• Madonna has gun shoes. In other news, Madonna is an attention whore and anti-gun women get their panties in a twist over everything.
• Previously, I said I wanted the shoes. I’ve since changed my mind. One reason is because Madonna likes them and any woman should know she’s hardly a figure to try and copy. Another is because they are too attention whor-ish.
• A story that may or may not be true comes to us from Italy.  Apparently, a musician received a carry permit to protect his violin.  If you read the whole thing, it sounds a little too made up.

…if you’re 46 years old and can’t even bowl your age,

…if you don’t know the difference between an automatic and a semi-automatic weapon,

…if you think God gave us dominion over the animals so we can have a lot of furry pets…

Suddenly Hollywood has gone apolitical – at least when there’s a chance to showcase McCain’s heroism.

You might not know it, what with Fahrenheit 9/11 being released a few weeks before the 2004 election, W. being released a few weeks before this election, and a whole slew of anti-Iraq War films over the last five years, but Hollywood all of a sudden does not want to appear partisan:

[Warner Brothers] has temporarily blocked the release of the DVD version of the 1987 film Hanoi Hilton, which will feature an interview with John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, about his imprisonment in Hoa Lo prison during the war.

Ronnee Sass, a spokesman for Warner Brothers, told the New York Times: “It’s just us trying to be cautious and not affect the election one way or the other.”

Oh no! MTV is censoring a comedian! It’s the end of the world! Somehow he can’t figure out why they wanted to tone down his planned routine for their VMA show. It included this gem:

He said: “I had John McCain gags pulled. And they asked me to tone down the gags about Sarah Palin. I wanted to say she was forcing her teenage daughter to have a baby because she is so anti-abortion.

“But also, as a Republican she is pro-execution so she is going to give her the electric chair for being a little slut.

“They weren’t keen on that one.”

Shocking. I can’t fathom why. Jesus, do these people have no decency?

I guess in that context, calling Bush a “retarded cowboy” was nothing.

Anyone else believe in an overnight horizontal growth spurt for a 14-year-old?  Or is it more believable that her mother who is an attention whore and has raised kids to believe the most important thing is to be famous got her a boob job?

You be the judge.

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly in talks to play Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in a new movie.

This doesn’t shock me. And not because he looks like the guy.

Kids these days have no idea how easy they have it.  When I was searching for the link for photos to give context to the last post, I cam across this hysterical account of what it was like being a tween girl with Hollywood crushes back in the 80s and early 90s.

Not only did I spend thousands of dollars on teen tabloids, but now all kids have to do is jump online, click their keyboards and print out free pictures of their crushes! It’s so unfair. Kids these days will never fully appreciate the act of riding one’s bike to the 7-11 to grab a Slurpee while pouring over the magazine rack.

“You Should Bottle that Chutzpah”

For those who wonder about the background story for the provided link, here’s the summary:

That guy in the picture is married to that girl in the other picture. They have four kids together, one of which was born only a few months ago. That guy was recently accused of having an affair with another woman. There were photos. Then he released a statement saying his relationship with his wife had been over for months, news she didn’t seem to be aware of until the photos surfaced. Now you can see how much chutzpah he has to bottle.

Well, not quite.  But, you really need to watch this video by Joss Whedon.  Seriously, stick through the slightly slow beginning just to make it to the end.  It’s completely worth it.

• Hi.  Just thought I would pop in.
• In the headlines: A Democrat Endorses the Democratic Nominee.  And this is news, why?
• We’re doomed in the US! Right? You’d never know by watching the evening news.
• I’ve updated the Blog Bash site.
• I’m still trying to work out the kinks.  For example, why the latest post doesn’t show up in the spot for it on the front page is beyond me right now.  Or the links that don’t look any different than the text.  The theme did not come with the cleanest code in the world, but I like the look of it for Phoenix.  If you feel like advertising for next year, here’s the new web logo.  I don’t actually expect anyone to do it right now, but I figured I’d let you know.
• If you have ideas/requests for next year, let me know.  I can’t make you promises, but maybe we can make something happen.
• If you’re one of the people bitching and moaning that you missed out on the perks of the Blog Bash and you didn’t even bother coming or engaging with the community, you can solve that problem for next year.
• What’s wrong with education?  This.
• In other news, a dictator is refusing to step aside.  Shocking.  Really.
• I’ve discussed anti-hunting groups and how they would jump on board with gun bans given the opportunity.  Now take a looksie if you didn’t believe me.
• Speaking of hunting, one way shooters can connect with that part of the community is through Pittman-Robertson dollars.  We pay for their conservation efforts.  I thought of this because its one argument I don’t think we use nearly enough.  Next time a legislator wants to ban some guns, restrict purchases, or do something to hike the cost of ammo, point out how much your state will lose in wildlife conservation funding.  Accuse them of wanting to starve Bambi.  Tell them how hurt you are that they want to cut vital funding for cute, fuzzy animals in your state.  They want to murder Thumper!  Hey, for a fencesitter, the wallet and conservation arguments could work.  Telling a state lawmaker that they would have to come up with a way to fund upwards of $14.3 million each year for programs that are currently funded by hunters and shooters, they may be less inclined to want to restrict sales if they aren’t really convinced on the “public safety” arguments from the anti-gunners.
• “Politics is a lot like bad beer…”
• A post I saved a while ago reminded me of my newt.  I named him Sir Isaac.  He killed himself.
• The Seven Deadly Sins, as represented in wine glasses.
• A saint is living in Los Angeles.
• Elian loves being a Communist.  Russ Roberts actually has a novel coming out that was inspired by Elian’s situation.