The British "celebrity lawyer" Mick Freeman has trademarked his 'Mr Loophole' nickname to prevent other lawyers from using it. He was branded Mr Loophole in the British press after helping a string of celebrities—including Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, Jeremy Clarkson and Wayne Rooney—dodge drunk driving convictions. Mr Freeman, from Mere, Cheshire, warned other lawyers who might try to cash in on his nickname. "If anyone attempts to use the name, legal action can be taken.'
Gwent Police arrested him on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice two years ago, but no charges were ever brought.
Since they have been so nice about calling to ask for money, I elected to make an in-kind contribution instead. I wrote the Obama campaign tonight, and offered this poster for their use free of charge.
[ed's note: Now that we've posted this, we notice Jack left off an important bullet point: "- He has the smallest mansion of anyone running!"] ---o0o---
Video clip from the maharishi mahesh yogi's ashram in rishikesh india, AKA the beatles's ashram because they visited the place in the summer of 1967. "Lennon became discouraged after the Maharishi had allegedly made a pass at one of the female members of their entourage." (wikipedia)"
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles the Beach Boys' Mike Love, Mia Farrow, Donovan, and millions of others, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was probably 91 years old.
When I was young, he was a huge cultural figure, with many people taking his transcendental meditation, and those of us who didn't felt like we should have...
"He died peacefully at about 7 p.m.," said Bob Roth, a spokesman for the Transcendental Meditation movement that the Maharishi founded. He said his death appeared to be due to "natural causes, his age."
The Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh (1968)
Once laughed out of the room as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mind control that Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gained medical respectability and has been proved to help regulate blood pressure, anxiety, etc.
He may have been a teacher and holy man, but he also amassed a multi-multi=-million empire of transendental meditation centers, and a TM University in the middle west of the Unites States.
Cosmic Debris by Frank Zappa was probably written about him. Sexy Sadie by John Lennon (from The White Album) most certainly was.
Sex Sadie By John Lennon/Paul McCartney
hoSexy Sadie what have you done You made a fool of everyone You made a fool of everyone Sexy Sadie ooh what have you done.
Sexy Sadie you broke the rules You layed it down for all to see You layed it down for all to see Sexy Sadie oooh you broke the rules.
One sunny day the world was waiting for a lover She came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie the greatest of them all.
Sexy Sadie how did you know The world was waiting just for you The world was waiting just for you Sexy Sadie oooh how did you know.
Sexy Sadie you'll get yours yet However big you think you are However big you think you are Sexy Sadie oooh you'll get yours yet.
We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table Just a smile would lighten everything Sexy Sadie she's the latest and the greatest of them all.
She made a fool of everyone Sexy Sadie.
However big you think you are Sexy Sadie.
Cosmik Debris Music and lyrics by Frank Zappa
The Mystery Man came over An' he said: "I'm outa-site!" He said, for a nominal service charge, I could reach nervonna t'nite If I was ready, willing 'n able To pay him his regular fee He would drop all the rest of his pressing affairs And devote His Attention to me But I said . . . Look here brother, Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris? (Now who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?) Look here brother, Don't you waste your time on me
The Mystery Man got nervous An' he fidget around a bit He reached in the pocket of his Mystery Robe An' he whipped out a shaving kit Now, I thought it was a razor An' a can of foamin' goo But he told me right then when the top popped open There was nothin' his box won't do With the oil of Afro-dytee An' the dust of the Grand Wazoo He said: "You might not believe this, little fella, but it'll cure your Asthma too!" An' I said . . . Look here brother, Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris? (Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?) Look here brother, Don't you waste your time on me Don't waste yer time . . .
I've got troubles of my own, I said An' you can't help me out So take your meditations an' your preparations An' ram it up yer snout "BUT I GOT A KRISTL BOL!," he said An' held it to the light So I snatched it All away from him An' I showed him how to do it right I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head So I'd look like I was Deep I said some Mumbo Jumbos then An' told him he was goin' to sleep I robbed his rings An' pocket watch An' everything else I found I had that sucker hypnotized He couldn't even make a sound I proceeded to tell him his future then As long as he was hanging around, I said "The price of meat has just gone up An' yer ol' lady has just gone down . . . " Look here brother, Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris? (Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?) Don't you know, You could make more money as a butcher, So don't you waste your time on me (Don't waste it, don't waste your time on me . . . ) Ohm shonty, ohm shonty, ohm shonty-ohm SSHONTAY ---o0o---
We really did get to grow up in a better time. Witness this way cool machine gun ser depicted in thse rare early 60s tv commercial for Mattel's Tommy Burst submachine gun detective set.
A Tommy Burst in excellent condition will bring at least $200 on eBay. I lunched mine pretty quickl;y as I remember...
I have a soft spot for quirky public art--performance art on a massive scale, like nude-ins, or various forms of mass public hysteria, or the best rock and roll where you become as much a participant as an observer (think of The Grateful Dead or the Bonaroo gang) .
Check out this Grand Central takeover by a concerted band of a couple of hundred people. Dean Ericksen of our arch-rival blog Almost There In No Time found this video of a sweet performance art event. Lest you think we're going soft on Mr. Ericksen, note that as recently as last week, his blog also published links to a film portraying--indeed, glorifying?-- members of the Nazi high command, along with the usual myriad of filth, degeneracy, and crimes against nature that masquerade as "content" on the ATINT blog. ---o0o---
It appears that you missed the latest on your candidate, "the world class genius" "Hillary loses voice, bawls again, kills Vince Foster and will garnish your wages". Now that's someone to get behind.
Monday, February 04, 2008
They're coming out of the woodwork again. The Clinton haters----the most vehement of who seem to be Obama supporters--are joining ranks with the fellas, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and the other radical conservatives looking for any flimsy reason to dismiss the New York Senator's presidential bid. Even Ann Coulter has backed off, and said she would vote for Clinton. The Obamanites don't much cotton to emotion, although they have hoisted their man onto a pedestal and generally characterize the Illinois Senator as Gandhi, Socrates, and Jesus rolled up into one smiling, marketable package.
If Hillary cried, so what? In context, and it's easy to see why it WAS an emotiomnal moment. People had a ball when George Bush shed a few tears. But it is apparently not seemly for a woman to exhibit the same emotion. The Obamanites scoff at tenderness and compassion in a woman as scripted and cynical but swoon over and venerate their Chosen One for showing the same emotions without the waterworks.
In fact, it appears to us that Saint Obama himself may have shed a discrete tears on the hustings. But even if he had, the Obama idolators would tell you it's OK, it comes from his heart.
Maybe this will all be settled by Wednesday morning. The polls seen to say no, but they've been very wrong before in this race. With the Republican winner-take-all system, it may well be decided on their end. We Dems, however, like the fractiousness of proportional primaries, and as a result our contect will likely NOT be settled tomorrow. Maybe it will be settled enough that I can return to the happier days of made-up stories, alien lore, poetry, and parody, instead of obsessing over a bunch of rich people seeking glory who could care less if we woke up tomorrow.
If you're interested in further exploring the relationship between Senator Barack Obama and Antoin "Tony" Rezko, check out B Merry's blogspot blog, Rezkowatch... ---o0o---
The guys and gals on Madison Avenue had to have fun putting this one together. . .a bran cereal ad, about achieving regularity. It was filmed on a construction site, and has numerous images of images being dropped, and dumped.
According to the Sun Times columnist Carol Marin, the Tony Rezko story is not just going to go away [ed note: it will not go away as long as the press smells blood, and still has a heartbeat]:
"Tony Rezko is a story that is just not going away. This was made abundantly clear Tuesday night when Sen. Barack Obama announced that his U.S. Senate campaign is now returning almost double the money it had already given to charity from its former, now-indicted fund-raiser, Tony Rezko. The grand total of returned cash now stands at about $150,000.
"There is no suggestion that the Democratic presidential contender is connected to the kind of illegal dealings for which Rezko will stand trial next month. But his judgment with regard to Rezko is distinctly in question.
"Obama has admitted it was "boneheaded" to enter into a land deal with Rezko that allowed the senator and his wife to buy a $1.65 million mansion on the same day Rezko's wife bought the lot next door. But there are a host of unanswered questions. Here are just a few:
"Exactly how were the terms and timing arrived at that allowed Obama to buy the house at a $300,000 discount, while Mrs. Rezko paid full price?
"Given that Rezko was already publicly known to be under investigation, what persuaded Obama to still deal with him?
"When did Obama realize that Rezko, a low-income housing developer, had 11 failed properties in Obama's state Senate district alone? Or that Rezko was defaulting on taxpayer-funded deals at the same time he was still an Obama political benefactor?
"Was there, at the least, the appearance of a conflict of interest between Obama's legal work for low-income Rezco-connected developers and Obama's responsibilities as a state senator?" ---o0o---
The British "celebrity lawyer" Mick Freeman has trademarked his 'Mr Loophole' nickname to prevent other lawyers from using it. He was branded Mr Loophole in the British press after helping a string of celebrities—including Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, Jeremy Clarkson and Wayne Rooney—dodge drunk driving convictions. Mr Freeman, from Mere, Cheshire, warned other lawyers who might try to cash in on his nickname. "If anyone attempts to use the name, legal action can be taken.'
