Clinton Adviser Mickey Kantor Called Indiana Voters Bad Words…in 1992

Author: spencer

2 May

Okay……………………….WHO GIVES A SHIT?

For Chrissakes people, as much as I prefer Obama over Clinton, if anyone is in an uproar over what one of Hilary’s advisers said behind closed doors, they’re simply trying too hard. Really, people? Apparently, while gloating over returns in 1992, Bill Clinton Adviser Mickey Kantor referred to Indiana voters as “Shit,” and made a reference to themas being “worthless white niggers.” Oh wow, what a shock: salty political discussion not meant for public consumption. Who knew? Indiana wasn’t that important, so I imagine the round table discussion was over how much resources they should have spent in the state of lesser importance. Now Kantor is on Hilary’s team, and, in an attempt to divert flack from Rev Wright’s recent comments, the Obama camp is using the same hare-brained tactics against their opponents. Guilt by association? C’mon!
First of all, anyone who lives in Indiana is Shit, or else they would have moved to Portland by now*. Second of all, this happened 16 years ago - is this the best you can come up with Obama minions? Hilary is a career-politician with her hand fisting the pork barrel piggy bank for decades and this is the dirt you spread? ODB, say what’s on my mind:

ODB

Thanks, Dirty. Plus, that may even be doctored footage, according to director D.A. Pennebaker, who claims the footage comes from his 1993 film “The War Room.” Whatever. People, this is dumb. Save the dirty politics for talk radio.

* Just playing with you Indiana. You know I love you, boo.

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Mexican UFO Might Be a Flying Woman

Author: Daniel Taylor

2 May

A UFO spotted, and videotaped, above Mexico is according to investigators some sort of flying humanoid figure:

The mysterious woman-like figure was caught on camera as it hovered above mountains in Nuevo Leon city. UFO watchers said the figure appeared to be wearing a cape leading to claims that it was a witch or wizard when it was first seen in 2006. Now Mexico’s leading Ufologist Anna Luisa Cid says the sightings were true after carrying out her own investigations.

Looks like a dude on a jetpack to me, but maybe I’m just not thinking out of the box.

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Jay-Z Is Too Rich

Author: Ms. Nickels

2 May

I’m so sick of the disgustingly rich. It’s hard not to be bitter in this sucky economy… Jay-Z just signed a 10-year contract with Live Nation worth $150 mil: a chunk of stock, $5 million per year for “overhead,” $25 million for acquisitions and investments, $10 million an album (for a three-album deal), and $20 million for publishing, licensing, and other rights.

Madonna also signed a 10-year contract with Live Nation worth $120 mil: rumored terms include a signing bonus of about $18 million and a roughly $17 million advance for each of three albums. She also owes Warner Brothers another album plus a greatest hits CD. She’s also negotiating a 2-concert deal in Dubai that will pay $24 mil. If the concert is 90 minutes, that’s $133,333 A MINUTE. All I got to say is, FTS, how about slippin’ me a $50 just for posting this and giving you free press on our super cool blog site? That’ll cover my drinks for the weekend as I attempt to guzzle away my broke ass blues. Send it here:

Synthesis.net: Ms. Nickels

210 West 6th Street, Chico, CA 95928

K, thx! [du]Bai!

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The Cure Set To Release One Single a Month Until September Release

Author: ryan

2 May

Revered goth-pop band The Cure will be releasing one single a month, starting May 13th, until the release on September 13th of their 13th studio album. That’s some lucky juju the band’s accumulating already. Press release below:

Santa Monica, California, May 1, 2008- The Cure, one of the most revered British bands of the past quarter-century, have unveiled their plans to release four A & B side singles, one each month starting May 13th, leading up to the release of their thirteenth studio album, as yet untitled, which will be out on Suretone/Geffen Records September 13th. It will be the band’s first album of new music since 2004’s self titled album The Cure. Physical and digital singles will be available for purchase in store and on all digital partners.

Why the 13th of each month? The forthcoming album is The Cure’s thirteenth studio album… A lucky number indeed!

First single “The Only One” (released May 13th) includes the b-side “NY Trip”; second single “Freakshow” (released June 13th) includes the b-side “All Kinds Of Stuff”; neither b-side will appear on the album. Both tracks were produced by Robert Smith and Keith Uddin. July 13th and August 13th singles will be announced shortly…

The band is currently gearing up for a U.S. tour, kicking off May 9th at the Patriot Center in Washington DC (see below for complete tour itinerary.) 65daysofstatic will open on all dates.

Led as always by lead singer/guitarist Robert Smith, the Cure line-up comprises longtime members bass player Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper and, back in the band for a third time, guitarist Porl Thompson.

The Cure first formed in southern England in 1976 as Easy Cure. In 1978 the ‘Easy’ was dropped, and The Cure was signed to the Fiction label. In May 1979 their debut album Three Imaginary Boys was released to great acclaim.

Other landmark Cure albums include Pornography (1982), The Head on the Door (1985), Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987), Disintegration (1989), Wish (1992), Wild Mood Swings (1996), the Grammy-nominated Bloodflowers (2000) and their last full length release, the self-titled set The Cure (2004). 2006 saw the Suretone/Geffen release of Festival 2005, an award winning 5.1 DVD featuring 30 songs, shot by fans, band members and professionals during the summer of 2005’s European festival run.

Below is complete list of U.S. tour dates for The Cure with opening act 65daysofstatic:

May 9th               Washington DC                    Patriot Center
May 10th             Philadelphia , PA                  Wachovia Spectrum
May 12th             Boston, MA                         Agganis Arena
May 14th             Montreal, QC                       Bell Centre
May 15th             Toronto, ON                        Air Canada Centre
May 17th             Chicago, IL                          Allstate Arena
May 19th             Kansas City, MO                 Starlight Theatre
May 21st             Denver, CO                          Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 23rd             Salt Lake City, UT               E Center
May 25th             George, WA                         Gorge Amphitheater – Sasquatch Festival
May 26th             Vancouver, BC                     General Motors Place
May 29th             Santa Barbara, CA               Santa Barbara Bowl
May 31st             Los Angeles, CA                  Hollywood Bowl
June 1st               Los Angeles, CA                   Shrine Auditorium
June 3rd              San Diego, CA                      Cox Arena
June 4th              Phoenix, AZ                           Dodge Theatre
June 6th              Dallas, TX                            American Airlines Center
June 8th              Austin, tX                              Austin Music Hall
June 9th              Houston, TX                          Toyota Center
June 11th            Tampa, FL                             St. Pete Times Forum
June 13th            FT. Lauderdale, FL                Band Atlantic Center
June 15th            Atlanta, GA                           Gwinnett Center
June 16th            Charlotte, NC                        Charlotte Bobcats Arena
June 18th            Cleveland, OH                       Wolstein Center at Cleveland State
June 20th            New York, NY                     Madison Square Garden
June 21st            New York, NY                      Radio City Music Hall

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Fun With Advertising

Author: Ms. Nickels

2 May

Here in rural Chico, we don’t have clever advertisements. We laugh at cute little innuendos on our billboards like “Want a quickie countertop replacement?” or “Get back in the kitchen… [bitch]“. Chico business owners typically don’t know what makes for effective advertising and more times than not, we’re told to apply the “logo-enlargement cream” to their ads. Like that’ll help. As my old friend P. Brown used to say, “Be the wiser advertiser!” so here’s some advertising that actually gets your attention:

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58% of Black Children Can’t Swim

Author: Daniel Taylor

1 May

White Men Can’t Jump, but a recent report shows Black Kids Can’t Swim:

Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can’t swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey. Stark statistics underlie the initiative by the national governing body for swimming. Black children drown at a rate almost three times the overall rate. And less than 2 percent of USA Swimming’s nearly 252,000 members who swim competitively year-round are black.

Of course, like many of the societal ills facing the African American community, not being able to swim has its roots in America’s racist past:

The minority swimming gap has deep roots in America’s racial history. For decades during the 20th century, many pools were segregated, and relatively few were built to serve black communities.

John Cruzat, USA Swimming’s diversity specialist, said these inequalities were compounded by a widespread misperception—fueled by flawed academic studies—that blacks’ swimming ability was compromised by an innate deficit of buoyancy.

“There are people who still give credence to these stereotypes, even in the black and Hispanic community,” said Cruzat, who wants to break the cycle that passes negative attitudes about swimming from one black generation to another.

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