Sting (Gordon Sumner) is a Complete Hypocritical Moron

ROCK superstar Sting has forced organizers to move his planned one-night show in the Philippines to another Manila venue amid a spat over pine trees involving the original hosts, it was announced on Friday.
 

Pine trees?  Hmmmm...this looks interesting.  What could pine trees possibly have to do with the cancellation of a Sting (Gordon Sumner, since he hates being called that) concert?

 Environmentalists had sued the SM Baguio shopping mall in the northern mountain resort of Baguio City earlier this year to stop the uprooting and relocation of 182 old trees, mostly pines, growing at its property.

The case sparked calls for a boycott of the SM chain, controlled by the family of the country's richest man, billionaire developer Henry Sy.
 

Ummm...they're pine trees.  Pine trees are freaking everywhere.  And, for some stupid reason, the developer has even agreed to replant the damn things.  I mean...come on...they're pine trees.

Ok...try this.  Look at #8 on the list of "Most Outrageous  Rock Star Purchases." 

8. Sting -- Aside from being a professional douche bag, he once gave his family a Christmas to remember. Sting purchased a $11,900 living Christmas tree which he then had shipped into his 41-room English mansion, with a specialist florist brought in to hang the baubles. Now that's the spirit of Christmas!

That would be a transplant of a pine tree, moron.   And, I'm guessing that at least one tree bit the dust (permanently) when they built one of his seven homes.

Climate Change and Drought

Plug... "Drought caused by global warming"...into the Google search engine and you get over 3.9 Million results.  You will see "serious" articles from the BBC, ABC News,  CNN...etc...

However, how about a truly science driven research paper that takes a look at the specific factual data?  Here's a post by Anthony Watts at WattsupWithThat.com  highlighting such a research paper presented by scientists, Justin Sheffield, Eric F. Wood, and  Michael L. Roderick.

More realistic calculations, based on the underlying physical principles8 that take into account changes in available energy, humidity and wind speed, suggest that there has been little change in drought over the past 60 years.
 

Little change in drought over the past 60 years.  That seems important...to true scientists (not the media). 

Ah...a Revelation on Terrorism

So, I finally figured out why the current Administration and the US Justice Department would rather try terrorists under the US Court of Law instead of military tribunals.

FREE PUBLICITY!!!!

He then blasted US foreign policy and its overseas wars. “I ask you, what is democracy? What kind of system endorses torture?”

He also criticized the very wealthy and denied having anything “to do with any subway bombing plot.”  

He expressed no remorse and said he would appeal his conviction on conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction and other terrorism-related charges.

Medunjanin attended Flushing HS and graduated from Queens College.
 

It's like watching MSNBC and an Obama campaign speech all wrapped up in one.

WHY?

Vice President Joe Biden is coming to New Jersey on Sunday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy, the White House announced today.

No immediate itinerary was set.

They Already did it Once

An American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit is challenging the federal government’s practice of mandatory incarceration for immigration detainees. The ACLU claims the government unnecessarily incarcerates deportation candidates even if they are documented citizens and pose no flight risk or threat.
 

That's right...immigration detainees are not a flight risk. *cough*   Dumb doesn't begin to describe this fiction.  Someone please change the sign to American Criminal Liberties Union.

The Union Killed my Twinkie

Hostess Brands Inc. says it's going out of business after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to make its Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other snacks.

The company had warned employees that it would file a motion with U.S. Bankruptcy Court Friday seeking permission to shutter its operations and sell assets if plants didn't resume normal operations by a Thursday evening deadline.

The closing would mean the loss of about 18,500 jobs.

"Many people have worked incredibly long and hard to keep this from happening, but now Hostess Brands has no other alternative than to begin the process of winding down and preparing for the sale of our iconic brands," CEO Gregory Rayburn said in a letter to employees posted on the company website.

He added that all employees will eventually lose their jobs, "some sooner than others."
 

Holy smokes!!!  Hostess made it clear that unless they cut costs they're going under.  They attempted to cut costs, and the  Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union took it to the streets by striking.

That was the last straw.  *BOOM*  18,500 less jobs.

How do you think this same mentality of human will react when the US Govt. goes under and they can't get their entitlements at the same level that they expect?  Will they understand the concept of "NO."  Or will they self-destruct like the Hostess Brand employees.  This is prime "nose cutting to spite face" behavior.

Uncivilized

The violence over fuel price hikes in Jordan has escalated, as growing anger threatens to plunge the kingdom into a wave of unrest.

One armed civilian was killed and several policemen injured, some critically, when gunmen stormed a police station in Irbid, in the country's far north, and fired on officers there on Wednesday night.

Another police station came under attack in the northern Amman suburb of Shafa Badran, where automatic weapons were used. One police officer was reportedly critically injured. A police official said the attackers took advantage of the protests to pursue a violent agenda.

In Salt, northwest of capital Amman, protesters set fire to a civil affairs office.
 

Things we've learned:

Muslims are unciviled cretins despite the catalyst.  Our fuel prices in the US have increased by more than 100% in the last few years, but I fail to see rioting and shooting relative to that premise.  Therefore, Occams Razor would suggest that Muslim populations just aren't civilized.  Do you think that's insensitive?   Xenophobic?  Am I a bigot for making such a statement?  OK...prove I'm not.  Explain to me how raising fuel prices warrants wanton violence and destruction if we in the US have had our fuel prices raised even higher.  Uncivilized...it's the only answer.

These Jordanians were in the street causing injury and damage within minutes of the announcement by their government.