- From the noble Brownstones of Brooklyn to the hilltop villas of Malibu that fall onto incoming traffic whenever there’s a mudslide, America is full of architectural gems. So it’s rather worrisome that New Orleans officials are planning to rid their city of the last remaining FEMA trailers — national treasures which are widely recognized as horrible and “all the proof you need that George W. Bush hates black/poor people.” Christ, these are probably the same vintage trailers (circa 2006) that contain obscene levels of toxic formaldehyde gas. Are people really still living in these poisonous tin cans? And is there any remaining doubt that we are a Failed State? Good grief, “Happy New Year.” [AP]
- Diligent TSA security heroes arrested a terrorist who was just moments away from boarding an airplane and killing everyone! Just kidding. They arrested some lady in Idaho who had a baggy of meth in her pocket. [McClatchy]
- “Police are on the hunt for at least one thug who ripped off and later dismembered a 7-foot-tall plywood Christmas gingerbread man.” This is why we can’t have nice things. [Boston Herald]
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“It was a lot of exact painting and a pretty steady hand,” said senior Jarek Jesionowski, 17, who spent about six hours a day painting the gingerbread men. “A seven-foot tall gingerbread man — what are you going to do with it?…”
I have some ideas.
Six hours a day to paint a gingerbread man? What, did the guy hold the paint brush in his mouth? Jeez, there's like brown and about five white lines and two dots.
The truck box was only 6 1/2 feet so they had to dismember it to steal it. C'mon have some compassion for stupids.
What I want to know is, since plywood comes in sheets that are 4' x 8' why didn't the gingerbread-man-maker make him a full 8' tall? What's with this wimpy-ass 7' BS? Why waste all that wood?
C'mon Jerek Jesinowski, think BIG.
Two sheets of plywood? Could have made him 16 feet tall. That woulda been one awesome fuckin gingerbread man.
La Primera! (I've never done that before, and I never will again, so don't take away my "p" for trying that dumb thing once.)
damn! Can't even do that right!
What's a little toxic gas? Hamburgers are made from anus and we eat them. These people need to 'man up Harry Reid' and take a deep breath.
Bitch
Thank you
Well played.
The high school dropouts arrested the poor woman because she wouldn't share. Then they felt her up just for fun.
The FEMA trailers may be banned from New Orleans but you can find them all over the south. FEMA auctioned off thousands of them this fall and now they have been turned into hunting/fishing camps, storage sheds, and even instant mobile home parks. Americans just can't resist a good bargin.
Those trailers were intended as dwellings for poor black people. It may not be safe for white middle class conservatives to store their garden tractors there. Someone needs to look into this.
Nobody here really believes that minorities should be forced to live in ANY dwelling that is unsafe. I am simply looking at a horrible situation and attacking it with crude humor.
Now, on three, take a deep breath and hold it.
Oh God, you're not kidding are you?
No, they sold like hotcakes!
I know a place where you can buy one. You can see them from I-12. I think they go for about $1100.
How many will fit in Bristol's new back yard?
All of them.
And is there any remaining doubt that we are a Failed State?
No.
I'll bet that the gingerbread man killer is that bastard Shrek and his pal Donkey.
You know him too? Wow. What a small world.
You need Inspector Huckabee, he always gets his giant gingerbread man.
Boston chain-saw massacre?
You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Maaarrrrrrggggggghhhmmmmpph
Lord Farquaad is on your trail you sweet spicy mf er
Oh yes! Happy fucking New Year indeed! Whom shall we be fauxfended by and boycott today?
Check Kos.
Justin Bieber?
the tsa?
Nitrogen?
The gingerbread killers must not have had adequate truknutz
A classic case of truknutz envy!
Many, many "experts" on terrorism were on the teevee this week reminding us that pesky ol' Al Kaida loves to ruin our holidays. Not much time left, tairsts! GWB says bring it on!
From meth lady article:
Gotta admire the euphemism: "artfully concealed" meaning "wherever a cock can go".
Last spring the terrorist tried the ass bomb. A guy went into a gathering with a Saudi Prince with a bomb shoved up his ass. The problem for him was the detionation was contained by his rectum and body and very little damage was done except to anus bomb boy.
Mmmmmm, anus burger!
Pre-cooked too.
I wonder how terrorist recruiters talk about that kind of embarrassing failure.
I learn so much on this site:
“Over, Under, To and Fro / A preposition is wherever a cock can go".
Yea, a cock can get about just into anywhere. It's like the ferret of the human body.
“Police are on the hunt for at least one thug who ripped off and later dismembered a 7-foot-tall plywood Christmas gingerbread man.”
And the War on Christmas continues apace, even as we approach New Years.
Fight the Oppression!
Just be thankful it wasn't a plastic baby jesus, with a hole in his ass where the light bulb goes.
The war is over. Occupation is hell.
Those damn TSA goons – taking that old broad's rhumatiz medicine…..
"this is why we can't have nice things."
we'll hear that phrase a lot in 2011
I anticipate that phrase will be used by the GOP as a 2012 election talking point.
I think we will hear republicans in Congress saying that nice things are only for people who can afford them. You know stuff like, clean air, clean water, plowed streets, safe air travel etc.
canadians, you mean?
You know stuff like, clean air, clean water, plowed streets…
As a canadian – it would be nice if you capitalized, but no biggy – I'd like to say that here in Hooterville where I live we never get our street plowed, plus the whole global warming thing you Merricans caused makes plowing unnecessary. Unless of course you meant something else by that phrase. Is that what the kids are calling it now?
Davos is great this time of year.
It's one of my favorite phrases (it's funny cuz it's TRRUUUE), so… yay?
the "p" bandit strikes again…
Remember, every time you give a fist, an angel gets his wings.
"artfully concealed"
I swear to god…it's like we're not even trying anymore. How hard could it be to modify a tampon to hold a small amount of meth? C'mon meth users, think!
Meth users are known for their, um, playful impulsiveness.
Long-term planning is not a strong suit.
I was going to give you a thumbs up, but I suddenly remembered I have several small appliances to disassemble. Gotta go!
they need all that fancy equipment to look for meth? all you need to do is look at their teeth… there's even a new ER medical term for it, "chandelier teeth", since there is a very unique tooth decay which affects the gum area.
The fact that she was shaking and speed talking about Led Zeppelin should have also hinted at meth…
I thought speed talking was a harbinger of Angel Dust. PCP. Have you SEEN what that stuff does to kids?
Reminds me of a day in the '70s when, at a stoplight, some guy leaned out of his window and offered us some "rocket fuel". My buddy answered, "no thanks, I already have enough dents in my car". The seller just looked at us, and then offered us some "rocket fuel". That stuff is not real good for taking the SAT, is it?
Good for studying for the SAT, then crashing.
For actually taking the exam, not so much.
Trick is to time the crash for just before the proctor says 'pencils down'.
Love, 1480
in idaho, the potatoes score highest.
Wow, for like a mere $15 billion, 200 million anal probes, and an incalculable loss of national and personal dignity, the TSA finally saved America from that little baggie of meth that did 9/11.
After 8 years of Dubya, and the Tea Party phenomenon, I suspect our national dignity is kind of a moot issue. Unless it can go into negative numbers, in which case we are in for one hell of a ride for the next few years.
"These trailers were meant to be temporary, not a permanent fixture."
You know what else was supposed to be temporary? Tax breaks for billionaires. That's cool though, there's still a few spots under Claiborne for them.
Fedex your drugs, people. And only the non-smelly drugs.
If that photo is, as noted in the alt text, of the new Palin compound in AZ for $170,000, those of us with jobs should consider upgrading the neighborhhod by moving into similar digs there. Maybe she's not as stupid as she looks? Strike that. A sound real estate investment does not a Rhodes scholar make–look at John Mac 5 1/2 years with his 7 residences across the land.
Is this New Orleans blight plan? At $500/day, it won't be long before city officials can seize the property from the owners for non-payment of fines. Then the elderly & poor will have nothing at all, and no place to live. The other plans, including formaldehyde, isn't removing the long time residents fast enough. Cover up the sad, sad state of our nation with another upscale shopping center that the "middle class" (top 2% of wage earners) can afford.
Could be worse, Wonketeers; you could be a TSA Agent, with a moron for a supervisor, idiots for policymakers and unwashed, ill-tempered, smelly, fat assholes in your face eight hours a day while you resist the daily urge to bring a gun to work and…..
Why should I work for the TSA? That job description fits mine already.
When the money boys finish establishing a common worker standard of living for the entire world, all workers will be equivalent TSA Agents.
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