A gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won't be reunited with his American husband in the U.S., the husband said Monday.
Tim Coco said Attorney General Eric Holder did not act on a Friday deadline in the case of Genesio "Junior" Oliveira, effectively denying the 30-year-old Brazilian man's request for asylum in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
Read the rest.
Reposted from below -- that "icanhasforce" page downloads a trojan virus.
ReplyDeleteOh, great.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lucius.
So, Obama is afraid of teh ghey?
ReplyDeleteMan, he's getting all tea-baggish on us, isn't he?
Weird. I didn't have any trouble with it.
ReplyDeleteRB -- how recently have you updated your definitions?
ReplyDeleteIn 2002, Oliveira had sought asylum in the U.S. because he said he was raped as a teenager in Brazil.
ReplyDeletePurely on the asylum application grounds, this sounds flimsy, to put it politely. Merely having been the victim of a crime at some point in your life in your home country is hardly grounds for political asylum.
So, Obama is afraid of teh ghey?
ReplyDeleteMan, he's getting all tea-baggish on us, isn't he?
Maybe that's why. Maybe one night in college, he passed out drunk and the other guys in the frat teabagged him repeatedly, and he woke up in the middle of it, and he's had it out for them ever since???
Kaspersky did it's patented "dawn of the dead" shriek when I tried to open the page.
ReplyDeleteRB -- how recently have you updated your definitions?
ReplyDeleteThis morning, why?
OLT, I found that interesting, myself - one day, he's the best friend of a particular group, the next day, not so much.
ReplyDeleteSo, having opened the "Icanhasforce" link, what the hell do I do now?
ReplyDeleteOLT you are looking for me? What's up?
ReplyDeleteKaspersky did it's patented "dawn of the dead" shriek when I tried to open the page.
ReplyDeleteWeird.
CBS' Mark Knoller--an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related--wrote on his Twitter feed [Saturday] that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24. Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months."
ReplyDeleteCHANGE!
I still wish Erik the Red would post. He's been missing for a while now.
ReplyDeleteIf you have downloaded the "Trojan Man" virus, you'll know.
ReplyDeleteThe next time you are having sex, an idiot wearing a plumed helmet will ride a horse into your bedroom.
Erik! Come back, all is forgiven. The kids miss you. The dogs miss you. I miss you.
ReplyDelete/
OR -- the link didn't trigger the warning, but when I tried to open the homepage for the site I got the warning.
ReplyDeleteI'd recommend running a virus scan just to be sure.
The next time you are having sex, an idiot wearing a plumed helmet will ride a horse into your bedroom.
ReplyDeleteWeird. Last time I had sex, I was the guy in the plume helmet.
Wait until CNN finds out what "Arabian goggles" are ...
ReplyDeleteERIK!!! EtR? Where are ya, bro?
ReplyDeleteI was the guy in the plume helmet.
ReplyDeleteAs long as you're just using the plume, and not the entire chicken...
Wait until CNN finds out what "Arabian goggles" are ...
ReplyDeleteOr "Indian Sunglasses".
As long as you're just using the plume, and not the entire chicken...
ReplyDeleteUh-oh.
WTF? Am I invisible here? :)))
ReplyDeleteMaybe the Obama Administration shipped Erik back to Brazil?
ReplyDeleteErik! Come back, all is forgiven. The kids miss you. The dogs miss you. I miss you.
ReplyDeleteROFL!
OLT, we found this for you earlier:
Moon Pie Fall Gift Basket
You dress up like the USC mascot? lol
ReplyDeletePink Freud said...
ReplyDeleteOLT, we found this for you earlier:
Moon Pie Fall Gift Basket
How sweet. You have my address.
/
You dress up like the USC mascot? lol
ReplyDeleteOnly when I'm feeling "Jacked and Pumped"...
/Pete Carroll Mode
So, back on topic:
ReplyDeleteFrom my view, the asylum claim looks like bunk. The marriage claim... well, for better or for worse (pun intended), Federal law does not currently recognize gay marriage. So it looks like this was the right call. The guy can apply for residency on other grounds, just as anyone else can; but I can't see a reason grounded in law to let him jump the queue.
How sweet. You have my address.
ReplyDeleteConsider yourself virtual-moon pie'd. ;-)
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeletelet him jump the queue.
Is that what you kids are calling it these days?
Lucius Septimius said...
ReplyDeleteCBS' Mark Knoller
Talented guy... works in the news business, AND plays with Dire Straits.
/
A virtual moon pie is as lame as having to send your Brazilian man-wife home!
ReplyDelete/
After all, gays have to lead such a clandestine, underground life in Brazil...
ReplyDelete////
He should've yelled out "Sanctuary!" and shown 'em his hump.
ReplyDeleteOR: A nice, reasoned response. Which means that John Kerry will hunt you down and beat you up.
ReplyDeleteOccasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteAfter all, gays have to lead such a clandestine, underground life in Brazil...
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What choice have the men, after the girls have all had you?
My deepest apologies, OLT. I'll make it up to you somehow.
ReplyDelete/sob!
Back to the topic at hand...
ReplyDelete"WE DON'T WANT NUN O' THEM THAR STICKYBUNS COMIN INTA OUR'N COUNTRY AND STEALIN OUR JOBS!!!!!"
I'm still having trouble with the fact that "Coco" is the name of the NON-Brazilian gay dude in the story...
ReplyDeleteBare: Well, apparently this Brazilian was doing a job that Americans wouldn't do.
ReplyDeletebuzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteOR: A nice, reasoned response. Which means that John Kerry will hunt you down and beat you up.
Which will remind you, in its ferocity and abandon, of Jinjiss Khan's Brazilian husband.
Asylum?
ReplyDeleteFrom Brazil?
Which means that John Kerry will hunt you down and beat you up.
ReplyDeleteI may be skinny, but I'm tough.
Junior is younger.
ReplyDeleteHow do you say "sugar daddy" in Portuguese? "Papa de azucar?"
ReplyDeleteWhat choice have the men, after the girls have all had you?
ReplyDeleteGood point, OLT.
(At least I'm *pretty* sure they were all girls...)
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteBack to the topic at hand...
"WE DON'T WANT NUN O' THEM THAR STICKYBUNS COMIN INTA OUR'N COUNTRY AND STEALIN OUR JOBS!!!!!"
They tk ur jbz!
/how do you type that accent?
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteYou called?
Since you all asked, I think that government ought to be out of the marriage business altogether. All they do is use it for social tinkering and tax policy.
ReplyDeleteOccasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteI may be skinny, but I'm tough.
(Gets out large-sized meat tenderizing mallet.)
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteWhich means that John Kerry will hunt you down and beat you up.
I may be skinny, but I'm tough.
Looky here, Herschel, we got us one a' them self-hatin' Jews
OLT - it's the thought that counts. No one ever sent me a virtual basket of anything, like, um, say, freshly roasted coffee beans from Jamaica. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteSouthern Holiday Gift Basket
What a wonderful gift for family, friends
or business. This sturdy basket is filled
with the South’s favorite treats.
Basket contains:
•16 oz. Box Double Dipped Chocolate Pecans •16 oz. Box Honey Crisp Pecans •2- 4 oz. Pecan Rolls •Twin pack of Peanut Butter MoonPies • Twin pack of Mint MoonPies • MoonPie collector tin with 8 mini MoonPies• 9 Assorted Goo Goo Clusters
buzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDelete(Gets out large-sized meat tenderizing mallet.)
(hands buzz 20lb. "econo-sack" of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer)
Evening all. Going to be a quiet night I think. Can't download pics from my camera. Why can't all companies agree on a standard USB cable hook up? Would save a lot of space and stuff.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, buzz, looks like um romance de maio e decembro.
ReplyDeleteBare: Well, apparently this Brazilian was doing a job that Americans wouldn't do.
ReplyDeleteThere ar eplenty of americans willing to do those jobs. Ever been to a rest area in the greater new york area? ;)
Bare, do you have EtR's e-mail? I never see him post here anymore, and I'm worried that CC banned him or something.
ReplyDeleteThey tk ur jbz!
ReplyDeleteTHEY TUK ARE JERBZ!
They're Hebrews here?
ReplyDeleteNo one said anythang about Hebrews.
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDelete(At least I'm *pretty* sure they were all girls...)
Giggity giggity!
Bare, do you have EtR's e-mail? I never see him post here anymore, and I'm worried that CC banned him or something.
ReplyDeleteCertainly. I'll send him an email. I don't think he got banned. I'm sure CC would have told me. Maybe he's just sick of us... I don't know.
Running Bare, and C² I have some spare time right now, having been laid off, and if you need help with the web site, I know some of you have my email address.
ReplyDeleteIf you need testing, I can test on Safari, Firefox, and IE7 on Mac OS X, WinXP, and Vista.
And I've done some web site work, but not a lot.
(Gets out large-sized meat tenderizing mallet.)
ReplyDeleteOohoohoo! Jeezith Chrith!
/since we're doing South Park quotes
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteThere ar eplenty of americans willing to do those jobs. Ever been to a rest area in the greater new york area? ;)
Glory holy be!
My Halloween costume is working.
ReplyDeleteJew-nami said...
ReplyDeleteNo one said anythang about Hebrews.
We even got some Shebrews!
Gak, usually I get fruit from Harry and David, this Moon Pie thing is cool. I love the South.
ReplyDeleteJew-nami said...
ReplyDeleteThey're Hebrews here?
No one said anythang about Hebrews.
Belly up to the bar, and Barwench Brandy will pour you a frosty He-Brew.
http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/hebrew-the-chosen-beer-how-it-all-began/
OT: Daniel Pipes in the J'lem Post: Turkey, an ally no more
ReplyDeleteSee, neither "Harry" nor "David" sounds very Brazilian to me.
ReplyDeleteFrom today's BotW
ReplyDeletePolitico's Josh Gerstein raises the question: Why hasn't there been more commentary along the lines of our lead item today? (We're paraphrasing.) He raises the obvious explanation, media bias, then offers some further speculation:
Others say there's a larger phenomenon at work--in the story line the media wrote about Obama's presidency. For Bush, the theme was that of a Big Business Republican who rode the family name to the White House, so stories about secret energy meetings and a certain laziness, intellectual and otherwise, fit neatly into the theme, to be replayed over and over again.
Obama's story line was more positive from the start: historic newcomer coming to shake up Washington. So the negatives that sprung up around Obama--like a sense that he was more flash than substance--track what negative coverage he's received, captured in a recent "Saturday Night Live" skit that made fun of his lack of accomplishments in office.
"There may well be almost an unconscious effort on the part of the media to give Obama a bit more slack because he is more likable, because he is the first African-American president. That plays into it," said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political analyst at the University of Southern California.
Is Jeffe allowed to say that some people in the media are hoping Obama succeeds because he's black? Six years ago, a similar comment about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb cost Rush Limbaugh his job as an NFL commentator. That such statements are no longer verboten is a sign of racial progress in Obama's America.
Kosh, bummer about the job.:( I hope something that suits you turns up quickly.
ReplyDeleteHebrew shebrew... what about the HomeBrew?
ReplyDeleteFew years back I checked into a hotel in Sao Paulo on a Sunday morning. The taxi drive to the hotel had been uneventful. It was a slow day. The streets were fairly empty.
ReplyDeleteA few hours later I start to hear loud music. So I go out front and Lo and Behold! Brazilian Sex Pride Parade forming up right in front of the hotels' porch.
There were tens of thousands of marchers of every and all persuasions. It was a hoot.
My Portuguese is non existant so I could only sit and drink and watch the show.
I've met Brazilians named "David". "Harry", not so much.
ReplyDeleteIs Jeffe allowed to say that some people in the media are hoping Obama succeeds because he's black? Six years ago, a similar comment about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb cost Rush Limbaugh his job as an NFL commentator. That such statements are no longer verboten is a sign of racial progress in Obama's America.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to "Post-Racial America", whitey. Shut up and hand over your money.
Postcript: Jewbelation – Jeremy has dropped the Miraculous – has continued’ it comes ouit each year in early winter, before Chanukah, and marks the anniversary of the company This year, it’s Jewbilation 12, with 12 hops, 12 malts and 12 percent ABV.
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds pretty potent.
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteI've met Brazilians named "David". "Harry", not so much.
Any fool knows that a Harry Brazilian gets waxed.
Brazilian Sex Pride Parade forming up right in front of the hotels' porch.
ReplyDeleteThe Brazilians are such nice people... if only they weren't so strait-laced and repressed.
/
I've met Brazilians named "David". "Harry", not so much.
ReplyDeleteROTFLMAO...
Damn, OLT, you've been taking your Focusyn today, haven't you?
ReplyDeleteWhen lizards embrace radical Islam ....
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare said...
ReplyDeleteWelcome to "Post-Racial America", whitey. Shut up and hand over your money.
Life's a Bebitch.
"Why is this beer different from all other beers?"
ReplyDeleteUFO TOFU said...
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds pretty potent.
You'll see God, but women can't drink it because it makes bushes burn.
snowcrash said...
ReplyDeleteGak, usually I get fruit from Harry and David, this Moon Pie thing is cool. I love the South.
Me too, and Southerners. My best friend's dad (from Arkansas) gave me my first and only nickname. He never called me by my real name, ever.
{I love him for that.}
Mark your calendars - the D.C. sniper gets what's coming to him on November 10th.
ReplyDeleteEast Texas cure:
ReplyDeleteDaily Iguana recipes posted on the liquor store's front door.
/problem solved
You'll see God, but women can't drink it because it makes bushes burn.
ReplyDeleteTime to unreal the hose ...
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteDamn, OLT, you've been taking your Focusyn today, haven't you?
What am I being accused of now?
It's lies, all LIES I tells ya!
Hi F2!! How you doing this fine day? :-)
ReplyDeleteFocusyn is a mythical product taken by Bart Simpson that boosts his concentraion and creativity, OLT.
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean to say is that today, you're a funny guy. (Begin Pesci voice in 5, 4, 3...)
Kosh's Shadow, you're unemployed? I'm so sorry - I hope it will be brief and a better job is right around the corner.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I did the Pesci thing already, but I pretty much mangled it.
ReplyDelete/The Family Guy version is funnier
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteFocusyn is a mythical product taken by Bart Simpson that boosts his concentraion and creativity, OLT.
"Did you know most people only use 10% of their brains? Thanks to Focusyn, I am now one of them!"
Just noticing something: Other than midwestgak, are there any other non Y-chromosome-sporting C2ers up here in the treehouse club with us at the moment?
ReplyDeleteWhen you open a HeBrew beer, is it a circumcision?
ReplyDeleteCC ran off to ban EtR, looks like she took Pink Freud with her, so no, it's pretty much a Brazilian wedding right now.
ReplyDelete/
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteJust noticing something: Other than midwestgak, are there any other non Y-chromosome-sporting C2ers up here in the treehouse club with us at the moment?
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My "guess the gender" batting average is a sterling .000
Raises right hand.
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ReplyDeleteKosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteWhen you open a HeBrew beer, is it a circumcision?
Now, let's not make a mountain out of a mohel.
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteWhen you open a HeBrew beer, is it a circumcision?
Two ounces of every bottle are waiting for you in Heaven.
Dopp, you are a girl too right?
ReplyDeletesnowcrash! You're a grrrl?!
ReplyDelete@Kosh: that sucks. Hope you get another job soon!
ReplyDeleteFor those of you who missed my earlier announcment, the company I had been working for had layoffs, and I'm not there any more.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you who have already expressed your support, thank you.
And Al Gore will be happy because my carbon footprint has been reduced.
Why did I always think snowcrash was a dude... no offense, snow...
ReplyDeleteMy "guess the gender" batting average is a sterling .000
ReplyDelete----
Which sometimes leds to awkward moments in Brazil...
Geeze, DEZ thought I was a guy too. Funny...sort of.
ReplyDeleteNYT's Frank Rich sees Balloon boy story as allegory for the horrors of Bush's America
ReplyDeleteYou really need to read the whole think, but this is a typical example of his "reasoning":
Next to the other hoaxes and fantasies that have been abetted by the news media in recent years, both the “balloon boy” and Chamber of Commerce ruses are benign. The Colorado balloon may have led to the rerouting of flights and the wasteful deployment of law enforcement resources. But at least it didn’t lead the country into fiasco the way George W. Bush’s flyboy spectacle on an aircraft carrier helped beguile most of the Beltway press and too much of the public into believing that the mission had been accomplished in Iraq.
@Pink: hi, just back at my computer. Tried moblogging to C2 but didn't succeed too well.
ReplyDeletePretty hectic day, otherwise fine. How about yourself?
OK, gotta go feed the spawn.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice evening, folks.
Lucius, IIRC Frank Rich also was convinced that Roth's The Plot Against America was a TOTALLY realistic scenario of what was about to happen in Bushitler's AmeriKKKa, in which Jewish children would be kidnapped and raised Christian and the like. So nothing surprises me from him anymore.
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm a girl.
ReplyDeleteHi Finally Free. What made the day so hectic?
ReplyDeleteHey! I'm still here!
ReplyDeleteGreat, FF! (Way behind on email, which you knew already.) :-)
Lucius Septimius said...
ReplyDeleteOK, gotta go feed the spawn.
Feed the spawn!
Speed the plow!
@Lucius: paraphrase of an ancient joke.
ReplyDeleteFrankie's homeroom teacher notes that every composition Frankie writes is about George W. Bush and his evil administration. The teacher, liberal though he may be, is starting to tire a bit of this.
So his next composition subject is "pachyderms".
The next morning, Frankie hands in an essay entitled: "The elephant and the Bush administration"
Who is that Jew-nami guy anyway? haha you guys thought snow was a guy? Too funny. Watch out traveller, I've heard that place is full of he-shes. dang it's like so past time to walk the lab along the American and I'm just starting to have fun - this awful thing called work has been infringing on my right to C2.
ReplyDeleteBye Lucius.
ReplyDeleteexperiencedtraveller said...
ReplyDeleteMy "guess the gender" batting average is a sterling .000
----
Which sometimes leds to awkward moments in Brazil...
In all fairness, in Brazil that's not always an easy thing to do. I recall some years back, when the girl crowned "Miss Rio" turned out to actually be a Mr. Rio.
Pink Freud said...
ReplyDeleteHey! I'm still here!
Pink, I think OTL needs new glasses. :)
@midwestgak: just lots of unexpected stuff at work
ReplyDeleteWorking on what will hopefully be the first of a series of ruminations on aspects of American culture, under the working title of "Oh, Yeah? Sez you!"
ReplyDeleteWill post when it reaches fruition.
Turn, what is "The American"?
ReplyDeleteWorking on what will hopefully be the first of a series of ruminations on aspects of American culture, under the working title of "Oh, Yeah? Sez you!"
ReplyDeleteWill post when it reaches fruition.
COOL. LOL
Snowcrash, I think I had your gender confused because I mixed you up with another poster at... um, another site... who also had "snow" in his nic.
ReplyDeletePink Freud said...
ReplyDeleteHey! I'm still here!
Cool. If you see Erik The Red, tell him everyone's been looking fo rhim, ok? Thanks!
FTR, Jew nami has been given the C2 Populator-in-Chief Official Stamp of Approval. :-)
ReplyDeleteUmmmm, rant earlier about cables? I was wrong. Downloading a crap load of pictures now. :)
ReplyDeletebuzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteWorking on what will hopefully be the first of a series of ruminations on aspects of American culture, under the working title of "Oh, Yeah? Sez you!"
Sounds like either it'll totally rock, or it'll suck.
//
Turn, what is "The American"?
ReplyDeleteNot a river in Egypt, I can tell you that.
Brazil isn't normally associated with asylum
ReplyDeleteseekers.
Asylum is normally give to those seeking refuge from their government. If he can show cause and meet the traditional requirements for asylum, fine.
Otherwise get in line.
Has ZERO to do with anything else.
Germany's leading news magazine Der Spiegel (English edition) interviews Charles Krauthammer. Read the whole thing.
ReplyDelete(h/t: Don Surber via Instapundit.)
FTR, Jew nami has been given the C2 Populator-in-Chief Official Stamp of Approval. :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, then that means they also have the Offical Bare Seal of Approval...
Of course, I'm bare, so they may not want to be uhhh stamped.
Just back from shutting off the lights. snow, the American River in norther CA. It has two forks that form a confluent outside Auburn and the river flows into the Sacramento at a place called discovery park near Old Sacramento. There is a parkway that spans from Folsom dam all the way to Discovery Park. Beautiful river and parkway, boob knows every trail.
ReplyDeleteOR, no problem. As long as I look like a girl, it's all good.lol
ReplyDeletePink Freud said...
ReplyDeleteFTR, Jew nami has been given the C2 Populator-in-Chief Official Stamp of Approval. :-)
Did you remember to implant the chip in his neck? And issue him his Agonizer?
Thanks turn. Have a good one.
ReplyDeleteFinally Free said...
ReplyDelete@midwestgak: just lots of unexpected stuff at work
awww, beer. - Homer Simpson
awww, work. - gak
And with that, stay safe folks.
ReplyDeleteIRC, Brazil has no extradition treaty with the USA. So when the Black Helicoptors are closing in on you head for Ipanema.
ReplyDeletehttp://beachesofbrazil.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ipanema.jpg
(For that matter, I keep calling Jew nami "him/he", etc., but I don't think JN has identified his/her gender yet, right?)
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteDid you remember to implant the chip in his neck? And issue him his Agonizer?
They have also been issued a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead which is available on Amazon, as well, if anyone has lost their C2-issued copy.
Oh, snowcrash, if you haven't checked I have another cenotaph post up on my blog.
ReplyDeleteturn said...
ReplyDeleteAnd with that, stay safe folks.
Later turn.
Did you remember to implant the chip in his neck? And issue him his Agonizer?
ReplyDeleteAt the door, OR, at the door. After he went through the delousing process.
Its a guy, nami not naomi.
ReplyDeletePhil I'll check now. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAfter he went through the delousing process.
ReplyDelete(Hmm, might want to reconsider joking about sending Jews to "delousing", Pink... no offense.)
snowcrash said...
ReplyDeleteIts a guy, nami not naomi.
But she's Sue Nami!
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteBut she's Sue Nami!
Could still be a guy.
/Johnny Cash
(Hmm, might want to reconsider joking about sending Jews to "delousing", Pink... no offense.)
ReplyDeleteOpen mouth, insert foot.
/apologies for any offense, none whatsoever intended
Well, gotta go get Mitch ready for his Pack meeting. He's getting his very first awards tonight, so Proud Dad has to take the camera with him.
ReplyDeleteSee ya, OLT! Stop by for a drink later if you get a chance. Have fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm off!
ReplyDeleteLater. Or mañana.
Bye OR!
ReplyDeleteOfficials, students encourage hip-hop studies
ReplyDeleteDamon Williams, UW-Madison vice provost for diversity and climate, encouraged students and faculty to consider the creation of a hip-hop studies program during his discussion Monday.
The panel asked such questions as what is hip-hop studies, and what would a hip-hop studies program offer that is not already available on campus?
Williams said the study of hip-hop includes not only listening to or performing hip-hop but also analyzing and discussing the culture as well.
He said the audience could show this themselves, asking about their hip-hop participation and experiences and citing that those who have engaged in hip-hop culture and have analyzed it are already playing a part in hip-hop studies.
/yet another useful four year college degree
Just "how far would you go" for Series tickets?
ReplyDelete'Desperate' Phillies fan arrested for offering sex in exchange for World Series tickets
Phil, relly nice collection of photos. I like the tall RAF one that looks like arms stretched up. Thanks. Oh and I did the ratings thing on your blog. Bad habit from the past. lol
ReplyDeleteLater OLT and OR. Tell OLT I said later. His glasses seem to be unable to see me.
ReplyDeleteNo problem snowcrash. Those aren't related to Karma or some such nonsense. Glad you liked them. I think I will show some of my new pictures tomorrow. A whole lot of bad photography going on. Learning curve is steep, but I think I am getting the hang of it.
ReplyDeleteJCM, she describes herself as gorgeous. Wonder what else she lied about?
ReplyDeleteHey, has anyone seen Erik? Last I saw him he was off to pick up his kids or something.
ReplyDelete@KB: This sort of thing is becoming parody-proof.
ReplyDeleteOn a similar level of inanity, I heard UCSB at one point had classes in pornographic movie production.
Oh well seeing as nobody can see me I am going to hang out in front of the pub. Will be a cheap night for me as I will have no one to buy drinks for.
ReplyDeleteAnd somebody may have posted this, but: is Dingy Harry missing the votes of Lieberman and Snowe for the public option?
ReplyDeletePhil, you have a nice idea for a blog. I mostly check out political or (don't laugh) cooking blogs. Visiting your blog makes a good change.
ReplyDeleteKillian Bundy said...
ReplyDeleteOfficials, students encourage hip-hop studies
My next door neighbor's son has a degree in African American Studies from one of the lesser schools in the state system. He's a very nice, bright young man who is currently installing computer networks for a friend of the family. Unless he gets into law school, all he'll get out of that education is a piece of paper.
Thanks snow, and there's nothing wrong with checking out cooking blogs. You can learn a lot of what not to do that way. :)
ReplyDelete/at least that's the way I would set it up...
Addendum: I informed all of my children that I would not pay for any degree with the word "studies" in the name.
ReplyDeleteI understand that film degrees specializing in porno are called "Stud Studies."
ReplyDeleteHey Doppel..
ReplyDeleteI have a cousin that got a Masters degree in Poetry from one of the finest universities in the country. Cost her parents probably better than 150 thousand bucks. She is currently the best educated non published poet currently working at the bakery.
Has anyone see my darling hubby? I have not seen him around for ages.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, and here's a teaser for tomorrow. :)
ReplyDeleteBSM....
ReplyDeleteI understand that film degrees specializing in porno are called "Stud Studies."
That is a little tough to swallow.
Truck Monkey said...
ReplyDeleteI have a cousin that got a Masters degree in Poetry from one of the finest universities in the country. Cost her parents probably better than 150 thousand bucks. She is currently the best educated non published poet currently working at the bakery.
It just goes to show that you can get a poetry degree and end up pulling down the big dough.
Mrs. Erik The Red said...
ReplyDeleteHas anyone see my darling hubby? I have not seen him around for ages.
You folks are doing this up big. lol
When it rains it pours. I had to put my 13 year old German Shepherd down last night. It is like losing a family member. She was the best dog, just like a little person in a furry suit.
ReplyDeleteSorry ArmyWife.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear it, AW. Here's a little Kipling for you:
ReplyDeleteHis Apologies
Master, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old.
He is mainly Head and Tummy. His legs are uncontrolled.
But Thou hast forgiven his ugliness, and settled him on Thy knee...
Art Thou content with Thy Servant? He is very comfy with Thee.
Master, behold a Sinner! He hath committed a wrong.
He hath defiled Thy Premises through being kept in too long.
Wherefore his nose has been rubbed in the dirt, and his self-respect has been bruised.
Master, pardon Thy Sinner, and see he is properly loosed.
Master-again Thy Sinner! This that was once Thy Shoe,
He has found and taken and carried aside, as fitting matter to chew.
Now there is neither blacking nor tongue, and the Housemaid has us in tow.
Master, remember Thy Servant is young, and tell her to let him go!
Master, extol Thy Servant, he has met a most Worthy Foe!
There has been fighting all over the Shop--and into the Shop also!
Till cruel umbrellas parted the strife (or I might have been choking him yet),
But Thy Servant has had the Time of his Life--and now shall we call on the vet?
Master, behold Thy Servant! Strange children came to play,
And because they fought to caress him, Thy Servant wentedst away.
But now that the Little Beasts have gone, he has returned to see
(Brushed--with his Sunday collar on) what they left over from tea.
. . . . . .
Master, pity Thy Servant! He is deaf and three parts blind.
He cannot catch Thy Commandments. He cannot read Thy Mind.
Oh, leave him not to his loneliness; nor make him that kitten's scorn.
He hath had none other God than Thee since the year that he was born.
Lord, look down on Thy Servant! Bad things have come to pass.
There is no heat in the midday sun, nor health in the wayside grass.
His bones are full of an old disease – his torments run and increase.
Lord, make haste with Thy Lightnings and grant him a quick release!
I am so sorry to hear that ArmyWife. I had to do the same thing to my Weimaraner at almost 15 years. The act itself was hard enough but telling my little ones was one of the hardest things that I've ever done. {ArmyWife}
ReplyDelete{ArmyWife}, it's sad when one of our friends and companions is lost to us.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. Hopefully that is the end of my string of woes. My little chihuahuas are really depressed, though. Isis (my GSD) raised my kids - she used to lay under the crib when we brought my youngest home and determine who was allowed, and who wasn't allowed, to see the baby. When she made up her mind that you were on the "not" list, there wasn't any sort of appeals process in her mind.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that, Army Wife.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had to put down any of our dogs, but one died unexpectedly at 3.
It is very hard.
And the dog's companion got so depressed we needed to get another dog for him to play with.
ReplyDeleteHe turned into a couch poodle.
And another one:
ReplyDelete"The Power of the Dog"
--Rudyard Kipling
There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie --
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet's unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find -- it's your own affair --
But . . . you've given your heart to a dog to tear.
When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!)
When the spirit hat answered your every mood
Is gone -- wherever it goes -- for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.
We've sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve;
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long --
So why in -- Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
I am so sorry ArmyWife.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences, Army Wife.
ReplyDelete{ArmyWife} Tell us more about your chihuahuas.
ReplyDeletebuzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteAnd another one:
"The Power of the Dog"
--Rudyard Kipling
Damn, you, damn you to hell. :(
/that one hurts far too much.
//thank you....
Sorry about your loss ArmyWife.
ReplyDeleteNew thread up. --->
ReplyDeleteArmyWife.... I received this right after I put my down and it made me feel better.
ReplyDeleteJust this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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PaladinPhil: There's yet one more, called "Dinah in Heaven," which I considered posting--but thought it might be overkill.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the poetry, Buzz. It's sad - but nice to know others feel this way about their doggies, too.
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