Awesome First Song From Dylan's New Album

This is surprisingly kickass:

 

That is a really, really nice opening. Forty seconds of breathing - then Boom, and we're off. Very good stuff.

Mitt Romney and the Murdered American Ambassador

Smirking son of a bitch.

This is not just a bad presidential candidate. This is a thoroughly broken human being.

WaPo:

J.CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, was a skilled and courageous diplomat who repeatedly placed himself at risk in order to support the cause of a democratic Libya. His death, along with those of three other Americans, during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday is a tragedy that should prompt bipartisan support for renewed U.S. aid to Libyans who are struggling to stabilize the country. That it instead provoked a series of crude political attacks on President Obama by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is a discredit to his campaign.

That's putting it very mildly.

And Republicans - you have deeply serious problems to attend to. This is from the head of the RNC, Reince Priebus:

This is not the kind of thing you ignore, and "hold your nose" and vote for. This is something so wrong you speak up about it.

Just disgraceful.

Pussy Riot Continues to Kick Putin's Ass

Vlad the IMPALED.

 

There hasn't been a Russian with a dick as tiny as Putin's since the 1972 Olympics gymnastics competitions...

Sexual Assault Victim Humiliated By Judge [updated]

Judge Jacqueline Hatch

I hope Tea Partiers understand that this is a limb of their Frankenstein's monster: this judge was appointed to her seat by one of the Tea Party's most throughly dishonest leaders, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.

The Petition:

Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Robb Gary Evans was found guilty of sexual abuse on July 2, 2012 by a jury of his peers. The highway patrolman put his hand up the skirt of a bar patron and fondled her genitals after drinking 8 beers and driving to the bars. Upon sentencing Mr. Evans received no jail time and was not even required to register as a sex offender. He walked out of the courtroom with 2 years probation. Upon sentencing Judge Jacqueline Hatch of the Coconino County Superior Court stated to the victim, "If you wouldn’t have been there that night, none of this would have happened." She advised the victim to be more vigilant, “ You learned a lesson about friendship and a lesson about vulnerability.” This injustice cannot be tolerated, and without collective action of the people, these incidents will only continue.

Update: The judge has issued an apology:

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A judge who told a woman groped by a state police officer at a Flagstaff bar that she wouldn't have been violated had she not been at the establishment issued an apology Friday for any anguish she caused the victim.

Judge Jacqueline Hatch of Coconino County Superior Court said the comments she made Wednesday during a sentencing hearing were poorly communicated and she failed to uphold her responsibility to ensure that defendants and victims are treated fairly and with respect in the courtroom.

"It was never my intention to make a situation worse for any victim," she said in a statement. 

Here again is what she said to the victim - in the courtroom,  in front of her assailant:

If you wouldn't have been there that night, none of this would have happened to you.

Impossible to not see intention to hurt someone already terribly hurt.

As the second link smartly says, and ignoring how it must have personally felt to that victim:

"For Hatch to use the occasion to give the victim a lecture on risk avoidance, however well-intentioned, marginalizes the courage it took for the victim of a stigmatized crime like sex abuse to come forward," the newspaper wrote.

Please sign the petition.

Deep Sea Angler Fish Described Via Dead Specimen in 1899 Filmed For First Time

Found here.

More here:

This fish is extremely rare and has never been captured on film before. The Chaunacaops coloratus anglerfish was described in 1899 from a dead specimen, but has never even been filmed alive until now.

The deep-sea fish was filmed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) 7,500-11,000 feet below the surface of the ocean off the coast of northern California. MBARI captured the 8-inch-long anglerfish and learned much about its behavior and habits, the institute said in a press release.

I'm taking scuba diving lessons for the first time in a couple weeks... I have an underwater video camera already... dot dot dot, man!.

Fresh Hot Joke

Q: Why don't doors have cars?

A: Oh, heck. I just wrote the first thing that came to my mind and walked right into a lame "jam/jamb" joke.

Okay, so not a joke. Don't go unhinged. Don't go off the rails. Don't get silly. YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE WEATHER STRIPPING!

Okay, I'll stop...

Knock Knock Jokes: Foreign Countries Edition, With Sheep

SCOTLAND

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Fiona.

Fiona who?

Fiona of the Ford truck with three sheep in the front seat, your headlights are on. Fiona of the Ford truck…

ENGLAND
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Angus.
Angus who?
Angus for a sheep or a lamb—I never understood that saying! I don’t want anyone to hang me at all! Especially not for a sheep! Or a lamb! A pig, well, maybe a pig. Or a sheep that looks like a pig.

ENGLAND
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Aldous.
Aldous who?
Aldous put on a little aftershave and we’ll go see about that pig, what!

IRELAND

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Seamus.

Seamus who?

Seamus one time and it’s fool on...no, hold on...Seamus two times and you fool...no...okay my name’s not Seamus. 

WALES

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Llwllvqtrwlll.

Llwllvqtrwlll who?

Llwllvqtrwlll the bathtub, I’m dwowning!

FRANCE

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Pierre.

Pierre who?

Pierre, pee there, no problem—Llwllvqtrwlll is here! 

NORWAY

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Olaf.

Olaf who?

Olaf if you must, but I’m telling you, there are five guys outside with giant horns on their heads and their faces all stinky with fish—I am not answering that door!

MEXICO

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Jesus.

Jesus like in jee-zuz, or like in hay-soos?

Dude, it says I’m from Mexico. 

Oh, yeah, sorry. Uh, Jesus who?

Jesus, don’t be afraid, take a sad song, and make it beh-eh-eh-ter...