Ok, I forgot about this incident until reading this article. Back in 1969 Jim Morrison (The Doors) was accused of exposing himself at a concert and shouting obscenities. Evidently Morrison may win a pardon all these years later. His wife says Morrison would reject such a pardon.

I never did see the Doors in concert (although I would have loved to). Yet, as a young girl, after that news story broke, I can imagine my parents' reaction if I said, I'm going to see Jim Morrison and the Doors.

TIS



Jim Morrison

This is so ironic and stupid on so many levels.
Attacking dark skinned "Caucasians".
Russian Slavs joining the Nazi Party.
What's next, pigs buying stock in Bob Evans?

Moscow Rampage

I know there are dozens of youtube clips with mob movies audio playing over The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc...But here is the full audio of the Billy Batts shine box scene from GoodFellas played with Underdog cartoon clips. This is pretty good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwYj9gQoaug&feature=fvw

Did anybody see the "colourful" leader of Italy,Silvio Berlusconi up to his old tricks again? Accused of cavorting with a beautiful Morroccan belly dancer who is 18 years old, the 70 odd year old legendary lothario is facing another storm to oust him from power. His politically incorrect defense "At least i like young girls,it could be worse, i could be gay"

Offensive certainly....but funny as well!

I think I would go for the girl. Hey the old guy still has it. Maybe we could all be so lucky.

What can he say?..Silvio Burlesconi is "Un Bella Figura"!

Am I dreaming or was there a thread about Nicolas Cage last week? I think it was either in general or movie sections but I can't find it now.

I even remember ppl here saying he's an ok actor, but didn't get the best of roles.

Help me find this thread and I'll give you an orange.

you do know the orange is the symbol of death...or is that another fruit?

And folks wonder why we still have troops stationed in Germany, all these many years later.....

Economic freedom for women and divorce in Iran.
NYT Article

You know, I wouldn't even want to marry; I mean who in their right mind forgoes the right to divorce by entering a relationship where it is still unacceptable for the couples to live together before marriage? Women cannot get a divorce if their husband refuses to consent to divorce. Even that some of money can not be a forceful enough leverage.

Now there's one thing I don't understand... "just one thing???"..
If you get married the man is supposed to at the time of marriage set up a lump sum payment (mehrieh) that the woman gets if he divorces her?

Does this payment change over the years? Because if it doesn't that would seem like a pretty good deal financially for the man. I mean if you get married when you're 22 and promise to pay $20,000 to your wife in case of divorce is it the same payment 20 years later when you're some big shot and $20,000 is just a small portion of your wealth??

Well, it is never in form of cash. It usually is a portion of real estate or is in form of gold. especially here where depreciation of our money is so drastic no one ever agrees on cash. A very balanced sum that no guy says no to today is about $100,000 give or take. And no guy could set that up right away, though mehrieh means when a woman asks, the husband should pay, not necessarily upon divorce. That's actually how you get a divorce, because if a man fails to pay that sum, he is taken into prison. Not sure why guys want to get married here either. None of the people who do are in their right mind. All these screwed up laws!

So essentially a woman who wants to live happily with her husband never asks for her mehrieh, unless she plans to threaten him to prison if he doesn't give her a divorce.

Also since the woman only gets 1/8 of his husbands property upon his death!!, (the rest goes to children or husbands family) this sum ensures that she gets more than actually 1/8 of everything. Islamic laws with Persian touch, gotta love'em.

Well ladies, do you agree?:

Men Are Just Happier People because --

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all you
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can never be pregnant.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.

People are so freaking stupid.

My wife owns a laundromat up in Mount Vernon. She has the flu, so this morning I drove up to stock the change machines and clean up a little.

Anyway, early this morning a guy comes in. He's half asleep or hungover. Whatever. He loads his laundry into one of the machines, then goes to the change machine to get change. He stumbles back over to the machines, puts the change in the wrong washer, then starts the wash. He doesn't notice that he's washing nothing for about ten minutes. Then he has the balls to tell me that I owe him a refund. I promptly told the guy that he was nuts and that there were two other laundromats within walking distance if he didn't like it.

Friggin idiot.

These type of idiots seem to get around PB...they are everywhere!!!

Even in Newcastle, Yogi?

Or especially in New Castle?

Possibly.......

updated 12/18/2010 2:16:37 PM ET

If you're in a room of 100 people, odds are likely about 40 think God created humans about 10,000 years ago, part of a philosophy called creationism, according to a Gallup poll reported Friday (Dec. 17). That number is slightly lower than in years past and down from a high of 47 percent in both 1993 and 1999.

And 38 percent of Americans, the poll estimates, believe God guided the process that brought humans from "cavemen" to today's incarnation over millions of years, while 16 percent think humans evolved over millions of years, without any divine intervention.

This secular view, while a relatively small number, is up from 9 percent in 1982, according to Gallup.

That is pretty deep. I just go to mass every Sunday and try to make sense of it all.

Small blessings.



I like to believe that viewpoint.

Which number? But it makes no difference. Everyone knows Adam & Eve was just a parable. There are plenty of astrophysicists who are Christians, so what's your point?

Oh hahahahaha you would realize that isn't exactly true if you ever ventured down here to the Bible Belt.

Fascinating Op-Ed.

DADT Repeal and DREAM Defeat: A Failure of Evangelical Influence?

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/3936/dadt_repeal_and_dream_defeat%3A_a_failure_of_evangelical_influence/

Yeah, well... ppl are smarter\\\\\\ more progressive here on the East Coast

More progressive? Sure, no doubt. Smarter?

That's up for debate.

Debate that amongst your peers all you want. I'll wait. lol

"\\\\\\" meant erasure, btw.

I thought you were playing Dominos.

I seen a license plate today that said "I am a Brat."

Check out this 3 minute clip. It's been aired here in NYC for the past 45 years during the holiday season and is a personal favorite of mine.

It's radio dj Harry Harrison. Enjoy: