Joe Klein explains in Time why Sarah Palin is a threat

By Pablo Fanque, All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Joe Klein hit it on the head in this week's Time Magazine.  He was right about Clinton, and he's right about why Sarah Palin is geting traction with much of that same demographic. 

"I have a theory about Bill Clinton: his philandering worked in his favor politically, especially with a demographic chunk that usually shies away from liberalism: American working guys. It made him more accessible. Here was a fellow who got it on with faded lounge singers and then celebrated with a Double Quarter Pounder and fries at the local McDonald's. If that ain't pickup-truck nirvana, what is? Democrats haven't produced many such men of the people; they produce law-professor presidents, a theme Palin launched in Nashville that we will be hearing a lot more frequently in the future."

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Alien Lore No. 168 - Scientology and Aliens

I didn't realize that Scientology was, more or less, based upon Alien Visitors.  Scientology was started by L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 (the word means"the study of truth" in Latin), and is based on a belief--like many other religions--that man is"an immortal, spiritual being."

Their website is here.

Scientology believes that man's abilities are unlimited.  No one is asked to believe or accept anything.  "That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true."

In Scientology, The Thetans are immortal beings attached to human bodies that span multiple lifetimes. All humans consist of the body, the mind, and the Thetan itself, "which is the spirit, or you." Scientologists believe that the Thetans are the foundation of all human beings.

75 million years ago, Xenu, the alien leader of the Galactic Confederation, came to Earth to drop off a large number of alienns.   They set off a hydrogen bomb, which fused the Thetans to whatever was left of the humans after the H-bomb blast. 

The Scientologists, by the way, do not believe in psychology or psychiatry.  This is not completely shocking coming from a group that believes humans are the children of an H-bomb, cavemen, and a horde of aliens.

As you know, the church has a passel of celebrities as members.  Four that come to mind are John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and Kirstie Alley.

Huh? I don't know why this works (or doesn't work, actually)

Do the following calculations:

Take 1000 and add 40 to it.



Now add another 1000.


Now add 30.


Add another 1000.


Now add 20.


Now add another 1000.


Now add 10.
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Is this weird, or what?   Did you get 5000?  The correct answer is actually 4100.  Try it on your calculator now. . .
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Drawing: Faces No. 82 - Mutants

Click to enlarge:  drawing by Jack Brummet

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Government stimulus: the joke

By Pablo Fanque
Al This Is That Nation Affairs Editor

It is fascinating seeing photos of Republican Senators and Representatives, who gave speeches denouncing the "stimulus package," handing out stimulus $$$.  Hundreds of web sites and blogs have posted pictures of the stimulus detractors back home, posing with gigantic--think of the Reader's Digest Sweepstakes--faux checks they hand over to their constituents businesses. 

Which reminds me of a joke I heard not along ago. I don't know if they classify jokes like they do folk takes, but this would definitely be Joke 22A. . .you've heard it before, cast in a different light.

The New “Stimulus” Package


Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Minnesota.


All three go with a White House official to examine the fence. The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. “Well,” he says, “I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me.”


The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, “I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me.”


The Chicago contractor doesn’t measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, “$2,700.”


The official, incredulous, says, “You didn’t even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?”


The Chicago contractor whispers back, “$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence.”


“Done!” replies the government official.
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Jack Brummet Drawing: Faces No. 48

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Drawing: Faces No. 83: meetingMeetingMEETING

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Sons - an old internet/email meme

I know this has to be a tired old internet/email meme that got passed around forever and was probably pockmarked by a string of carats by the time you read it.  But I didn't see it. . .until yesterday.  It provides some interesting insights into boys, and those among us who grow up to be men, more or less.  I admit, I am still thinking about mixing brake fluid and chlorine...
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For people who have sons; and those of us who are happy that we don't.




You may find out interesting things when you have sons, like...


1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.


2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.


3. A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.


4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.


5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.


6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.


7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.


8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.


9. A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.


10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old Boy.


11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.


12. Super glue is forever.


13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.


14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.


15. VCR's do not eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.


16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.


17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.


18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.


19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.


20. The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.


21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.


22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.


23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.


24. 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.


25. 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.
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Jack Brummet drawing: Faces No. 116 - the numbered

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Sarah Palin rocks the house at the Tea Party in Nashville. Not that hard, since everyone else dropped out.

So,  maybe we were wrong when we said authoritatively that the Ex-Governor hired a ghost writer with her new-found millions. 

"Say he played the war card, say he decided to declare war on Iran or decided to really come out and do whatever he could to support Israel which I would like him to do, but that changes the dynamics on what we can assume is going to happen between now and three years because I think if the election were today, I do not think that Obama would be re-elected."  - Sarah Palin, on Saturday.
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Poem: The Tenth Planet, or an incredible facsimile by Jack Brummet

We recently wrote about what we hoped might be a new shot at a tenth planet (disregarding for now the fact that scientists last year "demoted" Pluto).  A couple years ago, we published a poem by Jack on what was then the current candidate for the Tenth Planet:


The Tenth Planet, or an incredible facsimile
by Jack Brummet


Is it a planet or not?
It depends on
What it's orbiting around.

A planet must orbit a star.
Round objects floating freely
Through space don't count.

If an object orbits a much larger object
That is not a star
Then it's not a planet either.

Scientists are slated to announce
Very soon whether or not that rock
Floating out there is the tenth planet

Or not.
If it isn't
Then what?
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Poem: When Evil Fails

In the end, evil konks out
Like a squid simmered in its own ink,
Because evil fails the moment


It overwhelms the good,
Consuming the very energy
To which it owed its duration.
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