision, they said, was final.

Dubai Ports World is buying the British company that currently operates the cruise-ship terminal on the West Side of Manhattan, one of the biggest cargo terminals in New York Harbor, and terminals in Philadelphia, Baltimore and other big ports.

Unbelievable. Let me just reiterate the points made by Think Progress on this story:

- The UAE was one of three countries in the world to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

- The UAE has been a key transfer point for illegal shipments of nuclear components to Iran, North Korea and Lybia.

- According to the FBI, money was transferred to the 9/11 hijackers through the UAE banking system.

- After 9/11, the Treasury Department reported that the UAE was not cooperating in efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden's bank accounts.

You know, we were allied with Afghanistan against Russia in 1981. Then we are allied with Saudi Arabia against Afghanistan in 2001. Can't wait until 2021 when we team up with our old buddies in Moscow for an all-out blitz in the Middle East!

A Hummer for Geeks

BEHOLD!

Nissan of Europe has released a bevy of images showing every nook and cranny of its upcoming Geneva-bound concept, the Terranaut. The 4x4, according to the company, was designed for "scientists, geologists, archaeologists or adventurers" whose office is the great outdoors.

I have to be totally honest with my Hummer-hating self and say quite bluntly I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FRIGGIN MILEAGE JUST LET ME IN THAT THING!!!!!!

Seriously, go check out all the other pictures at the other end of the link. The damn thing's a work of art.

My last Cheney joke, I swear!

You know how they'll have a big headline on MSNBC, say for example Ariel Sharon having a stroke, and then have an adjacent headline for what you can do to avoid a stroke or some such realted story?

Well, MSNBC gave me some perhaps unintentional side-by-side headlines last night I couldn't help but comment on:


I'd imagine the first question on that test would be, "Do you ever go on hunting trips with senior members of the Bush Administration?"

Visual Aid

A handy guide for Dick Cheney's hunting trips (via Needle Nose):