White House Holds Poetry Jam

You say Poetry Jam I say pure genius.

You say Poetry Jam I say pure genius.

Proving once again his mastery over the elemental forces of life, President Obama held a poetry jam today in the White House, an event that could possibly be the most important thing to ever happen in the history of the world.  Dazzled reporters were left temporarily at a loss for words. The Sun rose in the west.  Sea levels receded and The White Hispanic laid down with the True Hispanic.

Using at its theme the Newtown tragedy first up was Attorney General Eric Holder who read his poem entitled “I Walked the Halls.”

I saw dried blood on the walls

I walked the halls where these unspeakable acts took place

I saw horrific crime scene photos

Yeaaaaaaaaa!

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine

I keep my eyes wide open because who knows when the gun nuts will strike again

I saw the dried blood on the walls

Because I have brains in my hand

I walk the halls

Holder’s poem left people in tears.  After a three minute standing ovation it was Vice President Joe Biden’s turn as he read from his poem called  “Zapruder in Connecticut.”

Riddled!

Riddled!

Not Just Shot.  Riddled!

Skulls blown open!

Brains in my hand

Gruesome dripping blood

Limbs shot off

Skulls exploded

It’s Zapruder in Connecticut

Gunshots bitches

Biden’s poem ended with the audience stunned, moved to silence by his mastery of words.  Obama ally Senator Dianne Feinstein was next with her poem “Doubting NRA.”

Describe the wounds

Describe the bullet holes in these small bodies

Imploding bullets in block of flesh-like substance

NRA?

NRA put your finger in the bullet holes

You have learned to believe

because you have seen the effects of gun violence

Blessed are those who have not seen and abhor gun violence

Top-rated talk show host phenomenon Piers Moran read a portion from his new book, “I know what’s best for America.”

Tell me about it

The dried blood

Tell me all about it

I want to know every detail

The stench of blood

Excites me

Take me back to that day

I want to live it over and over again

Blood, gore

Bullets shooting through flesh

I want to see the pictures

For the children

Noted documentarian Michael Moore read a poem entitled “See!”

Let us see

At close range

Flesh torn off babies

Let us see bullets out of a

Bushmaster and what they do

to little babies bodies

Violence in act

Violence in speech

is wrong

Flesh torn off by a fusillade of bullets

This is why we need abortion

Mothers aborting their children in the womb

will prevent flesh being torn off by bullets

Departing from protocol somewhat, Moore read his entire work while eating a double bacon cheeseburger.  Critics speculated that perhaps the double bacon cheeseburger was a prop that was supposed to represent the flesh of babies being torn apart and that his teeth represented an assault rifle.

The poetry jam ended with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who read a poem called “Howl at the fusillade.”

I saw the best babies of my generation

destroyed by bullets

dragging themselves through the kindergarten streets at dawn

Looking for an angry fix

Semen!

Semen on a blue dress

What does this have to do with gun violence?

I don’t know but I wanted to shoot Bill when I found out about

Semen on a blue dress!

And with that the poetry jam was over.  President Obama thanked everyone who attended and reminded them that “We have work ahead of us.  The Republicans, you know, are obsessed with violence.”

He then invited everyone into the dining room to feast on blood pudding.

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Bombing at Boston Marathon; Was it Actually an Assault Rifle?

Gun violence at its worst

Gun violence at its worst

Shortly after three pm local time two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

In the 24 hours since the tragedy unfolded and with no hard news as to who is responsible, I, as a member of the mainstream media must lay the blame squarely at the feet of the Republican party.  I have on the line New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristoff.  Nicholas, what can you tell me?

Kristoff: The ATF needs a director. Shame on the Republicans for blocking this.  Because the Republicans played politics people are dead today.

MI: Sounds about right to me.

Kristoff:Let me just say that today there are no Democrats and Republicans. We are all Americans.

MI:Really?

Kristoff: Well, except for the Republicans of course.

MI: Thank you Mr. Kristoff.

Let me next speak with a runner, a marathon runner who was actually at the scene of the man-caused disaster.    Hello, are you on the line?

Marathon runner:  Yes I am here.

MI: Can you tell me what happened?

Marathon runner: I was just about to finish and I heard an explosion and smoke.  It was a bomb.

MI:Are you sure it was a bomb?  Could it have possibly been an assault rifle?  Could it have possibly have been more gun violence?

Marathon runner:What?  No.  It was a bomb.  I heard a big boom.

MI: Are you sure it wasn’t a rat-tat-tat of an assault rifle?  It is Patriot’s day in Massachusetts, and tax day.  Are you sure it was a bomb and not the rat-a-tat-tat of an assault rifle manned by a right-wing extremist?

Marathon runner:It was not an assault rifle.  It was a bomb. I know it was a bomb.

MI:So you’re a bomb expert now?

Marathon runner: No I’m just a marathon runner.

MI: So you’re ignorant? Good bye.

My next guest is – tell me who you are?

Marathon runner 2: I’m a marathon runner.

MIAre you sure you’re not a teabagger?

Marathon runner 2: No.  I run marathons.

MI:How many guns do you own?

Marathon runner 2: I don’t own any.

MI: Can you tell me about the fusillade of bullets at the finish line?

Marathon runner 2:What are you talking about?  It was a bomb.

MI:You are useless to me.  Why must you lie?  Goodbye.

And so while the facts are still coming in and a suspect has not as of yet been identified, I am confident that the guilty party was a teabagging marathon runner carrying an assault rifle.

We must ban assault marathon runners!  It’s for the children.

 

 

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Senator McConnell’s Office Bugged; Will McConnell Apologize?

A guilty looking Mitch McConnell

A guilty looking Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has had his office bugged, leading to embarrassing revelations about his campaign against the puffy-faced martyr Ashley Judd.

“This is just like Watergate” said Democratic National Committee chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

The similarities are striking.  In Watergate we had an evil Republican seeking dirt on political opponents.  Now we have an evil Republican seeking dirt on political opponents.  In Watergate Nixon ordered the break in of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.  Now we have a Republican whose office is illegally wiretapped.  Um.  You know what.  Let’s not talk about the wiretapping.  That it irrelevant.  Instead let’s talk about the climate of hate that spewed from McConnell.  That’s the real story. Not the so-called “bugging” of his office.  I mean he’s a Republican. He deserved to be bugged  And I thank god we did so we could find out exactly how hate-filled this man is.

Ashley Judd (Puffy Faced-TN) expressed outrage over the bugging.

I am shocked and outraged that McConnell would say such things about me.  This is yet just another example of the politics of personal destruction practiced by McConnell and his ilk.  How the tape came into being is irrelevant.  It doesn’t matter if his office was bugged.  The important issue here is that he said bad things about me. And that’s not nice. And not being nice is not nice.  Almost as not nice as pink fuzzy socks on a rack.

A Kentucky Democratic operative claimed that a local liberal group was behind the so-called bugging but that it was not a big deal.

They used an iPhone.  And iPhones are cool.  See.  Totally not illegal or creepy like Watergate. Besides technically it wasn’t his office that was bugged.  The iPhones have great microphones.  We were actually standing outside his office taping the conversation.  Again, with an iPhone.  And iPhones are cool.  Just like Steve Jobs.  This was totally not Nixonian.  Besides why are we talking about the so-called bugging?  The important issue at stake is the mean things he said about Ashley Judd.  That’s what we should be talking about.  We should concentrate on achieving social justice for puffy faced people everywhere!

Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse says that the party does not condone secret tapings.

We would never secretly tape someone.  Not like Nixon.  But this was a semi-public taping using an Apple product. So I don’t understand the outrage over the so-called taping.  It’s manufactured outrage.  What we should be talking about is the comments McConnell made.  Now we can see what sort of person he really is.

Indeed there have been calls from around the nation for McConnell to step down from office for allowing himself to be bugged.  A group calling  itself “Justice for Puffy Faced” has asked for his resignation.

“By letting his office be bugged McConnell has proven himself unfit for public office” said their spokesman.

Meanwhile the FBI has become involved in the investigation.  Said a representative from their Louisville office:

We probably should look into it.  Yeah, I suppose it was an illegal bugging.  Then again I  work for the FBI so it’s not like I know anything about the law.  But you know what bugs me?  The things McConnell said on that tape. That is the important issue.  That is what we should be investigating!

As for McConnell, he remains defiant (and hateful.)

“I will not resign or apologize.  I have done nothing wrong.  And Ashley Judd is a puffy faced insane woman.”

Note:  Senator McConnell may not have actually said the last part about Ashley Judd.  But it has a ring of higher truth to it.  I call upon all America to bug the offices of all Republicans.  This must be done to weed out hatred.

It’s for the children.

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Caveman Blames Slow Economic Recovery on Global Warming

The economy would be booming right now if it weren't for the weather.

The economy would be booming right now if it weren’t for the weather.

Local caveman representative Og, of the house of Og has blamed his tribe’s low economic numbers on the continued presence of heavy packs of ice throughout his place of residence.

“Numbers not good.  Og take heat” he told cave reporters.

Og blame extenuating circumstances.  Things better if not for weather.  Look at ice.  Ice advance no matter what we do. Og already reduce flame on his firestick. Still ice advance.  It like no matter what Og do he can’t influence the climate.

Og was referring to a controversial series of measures passed in the caveman council that limited the size of fires in residences and hand held clubs.    Despite being unpopular with the masses Og defends the measure.

“Glaciers caused by global warming.  Science settled.  Smaller fires will stop ice from advancing.”

As part of the measures to reduce global warming cavemen also had to use “low flush” pits to deposit their human waste.  These have also proven ineffective and unpopular as they often backed up.  Og defends the low flush pits as well.

“High flush pits bad.  Cause climate change.  Science settled.”

The controversial anti-climate change bills were passed despite caution from the opposition party that there is no solid evidence of a link between high flush pits, fully lit fire sticks and climate change.  Og derides the opposition as uninformed and backward.

“Opposition neanderthal.  Not Cro-Magnon like me.”

Og also defends the centralized economic policies of his caveman administration as the best way of recovering from a four-year downturn.

We pump money into local  economy.  Borrow money.  Borrow  money from Homo Sapien bankers.  Og no like Homo Sapien bankers.  Og say they make too much money.  Og say they must examine their priorities.  Ask themselves if they’ve already made too much money.  Og occupy Homo Sapien bank.

Despite the so-called “caveman stimulus” the economy continues in a recession.

Meanwhile Og is calling for a public works program to build windmills.

Firesticks no good for energy.  Cause climate change.  Windmill make ice go away.  Og owns windmill.  Build windmill!  It for children.

The opposition to the windmill scheme, however, will not budge and the chances of so-called “wind farms” in the near future are not likely.

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President Obama to Appear on Dancing with the Stars

Republicans think this is goulish.  Teabaggers!

Republicans think this is ghoulish. Teabaggers!

It has been announced that President Barack Obama has agreed to appear on Season 17 of Dancing with the Stars.

“President Obama is excited about the opportunity” said Press Secretary Jay Carney

As a sophisticated intellect he enjoys opportunities like these to get away from the stresses of being America’s chief executive.  Why just the other day at a private White House party when we were watching Justin Timberlake perform the President said to me, “I enjoy this.  It makes me forget that I had to shut down the White House tours because the evil Republicans had forced me to implement the sequester.”

A spokesman for Dancing with the Stars told reporters that “There are two things that Dancing with the Stars prides itself on.”

One of them is our ability to get the top stars, the people that Americans are most fascinated with to perform on our show.  The second thing we pride ourself on is our judges ability to take it up the ass.  But perhaps I shouldn’t talk about that.  We already had evil on the show.  I won’t even mention her name but it was the spawn of that horrible ex-governor of Alaska.  So why not have goodness itself on the show?  So that’s why we are so excited to have President Obama this year.

As to who will be the President’s dancing partner, Lindsay Lohan and Lena Dunham were the two top prospects mentioned.

Sadly we had to go without either.  Lohan kept failing the drug test and Dunham couldn’t pass the physical.

So while President Obama as of yet does not have a dancing partner his first dance number has been revealed.  Entitled “Dancing on the Graves of Murdered Children” it will have President Obama and his as of yet unnamed partner dancing in a graveyard as they try to avoid evil undead zombies.

Having President Obama dance on graves of children will show his compassion.  And the evil undead zombies trying to stop him will represent the Republicans.  It’s all very symbolic and deep you see.  Totally befitting a man of the President’s intellect.

A sketch has been released showing an artist’s representation of the dance number.

This is so cool!  And it's for the children.

This is so cool! And it’s for the children.

As for the musical number, it has been decided that Patty Smyth’s “The Warrior”  will be used.  Special lyrics will be inserted into the song just for the occasion which go:

Shooting  at the Second Amendment

Bang Bang I am the Socialist

Victory is mine

No one is more excited to be appearing on the show than President Obama himself, who believes the opportunity can be used to further his gun control agenda.

Ever since the tragedy at Newtown this administration has used every opportunity available to promote gun control.  And while Americans overwhelmingly support me I have been blocked from implementing my policies by Republicans.  Republicans who like gun violence.  But we all know Republicans are helpless in the face of pop culture.  That’s why I’m going on Dancing with the Stars.  Even if I don’t win I will defeat the Republicans.

Speaker of the House John Boehner has asked for equal time.

I’d like to be on the show. I’m cool.  Not like people say.  I even have a song picked out.  It’s by The DeFranco Family.  But if we can’t get the rights to that maybe the Starland Vocal Band.

Dancing with the stars has declined to invite Boehner.

 

 

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Manhattan Infidel Gets Confused

The Yankees want you to touch yourself

The Yankees want you to touch yourself

I really should update my Rolodex more often. Or at the very least I wish I had read this article  Old phone number for Yankee tickets now belongs to sex hot line before I called the Yankee customer service number that I had listed in my contacts.  I might have avoided lots of trouble.  And shame.  And a visit from the police.  And a priest. And more shame.

My descent into shame (well my most recent descent into shame anyway) started innocently enough.  I had a question about my Yankee ticket package. So I called the aforementioned number.

MI: Hi. This is the world famous blogger known as Manhattan Infidel.  I have a few questions about my package.

Sex Hotline: Oh yes.  You want to talk about your package?  You’ve come to the right place you naughty boy.

MI: Um.  Okay.  Now about my package –

Sex Hotline: I bet you have a huge package.

MI: Well, no actually it’s rather small.

Sex Hotline: You’re being modest you naughty boy.  I bet your package makes the ladies scream.

MI: Um.  Bleacher tickets?  I don’t think so.  Anyway.  My question is how much is Stella?

Sex Hotline: Oh you have very good taste.  Stella is very popular and costs 300 dollars.

MI: What?  What the – Stella only cost twelve dollars last year.  I just want to have two or three Stellas.

Sex Hotline: You want three Stellas?  That’ll cost you 900 dollars.

MI: I can’t afford that.  What about nuts?

Sex Hotline: You want your Stellas to have nuts?

MI: Sometimes during a hot summers’ day at the game I like to feel Stella between my legs as I eat my nuts.

Sex Hotline: You like to eat your own nuts?  You must be very bendy. Do you do yoga?

MI: What?  No.  What’s that got to do with anything?  I just like eating nuts.  They don’t have to be mine.  Sometimes I like to reach over and grab the nuts of the guy sitting next to me and eat his.  As long as I don’t spit anything out they usually don’t mind.

Sex Hotline: Sir I see you have very specific tastes.  I’m afraid that makes you high risk.  If you want Stella, with or without nuts, you’re going to have to take a blood test.

MI: A blood test? Alright forget about Stella.  What about pulled pork?

Sex Hotline: Does that give you pleasure?

MI: Well yeah, sure.  Doesn’t everybody enjoy pulling their meat?

[Someone knocks at Manhattan Infidel’s door.]

MI: Hold on just a sec, someone’s at the front door. Hello?  Who is it?

Father O’Malley: Manhattan Infidel, this is Father O’Malley.  Don’t do it son.  Remain pure!  Avoid self-pollution!

MI: What the hell are you talking about?

Father O’Malley: Manhattan Infidel, I have your mother here. She wants to talk to you.

MI: Mom?

MI’s Mother: Oh son.  Didn’t you bring enough shame to me from all the times I had to clean your bedsheets when you lived at home.  Must you still shame me in my old age by touching yourself?

MI: Mom!  Can we not talk about this?

MI’s Mother: You’re polluting yourself right now aren’t you?  Oh my heart.  My heart.  I must sit down.

Father O’Malley: I’ve got you  ma’am.  Manhattan Infidel do you want to go to hell?

Officer O’Dowd: What’s going on here?

Father O’Malley: Officer this good Christian lady has fainted because her son is pleasuring himself in his apartment!

Officer O’Dowd: Oh he is, is he?  We’ll see about that!

[He kicks down the door]

Officer O’Dowd: Stop pleasuring yourself in the name of the law!

MI: Don’t tase me bro!

[Manhattan Infidel gets tasered.  Again.  This seems to happen every week.]

And there you have it readers.  My descent into shame and pollution. I think I’m building up a tolerance to tasers.

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It’s For the Children!

It's for the children!  And if you disagree you're racist.

It’s for the children! And if you disagree you’re racist.

Being a well-known and respected blogger can mean only one thing:  I’m very lonely.  I report the issues of the day.  You see, I consider this blog a public trust. I have a responsibility to pass onto my readers facts that will make them think.  And so dear readers I now present with limited commercial interruption President Obama’s remarks at Newtown, Connecticut on April 8th, 2013.

Remember, we all must learn to live with our freedoms abridged.  It’s for the children.  And if you disagree with me you’re racist.

Hello Connecticut! [applause].  And fuck you [silence].  Who the hell put that on the teleprompter?  Anyway I want to thank all of you for sharing your stories again and again and again and again.  We can’t get too much of this guilt porn!  It’s for the children!  [applause].

Every family int this state was shaken by the tragedy of that morning.  Every family in this country was shaken by the tragedy of that morning. While technically that is not true it’s for the children! [applause.]

We hugged our kids more tightly. Well, the kids we know we have fathered. And as a society we decided that we must change.  But how?  Republicans say we should teach values.  They say that what happened was the result of evil.  But we know the truth: There is no evil that cannot be overcome by socialism and government regulation! It’s for the children! [applause].

And Newtown, we want you to know that we are here with you.  Until we leave to go back to New York City for another shopping spree.  Then it’s aboard Air Force One to Martha’s Vineyard.  Ever been there?  Love that place.  It’s nicer than this backwater town.  [silence].  I mean, it’s for the children! [applause].

Last week in Martha’s Vineyard, I mean Connecticut your elected leaders responded. The governor and the Connecticut legislature, many of whom who are here today with their armed bodyguards, passed the most restrictive gun laws in our nation.  Well, second to New York.  But they have an Italian governor.  And the Italians are all mobbed up so do what they say.  Seriously, those greasy garlic eaters scare me.  [silence].  I mean, it’s for the children! [applause].

Connecticut is not alone.  New York, Colorado and Maryland have all passed restrictive gun laws.  Oh sure, the economy in those states suck and people are leaving by the thousands every week and one of the few businesses they have – gun makers – have left for other states since those laws passed putting thousands more out of work…….I lost my train of thought. Oh, it’s for the children! [applause].

I’m proud to say that my hometown of Chicago – go Bulls! – also has restrictive gun laws and gun violence is unheard of in that city. [silence].  Seriously. [silence].  This proves that gun laws can bring down crime.  [silence].  It’s for the children! [applause].

Now there is only one thing that can stand in the way of change – that’s the politics in Washington.  How dare those Republicans oppose my will.  Is that how Democracy works?  Where opposition is allowed to oppose the will of one man?  I remind you that I am a constitutional scholar and I say no!

Martha’s Vineyard, I mean Connecticut.  This is not about me. This is about my legacy.  This is not about politics. It’s about me. [confused silence.]

Audience member:  What about the children? [applause].

It’s for the children! [applause].

So let’s do the right thing.  Let’s get this done.  Martha’s Vineyard I thank you. [silence]. Allah bless you.  Allah bless the Soviet Union! [silence]

My name is Barack Obama and I eat dog.  [silence].

I eat dog for the children! [silence].

I eat your children’s dogs [boos].

I think I’ve lost these stupid rubes.  I can’t wait to get to Martha’s Vineyard and go wind surfing with James Taylor.  What?  The microphone is still on?

It’s for the children!   [Tomatoes are thrown up on stage.]

Oh fuck these rubes.  They deserve to have their children shot.

And there you have it.  The president’s speech.  Don’t thank me.  It’s for the children.

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Katy Perry, John Mayer to…..Oh Who Gives a Shit

Katy Perry and John Mayer photographed before they announced something that no one really cares about.

Katy Perry and John Mayer photographed before they announced something that no one really cares about.

It has been revealed today that Hollywood Super couple Katy Perry and John Mayer, known in the tabloids at “Ka-May” are to do something.  A fan website dedicated to the celebrity couple has this latest entry:

Breaking news:  Katy Perry and John Mayer are definitely doing something.  But I’m having dinner right now.  I’ll scan the internet after I’m done eating to see if I can get any further information on whatever it is.  Or I might just go to a movie.  Whatever is happening to to them I’m sure it can wait until morning.

Celebrity gossip site TMZ has also reported that they might have breaking news on Ka-May:

We heard somewhere that Ka-May have been spotted together.  Or separately.  We probably should send reporters to check up on it.  Because that’s what we do here at TMZ.  We give important celebrity news.  But most of us are watching the NCAA final.  We’ll get on it when the game is over.  But in the meantime, here are some pictures of Sherman Hemsley.  He’s still dead.  If he  becomes undead we will update that story.  Probably not until after the game though.

Access Hollywood opened its evening broadcast with a ten minute feature on a cat that was spotted crossing Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

“As soon as we can get the cat’s name  and what it’s possible motivations were we will bring it to you” an emotional Billy Bush told viewers.  But before going into a commercial break Bush said that they would return with a story about Perry and Mayer.  However they never did report on the power couple as Access Hollywood correspondent Kit Hoover had cornered the cat and was going to attempt a live interview.

“As soon as Kit is finished talking to the cat we promise to bring you the latest on Ka-May.  Unless we run out of time that is.”

Over at Entertainment Tonight hosts Nancy O’Dell and Rocsi Diaz teased their fans with a possible update on Perry and Mayer:

O’Dell:  Well there is something going on with Katy Perry and John Mayer.  What is up with this A-list couple?

Diaz: I wouldn’t really call them an A-list couple.  Mayer hasn’t had a hit in years and Perry probably has had the only hit she’ll ever have.  Maybe they’re a C-list couple?

O’Dell: D-list definitely.  Yeah, I wouldn’t even waste our airtime reporting on them.

Diaz: Access Hollywood is interviewing a cat.

O’Dell: Goddammit why do they always get all the good stories?  Well here’s a story for you – I let Pat O’Brien sniff my panties!

Diaz: omg! Insider already did that story.

O’Dell: Will someone please tell me why I stopped drinking?

omg! Insider said that they would report on the Perry and Mayer story, whatever it was, but right now all their correspondents are busy searching Wilshire Boulevard for any other cats that might attempt a crossing.   Host Kevin Frazier told their audience that “We can’t let those bastards at Access Hollywood get the scoop on us!

Meanwhile back at the blog dedicated to the power couple the webmaster in charge has announced that he is shutting the site down.

I started this stupid blog because I thought it would be fun.  But then I realized I really couldn’t give a shit about either of them.  It’s one of my life choices I regret, right up there with my decision to spend ten years stalking Angela Cartwright.

Breaking news:  Entertainment Tonight is reporting that omg! Insider has verified that the cat who crossed Wilshire Boulevard has scratched Access Hollywood correspondent Kit Hoover.

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My Exclusive Interview with Charles the Bald

 

It's a hair replacement system!

It’s a hair replacement system!

Here at the worldwide headquarters of Manhattan Infidel we are not just a place to find great Asian porn.  No, we are a news site as well.   Though we realize the great Asian porn is why most people stop by.  But we also like to provide our readers with information.  Because information is the worldwide currency of the mind.  Though, again, we realize that great Asian porn can help the mind relax.  And when a mind is relaxed it can search the internet for the more worldwide currency.  Though in many countries great Asian porn is also considered the currency of the mind.  Like the other day when I was searching for worldwide currency of the mind in a public library and the police intervened because children might have seen what I was viewing and I had to inform them that great Asian porn is considered – well to make a long story short the police weren’t interested in my explanation and I spent the weekend in lockup.

But I digress.  Today I am pleased to have as a subject of my interview the great historical figure Charles the Bald.

MI: Good afternoon Sir Charles the Bald.

CB: That’s King Charles the Bald to you, commoner.

MI: Right, about that.  This is America.  We don’t believe in royalty  Unless it’s President Obama’s family.  So let’s talk about your reign.  The Treaty of Verdun in 843 A.D. made you undisputed ruler of the Kingdom of the West Franks.

CB: Yes.  I was a benevolent ruler.  I truly loved my subjects and was loved by them in turn.

MI: Really?  That’s not what I heard.  I heard that you were so unpopular that disaffected nobles invited Louis the German to oust you and you had to flee to Burgundy.

CB: Next question.

MI: Okay.  So that’s how it’s going to be?  Very well, my next question –

CB: What are you looking at?

MI: Your hair.

CB: Don’t look at my hair.

MI: I can’t help it.  You have sort of a T.J. Hooker thing going on.

CB: Next question please.

MI: Why were you called “Charles the Bald”?

CB:  It’s, it’s ironic.  I’m actually quite hairy.  So they called me Charles the Bald.  You know how wacky nobles can be.

MI: I don’t know.  You don’t look that hairy to me.  Are you sure you’re not bald?

CB: I’m telling you, I’m quite hairy.

MI: What’s that?

CB: What?

MI:  It looks like glue dripping down your forehead.

CB: Dammit they said this wouldn’t happen.

MI: Is that toupee glue?

CB: No!  I have a skin condition and I have to put drops in my long, flowing, luxuriant, totally natural hair.

MI: I’m going to have to take a closer look.  Do you mind if I touch your hair?

CB: No!  No!  Don’t touch it. Don’t mess it up!

[Manhattan Infidel rips off Charles the Bald’s hairpiece.]

MI: I knew it.  It’s a wig. 

CB: Give it back!  If my subjects knew they would overthrow me.

MI: You have tape on the top of your  head.  Tape!  Is that supposed to hold the wig on?  It’s rather undignified.  I won’t even mention the glue.

CB: Give it back!  Give me back my hair replacement system!

[Charles the Bald grabs his wig from Manhattan Infidel and places it on his head. It hangs off at an angle, exposing much of the back of his head.]

MI: It’s not on right.  It’s hanging off –

CB: Shut up!  Just shut up!

[An eagle flies down and grabs his toupee with its talons and flies off with the wig.]

MI:  That’s something you don’t see every day.

CB:  No!  Come back!  Come back with my hair replacement system!

[Charles the Bald runs off after the eagle.]

MI: Okay then.  I guess the interview is over.  Bye.

And so ended my interview with the historical figure Charles the Bald.  And readers, if you happen to see an eagle carrying a toupee in its talons please contact Charles the Bald.  I understand he paid top dollar for it.  Though he should really have bought two so he had a backup for situations like this.

And now it’s back to my Asian porn search.  It relaxes my mind.

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Basketball Coach Fired for Being an Asshole

Firing assholes can lead to a slippery slope.

Firing assholes can lead to a slippery slope.

Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice was fired after a video hit the internet showing him bullying his players.

Said the athletic director for Rutgers:

Naturally I’m as shocked as anybody to discover that the basketball coach I hired is an asshole.  In all the years that I’ve been involved in college sports I have never, ever encountered a coach who yelled or bullied his players. Never!  This is unheard of!  Until now all the coaches I’ve ever met have been gentle and humble, good with children and they called their mothers every week.  So the moment I found out that Mike Rice was an asshole well I had to take action.  I apologize to all the players on the team whose feelings may have been hurt.  I apologize to Rutgers students who aren’t on the team whose feelings may have been hurt.  I apologize to anyone not attending Rutgers who may have seen the video and whose feelings were hurt. And most of all I’d like to apologize to my mother for not calling her more often.

The college basketball coaching fraternity reacted swiftly to the firing of Rice. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski told reporters that “It was a sad day for the coaching fraternity.”

In all my years of coaching I have never yelled or swore at a player. Absolutely never!  That kind of behavior is just not acceptable.  Sure we all want to win but yelling at my athletes is not the way to do it.  So let me reiterate.  I have never raised my voice to a student. And I call my mother every week.  In fact I’m going to call her now.  What?  What the hell do you mean she’s on the phone with Jim Calhoun?

Syracuse Orange head coach Jim Boeheim personally reached out to the unfortunate Rutgers athletes who were victimized by the bullying.

I called each and every one of them and told them not to get discouraged.  All of America admires their bravery in the face of such outlandish bullying.  And I told them that if there was ever anything they needed to give me a call.  I would recruit them myself but unfortunately they all suck.  No wonder Rice yelled at them.  Did I just say that?  I mean I’m going to call my mother now.  What? What the hell do you mean she’s on the phone with Jim Calhoun?

Still others are worried that firing Rice for being an asshole sends the wrong message.

A spokeswomen for MAAD (Mothers Against Assholes who aren’t Democrats) said that while Rice was an asshole he shouldn’t have been fired.

“There are other, bigger assholes out there who need to be fired.”

When pressed for examples she cited drill sergeants

An asshole drill sergeant yelling.

An asshole drill sergeant yelling.

headmasters

An asshole head master bullying young men

An asshole head master bullying young men

and bloggers.

A blogger, perhaps Manhattan Infidel not yelling but being an asshole

A blogger, perhaps Manhattan Infidel not yelling but being an asshole

Under pressure to act, Congress has passed a bill authorizing the confiscation of so-called “Automatic assault assholes.”

“It’s important that we not have assholes roaming the streets” said Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).  “Unless of course they call their mothers regularly.  And vote for us.”

In a related note, former University of Connecticut basketball coach and asshole Jim Calhoun has said that he is going to personally call everyone’s mother.

“I just hope that by doing this I won’t have to spend as much time in purgatory.’

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