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brobrubel — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:29 +0000

The NRA has put out a list of the 10 “Coolest Gun Movies.” How many have you seen?

1. Red Dawn
2. The Terminator
3. The Alamo
4. Die Hard
5. The Godfather
6. Zombieland
7. The Matrix
8. The Delta Force
9. The Road Warrior
10. Tremors

I’ve seen eight of these. And I’m shocked the list doesn’t include director Paul Verhoeven‘s “RoboCop.” That’s the only movie where I can state for a fact that no viewer would say “Shoot him again” when it ends.

This scene pretty much sums it up (and please do not watch it if gun violence makes you sick, because it is extremely brutal):

For those of you who did watch it … Am I right?! Isn’t this the kind of stuff that the NRA gets off on? And this isn’t even the most violent scene in the movie. The shooting of Officer Alex J. Murphy was way more brutal than that. And even that wasn’t the most violent scene in the movie.

“RoboCop” is the NRA’s wet dream. It’s about good guys with guns taking down bad guys with guns. So why didn’t it make the NRA’s list?

I’m sure it’s just a glitch.

The NRA Thinks These Are The ‘Coolest Gun Movies’ Ever (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)
In an appeal to its more immature members, NRA issues list of “coolest gun movies” ever (blogs.e-rockford.com)

Tea Party tax trauma

brobrubel — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:56:22 +0000

Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at 74

brobrubel — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:05:50 +0000

The band’s founding member and keyboardist had bile duct cancer.

This is “The End.”

Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies of cancer at 74 (boingboing.net)
Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer (globalnews.ca)
The Doors’ Ray Manzarek dies (cnn.com)

The scandals that aren’t

brobrubel — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:14 +0000

Some perspective on the recent Obama scandals, from Paul Krugman:

I picked a good week to be away — and I am still away, mostly, although playing a bit of hooky on the notebook right now. For it has been the week of OBAMA SCANDALS, nonstop.

Except it seems that there weren’t actually any scandals, just the usual confusion and low-level mistakes that happen all the time, in any administration.

Does the evaporation of the scandals matter? I don’t know. Unfortunately, I remember the early Clinton years, when ridiculous stuff — restructuring at the White House travel office, for God’s sake, and a money-losing land deal — led to years of front-page headlines, endless investigations,and nothing at all in the form of proven Clinton wrongdoing. If the press decide that scandals are going to be the topic, the absence of actual scandals may not matter.

Oh, and the ongoing disaster of economic policy? Boooring.

Which political party is touting non-existent scandals, and which one is doing nothing to address economic issues. Appears to be the same party.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why the Public Should Yawn Over Alleged Obama Scandals (huffingtonpost.com)

Expo

brobrubel — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:55:16 +0000

Does Louis Gohmert have brain damage?

brobrubel — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:41:44 +0000

Other than the fact that the entire statement by Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) made no sense, we must dwell on his final point.

What does “cast aspersions on my asparagus” mean? Does he taste good with a hollandaise sauce? And if he does, will that make his pee smell funny?

Perhaps it’s something more serious?

Aphasia is a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control language. It can make it hard for you to read, write, and say what you mean to say. It is most common in adults who have had a stroke. Brain tumors, infections, injuries, and dementia can also cause it. The type of problem you have and how bad it is depends on which part of your brain is damaged and how much damage there is.

There are four main types:

Expressive aphasia – you know what you want to say, but you have trouble saying or writing what you mean

Receptive aphasia – you hear the voice or see the print, but you can’t make sense of the words

Anomic aphasia – you have trouble using the correct word for objects, places, or events

Global aphasia – you can’t speak, understand speech, read, or write

Some people recover from aphasia without treatment. Most, however, need language therapy as soon as possible.

Republicans in Texas need to get Gohmert the help he needs. I see three of the four main types of aphasia in this video.

Actually, I think Obamacare would treat this, if Gohmert weren’t so busy voting against it.

Aphasia, patients struggle with speech impairment (wjla.com)
“I Want To Say Something..!” – my notes on Aphasia (lets-think-together.com)
Wernick’s Aphasia Basics: After Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (psych.answers.com)

Dwayne Wade goes to prom

brobrubel — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:29:10 +0000

Ask:

And ye shall receive:

(Since the Miami Heat eliminated the Chicago Bulls, Dwayne Wade had nothing to do Friday night. So prom it is.)

Dwyane Wade surprises local Miami teen at prom (miamiherald.com)
Wade Shows Up At Girl’s Prom (nbcmiami.com)
Dwyane Wade grants wish, shows up at girl’s senior prom (probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com)
D-Wade Gets Bored During Playoffs, Takes A Girl To Prom (sportsgrid.com)

A dog, a monkey and a lollypop

brobrubel — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:41:25 +0000

OK.

How did the monkey get the lollypop?

Did the lollypop belong to the monkey or the puppy?

Why doesn’t the monkey bop the dog on the head and run away with the lollypop? Seems to defeat the purpose.

What language are the people speaking? The title of the video is in Spanish.

Too many questions for 20 seconds of entertainment.

… Except when it comes to guns

brobrubel — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:01 +0000

Democrats are being spineless weasels again

brobrubel — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:01:35 +0000

Republicans faked Benghazi e-mails to make the Obama administration look bad. But Democrats aren’t going on the attack. What’s their problem? One commenter at TPM says this:

The Democratic Party at the national level looks to Obama and his White House for everything. His Cabinet members (Defense apart) have no policy autonomy; Democratic Senators and Congressmen loyal to the President are also dependent on him and his team for everything from legislative initiatives to daily talking points. The closest thing to Democratic voices independent of the Obama White House are former (and future) campaign consultants on the talk shows.

Obama has chosen not to push back hard against doctored Benghazi leaks that even the tame broadcast media objected to. So no Democrats in Washington is either. Hostility to the opposition, as an organizing principle, is much more deeply established in the Republican Party. This is why real and imagined Democratic scandals inspire so much more indignation (real and pretend) among GOP officials in DC.

This is going to be a continuing problem for national Democrats as Obama’s second term proceeds. It may be a chronic problem until they have a Clinton campaign and White House to tell them what to do, say and think.

They just don’t seem to understand that if they don’t fight back, the GOP is going to kill them.

Will a GOP aide be fired over Benghazi email changes? (salon.com)
Hillary Clinton Has The Most To Lose From Obama’s Scandals (news.yahoo.com)

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