War Corporatism… What Do You Call It?
Check out this rather cool video I found online while searching for more kinetic typography.
DMX Gives Great Interview
I just read the greatest interview ever. XXL Magazine interviewed DMX and asked him about a whole slew of shit, but his reaction to Barack Obama is priceless as well as his ability to not give a shit about anything, and by anything I really mean this guy isn't aware of anything at all.
Here are the best parts, the full interview is here.
How do you feel about the digital—like, everything going through the Internet as far as...
I don't even think about it. I don't even think about it.
Right, but do you think there's a reason that rap isn't selling like it was in your day?
Yeah 'cause niggas ain't saying nothing. People ain't saying nothing. Ain't but so many people... Some people buy records just to dance to 'em. Some people buy records to listen to the radio. And there's people that buy records 'cause they listen to every song. They not feeding the people properly.
Do you think it's a good thing that Southern music is pretty much dominating the game? There's no cats from New York, you know. It seems like there hasn't been in awhile. What do you think about that?
What do I think about Southern music?
Yeah.
I really don't think about it.
You don't think about it?
I really don't care for it. To focus on other shit is a fuckin' headache.
What were you doing in between—from the last album to this one, that whole time? What have you been up to?
Life. I been up to that. It's been crazy. Fuckin' police keep on fuckin' raiding my house and shit for nothing. They took all my fuckin' guns. All they did is take is take my guns. All they fuckin' do is fuck my house up and take my guns. That's all they did. Straight robbed me—that's what they did.
Are you happy with how your last two albums did as far as sales?
Oh yeah, I'm happy. I'm happy with whatever they do.
Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.
You're not? You know there's a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there's Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!
Barack Obama, yeah.
Barack?!
Barack.
What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?
Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
Barack Obama?
Yeah.
What the fuck?! That ain't no fuckin' name, yo. That ain't that nigga's name. You can't be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.
You're telling me you haven't heard about him before.
I ain't really paying much attention.
I mean, it's pretty big if a Black...
Wow, Barack! The nigga's name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain't his fuckin' name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, "Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit" [laughs] "That ain't your fuckin' name." Your momma ain't name you no damn Barack.
So you're not following the race. You can't vote right?
Nope.
Is that why you're not following it?
No, because it's just—it doesn't matter. They're gonna do what they're gonna do. It doesn't really make a difference. These are the last years.
But it would be pretty big if we had a first Black president. That would be huge.
I mean, I guess.... What, they gon' give a dog a bone? There you go. Ooh, we have a Black president now. They should've done that shit a long time ago, we wouldn't be in the fuckin' position we in now. With world war coming up right now. They done fucked this shit up then give it to the Black people, "Here you take it. Take my mess."
Right, exactly.
It's all a fuckin' setup. It's all a setup. All fuckin' bullshit. All bullshit. I don't give a fuck about none of that.
We could have a female president also, Hillary Clinton.
I mean, either way it doesn't matter. I don't care. No one person is directly affected by which president, you know, so what does it matter.
Yeah, but the country is.
I guess. The president is a puppet anyway. The president don't make no damn decisions.
The president...they don't have that much authority basically?
Nah, never.
But Bush pretty much...
You think Bush is making fuckin' decisions?
He did, yeah, he fucked up the country.
He act like he making decisions. He could barely speak! He could barely fuckin' speak!
Can't be serious. He ain't making no damn decisions.
Well Barack has a good chance of winning so that might be something.
Good for him, good for him.
Are you happy right now?
I don't wanna be happy.
Why not?
'Cause when you happy you get locked in sleep. You get sleepy happy. I always wanna be on point. I always wanna be aware.
Right, 'cause when you're happy you think you're safe and you don't...
Yeah, you get sleepy happy.
NCAA Tournament Time…
First off... Go Heels! They have to be the favorite, and even though they are the top ranked team in the tournament they still get the hardest bracket. Why the NCAA didn't put Tennessee in Memphis' bracket offering up the chance for a rematch there is lunacy.
However, if anyone actually reads this blog (all 5 of you) and are interested in getting in a little bracket comp I set up click here and get on in.
It's mainly a couple friends of mine and I sent it out to a few other people, but it should remain quite small. Fun for all. Yay!
Oh, and hustle up, tourney starts... well, technically today.
Will the Internet Crash in 2011?
An interesting article at the New York Times reports that the Internet is starting to slow down due to heavy amounts of video clips and movies, social networks and multiplayer games.
The article says one source estimates YouTube consumed as much bandwidth in 2007 as the entire Internet did in 2000 and reports that a research firm projected that user demand for the Internet could outpace network capacity by 2011.
What I find most interesting about this is the idea that movies are going to one day be 100% digital and that is the reason people aren't going to adopt Blu-ray movies. Well, if that is what you think you are going to be waiting a while. They need to figure out how to manage the Internet as it is now before we can start streaming billions of movies to billions of people all over the world in high definition.
Check the article out, it's pretty interesting.
Uh, Any Reaction to Keith Olbermann’s Rant on Clinton and Ferraro Ties?
Check out the video below in which MSNBC's Keith Olbermann goes on for damn near 10 minutes on something he starts of describing as something he fought "over whether or not to say anything". Hell, it sounds like once he decided to say something he really went for it.
Personally I think it is terrible the things Ferraro said, and the bit about how she said something similar back in 1988 was a revelation to me. However, as far as I can tell Hillary has said she doesn't agree with what Ferraro has said. Who exactly does Olbermann think he is telling someone what they "must" do?
If Hillary doesn't want to distance herself from someone that basically says the only reason Barack Obama is even in the race is because he is black then she doesn't have to. It's not going to help her and it will most likely hurt her, but Olbermann is really overreacting here in my opinion.
What do any of you think? Is anyone reading? Hello? Are you there?
What Captures Your Attention?
Hillary Clinton's meth induced smile or the apparent chilly side of the room Natalie Portman is standing on?
Don’t Say This Because It Makes You Sound Stupid
"If _________________ is elected I am moving to Canada."
Because you aren't.
Obama Gives Hillary the Ol’ One-Two
One of the best things about listening to Barack Obama discuss the lunacy of some of the things presented by the Clinton campaign is watching him try to hold back his chuckles. He knows he can't just come out and say, "Really? Is this really what you are doing? Is that really what you are saying?" Instead he has to approach it professionally and in a way that people can understand what exactly is going on.
He is one of the first presidential candidates that I have seen that instead of battling the other candidate in silly tactics he steps aside, absorbs the hits and then makes sense of them. Most importantly, "I am not running for vice president."
Check out this latest speech in which he takes pretty much everything Hillary has been saying for the past few weeks and smashes them to the ground in a matter of seven minutes. Enjoy!
Headline Monger Claims Clinton Has Popular Vote Lead
"Got your attention." Blake Fleetwood of the Huffington Post says in an article carrying the headline "Hillary Has Narrow 30,657 Lead In The Popular Vote".
Fleetwood goes on to point out how Obama has the lead in the contests that count by 598,266, which, of course, means his headline is bullshit. But wait, let's add in Florida and Michigan and now Hillary leads by 30,657. Uh, wait, haven't we already cleared this up saying Florida and Michigan don't count because they moved up their primaries? Yes, is the answer to that question.
But, wait, wait one damn minute!
Fleetwood's next comment says, "In Florida, it was kind of cool to see a primary with no campaigning. No money spent at all. Everyone on the ballot." Did I forget to mention that Obama wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan?
Here's the kicker Blake, Florida was the one state in which voter turnout for Democrats was actually less than Republican turnout. Why was that? Because the smart Dems that knew their votes wouldn't count stayed home. And for anyone that says those votes may end up counting you can guess again. These votes will never count, the states are considering a redo, a redo that would cost these states an estimated $25 million. Nice!
When Hillary challenged the media to take a closer look at Obama she wasn't asking you douches to make shit up.
Your Boy Just Got ‘Knocked Up’
That's right, Thomas Beatie is a 22-year-old pregnant transgender male and he just gave Judd Apatow another idea for a new movie. Get the scoop right here.