Cartoon violence, "The Other F Word" (video)

Pat Macpherson, Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; The Other F

A mighty devil (mara) says to a lesser demon (rakshasa, asura, or yaksha): "For all this talk of innate Buddha-nature, business is still humming right along." (buddhisthumor.org)

Go to your room, Lisa. Feelin' lucky, punk?

(FOX, Rated X for extreme) Cartoons precede our feature presentation. Isn't it funny living in a society that thinks nothing of showing violence on TV, but slip in some side boob? Oh 'ell no, the U.S. will not stand for it! "Think of the children!" Marge Simpson and a million MADD busybodies are heard to say. Then you become a father and, suddenly, hypocrisy sets in. Not my daughter's cleavage! Not my wife's amateur movie appearance. Have a son. Maybe he'll be partially gay, and will the same worries apply? Maybe. Maybe a whole set of new ones.

You're a good monkey. Stay out of Chris' closet.

"Men love porn," Quagmire and a million S.A.D. lazybodies are overheard to whisper. We need a spurt of dopamine, androgens, epinephrine, and maybe even a drop of oxytocin. Self soothing. Women can worry. Men can choke something. Look at that "Brass Monkey," the Buddhist band the Beastie Boys likes to say. He's a funky monkey. Sooner or later, punk rock boys become punk rock dads and discover the meaning of the other F word:

The Simpsons (Matt Groening) meet Family Guy (Seth Macfarlane); Gustavo Macana (mash up)

"The Other F Word"

A movie of quotable quotes: "A little ANARCHY can be a life-changing experience"

The Other F Word (with Spanish subtitles). Watch it without all the subtitulados.

"The Other F Word" is a doc directed by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, executive produced by Morgan Spurlock of "Supersize Me" fame (Rolling Stone). The film explores the world of punk musicians getting older and becoming parents. How can they maintain the contrast between an anti-authoritarian ethos and the responsibilities of F?

Other F-word? Fatherhood

It features interviews with more than 20 dads running the gamut of "punk" styles from Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 to Fat Mike of NOFX. It also includes professional skater Tony Hawk, who was part of a related subculture. Punks like skateboards. Other fathers featured: Jim Lindberg (Pennywise), Tony Adolescent (The Adolescents), Art Alexakis (Everclear), Rob Chaos (Total Chaos), Joe Escalante (The Vandals), Josh Freese (session drummer), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Lars Frederiksen (Rancid), Matt Freeman (Operation Ivy), Jack Grisham (TSOL), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks), Mike McDermott (Bouncing Souls), Tim McIlrath (Rise Against), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Duane Peters (U.S. Bombs), Joe Sib, Ron Chavo Reyes (Black Flag), and Rick Thorne (BMX biker). Additional music by FEAR, Dead Kennedys, Against Me!, Good Guys in Black, and the Black Pacific.
 

D'oh, I'll rip your head off and spit down your neck! - I'll tear ya limb from limb, fat chicken!

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"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" (TV)

Pat Macpherson, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; Neil deGrasse Tyson (cosmosontv.com)

The new "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" premeires Sunday, March 9, on 10 channels

The "cosmos" or world-system we live in is much bigger than we can imagine.

Celestial planes in Buddhist cosmological museum, Thailand (UweBKK/flickr.com)

  

Look up, look up, and look out over the skies. It's what any eager astrophysicist would do, from the smoky skyline of New York to the chemtrail-laden skies of Los Angeles. From coast to coast, the host with the most is no longer Carl Sagan. Now the mantle is passed onto upstart Neil deGrasse Tyson, the telegenic Michio Kaku of all things space, a media darling who knows better than to step out of line and say anything daring or beyond the pale of the gatekeepers of academe. But he does a good job, and the kids will love to be drawn out of the misery down here into the mystery of worlds above. Minds may be expanded, but the status quo will not be questioned. Stephen Hawking and his new brain implant were not available to work on the show. Carl Sagan was, but the ChronoVision is not yet what it will one day be (just ask Andrew Basiago). As for "Cosmos," even Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane is on board, having brought the show to Fox TV. More (plus video)

THE FIX IS IN: professional sports (video)

Pat Macpherson, Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Brian Tuohy (thefixisin.net)

It is not just football but professional sports worldwide -- futbol (soccer), cricket, baseball...

(Brian Tuohy) The Fix Is In -- professional sports matches are rigged for billions in profit. Our sports are Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing, and the FBI
  

The Fix Is In (Brian Tuohy)

Brian Tuohy (thefixisin.net) is a frequent contributor to the CBS Sports website (bleacherreport.com), where he chronicles sports scandals and conspiracies as stories break. Tuohy has been interviewed by The New York Times, ESPN, Fox Sports, and The Power Hour radio program.
 

How much of our lives have we spent watching televised sports, attending games, talking (useless babble) about sports, listening to sports radio, checking websites for updated scores and statistics, then taking in SportsCenter or another highlight show at the end of the day?

How much of our thoughts have been consumed with the big upcoming game? How many nights have we stayed awake wondering how "our team" blew that huge lead? How often have we reminisced about that impossible comeback win as if we had played in the game?

How much money have we emptied from our pockets on tickets, DirectTV packages, bets, jerseys, hats, trading cards, autographs, and overpriced salted junk food and beers over the course of our lifetimes?

Rabid Alex Jones talks with author Brian Tuohy about his latest book,

The Fix Is In: The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL & NASCAR,

which delves into the dark underbelly of professional sports.

 
What if all that time, emotion, and money was wasted on a lie?

Gambling, Game Fixing, and the FBI

What if the action on the field isn’t what it appears to be? What if we, and millions others like us, have been duped -- outright lied to -- by those franchises we hold so dear to our hearts, all in the name of greedily making an easy buck?
 
Well, it has been happening. And although our name might not be “Mark,” we have certainly become marks to those running the carnival known as professional sports.

When a win seems too good to be true -- it is too good to be true. When an impossible turn of events changes the course of a game -- it is an impossibility. When an improbable underdog rises to the top like some sort of Hollywood screenplay -- it is a screenplay.
 
The leagues, hand-in-hand with the TV networks, which pour billions of dollars into professional sports, have fixed their own games to squeeze every ounce of drama they can out of each season and to ensure we remain committed to our sport and glued to our TVs.
 
TheFixIsIn.net is dedicated to shining a light into those dark corners and exposing professional sports leagues and their athletes for the money-grubbing hypocrites they are. Some may call these sports conspiracy theories. Brian Tuohy calls them the truth. More

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