The Goracle Has a Statue to Worship

Well, technically, the producers have the statue. He was just up there to demonstrate he hasn’t taken off the back-brace.

So, congrats, Al. Your inaccurate spook movie on Global Warming won you an oscar. You and Mike Moore should be proud. And the nutroots are going wild. They want Al to jump in and run for President in 2008.

The Politico calls it a “late run“, which I find funny. It’s kind of like me sending out an invitation to a party I’m holding in three weeks. Two days later, 12 people show up, ready to party. Then two days later, Al Gore shows up and everyone says, “Why are ya so late, Al?” Meanwhile the party is still more than 2 weeks away.

David Roberts over at the PuffingTons Host had three orgasmic posts on the Goracale. Effectively, Gore won the Oscar, which is proof that there’s consensus on anthropological Global Warming.

Over at the Boston Globe, they’re talking about how great it would be to have the Goracle as a Presidential Candidate.

And ThinkProgress declares the Oscars have gone green. Well, it’s about time. They’ve been Pinko Leftist for far too long.

Seriously, a guy “wins” an Oscar on a movie that’s total bull, and people want him to run for President. I think it’s time for me to pass out Aquanet Moments to anyone who uses his Oscar “win” as proof he’d be a great candidate.

‘Ugly Betty’ Goes Moonbatty

Not a surprise, really. Hollywood actress denounces Bush? Really newsworthy.

But, even so, I love the show. And I still think Sean Penn is one hell of an actor, too. Same with Tim Robbins. But the moment I start going to Hollywood for political views, I’m off the deep end.

Saturday Morning Posts

Much thanks to everyone who’s viewed my video here and on YouTube. Feel free to share the video with friends, family and colleagues. All I ask is you give proper citation as to where it came from.

Time is urgent, here, too. Hopefully this video will stir public resentment towards Rep. Murtha and the cowards who are planning the “slow bleed” approach to defeat. But it has to go out soon, so spread the message.

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In science news, looks like the blind have reason to be happy. Human trials are starting on a bionic eye which allows those who could not see before to recognize faces. The detail that comes through isn’t great, and it certainly won’t match that of a functional human eye, but it is the first breakthrough in repairing blindness. As the technology improves, expect to see better and better resolution in these retinal electrodes.

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And as the blind start to see, the first thing they will get to see is a bald Britney Spears. It’s enough to make one claw at their bionic implants. I just hope she’s not going the route of Bob Geldof in “The Wall”:
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I’ve stayed away from commenting on the Libby trial, simply because it’s a legal freakshow. Nobody knows what the hell is going on, and that includes Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald.

If you want a good analysis and roundup, Victoria Toensing does a very nice job over at WaPo. Effectively, everyone involved should be locked up. Or pelted with rotting squash. Mmmmm… rotting squash!

Um, Have You Seen the Name of the Series?

The L.A. Times has a piece about a bunch of folks who paid a visit to the set of “24″ to talk about torture. Here’s what they asked the producers:

A few steps away from the CTU set of Fox’s “24,” an unlikely alliance of human rights activists, the dean of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and veteran interrogators with experience stretching from Saigon to Abu Ghraib gathered around two tables in mid-November. The group was there to meet with some of the creative forces behind “24,” one of television’s most successful serialized dramas, famous for its relentless derring-do depiction of an American counter-terrorism unit.

The East Coast crowd didn’t fly into town to pitch another quasi-military action series, but rather to advance a simple plea: Make your torture scenes more authentic.

By that, they did not mean bloodier or more savage. Instead, they wanted “24″ to show torture subjects taking weeks or months to break, spitting out false or unreliable intelligence, and even dying. As they do in the real world.

They want them to show it taking months for a torture suspect to break, right? But the show focuses on the events of one day. How is that supposed to happen?

And, aren’t we talking about “24″? The show some have said “jumps the shark” in every episode? Realism– well, it’s just not something “24″ is grounded in.

Badass Fashion

Drudge has a splash about fashion on his site, calling some of it Sharia fashion. Designer Lousie Golden.

Well, Sharia or not, I think it’s really cool. And scary. Very Star Wars Archnemesis.

The Police Rock the House

Man, that was cool. The Police are back and in great form.

Too bad 2/3 of the audience was saying, “Who’re the guys with Sting and how come he ditched the lute?”

Stay Away from the Trimspa

Anna Nicole Smith died today. She was 39, just four years older than I am. I never really liked her, but it was hard not to be sympathetic to the horrible year she was having. She had a lovely baby girl, but her son dies after visiting her. Then there’s a paternity suit. Now she dies. And all of this after she inherits the millions from her former husband.

It’s hard not to see some kind of nefarious plot at work here.

R.I.P. Nicole. Hopefully your daughter will be well cared for.

I was close

I called the Super Bowl champs, and the final score (29-17) was close to my 34-20 prediction. I am now ready to be contacted by police to help solve murders through my awesome psychic abilities.

Madonna– Adopt more people from Africa!

Madonna’s urging more people to adopt from Africa.

That way it doesn’t look like she was engaged in a publicity stunt. She was just setting a trend.

Anyone got $48,000 for me to and my family to fly to Africa, handpick an African orphan, file paperwork and fly them back home?

Ching Chong Rosie O’Donnell Ching Chong Cusses Ching Chong Out Barbara Walters

So says the gossip rag of Page 6:

The fight started around 8:30 a.m. when Walters, back from a two-week vacation, walked into the hair and makeup room at ABC studios and tried to hug O’Donnell, whom she hired onto the popular show.

According to spies, O’Donnell recoiled from Walters’ touch and yelled, “You kept me in the newspapers this whole time!”

“Stop giving me publicity! Don’t you realize all I want to be is a TV star adored by millions?”

No comment about the story so far from Rosie.com. I will keep you updated with news on the story when I care.

The lesson you should learn from this: don’t hug people. Especially people you work with.