So, let’s see what those wacky Republicans have been up to lately.  Surely, they must be fighting for smaller government, personal freedom, and balanced budgets, right?  Let’s take a brief look at what’s happened this week:

• Republican AG of Virginia wants to outlaw blowjobs
• North Dakota passes the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the country
• Republicans in North Carolina want to overrule the First Amendment and establish a state religion (wanna take bets on which religion it’ll be?)
• Also in North Carolina, Republicans have filed a bill that would require a two-year waiting period before getting a divorce
• Two GOP officials in NYC have been arrested by the FBI for taking bribes.
• A Texas GOP congressman has said that limits on the number of shells you can have in a magazine will lead to beastiality
• Republicans in Tennessee used to think that school vouchers were a really, really great idea.  Until they figured out that Muslim schools would qualify as well, so they’ve decided they need to kill the vouchers altogether

Frankly, I don’t think they’re concerned with smaller government, lower taxes, or personal freedom at all.  :(

I’ve gone horse meat crazy!

You got horse meat in my peanut butter!

A still from Extreme Force (2001)

In response to a request on Facebook today, I dug through some of my old Alamout Black CDs, and managed to locate a track we made called “World View“.

This song was featured in a fight scene in the 2001 film Extreme Force.  My friend Kays Alatrakchi was the guy who did the music for that film, and we made this song specifically for it.  A lot of fun, that, though I have to admit it sounds pretty dated to me now.  Kays more recently did the music for Midnight Son as well, which is a totally excellent vampire film, and which you should see immediately, if you haven’t already.

Anyways, here’s the song.  Right-click to download.

Magician Yann Frisch, via Laughing Squid.

Yesterday, after work, I returned to my car, which was parked in a garage on the north side of Chicago.

Waiting to greet me on my windshield was the missive below, printed on a single sheet of paper.

Personally, I don’t know what I think is worse — the politics, the grammar, or the assumption that I, a total stranger, should share this individual’s ideas about religion.

However, if you do happen to agree with this person, then I’d absolutely encourage you get to the polls on November 9th* and vote for Mitt Ronny.  Don’t hurt God feeling.  God got feeling too.

I don’t find this argument very convincing.

*(The rest of you, get to the polls on November 6th, and vote your conscience.)

… when there’s a brand new Two Fingers video released.

You know it’s even better when the video is like a way-more-awesome version of Toy Story 3.

The music is pretty damn good too.  Enjoy.

Now THAT’S classy!

I love this new “binders full of women” meme that sprang up last night.

So I’m going to cash in.

ONLY $18.95 per binder!

A beautiful video featuring a whole bunch of great time-lapse footage from around the world, via reddit.

Natural Phenomena – VideoSapien from Reid Gower on Vimeo.

So I was browsing around, trying to find footage to convince a couple of friends to come with me to see Amon Tobin play live here in Chicago in a couple of weeks, and what should I find, but this beautiful HD version of the live show, with excellent audio to boot.

Sit back for an hour, full-screen this baby, and enjoy.

UPDATE:  It appears the YouTube video has been taken down for copyright reasons.  Oh well.  It was fun while it lasted.

I watched the ISAM 2.0 show in Chicago on Saturday night, and it was even better than the first one.