Mobtown Shank

ShankTV: What Is Metallagher?

h/t Joey Grey

This is what it looks and sounds like when you mix the music of Metallica with the comedic stylings of Gallagher.

RadioShank: Celebration Monday

CELEBRATION
[mp3] Open Your Heart

From their ongoing Electric Tarot project.

Plus - a video for the upcoming Shelter.

Would-Be Domestic Terrorist Blows Self Up

Mark Campano, 56, of Cuyohoga Falls, OH is in the hospital after one of his many homemade pipe bombs blew up on him.

Police said no charges have been filed against Mark Campano, 56. Police found 30 completed pipe bombs in his apartment along with components to make more, plus 17 guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
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"He was always trying to get me and another neighbor to listen to anti-government tapes and watch anti-government videos," said [Barbara] Vachon [his next door neighbor at the Center Park Place Apartments]. "I would never watch them. He was some kind of radical, and he didn't believe in the government."

Let's see how hysterical FOX gets over this since Campano is not a muslim or an Arab but just a white guy who hates the government.

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Tonight's Shank Picks: Bar Bacon, Meat Puppets

Friday, November 27
BAR BACON COMEDY
11PM. $7. The Golden West Cafe.
1105 W. 36th St. Hampden.

THE MEAT PUPPETS
BLACK WINE
LANDPSPEEDRECORD
THE ART DEPARTMENT
8PM. The Ottobar.
2549 W. Howard St. Remington.

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Conservatives Already Forgetting 9/11?

Former George W. Bush White House Press Secretary Dana Perrino said on Sean Hannity's show on FOX News:

"We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term."

Um - perhaps she means during Bush's second term?

Or are Republicans already forgetting about September 11, 2001 (that killed 3,000 people) and the subsequent Anthrax attacks (that killed 5).

I suppose pretty soon the Republicans will be claiming on FOX that Katrina didn't happen on Bush's watch.

You'll notice Hannity and the other guest fail to make any attempt to correct Perrino's false claim.

Is it any wonder that FOX viewers are so grossly misinformed?

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Christian Youth Find Traditional Hugs Too Sinful

Okay, if you find a hug so arousing that you have to develop a new method for sharing comfort and affection (the Christian Side Hug), then it's probably time for you to start praying to your god to cure you of the mental and emotional malady that obviously afflicts you.

The following rap about Christian Side Hugs (or CSHs as those cool, in-the-know Xtian kids like to call 'em) sadly doesn't appear to be a parody. It was performed at the  Christian youth training camp... er - Encounter Generation Conference. 

Ordinarily, I'd ridicule the "rap" but here the message is equally as ridiculous as the music. I really hope this is a parody.

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Said What?: Hot Dog

overheard by Benn Ray
drawn by Noah van Sciver

This one was found to be too disturbing for publication. Happy Thanksgiving!

 
Look for a brand new Said What? comic in tomorrow's free B: The Paper. Available around town.
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The New Republican Purity Test

The Republican National Committee is considering instituting a purity test for its members to make sure they're, y'know, REAL Republicans.

And, shocker, in 10 points it uses the word "oppose" 7 times.

   THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Republican National Committee identifies ten (10) key public policy positions for the 2010 election cycle, which the Republican National Committee expects its public officials and candidates to support:

    (1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill;

    (2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;

    (3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;

    (4) We support workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check;

    (5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;

    (6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;

    (7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;

    (8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;

    (9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and

    (10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership; and be further

    RESOLVED, that a candidate who disagrees with three or more of the above stated public policy position of the Republican National Committee, as identified by the voting record, public statements and/or signed questionnaire of the candidate, shall not be eligible for financial support and endorsement by the Republican National Committee.

Are you "Republican" enough?

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New Hate Crime Stats

The FBI just released its 2008 hate crime numbers.

The numbers are up slightly over the previous year. “The 2008 numbers are up slightly — 7,783 incidents and 9,691 victims” were reported last year.

Hate crimes based on sexual orientation increased by nearly 11%.

Hate crimes based on religion increased 9%.

Racially-motivated hate crimes fell less than 1%

The sexual orientation hate crimes break down like this:

57.5% were victims of an offender’s anti-male homosexual bias
27.3% were victims because of an anti-homosexual bias.
11.6% were victims because of an anti-female homosexual bias.
2.0% were victims because of an anti-heterosexual bias.
1.6% were victims because of an anti-bisexual bias.

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Douches In Denver

Just outside of Denver, CO, the auto dealership Wolf Interstate Leasing and Sales put up a billboard not advertising vehicles so much as advertising the business' racist and xenophobic attitudes.

The billboard features a caricature of the President of the United States in a turban and says:
President or Jihad?
Birth Certificate
Prove It!
Wake up America!
Remember Ft. Hood.

Wake up, America, indeed.

Wolf has seen strong opinions about its sign, according to General Manager Wayne Means. But, he explains, "We can have differences of opinion. This is America."

Fair enough. It's my opinion that everyone affiliated with the Wolf dealership, including their suppliers and customers, are racist douchebags. This is America.

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