January 26, 2006
The Washington Post reports on Virginia Delegate John S. "Jack" Reid who claims to have accidentally fired a gun he was carrying in his office. The bullet - miracles of miracles - hit his bullet-proof vest which was hanging on a hat rack. Reid is - of course - a Republican.
Something about this story doesn't smell right. The WaPo treats this as a joke. Some joke: a gun being fired inside the heart of Virginia's state government. And, what are the chances of an accidental shot finding its way to a bullet-proof vest?
When all other claims have been discredited, one finds the truth. That truth the WaPo overlooks seems to be AB 717, the Virginia bill that would condemn global warming and support the "Kyoto 2" treaty. While, of course, Virginia has no power to propose or directly support Kyoto 2, it's the thought that counts. World leaders from Hugo Chavez to Fidel Castro to Kofi and Kojo Annan to Al Gore and Jimmy Carter support AB 717, but Reid is a strong opponent of this bill. Could - and I stress this is only speculation - could he have been trying to send a message to his Gaia-friendly colleagues?
And, where is the Washington Post in all this? Making jokes, as if global warming is a laughing matter. Shame on them.
Posted by Ariadne
at 11:25 PM
December 28, 2005
It's truly a "sign of our times" that a Sepulpa, Oklahoma Santa Claus was arrested on Christmas morning for allegedly beating a street sign with a No Parking sign that he'd pulled from the ground. Apparently this Claus had been drinking.
It's stories like this that make you wish the blue states could secede from the Union. What sort of culture allows people to dress in a no doubt red and white fur "suit, hat, beard and gloves"? While the fur was probably fake, what was he doing intoxicated on what is a holy day for millions of Americans?
Can there be any doubt that this Jolly Old Saint Nick was a good Bush supporter? Clearly the corruption of the Bush administration and of Judy Miller and the New York Times has "trickled down" to even the redcollars of Oklahoma. I cannot believe that we have three more years of this administration to go. How much more damage will they do to the American spirit in that time?
Posted by Ariadne
at 04:20 PM
December 12, 2005
I cannot believe that I am forced to do this. However, Mel Duchovny's actions earlier today have forced my hand and I have no choice.
Melvin will not be posting at Huff And Blow again.
Furthermore, he is a fraud, as I shall shortly explain.
However, I have no time at the moment as Martin Sheen, Ed Asner, Robert Sheer, David Faustino and I are currently flying on a chartered flight to San Quentin to try to help free Tookie Williams. More later...
Posted by Ariadne
at 06:13 PM
November 25, 2005
Paul Hellyer, who was Defence Minister of Canada from 1963-67, shocked the world a couple of months back when he remarked:
"UFOs, are as real as the airplanes that fly over your head... I'm so concerned about what the consequences might be of starting an intergalactic war, that I just think I had to say something... The secrecy involved in all matters pertaining to the Roswell incident was unparalled. The classification was, from the outset, above top secret, so the vast majority of U.S. officials and politicians, let alone a mere allied minister of defence, were never in-the-loop... The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning... The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide... The time has come to lift the veil of secrecy, and let the truth emerge, so there can be a real and informed debate, about one of the most important problems facing our planet today."
I actually agree with most of his statements. We do need to worry about what our government isn't telling us, and we do need to worry about these weapons and these bases. And, we definitely need to worry about the Shrub starting yet another war, this time of the intergalactic kind.
However, that's where my agreement with him stops. I find his remarks to be extremely xenophobic, sensationalist, paranoic, and, well, downright specist.
Yes, there are UFOs. And, yes, there are advanced civilizations other than our own. But, we have no proof that they are war-like or mean us harm! In fact, would we be here now if they meant us harm?
It's a big universe out there, and I happen to think those civilizations will be just like our own. And, probably even better. There is no doubt we could learn much from them. And, think of their no doubt wonderful customs! What wondrous foods and goods and products are outside even our wildest imaginings? What wonders of the far-off corners of the universe would these visitors from afar bring us? And, bear in mind that those beings - whether humanoid or not - would probably be related to us in some distant way. We have nothing to fear except the fear of our far-off cousins from space.
Posted by Ariadne
at 10:42 PM
November 15, 2005
My partner Prince Gerdt and I seem to have started a most unfortunate trend: copy-cat "blogs" featuring people who aren't anybodies even at their corner newsstands.
Perhaps a bit of a history lesson is in order here. We started this site earlier this year, and the first post here was made by me on April 27, 2005.
A few weeks later, the first parvenue copykat site sprang up, the so-called Huffington Post. A larger group of air-headed nobodies you will not find.
Now, we are informed that there will be soon yet another rip-off of our original concept, the so-called "Open Source Media".
I feel like I am Sony and I am faced with a million Chinese knock-offs of my products. Thankfully, consumers can tell the difference between the real thing and a fake.
This OSM will feature far-right reactionaries like Glenn Reynolds and the much-hated Charles Johnson of LGF. For balance, they will include token moderates and liberals such as David Corn and Marc Cooper.
As if it were not bad enough, that report linked to above is written at the web site of former Drudge Report web person Andrew Breitbart, who is reputedly associated with this "HuffPost".
The reason they do things like this is because they do not want you to know the truth. Do not buy their lies. Just as you would not buy cheap Chinese knockoffs, do not buy the parvenue sites.
Posted by Ariadne
at 08:47 PM
October 31, 2005
There are a lot of questions about George Bush's latest choice for the United States Supreme Court - Judge Samuel A. Alito - indeed.
For instance, here's the recently-sanitized "biography" from his son, Colgate University student Phil Alito:
...I was born 9 months and 2 weeks later by a midwife/wolf named Janie Jean, who would prove very influential during my formative years. Shortly after, I became interested in politics and got involved with Gary Condit (not like that). I served as a parking aide to Nancy Pelosi (I won't even start on her) but was fired when Barbara Boxer came onto me.
(A reluctant hat tip to that parvenue site.)
What else is the Alito family trying to hide from us? Are there nieces or nephews or cousins that have something to hide?
And, there's the strange case of those 20 mobsters who were acquitted. And, Scalito is Italian... Isn't it possible that someone got to him, made him an offer? Do we really need someone like that on the highest court in the land?
Worst of all, Alito would be the fifth Catholic on the Supreme Court. Now, surely, most or almost all Catholics are patriotic Americans, and only a small number of them take their marching orders from Rome. But, with that many, aren't we simply playing with statistical fire?
I - and my other contributors - will be looking into his strange, questionable background in the coming weeks.
Posted by Ariadne
at 09:32 PM
June 1, 2005
I have trouble believing stories like "Prius probed for engine stalls". As with other things in today's strange world, it's necessary to look behind the news and ask, who's to profit? Well, who indeed would profit from smearing cars that try to minimize the use of fossil fuels? Anyone have any ideas? Whoever could that be?
Whatever the motivations of these naysayers, I have to state that I have had no problems with my Prius. In fact, it's the main car that I use whenever I don't need to carry large objects. And, many of my friends also have Priuses (Priusi? In my native Albanian, it would be Priusem, but that's probably not it). And, none of my friends have told me about problems.
Please, keep driving your Prius, and don't believe the lies.
Posted by Ariadne
at 10:33 PM
May 20, 2005
Or, does he? Having appeared as a guest on a few of Rupert Murdoch's television shows, I know that Rupert does nothing without the explicit approval (or collaboration) of the White House. Certainly, in a few cases Murdoch might set the tone and the White House dances, but it's usually the opposite.
Why then, we have to ask ourselves, would Rupert Murdoch's two flagship newspapers - the New York Post and the London Sun - print what might appear to be damaging photos of Saddam Hussein?
Perhaps what we're witnessing is "Flypaper 2", a renewed attempt to enrage the "insurgents" in Iraq and force us to massacre more of them then we've been doing.
After all, Murdoch would not do anything damaging to the U.S. in the long run. It might appear to be damaging, but perhaps that's just what we're intended to think.
And, as John Ciccilini pointed out below, $hrub and Karl Rove will do anything to distract our attention from issues like the Treasury Department awarding $2 billion in tax credits.
Cui bono...
Posted by Ariadne
at 08:43 PM
May 18, 2005
Each day the lies coming from the Republicans get worse and worse, and each day their power becomes stronger. They desire absolute power, and they will do anything to achieve it.
What can we do? I'd like to propose an idea that some might wish to follow in order to save this great country from the fate that George W. Bush and his cohorts have in mind for us: join the Republican Party.
Yes, that's right: become a member of the Republican Party.
Hear me out...
I'm not suggesting becoming a true Republican, I'm only suggesting that patriotic Democrats should join the other party. Step by step they could nudge the Republicans back onto the right path. If enough Democrats did this, we could even gain a fair amount of control over the party and prevent this hostile takeover of America. Imagine: socialist "Republicans", liberal "Republicans", green "Republicans", progressive "Republicans", peace and freedom "Republicans", communist "Republicans", Trotskyite "Republicans", Marxist-Leninist "Republicans", the list goes on and on. Think of us as a Trojan Horse: millions of new recruits for the NeoCon crusade for blood and oil. Yet, secretly hidden within our hearts is true liberalism, monkeywrenching their plans for world domination.
We need to attack them in the only way we can: from deep within.
Posted by Ariadne
at 11:46 PM
May 9, 2005
This is truly miraculous news. Earlier today Huff And Blow was shocked to hear that America's favorite newscaster Zeke Whittle had passed on shortly after his first post here.
Thankfully, that post was in error, and Zeke is still with us!
Apparently, after posting the entry, Zeke's great nephew Ethan began showing Zeke some other sites. Currently, Whittle family doctors speculate that Zeke was plunged into a deep catatonic state by flashing banner ads.
The site that caused this? The Drudge Report. I knew it was a danger to society, but not that much.
We wish Zeke a happy birthday, and the best for a speedy recovery. He'll be back posting here as soon as he can.
Posted by Ariadne
at 01:43 PM
Zeke Whittle is dead.
Ethan - Zeke's great nephew - just called my headquarters to inform us of this tragic news. Today was the legendary newscaster's 103rd birthday, and he was planning to celebrate it here at Huff And Blow and over the Internet. Sadly, all he was able to do was post this one, all too brief entry. Apparently he passed on shortly after that post.
We will all greatly miss Zeke Whittle and his wisdom. Please stay tuned to Caen Broadcasting throughout the day for all the details on Zeke's long life and innumerable accomplishments.
UPDATE: This report was thankfully in error. Please see "Zeke Whittle is ALIVE!"
Posted by Ariadne
at 11:57 AM
Much to my surprise, it appears there's another celebrity group blog starting today. I'm not going to bother giving them any publicity, as Huff And Blow is the original such blog. I also question whether their celebrities and intellectuals are of quite as high a calibre as those reporting and commenting here.
In fact, later today America's favorite newscaster, Ezekiel "Zeke" Whittle will be discussing his 91 year journalism career. He was originally a young intern for Caen Newspapers during WWI, and then he hosted Caen Broadcasting's Nightly News for almost three decades.
Zeke will be joining us later today to celebrate - and blog about - his 103rd birthday.
Posted by Ariadne
at 12:15 AM
Jason Buckley, who has a really nice blog, was lucky enough to snag an interview with Ajaj Raj, the so-called Ann Coulter heckler. In fact, he was just exercising his First Amendment Rights, until the crypto-fascists associated with the Bush administration arrested him. Luckily, the Austin People's Legal Collective is trying to find Raj an attorney. Go read the interview to read about a brave young man willing to stand up to the Rethuglicans.
Posted by Ariadne
at 12:10 AM
April 27, 2005
Hello, this is Ariadne Huffanan, and welcome to our new group celebrity blog Huff And Blow! You are of course familiar with me from my regular columns that appear in newspapers throughout the U.S. as well as my television appearances and books. And, of course, many of you know me through my political activism, such as my crusade to make hydrogen-powered Mini Coopers popular vehicles on our highways.
This blog's aims are not modest. We intend to serve as one of the leading news and opinion sites on the Internet. To that end, I've recruited dozens of the leading minds in America to discuss both current events and to provide more in-depth thought pieces. Our goal is to change and to lead American discourse and have an impact on America's place in this world.
Please, join us on our journey.
My partner in this venture is Prince Gerdt von Linbloewer from Europe, and our other bloggers will be introducing themselves over the coming days.
Stay tuned...
Posted by Ariadne
at 12:00 AM
