Monthly Archives: July 2012

OLYMPIC BABES: Lisa Dahlkvist (Sweden, soccer)

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Lisa Dahlkvist

There are several blonde beauties on the Swedish women’s soccer team, but it’s sometimes hard to tell them apart on TV, what with the overhead cameras and wide-angle shots.  One that stood out for me in today’s match against Canada, however, was midfielder Lisa Dahlkvist.  Though she came on as a substitute in the second half, she made a few solid defensive plays–but it wasn’t enough to prevent Canada from scoring the equalizer in the 84th minute of a 2-2 draw.  (You can actually see her in the replay of Melissa Tancredi’s celebration when the ball hits the net.)  That said, there’s no need for you to brush up on your Swedish, boys.  It says here that Lisa’s a lesbian…

 

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OLYMPIC BABES: Larisa Latynina (USSR, gymnastics)

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Larisa Latynina

This Soviet gymnastics superstar held the record for most Olympic medals won all time with 18, until Michael Phelps surpassed her with his 19th medal today.  Latynina won a medal in every single Olympic event she entered–except the balance beam in 1956, where she came in fourth.  She also won five gold medals at the 1958 World Championships when she was four months pregnant.  Let’s see Michael Phelps do that!  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any pictures of her wearing any skimpier outfits than her competition leotards.  In Soviet Russia, sweater wears you!

COMMENT OF THE DAY: A sad day for ear-lovers everywhere…

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From: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/bullied-teen-gets-40000-of-plastic-surgery-to-stop-taunts/article4450612/

The internet is abuzz over a 14-year-old girl who had $40-grand worth of plastic surgery after being bullied at school.  Though her ears were the source of her discontent, it seems that a kind-hearted plastic surgeon decided to “fix” her nose and chin in the process.  Now, said girl is happy—until she starts getting called “plastic face” when she goes back to school in September.  Meanwhile, a young ear fetishist somewhere out there is crying crocodile tears into his pillow tonight…

(I dunno, but I’m pretty sure that if a 14-year-old was offered the opportunity to f**k her, as they so eloquently put it, I don’t think he’d turn it down because she had big ears.  I mean, it’s not like you stick it in there—unless maybe you’re an ear fetishist.)

This just in: Mitt Romney made a man punch his girlfriend in the face!

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As if things weren’t going bad enough for Mitt Romney, he can now be blamed for causing a Tennessee woman to be punched in the face, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.  The Sentinel is reporting that an Anderson County woman was assaulted by her 40-year-old boyfriend, Lowell Turpin, when he saw a picture of “a man he didn’t’ recognize” on her Facebook page.  That man, as it turns out, was none other than the Republican presidential nominee.  “Upset at the woman’s ‘attempting to communicate with friends through her Facebook account,’ Turpin jerked her laptop computer from her grasp, smashed the machine into a wall, and then hit her in the face with his fist,” according to the Knoxville newspaper.

Now I know what you’re thinking, what kind of Tennessee redneck wouldn’t recognize a man who’s running for president of the United States?  Well, considering that the Volunteer State had the second-lowest voter turnout in America in 2010, with just 37.7 per cent of its population casting a ballot, and it’s very likely that your average moonshine swillin’, NASCAR watchin’, girlfriend beatin’ hillbilly wouldn’t know Mitt Romney from Jethro down the road.

Alas, the Knoxville News Sentinel doesn’t say who Turpin’s favourite driver is, but he does look pretty hammered in this mugshot.  And according to the Sentinel report, he’s no stranger to beating his woman, either.  The woman apparently told a deputy that Turpin “has been violent toward her multiple times over several years.”  Rumour has it that when asked why she wouldn’t leave him, the woman replied, “Well, he’s also my uncle, so y’know…”

Hmm, do they have mandatory minimums for flaming in England?

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Flaming someone on Twitter generally gets your account suspended, even if you’re a Swiss soccer star.  But flaming a star athlete after a disappointing performance will get you arrested in England, as Sky News reports.  A 17-year-old boy, who goes by @Rileyy_69 on the social networking site, drew attention to himself when 18-year-old British diver Tom Daley retweeted his cruel message “You let your dad down I hope you know that” after Daley finished fourth in synchronized 10m platform.  But it didn’t end there.  Rileyy_69 turned around and apologized, but as more and more tweeple jumped on the troll, he let loose with this internet tough-guy threat:

Now, it isn’t clear how the bobbies were able to trace the troll back to a teenage kid in the seaside county of Dorset, but a spokeswoman told Sky News “A 17-year-old man was arrested by Dorset Police officers in the early hours this morning at a guesthouse in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications.”  Malicious communications, eh?  Wonder what kinda sentence he’ll see for that…

FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Commissariat

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Commissariat: A police station or commissioner’s office.

As seen in: « Les rebelles ont pris mardi pour cible des lieux symboles du pouvoir à Alep attaquant le tribunal militaire, une branche du parti Baas et prenant deux commissariats dans la capitale économique de la Syrie où se joue depuis dix jours une bataille déterminante. »

(Translation: “The rebels took aim at symbols of power in Aleppo, attacking the military tribunal, a Baas party office and taking two police stations in the economic capital of Syria, where a tide-turning battle has raged for 10 days.”)

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/topnews/20120731.AFP4412/syrie-les-rebelles-attaquent-des-lieux-symboles-du-pouvoir-a-alep.html

OLYMPIC BABES: Destinee Hooker (USA, volleyball)

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Destinee Hooker

Sure, beach volleyball may have the bikinis, but for fast-paced, back-and-forth action, I prefer the indoor game.  While Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings donned leggings and long sleeves in the cool London night, you had a dozen long, lithe bodies leaping around in spandex short shorts as Brazil battled the USA in a matchup of perennial powerhouses in the women’s indoor event.  One of the big stars for Team USA is opposite attacker Destinee Hooker, a German-born Texan who delivers big blocks and powerful spikes with her towering 6’4″ frame and 42″ vertical leap.  This NCAA High Jump champion and Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year (2008-09) also isn’t afraid to show a little skin, posing for ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue as seen above.  And yes, that might be one of the best names in the Olympics, too. ;)

Episode 37 of Gruesome Tunes now available for download!

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07/29/12 PLAYLIST

SolarCruiser – Major (self-titled EP) 4:18

Oh How It Ended – Everglades (Welcome to Brown Rock) 4:11

Dixie Witch – Boogie Man (Let It Roll) 3:15

Borracho – Bloodsucker (Splitting Sky) 7:37

The Harold Wartooth – Hooker Breath (Seconds) 3:35

Backwoods Payback – Ballad of a Broken Horse (Momantha) 5:19

Hail Hornet! – Gifted Horse (Disperse the Curse) 2:26

 

Whitehorse – Time Worn Regression (Progression) 9:44

God Ox – Pestilent Dogmata (Abyssal Gigantism) 4:10

Adrift For Days – House of Cards (Come Midnight…) 13:20

Stone Axe – Taking Me Home (self-titled) 3:26

 

BOSS 302 – Never Again (self-titled) 3:20

Blood Ceremony – Night of Augury (Living with the Ancients) 6:05

Galaxies in the River – Omega Machine (Home From Above) 5:39

Neurosis – Sterile Vision (Souls at Zero) 6:20

Black Tusk – Ender of All (Set the Dial) 4:47

Discharge – No Return (Desensitise) 2:43

 

Blood Ceremony – Morning of the Magicians (Living with the Ancients) 6:58

Suplecs – In Your Shadow (Mad Oak Redoux) 4:03

Atlantean Kodex – A Prophet in the Forest (The Golden Bough) 15:00

COMMENT OF THE DAY: Gun control? Try mastering tongue control first, Mr. Romney…

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From: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/30/grossly-mischaracterized-mitt-romney-back-in-damage-control-after-racist-remark/

Speaking of racist comments, it seems Mitt Romney has put his foot in his mouth again on his three-stop world tour that isn’t going so well for the Republican presidential nominee.  Romney made headlines this time by stating that he recognizes “the power of at least culture and a few other things” in describing the economic discrepancy between Israel and Palestine.  While it’s hardly “I’ll take down all Palestinians and watch them burn, those retards” (to paraphrase a certain Swiss soccer player), let’s just say the Palestinians are none too pleased.

Also, in another monumental event, Romney has unveiled his stance on gun control, albeit indirectly, according to a certain online commentor:

(You’d think he’d have invested in some bulletproof shoes by now, eh?)

Now there’s an equal-rights crusader who could use some support!

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The Daily Beast is reporting that Moira Johnson, a 29-year-old “topless dancer” from Philly is engaged in a vicious battle for equal rights for women in New York City.  She’s even been arrested for displaying support for her cause, yet she still remains undeterred.  According to The Daily Beast, Johnson, “A self-described ‘topless activist,’ is trying to raise awareness of a little-known New York state law that permits women to be topless anywhere men can do the same.”  Because there is no greater liberty than the right to bare breasts!

As it turns out, the law originates not in the Big Apple, but from a case in upstate Rochester, where in 1986 two women were arrested for going topless in a park.  But they brought their case to the State Court of Appeals, which overturned the law that previously prevented women from showing “that portion of the breast which is below the top of the areola” by ruling in their favour in 1992.  In the 20 years since, few women have taken advantage of this landmark ruling, to the point where some people still think it’s illegal.

“You can’t do that in New York City!” a man says and then scurries away. “It’s legal!” Johnston calls after him nonchalantly in the Daily Beast piece.  That said, certain yoga studios still won’t let Johnson get comfortable in her own skin.  Johnson has filed complaints against 13 studios that won’t let her take her top off, including one that has “since made it mandatory for women and men to wear shirts.”  “It’s basically as serious as saying black people aren’t allowed to take off their shirts but white people are,” Johnston says.

You go get ‘em, girls!