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  • SATURDAY JANUARY 24 2009 6:00 AM

Asshole Fuckface Roundup #81

Here we are again, staring another Asshole Fuckface Roundup in the face. Don’t be scared. Several Asshole Fuckfaces were sent to obscurity this week, rarely to be heard from again. Henceforth, all we will hear from the Asshole Fuckface administration is occasional whining and complaining. That’s a lot better than the in your face stupidity we’ve been subjected to for 8 years. Sadly, Asshole Fuckfaces still exist. They are still quite active and it is still my job to point them out to you, so that you may mock them. Someone has to do it. So, put on your most fluid resistant moccasins, because this is going to be ugly.

First up, some Asshole Fuckface baking.

People who live in New York City think it is the greatest place on Earth. I lived there for five years. I disagree, mostly because the city has an astounding number of fucking idiots running about. It is a cornucopia of Asshole Fuckfaces. Take Ted Kefalinos, baker and owner of Lafayette French Pastry in Greenwich Village. Ted decided to celebrate our new president’s inauguration by baking some “Drunken Negro Head” cookies.

A shocked customer tells My Fox NY that Ted Kefalinos, proprietor of Lafayette French Pastry, asked her, "Would you like some drunken negro heads to go with your coffee? They're in honor of our new president. He's following in the same path of Abraham Lincoln; he will get his."



Um. So. You. Eh.

The name of the cookies seems to change. Sometimes Ted calls them Drunken Negro Cookies and other times he calls them Drunken Nigger Cookies. And no one has burned down his store. Strange. But Ted totally gets how some people could be offended.

"I called them Drunken Negro Heads. What's the problem with that?"



I said, Ted totally gets how some people could be offended.

My brother-in-law, he's Cuban, so I like everybody.



Well, since your now horribly ashamed sister married a Cuban fella, you should be able to make any racist cookie you want. Please send me some Stingy Kike Puffs and a few Dirty Spicwhiches

Four years of this shit, at least.

Next up, some fantastic military Asshole Fuckfacery.

Our military is awesome. Not only do they make our soldiers fight on and on and on with no break, but they also charge them for uniforms and stuff.

"I'm so proud to be in the military...at the same time I just could not believe that when I got back after sacrificing so much that I owed the Army money," the soldier said.

This soldier got a bill for about $500 dollars for lost gear. Another soldier had to pay nearly $800 dollars for items such as trousers, a coat, a helmet which he lost during a year spent in some of Iraq's most dangerous towns.



Since when did working in the military become like working at Taco Bell?

    Um, listen. I realize you just fought in a ridiculous, horribly planned war and we didn’t give you the proper armor and stuff, but can we have those pants back? You don’t have the pants? Seriously, we’re not kidding. We really need the pants. We’ve only got one pair for each dude and we need all of them.



I don’t know how these guys could misplace any gear in a war situation. Don’t they check to make sure they have all their stuff?

"Maybe you were lying down with a coat behind your head and you come under fire. Your first reaction isn't to grab coat fold it neatly and make sure it's properly stowed when you're being shot at," another soldier said.



Oh, right. IT’S A FUCKING WAR.

These two soldiers asked us to cover their faces because they're considering making a career of the military. They say the bills are a blow to morale.



You don’t say.

And in this letter, an uncle details how when his nephew handed in his Army uniform after returning home from Iraq, "they made him pay for parts of it because it was blood stained during combat along the Syrian border."



Honestly, it was careless. And he could have gotten it dry-cleaned. How about a little respect for the uniform? You don’t see me walking around in a blood-covered suit, do you?

Next up, some Democratic Leadership Asshole Fuckfacery.

Harry Reid may be the most useless, pathetic Democrat in the country. The man is a walking fool and is not afraid to show it.

Obama started his campaign promise to limit lobbyist’s access to government. He announced government employees leaving their positions could not lobby the department they left for two years. That was apparently a bit much for “I don’t know what in the fuck I am doing” Harry. This week he explained his door will remain wide open for all lobbyists.

“And there’s nothing wrong with that,” said Reid. “And Obama will be meeting with them too.” When asked to clarify his remarks, given Obama’s promises to change that part of Capitol culture, Reid responded that lobbyists are part and parcel of the job.”



He must have missed that year long campaign thingy.

“People should understand that lobbyists, per se, are someone’s father, mother, son, daughter,” said Reid. “They work for a living."



Aw. Da poor wittle wobbyists. I so feel for them and their buying of the government. They work so very hard. What the fuck are you thinking?

The Democratic leader’s sons and a son-in-law have worked as lobbyists.



Shocking. But, hey, at least his kids aren’t rapists, or this might be really awkward. Harry needs to go.

Next up, some “I didn’t learn from recent history” Asshole Fuckfacery.

Remember when the record industry went after kids who downloaded songs? Remember how that was a total failure and caused a massive backlash amongst kids who purchase music? Remember how the record industry put up the white flag and surrendered on the lawsuits? That seems like so many couple of years months days ago.

Now the movie industry has decided to do the same thing, but with a dash of worse thrown in. RealDVD is a relatively new product that lets people save the DVDs they own to their computers. The DVD will only play on your computer.

The DVDs that you save will play only on your computer with the License Key purchased, it does not break the encryption code on the DVD, and you cannot burn disks from the DVD upload that you make.



So, you own it, which means you can play it the devices you want, right? The program does not harm the movie industry because users still have to buy the DVD and can’t rip them. If you think about it, it’s exactly the type of technology the movie industry should embrace, right? Nope.

In September 2008, the motion picture industry sued RealNetworks over its RealDVD software, which was designed to allow consumers to copy their DVDs to their computers for later playback. Real had obtained a license from DVD-CCA for its software, apparently relying on earlier court rulings in the DVD-CCA v. Kaleidescape case, where a California state court ruled that Kaleidescape's licensed digital DVD jukebox was within the scope of the DVD-CCA license.



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SergeantPsycho

SergeantPsycho

USA
January 2007

JAN 24, 2009 06:08 AM

I'm at a loss to explain this, Reaper, but now that Obama's president, I'm find it harder to disagree with you on stuff.

cavalryguy

cavalryguy

Elizabethtown, KY
April 2006

JAN 24, 2009 07:13 AM

Meh, you get charged for stuff. Because it gets lost. You don't get charged if you can make it look like a combat loss. Even with all the armor, there are gaps, and there are always better rounds, better explosives, and better projectile designs. It's war, it just gets nastier and nastier the longer it's around. It doesn't go away though. I'm okay with that, beacuse i fight wars, and enjoy being a warrior.

gdarklighter

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA
August 2005

JAN 24, 2009 07:23 AM

Y'know, I normally have no problem getting pissed at the movie industry, but they sued a company with a long reputation for being slimy and making crappy software. I really didn't know who to root for.

mydogfarted

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ
June 2003

JAN 24, 2009 08:47 AM



So, you own it, which means you can play it the devices you want, right? The program does not harm the movie industry because users still have to buy the DVD and can’t rip them. If you think about it, it’s exactly the type of technology the movie industry should embrace, right? Nope.



This has been the huge part of the conflict between Fair Use rulings and the DCMA. The movie industry is starting to move in the right direction with some movies coming with a lowered quality digital copy of the movie when you purchase a DVD, that can be used to copy it onto your iPod/computer legally.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

JAN 24, 2009 09:38 AM

FearTheReaper said:
Our military is awesome. Not only do they make our soldiers fight on and on and on with no break, but they also charge them for uniforms and stuff.


eh. the flip side of that coin is, soldiers need to be responsible for the gear that they're in charge of. one way to hold them accountable is to make them financially responsible. the other options are things like reduction in rank, notes in their permanent service record, jail time, and (if they're getting ready to leave the military) extension of their enlistment. financial responsibility seems like the better option.

Pip

Pip

Framingham, MA
OLD SKOOL

JAN 24, 2009 09:55 AM

mydogfarted said:


So, you own it, which means you can play it the devices you want, right? The program does not harm the movie industry because users still have to buy the DVD and can’t rip them. If you think about it, it’s exactly the type of technology the movie industry should embrace, right? Nope.



This has been the huge part of the conflict between Fair Use rulings and the DCMA. The movie industry is starting to move in the right direction with some movies coming with a lowered quality digital copy of the movie when you purchase a DVD, that can be used to copy it onto your iPod/computer legally.



At some point some lawyer will realize that all this anti-piracy stuff means that we are not buying these products but leasing them, and there will be one hell of a class-action lawsuit that the consumers will win and well will get a resolution to this nonsense. If I own it I can use it how I want and can re-sell it. If not then I do not own it, and hence did not buy it, rather I leased it. That's blatant false advertising and a half dozen other illegal things. Call it leasing an Iphone and Apple can have any type of backdoor access they want, because they still own it. If you call my mp3 download a lease then you can have any type of copy protection on there that you want.

BUT they are "Selling" these things to us, which means they forfeit ownership rights. If they want to maintain these rights they can lease us these things.

Mankarlen

Mankarlen

Columbia City, OR
June 2006

JAN 24, 2009 10:10 AM

Have you ever served in the military? If not I thinking not. shut the FUCK up about the service they give our country BITCH!

mingol

mingol

Singapore
July 2005

JAN 24, 2009 10:16 AM

Mankarlen said:
Have you ever served in the military? If not I thinking not. shut the FUCK up about the service they give our country BITCH!


Are you sure you're old enough to be posting here?

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

JAN 24, 2009 10:18 AM

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CrackSh0t

CrackSh0t

Vacaville, CA
January 2009

JAN 24, 2009 10:27 AM

Woah, where did that come from, Mankarlen? Anyway... I'm in the military, and I'm very active outside the wire and have done all sorts of dumb shit.. I've lost uniform items, gear, and at one point an expensive optic. If you can prove that you lost the item under extreme circumstance, or a "combat loss" than you don't have to pay for it eeek . I think that if people sign out equipment and just lose it carelessly, they should be held responsible. The military isn't filled with prior boy scouts who all have a good sense of integrity. The military is filled with the complete opposite, as a matter of fact. People scam and steal from the military pretty often if given the opportunity. There has to be a good accountability program in place to prevent theft.

I would take stories like the army asking for a uniform with blood on it back with a grain of rice. If that really did happen, whoever it did happen to should have had enough sense to first of all buy a new uniform themselves (thats what uniform allowance is for) and two report the issue to the IG. But maybe the Army is different, I am in the Air Force.

During one patrol, I ended up covered in blood. That NIGHT our leadership had people setting me up new gear and putting together new uniforms for me.

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

JAN 24, 2009 10:31 AM

Mankarlen said:
Have you ever served in the military? If not I thinking not. shut the FUCK up about the service they give our country BITCH!



Your mom really shouldn't leave her credit cards laying around.

Alfaduetto

Alfaduetto

Greeneville, TN
May 2004

JAN 24, 2009 10:35 AM

Yeah, I served in the military, so that even people mama could teach anything, could talk, all part of that damned freedom thing. wink

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JAN 24, 2009 11:57 AM

I confess I don't see the point of RealDVD. Unlike music, movies are not something I need piled up on my hard drive to play over and over again conveniently.

Well, except for porn.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

JAN 24, 2009 12:13 PM

malkav11 said:
I confess I don't see the point of RealDVD. Unlike music, movies are not something I need piled up on my hard drive to play over and over again conveniently.

Well, except for porn.


that's because you don't have a terabyte of storage in the basement.

Varuka_Salt

Varuka_Salt

I'm lost
October 2006

JAN 24, 2009 12:49 PM

motorfirebox said:

malkav11 said:
I confess I don't see the point of RealDVD. Unlike music, movies are not something I need piled up on my hard drive to play over and over again conveniently.

Well, except for porn.


that's because you don't have a terabyte of storage in the basement.



I have a terabyte of storage in my living room. No basements here in S Florida.

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