Witch Hunt: January 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

What The F@#K???

I go to hell for eating pork rinds, but Abdul gets a pass for sodomy? That's BULLSH@T!!!!!!!!

My Favorite Show, REDEYE

WEDNESDAY'S GREGALOGUE: THE NEW AGE PARENT Because the State of the Union aired last night, I feel compelled to talk about it, if only because I noticed an odd evolution in our leader's voice. He's transformed himself from a Commander in Chief, to a fretful parent trying to get you to finish those remaining peas on the plate. As his voice strained higher - it reminded me of my favorite episode of the Brady Bunch, when Greg urged his family members to put on a show, to help pay for a gift for dad and mom's anniversary. I kept thinking Obama was gunna suggest we break up into small groups, and come up with collages that best express our drive to do better. Now, this "come on, everyone! Let's put on a play!" may work well in a tree house, where you can fashion old blankets into stage curtains...but in front of the country - it's weird. Maybe because I think he was trying to convince himself, not just us - that America was great. Or perhaps he felt he had to prove to us that he really felt that way, even if he didn't. Or maybe even he was simply exhausted - after years of banging on America's faults - and now it was time to come home and sleep in his own bed. In the end, the speech wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It was a fiery "Eh." I think he should have kept it fast and simple, like "America rules, now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go to work. And Black Swan was overrated." To me, confidence isn't built by sixty minutes of earnestness, but by relaxed optimism - made acceptable by an innate trust that you know what's really important in troubled times. I'm not sure it's solar shingles.

New Glyphs found in Nazca

Japanese team finds 2 new geoglyphs on Peru's Nazca Plateau Wednesday 19th January, 03:57 AM JST YAMAGATA — A Japanese research team said Tuesday it has discovered two new geoglyphs on Peru’s Nazca Plateau, which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its gigantic lines and geoglyphs. The team, led by Masato Sakai, professor in state-run Yamagata University’s Faculty of Literature and Social Sciences, said the newly discovered geoglyphs appear to represent a human head and an animal. In 2006, the same team announced the discovery of about 100 new geoglyphs on the Nazca Plateau, many in the form of straight and triangular lines. Faculty chief Yoichi Watanabe told reporters that the new geoglyphs were found about 10 kilometers from northern Nazca where gigantic geoglyphs of animals, fish and insects are located. A temple is located near the site of the new discoveries. ‘‘It is unusual to find geoglyphs of living things in this part of the plateau,’’ Watanabe said. He said the geoglyph of what appears to be a human head measures around 4.2 meters long and 3.1 meters wide and that the researchers confirmed parts that look like two eyes, a mouth and the right ear. An analysis of earthenware discovered near the site indicates that the geoglyph of the human head was created in the early Nazca civilization period or earlier. The Nazca civilization flourished between around 200 B.C. and A.D. 600. The other geoglyph of what appears to be an animal measures about 2.7 meters long and 6.9 meters wide. It is not known when it was created. The Japanese team began studies at the site on the Nazca Plateau in August 2010 with the permission of Peru’s Culture Ministry. The two new geoglyphs were probably not identified in aerial surveys because of their small size, Watanabe said. He also said the team has filed a report on the new discoveries with Peru’s Culture Ministry and that it would look into the relations between the newly found geoglyphs and the nearby temple. Nazca is located on the southern coast of Peru, about 400 km south of the capital Lima. The lines and geoglyphs of Nazca and the Pampas of Jumana were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 1994. The lines, which were etched between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500, are among archaeology’s greatest mysteries because of their number, form and size. The lines and geoglyphs cover about 450 square km