HE’S THE PRESIDENT, IT’S HIS JOB!!!! “A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two weeks after the August 2005 hurricane.” Why hasn’t Barack Obama appeared in front [...]
Archive for the ‘Stuff’ Category
Things to Do While Waiting For Everyone’s Favorite Long-Haired Hippie To Rise From The Grave, Like A Badass
Posted in Art, Media, Movies, Stuff, tagged culture, get off the couch, the arts, things to do in NYC on 04/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been remiss in our artistic endeavors and recommendations here at CTJ – mostly due to the inevitable boredom and withdrawal that accompanies winter, coupled with pesky little things like work and writing and just, stuff. (We have lives, okay?!?) But considering the lovely 70 degree weather that’s creeping up on us this HOLIEST of [...]
Young White Babies To Be Outnumbered By Young ‘Other’ Babies In America, Sometime Soon!
Posted in Science, Sexytime, Stuff, The End of the World, tagged get er done, Mexicans!, oh noes!, USA!, white people on 03/10/2010 | 1 Comment »
SHIT IS ON: From the AP: “Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years. In fact, demographers say this year could be the “tipping point” when the number of babies born to [...]
Posted in Stuff, Traveling to the Foreigns, World News, tagged Blackwater, defrauding the government can be fun, just don't get caught, today in scandal, whistleblowers on 02/11/2010 | Leave a Comment »
HERE’S YOUR LEDE, COURTESY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES: “Two former employees of Blackwater Worldwide have accused the private security company of defrauding the government for years by filing bogus receipts, double billing for the same services and charging government agencies for strippers and prostitutes, according to court documents unsealed this week. In a December [...]
Ummm, Happy New Year!
Posted in Formalities, Stuff, tagged blogger updates, important things on 01/06/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Your second favorite CTJ editor, editor B C, has been ill since 2009, with some form of consumption cold & flu. Your favorite editor, editor A G, was busy Florence Nightingale-ing him back to good health. And now here we are. We will never leave you again. (That is a lie.)
Oh Gosh Dang It! Karl Rove Has Gotten Divorced (From An Actual Person, Who At Some Point Decided To Marry Karl Rove)
Posted in Stuff, Wingnuts, tagged family values, important things, Karl Rove, sadnesses on 12/29/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes it’s true. Famous American slob Karl Rove and, uh, Karl Rove’s ex-wife, have split after 24 years of marriage. Former White House Spokesperson and apparently current Rove family spokesperson Dana Perino (umm…what?) released this statement: Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week. The couple came to the decision mutually [...]
Things To Do In NYC: Fall Edition
Posted in Art, Stuff, tagged things to do in NYC on 09/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, these should carry us through the end of the year… – Gabriele Munter and Vasily Kandinsky, 1902-14: A Life in Photographs (through Jan 13, 2010) and Expressionist Painting before WWI (ongoing) at the Guggenheim – Vermeer (through Nov 29th) at the Met – Georgia O’Keefe (through Jan 17, 2010) at the Whitney – Tauba [...]
Technical Difficulties
Posted in Blogs, Nothing, Stuff, tagged psa's on 09/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
YESTERDAY OUR BLOG HAD A SAD AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO POST, BUT WE ARE BACK TODAY (!) THOUGH THERE IS NOTHING TO POST, SO: …That Kanye West, right? So mean to Taylor Dayne at the Daytime Emmy’s on Sunday. What a rascal he is… [We've Got Nothin]
Posted in Stuff, tagged dirty money, drugs, research, Science on 08/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
DIRTY MONEY: New research presented this weekend reinforced findings that 90 percent of paper money circulating in the United States contains traces of cocaine. Don’t worry though, the amount isn’t high enough to cause health risks; just high enough to implicate us in the drug trade. [CNN]
Communism Defeated by TP
Posted in Stuff, tagged communism, Cuba, Economy, hurricanes, poverty, toilet paper on 08/10/2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh noes! It appears Cuba is on the verge of a toilet-paper crisis. Those poor, pink Cubano tushes! The state-run company that manufacturers the country’s supply has warned that the economic crisis, combined with a series of devastating hurricanes has left it unable to guarantee it will be able to produce or import sufficient supplies [...]
More Idiocy, Shame, And Fail For Bonner & Associates
Posted in Lawmaking, Stuff, tagged Bonner & Associates, forgeries, jackassery cont'd, lobbyists, politics on 08/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, we reported on the letters lobbying firm Bonner and Associates fraudulently wrote on behalf of minority groups, urging their representatives to vote against a climate-change bill. This week, six more letters have been discovered, bringing the total to 12 forged letters. The boneheads (get it?) over there are still claiming it was one [...]
U.S. Troops Destroy Ancient World Wonder
Posted in Art, Stuff, Traveling to the Foreigns, tagged american carelessness and disrespect for foreigners, Art, bad ideas, Military, why the rest of the world hates america on 07/31/2009 | 1 Comment »
According to a new report by the United Nations, the U.S. military did major damage to the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Were they looking for WMDs? Bin Ladin’s training camp? Was Sadam hiding by the rosebushes? Did they feel the gardens threatened [...]
Who You Calling A Man-Hater?
Posted in Education, Ladies, Stuff, tagged cultural beliefs, Education, sexism, women on 07/31/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly finds that feminists are “man-haters” after all (duh!), but rather, that it is anti-feminists who harbor more negative feelings towards men. According to the researchers from the University of Houston, “our work finds that, indeed, non-feminists believe in traditional gender roles such as men being breadwinners and [...]
Dr. Bottom Introduces: Aspray, The Spray For All Your Assy-Smelling Needs
Posted in Inventions, Media, Stuff, Weirdnesses, tagged Aspray, bad advertising, dumb things, Marketing, Media, silly products, unfortunate doctor names on 07/27/2009 | 2 Comments »
Maybe it’s the schizophrenic rain storms, or the steamy, sticky July experience so singular to NYC, but I think everyone should follow Doc Bottom’s suggestions, and pick up a can of Aspray, the all-over body spray that can be used to eliminate the beastly odors emanating from your stinky butt cracks and your sweaty balls. [...]
Sunshine Wednesdays
Posted in Lawmaking, Stuff, Traveling to the Foreigns, tagged gay marriage, outlawing mutilation on 07/08/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe we’re still in vacation mode, mellowed out by the Jazz Festival and the wheat-y Molson’s beer which was wheat-y … or maybe we’re just bored with Michael Jackson’s state funeral, Sarah Palin’s needy, attention-seeking antics, the never-ending war(s), the effete G-8 Summit, the flailing (failing?) economy, the always-out-of-reach health care solution, or Google’s attempts [...]
More Headlines: Prison Rape and Terror Suspects With Guns (Just To Lighten The Mood)
Posted in Prisons, Stuff, Terrorisms, The End of the World on 06/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
• An audit by the Government Accountability Office released yesterday reports that people named on the government’s terrorism watch list have successfully purchased firearms hundreds of times since 2004; in one case, a known or suspected terrorist was able to obtain an explosives license!!! So, to recap, we mistakenly imprison and torture people in places [...]
Today’s Headlines: South Carolina Governor Lost In The Woods And Has Apparently Never Seen Deliverance
Posted in Military, Politicking, Science, Stuff, War, Weirdnesses, tagged brain trauma, drug cartels, Mark Sanford on 06/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
• Being a 14 year-old hired killer for your local Mexican drug cartel is a pretty cool way to make a living because you get to make some money, score hot chicks, and kill people. Oh and the tattoos you get in jail? Delish… [NY Times] • An untrained idiot (like me, for instance) would [...]
The U.S. Economy Is In The Shitter (Ta-da!)
Posted in Stuff, The End of the World, tagged broke ass nation, Economy, unemployment, you will die very soon on 06/22/2009 | Leave a Comment »
–>The nation’s unemployment rate is projected to rise for another year, before topping out in double digits, thereby threatening to slow economic growth and increase poverty. So, all those reports and rumors of the recession ending? LIES! All lies, my pretties! Mwaaaahhahahaha. [Wash Po] –>A quarter of U.S. employers have eliminated matching contributions to employee [...]
So, About That Whole Slavery Thing… Yeah…
Posted in Stuff, tagged dumb resolutions, slavery, U.S. Senate on 06/18/2009 | 1 Comment »
Sorry ’bout that. Don’t be looking our way for any reparations, though. Goddamn people always looking for handouts. It wasn’t us! That’s more or less what the Senate resolution “apologizing” for slavery said today. Feel better yet, blacks? Who cares! The Senate feels better about itself at least, and that’s what really counts. [CNN]
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Posted in Stuff, tagged guess who's been reading the New York Times?? on 06/04/2009 | Leave a Comment »
–> As countries attempt to spend their way out of recession – often by increasing their debt – they’re also driving up interest rates worldwide. Which basically means hundreds of billions of dollars more in government spending for the United States, Britain, and those of their ilk … which means even more debt, and even [...]
