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FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUN 29, 2007 07:27 PM



This week there were some glorious assholes. Many of them were just members on our message boards, but they are not worthy of attention. So, I give you my Asshole Fuckfaces of the week.

First, up, the entire Catholic Church.

Okay, that may be a bit broad. How about just the crazy men who run the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is against a bunch of fun stuff, like gay sex, preists having intercourse, birth control and premarital sex. And this week they came out in favor of “Chimeras.” What the fuck are chimeras? Good question. Human-animal hybrid embryos. And the Church is all for them.


Human-animal hybrid embryos conceived in the laboratory - so-called “chimeras” - should be regarded as human and their mothers should be allowed to give birth to them, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday.


Ah, ain’t that sweet? It is totally okay for a woman to raise a child that was fathered by a different species of animal, like a mouse. Did I mention that the Catholic Church is against using frozen embryos for stem cell research?


The bishops said that they did not see why these “interspecies” embryos should be treated any differently than others.


I do love interspecies lovin’. The Chinese kicked this nonsense off when they combined rabbit and human cells, which survived for a few days. The Mayo Clinic picked up the ball and last year made a piglet that had human blood. Next year Stanford hopes to make mice with human brains. Some people think there is an ethical dilemma.


“For example, an experiment that would raise concerns, is genetically engineering mice to produce human sperm and eggs, then doing in vitro fertilization to produce a child whose parents are a pair of mice. Most people would find that problematic.”


Except the Catholic Church, who just want more babies to follow Jesus! Creepy fucks.

Next up, Mitt Romney, dog torturer.

This week, Romney got himself a little puff piece in the Boston Globe. It was meant to show how cool and collected he can be under pressure, but instead showed him to be a creepy weirdo. According to the article, Mitt used to strap the family dog to the top of a station wagon for family trips. Because, you know, you wouldn’t want the family dog to actually be riding with the family in the car. It would feel loved. That would be disgusting.


Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack. He'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog.

As the oldest son, Tag Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. ''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.

As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management.


Wow. Way to coolly and calmly handle a “doggy so stressed out that it had diarrhea” situation. You should totally be president, Clark Griswald. That “emotion-free crisis management” kind of makes you seem like a psychopath. Oh, and you broke the law, fuckface.


"Massachusetts animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone from carrying an animal `in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon.'"


Next on our list, The Democrats!

Not the entire party, just the ones in the Senate who rolled over like pussies two years ago and allowed Samuel Alito to become a Supreme Court Justice. They can cry all they want from here on out about the direction of the country but they laid down like a bunch of spineless fucks in what will go down as one of the most important times in our country. Alito is everything he was sold as and anyone with a brain knew weeks like this were coming.

This week the Crazy Conservative Court severely curbed local efforts to promote racial diversity in schools, curbed students' free speech rights, crippled Congress' ability to keep corporate money out of political advertising, made it almost impossible for women to prevail on claims of long term sex discrimination and overturned a 96 year old precedent to allow manufacturers to collude with retailers to set the minimum prices of products.

Yay, for religion and big business!

How can we have an Asshole Fuckface Roundup with George?

Our wonderful president and his legal counsel make this week’s list for desperately trying to cover up their own crimes. This week the White House claimed executive privilege and rejected subpoenas from Congress, who are seeking information about the US Attorney’s purge.


Bush rejected subpoenas for documents from former presidential counsel Harriet Mires and former political director Sara Taylor. The White House made clear neither one would testify next month, as directed by the subpoenas.

Presidential counsel Fred Fielding said Bush had made a reasonable attempt at compromise but Congress forced the confrontation by issuing subpoenas. "With respect, it is with much regret that we are forced down this unfortunate path which we sought to avoid by finding grounds for mutual accommodation."


Yes, the White House made an amazingly “reasonable attempt at compromise.” Their idea of a compromise is to have Miers and Taylor come over for a closed-door chat with the Committee. Oh, and the Senators can’t write anything down.


"As far as the debate goes, often cited is that a transcript is not wanted because otherwise there would be a perjury trap. And, candidly, as everyone has discussed, misleading Congress is misleading Congress, whether it's under oath or not. And so a transcript may be convenient, but there's no intention to try to avoid telling the truth."


Transcripts are so very convenient. They are meant to make sure people don’t lie and commit, what did he call it…”perjury.” I think if you are worried about a “perjury trap” then you are planning to “lie.” Fortunately for the White House, they can pull this kind of crap because nobody likes them. Nobody.

Next up on the Asshole Fuckface list: iphone and Steve Jobs.

I would really like to get an iphone, but I would rather have my arm cut off than sign a contract with AT&T. (I don’t know why those are the options either) Besides having the world’s worst customer service, AT&T has been allowing the Bush administration to illegally wiretap phones.

Yes, get your iphone and allow the NSA to illegally record all of your phone calls and keep records of all your Internet activity, emails and IM chats.


AT&T's central office on Folsom Street in San Francisco houses a secret room that allows the National Security Agency to monitor phone and internet traffic, according to former AT&T technician-cum-whistle-blower Mark Klein.

AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its customers' phone calls, and shunted its customers' internet traffic to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching center, according to a former AT&T worker.

Klein's job eventually included connecting internet circuits to a splitting cabinet that led to the secret room. During the course of that work, he learned from a co-worker that similar cabinets were being installed in other cities, including Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego.


There are no options other that AT&T, the people who have been working with our own government spooks to set up massive, data-mining machines in AT&T offices all over the country. So, enjoy your iphones while your support the company undermining you freedom! But you got a fun gadget!

Twelve

Twelve

Bay City, MI
April 2007

JUN 30, 2007 09:23 AM

The only thing I can really think of to say about the Catholic church thing is "wtf?"

As far as ATT, it's not like the FBI/CIA/NSA haven't been listening to everyone's phone conversations anyway.

womperjaw

womperjaw

Dallas, TX
November 2004

JUN 30, 2007 09:40 AM

So, if Mitt put the dog on the roof of the station wagon, does that mean Aunt Edna got tied to the bumper?

jasah

jasah

USA
March 2005

JUN 30, 2007 10:13 AM

The Catholic Church, for once, is promoting tolerance and equality, admittedly for a group that doesn't yet exist.

So, why again are you criticizing them?

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUN 30, 2007 10:15 AM

attackfarm said:
The Catholic Church, for once, is promoting tolerance and equality, admittedly for a group that doesn't yet exist.

So, why again are you criticizing them?



Genetically-engineered abominations don't count.

Also, bestiality is a sin.

scylis

scylis

USA
November 2004

JUN 30, 2007 10:18 AM

I'm still at a loss to figure out how eliminating race as a factor in assigning students to schools is a bad thing, especially as it pertained to the two cases decided on Thursday. Please elaborate, thank you.

skeptik

skeptik

New Orleans, LA
February 2004

JUN 30, 2007 10:35 AM

scylis said:
I'm still at a loss to figure out how eliminating race as a factor in assigning students to schools is a bad thing, especially as it pertained to the two cases decided on Thursday. Please elaborate, thank you.



I believe that would be on the grounds that : you can't combat continuing educational inequality by pretending it doesn't exist.

Ferretbite

Ferretbite

Mexico
September 2006

JUN 30, 2007 10:37 AM

Somehow I was expecting to find Paris Hilton on the list. Disappointment.

Twelve

Twelve

Bay City, MI
April 2007

JUN 30, 2007 10:43 AM

attackfarm said:
The Catholic Church, for once, is promoting tolerance and equality, admittedly for a group that doesn't yet exist.

So, why again are you criticizing them?



Because they're against things like stem cell research and gay marriage, but somehow human/animal hybrids = awesome?

On another note; high school students have had restricted 1st amendment rights while attending school since forever ago and I'm not even really sure why everyone is so up in arms about that one.

Keri

Keri

SUICIDEGIRL

Virginia, USA

JUN 30, 2007 10:47 AM

Ferretbite said:
Somehow I was expecting to find Paris Hilton on the list. Disappointment.



bah i just want to read an article, ANY article without hearing her name!!!!!!
good thing i like you kid..other wise i'd be pissed. wink

spamtwo

spamtwo

United Kingdom
April 2006

JUN 30, 2007 10:50 AM

I look forward to the day that human headed rabbits are bouncing down the high street

aldoushuxley

aldoushuxley

USA
November 2005

JUN 30, 2007 11:16 AM

I have got to say, I like this site way more for the articles that appear on it. Not that the ladies are unattractive it is just the articles reaper writes are extremely intellectually stimulating. If he stopped writing articles this site would be way less interesting.

Keri

Keri

SUICIDEGIRL

Virginia, USA

JUN 30, 2007 11:30 AM

yeah i like this site waaayyy more for the articles on hybrid rat humans than for the hot laydees. fo sho.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUN 30, 2007 11:31 AM

TwelveTone said:

attackfarm said:
The Catholic Church, for once, is promoting tolerance and equality, admittedly for a group that doesn't yet exist.

So, why again are you criticizing them?



Because they're against things like stem cell research and gay marriage, but somehow human/animal hybrids = awesome?

On another note; high school students have had restricted 1st amendment rights while attending school since forever ago and I'm not even really sure why everyone is so up in arms about that one.



Because the kids were off campus at a public event. Had nothing to do with the school. The assistant principal happened to be there and took action. Now that might seem a tad problamatic for free speech, right?

Drock1205

Drock1205

Merrick, NY
June 2007

JUN 30, 2007 11:45 AM

aldoushuxley said:
I have got to say, I like this site way more for the articles that appear on it. Not that the ladies are unattractive it is just the articles reaper writes are extremely intellectually stimulating. If he stopped writing articles this site would be way less interesting.



hehe you said stimulating.

Drock1205

Drock1205

Merrick, NY
June 2007

JUN 30, 2007 11:47 AM

FearTheReaper said:

TwelveTone said:

attackfarm said:
The Catholic Church, for once, is promoting tolerance and equality, admittedly for a group that doesn't yet exist.

So, why again are you criticizing them?



Because they're against things like stem cell research and gay marriage, but somehow human/animal hybrids = awesome?

On another note; high school students have had restricted 1st amendment rights while attending school since forever ago and I'm not even really sure why everyone is so up in arms about that one.



Because the kids were off campus at a public event. Had nothing to do with the school. The assistant principal happened to be there and took action. Now that might seem a tad problamatic for free speech, right?



Kids always have different sets of rights than adults though... less speech, of movement, of ability to buy or consume and more protection by law for other things like ability to cancel any contract, maximum 5 year sentence in many jurisdictions for any crime and so forth.

Twelve

Twelve

Bay City, MI
April 2007

JUN 30, 2007 11:47 AM

FearTheReaper said:
Because the kids were off campus at a public event. Had nothing to do with the school. The assistant principal happened to be there and took action. Now that might seem a tad problamatic for free speech, right?



http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/06-278.pdf

They were attending the event with school administration/faculty as a school sponsored event, and as such are still bound by whatever rules the school sets forth.

Now if the kid and his friends had that banner up on a saturday and the principal happened to walk by and suspend them, then they would have something.

Drock1205

Drock1205

Merrick, NY
June 2007

JUN 30, 2007 11:48 AM

Keri said:
yeah i like this site waaayyy more for the articles on hybrid rat humans than for the hot laydees. fo sho.



Damn straight... if only they...could...combine...the two...

Drock1205

Drock1205

Merrick, NY
June 2007

JUN 30, 2007 11:52 AM

SUCCESS!
zoom image

smithers_jones

smithers_jones

I'm lost
November 2003

JUN 30, 2007 11:55 AM

aldoushuxley said:
I have got to say, I like this site way more for the articles that appear on it. Not that the ladies are unattractive it is just the articles reaper writes are extremely intellectually stimulating. If he stopped writing articles this site would be way less interesting.



Awwww. Someone has a man-crush!

Ferretbite

Ferretbite

Mexico
September 2006

JUN 30, 2007 11:57 AM

Keri said:

Ferretbite said:
Somehow I was expecting to find Paris Hilton on the list. Disappointment.



bah i just want to read an article, ANY article without hearing her name!!!!!!
good thing i like you kid..other wise i'd be pissed. wink



That was kind of my point, love kiss

Towelly

Towelly

Philadelphia, PA
January 2007

JUN 30, 2007 12:00 PM

Drock1205 said:

Keri said:
yeah i like this site waaayyy more for the articles on hybrid rat humans than for the hot laydees. fo sho.



Damn straight... if only they...could...combine...the two...



Why would William Shatner support chimeras?

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUN 30, 2007 12:03 PM

scylis said:
I'm still at a loss to figure out how eliminating race as a factor in assigning students to schools is a bad thing, especially as it pertained to the two cases decided on Thursday. Please elaborate, thank you.



Sure. How about I let Justice Stevens break it down for you..


There is a cruel irony in THE CHIEF JUSTICE.s reliance on our decision in Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U. S. 294 (1955). The first sentence in the concluding paragraph of his opinion states: Before Brown, schoolchildren were told where they could and could not go to school based on the color of their skin.. Ante, at 40. This sentence reminds me of Anatole France's observation: [T]he majestic equality of the la[w], forbid[s] rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread. THE CHIEF JUSTICE fails to note that it was only black schoolchildren who were so ordered; indeed, the history books do not tell stories of white children struggling to attend black schools.2 In this and other ways, THE CHIEF JUSTICE rewrites the history of one of this Court's most important decisions. Compare ante, at 39 (history will be heard.), with Brewer v. Quarterman, 550 U. S. ___,___ (2007) (slip op., at 11) (ROBERTS, C. J., dissenting) (It is a familiar adage that history is written by the victors.)

Drock1205

Drock1205

Merrick, NY
June 2007

JUN 30, 2007 12:04 PM

Towelly said:

Drock1205 said:

Keri said:
yeah i like this site waaayyy more for the articles on hybrid rat humans than for the hot laydees. fo sho.



Damn straight... if only they...could...combine...the two...



Why would William Shatner support chimeras?



No more green women to "conquer..." Time to move onto the FINAL FRONTIER.

Animal love. :cough:

Trahern

Trahern

United Kingdom
March 2003

JUN 30, 2007 12:05 PM

Meh. Hardly the worst thing the Catholic church has done.

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