Chernobyl of the Gulf

This is America's Chernobyl.

It could have been prevented.

We have knowledge of such things as
SOLAR Power and WIND Farms
whether we want to admit it or not.

Greenpeace aerial of some of the oil slick

Why don't they show these anymore!?

DISASTER IN THE GULF!

BP Must Be Stopped. We are calling for a class action suit filed by every American for having our pristine Mississippi Delta RUINED.

Endangered Sea Turtles are already dying for an unknown, unrelated reason all along the Gulf Coast of Texas. This is end-of-the-world sad.



What a stupid, dangerously ignorant bitch!

How about Spill, Baby, Spill?
How's that drilly thingy goin' for ya, Sarah?

We're not sure what's important for most people. It seems to just be the immediate things, less taxes, stopping a public health care option for most Americans, keeping Mexicans out of Arizona...

We are concerned about long term issues. It's one of the reasons why liberals like us are so "sad" all the time. It's just hard for us to concentrate solely on ourselves and our money. We NEED TO and WANT TO help all people, the Earth and all of its diverse wildlife. We can't help that. It's our nature, just like it's a GOP nature to have illicit homosexual encounters in bathrooms while regulating how every other homosexual is to have no rights.

One of our long term issues is keeping the planet inhabitable for future generations. For a "conservative" party it is astounding to us how unconservative they are. Obviously, conservative is used strictly in the financial sense. At every turn, Republicans block stronger safer regulations for Everything. Big Tobacco, Big Oil, Coal Mining. Another 2 miners died this week as a result of working at a mine with over 300 abuse and safety violations.

We still haven't ever gotten over what Exxon did to the Alaskan coast. The images of the birds covered in oil have haunted us for years. This is going to make that look like nothing.

Survivor: King of the Hidden Immunity Idols

You know you love my ribs! - Amanda

You have to know by now, that when Survivor promos a person getting close to voted off, that person is safe. All the teasers for last nights ep called for Russell to lose control of his alliance and head for the chopping block. NOT A CHANCE!

The reward challenge was called Survivor Shuffleboard. The remaining Survivors were split into 3 teams of three. Colby finally found a challenge he could win and at the very last minute ran a perfect game, hitting the bulls eye dead center! Yay for Colby! So, Danielle, Colby and Amanda won. The reward? A night at the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum House in Samoa, to watch a movie. Stevenson, originally from Scotland and writer of such classics as Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Master of Ballantrae (later made into a movie starring ERROL FLYNN), lived and wrote in Samoa and died there in 1896. Our inner geek (who are we kidding?) our true selves, were freaking out over the first edition books at the museum. The Survivors didn't really care.

We can't blame them. Amanda, especially, had her mind and eyes on finding an Immunity Idol Clue that they were sure had to be somewhere in the museum. That night while the three of them were watching the movie Treasure Island, Danielle found the clue in the big bowl of popcorn and tried to hide it. Amanda, who never really lets anything escape her, even though she still sucks at the game somehow, saw it and asked point blank to Danielle, "what are you hiding under the bed?". Amanda then came over to Danielle's side and grabbed the clue.

The actual clueless one? COLBY! He sat there eating popcorn and trying to sleep while the girls literally fought each other, wrestling to the ground over it. "It's mine! I found it! I want the Precious!" Is Colby even alive? Two bikini clad, almost-naked, smoking hot chicks were wrestling right in front of his face and he didn't care, didn't see it, what? Okay, he did see it - after the girls fought in front of the TV! Wow!

Danielle pleaded to Colby to help her and old Colbs finally had to sit up and say "Give it back Amanda". That's all it took. Amanda handed it over like a puppy dog. COLBY!! How about saying, Open it up now, we ALL look! How he's gotten this far, past Coach and Boston Rob is like a mystery on par with who built the pyramids? (Cue The Last Great Pharaoh "The Egyptians built it for the millionth time dammit!")

So, Danielle got the clue and couldn't wait to tell her alliance. WHOA! Note to Danielle, Russell can sniff them out sans clue, so WTF are you doing? They go looking for the Idol and SURPRISE - Russell finds the Idol in less than 5 minutes, hides it from Danielle and promptly declares himself King of Everything Hidden Immunity Idols.

Note: Read Jeff's Blog to see how the Producers are going to change future Immunity Idols, due to the "Russell Factor". LOVES!

The Immunity Challenge was a "deck of cards" thing where they had to build a ten foot tower. Russell and Jerri fought neck and neck and Jerri won by like 2 seconds. It was Jerri's first ever Immunity. We wanted Russell to win though, so he'd be able to keep the Idol hidden.

What happened next would've been ABSOLUTELY GREAT - The Heroes had everyone prepared to vote out Russell. Russell had the Idol and the vote would've been truly amazing again to watch, but - and we are leaving out all sorts of politicking at this point - Russell blew it by confronting Sandra over flipping to vote Russell. She denied it, called out Candice who was the one that flipped to the Villains and the Heroes changed the vote thinking Danielle gave the Idol to Russell.

How did they think Danielle had the Idol? Colby! Mr. "I should never ever be in the CIA", mistakenly assumed that since Danielle had the Idol clue, that she would have the Idol. DUH! Of course, she shared the clue with her alliance and of course Russell found it first! The Heroes switched their vote to Parvati, the Villains went with Amanda and Russell played the Idol just in case.

He was sort of pissed he wasted it and stupid Parvati called him out on it apparently forgetting she wasted TWO of them just a few days beforehand.

So, Amanda got voted out to hopefully go and buy some clothes as we are personally sick of seeing her pussy hang out week after week. If that were our daughter, we'd cane her and send her to a nunnery. However, if we were CBS, we'd continue to strand people on a island with practically no clothes too. Go figure!

The Jury this year is very annoying. Talking to you Courtney! You are one annoying nasty ugly bitch. Unlike, The Dragon Slayer who did not don his kimono this week or bare his chest. He looked like a truck driver actually.

We cannot believe how awesome this season of Survivor has been. We LOVE THIS SHOW!!

So we have left in Tribe Yin Yang: Candice, Rupert, Colby, Parvati, Russell, Sandra, Jerri, and Danielle.

Who do you think will win? Finale is May 16th!!

"You ain’t seen nothing yet!" -
Jeff promises even more unbelievable action!

Jeff's Blog at EW

Update: Russell Hantz was arrested last week for knocking a woman to the ground. We would never excuse this, however, we have a feeling she called him a gnome or a troll or something similar. Still, this is never an excuse to get violent with someone...Hey Russell "sticks and stones..."

Also, about Russell, we cannot believe how much weight he has lost these past 2 seasons. Russell is the only person to play back-to-back games of Survivor. He's been on the Survivor Diet for 2 months (back when they were taping) and must've lost 65 pounds.

Russell Day One

Russell Day 60ish -
He looks much sknnier than this...trying to find a pic.

First Round, Roger?

Bye Bye?

Say it ain't so! For what seems like the first time ever, if not in a LOOOOOOONG time, Roger Federer LOST A FIRST ROUND MATCH!

AHHH! We can hear the sharp intakes of breath around the globe! Wha, wha, what?

The Italian Open started the other day and BAM, Roger was IN then OUT!

Roger Federer, unarguably the GREATEST TENNIS PLAYER OF ALL TIME, is only 7 weeks away from another world record. Roger went on to break Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam titles and currently has 16. Now he is poised at the edge of another unbelievable run - as of today, Roger has been the world's #1 seeded and ranked player for 280 weeks. Pete was Numero Uno for 286 weeks.

Roger Federer can lose the next 5 tournaments, but because he has accumulated so many points, he will continue to be #1 for more than 6 weeks to come. And he's not going to lose the next 5 tournaments! Sorry, Pete!

Happy Birthday, Nancy!

The first in the series...

The Nancy Drew Mystery Series turned 80 years old this week! We read every single volume in the 1970's and early 80's and LOVED them.

The books written and released in the 1930's were revamped and re-released in 1950's.

Nancy Drew, detective extraordinaire, was SO AHEAD OF HER TIME, that was refreshing and exciting to read the adventures and mysteries and try to solve them "with her". Nancy drove the coolest convertible car, had money and an awesome dad. She was 18, free, independent and smart. Nancy had the most gorgeous, loyal boyfriend, Ned, and 2 best friends, Bess and George, that were her constant companions.

The books themselves were great reads and scary for an 10 year-old back then. In the "Secret of the Old Attic", the killer ties up Nancy and locks her in the absolute dark of the old attic with a poisonous spider! How does Nancy outwit the killer? The same way she always does! With her wit and her friends.

The author Carolyn Keene, is a pseudonym and the books have been written by many different people over the years.

Go get a copy of one and see what young people read before the Twilight and Harry Potter books were sadly created.

Nessie and Noah's Ark

2 legends confirmed to exist in 1 day!

After all these years, over 4,000, to be exact, Noah's Ark is said to have been discovered. Teams of Chinese and Turkish EVANGELICAL explorers have announced the discovery, applied for World Heritage protection and released pics of the ship high up on Mount Ararat in Turkey. You never know.

Here's a pic!

Picture of the inside of Noah's Ark...Nice wood

Noah's Ark News Link

AND, in The-Ever-Continuous-Search-for-the-Loch Ness Monster-News Scotland has released it's "Blue Book" on Nessie encounters and a letter written in the 1930's by the local Police Chief states, "That there is some strange creature in Loch Ness now seems beyond doubt. But that the police have any power to protect it is very doubtful."

There you have it. Proof!

Read more: Loch Ness "Monster" link

Hubble Telescope's Top 20 for Being 20!

Happy 20th B'day to NASA's Hubble Telescope.

Here's our fave top 20 Pics....

The Omega/Swan Nebulae

The Pistol Star

Whirlpool Galaxy and Companion

Supernova Remnant

The Sombrero Galaxy

SATURN - BEAUTIFUL!

SATURN - Again because it's so AWESOME

The Orion Nebulae Center

Neptune

Nebulae NGC 6302

The Mystic Mountain

Jupiter

M82 Infrared

Hoags Object Galaxy

Galaxy NGC 1512

The Eagle Nebulae

Gas and Dust (Never looked so good!)

Cat's Eye Nebulae

Barred Spiral Galaxy

TEN THOUSAND GALAXIES, ONE PIC

For more pictures than you can imagine, please visit:
HubbleSite.org Complete Hubble Gallery

Drill, Baby, Drill!?!

Is this enough oil for ya, Sarah?

42,000 gallons a day!

This is heartbreaking:
The oil is escaping from two leaks in a drilling pipe about 5,000 feet below the surface. The leaks threaten hundreds of miles of coastline in four states, with waters that are home to dolphins, sea birds, and prime fishing and tourism areas. Concern Monday focused on the Chandeleur and Breton barrier islands in Louisiana, where thousands of birds are nesting. If the oil continues oozing north, the white-sand beaches in Mississipi, Alabama and west Florida could be fouled. 4,000 acres of oyster grounds that could be affected if the spill worsens.

...companies have also aggressively opposed new safety regulations proposed last year by a federal agency that oversees offshore drilling.

Keep on drilling, America! You reap what you sow.

Survivor: Double the Idols, Double the Fun

Everyone likes me! I'm soooo hot!
LOOOK AT ME!!! (Parvati "The Cheshire Pussy")

We're not quite sure how this season can continue to just get better episode after episode or how after 20 seasons and countless Tribal Councils anything could be a surprise anymore....but it's happening!

First at Tribal, Coach arrived with his shirt wide open exposing the Dragon Slayers tattooed chest...wait, that's what happened later not first.

First, the tribes Merged and there was the Merge Feast. Everyone is happy.

Except Parvati. Other people after the merge were talking *gasp* with other people and not everyone was focused solely on her. The horror! She made up for this by giving an interview where she talked about how great she is...again. One thing most Survivors have more than any god damn thing in the world is an Ego the size of the Big Giant Head.

Skip to Sandra giving Rupert the Intel of His Life and Rupert bought it, but only half way and that led to the Heroes downfall. Rupert should have really believed it and tried anything to change what happened next. Sandra told Rupert that everything Russell said was a lie, Russell gave the Idol to Parvati who had it and that the Idol was still in the game. Rupert took this info to Tribal and just sat there hoping Parvati would play the Idol and "out" herself. Not good enough Rupert.

At the Immunity Challenge...fuck it who cares? Danielle won.

At TRIBAL COUNCIL Rupert suddenly started screaming about ripe bananas and green plantains and well, we're not sure about Rupert this year. He's clearly off his meds.

Votes are cast and Jeff asks famously, "If anyone has an Immunity Idol and wants to play it, right now is your chance." Heads start craning, is anyone moving? Does anyone have an Idol? Russell is smiling like the fucking Devil. Parvati, as the Fucking Devil, says "Well, Jeff. Actually, now that you mention it..."

And pulls out TWO IMMUNITY IDOLS, makes some dumb speech, which didn't matter in the least because everyone including Jeff and RUSSELL was completely stunned, shocked and awed, stands up and hands them out like Immunity Candy...one to Sandra and one to Jerri.

Jerri and Sandra practically ran to Jeff to hand them in and save themselves. Parvati using Russell's The-Old-Tribal-Council-Immunity-Idol-Give-Away-To-Buy-Off-Your-Tribe-Trick but with DOUBLE the Immunity Power! It was AWESOME!

Another historic Tribal. Freaking Unbelievable. Freaking Stupid. YOU SHOULD HAVE KEPT ONE HIDDEN!

Parvati sat there smiling like the Cheshire Pussy and laughed her ass off. She saved Jerri, who had like 8 votes and would've gone home. Jerri smiled, laughed and held her head in her hands. Total Shock.

Russell, not knowing that Parvati had one of her own and having given her JT's, looked her right in her face and said, "You've got some explaining to do." Translation: "You just betrayed me and You're Next." Parvati just smiled at him and shook her tits, tossed her hair and laughed. We think we made up that part about the tits, but she never stops dick teasing flirting anyway, so who cares.

JT got 3 votes and was sent packing proving that his love letter to an opposing member of an opposing tribe along with the Immunity Idol WAS IN FACT The Dumbest Move Ever.

UPDATE: Travelocity Gnome Arrested!
From TMZ:

Survivor 'Villain' Arrested for Battery
Originally posted 40 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
One of the stars on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" was arrested in Louisiana early this morning after cops say he attacked somebody at a street festival.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Russell Hantz -- the runner-up from "Survivor: Samoa" -- was partying at the Festival International de Louisiane, when he allegedly "shoved" somebody to the pavement.
Cops say Hantz was immediately arrested by Lafayette City Police -- and taken to a nearby jail.
Hantz was eventually released.
But get this, Hantz is still in contention to win "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" -- which is airing now on CBS ... and yes, he's one of the "villains."
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0lw3dncei

HAPPY EARTH DAY 2010!

Happy 40th Earth Day!

For all the newbies:
Earth is the fifth-largest planet of the eight in the Solar System. It is also the largest, most massive, and densest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. Home to millions of species, including humans, Earth is the only place in the Universe where life is known to exist. The planet formed 4.54 billion years ago, and life appeared on its surface within a billion years.

Please do any fucking thing you can to save it:

Rainforest Alliance

Clean Ocean Action

American Forests.org

Nature Conservancy

Sierra Club

National Resources Defense Council

Stop Global Warming

Coalition for Clean Air

The Supreme Court Can Suck On It

Everyday it seems we are outraged by another injustice in this world.

Today's outrage comes directly from the Supreme Court. There once was a law in this country. A briefly lived but brilliant law accepted in 1998 or so, that said that a person/company/whatever can not make profits off of animal cruelty videos.

This law was prompted by "crush videos" that show gorgeous women stomping on little furry animals to kill them or using a stiletto heel to impale them to death. These videos were in high demand in Japan in the 1990's. Yeah, the Japanese are fucked up. We know. However, considering the vast number of sickos worldwide, these videos came into even higher demand when bestiality became all the rage on the Internet and the cruelty factor got higher and higher and quite frankly needs to be stopped. Now.

Well, in all their fucked up wisdom, the Supreme Court has voted to allow such videos citing free speech issues. "What about hunting videos" they cried. "That could be labeled animal cruelty, blah blah blah". We know hunters. And although they have very small penises and use guns on defenseless animals to make up for it, they aren't trying to be cruel, they are trying to be cool. Hunters rarely go out and say "let's fuck with this animal".

What this overturned law does is vastly undermine the animal rights movement. Forget the wild game that people are hunting, these videos involve dog fighting rings, taping the fights and selling for profit. Barbaric, horrific, disgusting aren't words that even cover this. They involve any form of animal cruelty being taped and sold underground on the Internet. Cockfighting. Dogfighting. It's legal to profit off it now.

This comes on the heels of the Ringling Brothers Incident and we're definitely upset. Ringling Brothers tortures elephants and other animals and the videos shot undercover PROVE it decisively. However, the case was thrown out of court because the man that shot the footage worked undercover for PETA and had a "vested interest" in "seeing torture". NOTHING about the ELEPHANTS. Video notwithstanding, thrown out of court.

GRAPHIC PHOTOS.
It's difficult but YOU MUST SEE IT TO KNOW TO STOP IT!

This is one of the nice pictures showing how Ringling Brothers treats baby elephants. The man on the other side of the elephant is holding a bull hook to it's head. That's what that "stick" is.
It's hooking into the side of the baby's neck right behind her ear.
The trunk, the most sensitive part of her entire body? It's being squeezed and tied for no reason. They have the baby tied down and are stretching her out so that she will stand on her hind legs one day for us! YAY! You can take your kids to see it!

When PETA videos animal cruelty they don't sell it for profit. They use it in court and in the court of public opinion. They broadcast the videos for free to expose the dark side of animal "entertainment". When they sell the videos on their website, it's to raise money for them not the guys who beat the shit of the tigers to make them jump through fire and the money is used for more undercover stings.

Animal Cruelty for profit is gross. We need to re-enact another like minded law and shut it down. Yes, we are mashing up a couple of issues here but animal cruelty is what it is. It's all the same.

Don't Wake the Pontiff!

Shhh! Don't wake the Pontiff!

We guess all that hard work defending yourself for protecting pedophiles is kind of exhausting. The Pope fell asleep during Mass on Sunday.

We wouldn't care but IT'S HIS ONLY JOB! We manage to stay awake during ours.

Happy 420!

Happy 420 to all of our marijuania smoking friends out there!

Ever wondered about the origins of 420? Check out this wiki article:
The History of 420

Tired of being over-regulated and shut down in this Draconian Society? Visit: The NORML Website. Proudly disputing The Man for over 40 years now.

Blurb from Wiki regarding the Hemp Conspiracy:
Hemp paper threatened DuPont's monopoly on the necessary chemicals for manufacturing paper from trees and hemp fiber cloth would compete with Nylon, a synthetic fibre, that was patented in 1938, the year hemp was made illegal. It is often asserted in pro-cannabis publications that DuPont actively supported the criminalization of the production of hemp in the US in 1937 through private and government intermediates, and alleged that this was done to eliminate hemp as a source of fiber—one of DuPont's biggest markets at the time. DuPont denies allegations that it influenced hemp regulation.

Of course they do! What is DuPont going to say? Oh, hell yeah, we shut that hemp shit down for Nylon!

Don't forget that our Founding Fathers grew hemp, used hemp for everything and all...ALL...EVERY SINGLE ONE of our founding documents are on hemp paper. The first Betsy Ross American flag is made out of sailcloth. SAILCLOTH IS HEMP. It was always hemp and nothing else. Thomas Jefferson went to France and brought back super-hemp seeds to strengthen the strains here in America.

Today they arrest you for planting hemp seeds. Why? Seriously, WHY? What is the problem? Why is medical marijuana still illegal in most states? These laws are ludicrous.

Whatever! Go channel your inner Tommy Chong today and rock out to some Sweet Leaf!

Classic Sabbath!

Tibet Earthquake Relief

Tibetan children huddled around cardboard amongst the ruins trying to get warm

People need your help!

The disaster is serious. 2,000 people confirmed dead, 12,000 people injured, 85% of all housing collapsed with survivors left out in the freezing cold and the main power grid was destroyed and is barely back online. Snow is hampering relief efforts. People there need help now.

China itself is asking for international help if that's any indication how bad it must be.

2 people were pulled from the rubble yesterday, 5 days after it hit. The people are begging the Chinese government to let the Dalai Lama come in and be with them, pray with them and help rebuild with them. The monks have been hit especially hard. Many temples and irreplacable historical relics have been destoyed as well.

China will not allow the Dalai Lama in and would probably just shoot him on sight. However, they are declaring today a "Day of Mourning" throughout China in recognition of the victims.

Tibet Fund Earthquake Relief

Greater Good Tibet Earthquake Relief

Doctors Without Borders article

It's About Time

Directly from Whitehouse.gov:

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release April 15, 2010 Presidential Memorandum -
Hospital Visitation

SUBJECT: Respecting the Rights of Hospital Patients to Receive Visitors and to Designate Surrogate Decision Makers for Medical Emergencies

There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admitted to the hospital. In these hours of need and moments of pain and anxiety, all of us would hope to have a hand to hold, a shoulder on which to lean -- a loved one to be there for us, as we would be there for them.

Yet every day, all across America, patients are denied the kindnesses and caring of a loved one at their sides -- whether in a sudden medical emergency or a prolonged hospital stay. Often, a widow or widower with no children is denied the support and comfort of a good friend. Members of religious orders are sometimes unable to choose someone other than an immediate family member to visit them and make medical decisions on their behalf. Also uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans who are often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives -- unable to be there for the person they love, and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.

.....It should be made clear that designated visitors, including individuals designated by legally valid advance directives (such as durable powers of attorney and health care proxies), should enjoy visitation privileges that are no more restrictive than those that immediate family members enjoy. You should also provide that participating hospitals may not deny visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

We are overjoyed for our gay and lesbian friends who will finally be able to visit their sick partners in hospital. One small step....

Here's the Official Memo.

Lake....What Was That Again?

We're not sure what the NIPMUC People were Nipping On, but this is the real name of what locals in Massachusetts call Lake Webster. The official Native American name cannot be pronounced by anyone living or dead anymore, and we think even the Indians had a hell of a time with it or at least had half an hour to say it. It is the longest place name in the world with over 40 letters.

Benazir Bhutto

FROM BBC NEWS:

The assassination of ex-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto in 2007 could have been prevented and the subsequent inquiry was bungled, according to a UN report.

It says insufficient security measures were taken by the government of then President Pervez Musharraf.

And it concludes that the police deliberately failed to investigate the murder properly as they feared intelligence agency involvement.

The independent UN commission of inquiry urges the authorities to launch a "credible, serious" investigation into Ms Bhutto's death at a rally in the city of Rawalpindi "and bring those responsible to justice".

Its report says that the pervasive presence of Pakistan's powerful politicised intelligence agencies hampered the initial inquiry.

Wow. This makes us super sad. Is there any justice in this world?

Full article: BBC News.

Survivor: JT Makes History!

Yes, this kid is the Dumbest. Player. Ever.

Survivor: JT Makes History -
FOR THE DUMBEST SURVIVOR MOVE IN THE
ALL TIME HISTORY OF SURVIVOR!!

We'll get to that in a minute.

First, we had the Reward challenge in which the Survivors had to endure standing on increasingly smaller sizes of wood. The Villains correctly assumed that the Heroes would chose all men, and instead chose all women and won.

Note to producers: NEVER show us a close up of Ruperts feet again!

During this challenge, Sandra seemed to come out of her beeyatch shell and was actually charming and funny. She told a cute story about her and her husband going out to eat before he was deployed to Afghanistan. We kind of like her now.

Jeri cried tears of joy over winning a "Product Placement" Outback Steakhouse Meal. Complete with salad, grilled steak and shrimp and JOY! baked potatoes, wine and cocktails. Cocktails which Sandra slammed like a college kid with a beer bong. She then told an even funnier story while half drunk, which we can't remember because we were laughing at her being tipsy on Samoan Fruity drinks. Has she always been like this? Sandra's rating went WAY up last night.

OKAY. BACK TO "REALITY". The Unbelievable has happened. And in Survivor many, many unbelievable things have happened.
A few of our examples:
When Jonny Fairplay had his tribe in tears over his dead grandmother story, when she was alive and well.
When, James got voted out of the Game with not one, but 2! TWO! Immunity Idols IN HIS POCKET.
When Russell plays.

Well, what happened last night is completely and totally without precedent. J.T. aka The Most Delusioned and Stupid Survivor EVER, figured out, wrongly, we add, that the Villains since voting out all the guys except Russell are in an all girl alliance and that Russell needs to be saved so that when the tribes merge, JT will have Russell on his side. JT decided to give his Immunity Idol to Russell with a note, telling him all of that, plus asking Russell to vote out Ho-Bag Parvati and to keep it secret.

WHAT! Now, here's where it gets into Twilight Zone Territory. The Heroes agreed that this was a good move. They actually agreed to give Russell an Immunity Idol. Repeat: They actually AGREED, Rupert, Colby, et al, to GIVE THE IMMUNITY IDOL TO RUSSELL. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWEEEE! Are you still there? We couldn't believe that in a million episodes of Survivor, a member of an OPPOSING Tribe would cross-lines and GIVE AWAY Immunity! It's....without words.

So, at the Immunity Challenge, Colby, The Hero whispered covertly to Russell, The Villain that they wanted to save him from the all-girl alliance and give him Immunity. Russell contained his astonishment and glee long enough to meet with JT on the sly and grab the package with the Idol and the note.

Back at Villains camp, Russell immediately did what JT asked him not to and shared everything with Parvati. Skip to Russell's interview: " Now I don't even have to find idols. People are just handing me idols. You don't give that to your enemy. Especially one named Russell Hantz."

We told you Russell is the greatest Survivor strategist of all time and with luck like this, will go down in history as an entire How To Play Survivor Handbook.

So the Villains gloated over JT being an idiot and having the Heroes thinking that the girls are in charge when it's Russell. And when they went to Tribal it was Courtney the Skelegirl that got booted and not Parvati. Parvati, who by the way found an immunity idol clue, stuffed it in her underwear and then gave it to Danielle who put it in her bra. EWWW! Parvati Ho-Bag then found the idol and shared it with Danielle and Danielle only, not Russell, who is on a "need to know basis and doesn't need to know"...

The Villains have 2 Immunity Idols in their tribe and didn't have to use one this week to vote out Courtney. The Heroes are done.

Did we mention Coach? The Dragon Slayer himself showed up for his first Jury appearance in full Samurai Warrior mode, complete with a full flowing robe Kimono and we swear, chop-sticks in his hair. He looked somber, sullen and very judgemental.

Even Probst blogged: COACH COMES STRONG AT TC
I would be remiss if I did not comment on Coach’s wardrobe as the first jury member. Love him or hate him, the man owns his “personae” and I dig it.

After watching every episode of Survivor for ten years now, we can honestly say that this is the best the show has ever been. We were almost scared when Boston Rob and Coach were booted that the show would deteriorate and would be boring. NO WAY! It just gets better and better this year....ask Jeff:

Jeff Probst's EW Blog

"I'm tellin you, Idols are falling from the sky, man!"

Egyptian Archeological Bonanza!

Indiana "Pharaoh" Jones amidst his pride and joy

Let's hear it for Dr. Zawi Hawass! Not only has he personally recovered thousands of Egyptian artifacts languishing in museums all over the world and brought them back home - there's this - a resurgence of Egyptology the world has never ever known!

Since December 2009 alone there have been numerous press releases directly from Dr. Hawass outlining discovery after discovery. It is a most fabulous time the archaeologists are having in Egypt right now. It's literally a field day.

Here are some highlights:

Dec. 2009 - A stash of golden coins is recovered in Naqlun, dating to 750 AD

Jan. 2010 - 2 large tombs discovered at Saqqara

Jan. 2010 - Tombs discovered at GIZA

Jan. 2010 - Temple discovered along with a cachette of 600 Ptolemaic statues

March 2010 - A colossal red granite head of King Amenhotep III (circa 1390-1352 BC) was discovered

March 2010 - The burial chamber of Queen Behenu discovered

March 2010 - Two red granite statues of King Amenhotep III and of the god Thoth, were unearthed near the Pharaoh’s funerary temple at Kom el-Hettan on Luxor’s west bank.

March 2010 - A large red granite false door belonging to the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut’s vizier User and his wife Toy has been unearthed in front of Karnak Temple.

April 2010 - A collection of 14 Graeco-Roman tombs dating to the third century BC have been found in a cemetery in the Ain El-Zawya area of the town of Bawiti, in Bahariya Oasis.

April 2010 - A new tomb was discovered at Tell el-Maskhuta

April 2010 - The elaborate tomb of an ancient royal scribe has been discovered

Dr. Hawass

Dr. Hawass's Press Releases

Many people make the mistake of thinking that dreams cannot come true, but they can. You have to believe, and know that they are more than just imagination.
— Zahi Hawass

Update: Dr. Hawass has retrieved even more artifacts!
Egypt signed an agreement with Switzerland on Wednesday establishing the return of stolen artifacts to Egypt. HAHA!

We're On This Guy's Side

We never agree with war here at Omni, however we will most always support our soldiers, especially the Veterans of foreign wars. We know for every "we burned and raped a village story", there are a dozen more "we helped the orphans, people and animals stories" and we appreciate that.

This supposed Baptist "church" in Kansas has got to go. The Westboro Baptist Church, a disgusting organization with an absolute sicko for a leader, goes around the country picketing at funerals. There is nothing lower that that on a social scale (without actually physically harming someone). They protest military funerals because they believe that God is targeting the military for accepting gays. They are despicable, horrid psychopaths.

One of the father's of a soldier who's funeral was targeted has had enough and is suing the Westboro church for "invading his privacy and intentionally inflicting emotional distress."

He has gotten donations from ordinary people who also think that this group of insensitive and dickish fuckers should be put out of business and we are on his side, too.

People need to start protesting this church as loudly as that church has been protesting the grieving families at funerals. We believe in Free Speech, however, disturbing a funeral is pretty low and stupid. They won't protest the Pentagon because they are a bunch of cowards. Picking on a grieving family at a funeral is despicable.

Turning this into a Free Speech issue, when it is clearly a Hate Crime is a shame. It's what's going to twist everyone's panties up in a bunch. It should be obvious that these low life's should be run out of town. End of story. Go Free Speech yourself into a tizzy at your own church, isn't that what your fucking pulpit is for?, and leave funerals and grieving families alone.

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"Houston, We've Had a Problem Here..."

3 of the happiest people on Earth - Lovell, Swigert and Haise

40 years ago this week, on April 11, 1970, NASA launched the Apollo 13 Lunar mission, with astronauts Commander James A. Lovell, John L. "Jack" Swigert and Fred W. Haise.

The mission became famous for being a "Successful Failure" and was adapted into the hightly entertaining and awesome movie by Ron Howard 1995.

Although they didn't land on the Moon, their equipment turned out to be a ticking timebomb and the entire mission was dubbed a failure, the mission was a success because ultmately, the 3 men survived. This had been in doubt for many days as the men struggled with their craft to fix the problems they faced and get the damn thing back to Earth safely. They splashed down on April 17th to worldwide relief and fanfare. People in New York converged on Grand Central Station to watch the eventual rescue aboard the USS Iwo Jima recovery ship.

Audio Recording of The Incident

Philadelphia Union!

The Philadelphia Union Defeated DC United 3-2 in their home opener at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field Saturday Night. It was awesome!


And Vice President Joe Biden was there.

Philadelphia Union Website

Philadelphia Union on Facebook

The Smoking Gun

Proof!
Cardinal Ratzinger allowed a child molester to stay in the church.

Hey, we wanted to believe the church's excuses and douchebag whinery too:
Its the victims fault
The media is on a smear campaign
The homosexuals are to blame
The Devil made us do it
We feel like the Jews during Holocaust!
Yada
Yada
Yada
Blah
Blah
Blah

Now we know, the Roman Catholic Church is so utterly consumed with the thought of bad PR that it embraces the priests that are putting their penises in children, because **DRUMROLL PLEASE** it's protecting "the good of the universal church."

WOWZA RONI!! Got that one?
How's that workin' for ya, Joey?

Your attention please! All eyes up front - we need your absolute attention!

ANYONE WHO DEFENDS THIS ACTION OR REASON THEREOF IS JUST AS CRIMINALLY LIABLE, INSANE AND ABHORRENT AS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY.

Get this through your THICK HEAD: Speaking out against child rape is NOT BLASPHEMOUS. DEFENDING THE POPE IS THE ESSENCE OF BLASPHEMY. POPE BENEDICT AND HIS CRONIES NEED TO BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED AND GO TO JAIL. PERIOD.

Go ahead...try and defend pedophilia! Try to defend an organization that ALLOWS IT, SANCTIONS IT, REWARDS IT and LAUGHS IN YOUR FACE ABOUT IT.

PROOF! Oh, make sure you read the part where Ratzinger urged that the pedophile in question be handled with "as much paternal care as possible" while NEVER mentioning the little boy who's butt hurts from the giant priestly penis that was just in it.

CBS Coverage

Take Back the Church This is the best articulated article yet on how WE feel.

Note: Once again, we will say that we acknowledge that child rape happens everywhere to every social class, religion, age range, salary range etc... Yet, only the Roman Catholic Church ENDORSED IT by not turning in anyone suspected of it and indeed, takes better care of those men who like to have young boys suck their cocks than the poor young boys doing all the hard work sexually satisfying the priest. How UNFAIR!

"An Alliance Based on Lies"

Coach Benjamin "Dragon Slayer" Wade...
Need a Confucius quote? He's your guy.
Credit: CBS/Robert Voets/Landov

"An Alliance Based on Lies", says Coach, clearly hurting over losing Boston Rob. He was angry and wanted Jeri to know it. Coach's fear, rightly so, is that the team without Rob is too weak to win anything.

For the reward challenge, the clue alluded to something..maybe a merge, so the Villain tribe packed up their entire camp and took it with them. And promptly lost the challenge. And no Merge! They were completely fucked.

To make it worse, it was a bowling challenge a child could've won and the reward was pizza. Glorious heavenly pizza. Plain, toppings, breadsticks, bread, brownies! and beer. Ice. Cold. Beer.

J.T. found the Immunity Idol and promptly told EVERYONE on the island. Being Heroes, they were happy for him and did not try to beg, borrow or steal it. We don't get it either. Amanda lets her girls parts hang out as she is almost naked. The thing impersonating a bikini bottom is smaller than a bandaid. What a skank.

On the Villain's tribe, Courtney is a skeleton and it's fucking gross. Seriously, remember those horrific picture of WWII concentration camp victims? They are fat compared to Skelegirl. We CANNOT believe they let her stay.

Sandra, most likely the least favorite Survivor ever, got one on Russell BIGTIME. All she had to do was feed him a line about Coach double-crossing Russell and Russell ate it up like...well...whatever Travelocity Gnomes eat.

It was total bullshit and he bought the whole farm of it. Way to play the game, Sandra. Tables have turned.

At the Immunity challenge, Russell and Sandra were paired together and Russell had to drag her ass through the quagmire of mud to no avail. That pair lost when Sandra got stuck under a barricade. HA! It was Coach's worst fear realized. The Villains' will NEVER win without Rob.

Rupert diving under barricades loaded his beard with mud and looked like Davy Jones from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It was would have been funny as hell, had the race not been a barnburner with Coach just beating him out at the finish line.

Villain lose anyway. Poor Jeri needs a meal. She's completely out of it.

However, the mud revitalized The Dragon Slayer. He said he "feels strong again" and immediately resumed his Tai Chi at the beach. All seemed right. But major lies were brewing at the Villains camp.

At Tribal, for one, Jeff called Parvati, Poverty again. She must be from the sluts...wait..slums! Ha! Secondly, Probst is an icon. The Survivors speak to him like they are at a job interview. Jeff is The Boss.

9th person voted out of Survivor and the first person on the jury is: COACH!

NO!! WE WERE BLINDSIDED. NO WAY!

The Villain tribe is officially a bunch of fucking idiots and Russell screwed himself so phenomenally it will take a host of miracles to bail him out of this one. He doesn't have the numbers now.

Dear Russell,
Coach would have allied, man. The Coach abides. Now Sandra Snakeoil Salesman has your ballsack in her cold icy grip. You're fucked!

Will Russell rise like the wild card he is and make it? Find the Idol? Merge? STAY TUNED!!

Rupert Boneham, aka Hagrid, after the mud challenge

From Jeff's EW PopWatch Blog:

"GOODBYE COACH
I won’t do a “goodbye Coach” tribute. You all know that I hated to see Coach go. From my vantage point, he’s one of the most fascinating people we’ve had on the show, but there is nothing to be done about it — he’s gone. My tissue box is still empty from last week’s dismissal of Boston Rob so the tears will have to simply fall down my face and onto the floor..."
Jeff's Blog

LOST Spoiler Pics

Did you love the Desmond episode as much as we did?! We got to see Charlie and Des and Daniel Faraday and his how-does-she-know-about-the-timelines mother of his Eloise. Penny showed up and met Desmond in the side-verse which made everyone's heart soar with Love. Honestly, if Penny and Des had their own show, we'd be in.

Answers are coming faster than we can imagine, the thing with LOST is the minute you try to explain it...forget it! You just need to be in the moment and enjoy.

Here is a spoiler pic from next week's Hurley-centric episode "Everyone Loves Hurley"

Apparently, Desmond is back and meets Hugo Reyes, aka Hurley
at Mr. Cluck's for some chicken!

Hurley at Libby's grave?

For the rest of the pics, including a bunch from Team Flocke's camp, visit: BuddyTV

Philippe Cousteau's Message

Philippe Cousteau, grandson of the Legendary Jacques Cousteau

We miss his grandfather so much sometimes, it hurts. This Omni writer wanted one thing as a kid - to be a part of the Calypso crew. We lost Philippe's beloved grandfather in 1997 and the world and its oceans haven't been the same. We wonder what Cousteau would say about the Pacific Trash Vortex. He'd probably throw up like the rest of us...

Philippe is carrying on the family name and trying to rally support for his ocean action campaign.

Here is the full article with the link to Larry King's exclusive at the end...

"April 8, 2010
LKL Exclusive: Philippe Cousteau on finding a solution to an old problem
Posted: 06:00 AM ET
By Philippe Cousteau – his commentary is a Larry King Live web exclusive and his thoughts are his own.

My grandfather, Jacques Cousteau, was an eternal optimist and believed in the ability of humanity to find solutions to the world’s problems.

Now more than a decade after his death and on the eve of his 100th birthday, I am concerned that we are still struggling with the same challenges that he faced throughout his lifetime. Daily onslaughts against the environment such as the new proclamation to open up offshore drilling, while not as bad as it could have been, are still a worrisome sign.

We are a society that still too often treats the environment as somewhat of a nuisance…to be cared for only when it suits our needs. As one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement, my grandfather was a pioneer of ocean exploration. As my father Philippe Cousteau Sr. got involved, together they began to explore the human connection to the environment and our critical role as a part of the global system.

Now, as a member of the 3rd generation, my work is to issue a call to action. Awareness is no longer the name of the game…action must be our goal. ‘Sounds good’ you might be thinking, but how do we make it happen? I have spent many years working in education and media, from hosting documentaries, to being a spokesperson for Discovery Education to revolutionizing youth service through my non-profit EarthEcho International.

Surprisingly, I believe that the solution might just come from an unexpected place…video games. Games are an amazing educational tool and finally the technology is available to really make them a useful part of the environmental movement.

This April, my company Azure Worldwide has partnered with the University of Virginia to launch what we are calling an educational “life” game that simulates an environment, in this case the Chesapeake Bay, and allows players to take on roles that represent the more than 16 million people who live on, and make their livelihoods from the resources of the Bay.

From watermen and farmers to developers and policymakers, as the game is played, every decision has an impact on the health of the Bay and the wellbeing of the stakeholders each player represents.. Inspired by the Sim games that have been so popular over the years, The U. Va. Bay Game is a pioneering step forward and allows people to finally understand that if we are to solve the environmental crisis we face and build a stronger, healthier and more prosperous society we must begin to recognize our collaborative role with the world around us, both human and natural.

On April 8th we are celebrating The U. Va Bay Game at an event at the University of Virginia. This is just the beginning of the Game’s journey; already we are working to develop a version for the K-12 educational audience and because the Game is built as a flexible system it can be applied to any watershed throughout the world.

Thus, the Game becomes a tool that can challenge players to build healthy environments not only in the virtual world, but also in the real one. My grandfather would certainly think this is a exciting project and that he would believe, as I do, that saving our world is one game we can’t afford to lose.

– Philippe Cousteau is the co-founder of Azure Worldwide and EarthEcho. He is the grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau."

Larry King Blog full article link