{"id":26591,"date":"2011-09-21T10:17:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26591"},"modified":"2011-09-21T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:48:04","slug":"todays-news-sep-21-abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26591","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s News Sep 21: Abandon Hope all Ye Who Enter Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch&#8217;intrate!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wait a minute\u2026.so this chick <a href=\"http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/16226780\/\">threatened to molest the neighbor\u2019s dog<\/a>, and now we let her near our bovine?\u00a0 Seems a bit like hiring Herbert the Pervert from Family Guy to be your kindergarten teacher doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0\u00a0 Also, are we entirely certain stupidity doesn\u2019t melt steel?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rosie-and-the-dog-molester.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26592\" title=\"rosie and the dog molester\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rosie-and-the-dog-molester.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rosie-and-the-dog-molester.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/rosie-and-the-dog-molester-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just kidding, we should applaud Rosie and the Dog Molester here.\u00a0 What the picture doesn\u2019t adequately show is that this was the line at MEPS.\u00a0 I\u2019m assuming from the girth that they are going Air Guard or something.\u00a0 Andy Dick was standing right in front of them looking for a few good men with seamen.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, yesterday was the great coming out day.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8enKZ7ncj8\">Some dude told his dad via video from Germany<\/a>, and I told my dad I was rooting for the Yankees.\u00a0 Apparently one of us was proud.<\/p>\n<p>Heard in the barracks yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>Soldier 1:\u00a0 Is that guy a gay?<\/p>\n<p>Soldier 2:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26543\">Nope, it\u2019s just Chuck Testa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Soldier 1; How about that guy?<\/p>\n<p>Dave Hester: \u00a0Yuuup!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/yuuup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26593\" title=\"yuuup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/yuuup-300x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/yuuup-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/yuuup.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As expected, yesterday was a madhouse, a veritable frenzy of buggary, feather boas and leather chaps. \u00a0And the lines at recruiting centers were so long that well-dressed physically fit males were turned away in droves.\u00a0 Well, either that or virtually nothing happened.\u00a0 One or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Back to the dog molesting thing, from the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/china-bans-dog-eating-carnival-online-uproar-121528435.html\">Dude, what is wrong with you people<\/a>\u201d file:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0The Chinese government has banned a traditional carnival in the east of the country in which dogs are eaten after being chopped up alive in the street following a public uproar that the festival was cruel, state media reported on Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If there is one immutable fact in life, it is that Nick Cage is an omni-present, time travelling, supernatural being.\u00a0 When last we encountered him, he was fighting off a naked man with a fudgecicle.\u00a0\u00a0 Then he was appearing in a picture from 1870 (which I think they stole from the movie 12 Monkeys):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nicolas-cage-vampire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26594\" title=\"nicolas-cage-vampire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nicolas-cage-vampire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The wife was watching the news on the treadmill this morning and noticed that he also looks like murdered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/news\/article\/Troy-Davis-in-spotlight-again-as-execution-nears-2172293.php#ixzz1YayrsTy9\">Savannah Police Dept. Officer Mark Allen MacPhail<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26595\" title=\"Mark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mark-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mark-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mark.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I am generally speaking opposed to the death penalty, but it appears that Officer MacPail\u2019s murderer <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.augusta.com\/latest-news\/2011-09-21\/lawyers-troy-davis-appeal-be-filed-morning?v=1316598918\">will be assuming room temperature tonight. <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Attorneys for Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis are filing a last-minute appeal to halt his execution later in the day.\u00a0 Defense attorney Brian Kammer tells The Associated Press he will file the appeal in Butts County Superior Court, south of Atlanta, when it opens later Wednesday.\u00a0 The appeal asks a judge to block the execution. It argues that ballistic testing that linked Davis to the shooting was flawed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019d rather see the guy spend the rest of his days living in a tent in Alaska moving snow from one place to another, which would seem worse than death, but that\u2019s just me.\u00a0 Either way, can we all agree at this point that Nic Cage is freaking us the eff out?<\/p>\n<p>From the world of sports\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>First, congratulations are in order for <a href=\"http:\/\/derbysda.com\/2011\/09\/16\/aevin-dugas-the-world-largest-afro\/\">Aevin Dugas<\/a>!\u00a0 (Yes, Afro-growing is every bit as much a \u00a0sport as soccer.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>36-Year-Old Aevin Dugas, a social worker from New Orleans, Louisiana owns the record for the largest natural afro in the world. The 12 year old afro has a circumference of 4 feet 4 inches and gets caught in car doors, bumps into drinks and limits her driving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Afro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26596\" title=\"Afro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Afro-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Afro-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Afro.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Boston collapse is killing me.\u00a0 Just look at Sunday, no matter what they tossed out there it wasn\u2019t working.\u00a0 Just error after error.\u00a0 They lost their captain, but that didn\u2019t seem to hurt as one might think.\u00a0 And now they are out.\u00a0 And now it is down to Cali and Cleveland.\u00a0 I\u2019m referring (of course) to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roxysgrilledcheese.com\/\">Roxy\u2019s Gourmet Grilled Cheese<\/a> and their exit Sunday from the Great Food Truck Race.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know anything about food trucks mind you, but it just seemed they were charging too little for their sandwiches.\u00a0\u00a0 Either way, cancel the Duckboat parade.\u00a0 (But if you live in the area, go get yourself the world\u2019s best grilled cheese.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grilled-cheese-guys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26597\" title=\"Grilled cheese guys\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grilled-cheese-guys-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grilled-cheese-guys-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grilled-cheese-guys.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots\u2026.man-o-brady!\u00a0 I haven\u2019t seen an offensive juggernaut\/no huddle\/ \u201call or nothing\u201d\/ goal focused assault like that since I witnessed VTWoody trying to close the deal with a midget at a bar in Fayetteville back in \u201905.\u00a0 Just exhausting the defense FTW.\u00a0 And, I haven\u2019t seen a goal-line stop like that since VTWoody discovered that his prospective paramour was a hermaphrodite.\u00a0 (Just kidding of course, that thing wasn\u2019t a midget, in fact, I think it might have been Lawrence Taylor in drag, and he didn\u2019t stop s\/him.)\u00a0 I never thought these words would be spoken, but the Pats\/Bills game next week could have real implications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Also, I would like to thank everyone on my fantasy team that made this the worst showing by a fantasy team since Manos: The Hands of Fate.\u00a0 In 2 weeks thus far my defenses have combined for negative 6 pts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To the Red Sox&#8230;Jim Mora called to talk Sawks with me last night&#8230;.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3-eavMSBnk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It may be time for a trial separation between us. This just isn\u2019t working anymore. I\u2019m giving you a week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xsLV7DEcElQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>ADDED: A tale of Cause and Effect has been submitted by Brown Neck Gaitor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/local\/yank_fan_sox_it_to_pitcher_rkvjBoMmG4JpqRAFQzfgJI#ixzz1YbAWhMKv\">Cause:<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>Hours before taking the mound for the reeling Sox last night, Boston starter Erik Bedard was served with papers in a child-support case by a pinstripe-wearing, lifelong Yankee fan.<\/p>\n<p>Bedard was slapped with the court papers from Massachusetts Probate and Family Court at Fenway Park at 3 p.m. by Tom Cabral, who was acting on behalf of Bedard\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Courtney Roberts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Effect:<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>Bedard was knocked out in the third inning last night, as the Orioles beat the Sox, 7-5.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch&#8217;intrate! 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