Okay, this is just funny: Read it in full, and yes, there are bad words in it, but this is utterly hilarious. A rocker explains why he won’t let Glee cover his songs. (For the records, every time I’ve watched Glee I’ve lasted all of five minutes before nodding off. And I LOVE musicals.)
Sorkin does Olbermann: Oh, no way this one ends well. Aaron Sorkin is doing a series for HBO on a cable news program. Expect retreads of whatever that SNL clone show drama was, plus the West Wing, plus a large, healthy does of uber-left POV, and, of course, much mocking of the internets. Since I don’t have HBO, this is an extremely easy choice: Pass.
Turkey’s looking to get kicked out of NATO: Erdogan says he’s going to protect the next Gaza flotilla with Turkish warships. So basically, one of our NATO allies is threatening another of our allies. I think it’s all talk, because I don’t think Erdogan actually wants to start a shooting war over the Palestinians. No Muslim country really does, as we know they’re ready to fight to the last Palestinian, but unwilling to jump in if their own soldiers will be slaughtered. (Mad Mullahs and Jihadis not included.) Oh, the main reason I’m calling bullshit on this? There is no new flotilla planned. Right now, it’s all hot air.
Didn’t we see this bit before? Wait, didn’t Saddam Hussein keep transmitting from hiding? Because now Gadaffy is doing it. Yeah, good luck to you, dude. In fact, I hope you have the exact same luck as Saddam had. Buh-bye!
Oh, there was a presidential speech last night? Yeah, I forgot. Caught the last five minutes of it. Boy, Obama had his Stern Look on, as well as his Grownup In The Room. And nobody cared. I was more interested in the way Verizon took control of my DVR to send an emergency broadcast warning for flash floods in my area. (And I was planning on standing on the bank of the James River to watch the waters rise, too. No, not really. I was planning on going to the supermarket, but the torrential downpour changed my mind.)
Mark Levin had an open mike during the speech. His comments were better than the speech itself.
Caught the last five minutes of it. Boy, Obama had his Stern Look on, as well as his Grownup In The Room.
I forgot to check to see if he had gray in his hair and how much.
I figure he must have had his “major dusting” of gray to get that “grown up in the room” look.
The turkey is now scrambling to backtrack. He claims his threats have been “misunderstood” and “taken out of context” (aren’t they always?). My guess? Somebody at NATO HQ finally bothered to pick up the phone and remind him how dangerous the fire he’s messing with is.
It’s an interesting dilemma for them – Turkey is a full member of NATO, while Israel is technically only a close ally – but NATO was originally formed as a shield against the spread of communism, a threat that no longer exists. In fact, the vast majority of NATO members today far have more in common with the Zionist, democratic Israel than with post-Kemalist Turkey and more interest in keeping her as an ally and unofficial member – that new interest being the threat of Islam. The only reason Israel isn’t already a member is the same one she wasn’t allowed in decades ago – Western nations worrying about the reaction of the Arab world. But if the Arab (or more correctly, Muslim) World becomes the enemy, what happens then?
I did see that Erdogan is trying to walk back his threats. I’m not surprised. He’s not stupid. He’s playing to the Arab street. Funny how while it works in Egypt, his own people are calling bullshit on him.