Venevisión scores a media coup

Let it never be said that I won’t give some credit to the media whores when it’s due. Venevisión, the opposition channel owned by Gustavo Cisneros, decided to give this healthy-competition thingie a try, and scoop their oughta-be rival but more frequent collaborator, Globovisión (the FUX Snooze of Venezuela). How did they do it? By interviewing no less a personage than the president of Venezuela. Here’s the full monty:

The first segment is very short, and deals specifically with the assault on the vandalized Maripérez synagogue, which is starting to reek of an inside job. The next five are the program in its entirety. The public got the opportunity to call in and ask questions of Chavecito themselves. Say what you will about the man, he’s not media-shy, nor does he fear the people; he welcomes any chance to talk, always rolls out a boatload of indisputable facts, and makes himself available to anyone who wants to interview him. He entertains and informs all in the same breath. And for once, Venevisión decided to make good use of an opportunity, score an exclusive, and act reasonably non-partisan to boot. Compare and contrast this to the “zero Chavismo on screen” approach they took during the coup of ’02.

This how journalism should work, but seldom does on Venezuelan commercial channels. Kudos to Venevisión for laying aside their putschist tendencies and getting it right for a change.

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The best the Venezuelan opposition can do

…is pretty much summed up by this video:

They can’t answer even a basic question. So they stick to their painfully thin script: “No is No!” And other hysterical yelling.

Of course, if they chose to answer questions rationally, they’d have to reflect on why their so-called leaders have repeatedly plunged the country into misery in their (failed) efforts to get rid of a popular leader who’s doing the country a power of good. That would never do. Better just to scream like banshees. And assault bus drivers who refuse to participate in their illegal roadblocks while they’re at it.

Stay tuned for the worst they can do. Coming soon to a synagogue and/or papal nunciature near you…

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Privatized Cities

An Al-Jazeera English report by Canada’s own Avi Lewis (spouse of Naomi Klein, who wrote The Shock Doctrine, in which the Sandy Springs story also figures).

Want to see Completely Fucking Clueless in action? Get a load of that Republican dude. He doesn’t seem to grasp the most basic concept: Private-for-profit corporatist “government” only works if everyone is rich and can afford to absorb what the profits will cost them. Sure, that might work–for a while–in Sandy Springs, GA, which is a self-selecting rich white monoculture. But in the long run? CH2M Hill had better pray that their corporate governance is sound. And in the privatized, globalized, deregulated economy of BushCo’s America, that’s not likely to be the case. In any event, taxpayer-funded public servicing is more cost-effective than private-for-profit. If this guy and his ilk want to see more bang for their buck, they should be in favor of good, old-fashioned wealth redistribution through taxes and public services. The fact that they’re not, and that this is taking place in the southern US, makes me wonder if the racist component in all this isn’t the real reason behind his faulty reasoning. After all, what are Republicans in the South if not old-time segregationist Dixiecrats at heart? And what is their worst fear, as such? Seeing “their” money end up in a non-white neighborhood, enabling non-whites to be something more than virtual slaves a century and a half after Emancipation. Heaven forfend that economics should ever prove white supremacism to be full of shit!

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Kitty is a Hopey skeptic

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There’s just no pleasing SOME people…

OTOH, it IS worth wondering how he’ll get along with the ‘Cito. The next Summit of the Americas should give some idea; both are due to attend then. I hope Kitty can hold out till April.

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Where was all this on Friday?

Sheesh…sometimes you really have to wait for the good stuff. Here’s Evo, yesterday, at the official ceremony marking the coming-into-force of Bolivia’s newly ratified constitution:

With special guest appearance by Guatemalan indigenous human-rights champion Rigoberta Menchú, no less. Hmmm, whatever could it mean? Could it be that finally, FINALLY, little brown people will have rights equal to those of the tall pink ones? Nahhhh, of course not. It’s just another anti-white racist conspiracy, don’tcha know.

And here’s Chavecito, campaigning for a little constitutional amendment–perhaps you’ve heard of it?

Or maybe he’s announcing his candidacy to become a big-league baseball pitcher. Either way, he’s got one hell of an arm. And his being a southpaw is the secret weapon, so watch for him to strike the oppos out.

He’s also got kind words for AvilaTV, the Caracas community station that’s done a lot to unravel the right-wing media lies and general bullshit that prevails in the upper strata of Venezuela.

And for those who like the sound of Ecuadorable cojones, there’s a recording here of Rafael Correa, blasting a US so-called diplomat who thought Washington was really in charge of all that goes on in Quito. This is their idea of “co-operation”. Sorry–not anymore, little gringo. Chalk up one more progressive LatAm country that takes the word sovereignty seriously, and isn’t afraid to kick any foreigner out who doesn’t do likewise.

So much for weekends being a time when nothing much happens.

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Only in Dubai

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Roger Federer and André Agassi play Centrifugal Bumblepuppy on the helipad of the Burj al-Arab. Insanity, thy name is Dubai.

(h/t Cracked)

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Random shit and senseless dickweeds

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Who’s a bigger assclown than what some other assclown painted on this kitty’s rear end? Well, this week it is…

1. Ashton Fucking Dumbass Kutcher. Watch this and learn how NOT to complain effectively, kiddies:

Nice house, shame about the dickweed in it. And no, I’m not talking about the guy building at ungodly hours next door. “I’m gonna lose it on him”–uh, Ashton? If you feel the need to make a crappy, kvetchy video for the whole world to see, you’ve already lost it. Next time, just buy a $2 pair of earplugs and use them. They worked for Jane Fonda (who is NOT a dickweed), so maybe they can work for you.

2. Kenneth Fucking Dickweed Flottman. Shit, what’s a thousand or more dead Kenyans if you have a “political outcome” to “manage” to your “nonpartisan” (i.e. REPUBLICAN) NGO’s liking? And to think that we peons here in the “partisan” (i.e. NOT REPUBLICAN) world wondered why Kenya erupted in violence during last year’s electoral farce. Well, now we know. It was all that “political outcome management”, stupid!

3. Chris Fucking Nazi Kraul. Never mind the “mob rule” (it’s called DEMOCRACY) in mostly indigenous Bolivia (which, after 200-some years as a republic, finally has a nice, progressive president who actually looks like the average Bolivian.) How about the mob rule of racists writing in the English-language newspapers? Will we ever get a mainstream media report from South America that doesn’t ring a kajillion alarm bells about a backlash against white people that just ain’t happening? Not from the likes of this one we won’t. And accurate reporting? Perish forbid! That would make it look like someone actually liked those uppity Injuns, and was making an effort to comprehend their situation. And, heaven knows, we couldn’t have that. What would all the poor, oppressed white people think?

4. And speaking of poor, oppressed white people, how about that James Alexander Fucking Kluker McQuirter. Neo-Nazi and KKK connections? Ecoterrorism and scams? Way to give Canada a bad name in Panama, DICKWEED.

5. And while we’re on the subject of North American neo-Nazis, take a gander at Glenn Fucking Asshole Beck, the latest in a long and skulking line of right-wing America-haters:

This drives Beck to the “edge of insanity”? Dude, trust me–you are long since over the cliff. And your race to the bottom with the Man of the Too-Tight Facelift is considerably less entertaining than watching Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester doing this:

6. José María Fucking Aznar. We always knew he was a neo-fascist, and now we have proof. He actually thinks the invasion of Gaza was justified.

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Guess Bush’s butt isn’t the only one this dickweed could lick. He’s also a Likudnik-licker.

7. And speaking of Fucking Dubya’s butt, it seems that we are not through seeing the mooning backside of him yet, nor will we be for quite some time. Check out this chart at Sadly, No!–and then tell me with a straight face that it’s all because he inherited a recession from Bill Clinton (which just happened to become apparent as his eight years in office expired???), and that conservatives know what the fuck they’re talking about on any fiscal matter under the sun. Can’t do it? Then you just might not be an assclown yourself. (At least, not a total one. But if you still believe in the power of Fiscal Conservatism, I have sad news for you.)

8. The reckless shitfuck doctor or doctors who impregnated Nadya Suleman with the octuplets–and also all six of her previous children. WTF is wrong with these people? Can they not tell who is a poor candidate for IVF? Do they simply believe it is not their job to screen for mental as well as physical health risks? Can they not say NO once in a while? Or is there just no red flag that a fistful of borrowed dollars, waved under their noses, won’t magically vaporize?

9. BTW, Nadya Fucking Suleman isn’t exactly the Virgin Mary, either. I can understand having one or two children, or even three, by artificial fertility measures, but do the words STOP and ENOUGH not mean anything? How about that big one, RESPONSIBILITY? Suppose she had died, leaving all 14 of her children parentless. Yes, it could happen, and in her case, the risk factor was already there. An injury put her on the dole before even her first child was conceived, never mind this litter that put her name in the news. She’s also depressive–a condition that childbearing won’t fix, but proper psychological treatment can. And please, spare me the “only child in a dysfunctional family” excuse; this sort of thing is only perpetuating the dysfunction, not curing it. Most disgusting is all the money she’s looking to rake in now–$2 million at last count. Yes, but what about the kids? For a small sneak preview of what’s ahead for them, read up on the Dionne Quints.

10. I’m sure the anti-choice movement considers this woman to be a saint for not undergoing fetal reduction, but that’s because they’re fucking assclowns, too.

11. And you know who else is an assclown? Anyone recommending the “free market” approach to medicine, especially as pertains to fertility. Yes, Simon Fucking Jenkins, I’m looking at you. This didn’t happen in Great Britain, where the system is regulated (too much for some people’s liking), it happened in the good ol’ USA–the only First World industrialized country where medicine lives in the Third World. Take a good look at India–there’s your “freedom”, marketmaniacs. And it really DOES equal slavery if you let the market take care of it all.

12. And for a whole room full of assclowns–some free-market, some enslaved-woman, and some (Goddess only knows how) both–how about that Pajamas Fucking So-Called Media concept? Down in flames, you say? Well, gee…considering how lame it was from the very outset, the only wonder is that it lasted as long as it did.

13. Now, just for a little change of pace (or clothes), how about that Andrew Fucking Dumbass Card. Because the casual look is only okay if Repugnicans do it. Or is it because the non-white “help” should never be seen by Their White Lordships without a jacket and tie? Whatever. Obama’s the elected president, not the fucking White House butler. He can wear what he pleases.

14. Back to the Wild West of medicine for a moment. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Sheyla Fucking Dumbass Hershey, the latest candidate for inclusion on Awful Plastic Surgery Dot Com. She couldn’t get “enough” silicone for her implants in her home state of Texas, so she’s gone to Brazil, where there are no safety regs to prevent her from blowing her breasts up and killing herself in the process. Which boob is bigger–she or her silicone falsies? SHE is. And this doctor can tell you why–from disturbing personal experience.

15. Oh and you’ll never guess who else made Awful Plastic Surgery already!

That wraps the bile-spewage for this week. Apologies to Greengeeta for not finding a way to fit Doug Fucking Election Rigger Schoen in there anywhere, but BoRev has all anyone needs to know about him.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Double yum

Yep, another of those “just because” shots. I’m putting this one up just because it’s a nice one of two of my favorite smart goodlookings…

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…and I like it.

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Headline Howler: Born on a pirate ship

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Talk about yer bum steers. This headline has got to be the mother of them all:

“Pirates Make Off With Millions in Booty”.

This begs the question: Did they steal J-Lo’s backside (reputed to be insured for a billion, with a B, as in butt), or did they stuff the millions up their own?

Oh, and here’s the other funny thing from that piece:

The U.S. Navy stood by helplessly, unable to accost the pirates because they still hold nearly 150 other seamen hostage.

Gee, that’s an awful lot of buns. So much for the invincibility of the US Navy! Even the Party Posse can’t improve their reputation on this one.

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Bollywood Condomania!

Not really stupid, actually kind of cute:

The YouTube description reads:

“This is an entertaining and educational video in Telugu on Condom usage, to prevent from sexually transmitted infections and HIV, from Nrityanjali Academy, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India”

How does one prevent FROM an STI, I wonder? I know how one prevents GETTING them, but once you’ve got them it’s kind of hard to prevent anything.

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