Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Xeni Jarkov: John McCain is a Cylon, and Palin is Roslin (WARNING: BSG + ELECTION SPOILERS!)

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A fearless truth-seeker who isn't afraid to go where mainstream media is terrified to tread sneaks us this breaking (!) blogsclusive, a deeply troubling discovery at the highest levels of power.

Many have noticed that famously short-tempered Vietnam war veteran John McCain , famously imprisoned and tortured on New Caprica:
Oh, but it doesn't stop there... Adama, President Roslin, toasters... and America. John McCain is a Cylon (429truth.com) Update : We were told by a frequent sharer-of-tips that these ads came from Amnesty International, but BB readers point out that the ads lists the URL "amnesty.com," while the advocacy group's domain is in fact .org. BB commenter ulor points us to a new video just released by Radiohead for the earliest recorded version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

Here is a story in the Porter Report with aggressive wit and offbeat charm.

Today, part one of Boing Boing tv is a new installment of our TCHO Chocolate trilogy, Xeni and Pesco go on a magical mystery taste test tour -- think Willy Wonka meets The Trip .Former NASA software developer Timothy Childs founded the tech-minded chocolate company, and was joined by WIRED co-founder Louis Rosetto.

In part one of his favorite expressions was, "This stinks so good!" Joybubbles loved swimming in heavily chlorinated swimming pool after hours, in the dark. The angry hotel manager finally caught him and demanded, "How did you find your way to the pool? There's no way you could have gotten here! The lights were off!" Joybubbles just smiled.

The provoked cops replied with tear-gas canisters and some ragged baton-charges. The hooligans scattered in a hurry, set fire to everything they could reach.