Saturday, July 27, 2002 :::
I went and saw Austin Powers 3 yesterday. I imagine if you liked the first two, you'll be pleased by the third. Mike Meyers has an undeniable comic charm, and there are enough surprises to keep you entertertained. On Dvdjournal, there's a quote by Goldmember co-star Seth Green: "Strip away the fart jokes and you've got a character study."
It'll probably make a boatload of cash, too.
By the way, a special thanks to the individual that managed to find this website by typing "American Gladiator girls nude" into Google. You are a real American hero.
::: posted by Andrewski at 12:16 PM
Thursday, July 25, 2002 :::
Good news for fat people who are willing to say that they are completely without self restraint: you can sue fast food companies for making you obese and unhealthy. Undoubtedly, the multi-billion dollar tobacco lawsuits paved the way for a bright and sunny future where nobody takes responsibilities for their own actions. It's funny- we live in a mostly-free capitalist society where people are able to make a million personal choices every day about their health, family, church, shopping, driving, or whatever, and STILL you'll find people who are willing to claim that they were somehow forced into eating a bunch of junk food and gaining weight.
Shocker: Fast food is not health food. If you don't want to eat it, you don't have to. Nobody's forcing you, and you're not owed money just because you chose to get yourself nice and fat.
Cigarettes, however, are not exactly the same thing. Nicotine has been proven to be extremely addictive, and there's little doubt that the extraordinary lung cancer and emphysema rates in this country are due to cigarette smoking. But there's a world of difference between, as they say in the film The Insider, a "nicotine delivery system" and a cheeseburger.
The really sad thing is, you know you're in a world of shit when the headlines start resembling The Onion.
::: posted by Andrewski at 5:28 PM
Tuesday, July 23, 2002 :::
Bullshit. Never mind that marijuana kills a grand total of zero people per year, that many studies prove it is effective medication for those who need it. The Supreme Court recently decided that none of this matters, because marijuana is still considered a Schedule I drug (illegal, with no acceptable medical use, despite what the studies suggest). There are always the closed-minded idiots who regard drug law as gospel, but the truth is that current drug enforcement is wasting billions of dollars in keeping marijuana away from cancer patients and AIDS patients.
The question is, is the DEA really willing to step into San Francisco and put an end to what a majority of Californians considered to be an acceptable solution? All too willing, really- they already did it in February. And the Berkeley city council had their typical knee-jerk reaction, which is what they do best.
Anyways, the Supreme Court says "no", but that's not holding San Francisco back from planning for the future.
But don't take my word for it! This website is well balanced in terms of sorting out the truth about whether or not medical marijuana is an effective medicine.
::: posted by Andrewski at 4:02 PM
Monday, July 22, 2002 :::
From the Please Shut The Hell Up department: Hyperbolic goodniks PETA are at it again, this time going so far as to create a rift in the time-space continuum with the sheer idiocy of their latest collective whinings. Splintered from their usual allies, PETA has begun to rally against the use of lab rats in experiments.
Please. PETA, If you want your cause to be taken seriously, you fools are going to need to pick your battles a little more wisely. The use of lab rats is essential for scientific and medical progress, anyone can tell you that. Without the experiments of James Olds on lab rats in the 1950s we would have no concept of the effects of addiction on the brain, for one. I'm all for animal rights, but be realistic and stop trying to impede scientific progress just because the cute widdle animals are kept in cages. I side with the "greenies" on this one.
Excellent statement from a senior physician and scientist from Natural Resources Defense Council: "We're greatly concerned that PETA is working directly against environmental and human health goals in their campaign," said Solomon. "Basically, the only alternatives to this (animal) testing program are ignorance of toxic chemicals or the de facto testing of those chemicals in the real world environment.
::: posted by Andrewski at 9:11 PM
If anything can save the dying arcade scene, it's Dance Dance Revolution. Yes, the horribly geeky arcade contraption that allows for anyone, even whites and asians, to dance dance the night away. I myself used to be a DDR freak, until I realized that public performances ride a very fine line between amazing audiences with your "skillz" and having to call over an attendant because they've burst a kidney laughing so hard at you.
The article mentions an obscure Japanese version of the game, which was not imported to America for an understandable reason. While players dance, this version flashed on its screen images of booze, pills and a miniskirt- wearing nurse riding a giant syringe. Hot!
::: posted by Andrewski at 8:58 PM
Arguement for gun control: a VA man opens fire on a civilian helicopter thinking they were terrorists. With an assault rifle. Why does this nut have an assault rifle?
Say the man's last name, Chwaszczewski, five times fast for an honerable Perch mention. Hell, I don't think I can even say it once.
::: posted by Andrewski at 12:20 AM
