Jawbox Reunited

December 9th, 2009

This Tonight, December 8th, Jawbox will make their one and only live appearance, on NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. This will be your only chance to see Robbins and company back in action to commemorate the reissue. There won’t be any big, nostalgic reunion tour with accompanying live album/DVD, this is it. Miss it and you’re out of luck. Well, maybe some enterprising soul with throw it up on YouTube or something, that’s a good thing.

JawBox, a punk underground band, emerges in Washington in the year 1994. Led by Government Issue alumnus J. Robbins, Jawbox was post-hardcore before the term was invented; making modernistic use of dischord (which also happened to be the name of their first label) and angularity, they didn’t have much in common with the flannel-flying legions of the era, but their guitars were loud enough to let them sneak into the party. Unfortunately, they broke up shortly after their ‘96 follow-up, but it turns out that the new reissue of the band’s seminal ‘94 release, For Your Own Special Sweetheart, has eventuated the briefest of reunions.
The band seemed like it would’ve been happy to stick around for a couple more numbers, but the session wrapped promptly. There’s no telling whether Jawbox will change its collective mind and prolong its reunion. Either way, I’ll be tuning in tonight.

Conservapedia celebrates its 3rd year

December 9th, 2009

Conservapedia, launched on November 21, 2006. The Conservative Bible Project aims to rewrite parts of the Bible to suit conservative needs. According to an Associated Press story reported December 4 there is good news in right wing Bible land.

Andy Schlafly, son of longtime right wing matriarch Phyllis, is the founder of Conservapedia.com, the Conservative Bible Project’s online home.  The project’s authors argue that contemporary scholars have turned the words of Jesus into little more than a well meaning social worker uttering platitudes

According to the Conservative Bible Project there is maneuvering room for translation in the wake of long quoted New Testament passages such as that of the Gospel of Luke of Jesus Christ showing boundless mercy for his killers:  “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
Experts who have devoted their lives to the unraveling of the Scriptures are skeptical of the current efforts of Schlafly and his amateur rightist Bible sleuths.

Schlafly and his crew have a long and arduous climb ahead of them.  After all, consider the frequently recited biblical parable of “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Beast of Kandahar

December 9th, 2009

The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy.

Aviation experts dubbed the drone the “Beast of Kandahar” after photographs emerged earlier this year showing the mysterious aircraft in southern Afghanistan in 2007. The image suggested a drone with a radar-evading stealth-like design, resembling a smaller version of a B-2 bomber.
The air force said the aircraft came out of Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works,” also known as Advanced Development Programs, in California – the home of sophisticated and often secret defense projects including the U-2 spy plane, the F-22 fighter jet and the F-117 Nighthawk.

Robots or “unmanned systems” in the air and on the ground are now deployed by the thousands in Iraq and Afghanistan, spying from the sky for hours on end, searching for booby-traps and firing lethal missiles without putting US soldiers at risk.

Season 8’s Biggest Loser Winner

December 9th, 2009

It was seven months of competition for the 16 contestants battling for the ultimate title. Rudy and Danny were guaranteed finalist. The decision on whom to be eliminated between  Amanda and Liz depends on public vote. Fortunately for Amanda, she got the final spot.

Before moving on to the finalists weighing in, it was time for some surprises.  Shay didn’t win the second prize, but she was invited to the season 9 finale.  For every pound she loses, Subway will pay her $1,000. Then, Antoine, who started dating Alexandra when they were eliminated from the show, popped the question.

The happy-go-lucky Danny, who was a rock of support to Liz and other contestants this season, won the Biggest Loser Season 8. He was virtually unrecognizable in his new, trim body. He handily edged out his next closest competitor, Rudy, who started at 442 pounds and ended up losing 234 pounds, or 52.94% of his body weight.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night wasn’t really a surprise at all: Antoine got down on one knee and proposed to Alexandra, who managed to capture his heart despite being on the ranch just all of one week.

Tiger Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren moves out

December 8th, 2009

It was all over the news that Tiger Wood’ wife, Elin Nordegren moved out of the couples mansion home in Orlando, Florida today. It was somehow because of the rumors about Tiger Woods’ mistresses.

Tiger Woods was involved in a car crash on November 27, 2009. Since then his life has been a public spectacle as mistress after mistress continues to be revealed. The current count is at ten, and mistress number 7 is reported porn star actress, Holly Samspon.

Since Woods’ car accident, numerous women have been linked to the golfer that somehow affected his relationship with his wife, Elin Nordegren.

Looks like Tiger Woods’ popularity is dropping faster than his trousers! And no one is more disappointed than the athlete’s shamed wife.