Guess what’s out on DVD…

And yes, i did buy it… It’s as amazing as I remember from my childhood…

“I’m beginning to like *this* club…”

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The Monster Squad (Two-Disc 20th Anniversary Edition) (1987)

Yet another reason I’m glad I don’t live in Ohio…

Two lovely quotes from Congresswoman Jean Schmidt…

At the [debate], Schmidt said Roe v. Wade was “a flawed law made by activist judges” and would “love to see” it reversed.

Schmidt called for reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil by increasing use of ethanol and drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which [her opponent] opposed. Schmidt told The Cincinnati Post “What’s really important is to adopt an environmental policy that advances the American economy and national security.”

I’m sure this will come as a big surprise, but I highly disagree with her on Roe v Wade, ethanol and drilling ANWR… I digress…

Upon being sworn in, her first words on the floor of the house were as follows…

November 18, 2005

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After this exchange:

Schmidt’s remarks threw the House into an uproar. Many Democrats saw it an attack against Murtha, a 38-year Marine Corps veteran. After she said “cowards cut and run, Marines never do,” angry Democrats nearly drowned out her words. Victor F. Snyder of Arkansas demanded that Schmidt’s remarks be “taken down.” Under this disciplinary procedure, the House clerk would have re-read Schmidt’s words and the presiding officer (at the time, Michael K. Simpson of Idaho) would have ruled whether they were parliamentary. Martin T. Meehan of Massachusetts screamed, “You guys are pathetic! Pathetic!” Harold E. Ford, Jr. of Tennessee charged to the Republican side of the chamber, waving his finger at Schmidt and yelling, “Say it to Murtha!” (or “Say Murtha’s name!” depending on the source). Ford had to be restrained by David R. Obey of Wisconsin.

After 10 minutes, Schmidt asked for and received permission to withdraw her remarks and apologized to Murtha. Had she not done so, she would have been barred from speaking again for the rest of the day unless the House gave her permission by motion or unanimous consent.

A spokeswoman for Bubp said that the state representative “did not mention Congressman Murtha by name nor did he mean to disparage Congressman Murtha” and that he felt “the words that Congresswoman Schmidt chose did not represent their conversation.” The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Bubp said “he never mentioned. . . Murtha . . . by name when talking with Schmidt, and he would never call a fellow Marine a coward.”

“The Shock Doctrine”

Just caught this off Huffington…

Alfonso Cuarón, director of “Children of Men”, and Naomi Klein, author of “No Logo”, present a short film from Klein’s book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.”

Pavarotti & Friends

I’ve been revisiting a bunch of Pavarotti since he died the other day. Insane stuff. But Pavarotti also took his share of criticism for doing concerts with pop stars from Sting to The Spice Girls to Elton John. I thin most of it is really very terrible, but there are a few jems. Here I have listed my two favorites.

Pavarotti & Lou Reed - Perfect Day

Pavarotti & Liza Minelli - New York, New York (”I make a bran new star of it in ol new york”)

The Mitt… What a piece of shi…

Civil liberties are important…

Internet People…

This gave me a happy little grin… Silly, but awesome…

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and then, because it is necessary…

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We know we’ve all felt fucking bad ass doing something really dorky/nerdy, by ourselves, in our rooms… we just didn’t record the moment on video, which does make us smarter than that kid…