"So kid,
whad'ya wanna' be when you finally grow up? Huh?"
Posted by mach1231
at 12:49 PM PST
Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:02 PM PST
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"So kid,
whad'ya wanna' be when you finally grow up? Huh?"
coolSomeone help me finish this sentence or give me an analogy.
"Watching Britney Spears mom be a talking head in a live tv interview is like__________________________________"
I was thinking something along the lines of a post-Katrina Bush at ground zero but thats too well used.
But I begin to think even some men and women of the distinguished press are onto the game here.
Heres todays 'Britney Moment'(Dont you deserve one today?®) brought to you by Machs Café.
Police Impound Britney Spears' Car
I sense a bad pun coming on...like something to do with 'spares' and 'spears'.
I think we should all like to leave our cars by the freeway once they break down or we get a flat. But the last word and the last line of the news snippet definitely shows how far we may be from ever removing that small little bit of reserved chagrin for the Britster. And thats a good thing don't forget.
lazy
I got five hits in Google news with search terms: 'bc salmon endangered' and none of them are from 2008.
If you love seafood but worry about overfishing and contaminants, 'Fish Forever' is an indispensable resource.
Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood , located here at Amazon.
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"From the destruction of the Grand Banks fishery to the decline of the Chilean sea bass, from mercury in tuna to PCBs in striped bass, choosing seafood that's both sustainable and healthful seems tougher than ever." -inside flap of 'Fish Forver'
Multimedia link:-> The "Fish Forever" Conference in Vancouver in April 2007 featured environmentalist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki
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A program developed by the Vancouver Aquarium to protect Ocean Life by encouraging restaurants, food purveyors and diners to make food choices which promote ...
http://www.oceanwisecanada.com
I guess its clearly just not enought to simply not order shark fin soup form the menu.
Obviously its much more mucho cool to be wearing a 'Save the Sharks' t-shirt than a Save the Whales tee.
A victory for marine life and tourism was scored in Los Angeles last week in a landmark ruling concerning the use of sonar in navy training missions
Marine mammals protected under landmark ruling
Hostelbookers.com - 7 Jan 2008
The new controls are the result of an NRDC lawsuit that demanded the Navy rein in its deadly sonar before beginning two years of maneuvers near the Channel
Whales Win Big-California Federal Court Imposed the Strongest-Ever
The sonar is suspected of causing disruption to whale and dolphin navigation systems. increases the navy's "shut down" zone for sonar use near marine ...
Dolphins: Iran's weapon against the US?
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - 7 Jan 2008
What? You're not even going to bite?
hug meAnd the band played on
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In this day, age, era...epoch, you're more likely to associate such a saying with the constant carousing and cavorting of the mainstream media with the US/co-alitions' incursion into Iraq.
And not a book by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts written and published over two decades ago.
I watched the filmed version of the non-fiction book late last night for the second time in my life. It was probably a little more than 12 years ago that I had seen it for the first time.
Its funny how it occured to me, that what "AIDS" was back then, is what 'global warming' is today. The arguments were there, the hyperbole, the protracted debates, the rationalizations,the exxagerations,the finger pointing, the conspiracies,the slow responses from government.
You;d think such a film would either ooze sentimentality or be a stinging rebuttal to our response to AIDS? Its done with such care. Youd think deliberate care?
All the action is actually a lot of talk between men of science (and a few women), and shows for a second or two the oft unstated unseen clashes of scientific ego that occured between the French scientists and American.
I think it may be one of the first times that actor Matt Modine was front and center in a film, and it certainly left a strong impression on me. More than a plumb cherry picked "thinking mans hero", his portrayal of this not dispassionate character brings about a blended inpiration we should feel from his actions and a catharsis of sorts we should have for the people we see, and have seen, bled into the headlines of that day.
I do remember feeling moved; inspired...actually yes in awe of the nobleness of his actions.
It's one of those films that without prejudice from any film critic gets a constant ***** FIVE STAR rating. The camera like a witness; we the viewer, pricking our sensibilities without trying to induce some form of guilt.
Between intersplices of strung together jump cut edits of news tid bits, like how a haz-mat squad showed up at a car accident when they learned an AIDS victim was involved, nurses quitting rather than work with AIDS patients, all the hype and inflated hysteria contrasting so jarringly with
the portrayals of the petty rivalries of men of science threatening to maddingly delay research for years and also the otherwise innocent men and women who would were infected with AIDS through blood transfusions
in the end; at the close of the film, is the most perfectly rendered final touch, a montage of news items of famous AIDs victims and strangers, played to Elton Johns song "The Last Song"
In that way, the whole film feels like we have invested some of our time and energy for a worthy cause, like we have participated in an ode to love. And havent been tricked or fooled along the way.
Its six minutes but its worth it to plug the YouTube video in case someone out there wants to urther reward themselves by seeing the film. One can't say with surety "It will change the way you think"...the film shows too many people who have suffered that cause.
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In the news: 20 years later, the band still plays on
This is the President of Frances future NEW wife, Carli Bruni.
I thought I would dramatize the effect of her hand silohoeutted through her hat like as an attempt to make a further bold simplistic metastatement, possibly about society and prudishness...to contrast with the pure unadornedness of her chest.
The covering of up of her "nipples" can be seen as a reflection of an effort to cling to societys demands of so-called decency, but also to give the viewer pause for thought on our precepts for the sexualization of the female form by removing or hiding them from having a reference point within the field of view.
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Nicolas Sarkozy 'to marry' Carla Bruni Telegraph.co.uk
Recently divorced French president in whirlwind romance Los Angeles Times
accident prone
Captain Kidd's Ship Found Untouched
Researchers inspect the wreckage if Kidd's ship underwater, off ...
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Friends of a missing Vancouver man hope YouTube posting will ...
accident proneMeanwhile, alittle closer to hearth and home...
NATIVE ISSUES: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
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"Everybody I know who went to those residential schools knows about those hushed-up deaths..."
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Hushed up? Who are they kidding? Ever since the Vancouver Sun was sold by the Southams they never have had a whole hell of a lot to say for themselves.
What with a marriage of a newspaper magnates daughter (Southam) to a foresty giants son? i.e. Mac-Blo
Why would they report on such issues when it tends to reflect on their lack of coverage so accurately?
And also allow enough time and room for escape plans.
And your damned rights I mean to assert that people were married in churches and took their 3 week honeymoons at the expense of a coverup of native indian school residential deaths.
Just like the cherished diamond ring on some dames finger cost some poor black soul who now has no arm who wears it just as proudly.
There will be no exultation. Or earthly justice meted to those currently still in moral exile.
But this still isnt some lame story equivalent of a Movie of the Week.
Residential school survivors grieve loss of a pioneer
Native 'residential school' activist found dead
Mi'kmaq remember native rights activist with heart of soldier ...
accident proneHeres one that says Bhutto was killed because she mentioned Osama Bin Laden was(is): dead.
PBS's FRONTLINE had an interview with Bhuttos niece before her killing who strongly suggested i.e. accused her aunt of killing her father.
Others think the entire event was orchestrated to help de-stablise the Taliban-harboring country and bring peace to Afghanistan.
If OBL is still alive, since Pakistan has nukes, maybe people are worried that instead of just pretending to make out with him, Pakistan might slip him a little tongue.
Or if he were dead, concerns would linger that the country may continue to try and sell nuclear technology to add dollars to the coffers for spending on its military budget.
Benazir Bhutto, has said that, during her term of office,even she was not allowed to visit the facilities involved in the technological development of nuclear enhanced weaponry. These companies of course have a close intrapersonal relationship with their countries defence department.
Of course I am like most people with an average level of concern. When sectarian violence takes place here, when political events inspire violence in peoples minds such as the Air India Bombing,when accusations of fratricides occur
..its intellectually lazy to contritely say: arrest them all put them all in prison or shoot em all up and sort 'em all out later.
The only person convicted of the largest terrorist attack launched from Canadian soil recently balked at authorities deal to avoid a prison sentence for perjury in exchange for assisting in the investigation.
In the mainstream press, the story is murky which has prosecutors denying that such an offer existed even as they report such an offer collapsed and the perjury trial will go ahead.
Plea deal on perjury charge collapses
Toronto Star, Canada - 5 Jan 2008
Vancouver–A proposed plea bargain deal that would have seen Air India bomb maker Inderjit Singh Reyat avoid a trial for perjury collapsed yesterday. ...No special deal with terrorist, Crown says
National Post, Canada - 5 Jan 2008
VANCOUVER - Convicted terrorist Inderjit Singh Reyat has not been offered a deal on an outstanding perjury charge to rat out other members of the Air India ...
Why Southeast Asians are the latest kings of Gangland
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footnote for 2007: an RCMP video system installed to protect Sikh journalist Tara Singh Hayer wasn't working the day he was murdered in 1998, the Air India inquiry heard.
caffeinated
Window washer survives 47 floor drop
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More than a miracle that he survived, its a miracle someone even took his pulse after he landed. Really.
Great reporting on the story. But I see no mention of the fact that his hirise squeegee partner perished.
Apparently "sliced into two" when he landed; also the survivors brother.
But grabbing the lines and scaffolding from the dolly may have supported him during his descent.
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amorous
I had clicked on CNN to see if they were covering LIVE Britney Spears involuntary psychiatric hospitalization (a firetruck, 2 ambulances, 3 police cruisers, one lawyer, a body guard and also a hovering police helicopter at her house plus one cousin and personal assistant fleeing the scene...someone get me a scriptwriter).....
well you never know eh? but instead they were reporting top of the hour of unconfirmed reports that eco-friendly light bulbs may be causing migraines in some people.
There you have it, I thought to my self, global warming is turning into nothing more than a big headache.
Shut it off.
But poor Brit. Photo flash light bulb popping papparazzi people from outerspace plotting the world against her in the paranormal privacy of her own palace.
NEW DSMVII classification: addicted to light bulbs flashing.
Theres a pop song is the works here but something tells me its definitely not: 'You want a Piece of Me'.
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SNAP
(slow beat with increased tempo, slow beating back rhythm)
I tried so hard to run my own life
Couldnt get ahead of victimization and strife
Backdoor blocked front path obscured no where to turn
Cant believe Im followed at every turn
Fames a flame that has me burned
Every scrap book photo album memory watercolored in blue
Im like an outsider into you
Whatchya gonna do when they come for you whatchya gonna do when they follow you whatchay gonna do when they paint your sky red say your a scene to steal but now youre a busted habit no big deal
CHORUS
Cant fall from the sky anymore
Run a thousand miles an hour no more
No more playing fame like a busted game
Askin who won when there is no score
Its all on me, cant I really see, the world I have no care
I think Im about ready to snap (leave that camera off)
Dont go so fast (before I get ready to)
SNAP
Dont be that way (snap)
Cant beat this rap (snap)
Allcamerasclickinggettingrightaddictedcantyouseethecrazysituationallthefansaroaring
withthepressleypapparazzidoingthescreamingpartysoverimalreadyleavin'
Interlude //#
I tried so hard to have my own life
Couldnt live forever on the edge of a knife
Backdoor lost front path hidden no where to run
Cant believe Im followed at every turn
Fames a flame that has me burned
All my scrap book photo album memories watercolored in hue
Im like a stranger onto you
Repeat chorus
Whatchya gonna do when they leave you for dead whatchya gonna do when trade you for broke whatchya gonna do when they paint your clouds black say your a heart to break but wait for you to snap
Im outta here (SNAP)
Aint got no room (Snap)
Hit the floor (snap)
Touch your toes (snap)
Jump for space (snap)
SNAP
Allcamerasclickinggettingthepressabussingsirensscreamingcantyouseethecrazysituationallthefansalighting
presidentialcandidatefightingwiththepressleypapparazzidoingtheschemingpartysonforgetthedreamin
SNAP
Repeat chorus
snap snap snap snap snapsnapsnapsnapsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnpppppppppzzzzzrrrrrrtttt.
All words and lyrics © Machs Cafe 2008
