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(via TMZ)

Not much of a WWF fan, but I know Macho Man Savage was a good guy.

Reports out of Florida (from the TMZ article) said he had a massive heart attack while driving his Jeep Wrangler, crossed over the opposing lane of traffic and hit a tree head on. Both he and his wife of one year were wearing seat belts.  She is fine.

Being that the General has done rotations in hospital Emergency Rooms, he can say with a fair amount of certainty that the autopsy will not be pretty.

Prayers go out to Mrs. Savage and his fans.

Dismissed&#153

One.

(Hat tip to a lotta peoplez on this one – the bile needs to be spread around a bit.)

This abso-friggin’-lutely makes me sick.

A key senator has asked the Social Security Administration to investigate how people who live their lives role-playing as “adult babies” are able to get taxpayer-funded disability payments — after one of them was featured on a recent reality TV episode wearing diapers, feeding from a bottle and using an adult-sized crib he built.

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican and the Senate’s top waste-watcher, asked the agency’s inspector general to look into 30-year-old Stanley Thornton Jr. and his roommate, Sandra Dias, who acts as his “mother,” saying it’s not clear why they are collecting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits instead of working.

“Given that Mr. Thornton is able to determine what is appropriate attire and actions in public, drive himself to complete errands, design and custom-make baby furniture to support a 350-pound adult and run an Internet support group, it is possible that he has been improperly collecting disability benefits for a period of time,” Mr. Coburn wrote in a letter Monday to Inspector General Patrick P. O’Carroll Jr.

God love him – and I know He does – but there’s a prime example of someone who’s a gigantic (literally) waste of oxygen.

Two.

Three.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think Justin Bieber is just a liiiiiiiiiiiittle too young to be writing an autobiography?

Former Utah governor & Bambi ambassador to China Jon Huntsman’s campaign hasn’t even gotten out of the box before it crashed & burned (hat tip:&#160 Sister Toldjah):

Can you talk a little bit about how you came to favor civil unions for gay couples?

I’ve always been in favor of traditional marriage and thinking that you open Pandora’s Box when you start to redefine it. But we’ve had friends who are gay and we’ve heard horror stories [about hospital visitation and legal rights], and I thought it was an appropriate time.

You also believe in climate change, right?

This is an issue that ought to be answered by the scientific community; I’m not a meteorologist. All I know is 90 percent of the scientists say climate change is occurring. If 90 percent of the oncological community said something was causing cancer we’d listen to them. I respect science and the professionals behind the science so I tend to think it’s better left to the science community – though we can debate what that means for the energy and transportation sectors.

[…]

If anyone knows about the need to clean up the planet, we do; we’ve been living somewhere [Beijing] where you feel like you’re killing your kids sending them out to school every day. But putting additional burdens on the pillars of growth right now is counter-productive. If we have a lost decade, then nothing else matters. Ask Japan about that.

Add to that the fact that, apparently, Peanuthead has him some big man-love for Huntsman, and it’s pretty clear where little Jonny won’t&#160 be spending 2013-2017.

Buh-bye, Jon.&#160 Don’t let the door hit ya, etc.

Four.

[SCENE:&#160 Unknown.&#160 A black, empty, seemingly lifeless void in space.

Well, not completely&#160 lifeless.&#160 As we pan (not easy to do, as everything appears black), a prone, hooded figure appears, motionless, on the ground, as if in a spotlight.&#160 (No, we don’t know where the spotlight is coming from – let’s not go there, ‘k?)

After a couple of beats, the figure stirs, groaning in pain that seemingly racks its entire body.]

HOODED FIGURE:&#160 Unnnhhh…uhhhh…damn.&#160 I do&#160 hope someone got the license plate of that battlecruiser…ow.

[The hooded figure rises to a kneeling position, shakes its head a couple of time, then removes the hood to reveal Lord Darth Venomous, who was previously thought to have been killed in the destruction of the ISS Titanic.&#160 He looks left, then right, not seeing much.]

VENOMOUS:&#160 Well, if this is my own personal Nexus, where the hell is Miss CJ Miles and the rest&#160 of my Asian hookers…?

(NOTE TO READERS:&#160 That’s a personal dig at Mrs. Venomous, FYI.&#160 Fortunately, she’s at home and I’m here in this…wherever it is…so she can’t kabong me.&#160 &#160 )

[Some sort of bright light flips on behind Lord Venomous.&#160 He whirls around to look, and blanches.]

VENOMOUS:&#160 What the…oh, shit.

[Not a drop of blood remains in His Rudeness’ face as he reads the sign.]

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VENOMOUS (muttering bitterly):&#160 “Welcome to Hell.&#160 How do&#160 you like it?”

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Yes, Denizens.&#160 After years of resisting temptation, I’m now officially on Facebook.&#160 Come find me & friend me.&#160 (Hint:&#160 There are apparently two (I knew&#160 I shoulda trademarked it); I will be the one of Palpatine shooting purple Force lightning.)

Or not, I don’t care.

Thanks for reading the Death of the ISS Titanic&#160 series.&#160 Will have another mini-vignette for you soon.&#160 And some&#160 Klingons & union-types had best&#160 watch their backs…&#160

This is only a test. Had this been a real post, I might have made sense! 🙂

Five.

There’s an extremely maddening quality to Newt Gingrich:&#160 Every time he gets some momentum going and you think he might be an okay guy to vote for, he goes, sticks his size 13s in his mouth and makes you remember that he’s a libtard in RINO clothing.

If it’s not throwing a snit fit over having to deplane Air Force One in the back, it’s sitting prettily with San Fran Nan Piglousi on that damned couch.

And if it’s not that, it’s siding with the Ayatollah on Bambicare.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that he strongly supports a federal mandate requiring citizens to buy health insurance – a position that has been rejected by many Republicans, including several who likely will be running against him for the Republican presidential nomination.

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Gingrich told host David Gregory that he continues to advocate for a plan he first called for in the early 1990s as a Congressman, which requires every uninsured citizen to purchase or acquire health insurance.

UPDATE:&#160 And in the same breath, Newtie then&#160 doubled down on Teh Stoopid&#153 (hat tip:&#160 Doug Powers):

Newt Gingrich’s appearance on “Meet the Press” today could leave some wondering which party’s nomination he is running for. The former speaker had some harsh words for Paul Ryan’s (and by extension, nearly every House Republican’s) plan to reform Medicare, calling it “radical.”

“I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering,” he said when asked about Ryan’s plan to transition to a “premium support” model for Medicare. “I don’t think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate.”

As far as an alternative, Gingrich trotted out the same appeal employed by Obama/Reid/Pelosi — for a “national conversation” on how to “improve” Medicare, and promised to eliminate ‘waste, fraud and abuse,’ etc.

G’night, Newtie.&#160 Thanks for playing.

Denizens, for your weekend we’re going to combine a little countdownage, a little cute-overloadage and a little ROFLMAO-age.

(In other words, I triple-dog-dare you to watch the following without cracking a smile.&#160 Seriously.&#160 I dare you.)

Laugh with me!&#160 A-hahahahaha…!

Seven.&#160 Six.

Eight.

Denizens, as you probably know (seeing, of course, as you guys aren’t&#160 the Uninitiated&#153), today is my son’s ninth birthday.

Now, last year, I held off on posting my usual anti-Skip’s-mother rant, in hopes that they’d actually let him have the birthday present I sent to him.&#160 And, if memory serves, they actually let him have it…well, we assume&#160 so, anyway (it was a gift card to WalMart, so I have no idea if they spent it on him or not).

This year, I sent him something other&#160 than that, and have received no notification that they refused it, so we’ll see.

Anyway, happy birthday, Skip!&#160 Dad loves you!