Potato Salad (cilantro-free, of course)
26 July 2007 by Naomi
By the time you finish this video, you will have forgotten the beginning! (Don’t bail after just a few seconds – trust me on this…)
The year was 1944:
…Never before has the human body been twisted into such extraordinary positions, in service to the American Potato Salad Industry…
WWII and Hollywood brought us some (*ahem*) “unique” talent!
Strangely enough, it’s on YouTube but no search engine I’ve tried turns up any info on “the mysterious Ross Sisters – Aggie, Maggie and Elmira – in footage from the 1944 MGM musical Broadway Rhythm.”
Is the human body supposed to be able to do that?
(h/t BoingBoing)
26 July 2007, on 9:23 pm
I saw it, but I’m still not sure I believe it.
26 July 2007, on 11:51 pm
You know what would have spiced that video up just a little bit more?
Cilantro
27 July 2007, on 12:15 am
All human beings were able to move like that, until they started in with the cilantro eating.
We are devo.
27 July 2007, on 12:17 am
Uh…this is still GOD IF FOR SUCKERS, right? That is to say, fundies of all stripe and theocrats are still imposing their beliefs on the U.S., correct? Are there no other stories that this site could have covered in that regard? A woman meets the thief of her credit card and a video on YouTube that I saw about two years ago? Say, did you see Max Blumenthal’s piece on the Christians United for Israel piece at HuffPo? That’s on topic…
27 July 2007, on 12:33 am
Well lets see now? I reckon it must be about 35 years since I’ve been able to touch the back of my head with my bum.
27 July 2007, on 1:31 am
Ignoring B80vin’s “On Topic” concerns (just a tad, anal retentive, or…troll-like…perhaps?)…
However…B80vin?
RE your referenced (so important?) Max Blumenthal ‘piece’: Is it, indeed, “Christians United for Israel” or is it really…Fundies faking concern for the Jews, in order to accelerate the fulfilling of their bogus and totally fucked up delusional belief in the (self fulfilling) “Armageddon” bullshit?
Of course, I don’t know where…or whence…you’re actually coming from (drive-by Troll?) I guess I’ll defer to the Mods on that?
Anyway…to conclude my mini-diatribe(?)…and certainly no offence is directed at any other regular GifSters:
LIGHTEN UP, B80vin…we’re ALL gonna die someday? It’s really OK to have fun, even here on GifS!!!
Besides…we’ve spent enormous amounts of time on this Site dealing with all manner of ‘real world’, total “Fuckhead” concerns! I’m sure we’ll be returning to more of the appropriate plethora of asinine human madness…soon?
WTF!!!
[Sorry, Naomi!]
OK…ON NAOMI’S TOPIC…where was I?…I know…calm down!
RE those ultra flexible Ross sisters:
Like…so much for their “Salad Days”…what ‘came’ next?…
their “Kama Sutra” phase…and lots of appropriate exercises?
You know…more like:
http://kebawe.com/graphics/absurde/kamasutra/
27 July 2007, on 3:13 am
My POINT ChuckA is that there is and has been a never ending battle in the offing betwixt the atheist (my beloved comrades) and the theocrats and fundies (my detested enemy). This is not a “drive by troll”, it was an earnest question as my homepage has an Rss tag on it and if the GIFS site is going to specialize in weird news and very old youtube videos I’d like to know so I can use the space for something else.
But maybe that was out of line to suggest that a mere two posts indicated a dereliction of mission. If that is the impression I am sorry. As a means of explanation let me just say that the Blumenthal video at HuffPo, while it didn’t surprise me pissed me off to no end and I thought it would be more relevant to discuss it than the video of the contortionists.
That said, I must say that your “ignoring” my concerns didn’t go so well as the majority of your post was precisely about mine. You do make a good point that I should lighten up but damnit man, that Blumenthal video and Lieberman have me so worked up I wanted to talk to kindred spirits about it…
27 July 2007, on 3:19 am
And for the record, yes, the utility of the jews to the christians to realize their end times and the blind deference Senator Joseph Lieberman pays them, was, indeed, why I brought it up, and why I am so irked about it. Particularly in light of the realization that atheists like us are considered “Fringe” and Lieberman, the poor deluded idiot, is considered, not merely mainstream, but celebrated mainstream. TO answer your question, yes, that is what I thought was more topical.
27 July 2007, on 6:00 am
I’ve been on the computer rather late B80vin…it’s almost 3:45 Am (as I start this!) here in Chicagoland. [Pardon any fogginess?]
Sorry if I seemed to be snippy with you. There’s so much shit goin’ on these days…and so many blogs…I don’t bother much with a lot of popular blogs like HuffPo. Actually, It didn’t register with me that it was Huffington Post(?)…I guess you need an abbreviation list these days to keep track of all the abbreviated references. Why is it so hard to type the full name of a post…at least to make sure you’re understood by EVERYONE?
Anyway…as to Lieberman…I lost a lot of respect for him, way back when he was running with Gore, once I found out he wouldn’t be able to drive a car on Saturday because of his Orthodox, Jewish Religion. It’s amazing how delusional the whole friggin’ lot of the current crop of politicians are (is?). There doesn’t seem to be even ONE amongst them, with even a faint sign of independent, critical thinking, when it comes to a “Rational Cosmology”.
It’s rather obvious why Lieberman and a few other Jewish politicians side with Bush on the Iraq War…it’s all about protecting Israel.
That gets me thinking about the whole Nuclear Weapon…a HUGE, arrogantly, and hypocritically unnoticed, Elephant in the room…issue.
I was doing some research on Helen Caldicott earlier last night, to share with a friend…part of a homespun birthday gift. [Today's his 74th birthday...Yikes!]
I first ’stumbled’ on knowledge of Caldicott on BookTV (C-SPAN2) back in 2002, before the Iraq invasion.
Anyway, NOBODY pays much attention to her…for some obvious reasons…if you know anything about her longtime ‘agenda’. She’s too close to the truth, for comfort, I guess. I have a couple of her talks that I just transferred to DVD; one of which goes back to 2002. She really hammers the Bush Admin. on the whole WMD issue. It’s the old, tamped down, story of the “Military Industrial Complex” shtick.
Related to that…It’s gettin way to late to go further…here are several links regarding her, and some related statistics. [I wish there were some full talks on YouTube to link to. I'll keep looking?]
Here’s ‘her’ rather detailed Wikipedia Page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Caldicott
“Nuclear weapons and the United States” [See, in particular details about Proliferation]:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States
“20 Mishaps That Might Have Started Accidental Nuclear War” [Caldicott talked about the most recent]:
http://skeptically.org/onwars/id7.html
And speaking of Israel, regarding Nuclear Proliferation (from the 2nd link above)…Yeah…I’ll end with this quote:
“The U.S. government has officially taken a silent policy towards the nuclear weapons ambitions of the state of Israel, while being exceedingly vocal against proliferation of such weapons in the countries of Iran and North Korea, something which has been called hypocritical by many critics. The same critics point out the fact that not only is the United States sitting on the largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, but it is also violating its own non-proliferation treaties in the pursuit of so-called “nuclear bunker busters”. The 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. was done, in part, on accusations of weapons development, and the Bush administration has said that its policies on proliferation were responsible for the Libyan government’s agreement to abandon its nuclear ambitions.”
Related to that:
“Nuclear weapons and Israel”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel
OK (yawn!)…B80vin?…and everyone, for that matter…
PEACE & LOVE!
27 July 2007, on 1:03 pm
In spite of any perceived hypocrisy, I think the main difference is that Israel hasn’t vowed to wipe out all the Arabs/Muslims, but most Muslims have bowed to wipe out Israel. If I were in Israel’s position you’re damn right I’d want nukes, even if I never intended to use them.
As for North Korea, well, Kim Jong Il is just a fucking whack job, and that’s reason enough for me that he shouldn’t have them.
As to whether the US should have them or not, the only reason I could think in favor would be to stave off an asteroid or something, if that would even work. Of course none of them are “packaged” for that use.
27 July 2007, on 3:31 pm
Just poking my head in again. That looks like the contortions Comcrap has been doing to get our internet running again! Another Comcrap guy was here today and reloaded all of their software, gave us all new modem and everything. So all is replaced and it seems that I am up and running again. However, I am a wee bit paranoid…
27 July 2007, on 3:36 pm
You’re an “enemy combatant,” Star, and they’re trying to “silence” you via their Dominionist corporatist tentacle Comcrap!
How’s that for paranoia? >:-D
27 July 2007, on 3:50 pm
lol, I’ve had comcast internet only for a year and a half now with no trouble whatsoever.
27 July 2007, on 4:05 pm
Yeah, Rev…again it goes round and round…ad infinitum…with man’s tribal religious bullshit!
As I said in another post; unfortunately, the first thing humans always seem to want to do with any scientific discovery, is something like this little…
[SCENARIO(?)]:
[Chief "Crazy Fuck" talking to his MEN (of course!):
"Thanks to Charlie Dork, here; we've got this neat glowing magic-like stuff! Now CD...what kind of weapon do you think we can make out of it, to really fuck over those yonder tribal assholes with...Wait, hold on CD...
(THE CHIEF continues: ...shouting loudly in the direction of the enemy infiltrated forest)...
"Of course, you...you nasty, black beret wearing muthafuckas...can't have what WE'RE working on!...NEE!!!
[No...no Python link today!]
(After a pause…the Muthafucka’s response?)
“So’s your old man!…I mean…
Sticks and stones may break our bones…but wait just a cotton pickin’ minute…erm…my spys tell me…that the nasty new, enemy fucking, motor scooter weapon you’re secretly planning will, according to your propoganda, indeed, really fry MY balls! To that, I say…
Aarghetty-Aarghetty-Aarghetty-Aargh-Aargh!”
[STORY NARRATOR (Revenant?); somewhat shocked (& bored?)...and preparing to run away; says in a somewhat quivering voice]:
“And so, dear GifSter planet bound earthlings, we gird our loins(?)…or not!…and very gingerly leave this little ChuckA style channeling (of Naomi?) scene…
Forsooth!…or, is it…Sore Tooth?…to search, ever onward, for some hopefully legitimate comment sanity elsewhere!
Perhaps from B80vin?
[sound F/X of rapid footsteps morphing into full speed running...
on gravel, of course!]
27 July 2007, on 4:58 pm
Lol, Chuck, I want some of those drugs you’re on.
Yeah, it’s the thing humans do best, fuck each other over.
27 July 2007, on 5:11 pm
Owww… That looked really, really painful! Seriously, if I tried to do some of the things that those girls were doing, I think I’d break something! And I’m still young and somewhat flexible!
And personally, I don’t see what’s wrong with going off topic every once in awhile. This latest update was pretty interesting to me, so what’s the harm…?
27 July 2007, on 5:19 pm
B80vin, you’re not a regular visitor here? After all, I can’t find any comments by you before June 9, 2007. But if you had visited our archives, you would have seen that we post on many subjects – some so serious it would curl your hair. And some that are just funny.
Of course, you are free to report my post to godRon or godBob, our founders. But they’ll probably tell you what they told me when they asked if I wanted to join the GifS-pantheon: post whatever you feel like – but if you turn xian suddenly, you will be put down like a rabid dog…
We can’t live so serious that we lose our sense of humor. And like terror, it must be managed. I go through short periods when I just can’t do one more post about the Dobson-Robertson machine. When the thought of looking at, much less writing about, the fucking pope just makes me want to puke. Frankly, it’s dangerous to one’s health to stay on that high plane of outrage for long periods.
Sue me, if you like – but every once in a while we’re gonna party OFF-TOPIC around here…
27 July 2007, on 5:19 pm
lol, I’ve had comcast internet only for a year and a half now with no trouble whatsoever.
Rev, we’ve had ours for a few years now…first DSL then switched to High Speed when it was finally offered. We have had some outages, but this is the first major problem we have had. Getting people on the phone is one challenge, them to keep their appointments when sending out technicians is a much bigger challenge. I wasn’t going to let this one out of the house till it was running!
You’re an “enemy combatant,” Star, and they’re trying to “silence” you via their Dominionist corporatist tentacle Comcrap!
How’s that for paranoia? >:-D
You know, Eve…it crossed my little neurotic mind. Then I read an article in our local paper about how Comcast dumps people who use too much of their “unlimited” access. Some right in my own town. They were given a warning that they were sucking up too much bandwidth and to cut back or the plug would be pulled. When they didn’t, they found their accounts were canceled. We really don’t use that much bandwidth, but between my husband, son and myself, the internet is constantly being used.
27 July 2007, on 5:22 pm
And thanks, ChuckA and Sarah, for the support.
For the record, any post at all can go off-topic. It seems we only make half-hearted stabs at keeping it on-!
27 July 2007, on 6:07 pm
Well, I read the the site every day and every post but seldom comment, so yeah I’m a regular but a quiet one, and even more quiet today. Yesterday my daughter got married and well…I uh,…had champagne. I had a lot of it to be precise. Made me feel important and smart. An excess of both. On topic or not it was out of line to be so borish. I’ll go back to taking fluids (water) and Tylenol and contemplating what a great home office I’ll have in my daughter’s old room.
27 July 2007, on 6:36 pm
I’m down with that. I’ve had ISPs from hell many times, including cable providers. Adelphia was by far the worst when I lived in No VA.
27 July 2007, on 6:47 pm
Glad to hear you’re not giving in to paranoia, Star! Or despair either, I hope.
27 July 2007, on 7:14 pm
B80vin, sounds like “empty-nest syndrome” on an “champers buzz”! Don’t be surprised if your daughter is slightly hurt to find her bedroom usurped. The first time I went home after getting married, my sisters had removed my single bed and painted the walls the color that I’d argued against.
It felt like they were erasing me…
28 July 2007, on 1:06 am
First, what is this about cilantro. How can you have good menudo or ceviche without it? Guacamole is better with it.
Cilantro is just the fresh leaves of coriander, whose seeds are widely used in recipes.
Second, I often hear complaints about DSL ISP’s, and with reason,
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2007/gb20070718_387052_page_2.htm
Other countries have a much higher-speed and better service, even, gasp, France.
“Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt recalls that when he began implementing local loop unbundling after the 1996 Telecommunications Act, The Wall Street Journal called him a “French bureaucrat” in an editorial. “It’s the worst thing they think anyone can be called,” Hundt says with a laugh. “But the French must have assumed it was a compliment because they looked at what we were doing and copied it.”
Strong Competition Leads to Innovation
Five years later, the FCC changed course in favor of facilities-based competition, but the French, who have a more limited cable infrastructure, stuck with unbundling. “Now it looks like French bureaucrats are the most pro-innovation regulators in the world,” Hundt quips.
The ironic windfall is that France’s DSL rivals are now strong enough that they can start weaning themselves off of France Telecom’s network and build their own—the regulatory nirvana of facilities-based competition. Iliad, for instance, announced last year that it would start rolling out its own fiber links to subscriber homes in France. So did Neuf Cegetal (NEUF.PA), another broadband entrant. Now France Telecom is following suit.”
Paul Krugman puts it even better,
“The numbers are startling. As recently as 2001, the percentage of the population with high-speed access in Japan and Germany was only half that in the United States. In France it was less than a quarter. By the end of 2006, however, all three countries had more broadband subscribers per 100 people than we did.
Even more striking is the fact that our “high speed” connections are painfully slow by other countries’ standards. According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, French broadband connections are, on average, more than three times as fast as ours. Japanese connections are a dozen times faster. Oh, and access is much cheaper in both countries than it is here.
As a result, we’re lagging in new applications of the Internet that depend on high speed. France leads the world in the number of subscribers to Internet TV; the United States isn’t even in the top 10.”
…
“And when the Bush administration put Michael Powell in charge of the F.C.C., the digital robber barons were basically set free to do whatever they liked. As a result, there’s little competition in U.S. broadband – if you’re lucky, you have a choice between the services offered by the local cable monopoly and the local phone monopoly. The price is high and the service is poor, but there’s nowhere else to go.
Meanwhile, as a recent article in Business Week explains, the real French bureaucrats used judicious regulation to promote competition. As a result, French consumers get to choose from a variety of service providers who offer reasonably priced Internet access that’s much faster than anything I can get, and comes with free voice calls, TV and Wi-Fi.
It’s too early to say how much harm the broadband lag will do to the U.S. economy as a whole. But it’s interesting to learn that health care isn’t the only area in which the French, who can take a pragmatic approach because they aren’t prisoners of free-market ideology, simply do things better.”
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072407H.shtml
28 July 2007, on 5:04 pm
Bernarda, that is bad news indeed! Free-market graft and greed is killing our republic.
Any libertarians wanna try to defend this? You’re all so fucking “market-friendly” -
- or so I thought…
(*crickets*)
29 July 2007, on 12:28 am
Hmmm…
(*crickets*)
30 July 2007, on 1:04 am
Can you imagine the degree of trust between those sisters that each, individually, would remember their feminine hygiene products* before sitting on one another’s faces in that cartwheel of cunnilingus finale?
*- merely a reflection of those times and in no way indicative of my stance on said abominations to human sexuality, which I neither use nor endorse.
Naugahyde, I endorse.
30 July 2007, on 8:40 am
My only response is that it’s easier to control such infrastructure-related commodities when your country is small. And when taxes are much higher to pay for such things.
30 July 2007, on 5:07 pm
revenant, the obvious conclusion is that Americans don’t pay enough taxes. You know there is no such thing as a free lunch. You get what you pay for.
The French are willing to pay for things like health care and a bureaucracy that works.
So be it. What do Americans get for their tax dollars? Bush/Cheney/Halliburton.
30 July 2007, on 6:17 pm
Nail on the head, bernarda! Of course, you can also say “we get the government we deserve”. But the truth is we get the government that the “fat, rich, old, white men” say we can have – and nothing else!
30 July 2007, on 8:42 pm
^ Ramen, bernarda and Naomi; sadly, ramen…