Rent is Too Damn High

Jimmy Mcmillan represents the Rent Is Too Damn High Party in the race for Governor of New York.



Making a mockery of the system, or a legitimate candidate? This man is a Vietnam vet with three bronze stars. He has a website too: http://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/

Here's a longer, actual interview. [Here] "I look like a clown show... they didn't know that I was a private investigator... and find out that I'm real."

I'll only add that if Jimmy is taking the piss, he is knocking out the legitimate 'other' party options. Green, Libertarian and Independents. These three parties were locked out of Illinois and California's 'official' debates.

Did You Know...

Probe Links European Plot To 9/11

A Suspect From Germany Killed in a Drone Strike Last Week Had Contacts With Terrorists Tied to the Sept. 11 Attacks.

A terrorist suspect from Germany killed last week by a U.S. drone missile in Pakistan was in contact with 9/11 collaborators just days before the 2001 attacks, according to court records.

Ramzi Binalshibh, who allegedly helped to coordinate and finance the 9/11 attacks, placed a 34-second phone call on Sept. 5, 2001, to the home of Naamen Meziche, who Pakistani officials say was one of eight people killed by the drone.

Read more ....

1/2 Cent: Our laws prohibit law enforcement to arrest known Al Qaeda sympathizers and supporters .... until they show up at an Al Qaeda training camp in the mountains of Pakistan, where they then fall under the responsibility of the CIA and/or U.S. military. Good riddance. Rather there than in Times Square. However, what else did this guy know?

Saturday Morning Cartoons - Favre's Pecker

If there is a scandal in need of animation, you can bet Taiwan’s NMA will be there. Up now: “Brett Favre’s Pecker is the talk of the town.”

What I'm Watching..

A few readers have asked me, Hey, Cap'n... what have you been watching on the old Radiation King this year?

It's been a tough year for television, for me - a bunch of my favorites are gone, such as LOST. That one show took up way too much of my remaining brain cells, and as you readers know, I was heartbroken when the writers bailed and made it a religious statement. AMC's Breaking Bad ended before I could afford cable again. Luckily I caught up using the library. I just had to be patient. I also lost track of Sons of Anarchy due to a 'cable outage', but those whom are watching season three tell me I missed nothing.

I will tell you that I am watching a few shows. A few NEW shows.

# 1 Number one on my list is Louie. - FX

Louis C.K. writes and directs what can only be described as the 'adult' version of Seinfeld. Really. And there's dick jokes, and he curses, and he insults his mother... this is good television if you're into that sort of thing. It also has a grit to it, because you know that the star is in total creative control.

Best episode: Travel Day/South. Watch the Episode (NSFW) It's the airport. Very minimalist, very funny. It's a visual interpretation of every stand up comic's bit about travel.

#2 Terriers. FX

I would describe this show as The Big Lebowski the TV show... and I'm fairly sure that's how they pitched it to the network. Ex-cop, Ex-con buddy show -- but it's kind of laid back and California beach time. There's a post-noir, punchy dialogue that keeps the thing moving. Lots of wacky supporting characters weave in and out, and there's a large arching conspiracy gluing the whole show together. I'm very much in love with this program.

Start with the Pilot: Watch the Episode

#3, also on FX is The League. (Way to go FX!)

It's a Fantasy football League with a bunch of misfits, just like yours, but theirs is on television. The League was created by the husband-and-wife team of Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld) and Jackie Marcus Schaffer (Disturbia, Eurotrip). And that pretty much says it all, doesn't it? I guess I'm picking this up on the second season -- but so far, to me, it's much better than It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Best episode I've seen: The White Knuckler. Watch Clip
Favorite character - Taco.
Second favorite - Andre. I feel like I've had this guy in my league forever.

#4 Rubicon - AMC

This thing is the smart person's 24/Alias/Spooks/CIA show. So how come I'm watching it?
Darn good question.

There's an arching storyline-conspiracy going on. White guys in the back-room pulling strings -- but for who, why, what's their game plan? That main story seems secondary to the characters and the office-politics of the protagonist's workplace. It's geeky-nerd types trying to figure out the clues to the events not yet happened. It's pretty slow paced. No car chases - yet. But it has a look and feel to it that is more of a suspense novel than television show, and I rather enjoy that.

Also, you can trust NO ONE on this show... and if you thought Michael Scott was a creep - wait'll you get a load of Will's boss!

One fatal flaw with this show - the whole thing could have been solved with a taped message, or even a letter tucked away for the protagonists to find... but instead it's the minutia drip of tiny pieces of paper and clues. Which, if you're into that kind of crossword puzzle television, this is the best show you've ever seen. Well, since LOST, anyway.

As far as returning shows --

#5 - The Venture Bros. (Here)

This show is made for me. No, I mean they make it just for me. Superheroes, super scientists, pop-culture send offs for geeks and a storyline so tight and interwoven that every single character ever seen, and even unseen, are linked. The attention to detail is the best I've ever seen. Truly the best show on television.

#6 Mad Men - AMC

Yep, still watching it. It's also a show where not much really happens in it. The lies created by the main protagonist have pretty much left a layer of glass shards around him, and everyone he's ever met steps in it and has to clean it up... and now Don is becoming the man that he warned the young whipper-snapper Pete in the pilot not to become. But once you've invested the time and interest, it's hard to peel away from this show.

Also, it's more about the women than the men. Kind of ironic, given the title, no?

#7 South Park - Comedy Central

Just started up again. Usually only a few stinkers in any given season. The speed to screen also keeps them relevant.

#8 and 9 NOVA and Frontline. - PBS

#10 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen. (here) - PBS

Deleted Season Passes: Family Guy and the three other Family Guy clones. Okay, you caught me, I never had season passes to those Clone Shows.

V - I never got around to watching the second half of the first season, so, well - it just sucked.

On the edge: The Chicago Bears show. Sym-bionic Titan. - it's a TAD repetitive.

Tried and failed: Running Wilde on Fox. Didn't do anything for me. Like a sketch that went on 19 minutes too long.

Not even tried: The Event. Looks too much like Heroes trying to be LOST.

Oh, and yes I would like to see Boardwalk Empire - I have no HOBO -- but I'll get the box set before Christmas, or whenever it's at Costco.

Agree, disagree? Did I miss your favorite show? Fill me in.

Concealed Carry Ban: Unconstitutional!

Breaking Gun News:

Clark County (WI) Judge rules concealed carry ban unconstitutional
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A Clark County judge says Wisconsin’s ban on carrying concealed weapons is unconstitutional. In the case, authorities charged a Sauk City man with carrying a concealed weapon, after he admitted he had a knife in his waistband. He never threatened anyone. In light of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago, attorney William Poss filed a motion to dismiss the case on constitutional grounds. Judge Jon Counsell obliged Wednesday, ruling the law is overly broad and violates both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution.

That's Interesting - [chews sammich] the 14th as well... ?

“The government has to have a compelling state interest to do so (restrict the right to carry) and they have to have the least restrictive means of doing that,” said Poss. “Public safety obviously is a state interest, but there’s all kinds of ways to do that in this regard.” In his decision, Counsell states the law forces citizens to “go unarmed (thus not able to act in self defense), violate the law or carry openly,” but notes displaying weapon’s openly isn’t a “realistic alternative.”

Thanks to "C" for the heads up.