The Indy band The Sun has a new single called “Romantic Death”. The song isn’t particularly great (although certainly not bad), but the music video that goes with it is…orgasmic. No porn or nudity involved, just very tasteful erotica.
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Apparently, I’m an idiot for daring to enjoy the Harry Potter series as an adult. At least, that’s what this guy insists. Yeah, you and just about everyone on the public buses and trains, who ask why I read Harry Potter, and then that not-so-subtle-meant-as-an-insult “How old are you?” Why is it so hard for people to understand that an adult can like Harry Potter? Granted, the first few books were geared towards children, with an appropriate reading level, but the fourth and fifth books read like adult novels. The Order of the Phoenix was 700 plus pages long, and touched upon many themes that can be discussed on more than a child’s level, like death, racism, and good vs. evil. So screw you, Joel Stein, and every other jerk who probably still reads Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia, but would belittle anyone over the age of 18 for having the gall to read HP. Come Saturday (just one week!), I will be in a book store first thing in the morning to buy The Half-Blood Prince, and will spend one glorious weekend savouring it. It’s official: The rumored porn scene in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is true. here (NSFW!) for all you perverts who like to see animated pornography (says the girl who has..ahem…speacial hacks for Sims 2). You know how Iron Man wears his special suit? Or some of those anime cartoons where the characetrs have these super power full body armour gizmos? Remember thinking how cool it would be if you had a super suit? Well, you’re one step closer to attaining your dream. Engineers in Japan have created a robot suit that “enhances human power”. No shit.
This will reportedly be a big help for the disabled, as the suit can actually move on its own. Uh-oh..somebody didn’t watch The Matrix. But seriously, how cool is that? What I really want to know is how much does it amplify human power. Just think of the potential this technology represents for policemen. If engineers can improve the suit to make it flame proof, you’ve got the perfect fire fighter. I guess some crappy things can come about as well. I mean, if one of these robots suits were developed to a point where it was as strong as kevlar, yet still lightweight, and gave a shitload of extra power to the wearer, how long do you think it’ll be before it is used in war? I can just see Israeli soldiers doing a fuckjob in Palestine with these things. Anyways, it is still super cool and I want one! When you go to school at Berkeley, you’re gonna run into a lot of potheads. It’s inevitable. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen stoned idiots, stumbling about, reeking of reefer. Not all marijuana users are brain-dead teenagers and twenty-somethings, though. Many people use the cannabis plant for legitimate medical purposes, like pain relief and inducement of hunger for those who have wasting diseases. 11 states have laws that allow for the use of marijuana for those who suffer terminal or severe illnesses—medical marijuana, they call it. Today, however, federalism prevails as the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that federal laws prohibiting the use of cannabis supercedes any state laws. I just don’t get it. Doctors are allowed to write prescriptions for very strong pain relievers and narcotics, such as morphine and oxycontin. Just a few weeks ago I was stumbling around on a legal vicodin trip. So why not marijuana? It’s not like doctors are trying to give this drug to Joe Everyman, or the bum on the street. Some of the people who have been arrested under this law are normal people who suffer severe (and often untreatable) illnesses. For example, one of the defendants in the case—Angel McClary Raich—has an inoperable brain tumor in addition to other problems. She says that marijuana is the only substance that alleves her pain and helps her hold down enough food. What this ruling effectively does is tell her that she must suffer for the rest of her (probably short) life, because marijuana is BAD. It doesn’t matter that she’s a suburban mother of two with an extreme medical case, in the eyes of the law she’s just as guilty as the teenager getting stoned in his parents’ basement. How retarded is that? What effect will this really have, I wonder. More than 95% of all marijuana arrests are carried out by state authorities—only large scale (and most likely illegal) weed operations attract the attention of the Feds. So if a state that had an exemption for medical marijuana stumbles across an ill person blazing up, will they really bother to arrest them? Also, I am slightly bothered by the fact that the ruling against the state laws allowing medical marijuana were based on the notion of interstate commerce. I mean, the two women in the case both grew their own, or had a caretaker to grow it for them. How is that interstate commerce? If that can come under the umbrella of interstate commerce, what else can? —Iolite North Caorilina, among seven other Southern states, still has a two centuries old law in it’s books prohibiting two unmarried persons from cohabitating.
Honestly, I don’t even feel like typing an opinion about this. It seems that every week, without fail, some Southern state makes the news for something stupid and unconstitutional. It’s not like this can just be taken as a joke, either. The maximum sentence for cohabitation if convicted is a fine of $1000 and/or 60 days jail time. What is about about the South that the citizens and state governments feel they need to shove their own brand of morals down everyone’s throats? I mean, trying to ban gay authors, expelling church members who don’t vote for certain politicians… Ya know, I actually really hate to speak ill of the South so constantly, but for some reason this last month so many of the states down there have done nothing but garner bad attention. Is it selective media representation? Really, I’m confused…. This lady has the right idea:
Religious bigotry is bad enough, but when you mix it with politics—well, it ain’t pretty. Pastor Chan Chandler allegedly expelled nine members from his church because they did not vote for Bush during the last presidential elections.
Of course, I think the funniest bit of this piece (if you can find anything about this crap funny)is that the pastor insists the expulsions weren’t poilitically motivated. I’m not sure what legal action can be taken. I was under the impression that churches maintain the right to have exclusive memberships. At any rate, why not just change churches? I mean, does it really matter where you worship, so long as you do it? Makes me wonder what Jesus would do…. Seriously, WHEN? The evolution-Intelligent Design debate has been raging in Dover, PA, and other school districts have been experiencing problems as well. Even though there are so many scientific inadequacies for ID theory (like the fact that it can’t be tested and there’s no scientific backing for it!), at least most ID proponents make some attempt to not openly proclaim it’s a religious thing. Texas State Rep. Charlie Howard doesn’t even bother with subtlety:
*Sigh* Why can’t they just believe in their Biblical creationism in their personal lives? Why try to irradicate scientific fact because it contradicts the writing of broze age tribesmen in the Middle East? I’m actually hoping for some Hindu kid to use their own silly reasoning against them. Perhaps s/he can insist that the Biblical account of creation does not match his/her beliefs that Vishnu commanded Brahma to create the world, and that “both sides” should be taught. Yeah, we’ll see how they like it. Or a non-Christian biology teacher teaching his own version of creation, since they are all for “teaching the controversy”. It gets better:
And what are the generally accepted standards of society, exactly? Some people don’t believe in interracial dating, and a few are even dumb enough to believe the races are a seperate species (and I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of these people were found in TX). Should textbooks which teach that humans are all the same species be banned for promoting a deviant lifestyle? More importantly, what is it with the Southern states and censorship? First Alabama tries to ban gay authors, now Texas wants to remove scientific facts from a science textbook. It’s almost like Fahrenheit 451. Funnily enough, I don’t the creators of these stupid bills have even read the book (they’d probably try to have it banned for promoting literacy and independent thought). —Iolite George Romero’s at it again. He started a whole new horror genre with “Night of the Dead”, redefined the zombie movie with “Dawn of the Dead”, and unfortunately made the really crappy “Day of the Dead”. The first two were so good though that it’s easy to forgive him. On June 24, “Land of the Dead” will be released. It looks like the zombies are getting smarter and more coordinated. Zombies have taken over the world, and the last surviving humans live in a walled city. See the preview here. —Iolite …some backwoods hick of a politician tries to create a bill that would ban any books written by homosexual authors in public school. Yes, you heard me right. Apparently those evil homosexuals are brainwashing school children. You know that lesbian scene in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”? It’s all part of the homosexual agenda.
Call me when the South enters the 21st century. —Iolite |
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