Filed under: Politics, The Unexplainable Things that Seem to Only Occur to Me, Work, Youth Culture | Tags: Chuck Klosterman, Michael Moore is a fat fuck, Miss Singapore is a sad sob, NBC vs MSNBC, The Sunday tabloids
And I’m back but not with wishywashy political fuckery this time around. Nothing much has happened these past couple of days.
The sunday New Paper (tabloid-styled local newspaper) featured an article about this year’s Miss Singapore World candidate and her lack of love life. Other than the fact that watching my fingernails grow would have been more interesting than the journalist in question’s writing style, oh boo-hoo, like I really want to read about some moderately hot chick and her inability to get laid. Seriously, of all trivialities – so you’re really smart and pretty but men are intimidated by you…like the rest of us hard working class citizen type average joes really give a shit.
Edit: Dear Michael Moore,
I bought Mike’s Election Guide 2008 last week and guess what? Much like the cinematic car crash that was Farenheit 911, your book SUCKED. I want my $20.80 spent and that 3 hours of my life I wasted reading that shit, back.
P/S Lose some fucking weight, stop eating at mcdonalds.
P.P.S R.i.p Keith Olbermann & Chris Matthews, they have been kicked off MSNBC’s political night commentaries. I love Keith but he has been quite the douche bag lately. Gotta love them NBC vs. MSNBC on-air brawls. Oh the hilarity!
Filed under: Celebutards, Politics, Television | Tags: Anderson Cooper, Conan O'Brien, Pooper scooper, Sexy beasts, The real Gossip Girl, US Elections 08
Alright, one last cheap shot. Conan O’Brien sent Triumph the Comic Insult Dog to the 2008 Republican National Convention and it was flipping hilarious, I think I nearly peed a little laughing (“Fox news swings to the right more than Ann Coulter’s Strap On”) Check it out here.
There’s this little bit around 3:06 where the delicious silver fox Anderson Cooper makes an appearance and totally pwns Triumph. Anderson makes watching CNN an infinity times more exciting. He’s probably one of the reasons why I have unrealistic expectations of men, which most unfortunately would not result in our eventual marriage but my slow, sad descent into bag-lady spinsterdom with my 10 cats. I don’t care if he’s a pooper scooper, I want to do unspeakably dirty things with him now more so than ever (especially after he ripped Dina & Ali Lohan a new one on the Regis & Kelly Show)
Filed under: Politics | Tags: Barack bama, Elephants & Asses, Joe Biden, Mrs McCain is still a nut job, No one cares if McCain was in the military, Palin, US Elections 08
This deal with Sarah Palin …the more and more I see and read about her, the less and less I trust her and the more terrified and worried I am of her. It’s all getting too obvious why she’s even involved in this race but McCain has made a mistake. Everyone know you’re trying to freshen the Republican party up (John McCain is 73 years old) but the idea of this who-lady from where-ville being runner-up to the Nuclear codes frightens the crap out of me.
Now I understand how my previous statement could be miscontrued into ironic misogyny but let’s just take a quick look at the political experience Palin has had:
1. She’s only served less than 2 years as the govenor of Alaska. Quick Snapple cap fact btw, Alaska is also one of the most politcally corrupt states in the US and since 2004, has been under investigation from the Feds and the IRS. Palin is strongly against corruption yet is currently being reviewed regarding unlawful dismissal of a Public Safety Commissioner.
2. Howeverr, she’s served two terms as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska – a city with a 7000 STRONG POPULATION! That has to count for something right?
And despite her contribution to the energy conservation bill, her involvement in national politics is almost non-existant. She also has no foreign policy experience whatsoever. And you know what the McCain camp is gonna say… ~it doesn’t matter if she doesnt have foreign policy experience because well, John McCain has loads of it~. Which is fine…so long McCain is alive… which I thought is probably one of the reasons why you picked a vice-president in the first place.
Watching Biden and her face off at the vice presidential elections will be like watching a fifth grade bully taking a first grader’s lunch money. Are we really ready to hand over that much power responsibility to this 44 year old former beauty queen and self-described ‘hockey mom’? Sure her eldest kid is going to Iraq (totally a political asset) but America does not need leaders with tokens. America needs world class decision makers. Now I’m sure she’s a great parent and she bakes the best cookies and is freaking awesome at moose-hunting and ice-fishing but VP candidacy? Sit the fuck down ok.
Btw, Palin recently gave birth to her youngest kid Trig (diagnosed pre-natally with down’s syndrome)? While it is admirable she made the decision to give birth to her son, I think it calls her personal judgement into question – not taking precautionary measures despite the exceedingly high odds of a high risk pregnancy and why she’s leaving her not-even four month old child to run this elections. Why did she even choose the amniocentesis test done in the first place if she had no intentions of terminating the pregnancy? So she could hold a pro-life banner over her head for the world to see?
And then there’s her teenage daughter Bristol. She’s in high school, unwed and having a baby. Pretty much a kick in the crotch for her mom (Palin backs abstinence only education and is strongly anti-abortion) As if being 17 years old and pregnant isn’t bad enough already, she’s going to have to marry into the boy’s family. Jamie Lynn Spears sent the family a gift basket (oh the awkward hilarity!), so I guess now they can be BFFL and Bristol can come over for sleepovers and watch Gossip Girl and braid their babies hair together.
Oh did I mention she wants to teach creationism in schools? Religion might not be a bad thing but I don’t think that floats very well in modernist USA. It didn’t work in Kansas and the people that voted for it in PA were almost completely wiped out electorally.
And I’m willing to bet that this is just the tip of the iceberg. What’s the iceberg? We really don’t know that much about Palin. What are some of her nut job ideas? Like Bobby Jindal (Governor for Lousiana and McCain’s other shortlist for running mate) He seemed like a pretty decent guy. Youthful, Christian, intelligent…and an exorcist when he was young. Can anyone say cuckoo for cocoa puffs?
I’d say the Democrats are about two thirds on their way to owning this elections after Obama picked Biden over Hillary (why wouldn’t he, Biden’s the poster child for the white American male) but snap, is the Republican committee sly or what – silly billy Dubya was elected into the office twice. Mr Obama, I’d watch them very carefully if I were you.
Filed under: Politics | Tags: Shit for brains, Singapore, US Elections'08, Xiaxue
Okay who the hell died and made her queen?
Gizmodo.com reports:
Thank you for embarrassing the local writing community. How much shit can one have for brains?
In other news…
BOBBLEHEAD FIGHT! I want one ):
Filed under: Celebutards, Life, Politics, Travel, Work | Tags: Douglas Coupland, Hillary Clinton, Holiday, Obama'08, Old School Gaming, Sunburst Festival, US Elections, Work
It’s going to be a busy couple of days this week, actually – all the way leading up to my trip to KL. If you haven’t already heard, I’ll be covering the KL Sunburst festival for the magazine on the 15th so ze editor & I will be making our way up on the 14th so that we can attend their pre-show artist party. O yes, I am somewhat bragging about this. Festival line up includes Incubus (I don’t want babies but if i did, I want Monsuier Boyd to father them), John Legend, The Roots, George Clinton ya-dah. I am in some seriously state of stoked. Still hopeful that the quick getaway will re-spark my lack of focus.
Tomorrow I’ll be heading down to the Swissotel Stamford for an EA launch party for Rock Band. It’s being thrown at the helipad/top of the 31279823th floor. I’m not really big on serious gaming (FREAKS & GEEKS ALL OF THEM!) but I’ll figure something out. And then Saturday there’s a Lush 99.5fm anniversary party at Prive. In a bid to not appear like the media/PR slut i really am or clear out my bank account, I’m probably going to have to turn these down once in a while. Too bad in between all this pseudo-glamorous partying I still have to come up with 3 more articles for the April issue. Ah I feel so adult and “Can i fit you in between 3pm and 5pm?”-ish. Btw, this is why I love Michael Musto and want to work for the Village Voice.
Nothing exciting socially happening to me at the moment. Let’s see, I finally finished Sonic the Hedgehog 1.o on Sega Megadrive and I started a neopets account just for the heck of it. I was contemplating between maplestory or neopets and then i remembered kawaii-esque graphics gives me excruciating abdominal pain and projectile vomit. I re-read Generation X (Douglas Coupland) last night but it only reminded me of the putrid taste that i get in my mouth after i watch episodes of jPod. To be fair, Canada does have some good exports. Such a poor pity that Steph Song isn’t one of them.
Back to the US elections, congratulations to Billary on winning 3/4 of the primaries. She’s been EVERYWHERE on the telly these days (well okay not locally obviously. Singaporeans don’t care about politics so much because of the lack of liberal media), the today show, good morning america, SNL. Her team is really going into overdrive. I don’t know. Her campaigns are somewhat stronger now that Mister Monica Lewinksy’s backing her and she honestly seems like she’s got a shot at this. This time it’s getting serious so if she wants to win this she has got to pull Tim Gunn (make it work!). I’m not about to switch camps anytime soon but we’ll see.
Next entry: Why I am a Barack Obama supporter & Why I give a fudge about american politics when I reside in Singapore.
P.s Jeebus worshipping freaky nut-job Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the race. Can I get a Hallelujah & an Amen?
WTF. What is up with all these Obama bashings?
I cannot believe Perez would actually use some jerk’s 10 second comparison of Deval Patrick’s 2006 speech to Barack’s, and then make that assumption that his team plagiarized it from Deval. I cannot believe i’m even being pissed off with this cheap shot.
My, Team Billary’s getting reaaally desperate eh. God Perez, i know you’re all about the H-dog but all this slander is getting a little out of hand. Just stick to what you’re good at sweetie; silly trivial celebrity gossip. I once loved you but now you’re beginning to really put me off.
Teehee, i know this makes me look like an obamatron but I couldn’t resist a quickie.
Why is everyone making such a big fuss over those Che Guevara/Cuban flag banners in Obama’s campaign offices. I mean, it is a rather bold statement to be making this far into the election (or at all, for a presidential candidate – oh the controversy!) but I’d give it to him – he knows his leaders.
There is so many things I want to say about Che that I really don’t know where to start. That he was a political figure, a mass murderer, an author, a terrorist, a physician and a poet. Granted violence was never an option to solving anything, I have so much admiration for him, talking about it just makes me want to well up in tears, no lie. Maybe I’m revolutionary leader romanticizer. If you only knew how much I respect him for what he stood for: equality and anti capitalism, the courage he had to try and unite latin america and his determination despite so many of his struggles and that twat of a Fidel Castro ditching him. Here was a man who believed so much in his causes that even in death he was fearless.
“I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you’re only going to kill a man.”
Those souvenir tshirts/mugs/caps/cups with his face printed on it repulses me and does nothing but cheapen the extraordinary life that this great man lived with such zeal and such spirit. I assure you as much as i give him my utmost respect, i get that he was never a truly perfect man. I get that he’s been constantly refered to as the 20th century Osama Bin Laden, and his beliefs bordered on totalitarianism. But really, you cannot read about this man and not gain an ounce of respect for him along the way; unless of course you’re a conservative capitalistic fascist pig, and then I have nothing to say to you.
Ernesto “Che” Guevara de la Serna is not an icon of rebellious cool, he was an idealist who feverently believed that socialism could bring about a better world, he is an inspiration for every human being that loves freedom and he still and always will be my hero.
“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it” – Che Guevara
Filed under: Celebutards, Music, Politics, Youth Culture | Tags: Hillary Clinton, Obama'08, Paramore, Stupid ill informed musicians, US Elections
Tennessee emo-rockers Paramore dropped by for Gigwise’s Tuborg Webchat Wednesday today (February 6) and, as expected, in a year-and-a-half of chats it was our busiest one yet.Fans from all over the globe, including their huge Brazilian community, posed their questions to guitarist Josh Farro and bassist Jeremy Davis and there was a variety of hot topics talked about – including religion and the US Presidential race.
When asked who they were backing to be the next President, Josh replied: “I haven’t really looked into US politicians that much this year. I really hope Hillary Clinton doesn’t get elected cause she’s crazy!!!!”
In response, Renan wrote: “The US needs a crazy person in charge, no offence.” Before Josh replied: “Why do we need a crazy person in charge? What good would that do?”
Wow, he sounds really informed. I guess that’s why children aren’t allowed to vote. I don’t hate the band but I loathe ignorant immature little shites. Please, don’t even attempt to make a comment on something if you don’t follow it. It just makes you sound sickeningly uneducated. Ugh, go read a book or study for your AP or something.
Like anyone is really going to take political advice from a hotshit band with bad hair. Stupid twat.
Filed under: Politics, Television | Tags: Cry baby, Hillary Clinton, Obama'08, US Elections
Who else was thrown off by Hillary Clinton’s misty eyes?
(View: Video & Media Backlash Article)
Ann Lewis… you are ….a goddamned genius.
I didn’t buy a single second of it though. Wot a Phoney Baloney I’d cry too if i needed to win over New Hampshire. Tears usually get me what i want too. Not that it really matters in the end cause whichever democratic party wins the losers/winners still have to establish a united front. Hang in there, Team Obama, don’t let this damper yer spirits!
We need more coverage of the elections in the local news. I’m sick of tuning in at nine thirty, only to find out a new miracle-healing, 4D-giving, hippopotamus-faced tree has sprouted in Ang Mo Kio.
