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Archive for January 22nd, 2009

Obama Signs Orders to Close “War on Terror”/CIA Prisons

Posted in Bad, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, Soup du jour, World, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

GITMO TO CLOSE
Barack Obama today signed an Executive Order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  This order also closes secret CIA-operated prisons but doesn’t prohibit using them to house suspects for temporary detention.
“Gitmo’s” closing is to occur within a year. According to the Washington Post: within a year, an immediate case-by-case review of [...]

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I REALLY Gotta’ GO: But WHERE?

Posted in Bad, Belonging, Bigots, Entertainment, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, Offensive, Ridiculous/Absurd, Right-Wing Haters, Soul-searching, Trends that suck, politics, pop culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I Just LOVE Florida! Whenever I get bored, I look to see what’s happening there and am typically rewarded with oddities beyond imagination. Today one comes from Gainesville and regarding where transgendered folk are permitted to evacuate (as in to VOID).

The city council passed a law allowing TG residents to use the public wash room [...]

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Former Ohio Faith-Based Programs Head Busted on Morals Charges

Posted in Human Behavior, Offensive, Religion, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soul-searching, Soup du jour, State, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Times are tough, according to Robert Eric McFadden, former director of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, who on Jan 14th,  was cited for seven counts related to prostitution, including alleged online promotion  a 17-year-old. McFadden, 46, said that after transferring to the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, he lost [...]

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Okay, So Now It’s Official

Posted in Entertainment, Frivolous, Government, Human Behavior, Humor, National, Ridiculous/Absurd, World, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier this week I commented on Chief justice Roberts’ fumbling on Obamas’ Oath of Office. Mentioned repeated in various news items, speculation regarding whether or not it “took” (in a legal sense) due to the subsequent mumbo-jumbo rang far and wide.

Well, he had a quick “redo,” so we can all be certain that Barack [...]

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Apple does it again: “The MacBook Wheel”

Posted in Frivolous, Humor, Ridiculous/Absurd, Soup du jour, pop culture, tagged , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Innovation Never Sleeps at Apple
(Thanks to the Onion)
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Poetry Reading and Mimes: Not for the Timid

Posted in Entertainment, Human Behavior, Humor, National, Soul-searching, Soup du jour, politics, tagged , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

All art is communication. Inherent in communication is a sender, the message and a recipient.  Art can be very subjective, as can performance. Communication, however, either succeeds or fails.
That’s why public performance can be risky.  Street artists and buskers bare their souls in public daily, in attempts to convey something to those present, who hopefully [...]

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Proud to be an American!

Posted in Action, Activism, Belonging, Bigots, Caring, Entertainment, Good, Government, Helping, Human Behavior, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Philosophy, Race, Reason, Soul-searching, Soup du jour, World, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I watched Barack Obama’s inauguration Tuesday with a profound sense of pride. Americans finally chose a person of color as its President, not because of his race but apparently despite it. America elected Obama because a majority of its voters preferred his ideas, liked how he campaigned and embraced his messages of change, hope and [...]

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