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Category Archives: WTF?
The Jack and the Beanstalk Memo
The possibly apocryphal story is that an unknown number of years ago, a major Hollywood studio wanted to remake the children’s fable “Jack and the Beanstalk” for a modern audience. A script that stuck closely to the original tale was submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Humor, Idiots, WTF?
Tagged Hollywood Studio, Jack and the Beanstalk
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Judge Vega on Teabagger Walsh: “He’s No Different Than Anyone Else”
Loudmouthed Republican Congresscreature Joe Walsh (not the guiter-playing rocker, of course) has spent his short career in national politics knocking others for not taking responsibilty for their actions, as well as being a general Tea Party douchebag about everything else. But … Continue reading
What America Did For Entertainment Before the Inner-Tubes Stole Our Brains
All I can tell you is that this video says a band called — ho, ho — ‘The Genteels’ performed this grimace-inducing monstrosity named “Take It Off!” and that looks like the great Mamie Van Doren doing the striptease. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Humor, Music, Rock, Video, WTF?
Tagged 1950s, Mamie Van Doren, Sex Symbols, Striptease, Take It Off, The Genteels
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Today’s Quotes: Can We Have Some Capital Gains?
Or, You Don’t Know Jack… I once read some emails on the Innertubes authored by MoDo, AKA Maureen Dowd, notorious columnist for the New York Times. Dowd is an intelligent woman and a good writer, even if I don’t always … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Humor, Quotes, WTF?
Tagged Capital Gains, Capitalization of Words, e.e. cummings, Maureen Dowd, The English Language
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Mother Tongue-Tied
Multilingual people from non-English-speaking countries say English is the hardest major language in the world to master; as well as the conundrum of why we have words like enough, though, through, thorough, and thought where the ‘ough’ is pronounced differently, … Continue reading
Obama Advisors Feared Coup if He Prosecuted Bush Administration Officials for War Crimes
I have thought this might be the case for some time — that the infamous and well-entrenched Military-Industrial-Intelligence Complex in this country would simply overthrow or assassinate Obama if he, or, more precisely, Eric Holder’s DOJ, tried to prosecute Bush, … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Conservatives, Corruption, Democrats, Fascism, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Wall Street, WTF?
Tagged Andrew Kreig, Bush, Cheney, Coup, Eroc Holder, FDR, George W. Bush, Military Industrial Complex, Obama, Pentagon, Prescott Bush, The Business Plot, War Crimes
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Why Are the Feds Picking on Gibson Guitars?
Supposedly it’s because they are using exotic imported woods such as ebony and rosewood — which they’ve been doing for generations and which are not commonly grown in the US. (The best ebony for musical instruments is grown in East Africa, although … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Idiots, Music, Obama, Republicans, Video, WTF?
Tagged DOJ, Ebony Wood, FBI, Gibson Guitars, Rosewood
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