Your Opinion Changes Nothing.

Don't know if you guys have heard but here is some "breaking" news in the MJ death-stuff.

Michael Jackson may not be the biological father of his three children! Not only that, but Rowe, the "mother", was just a surrogate mother and isn't the biological mother either, technically. Wild.
You can view the full article from CBS News here

Also, Michael's father is frightening.


Bad - Michael Jackson

Here's every MJ song you need to hear:
Weekly Tape Deck

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One of my dear friends sent me this video. I know you'll enjoy it


I don't know if you guys read Everything Is Terrible but here is a little clip of their greatness


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With all the recent deaths and affairs on the news, it's hard to remember some of the important things (not that death isn't important, just that other things are still happening).

Let's continue to pray for Iran and for their hope and perseverance.

Continue to pray for President Bush

Pray for justice in communistic countries

Pray for President Obama and his actions

Pray for Hurricane Katrina victims

Pray for the genocides and famine in Africa. Pray for salvation.

Blue Spotted Tail (LIVE on BBC 6) - Fleet Foxes

Free Iran. Please.

REMEMBER! ALL MP3s ARE FOR SAMPLING PURPOSES ONLY! IF YOU LIKE THE MUSIK THEN SUPPORT THE ARTIST BUY PURCHASING THE SONG/ALBUM!


They have discovered 4-D.

While yes I am a huge zombie fan, I am unimpressed with the game. As far as the concept and how you play it goes... I am blown away. I am literally sweating with anticipation with what our future holds.

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The master behind these videos is Patrick Boivin. I hope he makes so many more.
"Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee"

"Black Ox Skadeboard"

New LUPE!
Shining Down [ft. Matthew Santos] - Lupe Fiasco
Fire - Lupe Fiasco

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I know we've all heard about the current conflict in Iran despite the fact that our Western reporters feelings it's nothing more than your average rebellion. See for yourself:






More photos and their stories here. I encourage you all to view this site. And to pray.Iran's Disputed Election

Believe it or not, Twitter has been the biggest interface for the Iranian people to shout their voices and reveal news. The government is currently storming houses and universities and destroying all computers. Please change your time zone on Twitter to +3:30 as to add more profiles the gov must shift through in their attempt to dishevel freedom.

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover) - The Flaming Lips

Simplistic Views Of Our Complicated World

Thanks to Davis for posting this. Now we can all understand what and why.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Here is how our revival of this crisis is going to go down:



Rabbit In Your Headlights [ft. Thom Yorke] - UNKLE

Weekend Warriors: Simoleons... That's What'll Fix Our Economy

SIMS FRIGGIN' 3!!!
or whatevs


In honor of Sims 3 coming out today and the political theme of this post, here is the main video:



Barack hits Letterman's Top Ten



Truth-O-Meter
Here is a little link that'll set you up with all the promises/statements made in the election and how their holding up. It's pretty interesting and pretty funny.

Ridiculous - Porn Industry Wants A BAILOUT!

SO, as little as I know about politics I do know when something is RIDICULOUS! This certainly fits the bill. I haven't had confirmation yet but from what I can tell at the end of it, it sounds as if the industry will receive the bail-out. More research to come. In the mean time, watch as a CNN newscaster calls the bail-outs "absurd."




You can read more about it here

Selection Day

So I was going to have an elaborate election post bashing and hating on all those who weren't going to vote until I myself decided not to vote. I feel as if I regret this BUT it is an experiment: I will now post who I WOULD be voting for below we shall see if my vote even counts. Okay a few facts, I'm Libertarian and I live in South Carolina. Here we go:

U.S. Senate
Bob Conley (D)

U.S. House of Representatives District 6
Nancy Harrelson (R)

President and Vice President
Bob Barr and Wayne A Root (L)

Amendment No. 1
Must Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to delete the provision that no unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen years?
Explanation:
This amendment deletes the section of the Constitution which says an unmarried woman must be fourteen years old or older in order to consent to sexual intercourse. Deleting this section would allow the state Legislature to set the age of consent. Currently, the state legislature has the age of consent set at sixteen for most cases. A "yes" vote would delete the section from the Constitution and let the state Legislature set the age of consent. A "no" vote would leave the section of the Constitution in place.

Vote: No

Amendment No. 2
Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the various state-operated retirement systems be amended so as to provide that the funds of any trust fund established by law for the funding of post-employment benefits for state employees and public school teachers may be invested and reinvested in equity securities subject to the same limitations on such investments applicable for the funds of the various state-operated retirement systems?
Explanation:
"Post-employment benefits" are benefits, mainly health insurance, provided to eligible state government and school district retirees. To comply with a change in accounting standards, the state has created trust funds to pay for these post-employment benefits. This amendment relates to how the money in these trust funds may be invested. A "yes" vote would give the state government the option to invest these funds in equity securities (stocks). A "no" vote would mean that state government is not allowed to invest these funds in any kind of equity securities (stocks).

Vote: No



Amendment No. 3
Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the various state-operated retirement systems be amended so as to provide that the funds of any political subdivision of this State that have been set aside for the funding of post-employment benefits for the political subdivision's employees, including those invested in independent trusts established for that purpose, may be invested or reinvested in equity securities of the type permitted for investment by the various state operated retirement systems, as provided for by the General Assembly?
Explanation:
This amendment is the same as Amendment 2 except it applies to local governments' post-employment benefits (instead of the state government's post-employment benefits).

Vote: No

City of Florence Referendum
Shall the South Carolina Department of Revenue be authorized to issue temporary permits in the city of Florence, South Carolina for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sales?
A "yes" vote would authorize the South Carolina Department of Revenue to issue temporary permits to nonprofit organizations and business establishments, otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sales, within the City of Florence to allow possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink on any day of the week, including Sunday.
A "no" vote would not authorize the South Carolina Department of Revenue to issue temporary permits for consumption-on-premises sales to nonprofit organizations or business establishments within the City of Florence for possession, sale, or consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink on Sunday.
Explanation:
Should the referendum question set out above be answered by the voters in the affirmative, the South Carolina Department of Revenue will be authorized to issue temporary permits to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments, otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sale for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours for a one hundred-fifty dollars filing and one-day permit fee, or an annual fifty-two week temporary permit for a three thousand dollars per year fee. These permits can apply to any day of the week, including Sunday. This Public Referendum was approved by Ordinance No. 2008-39 by the City Council of the City of Florence on the 14th Day of August, 2008 to be on the November 4, 2008 General Election Ballot for voters in the City of Florence.

Vote: No

Weekend Warriors #3: Spooky Candidates

I'm not going to necessarily tell you how to vote because you are your own person (Barr, Barr, Barr). I have however picked what I believe to be the best pro-everybody videos. Enjoy my friends.

Best Barr video


Best Obama video


Best McCain video


Best Moore video


Best Nader video


Best McKinney video


Best Baldwin video



Halloween is spooky! Here are some sweet jack-o-lanterns to keep you amused and some sweet videos to keep you laughing through the terror of the night.





















You can see more video game j-o-l's here.

Yo dogs, tight Halloween costumes!


People being scared pt. 1


People being scared pt. 2

The Pink House Rolled Up Into A Ball

So this here photograph caught my interest. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, First Lady Laura Bush recently flipped a switch in order to project pink lights against the White House. The house was illuminated for all to see with sufficient press coverage. So all are aware, good job month. Now let's have a month to cure it. 

So here is an awesome video of the event. I like how about 45 seconds of it is people not knowing what to do.... 

So since we're all avid fans of Katamari Damacy, here is a picture found by Seth. It's a wedding topper in which the bride and groom are being rolled by the katamari. HILARIOUS!

Que Sera Sera [ft. Charlie Kosei] - Asuka Sakai - Katamari Damacy Soundtrack - Soundtrack

Roll-A-Tune (Download me here)

Yo Abe, Spin Me That Beat Again!

So Blender is a modern day musik magazine who recently interviewed Senator McCain and Senator Obama asking them to state their top ten favorite songs. Here is the outcome:


BARACK OBAMA
1. Ready Or Not - Fugees
2. What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
3. I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
4. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
5. Sinnerman - Nina Simone
6. Touch The Sky - Kanye West
7. You'd Be So Easy To Love - Frank Sinatra
8. Think - Aretha Franklin
9. City Of Blinding Lights - U2
10. Yes We Can - will.i.am

JOHN McCAIN
1. Dancing Queen - ABBA
2. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
4. If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
7. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
8. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
9. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters



Granted we all subconsciously knew that McCain wouldn't like anything past 1978 but I think everyone here is surprised by not only one, but TWO ABBA SONGS! Also, how conceited must Obama be to pick a song where he himself gives a speech in. I'm not going to say one way or another who I'm going to vote for (McCain) but I will say that each list has its own quirks and substantial amount of predictability. C'est la vie. If you want to read Randy Newman's and Girl Talk's assessment of the list you can read the whole article here

The State Formerly Known As "The Union"

So here is little essay I wrote a little while ago in school for my current events class.

“Tonight the state of our union is strong – and together we will make it stronger.” These words uttered by President George W. Bush are a testament to how the government and media want us to see the world and how “we the people” long to see the world. The fact still remains that the state of our nation and world is weak and feeble. Even years after out initial invasion into Iraq, U.S. troops still remain causing controversy, both in America and the Middle East, about both the length of our visit and even our initial purpose. Was it America’s place to intervene? Is it America’s place to intervene in any foreign affairs? My belief is that the state of our union is spiraling toward despair and destruction. Please note that this belief is not only held about my view of our nation, but of our world and its affect and effect of our nation to it. With tragic events such as Anna Nicole Smith’s death that our news crews believe that they absolutely must report on every “breaking” detail about this “crisis” of a girl who, other than her sex appeal, had nothing going for her. If our nation waits on hand and knee for it to change itself, nothing is going to happen. If we truly long to change, we must do it ourselves. How else are we going to rule out prejudice; teach our children differently.? How will change come about our people; according to Barrack Obama, we would have to vote for him. Yet what people don’t realize is that they have the power to change not only themselves but also the world around them. The fact of the matter is that people are the problem, not foreign diplomatic troubles or Iraqi conflict. If “we the people” truly long to hold our forefathers’ truths to what they truly are, then we all need to realize that humans are naturally evil, literally evil. If we all selfishly act however we want to then conflict will continue to arise. What citizens need to do is be people of love, what this means is that we need to love as Christ loved. As cliché as that sounds, it is truer than most Christians want to declare. When Christ was on the earth, he calmed storms, resolved problems and basically stuck it to The Man harder than anyone ever has. There are few people today who would willingly die for their beliefs. For people, maybe, but not their morals. It is this writer’s belief that America should not meddle in international affairs until we can establish and maintain ourselves. I’ll go ahead and say that I don’t support the war in Iraq and that I think it is one of the several mistakes our government has made during this past reign. If America dealt only with situations that directly affected it, such as embargos or personal threats, I believe that its reputation would slowly begin to be restored. Sure, we should always help our allies when they call, but invading a country because of a false pretense, that’s ridiculous. Christians and nonbelievers alike are equally responsible. In my opinion, the state of the world is in shams and at certain times, I am ashamed to call myself American.