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Sam, the "World's Ugliest Dog"

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This little fella really lived the life. We should all aspire to live so long and so well. May your toys and treats be plentiful in the afterlife, Sam. Cheers.

Be sure to check out Sam and Susie's Blog.

In US Open news, Andre Agassi defeated James Blake in a fifth set tie breaker after an incredible comeback, having lost the first two sets. I admit, I had my doubts about Agassi after the first two sets. But then he turned it around, and fought all the way to the end... all the way to victory. If you missed this match, you really missed some remarkable tennis.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andre Agassi, 35 years young, took a pounding for two sets from a sizzling James Blake, pounced back at him for two more, then survived a tiebreaker in a wondrous five-set drama reminiscent of Jimmy Connors' legendary run to the U.S. Open semifinals at 39.

Rendered helpless at the start by Blake's dazzling speed and precision, Agassi asserted himself in the third set Wednesday night, turned the match around and looked fresher at the end of a 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (6) triumph that put him in the semis -- two wins from capturing the title he won in 1994 and '99.

"It's always great when the end of a match is decided by quality shots and somebody winning it instead of somebody losing it", said Agassi, in a post match interview.

Read the rest at SI.com.

I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, they say they're looting; you see a white family, it says they're looking for food.

So somehow, that is President Bush's fault? Hell Bush gets it worse than anybody else in the media. Give me a break.

they've given them permission to go down and shoot us.

Soooo the the people down in New Orleans can shoot at the rescue workers and that's okay, but it's not okay for the National Guard to shoot back?

George Bush doesn't care about black people

Awe and there it is. Another celebrity out to make a political statement on somebody else's time and dime. I know. I'm spewin' my own shit here, but you see, here's the difference. It's my blog. I paid for the computer from where I post. I paid for the web server from where it is hosted. I don't have to rip off the networks for their air time. I don't have to sneak around cue cards and slip past a network censor in order to say something that wasn't "in the script". You wanna talk your own shit? Pay for your own medium. Think you can do a better job runnin' the fuckin' country? Great! Run for office and put your fuckin' money where your pampered celebrity, fat fuckin' mouth is. I'm sure you have more fans than Mr Bush or any of the other candidates. It should be pretty much a cakewalk.

You know... New Orleans was founded in 1718. I'm sorry that in 287 years, leader after leader, elected official after elected official, could not get that city to a point where its citizens were safe from a natural disaster that nearly every-fuckin-body knew would happen some day. I'm sorry there weren't double levees. I'm sorry there weren't redundant pumps. I'm sorry that after 287 years, knowing that this might happen, that there were no contingency plans for this sort of crisis. I'm sorry that Hurricane Katrina actually devastated other parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, Florida, Georga, Kentucky, and even Ohio. I'm sorry that Federal disaster declarations blanketed 90,000 square miles of the United States, so that the full attention of the rescue workers could not be focussed squarely on New Orleans. I'm sorry that when help did come, they were welcomed with gunfire. I'm sorry that other "lesser storms" were handled much better than the the worst natural distaster in recent US history. And I'm sorry that things haven't quite worked out to your personal satisfaction. Fucking moron.

While perusing the more left wing Drudge Retort (not to be confused with the more right wing Drudge Report), I came across this little gem of an article. In the article is says...

"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars. Last year, a local pastor sent video footage of sex acts being performed in front of police to the mayor, city council, and the media. City officials simply ignored the footage and continued to welcome and praise the weeklong celebration as being an "exciting event". However, Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin.

"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage. "From 'Girls Gone Wild' to 'Southern Decadence,' New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same"

So God hates gays. He hates girls gone wild. Hates drinking. Hates partying. And hate tits and ass for plastic beads. Got it. Thanks.

Good thing I live in such a "sin free" city. I've got nothing to worry about. The rest of you dorks bettah straighten up an fly right, befo Katrina come kick yo ass. You feel me? I thought so.

Racism

Originally uploaded by dustin3000.

But it would seem the press does. Katrina just goes in there and kicks everybody's ass. Black, White, Brown, Yellow, Male, Female, Young, Old, Rich, Poor, Mentally/Physically Disadvantaged, Able Bodied, Pretty, Fugly, Gay, Straight, Bi, What-the-fuck ever. If you were there, Katrina kicked your ass.

So why does the press pick favorites like this?

According to Yahoo, black people "loot" -- white people "find."

You know... I'm probably the last person to EVER preach Political Correctness. In fact, I'm probably going to wind up offending somebody out there. Let me take this opportunity to NOT apologize in advance. Thin skinned, sensitive, whiney pansies need to stay the hell off the Internet.

Having said that, I have to say that this Media Racism bullshit is pretty fucked up right here. While I'm on the subject, I must also admit, had I not seen this on the Internet first, I might have never even paid any attention. Like I said, normally I could give a shit about being PC, but damn... Yahoo? AP? I'm starting to see why some blacks get pissed off about this stuff.

dustin3000, nice catch man.

SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed a lawsuit to force top makers of potato chips and french fries to warn consumers about a potential cancer-causing chemical found in the popular snacks.

In a complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lockyer sought an injunction to stop restaurant chains such as McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. from selling french fries without some form of warning.

Also named were producers of potato chips and other packaged potato products like PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., makers of Pringles chips. blah blah blah-fucking-blah...

"I know from personal experience that, while these snacks may not be a necessary part of a healthy diet, they sure taste good," Lockyer said in a statement. "But I, and all consumers, should have the information we need to make informed decisions about the food we eat."

God damn. Have you ever heard such a fucktard for an Attorney General? Is this really... I mean really... honestly... the BEST HE CAN FUCKING COME UP WITH?? Chips and french frys? Frys? We should have the information we need huh? Okay. Here's a little clue Mr Fucktard. As the name of the food would imply (come on follow me here, I know you can do this), IT'S FUCKING FRIED!!!!! Oh and here's some more information... no charge. If you are all really that god damn concerned with your health, THEN LAY THE FUCK OFF THE CHIPS AND FRIES!! Why does California insist on legislating EVERY-fucking-THING?? WHY?? It's like suing God, because ...oh well you know the sun is kinda bright, and if you look at it all day, you might go blind. I think there oughta be some kinda label on that big bright thing up there. You know. So we can have all the information. How about that Pacific Ocean? That thing gets kinda deep doesn't it? I don't recall ever seeing any sort of label on it. Clearly we should legislate this too. Mr Fucktard, there's really only one label we need to legislate. It's a label for your fucking forehead that says "I'm a fucktard. Please talk slower." Fucking moron.

Source: CNN.com. Read more of this bullshit here. Go'head. Indulge.

081605ibook_stampede

Originally uploaded by Walt.

Would you brave a stampede for it? Risk personal injury or maybe even death? What if it was a 4 year old iBook? Would you do it then?

People threw themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little girl's stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd.

Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him.

"I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station.

"They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said.

Can't remember ever hearing about anybody jumping through these kinds of hoops for a PeeCee. People just love Macs. Holy shit! Take a look at these slideshows! Slideshow 1 | Slideshow 2. Read more here & here. Hey how many of these things do you think will end up on ebay anyway???

I found a little place on the web the other day, that I thought I'd share. Some of you may have already been there. Those who haven't may be surprised by what you find there. We all watch/read/hear about the news. Most of the time it's pretty sanitized by the time it reaches our eyes and ears. What you'll see here is not censored. It may or may not disturb you, but it will probably make you think.

“Stop that car!” someone shouted out, seemingly simultaneously with someone firing what sounded like warning shots — a staccato, measured burst. The car continued coming. And then, perhaps less than a second later, a cacophony of fire, shots rattling off in a chaotic, overlapping din. The car entered the intersection on its momentum and still shots were penetrating it and slicing it. Finally, the shooting stopped, the car drifted listlessly, clearly no longer being steered, and came to a rest on a curb. Soldiers began to approach it warily.

You can read the rest of the above excerpt, at this link: Uncensored News Pictures -- A shooting after nightfall.

Whatever your position is on the stories covered, Crisis Pictures is worth a visit.

For cryin' out loud... and why on Earth would you want to be like those poor loser bigamists with only two wives? Where is your sense of achievement? Where's that "can do" attitude? Why not be like this fella?

3 Wives Greet British Man After Surgery

LONDON -- Some people bring flowers. But when Melvyn Reed's three wives showed up to visit him at the hospital, they brought the unexpected end to his years as a bigamist.

British police confirmed Thursday that after Melvyn Reed's marital affairs took a turn for a worse as he recovered from triple bypass surgery _ all three of his spouses had turned up at the same time, despite his efforts to stagger their visits.

Media reports say that the wives quickly realized that they were all married to the same man.

The 59-year-old company director from Kettering in central England turned himself in May, telling police he was married to three women at the same time, and confessing to bigamy, illegal in Britain, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said Reed was with his attorney when he turned himself in and confessed in Wimbledon, south London.

He pleaded guilty July 19 to two charges of bigamy and was given a four-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay $126 in costs, police said.

It wasn't immediately possible to reach Reed or his three wives. Reed's lawyer, Laurence Grant, also could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Metropolitan Police said Reed married his first wife, Jean Grafton, in 1966, then left her without divorcing her. He went on to marry Denise Harrington in 1998, then married Lyndsey Hutchinson in 2003.

The Metropolitan Police said Harrington and Hutchinson have since sought advice on getting their marriages annulled. But media reports say lawyers have advised the women that their marriages were never valid.

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
The Associated Press

Now this whole thing just bothers me. Not because of the double bigamy thing, but check this out:

• Dude was in the hospital for "triple" bypass surgery
• Dude had "three" wives show up at his bedside at the same time.

Coincidence? hmmm?

Or was it the power of three?

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Killer Panda!

Originally uploaded by Walt.

A female journalist screams after being bitten by a giant panda in her left arm at the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Sichuan Province. The journalist was attacked by the panda when she crossed a fence and posed for pictures with the bear.

Okay so maybe they are not exactly Grizzly Bears, but these cute little fuzzy black and white furballs can hold their own against people. Yikes! Click on the pic to see more, but the pic is pretty graphic and you may find it disturbing.

Source: USA Today