April 2007 Archives

This one is just a bit too obvious:

A school in Mountain View, California is banning students from taking iPods into exams because two kids were overheard discussing how to use them to cheat.

iPods, or other MP3 players, can, in theory, be loaded with recordings of possible exam answers or written notes can be included as lyric files. Kids at other Californian schools have already been caught with incriminating notes on their music players.

C'mon, is it really that much of a stretch that a student with headphones on might be cheating? jeez...

This is so Japanese:

Plot elements for SNK's witch-toucher Doki Doki Majo Saiban have surfaced over at Famitsu. The game stars naughty Akuji Nishimura, who is commanded by an Angel Lulu to search for angels lurking in his junior high school. When the search is narrowed down, the suspected junior high school witch is examined with the touch pen.

It may be five o'clock somewhere, but I'd need at least two or three shots of tequila to even to begin to discuss how fucked up the Japanese male can be. Is it the disrespect for non-eastern religions? The general perversion of "touching" young teen girls? Ugh, this is just nasty.

Of course, Feministing's Samhita is outraged, but it's important to remember that this game won't ever have a US release. Nintendo would never allow it. In fact, I'd be surprised to even see Doki Doki Majo Saiban get an actual Japanese release. Is that a problem for SNK, the maker of the game? Hell no, look at how people are talking about them.

Everyone's going ballistic over Broder's latest insults of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Atrios points out an excellent article by Paul Begala today over at HuffPo.

I agree with Begala that he should apologize to self-respecting gasbags for including Broder in their number. We should take it one step further, though, and refer to Broder as "Republican Operative David Broder," since that's the plain truth. Just like referring to Pat Robertson or James Dobson as "radical right-wing clerics" is appropriate, it's time to call out members of the punditocracy who claim to be objective but are really Republicans.

The Poor Man and Wonkette mock VP Cheney, the foul-mouthed Dick, this morning for traveling in an Airstream trailer inside a cargo jet.

Unfortunately, this has been standard operating procedure for transporting VIPs to Asia for decades. I thought it was Clancy's novel "Cardinal of the Kremlin" that had the reference to the trailer, but it was actually "Sum of All Fears." In the book, the CIA director uses exactly such a plane/trailer configuration to fly to Japan.

I can't blame them for setting something like that up, since i'm still yawning from my trip to Singapore last week. Flying from the US to Tokyo is 12 or so hours, then it was an additional 7 hour flight to Singapore. For a VIP who has to hit the ground running, having a bit of living space to sleep and freshen up is a good idea.

I'm all for mocking the foul-mouthed Dick for existing, but keep perspective, people. Don't y'all read the occasional spy novel?

OK, this is why i shouldn't watch the boobtoob. These idiots on "48 Hours" claim the 9mm is sexy.

Fucking assholes. The 9mm is so commonly used because it's...

repeat after me...

NATO STANDARD. US ARMY STANDARD.

There's nothing sexy about a Glock. I have this argument with the teen all the time.

If you want sexy, get a Walther PPK. If you want classic, get a Colt M1911A1.

If you want to kill 15 people, get a Glock and learn to shoot very well.

Jaysus.

No surprises here, of course:

Teenagers will not refrain from having sex, even if you spend a billion dollars trying to persuade them to keep their trousers zipped and chastity belts locked.

This is the conclusion from a six year study by Mathematica Policy Research into the sexual behaviour of more than 2,000 teenagers across four states, and a variety of social groups.

Of course, the scary part goes back to safe sex and birth control:

Neither group showed more inclination than the other to use contraception, either. Of those who said they'd had sex in the last year, 23 per cent in both groups said they always used a condom, 17 per cent only sometimes using a condom, and four per cent never did.

It's ironic that most Catholic schools do a better job about teaching safe sex than public schools because they're not at the mercy of fundigelical school boards.

Atrios and Drum both get it wrong:

The Worst

Drum writes:

Matthews' audience is probably mostly liberal and centrist liberal, and he convinces them that liberal politics is an idiotic clown show.

This certainly isn't who Matthews thinks his target audience is. He thinks his audience is angry old white guys, crotchety "Reagan Democrats."

[via Eschaton]

Matthews doesn't have an audience, other than the bloggers who encourage him to keep going by slamming him daily. Face it, conservatives and liberals alike think he's an idiot, and anyone who might have respected him because he used to work for Tip O'Neill left the building with Elvis.

I'm a fraternity guy, Lambda Chi Alpha, University of New Orleans. We had some strange things happen at our house, but this tops even the toga parties we had in the late 70s...

Masturbating woman shakes Michigan Uni frat house

A Michigan University frat house will throw out two couches tainted by a mystery masturbating female intruder who used the furniture for an extended public self-pleasuring session, The Michigan Daily reports.

The woman in question simply walked into Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house "without permission" last Thursday, "entered the house's living room, took off her clothes and started masturbating", according to shaken frat president Dan Nye.

I wonder if they were really that outraged or if she was just too skanky-looking for these guys to enjoy the show...

April 1, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW RESTAURANT OPENS IN METRO NEW ORLEANS

FEMA Fiesta Cafe
cor. Mirabeau and the London Avenue Canal
New Orleans, LA
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The restauranteurs who brought you Bonnie's at the Spillway and The Back of the Net are proud to introduce their newest concept, FEMA FIESTA CAFE. Currently located at the corner of Mirabeau Avenue and the London Avenue Canal, Fema Fiesta Cafe is an eclectic fusion of classic New Orleans Creole dishes and Tex-Mex cuisine.

"We wanted a concept that appealed to a large segment of the area's population," says one of the owners.

Starting with appetizers such as the Oysters Rockefeller Burrito, the menu lives up to expectations. Continue your meal with the Gentilly Gumbo, which is served in a square "Floodwall Bowl." Be sure to eat fast, though, before the "floodwall" breaks and all that chicken-andouille goodness ends up in your lap!.

"We went for accuracy on the 'floodwall bowl,' so we hired Eustis Engineering to build our bowl just as good as the canal floodwalls," said another of FFC's owners.

If you manage to get through the soup course safely, you'll be ready to take on entrees such as Evacuation Enchiladas, which are filled with spicy crawfish. As with all things related to evacuations, there's always a bit of a delay when ordering this dish. You might want to have a cocktail while you wait, and we suggest you try the "Broussard Water."

"The idea is to simulate the water that came into houses in Metairie because [Parish President Aaron] Broussard didn't turn the pumps back on in time," said FFC's chief mixologist. "It may look as depressing as when people realized they had to cut out all the walls in their homes, but there's enough rum in that cocktail to ease the pain for a little while."

If enchiladas aren't what you're in the mood for, try the Bush Brick Oven Pizza, which is served flying overhead from the kitchen. It won't touch down in New Orleans on your own, but FFC has two Republicans on staff who can pull the pizza down and force it to be in the same place with New Orleans residents for a little while.

For dessert, try the "C Ray Sundae." It's a waffle bowl filled with five scoops of chocolate chocolate chip ice cream, smothered in hot fudge syrup. Or you can sample the "Heckuva Job Brownies." Both are topped with just a touch of whipped cream.

"In New Orleans, there's always a little white on top," said FFC's pastry chef.

In true New Orleans tradition, the owners of FEMA Fiesta Cafe didn't spend a lot of money on decorations or atmosphere. The restaurant is made up of ten FEMA trailers joined together to make a single, continuous space. The trailers are still mobile, however, so the entire restaurant can be dismantled and re-located to another part of town on any given night.

So, for a great time in an undisclosed location, try FEMA Fiesta Cafe when it's near you!

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