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Miley Cyrus: Worst Celebrity Influence

fistshaker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:04:11 +0000

It’s official. Miley Cyrus is THE worst celebrity influence, beating out both Britney and Kanye.

What more is there to say?

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Twana Chapman: Crazy Ass Parking Cop

fistshaker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:18:48 +0000

Twana's Gonna Get You, Sucka!

Earlier this month, down in Chinatown NYC, some crazy parking cop mamed Twana Chapman tried to give Qiang Nian Zhu a parking ticket. Sounds pretty normal. After all, people get parking tickets all the time. Oh wait… Except this time:

Zhu still had a minute left on his parking pass
Zhu’s wife was at the MuniMeter buying another pass
Chapman decided to give Zhu a ticket anyway
Zhu tried to cover his registration number so Chapman couldn’t see it… She responded by shouting at him and smacking him in the face with her scanner
Chapman supposedly then started shouting “You f—— Chinese, go back where you came from. All of you f—— Chinese,” at the crowd that was gathering
Zhu gets ARRESTED for some nonsense (obstructing administrative blah blah blah), spends 9 hours in jail, and is now facing criminal charges
All of this is captured on security camera footage

Wtf. So the moral of the story is, even if you’re parked legally, cops can give you a ticket. If you argue, you get smacked in the head and arrested. Awesome.

“Asian Fit”

fistshaker — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:59:58 +0000

It seems that Oakley is trying to target the Asian (American?) market with these “Asian Fit” goggles:

Apparently they are “Designed to compliment Asian facial anatomy in both fit and comfort.”

…Huh?

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UPDATE: Aha… This explains what they mean: Asian Fit Explained.

Playmobil’s “Asian” Family

fistshaker — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:47:55 +0000

Squinty eyes? Check.

Ugly ass bowl haircuts? Check.

Giant camera around dad’s neck? Check.

All we’re missing is a math textbook, a kung-fu outfit, and the Laundromat/Grocery Store/Nail Salon playset! Way to go, Playmobil!

Ching Chong Family!

Teaching stereotypes, one child at a time.

Asshats.

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Miley: Classy As Always

fistshaker — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:13:20 +0000

Miley Cyrus: Proving once again, you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can’t take the stripper out of– wait a minute…

Last night at the Teen Choice Awards, Miley performed her song “Party In The USA.” First, she emerges from what appears to be a big mobile home. Go figure. Then, she gave all her teen (and tween) fans a real treat when she hopped up on a ice cream cart and undulated around a tall, silver pole…

Um. What? Forget the fact that Miley sings like a wanna-be karaoke contest winner. Forget the slightly questionable outfit she wore to the TEEN Choice Awards. This is not okay.

Now, there are some idiots out there who think this was totally cool. After all, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders dance around in little cheerleading outfits all the time, right? Wrong. Someone whose TARGET audience is made up of little girls should probably avoid slutting it up and pole-dancing on national TV. Period. I know there was that exotic dancing exercise craze a little while back… But c’mon, how many 11-year old girls were enrolled in stripper dance class?

More on this ridiculousness here and here. Video below (fast forward to 1:00, unless you really want to hear her sing).

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UPDATE: Ed Norwick, the general manager of New York stripclub SCORES, has issued the following statement:

“While Miley did show off some skills, we at SCORES cannot encourage this kind of behavior for women under the legal age. If she’d like to come try out in a couple of years, our door’s open!”

HA! Looks like Miley’s got a future in entertainment after all…

Just FYI: “Indian Giver”

fistshaker — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:15:12 +0000

Just for your info, wikipedia theorizes that the etymology of the above phrase is as follows:

It is unclear exactly how this expression came to be, but the consensus is that it is based on Native Americans having a distinctly different sense of property ownership as opposed to those of European ancestry. One theory holds that early European settlers in North America misinterpreted aid and goods they received from Native Americans as “gifts,” when in fact they were intended to be offered in trade, as many tribes operated economically by some form of barter system, or a gift economy where reciprocal giving was practiced.^[6] It is also theorized that this stereotype may have been coined or exaggerated by the conquering European groups to denigrate the native people as dishonest and thereby justify their conquest.^[6] A popular myth started by Europeans tells of early settlers trading firearms to a group of Native Americans for maize, who then promptly turned the guns on the Europeans and reclaimed their crop.

Just something to think about the next time you use or hear that phrase.

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The Onion: What Are We Angrily Shaking Our Fists At?

fistshaker — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:03:06 +0000

Courtesy of the Onion…

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Robert McFarland: Officer Douchebag

fistshaker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:26:34 +0000

What would you do if your father or loved one had just undergone brain surgery a few months ago, but was suddenly on the floor having a seizure?

Officer Douchebag

Well, if you’re like Adrainne Ledesma (or, I don’t know, pretty much anyone), you’d freak out and/or call 9-1-1. That’s what she did. What happened? According to ABC News in Detroit, Sgt. Robert McFarland, the officer who picked up the call, admonishes her for cursing. Yep. Adrainne’s dad is writhing on the floor in the middle of a seizure and this douchebag decides it’d be a great time to lecture her… And then HANG UP ON HER.

THREE TIMES.

So finally, when her dad is squared away and being looked after by her brother, Adrainne heads over to the police station to file a complaint. What happened?

SHE GOT ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND ABUSING 9-1-1.

WHAT.

Check out the news report here:

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The Valley (“Whites Only”) Club Pool

fistshaker — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:04:07 +0000

I don’t know why I’m still surprised to hear about this sort of crazy racist nonsense… But here it is:

A country club called The Valley Club in the suburbs of Philly is in some deep shit after they turned away a group of black and hispanic inner-city kids. These kids had come to the club to use their swimming pool through an agreement with Creative Steps, Inc., a summer day camp. Despite the fact that the kids had paid all the necessary dues, they were turned away from the club once the folks who worked there figured out that, oh no!, they’re not WHITE! *GASP*

What was the response from the country club?

“There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,” John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club said in a statement. – NBC Philly

That is some fucked up shit.

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Sotomayor As An… Asian??

fistshaker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:54:02 +0000

Check out this nonsense from the cover of the National Review’s latest issue:

Wtf?!

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