Monthly Archives: August 2012


A new nature programme from America’s Finest News Source:

Christ almighty, spiders were designed to disgust and terrorize the other living creatures on this planet with those spindly f**king legs…ah f**k that’s the worst! Spiders are the f**king f**king worst.

Hilarity. Horror. Highly NSFW audio.

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A supercut of Bill Paxton as gobby Colonial marine Private Hudson by pmiglio.

Private Hudson. He never did secure that sh*t.

Mmf.

(We, like Lt. Gorman in the film, originally referred to Private Hudson as ‘Hicks’ in this post. Kudos to commenter Cool Hand Lucan for the rather brilliantly contextual ‘I’m Hudson, he’s Hicks’…)

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Johnson lived to dominate, and he used crass behavior to bend people to his will. At 6-ft., 3-in. tall and 210 lbs., he liked to lean over people, spitting, swearing, belching, or laughing in their faces. Once, he even relieved himself on a Secret Serviceman who was shielding him from public view.

When the man looked horrified, Johnson simply said, “That’s all right, son. It’s my prerogative.” His favorite power ploy, however, seemed to be dragging people into the bathroom with him—forcing them to continue their conversations with the president as he used the toilet.

LBJ: The President Who Marked His Territory (Mental Floss)

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(Pic: National Archives)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaju6xhjb4A

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Wardroid – Gypsy Rebel Rabble.

Playing Stag’s Head Raw (Upstairs at The Stag’s Head, Dame Court, Dublin 2], intimate home of new Irish music, this Sunday night.

Barry writes:

This week we’re hosting the second of our Discovery nights and we are going to give over the room to three up and coming new acts. We are featuring Gypsy Rebel Rabble, Ross Breen (Funzo) and Jane Willow.

 

8pm. €5

Garry Kasparov, now an opposition political figure in Russia, arrested during protests outside the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow within the last hour.

The all-girl punk group has been found guilty having “committed a serious breach of public order, motivated by religious hatred” and engaged in “provocative and insulting acts in a religious building”. They will be sentenced later today.

Pussy Riot Trial – Live (AFP)

Pic via Olaf Koens

Update: Pussy Riot Trio Jailed For Two Years Each Over Hooliganism By Russian Court (RTE)