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Crazy Bastard Thwarted In Bid For Awesome, Meaningful Death

17 Thursday Jun 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, General Foolishness, International Relations, Justice, Middle East, Military, Mythology, National Events, People, Terrorism, World Affairs

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ailing nutjob, batshit crazy, Bucket-List Rambo, Colorado, crazy bastard, crazy fucker, death by exposure, drugs, Gary Brooks Faulkner, hashish, Nutty Buddy, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistani forces, patriots, reckoning, Terrorism, the last sentence is positively Faulknerean, This Ends Here!, Usama Bin Laden, vendettas

Ailing nutjob Gary Brooks Faulkner apparently decided that if his time was short, he’d do his damnedest to drag Osama bin Laden down to hell with him.  Supplied only with the essentials–pistol & ammo, dagger, night-vision goggles and hashish–this nutty buddy somehow made his way from Colorado to Pakistan to go mano a mano with the FBI’s most-wanted man.         

Reportedly, Faulkner didn’t waste valuable energy and time attempting to determine friend from foe.   Anyone foolish enough to approach the Bucket-List Rambo received the same response: wild-eyed death threats.         

Sadly, Pakistani forces managed to capture Faulkner after a tense standoff.  In doing so, they denied this patriotic and batshit crazy American the honor of laying down his life in a knife fight with a cadre of bin Laden’s elite guards, while their master huddles cowering behind them; or of tumbling off a sheer cliff while locked in a death-embrace with bin Laden himself, perhaps voicing a cool exit line like, Neither of us comes back from this one, Osama; or as is a lot more likely, a lonely death from exposure in the vast and trackless wilderness of Pakistan, Faulkner’s final hours haunted by delirium and a maddening thirst, huddling pathetically in the meager shade provided by a boulder while hurling increasingly weak and nonsensical curses at the punishing sun.         

No One Here Gets Out Alive

Is One More Crazy Fucker In Pakistan Really Such A Big Deal? American Detained in Pakistan Had Sights on bin Laden – NYTimes.com.         

Smaktakula

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Celebrating 40 Years Of Hallucinogens In Baseball

14 Monday Jun 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Baseball, Culture, Drug Culture, Drugs, General Foolishness, History, Mythology, People, Sports

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acid, Baseball, Dock Ellis, dose, drugs, fry, hallucinogens, I can see through time, LSD, lycergic acid diethylamide. LSD not LDS which is something very different, no-hitter, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, substance abuse, trippin' balls, tripping, trips

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On June 12th, 1970, Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates somehow managed to pitch a no-hitter while tripping his balls off on LSD.       

As with any such feat, the success is not due to Ellis alone.  Without his teammates’ stellar defense, this achievement would have been a longshot at best.       

According to Ellis, much of the credit for the victory must be accorded to the baseball, which provided invaluable aid by telling the frying hurler which pitches to throw.       

"With This No-Hitter, My Plan Is At Last Coming To Fruition. You Know What Must Happen Next. BURN THEM, DOCK! BURN THEM ALL!"

  

Great Moments In American Diplomacy: D Day

07 Monday Jun 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, Europe, History, International Relations, Justice, Military, Mythology, Politics, Relationships

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6 June 1944, Allies, Axis, Battle of Normandy, Canada, D Day, evil shenanigans, France, Frogs, Germany, Gold, Great Moments In American Diplomacy, Jerry, Juno, Krauts, Normandy Invasion, Normandy Landing, Omaha, Operation Neptune, Operation Overlord, Sword, The Hun, United Kingdom, United States of America, Utah

June 6, 1944: On Which The Hun Is Made To Understand That His Evil Shenanigans Will No Longer Be Tolerated.

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From Hillbuzz: Tipper To Divorce ManBearPig

01 Tuesday Jun 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Critters, Culture, Duh, General Foolishness, Mythology, National Events, National Politics, People, Politics, Relationships

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Al Gore, Al Gore sleeps alone, An Inconvenient Truth, bedroom cooling, climate change, divorce, Environmental Chicken Littleism, environmentalism, fat people, gasbag, global warming, good move Tipper!, has-been, Hillbuzz, I'm super-serial!, laughingstock, ManBearPig, mid-life crisis, Ragnarok, scaremongering, search for meaning, search for relevance, separation, South Park, sweat act, Tipper Gore, Tipper leaving Al, Vice President Gore

Another unintended consequence of Ragnarök.

Watch Out For Bedroom Cooling. I'm Super-Serial!

SHOCKER: Tipper to divorce ManBearPig � HillBuzz.

The Improved Order Of Red Men

01 Tuesday Jun 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, General Foolishness, History, Mythology, National Events, Political Correctness, Race, Relationships, Social Networking

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Baltimore, Chief Joseph, fraternal organization, Improved Order of Red Men, Indians, Maryland, Native Americans, Nez Perce, Political Correctness, racism, Red Man 1.0, unimproved red men

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The Improved Order of Red Men is a fraternal organization founded in 1834 in Baltimore, Maryland.   

   

What quality is it that separates the improved red men from their pre-improvement brethren?  Mostly whiteness, as it turns out.   

Red Man 1.0 (Worth More In Original Packaging)

    

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Brilliant, Dirty Weirdo Said To Have Proved The Existence Of God

31 Monday May 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Europe, Mythology, People, Religion, Science

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brilliant dirty weirdos, crazy bastard, Dr. Grigori Perelman, Dr. Grigory Perelman, famous virgins, mad Russian genius, Mathsputin, people with unibrows, Poincare Conjecture, proof of God, proving the existence of God, Russia

Not content to rest on his laurels after conquering the Poincaré Conjecture, Promethean Times’ favorite brilliant, dirty weirdo has apparently gone all metaphyisical.  According to a pal, Grigori Perelman believes he has proven the existence of God.      

Grigori, Grigory . . . Whatever. Is All Good

This information may be suspect, however.  This same friend claims that Perelman is–get this–a virgin.        

The day a brilliant, dirty, Russian weirdo sharing a cockroach-infested apartment with his mother in Ivanhoe, Siberia can’t get laid is the day the sun rises in the west.  Of course, stranger things have happened.      

Is True.  I Am Crazy Bastard Who Proved God Exists.  You Read: Grigory Perelman Uncertain if He Should Be Rewarded for Proving Existence of God – Pravda.Ru.

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Promethean Short Short Stories: The Battle Of Anticlimax

14 Friday May 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, Humor, Literature, Military, Movies, Mythology, People, Promethean Short Short Stories, Relationships

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anticlimactic stories, cliche, flash fiction, hibiscus, I got a bad feeling about this one, mangrove, optimism, pessimism, Promethean Short Short Stories

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I got a bad feeling about this one, Sarge. 

The private’s eyes shone bright and innocent under the moonshadow cast by hibiscus-draped mangroves, hulking and gnarled with age. 

I’m gonna buy it out here.  I can feel it.  

A nightjar’s call pierced the chittering insect liturgy that was the land’s buzz-choked heartbeat.  The young man cried out at the sound.

Sarge’s voice twinkled with checked laughter: You’ll be fine, Kid.  I’ll bet you’re back home in Valley City before Thanksgiving.

Sure, the young man said, trying to imbue his words with a conviction he did not feel. 

And wouldn’t you know it?  Sarge was right: the war ended two days later and everyone involved lived happily ever after.

Everybody’s All-American

26 Monday Apr 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, General Foolishness, Mythology, National Events, Places

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All-American City, City of Destiny, depressing cities, Ft. Wayne, hard times, Indiana, Mexico, Ohio, PNW, rust belt, T-Town, Tacoma, Thrice All-American, Tijuana, Toledo, Washington, Washington State

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The following cities are three-time winners of the coveted All-American City designation:

Toledo, Ohio

Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Tacoma, Washington: City Of Destiny

What does a city have to do to NOT be designated an All-American City?

Tijuana, Mexico: Future All-American City

 

LA Times.com: Leviathans May Battle In Remote Depths

08 Monday Mar 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Critters, Mythology, Science

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awesomeness, California, giant squid, great white shark, kraken, LA Times, leviathans, Marine Conservation Science Institute, megalith vs. kraken, megalodon, mythic creatures, National Geographic, sea monsters, shark vs. squid

Megalodon vs. Kraken.     

The Real Story Is Just As Cool (And Is Guaranteed To Contain No Debbie Gibson Or Lorenzo Lamas!)

From the poetic caption to the kick-ass National Geographic photo, this might be the coolest thing ever to come from the pages of the LA Times.     

Read about this gushing fount of awesomeness for yourself: Leviathans may battle in remote depths – latimes.com.     

Smaktakula

Apparently, Noah’s Ark Was Circular

24 Wednesday Feb 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Christianity, Critters, History, Mythology, Religion, The Bible

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Ark of the Covenant, Guardian UK, jackalope, Noah's Ark, Raiders of the Lost Ark, unicorn

And, if I’ve got my facts straight, it melts your face to look upon it.   

The Unicorn, Jackalope And This Fellow All Missed The Boat

For a less dubious appraisal, read this: Relic reveals Noah’s ark was circular | UK news | The Guardian.

 

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