"Monster A-Go Go" released 1965

Universally accepted as one of the worst films ever made, Monster A-Go-Go was released July 1965.  It is a black and white science fiction film directed by Bill Rebane and an uncredited Herschell Gordon Lewis. 

Rebane began filming the movie but ran out of money and abandoned it in 1961.  Lewis needed a second film for a double-feature, so he bought the film and added some scenes to it.  He was unable to gather the original cast members, which resulted in half the characters disappearing halfway through the movie with no explanation.  One actor from the original who appeared in the Lewis version had changed his looks so dramatically, he had to play the brother of his original character.

The result is a disjointed, incoherent film that leaves the audience thinking "Huh?"  The ending is left wide open with little resolution, almost as if there was a sequel planned.  We are so lucky there never was one.

However, the movie lives on in Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes.

The environment is still screwed: Incoming TEPA Admin Wheeler will be just as bad as Pruitt

The Washington Post interviewed Andrew Wheeler, set to become the TEPA's administrator now that Pollutin' Pruitt is gone.  But are we better off now?

In the interview, Wheeler:

1. thanks Pruitt for his service (not a good thing),
2. will work to implement The Donald’s agenda (a very bad thing), 
3. says he was an aide to Jim Inhofe (may God help us all),
4. had the longest confirmation process for EPA deputy admin,
5. promises transparency (sound familiar?),
6. does not consider himself a scientist (being put in charge of a science-based organization),
7. claims the Science Advisory Board was “reconfigured”, not decimated,
8. says the Clean Power Plan was outside the “four corners” of the Clean Air Act,
9. was an industrial lobbyist

I'm not feeling it.  The environment is still screwed.  But we will continue to fight. 

Read WaPo's article here:

Republicans approve killing of bear cubs and wolf pups - WTF?

In the latest move to destroy the environment, House Republicans have repealed an Obama-era law, under which wolf population in Alaska's Denali National Park began to rise from decades of decline.  The law prohibited hunters killing bears and wolves in American National Parks, including shooting from aircraft "if necessary".

Obama's law prohibited hunters from "shooting  or trapping wolves while at their dens with cubs, using airplanes to scout for potential grizzly bear targets, trapping bears with wire snares and luring bears with food to get a point-blank kill."

Alaska Representative Don Young (Republican, surprise, surprise, surprise) said "this is not about the little polar bears, the little grizzly bears or wolves on television."

Alaska's governorBill Walker stated: "As Alaskans, we have a unique relationship with our land — especially in the most rural parts of our state where residents rely on hunting and fishing to put food on the table,"

I suppose we all cannot forget where  we were when we heard about the great starvation of Alaska of recent years, when bears and wolves ate ALL the fish in the state.

Representative Bill Flores (another Republican) called Obama's rule a bad regulation.

Shame on them all!


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/house-overturns-obama-era-law-protect-alaskan-bears-wolves-n722481

http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2017/02/house-passes-bill-legalizing-killing-of.html

Oklahoma committee approves public funds to be diverted to private schools - WTF?

In a string of brain-dead, head-up-ass actions, Oklahoma State Representative Rob Standridge (Republican, gasp.) pushed a bill that would allow public funds to go to private schools.  It passed the Senate Education Committee by a vote of 8-7, and now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee.  At a time when the education system is in shambles, teachers' salaries are at the poverty level and educators are fleeing the state like rats off a burning ship, Standridge has the audacity to pull a stunt like this.  An amendment limits the bill to Oklahoma, Tulsa and Cleveland counties, but a majority of students rely on public education.

It follows years of Oklahoma politicians trying to keep the constiuents uneducated.




http://m.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/oklahoma-senate-committee-passes-voucher-bill-that-would-send-public/article_24ac2f42-80ee-5a66-a378-c90cfb2770a9.html?mode=jqm

Our environment is doomed...Pruitt has been confirmed as EPA Administrator

Our environment, world and global climate are all doomed.  The bastards in the Senate have confirmed the worst bastard of them all, Scott Pruitt, former Oklahoma AG, as administrator of the EPA.  Pruitt has made a career of suing the EPA, accusing them of over-reaching their authority and spreading lies such as global warming.

Kiss your clean air good-bye!


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html

Oklahoma AG Pruitt to head the EPA - WTF?

Reuters is reporting that Trump is going to appoint Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.  WTF?  He is an opponent of President Obama's push to curb global warming, i.e. Pruitt believes it is a hoax.  That means the EPA is going to be stripped and gutted like a catfish.  Oil and gas companies will be able to drill with impunity, regardless of the cost to the environment or the public.

Corporate greed.  Pollution.  Fracking. Thanks for making America 'great' again, Trump.



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-epa-idUSKBN13W2HE?utm_source=34553&utm_medium=partner

"Religious" Oklahomans select a president who isn't

Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers, senior minister of Mayflower Congregational UCC Church and professor of social justice in the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma City University, posted this commentary in the OK Gazette.  And he doesn't pull any punches.  

He is apalled that Oklahomans who reviled Bill Clinton and his infidelities have flocked to the banner of Trump, a man who has openly cheated on his wives and mocks the sacrament of communion.  This is just the beginning, folks.  

Read on:

http://okgazette.com/2016/11/16/commentary-what-have-we-done/

Oklahoma governor loses grip on reality

In an unexpected but hardly surprising announcement, Oklahoma Governor Scary Failing tells the education system, schools and teachers to step up!  Clearly, she blames the educational system, devastated in the past few years by her and the Republican-controlled government by their ruinous policies, for their own demise.

Funding for education has been cut so much that schools are going to four-day weeks, valuable after-school programs are being cancelled, and teachers are fleeing the state so fast they leave skidmarks in school parking lots.

However, not all of the blame can be laid upon the legislators.  Earlier this month, Oklahoma voters defeated State Question 779 59% to 40% which would have raised sales tax by one cent, to give teachers a $5000 raise and increase education's coffers.  Apparently, Okies want the legislators to come up with a solution other than raising taxes.  Fair enough, but what do you plan to do in the meantime while the Republicans consult with lawmakers with educational backgrounds "just as they have always been."  Maybe they were consulted but certainly not heeded.

For now, Okies will watch teachers disappear over the horizon to greener pastures, see their children's education suffer and pad the pockets of Oklahoma's legislators.

http://okiefunk.com/content/it-will-get-worse-right-wing-assault-continues-oklahoma-schools
http://newsok.com/article/5508902
http://newsok.com/article/5526191

The Oklahoman "endorses" Trump

Although The Oklahoman did not specifically say it endorsed Trump, the "non-endorsement" gist of the editorial makes it plain, it prefers Trump to Clinton.  The Daily Waste of Paper states that Donald Trump is the "wildest of wild cards" and a "flawed candidate".  But the editorial goes to much greater lengths to blast Clinton for her stances on policies (all without any citations, of course.  Who needs facts?).

Clinton has over eighty newspaper endorsements, including conservatives such as the Duncan Banner and the Stillwater News Press.  Trump has four, including the New York Observer (which has also endorsed Clinton) and the National Enquirer!  Nuff said.

The editorial ends with "By all means vote on Nov. 8, then pray for this country."

How did that work for the oilfields?


http://okiefunk.com/content/once-again-oklahoman-editorial-board-takes-immoral-cowardly-position

http://newsok.com/on-nov.-8-good-of-the-country-must-come-first/article/5522581

http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-endorsements-newspaper-editorial-board-president-2016-2016-9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_endorsements_in_the_United_States_presidential_primaries,_2016#Hillary_Clinton

So cuts in Oklahoma's education funding NOT the cause of teacher shortage?

Ben Felder, an investigative reporter for the Oklahoman, released an article yesterday lamenting the state's shortage of qualified teachers.  The Oklahoma legislature has approved 926 "emergency teacher certificates" this year.  These "emergency and alternative certified" educators might not have the proper training to handle school children.

But Felder's article leaves out one glowing fact, obvious in its absence:  The Oklahoma government has continually cut the budget for education.  This is the real reason teachers are leaving the state in droves.  Nobody can afford to live on a teacher's salary.   Sure, the cost of living is lower in Oklahoma than other states, but when you make little money, it is impossible.

Laurence Baines, associate dean for graduate studies and research at OU's college of education, relates a scary story.  He met a former used car salesman, teaching science at an Oklahoma high school, who smelled of beer.  The "teacher" only had six hours of science as part of his general ed requirements in college.

Baines also fears that emergency certified personnel might have only a 1.0 GPA, be alcoholic, or addicted to porn and still be hired to teach English.

Gee!  How ever can the state avoid such catastrophes?  I know!  Let's pray for the oilfields on October 13th!  The price of oil will go up, Oklahoma can get out of the economic cesspool it's in, and then they can give more money to education.  Maybe.

http://newsok.com/article/5520600?utm_source=NewsOK.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=NIC-Facebook

OK Republican Hate-monger calls for "final solution" to Muslims - WTF?

Moron!

OMG!  The hate never ends in Oklahoma!  Ardmore state representative Pat Ownbey has called for the "final solution" to Islam that sounds eerily like Hitler's "final solution" to the existence of Jews in Germany.

He promoted an article on Facebook which stated:

“Since the 95% of Muslims who are described as either ‘moderate’ or ‘un-radicalized’ appear unwilling to play an active role in keeping their radicalized brethren in check, we have no long term alternative but to quarantine them… prohibiting them from residing anywhere within the civilized nations of the Earth.”

Sheesh!

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/22/oklahoma-republican-calls-final-solution-muslims-islam-religion.html

Republicans: Facts? We don't need no stinking facts!

The Washington Post just published an article stating why many Republicans will believe in cheating if Hillary Clinton wins the election.  Why?  Because Trump has already said so.  Trailing by double-digits in the polls, Trump continues to spew lies, blatantly in the face of facts and Republicans believe it, because they want to.  It's more comfortable for them to believe in what makes them happy, i.e. hate Obama and Clinton, than to actually face the truth.

Trump led the effort to find out whether President Obama was born in the U.S.  After Obama produced his birth certificate from Hawaii, still 20% of Republicans believe he wasn't born in the U.S.  Is the State of Hawaii lying? Oh, right.  Hawaii is mostly a Democratic state so they can't be trusted.  Whatever.

Also, Obama is Christian but 43% of Republicans still believe he is a Muslim.    WTF?

Have Republicans forgotten the most egregious moment of presidential election cheating?  Remember the Hanging Chad?  Hmmm.....Shrub was elected in a controversial vote count that was ultimately decided by Florida, a state governed at the time by Shrub's brother Jeb.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-plenty-of-donald-trump-supporters-will-believe-that-hillary-clinton-stole-the-election/ar-BBvEnZg?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

Scary Failing speaks without checking her facts and offers advice to Trump

Watch Scary Failing spin lies Trump passes off as "truth to power".

The Wall Street Journal has some interesting information in fact-checking Trump.

Fallin advice: Trump should keep being Trump: 'It's important he continues speaking truth to power yet understand that as the nominee opponents will twist what he says,' the governor said after making a case to the Republican Women's Club to vote for Trump.

 http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/08/08/fact-checking-donald-trumps-speech-on-the-economy/

Gov. Mary Failing dead-pans comical speech at RNC

Watch the country’s worst governor deadpan her speech at the Republican National Convention in the clip below.  How could she keep a straight face?  Fortunately, we can tell she did not plagiarize anyone because nobody could pen a speech that stupid.

At one point she delivers what she thinks is a powerful message, but the audience waits several seconds before thinking:  "Oh, we were supposed to applaud her?  Okay."

She talked about the importance of education while Oklahoma's educational system is in critical condition, not certain if it is going to survive.

Did she even read her speech before she went out there?  Did she intend to make herself look bad?  I doubt it.  From what I understand the RNC was all about fear.  Failing goes onto say that we ‘live in fear’ and ‘our spirit is almost broken’.  Who was she talking to?  We do live in fearsome times but not all of us live in fear nor are our spirits even close to being broken. 

Thanks for the fear-mongering, Failing!  Let’s keep it un-real!

Kevin Durant is leaving the Thunder - Total bummer

Kevin Durant announced on The Players Tribune website that he is leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors.  :(  He helped put Oklahoma onto the major sports league map, so how will the Thunder fare now that their top-scorer has left?  So much for a happy holiday.


http://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-durant-nba-free-agency-announcement/

Republicans against clean air!

Shocking!  Obama signs a major bill to overhaul rules on toxic chemicals, which is amazing despite the intense opposition from Republicans.  The GOP has tried to reduce funding for the EPA, or even eliminate because environmental law "stifles businesses and creates unnecessary burdens".  Businesses will have more burdens if environmental laws aren't passed because of providing health insurance for their employees.  Oh.  Right.

So Republicans.  What businesses have been stifled?  What burdens have environmental laws put on businesses that justify not regulating chemicals?

http://my.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20160622/43894e6a-bbf5-44bd-806b-8fd6985d8c4c

Tulsa World: "Surely Oklahoma has reached the tipping point now" - I seriously doubt it.

Ginnie Graham, columnist for the Tulsa World, wrote in today's issue that Oklahoma has reached a 'tipping point' or if not, is close to one. I don't share her optimism because there doesn't seem to be any indication Oklahoma politicians are going to change the direction they're headed. Down the toilet, where the minds of state officials reside.

Where are we going and why are we all in this handbasket?

Graham lists what the Oklahoma State Senate accomplished in one week:
1. Cutting $110M from the education system

2. Passing a Republican-sponsored illegal abortion bill, so "lawmakers are purposely passing bad laws to attract costly lawsuits"

3. A grand jury found that corrections officers were told “to Google” how to execute prisoners.

4. The parole board refused mercy for a man serving life without parole for selling an ounce of cocaine.

5. Passing bills to “adjust” the earned income tax credit, eliminating or reducing a break for about 200,000 poor, working families

6. Calling for the impeachment of President Obama and other federal officials and want a “religious” exemption on where people can take a piss.

Oklahoma politicos certainly does not have their constituents interests in mind, only their own.

Ginnie Graham: Surely Oklahoma has reached the tipping point now: Oklahoma sure had one embarrassing week. The state has to do better than what our elected lawmakers are giving us.

San Diego Padres 'discipline' employee after 'mishap'? WTF?

The Los Angeles Times report that the San Diego Padres have 'disciplined' an employee after Saturday night's "mishap". The Padres went on to say:

"that it had conducted an internal probe and concluded that there was "no evidence of malicious intent" by any of the individuals involved in the mishap, but the organization faulted personnel for not immediately intervening and correcting the situation."

No "malicious intent"? It was a deliberate act of sabotage! This was no accident! And what sort of "discipline" did they dole out to this employee? Sensitivity training? After publicly humiliating the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus, the employee needs to apologize publicly!
The Padres released a statement via Twitter saying "We apologize to anyone in the ballpark who this may have offended,..."

MAY have offended?  They still doubt that a single person was offended by that?

The Padres have a long way to go in just being human beings.  You'd think this happened in Oklahoma!


http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me--ln-gay-chorus-padres-20160522-snap-htmlstory.html
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/05/22/san-diego-gay-mens-chorus-slams-san-diego-padres-over-national-anthem-incident/

Oklahoma legislators call for Obama's impeachment over "bathroom policies"

The Oklahoma Legislature, still trying to keep from facing a $1.3B deficit, has now decided to impeach President Obama over his "bathroom policies".  How stupid can they be?  Transgendered people have been using public restrooms for years without everybody having a heart attack in the process.  Now, all of a sudden, Oklahoma Republicans are having heart attacks over transgendered people using public restrooms.  Unfortunately, none of the Republicans have died yet. 

http://kfor.com/2016/05/21/its-a-political-distraction-lawmakers-fighting-over-call-to-impeach/

Oklahoma Senate passes bill to detract attention from budget shortfall

The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill that allows students with "deeply held religious beliefs" can petition their schools to use different facilities than transgendered students. 

If they had any religious beliefs, they wouldn't care.

Transgendered people have been using public bathrooms for years.  Why is this all of a sudden an issue?


http://www.news9.com/story/32028628/oklahoma-senate-committee-passes-controversial-transgender-bathroom-bill