Poor Mojo's News Show Podcast No. 53 for Monday, February 19, 2007

Poor Mojo's News Show Podcast No. 53 (64 kpbs .mp3 8:51 4.2 Mb) A daily roundup of things that seemed important. Culture for the uncouth. IT’S POOR MOJO’S NEWS SHOW! FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN A DAILY ROUNDUP OF THINGS THAT SEEMED IMPORTANT . http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR2007021301371.html?nav=most_emailed_emailafriend LOVE IS A CONSTANT EFFORT, A SIGN OF WEAKNESS, AN ANNOYING WASTE OF TIME, UNATTAINABLE. A national survey of 18-to-29-year-olds by the Pew Research Center reported that almost 60 percent were not in committed relationships and the majority of those were not interested in being committed. ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, Absent old-fashioned dating, which has virtually disappeared, the alternative for these young women is hooking up, which can happen in any semi-private place and includes anything from kissing to intercourse. http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=6105287&nav=0RbQ JET BLUE, THE AIRLINE THAT STRANDED PASSENGERS IN NEW YORK IN PLANES WITH NO AIR, WATER AND CLOGGED-UP CRAPPERS FOR UP TO 10 HOURS ON WEDNESDAY, CANCELLED ALL FLIGHTS THIS WEEKEND IN AND EFFORT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AGAIN, ACCORDING TO W-L-N-S DOT COM. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/16/MNGGHO5PU71.DTL POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE EDITOR MOJO POSTED UP AN ARTICLE ABOUT A PASSENGER'S BILL OF RIGHTS THAT HAS BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS SINCE IT WAS WRITTEN BY ANOTHER ALUMINIUM TUBE FULL OF ENRAGED PASSENGERS MOVING ZERO MILES PER HOUR.... HIS TAKE ON IT: What people are asking for is that airlines not be allowed to hold them indefinitely in a plane. 11 hours without food, water, insulin, baby food, etc. is just plain uncivilized. This is very sensible, but will be very difficult to get passed unless some big name Congressperson takes up the fight. THIS IS POOR MOJO'S NEWS SHOW! http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/16/BUGQ8O5J811.DTL MOJO ALSO POSTED UP GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS FOR THE SAN FRANSICO BAY AREA... GOOD NEWS IS, THERE'S A ROBUST ECONOMY EXPECTED ANY TIME NOW... ACCORDING TO S-F GATE DOT COM, A PALO ALTO RESEARCH GROUP PREDICTS the region will add about 700,000 jobs, 850,000 residents and 400,000 households from 2005 to 2015. THE BAD NEWS -- HOUSING WILL BE TIGHT, BUT AGING BABY BOOMERS MAY HELP SOLVE SOME OF THAT PROBLEM BY MOVING INTO SMALLER QUARTERS IN MORE HIGH-DENSITY AREAS. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_us/winter_weather DUMB-ASSED OFFICIALS IN PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUED TO LET CARS ENTER INTERSTATE 78 FOR MORE THAN A DAY AFTER IT BECAME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SNOW AND ICE THIS PAST WEEK. WIRE SERVICES REPORTED THAT GOVERNOR ED RENDELL FELL ON HIS SWORD AND CITED AN ALMOST TOTAL BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATE AGENCIES FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S DUMB-ASSEDNESS. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/15/BAG6RO4VDQ1.DTL HOW DO TEENS FEEL AFTER SEX? LIKE ROLLING OVER AND GOING TO SLEEP? LIKE GETTING A PIZZA? LIKE WRITING BAD POETRY? LIKE CHEAP WHORES? A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SURVEY CITED IN S-F GATE DOT COM FOUND Of the 618 students Followed from their freshman year OF HIGH SCHOOL, 44 percent reported having intercourse or oral sex by the end of 10th grade. A majority said they enjoyed sex, ESPECIALLY ORAL SEX, BUT FOUND THAT IT DID NOT PROVIDE THE INTMACY THEY CRAVED. Forty-one percent said they felt bad about themselves later, nearly 20 percent felt guilty, and 25 percent felt used. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/6371901.stm A DUCK WITH FOUR FEET IS THRIVING IN HAMPSIRE, ENGLAND, ACCORDING THE B-B-C. A rare mutation has left eight-day-old Stumpy with two extra legs behind the two he moves around on. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/ EVER WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THE U-S WAS RUN BY A DICTATOR? CONSERVATIVES MIGHT ARGUE THAT ALREADY HAPPENED ONCE, WHEN F-D-R WAS PACKING THE SUPREME COURT AND DECLARING EMERGENCIES RIGHT AND LEFT. WELL, THE HISTORICAL FLIP-FLOP MAY BE ON THE OTHER FOOT, AS THINK PROGRESS DESCRIBED THE THOUGHT PROCESSES OF SOME IN THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE CONSIDERING BY-PASSIGN CONGRESS ALTOGETHER, AND RUNNING THE UNITED STATES VIA EXECUTIVE ORDERS. One proposal that fiscal conservatives are pushing is to halve all capital-gains taxes, as a way to encourage investment and job creation. THIS IS POOR MOJO'S NEWS SHOW! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=AuROBgXn2rtkeGJzr1EUMeqs0NUE WILL WE GO TO WAR WITH IRAN? WELL, YOUR PRESIDENT IS DEMANDING IT, ACCORDING TO WIRE SERVICE REPORTS. REPORTERS CALLED BULLSHIT FRIDAY ON REPORTS IRAN IS SUPPLYING HUM-VEE MELTING ORDINANCE TO IT'S SWORN SHIA ENEMIES, BUT BUSH POO-POOED THIER SKEPTICISM AND PROMISED TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL WITH THE DEMOCRATICALLY- CONTROLLED HOUSE TO OPEN HIS THIRD FRONT. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6370847.stm SPEAKING OF THOSE PESKY TRAITORS, ON FRIDAY Seventeen RepublicanS joined the Democrats in passing the non-binding motion 246 to 182 CRITICIZING BUSH'S PLAN TO INCREASE TROOP STRENGTHIN IRAQ BY BETWEEN 19,000 AND 40,000 TROOPS DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE TRYING TO FOOL PEOPLE. THE SENATE STAYED OPEN FOR A RARE SATURDAY SESSION TO ACT UPON THE HOUSE MEASURE. HOWEVER, ONLY 56 OF THE REQUIRED 60 SENATORS VOTED YES, ACCORDING TO B=B=C NEWS. http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2012697,00.html THE GUARDIAN UNLMITED REPORTS THAT LOCAL CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRY'S SOUTH WEST HAVE PAINTED THE SIDE OF THE Laoshou MOUNTAIN GREEN. NO ON WILL OFFICIALY ADMIT AS TO WHY, BUT VILLAGERS NEARBY THINK IT'S GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH FENG SHUI, the ancient Chinese belief of harmonising the physical environment for maximum health and financial benefit. http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/02/16/second-life-sketches-news-from-nowhere/ INTERNET JESUS AND NATURAL HIGH WARREN ELLIS SPENT SOME TIME RELATING TO US WHO DON'T DO THE SECOND LIFE THING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DO ONLINE DRUGS. FROM REUTERS SECOND LIFE BUREAU: Digital drug simulations have been around almost as long as the Internet. They all work in much the same way, and have been adapted for remote sex work by an apparently booming business of “hypnodomme” erotic submission specialists: compound audiovisual systems intended to induce a mild trance in the uninterrupted viewer. I think it was Ash Scanlan who shot me the landmark to the Seclimine Drug Shack, saying “you really need to see this.” It looks like a well-kept squat. A couple of nasty-looking sofas, a big image of ex-Suicide Girl Apnea dominating one wall. And a rack of pill bottles. Popping the notecard out of the nearest bottle gives you an explanation of the score. The drug Seclimine is designed to get you and your avatar stoned. ## C L O S E R ## OTHER STORIES WE COVERED THIS WEEKEND AT POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE: mark Morford has been cured! He is now a Republican! Bionic eyes to be available within two years Chrysler Up For Sale Again The Cold War is heating up Super-lethal tropical fungus thriving in Vancouver The stripmining of Ann Arbor -- Pfizer's enormous bribes and threats to get employees to move to St. Louis Jon Stewart on the drums of war that beat for Iran The United States' new concentration camp for muslims Powerful Texas lawmaker circulates memo claiming that evolution is a Jewish hoax, AND IN A RELATED STORY, A Shanda fur die Goyim GM rumored to be thinking of buying Chrysler Man wrestles shark, blames vodka Airplane windshields cracking mid-flight South Pacificers Await the Return of Magical White Man Despite Disapproval of Other Villagers Holding Out for Different Magical White Man AND The Daily Show: Scalia is a huge dick OUR THEME SONG IS AN UNTITLED PIECE FROM THE DISC "HIMNO NASIONAL" BY THE FIGURES, AVAILABLE AT FINGERPRINT DASH RECORDS DOT COM. FIND US ONLINE AT P-O-O-R-M-O-J-O DOT O-R-G, AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO THE NEWSWIRE THIS HAS BEEN POOR MOJO'S NEWS SHOW, I'M ALAN BENARD.