Political D'OH!

Does this mean Jon Stewart’s fake news show is not at all making a dent on the ridiculous political issues as we suspect it to be? Or was the unsuspecting Illinois’ gov just wasn’t hip enough?

Last week Gov. Rod Blagojevich scratched his head and said "D’oh!" as he revealed to the press he wasn’t aware he was being interviewed for a comedy show even after the Daily Show’s Jason Jones fumbled for his name and unabashedly questioned his sexuality.

"It was going to be an interview on contraceptives … that’s all I knew about it," Blagojevich laughingly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a story for Thursday’s editions. "I had no idea I was going to be asked if I was ‘the gay governor.’"

At one point in the interview, a startled Blagojevich looked to someone off camera and said, "Is he teasing me, or is that legit?" [Yahoo News]

His confusion caused even more confusion among his constituents though. Marathon Pundit writes:

"It’s hard to believe that there are people who follow politics closely and don’t know that Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show" is a send-up of real news…Naturally, the governor looked pretty foolish on the show."

And what about his aides? How could they fail to inform the poor gov he’s giving an interview for Comedy Central? Or maybe they didn’t know that either. Or maybe it was a practical joke. Or maybe they’re just stupid.

Jon Stewart is laughing his heart out. This piece of ‘oooppsss’ also boosts his star status as he prepares to take the main stage next week to host the Academy Awards. If his 2-time stint at the Grammys five years ago is any indication, he’d pass this audition much better than David Letterman.

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Poop Power

San Francisco, named after Saint Francis the patron saint of animals, has an estimated 240,000 dogs and cats. And these cuddly furry beings produce about 10 million tons of poop every year, which eats up a large portion of the city's landfill.

City officials now wants to look into a technology that will recycle the excrements not in any way edible, but turn it into energy that will power up your home appliances.

Dog feces could be scooped into a methane digester, a device that uses bugs and microorganisms to gobble up the material and emit methane, which would be trapped and burned to power a turbine to make electricity or to heat homes. This technology is nothing new. It has been in use in Europe since 20 years ago and some farms in the US too.

The Poodle and Dog blog thinks San Francisco could have a new way to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign oil without doing any of that ugly oil drilling. Well, theres the ewwy picking up of the poop.

"The main impediment is probably getting communities around the country the courage to collect it, to give value to something we'd rather not talk about," [CNN] says an environmentalist.

Because as much owners love their pets, they're not too keen on cleaning after them.

Pot-Head!

A 52-year-old man from the German town of Darmstadt tried in vain to get a refund for 400 euros ($475) worth of what he said was "bad marijuana" from his dealer before turning to the police for help, according to authorities. [Reuters]

So what do you think happened?

The police charged him, of course, with possessing the dope and confiscated his 200 grams of marijuana! All the man could complain about is that "it is un-usable" and insists that the police help him get his money back.

German authorities do allow up to 30 grams of weed for private pot sessions. But even with that small amount in question, no one would be stupid enough to try this act.

Unless you’ve grown dope for a brain.

More crack-heads at Oddjack

Say Deceased...!

Creepy? Aberrant? Definitely odd. Well, we all know Japanese live under their own bizarro galaxy now these kids are taking technology far down the macabre.

Japan's obsession with camera-equipped mobile phones has taken a bizarre twist, with mourners at funerals now using the devices to capture a final picture of the deceased.

Mourners apparently gather around the corpse and take turns photographing it using their phone camera as the body was being prepared for cremation. I pray to all forms of deities in heaven that this is simply part of the mobile phone craze nowadays and doesn't turn into an age-old tradition.

While many would agree with me that this is plain morbid, others prefer to call it "a form of a memento in the modern age."

But as JaxBlog writes:

"...having a picture of grandma in her coffin lying around the house. What the hell would you do with it? Take it out every now and then to reminisce about the "great time" you had at the funeral?"

Always knew a phone with camera is a useless devise. Now people are coming up with idiotic ways to use it. Maybe so they can justify why they fell for this stupid gadget in the first place?

And I'm creeped out to realize just now that the new wave could be filming the dead thru your video phones. And then there'll be file sharing on YouTube or somethin'. Please spare us of your dead.

More oddities at OddJack

Conan Meets His Facesake...

It finally happened, Conan Goes to Finland to meet face to face with his lookalike Tarja Halonen. This is the fitting climax to a comedic chapter that has not only gained him laughs but earned him superstar status in this small Nordic nation.


Before meeting with the newly-reelected Finnish president -- and whatever Finn politicians say, Conan gave her the big boost -- Conan told the thousands who waited for him in the cold that he is demanding a cabinet position from Halonen:

"Conan O'Brien is seeking a position in Finnish President Tarja Halonen's Cabinet. During a speech to thousands of Finn's Saturday, Conan expects to be rewarded for his endorsement. He wants to be appointed as Inspector of Saunas."

Conan got a full 15 minutes of Tarja's time and the late night host said he wasn't disappoined. He then sucked up to the leader assuring her that she looks more like his mother than his father.

"I think she (Halonen) was pleased and quite relieved to hear that," O'Brien said.

But if his American fans know him too well, he'd be rendering a different story once he returns to his late night desk. Full of new Finland materials and those Finnish troll dolls he got from Tarja for props.

Also read: Finns Vote For President Conan
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French Fries Is Not Health Food, And Stop Turning It To One!

I say this unabashed persecution of the french fry has gone too far.

McDonald's famous french fries hogs the headlines again. Not a week ago advocacy groups badgered the potato product for containing more fat than its maker previously thought.

Now health-conscious fast food binging consumers are furious upon finding out that McDonald's fries contain gluten from wheat and milk ingredients. Nothing wrong with that except milk and wheat are considered common allergens in the company of peanuts and fish (who's allergic to fish, really?!)

The acknowledgment has stirred anger and some concern among consumers who are on gluten-free diets since it was posted on McDonald's Web site.
"If they're saying there's wheat and dairy derivatives in the oil, as far as anyone with this disease is concerned there's actually wheat in it," said New York resident Jillian Williams, one of more than 2 million Americans with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten...They should have disclosed that all along," she said. "They should never have been calling them gluten-free."

Meanwhile, eDiet.com's Master Motivator named Julia continuously berates McDonald's for lying about its fries' saturated fat content:
"That means the level of potentially artery-clogging trans fat in a portion of large fries is eight grams, up from six, with total fat increasing to 30 grams from 25."

C'mon lady, if you care so much about your food intake no health-conscious eDiet.com padawan in her right mind should be going to McDonald's for a 'healthy' meal. It's fast food and we don't expect to eat soya, we all know that. We're not babies.

Regular fast food worshippers like our food greasy, tasty, and with fat. If you take that away we might as well start flocking to a vegetarian deli or something. You don't go to McDonald's, order fries and expect that you're eating health food. So don't start complaining about it having too much fat. And don't expect it to become nutritious either. That's a load of bollocks.

If you don't like it then don't eat it. Period. So please, leave our beloved french fry alone.