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June 13, 2015
Dave Grohl is a bad ass, what else is there to say?
Dave Grohl Falls Off Stage In Sweden, Breaks Leg, Still Finishes Show
The saga of What cant Dave Grohl do? has hit a new high. During a Foo Fighters performance tonight (June 12) in Gothenburg, Sweden, Grohl fell off the stage and apparently broke his leg. Despite this serious injury, Grohl was able to finish the show anyway.
Dave Grohl is a Renaissance man. Hes a prolific musician, documentary film maker Record Store Day ambassador, and now, certified badass. Fan-shot footage posted to YouTube doesnt show the actual fall, which happened during a performance of Monkey Wrench, which was only the second song in Foo Fighters set. However, it does capture Dave Grohl addressing the crowd right after the accident.
Ladies and gentleman I love you too motherfers, Grohl began. Now look, I think I just broke my leg. I think I REALLY broke my leg. So look, you have my promise, right now, that the Foo Fighters; were gonna come back and finish the show. Right now, Im gonna go to the hospital. Im gonna fix my leg, but then Im gonna come back and were gonna play for you again. Im so sorry, Im so sorry. Were gonna do it, but right now, Taylor Hawkins, youve gotta do it. Youve gotta do it.
http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-leg-injury-falling-offstage-foo-fighters-show/
Dave Grohl is a Renaissance man. Hes a prolific musician, documentary film maker Record Store Day ambassador, and now, certified badass. Fan-shot footage posted to YouTube doesnt show the actual fall, which happened during a performance of Monkey Wrench, which was only the second song in Foo Fighters set. However, it does capture Dave Grohl addressing the crowd right after the accident.
Ladies and gentleman I love you too motherfers, Grohl began. Now look, I think I just broke my leg. I think I REALLY broke my leg. So look, you have my promise, right now, that the Foo Fighters; were gonna come back and finish the show. Right now, Im gonna go to the hospital. Im gonna fix my leg, but then Im gonna come back and were gonna play for you again. Im so sorry, Im so sorry. Were gonna do it, but right now, Taylor Hawkins, youve gotta do it. Youve gotta do it.
http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-leg-injury-falling-offstage-foo-fighters-show/
Dave Grohl is a bad ass, what else is there to say?
June 10, 2015
Best poll ever!
Washington Post Poll: Voldemort and Darth Vader More Popular Than Republican Candidates
Think about all the things you look for in a presidential candidate: a solid economic plan. Maybe some foreign policy experience. And how about insatiable bloodlust and multiple rows of serrated teeth?
As it turns out, the shark from the Jaws movies has better favorability numbers than any politician included in the latest Washington Post-ABC News survey. Ditto for The Terminator. Same for Darth Vader.
You can see it all this chart, which tracks the net favorability of presidential candidates (the favorable ratings minus the unfavorable ratings). It plots favorability ratings from the latest Post-ABC News and Quinnipiac polls against a survey we did of Internet users about their feelings toward four of Hollywood's favorite villains.
http://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/09/the-shark-from-jaws-is-polling-better-than-all-of-the-2016-candidates/
As it turns out, the shark from the Jaws movies has better favorability numbers than any politician included in the latest Washington Post-ABC News survey. Ditto for The Terminator. Same for Darth Vader.
You can see it all this chart, which tracks the net favorability of presidential candidates (the favorable ratings minus the unfavorable ratings). It plots favorability ratings from the latest Post-ABC News and Quinnipiac polls against a survey we did of Internet users about their feelings toward four of Hollywood's favorite villains.
http://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/09/the-shark-from-jaws-is-polling-better-than-all-of-the-2016-candidates/
Best poll ever!
June 10, 2015
Only Pat Robertson could take a grieving mother's question about life and death and turn it into a Nazi reference.
Pat Robertson Tells Mother Of Deceased 3 Year Old Her Kid Could Have Been Hitler
When Pat Robertson can still surprise you with insanely horrible things that come out of his mouth, at least thats some evidence that youre not totally jaded yet. There is still a little scintilla of innocence left inside of your dark, cavernous soul that still finds the energy to say, Wait, what? Ill let the latest video of Pat Robertson mumbling and drooling some nonsense out of his mouth be that piece of evidence.
A friend of a woman mourning the loss of her three-year-old wrote in to The 700 Club asking what to tell her friend when asked how a good God would let some ill children live but let her child die. In his infinite wisdom, Robertson said that God can see the big picture of life and probably killed her child before he or she could become Adolf Hitler.
Dont believe me? Dont think Robertson himself would have the gall to say such a thing to a woman grieving her three-year-old? Heres the full quote:
As far as Gods concerned, He knows the end from the beginning and He sees a little baby and that little baby could grow up to be Adolf Hitler, he could grow up to be Joseph Stalin, he could grow up to be some serial killer, or he could grow up to die of a hideous disease. God sees all of that, and for that life to be terminated while hes a baby, hes going to be with God forever in Heaven so it isnt a bad thing.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/pat-robertson-tells-grieving-mother-her-dead-baby-couldve-grown-up-to-be-hitler/
A friend of a woman mourning the loss of her three-year-old wrote in to The 700 Club asking what to tell her friend when asked how a good God would let some ill children live but let her child die. In his infinite wisdom, Robertson said that God can see the big picture of life and probably killed her child before he or she could become Adolf Hitler.
Dont believe me? Dont think Robertson himself would have the gall to say such a thing to a woman grieving her three-year-old? Heres the full quote:
As far as Gods concerned, He knows the end from the beginning and He sees a little baby and that little baby could grow up to be Adolf Hitler, he could grow up to be Joseph Stalin, he could grow up to be some serial killer, or he could grow up to die of a hideous disease. God sees all of that, and for that life to be terminated while hes a baby, hes going to be with God forever in Heaven so it isnt a bad thing.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/pat-robertson-tells-grieving-mother-her-dead-baby-couldve-grown-up-to-be-hitler/
Only Pat Robertson could take a grieving mother's question about life and death and turn it into a Nazi reference.
June 9, 2015
Bill O'Reilly Asks Lancaster, PA's Amish Community What They Think Of Caitlyn Jenner.
Today is the day the issue of Vanity Fair magazine with Caitlyn Jenner officially hits the newsstands.
But the story of the former Olympic champion and Kardashian stepdad Bruce Jenners gender switch has been a social issue for several weeks, long before the magazine cover of Jenner went public.
On Monday, Bill OReilly of The OReilly Factor on Fox News sent a correspondent to Lancaster County to ask this area's residents and tourists what they thought of the Jenner cover.
As the Washington Post noted, Many hadn't seen it yet or even knew who the Kardashians were."
http://www.lancasteronline.com/news/local/watch-o-reilly-factor-correspondent-asks-lancaster-county-residents-and/article_14708bdc-0eaa-11e5-a6af-5f6771a6419a.html?mode=jqm
But the story of the former Olympic champion and Kardashian stepdad Bruce Jenners gender switch has been a social issue for several weeks, long before the magazine cover of Jenner went public.
On Monday, Bill OReilly of The OReilly Factor on Fox News sent a correspondent to Lancaster County to ask this area's residents and tourists what they thought of the Jenner cover.
As the Washington Post noted, Many hadn't seen it yet or even knew who the Kardashians were."
http://www.lancasteronline.com/news/local/watch-o-reilly-factor-correspondent-asks-lancaster-county-residents-and/article_14708bdc-0eaa-11e5-a6af-5f6771a6419a.html?mode=jqm
June 8, 2015
John Oliver Rips America's Bail Bonds Industry
And only in America, the land of the free and mass incarcerations could such an industry exist.
June 7, 2015
Right wing heads exploding in 3...2...1...
Bill Maher Wants To Know: Who Is Attacking Religion, Exactly?
Besides him, Eric Cartman, and Brian Griffin.
Right wing heads exploding in 3...2...1...
May 29, 2015
Dumb Criminals: Why Yes, That *IS* An AK47 In My Pants
A 19-year-old man is facing grand theft charges after he was seen stuffing rifles down his pants at a pawn shop in Davie, according to court records.
Marlon Paul Alvarez, of Fort Lauderdale, made his first appearance in court Wednesday where Broward Judge John Hurley expressed concern about Alvarez's behavior.
"You allegedly went into that pawn shop and removed an AK-47 rifle on display and stuck it down your pants," the judge read from the arrest report. "After a while, [you] pulled it out, put it back, then grabbed another assault rifle off another display [and] put that down your pants."
The owner of Public Pawn and Gun at 6798 Stirling Rd. noticed Alvarez limping out of the store with the assault rifle down his pant leg about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-davie-pawn-rifle-theft-arrest-20150527-story.html
Marlon Paul Alvarez, of Fort Lauderdale, made his first appearance in court Wednesday where Broward Judge John Hurley expressed concern about Alvarez's behavior.
"You allegedly went into that pawn shop and removed an AK-47 rifle on display and stuck it down your pants," the judge read from the arrest report. "After a while, [you] pulled it out, put it back, then grabbed another assault rifle off another display [and] put that down your pants."
The owner of Public Pawn and Gun at 6798 Stirling Rd. noticed Alvarez limping out of the store with the assault rifle down his pant leg about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-davie-pawn-rifle-theft-arrest-20150527-story.html
May 16, 2015
Dumb Criminals: Florida (Obviously) Man Pulls A Real Life Walter Sobchak And Destroys Wrong Car
MANATEE A Bradenton man, accused of having a personal vendetta against a friend, was charged with felony criminal mischief after deputies said he smashed the windows out of a car, according to the Manatee County Sheriffs Office.
Ryan T. Smith, 22, was arrested at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Cape Harbour Loop, deputies said.
The victim, who knows Smith, told deputies he was at home when he heard a car door outside his bedroom window. The victim said Smith began smashing the windows of a vehicle with a baseball bat but it wasn't that of the intended victim, who drives a similar make, model and color vehicle to his neighbor's vehicle.
The victim told deputies Smith has a personal vendetta against him. The friend later wrote on his Facebook page Smith smashed his neighbors car because he thought it was his.
Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2015/05/12/5795657_bradenton-man-charged-with-felony.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
Ryan T. Smith, 22, was arrested at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Cape Harbour Loop, deputies said.
The victim, who knows Smith, told deputies he was at home when he heard a car door outside his bedroom window. The victim said Smith began smashing the windows of a vehicle with a baseball bat but it wasn't that of the intended victim, who drives a similar make, model and color vehicle to his neighbor's vehicle.
The victim told deputies Smith has a personal vendetta against him. The friend later wrote on his Facebook page Smith smashed his neighbors car because he thought it was his.
Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2015/05/12/5795657_bradenton-man-charged-with-felony.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
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