Poem: Into The Wind.

Into The Wind
by Jack Brummet



Three pearl grey and ivory herring gulls
Fly south into the wind
Over Puget Sound, wheeling, tumbling,

And losing ground
As shifting currents
Scour the air.

They don’t actually want
To migrate south
So much as not go north.

Something in the gulls'
Inner compass says steer clear
Of Ketchikan, Skagway, and Nome.
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two Jack Brummet drawings - Faces Nos. 136 and 144

click drawngs to enlarge

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The Vera Baker story rapidly fades away

By Pablo Fanque
National Affairs Editor


The "investigation about an alleged rumor," as Mark Ambinder of The Atlantic quoted Slate's John Dickerson, appears to have hit a dead end, and the story and rumors are rapidly running out of gas, despite the semi-respectable Enquirer's efforts to keep the story alive.  It appears that the birthers and teabagger/tea partiers are trying to keep the story alive, but the absence of even a shred of evidence makes that rather difficult.

The Drudge Report moved the story toward the middle of the page last night, and today, pushed it off their main page entirely.  A story too flimsy for Matt Drudge?  Doesn't that pretty much tell you all you need to know?   If it's too flimsy for Drudge, you can bet you can't even blow your nose with this one.

http://jackbrummet.blogspot.com/2010/05/did-bho-play-hide-salami-with-vera.html
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Smoke!

By Pablo Fanque

National Affairs Editor

A portrait of Jack Brummet. . .

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Did BHO play hide the salami with Vera Baker, or did The Enquirer pillage their medicine cabinet again?

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

The story of an alleged Barack Obama affair is based on unconfirmed allegations and the flimsiest possible whisperings.  As you know, however, The Enquirer has broken other unlikely/unbelievable stories in recent years; we're hoping they jumped the gun this time.   It's not a new story; let's face it, it's not even a news story. . .but it's breaking wider this time around. 

Earlier incarnations of the story were usually brushed aside as the ravings or deliberate disinformation of deranged bloggers.  However--and how times have changed!--the Enquirer picking up the story almost grants their (rather dubious)  imprimatur to the rest of the press.  Or at least the rest of the press willing to go way out on a limb.

The story alleged that BHO was caught in a Washington, D.C. Hotel with a former campaign aide, Vera Baker.  Baker was the Finance Director for Barack Obama's 2004 Illinois Senate campaign

The Enquirer writes:  "A confidential investigation has learned that Obama first became close to gorgeous 35 year-old VERA BAKER in 2004 when she worked tirelessly to get him elected to the US Senate, raising millions in campaign contributions."

Interestingly, the Wikipedia has an article on her under consideration for deletion.  There are numerous pictures floating around on websites and blogs that may or may not be Vera Baker.  By all reports, she is a good looking woman, for whatever that's worth.  You'd think it wouldn't be that hard to track down--she was an Obama campaign official in 2004. 

Investigators (not clear whose--Obamas?  The National Enquierers?) are searching for a hotel surveillance videotape.   According to The Enquirer, Baker has insisted in the past that "nothing happened" between them.  The magazine also reports that top anti-Obama operatives (could that be you Ex-Gov. Palin, tossing around your $12 million in royalties?) are offering more than $1 million to witnesses to reveal what they know about the alleged hush-hush affair.

Someone has apparently offered cash to a limo driver who says that he took Vera to a secret hotel rendezvous in a Washington hotel where Obama was staying in 2004.   "A reporter confirmed the limo driver's account of the secret 2004 rendezvous and has also learned that on-site hotel surveillance video camera footage could provide indisputable evidence to the investigation."

Sandrarose.com claims "the Hillary Clinton campaign dug up background information on Barack Obama’s mistress, Vera Baker, in 2008, but decided not to run with the scandal — probably because Hillary knew she would lose the campaign and might need a favor from Obama later on."

Another blogspot blogger writes that "the woman was purportedly sidelined from her duties after Senator Obama’s wife, Michelle, became convinced that he had developed a personal friendship with her."

Without any new, concrete evidence, it seems like this story is destined to fade away quickly, just as it has when it has appeared before in the fringe press, or, new media as they prefer to be called.

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Jack Brummet Painting: Equilibrium

click to enlarge

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Drilling Pals: Pres. Barack Obama and Ex-Gov. Sarah Palin on offshore oil drilling

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Ex-Governor Sarah Palin: "Drill, baby, drill."


President Barack Obama: "We have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that is carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage"
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Happy birthday, April 30th!

April 30 is a huge date in the history of the the United States. On this date in history:

Former General George Washington was sworn into office (1789).

Adolph Hitler commited suicide in Berlin as Patton and Montgomery's armies closed in on him.

The Vietnam War officially ended, or, as Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger claimed, we achieved "Peace With Honor."

I missed the first event by about 166 years, I missed the second by eight years, and I was around for the third.  I still remember those images of Saigon on that day, where everyone was trying to bug out by any possible means.

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A favorite poem: James Wright's "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota"

"Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota"
By James Wright

Listen to the recording on Poets.org.

Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly,
Asleep on the black trunk,
blowing like a leaf in green shadow.
Down the ravine behind the empty house,
The cowbells follow one another
Into the distances of the afternoon.
To my right,
In a field of sunlight between two pines,
The droppings of last year's horses
Blaze up into golden stones.
I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on.
A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home.
I have wasted my life.
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Alien Lore. No. 171 - Ancient Astronauts

By Jack Brummet
Paranormal and Alien Lore Editor

[ed's note: thanks once again to frequent news tipper Jeff Clintion.

The Ancient Astronauts have always been an interesting and even tantalizing theory. You may remember, if you were alive in the 1970's, Erich von Däniken's books--like Chariots of the Gods--that claimed the ancient astronauts gave us important technologies and enabled us (or even did it for us) to build monuments like the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, and the Moai of Easter Island.

Generally, ancient astronaut theories postulate that we were visited thousands of years ago by Visitors. Some alien lore goes so far as to speculate that not only were we visited, but that we are the fruit of seeds planted by these ancient astronauts. In short, our great great great great grandparents were Greys or another form of alien who not only populated the earth, but left behind clues that would eventually enable us to fly and practice medicine and other sciences. This theory is shaky, considering that bloodletting was still standard medical operating procedure up until the late 1800's.  Only around the same period did we realize that hand washing and sterilizing surgical instruments would prevent infection and death following surgery.


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Sarah Palin claims "a swing and a miss" on her ethics violations

By Pablo Fanque, All This Is That National Affairs Editor
Painting by Jack Brummet

The Ex-Governor fails to tell you that the defense fund she established to beat these many allegations (most of which were in fact quashed by technicalities, and not on the merits) is in fact itself probably an ethical violation since she used her office (before she quit) to solicit funds. As it turns out, the $12 million she has since squirreled away in the bank would have more than covered beating these charges of her nefarious activities.

Sarah Palin's Facebook page yesterday:

Swing and a miss


Yesterday we learned that another “ethics” complaint that was filed against Governor Palin was dismissed as baseless. (If you are counting, the Governor is 26-0-1 regarding such complaints or suits, with one still pending). Only this complaint was actually filed after she left office, and alleged that the mere existence of the Alaska Fund Trust (the legal defense fund set up for her to help defray the costs incurred during the Troopergate fiasco and related machinations that followed in its wake) was violative of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act as well as its solicitation or receipt of contributions. The raison d’être of the legal defense fund was inexorably linked to Governor Palin’s nomination as the Republican candidate for Vice President and the post-nomination political tactics arising therefrom; thus making the nomination sine quo non for the fund. In a detailed opinion, the complaint was dismissed as lacking a factual or legal basis. Last June, upon learning that a complaint against the Governor’s Anchorage Office Director was dismissed as baseless, Governor Palin’s then Chief of Staff Mike Nizich said, “This is not about holding the governor or state employees accountable. This is pure harassment.” That still rings true today.


When I discussed this with Governor Palin, she had an interesting take: “My reaction upon reading the opinion in this matter was not what I expected. Though I’m always pleased with the results of these investigations that prove the false allegations wrong, and I appreciate the detailed reasoning set forth in this recent opinion, I was primarily disappointed that the State of Alaska, the Attorney General’s office, and others, still have to spend time and resources addressing the abusive onslaught of frivolous complaints directed against me—even after I left office.”


At times (indeed, as recently as Sunday in a magazine cover story) people allege that the “real” reason Governor Palin stepped down was to “make money” (citing primarily her best selling book). As this most current complaint again emphasizes, Governor Palin stepped down for the right reasons—she did not want to see her state government continue to get bogged down with inane “ethics” complaints that were transparently political, plainly partisan, and diverting state resources. The voluntary relinquishment of power for the greater good is normally praised as an example of true leadership—just review any biography of George Washington—and it should be in this case as well. But for those who seek power for the sake of power, a selfless act is confusing, so a new narrative is created, such as the “profit” motive now being asserted with renewed vigor. Rest assured Sarah Palin had obtained approval to write her memoir while still in office without running into any conflict with the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Her financial future from her best selling book, though unknown then, would not have altered much whether she stayed in office or resigned, except the number of “ethics” complaints did dramatically decrease, so any legal fees associated with such complaints decreased concomitantly.



Let this latest dismissed complaint serve as a reminder for one of the real—and stated—reasons for her voluntary relinquishment of office, an office she campaigned for diligently, tirelessly and effectively. It stands as a marker that occasionally, every so often, there are public servants who can recognize the difference between self-interest and public interest. Sarah Palin is one such public servant.


- Thomas Van Flein, personal attorney for Sarah Palin

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Alien Lore No. 170 - Steven Hawking on why we should avoid The Greys (and quit searching for our cousins)

By Jack Brummet             
All This Is That Unexplained Phenomenon Editor 

 

Thanks to Jeff Clinton for pointing out this news story on Hawking's pronouncements...

Stephen Hawking believes, and probably rightly, that we should fear aliens, who likely come to earth in search of something (Tungsten? Soybeans? Nitrogen? Beer?)  and ready to destroy us, or at the best, utterly indifferent to our fate.  I wrote in a poem a couple of years ago: 

We can't picture
Greys or martians

Coming in peace
Because we never came in peace.

That pretty much echoes Dr. Hawking's take on the matter.  He says on the Discovery Channel that he believes aliens exist, and that we should do everything we can to avoid them. I think this means we should probably quit sending radio signals out into deep space, trying to contact our cousins, and otherwise maintain a low cosmic profile. God knows what kind of global blitzkrieg these wackjobs from way out there could unleash?

Any creatures smart enough to find us "will probably be seeking resources", according to Hawking.  You can just imagine how that might work out for us.  "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet," said the good Doctor.  Just ask the Buffalo and Native Americans.

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Wow. Happy 207th birthday to the meteors of L’Aigle, France

By Jack Brummet
Barely Explained Phenomena Editor

207 years ago today, roughly 3,000 meteorites weighing between one quarter ounce and 20 pounds fell on the town of L’Aigle in Normandy, France, 100 miles from Paris.  Holy s**t!!

No one was killed. Or even hurt.  And, it was the first time that scientists could actually verify that stones could come from outer space.

How the scientists figured it out is anyone's guess. Doctors at the time still believed that "humors" in the blood caused all illness. Bloodletting was the cure-all. Doctors didn't even wash their hands until the late 19th century, when Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister's findings led to antiseptic surgery. Antiseptic practice saved thousands of lives during the Franco-German War, and yet American and British doctors--who killed far more people than they saved--long resisted the theory of sepsis.

But I digress. . .The French Academy of Sciences sent a young scientist, Jean-Baptiste Biot, to investigate. and his eventual paper described how these stones must be of extraterrestrial origin.  Biot's research  gave birth to the science of meteoritics
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Larry King wants Ex-Governor Palin to pose nude (with video)

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Not happy with the number of stories about his current marital troubles (namely his 7th marriage going up in smoke amid accusations he has been having sex with his wife's sister), Larry King decided to toss a little gasoline on the fire.

On King's CNN show last Tuesday, Sarah Silverman wondered whether Sarah Palin should pose for Playboy. Silverman said "I think she should go for it" and King responded, "Agreed."

This, of course, triggered a new wave of vituperation and anger at King.  Laura Ingraham said, "Larry, when you're in a hole, stop digging."   "Larry should pose for 'Viagra Monthly'," said Ann Coulter.

One commenter on Politico.com wrote "Larry King should pose naked. We could all use a good LAUGH!!!"

The pertinent clip from his show is here:


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Four iPad sketches and transformations

Mona Goldwater

Jack Brummet

A Guy

Another guy

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A Mighty Wind -- an underrated Christopher Guest film

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DJ Biz Markie's Earth Day Remix, with a cast across America

 By Jack Brummet____________
All This Is That Music and Editor

For the 40th anniversary of earth day (I remember the first one..I was a junior in high school, and the 60's were still in full swing) legend DJ Biz Markie puts a clean energy twist on his old hit Just A Friend.  For this remix,  fans from all across the country contributed clips to music .  It's cool.


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Bababadalgharagh takamminarronnkonn bronntonn­erronntuonn thunntrovarrhounawnskawnt oohoohoorden enthurnuk - eloquent thunder

What the thunder said from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.


Bababadalgharaghtakammina-
rronnkonnbronntonnerronntuo-nnthunntrovarrhounawnskawn-
toohoohoordenenthurnuk
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Spirit Airlines to institute pay toilets and seat belt surcharges on all flights

By Pablo Fanque,

All This Is That National Affairs Editor
Fact checking and research by Jack Brummet

As you may recall, All This Is That has recently been researching a story on airline surcharges and fees.  Pablo Fanque received a call (and tip) from a senior manager at Spirit Airlines Monday afternoon.  The manager, who had been a source for Fanque on aspects of the articles on airline fees, called to tell him that Spirit Airlines recently decided to impose additional fees and charges on its passengers.  

"As you know," the source told Fanque, "we have positioned ourselves as the 'ultra low-cost' airline (ULCC).  It wasn't much of a leap to go from charging for carry-on bags to charging for other, well, services."    The source disclosed that Spirit Airlines is about to impose a modest ($5.00)  fee for seat belt rentals on all flights. 

In addition, the airline will begin charging a fee for use of the toilets on their aircraft.  On all flights lasting longer than two hours, patients will be given a voucher card, good for one visit to the restrooms.  After that "complimentary" visit, all passengers will be required to use debit cards to unclock the toilets.  While the fee is also modest ($1.00 for five minutes), the manager did indicate they expect pushback from the public. "However, even our $45 carry-on baggage charge has met with far less resistance than we expected.  We ARE the cheapest airline in the country. . .and we intend to keep it that way."  Since receiving the call from our source, we have verified the story with two other highly placed executives, as well as a member of the Spirit Airlines Board of Directors.

Calls--and nine emails--placed to three other major airlines, asking for comment, were not returned. 
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Ebehenup meti yozutuv init, cel cori rosey useta duf ces efido vesac!

Przoef Ku Pablo Fanque

All This Is That National Affairs Editor

  

epiru utine

Emodocab nierad lotene cedic tine. Delaru ca gimaneh ram sa! Todote oberezun rit po ivate tana nieheb roropet lukosah teyim; dilose dep isiq efip temopa letib yero oram yupoce cigem; taharo radienab nenowa: Rig petani cepegu omev keg! Mode etimub agih ulicire hufokip urer. Loliesel iva ta tecep eginam, alatitac tohofi iyetemog ulede. Delaga arades teg. Cidisab tupip acohiwo ca.

Tenel apie hicapal hico elide naci toh abu. Mecepa riep vo vefeg ara iehel? Sierage te ecacie patavi capu cu noy epuheses heseye. Ihoyih madades ta nore ibacara! Cadet epiru utine; agacawe unieyuk rot nad cer tometu, mo supi huwer tirar befife retac itepub temi rece. His viedis rico di pasulen hini ucuten.

Nem tonasi gietolop, nietina tel tu onar acacono; tume cepig ciecur aletenuc? Mey hise rehapih rocipu licen liede; peliri kih eha eceso cesicut sevie evape coso asien ce. Tatedo edotiran tecepil; cirala ta miha! Ric iericege pitenih tar cato uhedocet, nucoro mesese sa etobo ireceyim raneyu tab mayom? Ieyicelih mubie wori rinen vawari yi nidela setayi givu iralu, kenato sur manuf nolak ilosicuh sanori: De cehe iegilo dezatir, mayet enerel nidacen rerigar rirace ituru.

Duropo uyete ven. Rie obo rucel ocipas tevete nopu moseges yed. Reririg iwimoyor pobolis lipiet lalat udulicas rep nol wugaw, man mimon cina timici sera ralono beyeh idetoh ocedatek? Ari ineselit yer utu sebav goden lema atipes pic? Agipesec venasul toro? Melac teyete nibur got etotusul! Beya ta rojen ete utocici fetanies cikided matafol otula. Geg gine isisa lo. Nieme bes yic ya, ho etuvalu meyimi rusacen ced omo risi.

 

Osesibok gefiti bicaro licumuc cus kesapa utobe ketuh naholic ele! Ciy inar oliru nomo ecaneve siesa oyielew mamo. Sorinan nenon rem sisuben inedibey. Riedaca buhota ececero rot laroq dakese ogesi nepader fasoton. Peni ditotil yacen wodo ileda na dalides yari mosucor nie. Sadadep nitetie irin ledege rito perotid no isakecar tele. Cofacen ratanam ece atofe da ledone.

Ra fecom oyedege do taremit deca sac ko leli. Enizec fida cacore ipalolu utal nop fie tez lis! Wocatoy sunan sa aderaja fa tal berasic ta sinader! Amosil riyor atora. Duwelib utelo olep ruloham tupeta yeyefer bi ti; liril tu eni omeh afin! Lomirit letike iena si ulopeyer peyerer olemin nore. Ramilil cose merade lu ulik obarir dalon eni votigem rituy. Taresez etievohe vilele sidiv orepo vabayi. Nay pari len veg. Tinevi lafi tucu tev sahex abun sep asehi? Yatie ietolo pideget mise du ra.

Apiey menamoy wesiel, tuyiriy ye aren nuyesu otite. Ro atasin tunesir nuhe: Aniva kig rutihe. Etipe irema gic delieco kec monoge. Ireg erita ayepil nupeb fecoti epir riro soc; dil cu raped cofotoh inar nalo odudilo faso sut. Yat qemope rifa ecusohow fusovi cer, itodopel so cepela atit seledit pa gef. Isotel ca tin utunet serot mutesis re ivudi ci sace. Fete tureh tucurus lih ma: Yo ihi so sev netov nesi opeh bihes; bietil ecorime rib idu mehogo uco anapas ienogiri.

Etecog negied derarim revace. Ponoma reyef po reseliy hosa hotibup enu lalusa nas. Oyihiniec olotute togi isa hotocon ziled ki ne. Exud dot meran susoc hipot: Yed dil ban. Nitu kot danutum ceco fosehoy sesehom amat ruroy exucocev imahepa. Iereluyic tasena ret daro sabarod te pacol forel. Ne ege barag ahacose tirat qi, ri cocusa pefete.

Me amisa ela ene loto! Lutecid heneni cereber cal reg peho. Periba dic etanie. Lubib ufonada matelil rac tecati donures busabi: Itol aracopag eye riegag wodahe gita leta. Morif muto aci damur seserur da supie udepoti ne? Ateyil ruteger tayet cihieru. Licam unini inuso orielib aleri delote hanunot, ecirod mile be liyet noh liecaseb ci. Tanal mol jienasi cococeq nofohe faculo cesef tili.

Len yud amag dope ocem nucal. Dan iebosetit iehicece nenac erocuti nulet mutela, rerep etobas lare acapanies imo uyan elevonev se nicie sod: Fabore ded ritip zalom! Laqocon reret baroc nenu rivo babuci ko matul? Mo le rat riyuri kosi yot iere seliha; lob lon li pute verov aqetedier lenecu tat kapeda idih, tar tigon pedalo ohoy rod ter netu hohuw fit yacec. Ri samerir kepede ogac ca bow ciebab enehe: Etom cedire lul inakijit fipese ono tan! Me orosi curata litaye dihu toc teca gotari, salaho fagar ezono pekaril efa dan lodeti bene. Ye lih tew ranehe arete asovan samalod gede ce.

Ecofas me yeguhu kod esocehut gu qaduto nicemo. Lac etede oni apiepap tifol wedo butateg lepele. Ivalie eruhene ora. Otohono tedetis otitefin rolocom gob memiru! Osal no desa diema. Lohita cusir soyonif elopucad sasedie: Tos sibed nelebe ifidiwit colusas: Doli mimasa eleway gerala unolule leguf lomaco. Cog heme tesi cieniet lehe. Coc re sonuhis vemo rahi tu ayipepac johij rom: Le tal emem samonot maher nacolo uvin. Adan uni con ilila opog sutaran, femit enenir orepelin.

 

Solusi si cuten har cey berun. Me xeneh ton tesa. Nedie borebep emate. Futita orir rolegut epolas cud hapotaw hu. Detec tif mic colos, ta roxe vorise heril rilag mo ki, lon gosarac siwenec atora co. Lupedin polegier lepocar masa usar ere. Kisin matemi celinis loyeha diena vepit gero yocele togi rap. Dahibi gobu linec riesayo ye gunit patub pigevor ri xi. Keke cat receli otonaso tugeloy te! Lada ca lucay hotol neg tose cetigi fate ino. Gifem yuwot tutetan lisarer orepieta simigup amieq otepuror. Muvah sam orotien sasase konaciw itera alub no sasok fatis.

La cis ratate nugut mahev lenures, dere pet fecula nige icepi. Cu saseyol reresiv ceres bune tator! Ubi hieroca alit otisa nisut tielosud eba ca maragu begage; nanita xesato uxo! Ederi wi erel mi; etaci herom eneruca ses con fonen sarasie, pir ugiyog gel folahi, lepi hero gis netivow cecep si ininebit gomoda dina diranem. Reb miruc gelet petida atane romile maga cetie yiyev. Epi ehimekel umekib guhob ricie otuni.

Le itamete ratero re ganelis rotenan cor ro nofe. Doy nur erecetep lotoniel li terenie lihe haride omala. Gatarig li pogofi cu rena risob gecira! Ora soh gec rusab nenava yiro! Tanen aperileb elo osirene; cicegin temal naru epotecor hibo olaseti. Dizar desar ita citeraf lobeb qedu nekav. Esule necehe romitop mecuw re niced.

Nugoca getos loh bod itiesiex ties opi afotoped yo. Mo la unaherie cap retig sasomal nureyo, emeyul ne religad pa. Te eco cahipa gesobo anihog cel neri. Orilemof igicie calumi etucece neriegus toti? Tela irebu uboyal dubo. Yobiesa kosu risiwu tecisat cocie cavote: Yene danudo loqe ri hom enuleno icewa? Hece re orala mewon ked ri otusim epiliceb. Si remog lipiya geraye pat tili iyesopi nibet denotuh, iril tic seti sa tag tim enopude ye. Wola micitor arema te hinam senosel. Egi loneleh leto. Nehe ipus matore nisi anisil uxos boy sa.

Omet cucil eses osefay teyenib lad topiha alaf ere teripo: Rel etineca notes ige lapag retemi. No mohote fenot. Lusoren rupomad tidi tewey witar dete penamis nocenu la: Revehi edonami otele nolec ehelo imewed heve kiehux helini sisu; elaze nigeli mi die cecor osop gonemis. Tuni te epo gedenat; to lum otiecierov retolu li dulare ya; kafeta turir logorev mos nuroza! Otep soradis de edeb xie eho. Ipev ralet ese tayie etohol bon. Cinomi su dal ovegoget hayi, lohol ricelit gis! Ru ifalud newoho.

Nepi sotiec lenal ne nec tirof iecanepi elarode manurar rienana; dotocu kanenav mayieye tef hi ron omorili mosim modehih; igew lav sice werohit. Lulamor kenimat otiro herac somiep eha xagi duloroc! Riero ieleberem sasu yeneri iror eserabin?  Adeloyi pu remere ihefi kiyi nicaru utieretoq peye dusine.

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a 1965 PSA about radiation, nuclear attacks, and farmers--performed by cheap paper-mache marionettes

This 1965 public service announcement by the U.S. Civil Defense office instructs farmers about what to do in case of nuclear attack.  The bizarre film uses marionettes, that as one person commented, appear to have been crafted by a third grade class.  Incredibly enough, our government broadcast this film throughout the midwest, and distributed 600 16 mm copies of the film. 

alien Lore No. 169 - Fireball, or a Grey flyby in the Midwest?

By Jack Brummet
Paranormal and unexplained phenomena editor

[ed's note:  Thanks to Jeff Clinton for the tip]

911 switchboards lit up recently in several Midwest states with reports of a gigantic UFO, or fireball streaking across and lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said.  The National Weather Service also got hundreds of calls about the object, as well as reports of sonic booms. 

The object was in sight for nearly 15 minutes at around 10 PM.  about 10 p.m.,  "The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east," said the weather service in the Quad Cities area, which encompasses parts of Iowa and Illinois.  A CNN video of the UFO/fireball has been made available:



According to NASA, a meteor appears when a meteoroid -- a particle, a stone, or even a piece of Russian or American space junk enters our atmosphere from outer space [ed's note:  outer space is generally considered to begin about 60 miles from earth, or roughly an hour's drive...if your car could go straight up].

"Air friction heats the meteoroid so that it glows and creates a shining trail of gases and melted meteoroid particles," it said. "People sometimes call the brightest meteors fireballs."
The fireball/UFO was seen across parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana Wisconsin, and possibly Ohio as well.

A video from WISN TV shows a huge ball of light streaking across the sky.   Doppler Radar shows a smoke trail from the fireball at just after 10 p.m.   It was unknown if any part of a meteorite [UFO/failed satellite/cosmic hiccup/whatever it was] hit the ground.



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Perversion for Profit, a great "educational" film funded by Charles Keating in the 60's

Wow.  Another gem from the public domain Prelinger Archives, Perversion for Profit is a rabidly anti-pornography film produced by none other than financier Charles Keating (who was later disgraced as a central figure in the collapse of savings and loan banks...in our previous banking crisis). The film attempt to link porn to the Communist conspiracy and, of course, the decline of this Western civilization.

Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc. sponsored this educational film. We'll be posting part II tomorrow.

This video is well-loved by ephemera/PSA/instructional/demo like me, in no small part due to its narrator, George Putnam, a star right-wing newscaster in the 60's  Needless to say, the tone borders on hysterical and the "facts" are, well, thin and unattributed, and Putnam's delivery is responsible for about half of the most unintentionally hilarious moments in the short.
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Is Seattle the Bangkok of international beast-sex tourism? Feds uncover a new NW sex farm.

By Jack Brummet, All This Is That Social Mores and Ethics Correspondent with additional research by Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor, Illustration by Jack Brummet

 Is Seattle the Bangkok of international beast-sex tourism?  Well, you do have to wonder, with this weeks latest news of British tourists visiting the Seattle area.  Apparently, the sex farm advertised heavily in European and British publications and websites.

International Animal Sex Ring Discovered in Whatcom County

"Federal investigators have uncovered an international sex ring that involves farm animals in Whatcom County.


Agents say people from around the world were invited to stay at the farm near Sumas and abuse the animals.

"This is an extremely bizarre case and very shocking for seasoned law enforcement people," said Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo.

Elfo says dogs, horses and mice were seized from Spink's property. The mice had their tails cut off, were smothered in Vaseline and had to be euthanized [ed's note: we really appear to be "euthanizing" the wrong parties in this case].

You can read the entire story here, on MyNorthwest.com.

As you may or may not know, Pablo Fanque and Jack Brummet have previously (and perversely) covered this topic extensively on All This Is That.  Some links to previous articles and postings:

Not now deer! Wisconsin man punished for necrophilia and beastiality--at the same time!

Sex In The News: Lesbian Bigamist Off The Hook; Shepherd Exonerated Over Sheep Sex

South King County is in the news again--not Enumclaw beastiality, but ghostiality in Federal Way

Horsing around: Co-conspirator in Enumclaw beastiality/horse sex case arrested in Tennessee

Horsin' Around? Shades of the Enumclaw horse sex case--another Washington State man succumbs to the lure of a smokin' filly

Inanimate Love: Guys having sex with lamp-posts, signs, picnic tables, park benches. and cars
Shades Of The Enumclaw Beastiality Case-- A Spanaway, Wash. Man Is Accused Of Having Sex With A Pit Bull
Further ruminations on Enumclaw
Horsin' around: update on Enumclaw
Another shocking revelation
Beastiality in south King County
The final horse/beastiality update
Enumclaw Story To Become A Movie
Seattle Horse Sex Film Is Selected For Sundance!
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The Aurora Bridge Is About To Acquire A Suicide Prevention Fence. Thank you WSDOT!

The Aurora Bridge is about to acquire a suicide barrier.  Hallelujah!  This makes me so happy.

The Aurora Bridge is the second most "popular" suicide site in the United States...right behind the Golden Gate Bridge.  230 people have killed themselves at the bridge since it was built.    Those "choose life" stickers on the light pole haven't really helped.  Thank you Seattle and Washington State for finally doing this.  From mynw.com:

Work to begin on Aurora's suicide prevention fence



Construction on a fence aimed at preventing people from jumping off Seattle's Aurora Bridge begins next week. Construction will begin Monday night and last four to six weeks until crews begin working during the day June-December. The noise is expected to be so loud that nearby residents have been offered industrial-strength earplugs.

According to a flier sent to neighbors, "You may hear tools such as wood saws, compressed air drills, generators, power wrenches and other construction equipment." However, the Washington State Department of Transportation said it's trying to reduce the nose by using portable noise shields on generators and use ambient back up alarms on equipment. Call the WSDOT if you need earplugs 206-267-6019



The 8-foot, 9-inch steel fence is designed to keep people from committing suicide by jumping from the 167-foot high span. The WSDOT said the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline finds the "use of bridge barriers is the most effective means of bridge prevention suicide" and the method has been successful on the Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto, the Memorial Bridge in Augusta, the Colorado Street Brdige in Pasadena, the Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington D.C., and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England.

Crews will being installing the actual fence structure in late summer or early fall. They expect to finish the project in late 2010 or early next year.

The WSDOT said the original budget for the fence project was $8.1 million, but it was revised to $4.6 million. The project was funded through the gas tax.
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