Good Samaritans Stop Rape In Progress

Wow, there is actually some good left in the world.  And what might be more impressive is that someone actually reported on it.

Five Good Samaritans stopped a rape in progress in a south Salem neighborhood, according to police.

Officers said a 22-year-old woman on crutches was walking near the intersection of Liberty and Boone streets southeast just before 1 a.m. Saturday when she was attacked and assaulted by 37-year-old Paul Landingham.

According to authorities, a car with five people was driving by, saw what was happening and came to the woman’s rescue.

Three men pulled Landingham off the woman and held him until police arrived at the scene.

The sad thing is, what you see here is the entire article.

I’m elated to see an actual newsworthy story of good people helping others, but it does kind of put a damper on things when you realize the reality of the media and what attracts people’s attention.

If this were an article about a rape that actually occurred, or perhaps about how the rapist was filing assault charges against the Good Samaritans, it would have surely been more than 4 paragraphs.

When I saw the headline, I couldn’t click on the link fast enough.  But I’m sure a lot of people didn’t even take the time to read the article, and maybe they didn’t even notice it.

Well, the important thing is that there are actual good people left in the world, even though the media wants us to think otherwise.

Are You Man Enough? 25 Skills Every Man Should Know

You can’t consider yourself a man unless you can start a campfire, clean a rifle, and … retouch digital photos?

Popular Mechanics provides a list of 25 skills every man should know, and I’m proud to say that aside from framing a wall, bleeding brakes, filleting a fish, and changing my own oil, I already know how to do almost all of these things, and I know that I could do all of the others if I gave it a shot.

Guess that makes me a pretty damn good man.

It’s actually interesting to look at the kinds of things Popular Mechanics thinks you should know in order to call yourself a man today. I’m not sure how important retouching digital photos is to manhood in general, but I guess it’s good to know how to back up your data and secure your computer; that’s basically protecting your livelihood and family in today’s world.

The list provides you with a quick explanation of each skill, so if you don’t have any idea how to fillet a fish, you will now. Some are probably more practical than others (it would be good to know how to rescue a capsized boater, but I think knowing how to fix a bike flat would be more appropriate given that I don’t usually find myself out on the open water). For example:

Back Up a Trailer.

If you’re doing this without a spotter, put your left hand at six o’clock on the steering wheel, and drape your right hand over the seatback. As you back up, move your steering hand in the direction you want the trailer to go.

Be a man (or manly woman), and go check it out.

The Terminator Bans "Mom and Dad" From California Schools

Absurd…

“”Mom and Dad” as well as “husband and wife” have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who with his signature also ordered public schools to allow boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose.”

There’s no use in me writing what has already been said, so I’ll just direct you to the source.

The bills include SB777, which bans anything in public schools that could be interpreted as “negative” toward homosexuality, bisexuality and other “alternative lifestyle choices.” There are no similar protections for students with traditional or conservative lifestyles and beliefs, however.

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When did our public schools cease to be a way to give children a good education, a headstart in life, and become indoctrination centers to teach the beliefs of our left wing “elite”?

Also signed was AB394, which targets parents and teachers for such indoctrination through “anti-harassment” training.

This is right out of the old communist re-education center handbook. And you thought it could never happen here. They are starting with the children.

When are people going to realize how ridiculously out of hand this nonsense is getting?

Now on a banned list will be any text, reference or teaching aid that portrays marriage as only between a man and woman, materials that say people are born male or female (and not in between), sources that fail to include a variety of transsexual, bisexual and homosexual historical figures, and sex education materials that fail to offer the option of sex changes.

Banning books? I suppose to the left it’s ok. It just depends on which books are banned.

Homecoming kings now can be either male or female – as can homecoming queens, and students, whether male or female, must be allowed to use the restroom and locker room corresponding to the sex with which they choose to identify.

It’s probably only a matter of time before Massachusetts follows suit, I’m sure.

The Funniest Cat Video You Will Ever See

I’m not lying, this video made me laugh so hard that I was literally crying and could not breathe.

Behold, Catz.

The funniest cat video ever, amirite?

Ann Coulter Is Not Even Remotely Attractive

Like all men, part of my “is a woman attractive” schema is based on the hypothetical question of whether or not I’d ever have sex with the woman in question.

There are other attributes as well, like whether or not I’d enjoy her company, if she has a nice personality, if she is a generally pleasant human being, etc. Ann Coulter fits none of the above, but today we’re only going to focus on the looks part of the deal anway.

That being said, the one and only way I’d ever have sex with Ann Coulter is if my only alternative was Condoleeza Rice or Hillary Clinton and there was a gun pointed at my head.

Catch my drift?

Now, someone might say, “Well, Faisca, for a 46 year old woman, Ann Coulter is hot for an old lady.” That person, my friends, would invariably be wrong.

The fact that Ann Coulter is in fact a man masquerading as a woman not withstanding, she is not remotely attractive.

I mean, what could do it for you? The deep baritone of her voice? The extremely weird looking mouth and way of talking? The general “birdishness” of her look and demeanor? Perhaps the contours of the skeleton from which her skin hangs (like sleeve of wizard?)? Or maybe it’s the Adam’s Apple?

Before you go off and crucify me and say that I’m being prejudiced against older women, let it be known that there are plenty of women in Ann Coulter’s age bracket who are, in fact, “hot for an old lady.”

Pamela Anderson (40), Cindy Crawford (41), Elizabeth Hurley (42), Monica Belluci (43), Demi Moore (45), Meg Ryan (46), Michelle Pfeiffer (49), Madonna (49), Katie Couric (50).

See? They’re all attractive. Ann Coulter is not.

So, in conclusion:

Hot

Not

The Nobel Peace Prize is Officially a Joke

I wasn’t aware that they were in the business of giving the Nobel Peace Prize to fear mongering lunatics.

The Nobel committee praised Gore as being “one of the world’s leading environmentalist politicians.”

“He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted,” said Ole Danbolt Mjos, chairman of the Nobel committee.

So let me get this straight. A guy makes a movie and goes around spreading lies and untruths, and he deserves to be honored in this way? Yeah, from this moment on I don’t take the Nobel Peace Prize seriously anymore.

Funny that just yesterday I was given a link to an article about Al Gore’s convenient untruths.

ERROR: Gore asserted that a sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting of either West Antarctica or Greenland “in the near future”. The judge said: “This is distinctly alarmist and part of Gore’s “wake-up call”. It was common ground that if Greenland melted it would release this amount of water – “but only after, and over, millennia.” The judge added that “the Armageddon scenario he predicts, insofar as it suggests that sea level rises of seven metres might occur in the immediate future, is not in line with the scientific consensus.”

ERROR: The drying up of Lake Chad was used in the film as a prime example of a catastrophic result of global warming, said the judge. “However, it is generally accepted that the evidence remains insufficient to establish such an attribution. “It is apparently considered to be far more likely to result from other factors, such as population increase and over-grazing, and regional climate variability.”

ERROR: Gore ascribes Hurricane Katrina and the consequent devastation in New Orleans to global warming, but there was “insufficient evidence to show that.”

He doesn’t even deserve the prize according to Alfred Nobel’s will, which says that the prize should be awarded to “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”

How does that describe anything Al Gore has done with his climate crusade?  If anything, it’s been the opposite: spreading fear and panic, bullying and coercing people into believing in his cause, condemning those who refuse to buy the hype.

Now, Al Gore will go into history in the company of great people like Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mother Theresa.  He does not deserve such honors.

Red Sox Beat the Yankees '04

Remember when the Red Sox had the greatest comeback in sports history?  Too bad we won’t be able to repeat it this year what with the Yankees getting knocked out and all.

I made this video to commemorate the “civilized riot” that went down at Assumption College after that memorable comeback.  It was no Boston style riot, but it was our own little bit of mayhem.

A lot of people on YouTube have asked for the names of the songs.  They are as follows:

1. O Fortuna from Carmina Burana. (Carl Orff)
2. Lux Aeterna (Clint Mansell)
3. Theme from Gladiator. (Hans Zimmer)
4. Theme from the Rock. (also Hans Zimmer)
5. Metal Gear Solid 2 Main Theme

Enjoy.

Toyota World of Warcraft Ad

Now, this ad isn’t going to make me want to buy a Toyota truck, but it’s probably the best car commercial ever.