Please let’s hope the mayor of New Orleans is wrong.
It’s totally safe to say that the human and economic damage is devastating. But please let’s hope the death toll doesn’t go near what the mayor has suggested. Though I suppose he’s in a better position to make such estimates.
More on this tomorrow, when hundreds of bloggers around the ’sphere will commence a Hurricane Katrina Blog for Relief Day fundraiser.
Fore more on the disaster, I urge you to follow Michelle Malkin’s invaluable coverage. Her round-ups are excellent.
Update I: Didn’t take long for the good Rev. Phelps and the fine folks at God Hates Fags to comment on the tragedy of Katrina.
Check it Out.
Posted by Mike Matthews in Katrina at 3:34 PM PDT
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Monday was a bit calmer on The Hott Spott. The audience was less crowded and there was no hard-rock/death-metal band rocking the studio. All in all a pretty nice week. The phone calls got a bit rowdy, as it seemed callers indulged themselves in the heavy use of the F-bomb, a definite broadcast no-no, even by Jay’s standards.
Here are a few more pictures captured throughout the hour-long show.
First, a look at the monitor that shows exactly what’s broadcasting on the air. When John in the control room runs a pre-taped skit or other file material, those sitting in the studio look to this monitor to see what’s being broadcast to the rest of the public. A most integral part to the live-audience aspect of The Hott Spott. On this week’s show, clips ranging from “Friday the 13th: Jason Gets Head” to “The Black Hulk” starring, I think, comedian Keith Purnell.
Here’s a picture of what our humble hosts view from their angle. Notice the high-tech taping of a microphone to the phone received so as we all can hear the loony callers who have nothing better to do on a Monday evening. Likewise, the paper Jay is touching that seems to have quite a bit of doodling on it. I wonder what’s going on on that piece of paper?
Next I took a picture of the night’s live entertainment. Forgive me, but I didn’t get the name of this band which clearly owed most of its inspiration to the Jack Black-fronted Tenacious D. They sang a song about giving some oral gratification to a woman, I think. Anyhow, if anyone knows the name of this band or if they have a website, please let me know.
And, finally, I give to you a picture of the hosts, Jay and Amie, each talking on a different phone while the intriguing band parlayed their song of filth on an unsuspecting audience. Jay and Amie: What was sooo important on the other ends of those lines that you couldn’t pay attention to a guy talking about pleasing a woman’s most sacred of areas?
In other news, I suppose it’s OK to make this announcement, as it was made on the air Monday evening: Amie is indeed pregnant. I believe she said she was three months along, though I may be wrong. So, best of luck Amie. We’re here for any exclusives you may have along the rest of your journey. Anything particularly vile in your throw-up? Send me a picture. The baby doing a kick to the bassline of “Another One Bites the Dust?” Please, let us know.
I’m done. Be sure to tune in every Monday night at 10:30 on Comcast 73. Come get offended.
Posted by Mike Matthews in The Hott Spott at 2:43 PM PDT
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Via La Shawn Barber.
648 Dead, 322 Hurt in Iraq Bridge Stampede. Soon enough we won’t have an Iraqi populace to protect. (Update: Link seems to have mysteriously vanished)
I find it easiest to just blame George Bush for everything any more. Try it. It’s quite a relief. 648 dead in Iraq due to stampede? Blame George Bush. He got us into the mess. US Poverty Rates Rising? Put it all on Bush! Hurricane Katrina? Well, we know how the corporate conservatives feel about environmental protections and global warming, the OBVIOUS cause of the storm. So, I just blame George Bush for that one, as well. See how easy it is, everyone? Take all of your problems in life and just blame George W. Bush.
Isn’t this what it is to be a liberal? Blame Bush for all my ills. As ridiculous as it sounds, it’s really quite soothing.
Posted by Mike Matthews in Craziness at 9:10 AM PDT
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Why we have a National Guard.
Too bad thousands of them are off on vacation in the Middle East.
Also, this is why we have taxes.
Unfortunately, we’ve a president fond of tax cuts and a corporate culture fond of bailouts.
Posted by Mike Matthews in Katrina at 7:55 PM PDT
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I’m testing my digital camera’s video functions. Click here to say hi to Amie.
(Note: Quicktime Format, 2.64 MB)
Last night’s update to appear later today, along with pictures.
Posted by Mike Matthews in The Hott Spott at 2:38 PM PDT
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What follows below is a pseudo-narrative of events from Thursday night’s panel discussion on the Freedom of Information Act. It may be a bit choppy. I’ve tried to include as much as I could remember. If you were there, feel free to fill in the holes.
Update I: Stupid & Wrong jumps on as well.
There are more updates below.
Press the link below to get to the meat of the matter.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 9:16 PM PDT
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I can’t believe I’m watching this junk. Nothing like watching P. Diddy (oh, excuse me, Diddy) mangle the English language for a night of wholesome entertainment.
Posted by Mike Matthews in Music at 8:11 PM PDT
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Update II: I originally posted this two days ago. Rather than respond publically on the blog, many people chose to email me their dissatisfaction with this. To which I say, “Hey, it was SCHTICK!” I certainly don’t wish him death. Nor do I hold much animosity. However, even suicidal people must be held responsible for their actions. This guy should indeed be prosecuted for his negligence (and arrogance). As well as his failure to complete the task at hand. Do I have sympathy for him? No, not really. He got himself (as well as thousands of others) into the mess. And he’s got to pay. Let’s hope the warden doesn’t remove the bedsheets from his cell.
Selfish son-of-a-bitch.
My mom was late to dinner with her friends after being caught up in that shitstorm of a traffic jam. A man allegedly shot himself in the abdomen on a stretch of road before the Delaware Memorial Bridge, thus causing gridlocked conditions for a few hours.
This guy allegedly had a death wish on himself and thought shooting himself, in his car, in the middle of mid-day traffic would be an appropriate thing to do. Note to jackass: Get to the summit of the bridge, climb up and jump off like the rest of the retards who choose to take their own lives. No need for your selfish ass to make an incident out of your pathetic life.
Which reminds me: Suicide was the cause celebre of Monday night’s episode of The Hott Spott. I wonder what Jay and Amie have to say about this asshole?
Update I: The bitch still ain’t dead. Let’s hope for either a slow and painful death or a quick and effortless prosecution.
Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth, The Hott Spott at 4:00 PM PDT
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I attended this here panel in Dover last night. I took ample notes and made some good observations. Expect my write-up to be much snarkier when I post it this afternoon.
Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 9:51 AM PDT
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Conservatives and George W. Bush hate alleged Venezuelan Communist “dictator” Hugo Chavez. Today, Chavez announces his interest in helping the poorest Americans (or, any American for that reason) get some cheaper gas via Venezuelan “state oil company PDVSA,” which owns 14,000 Citgo gas stations in the US:
“We want to sell gasoline and heating fuel directly to poor communities in the United States,” the populist leader told reporters at the end of a visit to Communist-run Cuba.
Chavez did not say how Venezuela would go about providing gasoline to poor communities. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA owns Citgo, which has 14,000 gas stations in the United States.
The offer may sound attractive to Americans feeling pinched by soaring prices at the pump but not to the U.S. government, which sees Chavez as a left-wing troublemaker in Latin America.
Gasoline is cheaper than mineral water in oil-producing Venezuela, where consumers can fill their tanks for less than $2. Average gas prices have risen to $2.61 a gallon in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
So, conservatives may hate him, but you know those bitches would be lining up with the rest of us to buy some cheap, Communist-supported gasoline! $1.25 a gallon? I can stop farting in my tank for that price.
Posted by Mike Matthews in General at 10:07 AM PDT
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Looks like I’m gonna have to start saving up some cash:
The Talking Heads have expanded their eight studio albums with previously unreleased content for their release as DualDiscs. Due Oct. 4 via Rhino, the sets will be packaged together in a white molded plastic box that holds eight jewel cases. Each album has also been remastered by Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison.
I don’t often give in and buy these of-the-moment remastered sets, but the Talking Heads are my favorite band and it seems like the packaging will be quite handsome. Video clips and unreleased tracks will certainly close the deal and stop me from making a Tentative Decision.
Related: Be sure to check out Heads frontman David Byrne’s journal.
Also, check out my featured Byrne song, Glass, Concrete & Stone, from several months ago.
Posted by Mike Matthews in Music at 5:47 PM PDT
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Looks like Dover Air Force Base has been spared yet again from the government’s recent spate of military-base closures.
Guess they can keep their freezers turned on a while longer.
Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 10:43 AM PDT
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I now present to you a meager photo review of last night’s broadcast of The Hott Spott. Remember, every Monday at 10:30. You can click the photos for larger versions.
This is a photo of the studio roughly 15 minutes before showtime. In the case of The Hott Spott, I’d venture to say “an empty studio is a happy studio!” A less exciting and profane studio, but then again I bet this studio’s walls have heard quite a bit. This setup was for local rock band Gypsy Sullivan, who performed a two-song set.
Now this is one desk that’s seen quite a bit of action. Whether it’s Jay explicitly telling one his annoyingly offended viewers to “eff off” or the frequent bottles of “ginger ale” he consumes during any given broadcast, it’s a wonder this fine piece of furniture isn’t scrubbed down with a bottle of bleach after every show. Any on-air guest gets a stool, while Amie sits in the first seat and Jay the second.
Here I present to you the two stars of our show, Jay Rock and Amie F. This pic was snapped moments before the cameras went live. About what were Jay and Amie discussing? An interesting news topic to be discussed on the show? Or some bigger secret, one to be shared with the audience a bit later down the road? Anyway, let’s continue on with this photo-voyage.
Rock-band Gypsy Sullivan took to the studio about halfway through the show. They laid down a solid set that reminded me of mix between Creed and Pearl Jam. Singer Frank (no last name on the band’s website) has a gutteral voice not unlike Eddie Vedder’s of Pearl Jam. This band definitely put down. Though it’s not particularly my favorite type of music, I could see myself rocking out to some Gypsy Sullivan.
What’s going on here? OK, so I suck at taking a digital photo. Cut me some slack. I’ve only owned the thing for a week. It looks like something smelly is going on. Could it be Jay said something really offensive to Amie and she’s shooing him away? Or could it be something else? More foul and odorous? This shot was taken after the cameras had cut off. Almost time to go home.
The hosts offer you a hearty “Good night” with their hand gestures. And they hope you’ll tune in next week for more fun. I will try and take a couple pics every week and offer a round-up like this. Likewise, I may venture into the business of transcripting each episode. I wonder how hard that could be? Anything for my readers.
The Hott Spott
Mondays
10:30-11:30
Comcast 73
Posted by Mike Matthews in The Hott Spott at 3:20 PM PDT
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OK, so I’m back. And I’m fooling around with WordPress, my blogging software. So, if you notice some weird changes, that’s big ‘ole Mike M. actually working on the site for your viewing pleasure.
I’d like to thank Tacit for a week of great posts. I hope he kept you either thoroughly entertained or thoroughly pissed off. Or perhaps both.
Anyway, I’m back, though I certainly hope Tacit will be able to stick around.
Please notice the most important addition to the site.The top of each post now contains the author of that specific post. Now you won’t have to guess who wrote what.
Also, you may now enter comments via clicking on “Say Something.” This will only appear if comments have not already been entered in a particular thread. If a conversation has already commenced, the normal “1 comment,” “2 comment,” et. al. will appear.
Posted by Mike Matthews in General at 8:48 PM PDT
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An interesting article on one of my biggest Delaware pet peeve: the fucking black and white license plate assholes. And now, the whole country knows how retarded we are…
Most people outside Rhode Island don’t understand John Raiche’s fascination with low-numbered license plates. After all, a license plate is just a license plate.
Unless that plate is from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Illinois, Delaware or Washington, D.C., that is. In those states, low-numbered plates - four digits or fewer - have a mysterious allure, making them so desirable that drivers bequest them to relatives, pay large sums of money for them and jump at every opportunity to get them.
In Rhode Island and Delaware, registration rules allowed people to keep plates for years and even will them to family members.
In 1994, a Delaware resident paid $182,500 for plate number 9.
Tom Gordon needs to be checking the vehicle registration on the douchebag with the number 9 license plate. I mean, there’s nothing else that that amount of money could have gone towards…
Guilt trip? Yes. True? Absolutely.
I hope you know, you’re going to hell.
Low-Numbered License Plates A Sign Of Status [Hartford Courant]
Posted by Tacitly Observing in General, First State Filth at 11:22 AM PDT
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Now, Cormier, here is a real beach story you should be blogging…
Taken from, I swear to God, “WasteNews.com”….
“The city of Lewes, Del., will pay $55,000 to settle alleged clean water violations at its wastewater treatment plant.
The EPA cited the plant for allegedly exceeding permit discharge limits for several pollutants, including fecal coliform, total suspended solids, total residual chlorine and biochemical oxygen demand. The plant also allegedly illegally bypassed its treatment system allowing the discharge of some sewage not fully treated.”
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Delaware town hit with fine for wastewater violations [WasteNews.com]
Posted by Tacitly Observing in General at 12:38 PM PDT
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And now, an article to show us, in a very clear picture - what fucking losers and whores truly prance around Dewey Beach. Maybe someday, Mommy won’t even have to sign the house lease…
Did I mention that… I despise Dewey Beach? Spoiled crackers and assholes… the whole lot of them. Now, when Jesus comes back… it’s the first place to go….
Shout-outs to Ryan Cormier for taking a break from commenting on the latest Justin Timberlake developments, to actually write a real newspaper article.
DMX: “How many times I gotta tell you ****** I have no friends…”
Policing Party Town [NJ]
Posted by Tacitly Observing in General at 12:17 PM PDT
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The News Journal makes broad, sweeping statements on serious issues of international affairs. They solve them in one editorial. They’re smarter than you. We make what they’re really saying, a bit clearer.
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Finally, the beleaguered negotiators framing Iraq’s new constitution exhaled. [And they were really high] And it’s a good thing too. [They never pass the piece.] The Aug. 15 deadline that the Bush administration was riding them toward [Bush is a cowboy.] risked cementing untenable conflicts into a government compact only to fracture or explode later. [Explode like an Arab with a British subway token.]
Even with another week to work [of which, Bush is vacationing], the decisions to be resolved are huge: the degree of autonomy of ethnic provinces, the role of Islamic religious law, women’s rights and distribution of oil wealth. [What? They’re Islamic? Let’s put #4 at the top please.]
Even with answers on paper [rolling paper], these matters will test civil administrators and courts, as they surely have other more stable nations. [Like the Netherlands, or perhaps, Belgium] The fact that Iraq’s entire civic order is being reconstituted makes consensus and legitimacy now, at the origin, of primary importance. [We need to marry Iraq and make it an honest woman. It’s baby-daddy ran out… illegitimate babies everywhere.]
The American-imposed political time line [Bush is an imperialist bastard] from the national election held in January to select a parliament, then this constitutional draft, then another election in December is meant to vest Iraqis in their own future [and not even a cool vest, a Richard Simmons one], apart from and beyond the foreign occupation that incites insurgents [Please. Save us Cindy Sheehan]. This pressure has asked a lot of Iraq’s disparate politicians treading the labyrinth of ethnic, religious and economic interests, even the risk of assassination. [Pshaw.. death? in Iraq? Get the fuck out of here.]
The United States’ parallel interest has been moving Iraq’s stabilization and reconstruction well enough along so that American troops eventually can pull out. [Because God knows, any other contraceptive method would get the conservatives pissy.] President Bush is a late convert to the efficacy of diplomacy. [Bush is a fucking moron] The American representatives that have airlifted in, including the secretaries of state and defense, did keep up momentum on the constitution. But now push has come to shove. [What? Who is shoving? They have fucking bombs and shit. There’s no shoving there.] The Iraqis cannot be dictated to without confirming suspicions of American intent. [America is evil.]
It would seem that a federalist government among the provinces, recognizing their ethnic or religious differences, is one way forward. [Not treading, but moving now… I see.] Iraqi women accustomed to secular freedom even under dictator Saddam Hussein have few high-level advocates now. [Saddam loved the ladies.] But it would be regrettable if women’s rights to participate in the new society were sacrificed, when all hands and minds are needed to rebuild. [And I’d like an Iraqi woman’s hands on me right now.] The economic importance of the oil fields in the northern Kurdish and southern Shiite areas ideally should benefit the nation as a whole, rather than leverage local power. [Gas prices are high. I want to get drunk off of sweet, sweet petroleum.]
But whatever form is chosen, Iraqis have to do it for themselves, and they obviously need more time. [It’s always harder to do it by yourself.] As for our interests, President Bush has said repeatedly that he will not set a timetable for withdrawing troops. [He likes to wait til just before climax.] He should back off from a political timetable for whipping up an Iraqi government within weeks as well, so long as the work goes on. [Iraqi government is like quiche.]
Iraqis’ timeout avoids signing off constitution fractured with flaws [NJ]
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Lower Delaware never ceases to amaze me… neither does the local newspaper’s softcore erotica.
“I think she has a very wide esophagus, a large mouth and huge capacity (for food),” he said. (Please note, the ellipses added by the paper - so you didn’t think it was… ya know…)
“At first, it was hard,” Ms. Thomas said. “I learned that I had to swallow fast and not chew all the way. I chew as little as possible.”
Thank you for watching those teeth.
Success not hard to swallow [State News]
Posted by Tacitly Observing in General, First State Filth, Filth at 7:52 AM PDT
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