• Published:April 8th, 2008
• Comments:1 Comment
• Category:News Comments

Absolut Vodka has shocked Americans with its invention of the idea of targeting an ad to appeal to the patriotism and nationalism of its audience, something that’s never been done in America before. It shows the Mexican border expanded into American territory.

As you can imagine, this has set off shrill klaxons in the minds of folks who are terrified of “la Reconquista”.

They just lost me as a customer. We have enough racial division caused by their invasion of our country. Please don’t rub it in our faces.

Yes, the Mexicans have caused racism by coming to America.

Shameful and traitorous. Absolut, you have LOST me and probably most Americans as customers!

Absolut isn’t an American company. But this person reminds us that everyone in the world is required to stay loyal to America.

I’m all for free speech and irreverent advertising, but to show my home now part of another country in an Ablsout (perfect) world is offensive. Regardless, they have absolutely no idea what is important to non-illegal Californians, which are still the majority. I won’t be buying Absolut ever again.

Also addressing one of the comments here as to the sophistication of Mexicans in general…. you must be referring to the miniscule fraction of the DF elite who are strictly from European ancestry. Yes they are sophisticated, but the masses are still asses.

It’s quite simple. I am an American, I love my country and thus I will never buy nor drink Absolut vodka ever again.

Makes one wonder how many of these boycotters actually buy and drink Absolut on a regular basis anyway. At least this guy is honest:

I stopped drinking Absolut several years ago. I wish I were still drinking it so that I could boycott it. Well, for what it’s worth, I’m boycotting it now!

Good thing Jackson slaughtered anyone who had a chance to make the U.S. map look even close to that. I absolutly will not buy absolut.

Anyone expect to see an ad (from any global brand) about a world without the USA? With a swastika over all over europe, a hammer & sickle over all of asia, and the only place where people vote in free elections in N America? Didn’t think so. Like the ubiquitous “imbecile/loser male/father” in what seems like 75% of retail TV spots, advertisers show their laziness when they go for such an easy target as the most dominant member of a group. So bashing America (which this Absolut ad plainly is) and bashing men and the resulting boredom these tired old cliches induce will eventually subside when selling product once again becomes more important than making a thinly veiled left-leaning political statement. It can’t happen soon enough.

RW needs to lock up his womenfolks:

The nation of Mexico’s 3 major imports into the USA are poverty, criminals, and ignorance.

If they were to extend their Govt into the southwest, we can add corruption to the list.

Why go backward?

I salute the Hispanics that are good honest Americans.

Most I know want the American dream including my wife and her family.

Don’t worry Texans. The new Sam Houston is coming back soon. How do I know this? I am the new Sam Houston! I will kick every freeloading Mexican out of Texas. I might even take Mexico by invasion. But I will be using AK 47’s. Over my dead body will turd world Mexico ever take back TEXAS! Get your guns ready red blooded TEXANS and AMERICANS. Jorge Bush is a traitor and loves Mexicans. Too bad the BUSH girls don’t marry one of those hard working morons! If the morons running this country don’t stop this crap soon the people WILL!

… enough , close the borders .
… shoot them in the leg , the 1st week.
… shoot for the head , the 2nd.
… $ 500 bounty for illegals within our borders .
…. that should ease unemployment and get the economy
going .
…. ” let’s drink to that . ”
… KNOB CREEK

I find this type of advertising disgusting and uneducated. It creates divides between people of different cutlers.

Probably the most repulsive ad I’ve ever seen. Sadly, people who think this is funny are either dumber than granite as to what’s happening in the counrty, or working for the enemy outright.

Whether slow, fast, violent or not, changing a border is war, pals. You can do it actively, or with mass infiltration of people, language and culture, over a longer time. It’s still an invasion.

The slow creep of fumes lets us all be happy, right until the end, when we close our eyes.

Mexico need to be dealt a death blow. 170 years of hostile behavior is enough.

Another (Globalist Elite controlled) multi-national company pandering to the La Raza crowd. The Elite has long tried to creat “Aztlan” via open borders, birthright citizenship & other treasonous methods. We Americans had better turn off the “Sheeplevision”, put down the iPods, iPhones & video games & fight for our (once great) Constitutional Republic before it’s too late!

It wouldn’t be GOTI material without someone posting in ALL CAPS:

I USED TO DRINK ALOT OF ABSOLUT WHILE PARTYING ON THE GREEK ISLANDS……
NEVER AGAIN! TEQUILA SUCKS…….I THINK I WILL STICK TO WISKEY!

normally i don’t care about anything. but this stupid and inflammatory ad fries my butt.

glug, glug, gulg - the sound of my Absolut going into the toilet, never again to darken my door step or mouth. If fact, when I go to a drinking estblisment. I will ask they remove the drink from the selections. Of course, I will tell them why.

My ancestors were part of the Texas Revolution.
We’ve been here 300 years, and seen all six flags fly over it.
I was raised a Son of the Old Republic.
And while some snooty, liberal, eurotrash Scandle-navians may think it’s funny to make comments that we ’stole’ this land, or that it ought to be given back in some twisted bit of progressivist guilt, they have never lived here.
The blood, sweat, and tears of 300 years worth of my ancestors is in this soil, having worked hard to call themselves first “Texans” and then “Americans”. This is the product of work, dedication, and sacrifice.

It goes beyond mere insult to a native Texan. It borders on sin.

You’re welcome to your opinion, but you’d best do it well beyond rifle range.
- a mistake they made at Gonzales in 1835 too.

In the meantime, I’ve better things to drink than “Absolut Insult’

I WILL NEVER BUY THIS AGAIN,
AND ANY AMERICAN WHO SUPPORTS THIS IS NOT AN AMERICAN
THEY ARE A TRAITOR !!

In summary:

Absolutely no more “Absolut ” for me - dumb Swedes ! They must not have been vikings or maybe they were (lol)

Viva los Internets!

• Published:April 7th, 2008
• Comments:2 Comments
• Category:Blog Comments, Fandom, Movies

Latino Review reports that Brendan Fraser and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will appear in cameos in the Sommes-helped live-action adaptation of GI Joe.

This, of course, means that the people at ComingSoon.net are angry.

Both are incredibly poor decisions for those roles…this is disappointing…

That’s right, casting two well-known and well-liked actors in cameos in your movie based on a cartoon and comics series based on a toy line is a bad idea. Just look at the people lining up to agree with empirical evidence!

I agree both are very disappointing. Last good film Rock has done was Doom and as for fraser UMH…. I can”t think of any good films he’s made. He pretty much sucks as an actor.

Stephen Sommers is an infuriating hack with no respect to the characters he brings to the screen. Anyone who can seriously allow such a disgraceful abomination such as Van Helsing to be distributed to unsuspecting movie goers across the world has lost their soul. This will be no different.

wow - this brings the crap factor of this movie up by 10,000 crap-points on the crap scale - who in their @#$@#$ right mind thinks these guys will actually improve the movie!!!

Of course, there’s a dissenter who has clear, cogent points to use to counter the tide of negative opinion:

Hey ok here’s the lowdown:

Stephen Sommers: He can direct (the Mummy Films).

Van Helsing: Disappointing but it was still ok.

Brenden Fraser: Can act. Crash anyone? George Of The Jungle?

The Rock: Doom sucked we know. The Rock CAN act. He just chooses **** movies to star in.

The whole argument about how Hasbro Toy movies suck?: Two words… Transformers/ Amazing. You all can suck it.

Someone with the delightful (no, really) moniker of The Critic’s Lunch isn’t buying it, though.

Aside from Ray Park and Dennis Quaid, this movie has been handled just afwul. The Rock as Shipwreck? That role is perfect for Lost’s Josh Holloway.

G.I. Joe!! A REAL UNITED NATIONS WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING TO HELP ANYONE HERO!!

Sucks.

Apparently he also has problems with the rumored international flavor the film will have. You know, because America’s so beloved in the world right now that a studio shouldn’t have worldwide box office concerns in mind.

• Published:April 7th, 2008
• Comments:3 Comments
• Category:Paranormal, eBay

RHIANNON IS A REVENGE DOLL

This particular doll is Rhiannon. She is a witchs delight. Rhiannon has been customized to be a revenge doll. I sometimes get bored doing good deeds and embrace my dark side. MANY have wronged me and I love revenge and justice as much as anyone else. You do not need pins like you would use on a voodoo doll to use her. In order to have satifaction with Rhiannon, You must tell her the full name of the person that has made you so full of hatred and anger. Ask her for justice. Rhiannon is VERY beautiful and bright. I chose a doll that looks lovely and innocent but don’t let it fool you. If you have observed her photos she looks very angry. Just sit back and enjoy the show, once you’ve told Rhiannon about who did what. You cannot ask for something severe to happen. It won’t. She’s designed to make your enemys life miserable with one unfortunate event after another but will not cause death or serious bodily harm [ maybe just an ugly rash or impotance]. She can be kept anywhere my high bidder would like. Rhiannon has long dark brown hair and amber eyes. Her dress is a creamy white color with lace detail and matching hat. Rhiannon measures about 10 inches and is SMALL. SHE IS NOT A TOY! MY AUCTIONS ARE PRIVATE AND YOUR IDENTITY WILL NEVER BE REVEALED .

Haunted Spirit Doll baby Trudi Needs a Happy Home

This is Trudi, she is an infant Spirit. Trudi came to us from a private invitation to a vacant apartment complex.. We were called to help the property owner remove hauntings *we discovered there were many Spirits there that just wanted a riend and love* We recovered several Spirits, infants, young and old. We only offer host to those Spirits that are positive, gentle and lost, they need someone to help them and bring them comfort. We hosted many beautiful Spirits, all of this took place December 2007 at a private property in New Orleans. We were blessed to be able to bring so many home with us and are now seeking them a loving place to stay.

You can plainly see how loving and adorable her Spirit is, and you will know how warm she is to hold and love. Trudi will bring you a lot of joy and fill in the lonely spaces you have…
She has been full of funny noises, tugging her blankets off, tugging her hat off.. Her cute baby sounds fill every room of the home. She is a sweet sweet infant Spirit…

She is lovingly hosted by an adorable 13 inch long soft, cuddly baby doll.. Matching cap to pull over her head on cool nights..
Please check back as we are now listing many of our Positive Spirits that were lost and without hope in New Orleans.. Our compassion and your love, give us hope and made the trip to recover them possible..
All proceeds from Spirit adoptions go back into the project to purchase more hosts for them to be recovered and travel costs to see them to our Cottage safely. Thank you.

EXTREMELY HAUNTED DOLL *ADELL*

From the moment she received the doll the child was plagued by horrible nightmares. More than once, she claims, she awoke to find the doll sitting on her face, attempting, she believed, to suffocate her. It seemed that Adell intensely disliked being left behind by Marlene and had no love for her new “owner.” It was also painfully obvious that she did not like little girls because she is blamed for having torn up and mutilated most of the young girl’s other dolls. When the family pet became mysteriously entwined in the cord of the nursery Venetian blinds, Adell was once again consigned to the attic.
When the family finally moved they left Adell in the attic, where MY mother found her. AND ADELL IS LIVING IN MY HOME. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY NEGATIVE VIBES FROM ADELL, BUT I HAVE SEEN HER EYES MOVE ACROSS THE ROOM, AND SHE SEEMS TO MOVE FROM THE PLACES THAT I PUT HER.

• Published:April 6th, 2008
• Comments:3 Comments
• Category:Fandom, Message Boards

Oh, let’s take another peek at the Doctor Who fans, shall we?

User “sparacus” is unhappy with the look of a new monster on the show:

I can’t believe that even RTD would introduce an alien into the series that makes the Mr Men & Teletubbies look mature. If its true then these ‘creations’ will rank as the worst aliens in the Who canon.

What follows is a long conversation between “sparacus” and other board users on the “seriousness” of other Who-monsters and, well, how much better than the actual show “sparacus” thinks his fan-fiction is…

If they are real ‘monsters’ then words fail me. They look like something off a Kelloggs Cornflake ad aimed at kids or some pre-school programme. I accept that the context of the episode could be better than their appearance suggests , after all the Candyman looked ridiculous but ‘The Happiness Patrol’ as a story was good. However these risible things make the Clangers look intimidating and mature.

The point is that still image or not they look ridiculous. Clearly the production team (assuming they arn’t a hoax) think that they will appeal to young children. Fine. But Doctor Who is not a Cbeebies programme for the 2-5 age group. This is the programme that gave us the Daleks, Morbius, Sutekh…..

The Slitheen were a rubbery, blubbery disaster. The wind-breaking jokes were completely inappropriate for Doctor Who. I also notice that they have not been included in the new ‘Ultimate Monsters’ Battles in Times card series, so low is their status among fans.

I’m reading “Crystal”. It features Kittens clawing out a guys eyes and Tigers massacaring woman and children.

Fart jokes are inappropriate?!

Doctor Who has always featured elements of violence. Torchwood even more so. My episodes contain a degree of horror as they reflect aspects of the classic Hinchcliffe era. However I do not include characters that evoke the Mr Men or Weebles.

Political correctness and representation of minorities is sweeping across Britain and The Doctor and Ben hold the only key to stop it. But in a world where snobbery is in decline, who’s side is Ben on?

The point is that Alpha Centuri was intended to be a serious alien. It was a transgendered thing neither male or female and this is why it behaved the way it did. I accept that they made it a little too camp however there is a big difference between Alpha Centuri and the Flumps or the Teletubbies.

My characters a real people with good and bad qualities. If you compare Ben Chatham or Katie Ryan with the Slitheen or Adipose I think you will find that it isn’t the former that evoke CBBC.

Ben is a sophisticated post-modern hero with a full range of non-stereotypical character elements.

Of course not. However these Adipose things are completely unbelievable and unrealistic. Cartoony things like that couldn’t possibly exist. At least the Candyman could be explained as a robot.

This is an absolute insult to Doctor Who and I can only assume its an excercise in self-indulgent sending up of the show by the production team. I accept that small ‘humorous’ creatures in sci fi can also be convincing (think the Tribbles in Star Trek) however these Adipose are just ridiculous. Blobs of fat coming to life with cartoon mouths , why not go the whole hog and have the TARDIS land on the Clangers’ planet before Roobarb the dog joins the team for an encounter with Bagpuss and Professor Yaffle.

Insult to Doctor who? Coming from you, the bloke who thinks that the Doctor should hang out with snobbish alcoholics, who makes the Doctor come second to a scumbag, coming from the creator of Chatham. It’s just a joke.

And have you just presented us with the plan for your next fanfic?

My stories maintain the integrity of Doctor Who. Whether you like Ben Chatham or not, he is still a serious character. Thiese things however are pre-school.

Part of me is hoping that “sparacus” is fully committed to an elaborate hoax, that he’s only pretending to play the pretentious fan-fic writer who thinks he can do better than the people who are actually paid to do the show for a living, but, well…

• Published:April 5th, 2008
• Comments:1 Comment
• Category:Message Boards, Movies

Your bogus film news with spelling errors aplenty for the day:

“Alien 5: Genocide : Ripleys Back 2008
Ripleys back for one last showdown with the xenomorphs in Alien 5 : Genocide.

“At the far reaches of the universe a scientific way station is in posession of the last surviving Xenomorph. when the company discover the new breed they track down the Aliens homeworld and take the Alien back home intent on creating an unstopable Army. Back on earth an elite group of rebels led by General Ripley 8 take action, following the company to the Alien homeworld to destroy the species forever. and For Ripley this really is personel

“TEASER POSTER”
[fake link to nonexistent image redacted]

One respondent refutes the theoretical existence of said fifth installment with a pithy rejoinder:

There is no Alien 5 fool

Another denier:

ya definately fake plus it would be Alien 5: Xenocide as the xenomorphs are aliens and chicks gotta be what 50 in real life?

A little intrepid investigation reveals the logical flaw undermining this exciting claim:

and plus if it wuz to come out it would be in 2007 cause i looked it up

Some feel that even the possibility of the series being continued is a bad idea:

The alien series is dead. It died with 4. And then the corpse was kicked a few times with Avp. The only alien movie that would spark my interest is if they ditched Ripley. The title of these movies is “Alien” not “Ripley’s Adventures”.

the aliens series is dead, can´t see any more being made except the AVP story

Who gives a shit. All i need to hear is that weaver is returning to know that it will be utter shit.

One person explains why the series had already gone on one film too many:

This sounds like a really bad idea for them to make more alien movies it ended with four which think should not have been made anyway due to the fact that they put the stupid grey alien it.

However, if one were to happen, some folks know what they want to see:

no way not another one god but if they did they should make a new alein like the alien king the bigger and badder one that could kill a queen

Another person goes into more detail. A lot more detail. By which I mean a LOT more detail:

I may be bold but this is how it should go… ALIEN ANNIHILATION: Call takes Ripley to see Bishop. We find out that Bishop was taken from Fury 161 and rebuilt by Weyland-Yutani to find out if he knows anything of use. Turns out Bishop designed the second-gen droids. Ripley, being half alien starts to have nightmares and realizes that she is sensing the hive from a great distance…something calling her. Ripley, Bishop and Call go to the government and make them realize the threat of these creatures and that they must be destroyed. We send Ripley, Bishop, Call, the other second-gen droids and a crapload of space marines to wipe them out. Ripley uses her connection to the hive to find the space jockey planet along with some major fire power and an armada. With the help of the space jockeys we take out the planet or if they don’t wanna help we fight them too! The Queen could be bad-ass because she came out of one of the space jockeys. She would be a little different of a design and a helluvalot bigger. Let Ripley and the Queen showdown and let Ripley take out the aliens and the planet along with herself for total annihilation. Because as long as Ripley lives, she could be captured and the aliens could be brought back. BAM! There’s your film. It would kick ass, especially with Scott and Cameron involved and it would let Ripley go out with the bang she deserves. No weepy death scene like ALIEN 3.

And that was only half that person’s post, by the way.

• Published:April 4th, 2008
• Comments:4 Comments
• Category:Blog Comments, Politics

If you’re interested in the upcoming presidential election, CNN.com is as good a place as any to visit. If you’re interested in filling yourself with despair at the state of the American electorate, CNN.com is an awesome place to visit.

CNN’s political ticker, where they track the ebb and flow of this seemingly endless campaign, offers readers the opportunity to leave comments about each piece. The comments are usually more entertaining than the actual articles – if you find idiocy, poorly informed opinions, and bigotry entertaining, that is.

Let’s take a look at the following article on the Political Ticker, dated April 3rd:

GROWING NUMBER SAY COUNTRY READY FOR BLACK PRESIDENT

Reader Bon gives us a global perspective on why black people are unfit to lead:

Show me a country run by a black president and I’ll show you a place plagued by corruption, violence and general mismanagement.

Absolutely, But Not Obama is confused:

hey what happened to my comment?

We’re reading it, dumbass.

Meanwhile, Vig thinks the whole thing smells fishy and is willing to get all Dirty Harry on your ass:

Well, here’s another Obama favoritism - did they poll people to see if they are ready for a woman president? Well, did you punk?

Actually, Vig, if you had bothered to read the article you might have noticed this passage:The poll also suggested more Americans think the country is ready for a black president than a female president. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed say the country is ready for a female president, 13 points lower than those who say the country is ready for a black president.

Big K gets a dig in at all the descendents of slaves who might happen to be reading:

If Obama loses the election, will he ask for reparation? I’ll stick with Senator John.

Debra is just as pissed as Vig, but not nearly as tough. She’s just upset that there wasn’t a reseach:

Why no Research about gender? How many Americans are ready for a female President? I guess that the porcentage might be lower, but it dosn´t matter. There should have been a reseach!

Actually, Debra, if you had bothered to read… ah, skip it.Robert, IL (typical white male) is ready for a black president! Because…

Anything is better than a lying white woman.

Spoken like a true redneck divorcee.Bill from Covington has confused the headline of the article with the poll itself:

’Growing number say country is ready for a black president’ I notice they say “country” why not name the country. If you ask is the United States of America ready for a black president, what would be the answer? Quit playing games with polls, we all realize how easily they can be manipulated.

Yes, you horrible headline writers! Quit playing games with polls that you have nothing to do with!

Dallas thinks the entire thing is MISLEADING!

Very MISLEADING Is there a poll asking if the country is ready for a female president, to be fair?”

Actually Dallas, if you had bothered to read…

Will is another “typical white person” with an opinion:

I don’t think so. I am a typical white person, and I will not vote for that black racist, along with probably 70% of typical white people will not vote for Obama. Chew on that.”

Well, now that we’ve heard from the official Ambassador of Typical White People, let’s end things with some wisdom from Jimmy, who brings a certain pop cultural wisdom to the world of politics:

But we are not ready for a woman president. Look at that commander and chief show with Geena Davis - cancelled. On the other hand there have already been 2 black presidents on 24. Co-incidence? I think not. Hillary is fighting an uphill battle. May be in 4 years.

America is totally doomed.

• Published:April 4th, 2008
• Comments:No Comment
• Category:Crafts

I love crafting as much as the next person, but even I think that when you’re knitting or sewing for your toilet paper roll, you might have too much time on your hands, as prove by this Sushi Toilet Paper Cozy.  There’s also Pineapple Bathrooms if you like pineapples.  And bathrooms.

If you can’t craft the item yourself, you can shop to your heart’s content at Toilet Paper Covers, where you can find bears, cats, witches, and baseball players.

There’s a gambling cozy, a drum cozy, and an office cozy on this page.

If making something to cover a toilet paper roll doesn’t appeal, you can always knit your own toilet paper.

• Published:April 3rd, 2008
• Comments:3 Comments
• Category:Craigslist

Is it just me, or does this seem like it’s written in LOLCat?

Seriously.

• Published:April 3rd, 2008
• Comments:4 Comments
• Category:Fandom, Message Boards

If there’s one thing a Doctor Who fan hates, it’s the suggestion that a fictional character has a sex life. The only thing that could make the situation worse if if that’s a male character having sex with another man, as happened on a recent episode of Who spin-off Torchwood:

I felt it was totally irrelevant and gratuitous. One of RTD’s tiresome attempts to introduce something simply for shock value but it let the whole episode down.

I personally disliked the Jack/Ianto scene, it was unneccesery & quite obviously shoehorned into the episode to please all the “shipper” fans of TW.

Pathetic and uncalled for

I thought this bit was utterly terrible and honestly just there to titillate the fangirls. What disturbed me was how casually the shift was from denying the search for missing children and wanting to get back to shagging Ianto.

So unnecessary. yeh fine they can kiss and have a relationship but why so much? BBC Wales should give a thought to those wathing with their dads!

Pretty disgusting really the BBC spending license payers money to produce porn. A handful of decades back people wouldn’t have stood for that kind of filth.

Another silly thing about the show today is the constant shoehorning in of interacial marriages/relationships/etc. I personally don’t care what race someone I date is of, but in general people tend to stick to their own race in society. Off the top of my head we’ve seen:

Mickey/Rose
Martha’s sister/Lazarus
Donna/Lance
Foon/Morvin
Adeola/Boyfriend
Martha’s Dad/Girfriend
Black man trying to romance Sally Sparrow in Blink
Martha/Tom

Well, that’s all very well and good, but it’s too darned civil! This is Doctor Who fandom, people! Why haven’t any of you brought the crazy?

It is also Racist. Where are the black and asian (UK asian not US asian) people working in Torchwood. The percentage of black and asian people in Wales far exceeds the GLB groups (according to the office of statistics from the last censors that gave results).

Ah, there we go, a claim that showing a male/male sex scene is racist. I feel like my understanding of how the world works has been restored.

• Published:April 2nd, 2008
• Comments:3 Comments
• Category:Craigslist, The Crazy

Um, dude.

I don’t know quite how to frame this.

But. I’m going to try.

You’re doing it wrong. This is “Missed Connections,” not “I’m Going To Cut You.” Craigslist doesn’t offer the latter.