Dance Ban: Footloose in Arizona

In the Arizona desert, Drew Carey discovers a modern-day "Footloose" story. A few years ago, Dale and Spencer Bell built a family oriented steak house with outdoor seating, fire pits, lots of old western style, and live music. But beware if you get the urge to scoot your boots--county officials have invoked an anachronistic ordinance that bans dancing outside.

Go USA!

From the CIA

Rank	Country	Current account balance	Date of Information
1	China	$ 363,300,000,000	2007 est.
2	Japan	$ 195,900,000,000	2007 est.
3	Germany	$ 185,100,000,000	2007 est.
4	Saudi Arabia	$ 88,890,000,000	2007 est.
5	Russia	$ 74,000,000,000	2007 est.
6	Switzerland	$ 67,890,000,000	2007 est.
7	Netherlands	$ 59,280,000,000	2007 est.
8	Norway	$ 55,820,000,000	2007 est.
9	Kuwait	$ 51,490,000,000	2007 est.
10	Singapore	$ 41,390,000,000	2007 est.
11	United Arab Emirates	$ 36,110,000,000	2007 est.
12	Algeria	$ 31,500,000,000	2007 est.
13	Sweden	$ 30,190,000,000	2007 est.
14	Canada	$ 28,460,000,000	2007 est.
15	Malaysia	$ 25,930,000,000	2007 est.
16	Taiwan	$ 24,700,000,000	2006
17	Hong Kong	$ 19,870,000,000	2007 est.
18	Iran	$ 19,000,000,000	2007 est.
19	Finland	$ 17,120,000,000	2007 est.
20	Venezuela	$ 17,020,000,000	2007 est.
21	Nigeria	$ 14,610,000,000	2007 est.
22	Angola	$ 13,640,000,000	2007 est.
23	Austria	$ 12,610,000,000	2007 est.
24	Libya	$ 11,710,000,000	2007 est.
25	Luxembourg	$ 11,300,000,000	2007 est.
26	Belgium	$ 11,040,000,000	2007 est.
27	Indonesia	$ 10,210,000,000	2007 est.
28	Brazil	$ 10,200,000,000	2007 est.
29	Thailand	$ 8,619,000,000	2007 est.
30	Chile	$ 8,184,000,000	2007 est.
31	Iraq	$ 7,802,000,000	2007 est.
32	Qatar	$ 7,733,000,000	2007 est.
33	Azerbaijan	$ 7,535,000,000	2007 est.
34	Argentina	$ 7,438,000,000	2007 est.
35	Philippines	$ 6,700,000,000	2007 est.
36	Korea, South	$ 5,950,000,000	2007
37	Israel	$ 5,941,000,000	2007 est.
38	Denmark	$ 4,699,000,000	2007 est.
39	Trinidad and Tobago	$ 3,884,000,000	2007 est.
40	Oman	$ 3,785,000,000	2007 est.
41	Egypt	$ 3,115,000,000	2007 est.
42	Uzbekistan	$ 3,045,000,000	2007 est.
43	Botswana	$ 2,231,000,000	2007 est.
44	Peru	$ 2,045,000,000	2007 est.
45	Bahrain	$ 2,009,000,000	2007 est.
46	Burma	$ 1,676,000,000	2007 est.
47	Gabon	$ 1,626,000,000	2007 est.
48	Bolivia	$ 1,325,000,000	2007 est.
49	Congo, Republic of the	$ 1,094,000,000	2007 est.
50	Namibia	$ 1,065,000,000	2007 est.
51	Cote d'Ivoire	$ 1,056,000,000	2007 est.
52	Turkmenistan	$ 689,300,000	2007 est.
53	Bangladesh	$ 683,000,000	2007 est.
54	Morocco	$ 433,900,000	2007 est.
55	Papua New Guinea	$ 314,000,000	2007 est.
56	Equatorial Guinea	$ 250,000,000	2007 est.
57	Yemen	$ 178,000,000	2007 est.
58	British Virgin Islands	$ 134,300,000	1999
59	Cook Islands	$ 26,670,000	2005
60	Palau	$ 15,090,000	FY03/04
61	Macedonia	$ 5,000,000	2007 est.
62	Tuvalu	$ 2,323,000	1998
63	Samoa	$ -2,428,000	FY03/04
64	Tonga	$ -4,321,000	FY04/05
65	Comoros	$ -17,000,000	2005 est.
66	Kiribati	$ -19,870,000	2004
67	Swaziland	$ -26,710,000	2007 est.
68	Lesotho	$ -28,000,000	2007 est.
69	Vanuatu	$ -28,350,000	2003
70	Gambia, The	$ -31,690,000	2007 est.
71	Micronesia, Federated States of	$ -34,300,000	FY05 est.
72	Anguilla	$ -42,870,000	2003 est.
73	Belize	$ -54,000,000	2007 est.
74	Sao Tome and Principe	$ -58,000,000	2007 est.
75	Paraguay	$ -73,000,000	2007
76	Antigua and Barbuda	$ -83,400,000	2004
77	Tajikistan	$ -102,000,000	2007 est.
78	Burundi	$ -137,300,000	2007 est.
79	Seychelles	$ -141,000,000	2007 est.
80	Chad	$ -144,500,000	2007 est.
81	Togo	$ -165,500,000	2007 est.
82	Rwanda	$ -172,800,000	2007 est.
83	Guinea	$ -175,000,000	2007 est.
84	Malawi	$ -180,000,000	2007 est.
85	Haiti	$ -184,800,000	2007 est.
86	Cape Verde	$ -218,000,000	2007 est.
87	Guyana	$ -229,700,000	2007 est.
88	Uganda	$ -241,000,000	2007 est.
89	Benin	$ -278,800,000	2007 est.
90	Eritrea	$ -343,100,000	2007 est.
91	Laos	$ -355,000,000	2007 est.
92	Uruguay	$ -400,000,000	2007 est.
93	Cambodia	$ -410,000,000	2007 est.
94	Malta	$ -411,000,000	2007 est.
95	Armenia	$ -440,000,000	2007 est.
96	Honduras	$ -446,000,000	2007 est.
97	Fiji	$ -465,800,000	2006 est.
98	Cameroon	$ -501,000,000	2007 est.
99	Zimbabwe	$ -538,000,000	2005 est.
100	Mauritius	$ -552,000,000	2007 est.
101	Moldova	$ -569,000,000	2007 est.
102	Ecuador	$ -600,000,000	2007 est.
103	Kyrgyzstan	$ -677,300,000	2007 est.
104	Mozambique	$ -726,000,000	2007 est.
105	Cuba	$ -750,000,000	2007 est.
106	Burkina Faso	$ -752,000,000	2007
107	Nicaragua	$ -754,000,000	2007 est.
108	Zambia	$ -856,000,000	2007 est.
109	Panama	$ -861,000,000	2007 est.
110	Albania	$ -918,000,000	2007 est.
111	El Salvador	$ -929,000,000	2007 est.
112	Tunisia	$ -935,000,000	2007 est.
113	Kenya	$ -980,000,000	2007 est.
114	Senegal	$ -1,034,000,000	2007 est.
115	Sri Lanka	$ -1,118,000,000	2007 est.
116	Madagascar	$ -1,145,000,000	2007 est.
117	Slovenia	$ -1,165,000,000	2007 est.
118	Vietnam	$ -1,199,000,000	2007 est.
119	Cyprus	$ -1,236,000,000	2007 est.
120	Costa Rica	$ -1,259,000,000	2007 est.
121	Tanzania	$ -1,422,000,000	2007 est.
122	Jamaica	$ -1,573,000,000	2007 est.
123	Georgia	$ -1,582,000,000	2007 est.
124	Jordan	$ -1,690,000,000	2007 est.
125	Guatemala	$ -1,772,000,000	2007 est.
126	Ethiopia	$ -1,851,000,000	2007 est.
127	Ghana	$ -1,885,000,000	2007 est.
128	Dominican Republic	$ -1,993,000,000	2007 est.
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$ -2,021,000,000	2007 est.
130	Syria	$ -2,160,000,000	2007 est.
131	Serbia	$ -2,451,000,000	2005 est.
132	Belarus	$ -3,056,000,000	2007 est.
133	Estonia	$ -3,092,000,000	2007 est.
134	Slovakia	$ -3,119,000,000	2007 est.
135	Lebanon	$ -3,337,000,000	2007 est.
136	Iceland	$ -3,384,000,000	2007 est.
137	Croatia	$ -3,836,000,000	2007 est.
138	Ukraine	$ -3,890,000,000	2007 est.
139	Sudan	$ -4,465,000,000	2007 est.
140	Kazakhstan	$ -4,643,000,000	2007 est.
141	Colombia	$ -5,132,000,000	2007 est.
142	Lithuania	$ -5,320,000,000	2007 est.
143	Mexico	$ -5,414,000,000	2007 est.
144	Czech Republic	$ -5,701,000,000	2007 est.
145	Latvia	$ -5,839,000,000	2007 est.
146	Pakistan	$ -6,477,000,000	2007 est.
147	Hungary	$ -6,681,000,000	2007 est.
148	Bulgaria	$ -7,189,000,000	2007 est.
149	New Zealand	$ -9,973,000,000	2007 est.
150	Ireland	$ -12,600,000,000	2007 est.
151	Poland	$ -18,130,000,000	2007 est.
152	India	$ -18,530,000,000	2007 est.
153	Portugal	$ -18,530,000,000	2007 est.
154	South Africa	$ -20,060,000,000	2007 est.
155	Romania	$ -20,950,000,000	2007 est.
156	France	$ -35,940,000,000	2007 est.
157	Turkey	$ -36,270,000,000	2007 est.
158	Greece	$ -36,400,000,000	2007 est.
159	Australia	$ -50,960,000,000	2007 est.
160	Italy	$ -57,940,000,000	2007 est.
161	United Kingdom	$ -111,000,000,000	2007 est.
162	Spain	$ -126,300,000,000	2007 est.
163	United States	$ -747,100,000,000	2007 est.

Scariest fucking idiot of the week

John McCain trying to kiss the ass of the worst thing in America, the Christian Right, accepted today the endorsement of Christofascist Pastor John Hagee.

Bill Moyers Journal covered this issue a few months ago on PBS which scared my pants off. It's a look into the organization Christians United for Israel led by Pastor John C. Hagee. In short it is a universal call to all Christians to help factions in Israel fund the Jewish settlements, throw out all the Palestinians and lobby for a pre-emptive invasion of Iran. All to bring Russia into a war against us, causing World War III, followed by Armageddon, the Second Coming, and The Rapture so these Evangelicalfascists can all go to Heaven in their lifetime. The wholesale thirsty enjoyable murder of 7 billion people. And of course the Jews who now support them will all go to Hell. And Catholics! And they call Muslims crazy murdering fascists?

This all revolves around what is called Dispensationalism. We live in the Sixth Dispensation with the Seventh being what is often called the Millennium or the End Times. So popular is this thirst to have everyone in the world killed, that Tim LaHaye's Left Behind series has sold 65 million copies.

This is not some little group of misfits; they include Jerry Falwell's organization, Pat Robertson and his gang, 50,000 evangelical preachers and even Billy Graham. They are prodded on by the Likud, the powerful Israeli Lobby, American Neoconservatives and as you see in the video, supported by Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, megalomaniac Newt Gingrich and Texas Senator John Cronyn to name a few. As was the case in 2002 and early 2003 the war drums are beating once again not only throughout the GOP, a pre-emptive war with Iran seems inevitable, and if George Bush and company can pull it off in the next few months, that will be TWO of the worst mistakes in human history by ONE guy! And there seems to be no helping ourselves. It's more about religion than it is oil, two competing EVANGELICAL religions saying my way or the high way, Evangofascism.

Though the video speaks for itself but I would like to add something.

I was having an argument the other day about absolutes when my adversary claimed there was no such thing. I pondered that and indeed found it problematic. It took a few days but I finally came up with the only one I could. 100% of those who have said the world was coming to an end in their lifetime have been 100% wrong 100% of the time.

John McCain accepts endorsement of Christofascist Pastor John C. Hagee

Posted by Rack Jite in Election 2008

The American Bu$ine$$man's Ten Steps to Product Development

1. Can I cut corners in the design?
2. Can it be shoddily built?
3. Can I use cheap materials?
4. Will it create hazards for my workers?
5. Will it harm the environment?
6. Can I evade the safety laws?
7. Will children die from it?
8. Can I overprice it?
9. Can it be falsely advertised?
10. Will it force smaller competitors out of business?

Excellent. Let's get busy.

- George Carlin: Napalm & Silly Putty

The Ten Best Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles

Dobbertin Surface Orbiter

What happens when a well known hotrodder puts his tinkering hands to an amphibious vehicle? The Dobbertin Surface Orbiter. Built out of an old milk tanker, the Orbiter was designed to circumnavigate the globe on land and water, which is good for when you're on the move and forced to deal with the suddenly changing seasons that the nuclear fallout will likely bring. And like all good survival vehicles, it comes complete with a kitchen and porta-potti. It nearly made it around the world, but financial problems and an eventual divorce led to the trip getting cut short. Maybe YankBoffin and BlueCoupe would be all over that.

[Dobbertin Hydrocar]

The Wothahellizat

Certainly winner for the best name, Adidac425 was right to identify the Wothahellizat as one of the all-time great survival vehicles. If the Sportsmobile is minimalist, the Wothahellizat is maximalist. It's a motorhome on wheels, literally. Nature photographer Rob Fray used this to do his work across the Australian continent. The perfect vehicle for when you don't want to leave anything at your underground fallout shelter.

[Wothahellizat]

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Don't Take My Word For It

"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall."

- Eleanor Roosevelt -

"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."

- Joseph Heller -

"Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science."

- Gary Zukav: The Dancing Wu Li Masters -

"The government has so far resisted the calls for a wider war beyond its present Gaza strategy of intense political pressure, a crushing economic embargo and frequent military strikes targeting those suspected of responsibility for the rockets. A full-scale invasion, officials say, could backfire and benefit Hamas, the armed Islamic movement that controls the territory. Israel also insists it does not want to be drawn back into Gaza less than three years after it withdrew its settlers and troops."
- Griff Witte: In Israel, Some See No Option but War -

"There is a frozen sea within us. Philosophy is an axe. Everything you believe is questionable. How deeply have you questioned it? The uncritical acceptance of beliefs handed down by parents, teachers, politicians, and religious leaders is dangerous. Many of these beliefs are simply false. Some of them are lies to control you. Even when what has been handed down is true, it is not your truth. To merely accept anything without questioning it is to be somebody else's puppet, a second-hand person. Beliefs can be handed down. Knowledge can be handed down. Wisdom can never be handed down. The goal of philosophy is wisdom. Trying to hand down philosophy is unphilosophical. Wisdom requires questioning what is questionable. Since everything is questionable, wisdom requires questioning everything. That is what philosophy is: the art of questioning everything."

- Daniel Kolak and Raymond Martin -

Best idea for the Olympics ever

Steve Varon wants the Dalai Lama to carry the Olympic torch to China.

Amazing new Zink printer that doesn't use ink (ZINK = Zero Ink)

Message for Clinton, Obama, and McCain

A PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN SPEECH THAT
WILL HELP YOU SWEEP THE POPULAR VOTE.

BY ADAM SACHS

from McSweeneys

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you very much for inviting me to your wonderful state here in the great heartland of America but also pretty near the coast. It is an honor to speak from this podium, in this storied courthouse, where so many profound legal judgments were handed down that they more or less canceled each other out.

I am a simple man with a Harvard degree and a solid understanding of tractors. When I was a young boy, my father took me on his knee and told me the principle that has guided my life ever since: "Agree with some things, disagree with other things." His was truly the Greatest Generation, along with a few that came before and a couple that have come since.

Why am I running for president of the United States of America? That's a good question, and perhaps there's no good way to answer it. Or perhaps there is a good way to answer it. Either way, it's a good question and I'm glad it was raised.

I want to talk a little bit about our nation's children. Before this speech, a young man named Stanley Exley came up to me. Stanley is a mechanic, a noble profession if there ever was one. Or perhaps he is a chemistry professor, also noble. He was holding his small daughter, Emily, an adorable 3-year-old who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Stanley is a straight shooter, and he came up to me and asked me a question I'll never forget: "Do you like children?" And I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Yes, Stanley, I very much like children." Maybe that's not a popular opinion, but it's what I believe. And to those of you who would say, "I don't think children are our future," I must reply in the strongest of terms: "I disagree." Sometimes you have to take a stand for what you believe in.

Our country is sharply divided over a war that is being waged in a distant land. My views on this war are clear: it is happening, it is happening in Iraq, and it will continue to happen until it stops. Some people believe we should withdraw all the troops now. Some people believe we should stay and fight until we've established a stable nation. Some people believe we should gradually hand over control to the Iraqi government. I feel blessed to live in a country with so many beliefs.

On the subject of South African apartheid: I strongly, strongly, strongly oppose it. I'm glad it's gone, and I hope it never comes back.

The state of our economy is in flux. Every single day, the stock market goes up or goes down or stays the same. If elected president, I will ask the Federal Reserve to take a good long look at the interest rate and decide whether or not to change it. If elected president, I will create jobs where there are none, and where there are jobs, I will create internships.

Let us take actions that will make people happy.

Let us take actions that will make people healthy or perhaps have the private sector do it.

Let us take actions regarding taxes.

And let us move boldly so that our children and our children's children can look back and say, "I'm glad they moved boldly on this, this, and that."

Thank you.

Jim Channon's Global Vision

Part One

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Part Three

http://arcturus.org/

Ode to Kyrgyz

Prize offered for anti-U.S. airbase song

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz rights activists will offer a prize of up to $1,000 (500 pounds) in a contest for the "best song" to protest against the presence of U.S. troops in the Central Asian republic, the event's organiser said.

my submission...

Here's a little message for the US of A

Every little thing you do is far and away

the very worst, and that's the very least I can say

So get a grip

And here's a tip

Please do it today

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out of Kyrgyz

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out of Kyrgyz

The USA is so much like the bad guy in Shane

There isn't any way to make it any more plain

They march right in and set a spell and then never leave

There's nothing left for anyone to do but bereave.

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out of Kyrgyz

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out of Kyrgyz

I am an American who's writing this song

And if you don't like it you can suck on my dong

Everything my country does is so very wrong

Now if you'll excuse me I've a date with a bong

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out of Kyrgyz

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out

Get the fuck out of Kyrgyz

The shocking story of a racist in the porn industry

Use Of 'N-Word' May End Porn Star's Career

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Live at Sundance!

Sung outside in the snow,
The Oscar winning "Falling Slowly" from Once

Jimmy Kimmel gets his revenge on Sarah Silverman

in response to this

I'll kill the motherfucker who disagrees with this

Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work say scientists

Sarah Boseley, health editor

Prozac, the bestselling antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, according to a major review released today.

The study examined all available data on the drugs, including results from clinical trials that the manufacturers chose not to publish at the time. The trials compared the effect on patients taking the drugs with those given a placebo or sugar pill.

When all the data was pulled together, it appeared that patients had improved - but those on placebo improved just as much as those on the drugs.

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Comedian Lee Camp manages to insert some truth into Fox News

Comic
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