I haven't heard much about anyone doing Blogroll Amnesty Day this year, but I'll offer up this cartoon free for all to use. Meanwhile, check out these blogs, forthwith and post toastie haste!
Annnnd here's the first mention I've seen of Blogroll Amnesty Day 2012, here at BLCKDGRD, and I'm not surprised as he is one of the most generous linkers in Bleggsylvannia.
From the Blogroll Amnesty Day Archives
Music by Who Be Dat?-- "Mr Policeman's Face" from the 1988 release "Be Careful", featuring the late Nate Solod on Lead Vocals and percussion, Frank Swart on Bass, Jeffrey Clemens on Drums, Percussion, and vocals, and Robert Holmes on guitars. T-shirt by Dominique Zar
Rest in peace, Nate.
Feel free to use the cartoon and video on your own blogs for the Blogroll Amnesty Day festivities.
The attempted walk back by the Komen Korporation from their vilification of Planned Parenthood is rather amusing. They can't keep their story straight, and when the money flow is threatened (and probably pressured from companies that had already signed on for the 2012 Pinkwashing of Products Season), they try weaseling. As long as the same "Conservatives" remain in charge at Komen, they'll bide their time and phase Planned Parenthood out more gradually.
My old buddy Brendan died about 10 years ago. I don't remember exactly when it was, but it was shortly after the Worldcom scandal. Remember Worldcom? Brendan worked for them briefly before the whole shit hit the fan. He died shortly after leaving Worldcom, suffering an epileptic seizure.
Brendan was a banjo picker, but he played stuff like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" instead of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". He drove an old Chevy pick-up (1963?) and painted it with green house paint. Up above is a quick sketch of Freddie's dog Shea in the back of Brendan's truck. I remember one time Freddie and I were visiting Brendan up on Mt. Riga, and he blew out a brake line. His folks were always teasing him about getting rid of the truck anytime something broke, and buying something new, but he just yanked out the worn out part, and put in the new part. If I remember correctly, he had the power steering from a Mercury Montego installed on the truck.
Brendan had quit college after a couple of years, and went to Jamaica to work as a Maintenance Expert at a resort in Runaway Bay. Brendan could fix anything, it's no wonder why he loved his Chevy. I don't remember how long he did that, 2 years? 1 year? He eventually came back and went back to college, graduated. He spent some time working at a hardware store, fixing lawnmowers and other assorted small engines, before the ill fated Worldcom gig.
Mt Riga was quite a time. Massive meteor showers in August of 1991. There was a French family that had driven up the mountain and were camped out in their car down by the dam. Brendan invited them back to the farmhouse. They were visiting family in Montreal, and drove down to Mt Riga because they had read somewhere that Mt Riga would be the best place to view the meteor showers. We set them up with cots and blankets, busted out the wine and beer. The dad was a bit of a George H. W. Bush fan, and after a bit of spirited discussion, he said in his Parisian English "Nothing divides people like politics and religion", and we wisely went back to watching the meteor showers. In the morning, Brendan had phone numbers and addresses for places to stay in Montreal and France, if he ever got out that way.
I'm guessing that Newt masturbates multiple times a day because he feels so passionately for his Cuntry. JerryB nails it with this comment on this post:
If an open marriage was the deal breaker for wife the second then you know it was required of wife the current. Probably part of the pre-nup. Here's a fun game. Guess the mistress. Start watching the Newt-Paloozas to see who's standing in the background. Whichever pretty blond bimbo we see consistently at these events has got to be the one. He'll keep her close because you never know when you'll need a quick one and Newt thinks we're all idiots and would never catch on.
