The UK-based Daily Mail posted the above video of Georgian TV reporter Tamara Urushadze picking the mic back up shortly after a sniper’s bullet grazes her arm. She even has the wits to assert that it must have come from a light weapon because the wound isn’t too bad. 2800 Diggs and counting…
Your move, Geraldo.
If Massive Attack well, attacked, Dawn Landes, you’d get an adorable Swede that likes to dance. “If you wanna complain, then I’m not the complaint department,” the meek, alabaster-skinned Lykke Li sings on her new album, Youth Novels, released on June 9 in the US.
Alright, clearly lyrics aren’t her specialty. But I admire her from steering away from predictable instruments and using a little foghorn, synth and toy piano. And just look at that face!
I’ll leave you with videos to judge. But I will tell you that I listened to this whole album one afternoon in LA traffic. And I wasn’t even mad when I came home an hour later. In fact, I felt a little excellent.
She can be adorable!
But oh-so-hardcore!
Denver Debauchery With just 10 days until the Democratic National Convention kicks off. The media is salivating over every scheduling change and RSVP. The Obama camp has decided to let Hillary Clinton’s name be added into the mix to appease the legions of Clintonites who won’t quit ’til their gal has a fair shot at clinching the nomination. Some are concerned that HRC is scheming to steal the spotlight, but we know that the big O will be the shining star. And we’re not talking Obama — Oprah has confirmed that she’s leaving the windy city to attend Obama’s big Thursday night speech. Smart, considering that everything she touches turns to gold and some university researchers are saying that the chatty surrogate has already delivered one million votes to Barack. Former Virginia Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner has been tapped as a keynote speaker, leading some to speculate whether he’ll ultimately get the veep nod (meanwhile, reports are swirling that Sen. Joe Biden is quickly climbing the short list). Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has been charged with assault and perjury, has gotten the go-ahead from a judge to leave the state for the big event…. though we’re not sure why Democratic leaders would want him there.
Xtreme Campaigning Aspiring First Lady Cindy McCain demonstrated the dangers lurking on the campaign trail yesterday when she sprained her wrist shaking hands with an “enthusiastic supporter.” Apparently she has carpal tunnel syndrome or something… maybe from transcribing all her luddite hubby’s e-mails? The GOP nominee has been fundraising this week and talking to people about their hardships and the failing auto industry in the swing state of Michigan to show he cares more than his vacay-bound opponent. He’s also hinting that he might be open to a veep who doesn’t completely abhor abortion rights…
Conflict Continues The Georgian government says Russia just won’t let up. Moscow continues to ignore warnings from the U.S. — Secretary of Defense Robert Gates maintains that we won’t intervene with force, so we’ve sent Condi to broker a cease fire that will hold up. The BBC has a day-by-day breakdown of what’s happened so far.
In it to win it In case you haven’t heard yet, Michael Phelps is, like, paramount to a Greek God. He’s closing in on breaking the standing record for most golds in an Olympics Games and has been named the “icon of the games.” Not everyone is showcasing good sportsmanship. A Swedish wrestler threw his medal in a tantrum of sorts after getting upset over the judging. Chinese gymnasts snagged a gold, but the U.S. says they’re cheating because their team members too young. And as NBC’s “multimedia phenomenon” coverage blitz continues to draw in record viewers of the Games, Tibetan protestors are clashing with police in Nepal.
oh no. for the third time, oh no.
it’s 2008, right?
or is it? maybe it’s 2000?
or 2004?
my confusion is based on the fact that the republicans are doing it again. they’re using the same smear and attack
strategy on barack obama that they used on john kerry and that they used
on al gore.
and we, the democrats are doing…nothing?
sitting back and taking it like we always do?
sitting back and being the sissies that we always are?
in 2000 they slandered al gore as saying he invented the internet and was an elitist.
and he fought back how?
oh, that’s right, he didn’t.
and in 2004 they slandered john kerry by questioning his military service.
and he fought back how?
oh, that’s right, he didn’t.
and now they’re slandering obama in a hundred insidious and incorrect ways
and he’s fighting back how?
oh, that’s right, he isn’t.
if a bully kicks you in the shins once you should be prepared if he comes
to kick you in the shins again, right?
well, this is the third time that the gop are kicking us in the shins and we still
don’t have shin-guards and we still haven’t learned how to fight back.
that makes it our fault.
yes, in a perfect world the gop wouldn’t be a bunch of lying sacks of shit, willing to spread scurrilous
lies and rumors, but, well, they are.
and we know they are.
and as distasteful as their methods might be, they usually end up winning.
and we’re, once again, unprepared.
they’re kicking us in the shins and all we’re doing is quietly lamenting the fact that they’re
kicking us in the shin.
dear senator obama: FIGHT BACK.
you’re battling a dimwit who doesn’t know the difference between sunni and shi’ite,
who still refers to countries that ceased to exist in 1993(czechoslovakia), and who believes
that iraq and pakistan share a border.
he’s a media darling(appearing on 24, saturday night live, and the late night talk shows
more times than anyone can count).
and he’s a staunch republican who deviates from the gop norm maybe .01% of the time.
so: FIGHT BACK.
we, the rank and file democrats, are tired of being sissies.
we’re tired of the high road.
the high road would be great if it didn’t lead us to defeat every 2 or 4 years.
the high road would be great if it helped us win.
guess what, it doesn’t.
the republicans drag us into the mire and start beating the shit out of us and all we do is say,
‘wouldn’t it be nice if we weren’t getting the shit beaten out of us in the mud?’
fight back and keep fighting until the gop are cowering in a corner.
we are better than them. we are smarter than them. we are younger than them.
and our ideas are better than theirs(stem cell research vs. creationism? we win).
we know how to win, it’s almost as if we choose not to, somehow finding defeat
more comfortable and familiar and patrician than victory.
let’s take the high road after we’ve won, ok?
in the meantime: FIGHT.
you don’t bring a knife to a gun fight, and you don’t bring decency to a fight with a republican(at least not if you want to win).
this might be a strange analogy for a vegan to use, but if you want to make an omelet
you have to break a couple of eggs.
start breaking some eggs.
—moby
Originally posted on moby.com on August 8.
This very interesting report from ABC News about the allegedly underage Chinese women’s gymnastics team, interviews a forensic artist to explain why looking 12 or 13 is the same as being 12 or 13. There are certain characteristics come with age that the Chinese gymnasts do not have. Like adult teeth.Tonight they square off against the Americans, but this time the U.S. gymnasts have the advantage in the All Around competition.
