This is not acceptable for Cougar Mating Season.

Two single mothers in the US are facing numerous charges after a sleepover including six teenage boys allegedly turned into a sex party.

Boys aged 14 to 16 were attending a sleepover at Lynne Long’s Pennsylvania home when Angela Honeycutt, the mother of two children, allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old boy and performed sex acts on a 15-year-old, local TV station CBS3 reports.

Those poor children.

These are not Cougars.  Understand this, Cougars are attractive.

If they use this as bragging rights at school, their testicles should be handed in.

I don’t care what Auto Vantage said.  Pittsburgh’s drivers are some of the most inept people on the road.  We sponsored Our own independent survey and found most Pittsburgh drivers to be idiots and have no sense of right or left. Our study also shows that the blood pressure of Our Congregation is higher in Pittsburgh than it is in other cities. This study already factors in the constant construction on the Parkway and city streets.

Take for instance My driving experience last night. I’m behind a vintage blue Toyota Corolla with the driver cruising along Ellsworth at a brisk fifteen miles per hour while approaching a light that just turned green.  However, by the time we actually reached the light it was back to red.  There’s no excuse for this madness.

Later, I’m behind a car on one of Pittsburgh’s many one way streets approaching a light.  The driver in front of me signals (far ahead of the light) that they are going to turn left and in a move which is bereft of common sense: the drivers moves all the way over to the RIGHT then angles the car back to the LEFT.  Why is this a problem? Well, because I wanted to make a legal right turn on red.

The driver in front of me seemed genuinely confused as to why I shouted out my window that they were a clueless asshole and should have their license suspended until their common sense skills develop.  Considering this person was easily in their forties, I don’t think they should hold much hope.  However, the situation did have the benefit of providing some amusement for the people waiting at the bus stop.

So I usually will take the bus to not increase my blood pressure - but then there’s the problem of mass transit in general.  I have a new solution to the Port Authority’s blood letting-like practive of hemoraging money:  follow what the airlines do when it comes to extra large passengers - charge them double.  I don’t need to be pressed against the window of the bus (who knows what germs are present from the crappin’ kids that are brought on by their parents or the other people who fail to bathe daily :shudder:

Charging them double the fare would raise money for the Port Auth and also motivate people to lose weight and get in shape. It’s win-win! Why are we not doing this?  I will tell you why: The extra-large people can easily manipulate matter (read: Me) with their extra-large hands and force other passengers through the window when it’s suggested, under one’s breath, that they should go pay another $2 dollars to ride the bus. How he heard me over his labored breathing I cannot answer.

Big Guy (bg): [ encroaching on my space ]
BG: [ labored breathing ]
CL (under my breath): Port Authority should take a hint from the airlines and charge some people double
BG: The airlines can only get away with that because most people cannot fit through the oval-shaped window when thrown.
CL: Touche [ I hate this term, but it is fitting ]
BG: [ more labored breathing ]

I’ll give him credit for that.  Would I be the only one who is disappointed that the labored breathing is not in a manner like Darth Vader? I guess it’s a blessing in disguise since he could have then force-pushed me out the window or force-choked me and no one would be the wiser.

I also almost missed my stop (usually people are chasing the bus to get on, very rarely are they hindered from getting off the bus) because said large passenger CANNOT GET OUT OF THE SEAT.  I held my tongue even though it was tempting to say, “I’ve scaled Everest, I think I can scale you to get off the bus.”

All that he was missing was an oxygen tank and a motorized kart.

Everyone knew Hillary Clinton was going to win West Virginia yesterday and everybody knew why.  But nobody knew by how much.  41 points.  Quite a bit.  Why?

People like Mary Beth Jester

“I want to see a woman in there before I see a . . . ” She stopped, and her sister finished the sentence with: “a man of color.”

Let me adjust my monocle.

Way to be with the times, Mary Beth Jester.

I’ve commented on the inanity of CCTV cameras making their debut in Pittsburgh. Well, apparently several cameras are going to be put into place in the North Side.

“Safety is a priority in my district, and I thought cameras could be another tool for those communities,” said Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris.

Harris said she hopes one day all neighborhoods will have those tools.

The question is how effective will these cameras be?  I doubt they’ll be effective it all and just drive the unwanted elements / crime elsewhere in the North Side or to other parts of the city. How have CCTV cameras fared in, say, London - which has 10,000 cameras in its “Ring of Steel”?

“Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe.”

3%?  Just 3%?  They have 10,000 cameras.  Wonderful.  Another dog and pony show by the Pittsburgh administration which is going to cost the tax payer more money without seeing much benefit. (Just a note: this money is coming from Homeland “Security” not local taxes, but it is a “use it or lose it” type fund.  Just like the tunnel being drilled under the Allegheny).

Is this what is in store for Pittsburgh?  Oh, it’s going to be a talking point for how Ravenstahl and Co. took a bite out of crime.  Granted, Pittsburgh is not London, but what is a handful of camera’s going to do when 10,000 seem to be ineffective?

“Use of CCTV images for court evidence has so far been very poor, according to Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, the officer in charge of the Metropolitan police unit. “CCTV was originally seen as a preventative measure,” Neville told the Security Document World Conference in London. “Billions of pounds has been spent on kit, but no thought has gone into how the police are going to use the images and how they will be used in court. It’s been an utter fiasco: only 3% of crimes were solved by CCTV. There’s no fear of CCTV.”

Ah well, most people won’t care as long as it seems they are doing something.  Which in this case they’re really just spending money to do nothing.  It’s unfortunate that there are not other options (like increasing Police presence in troubled areas) that can be employed.

I want to let you all know that the city in which we live is not the most idiotic place when it comes to its governance, nor is it as bad as Florida where a pregnant woman was busted for a DUI… again; or the Homeland Security’s No-fly list which lists U.S. Marshalls, who are supposed to be on the flights to protect us from those who are not supposed to fly.

Oh, the U.S. also has Nelson Mandela on the no-fly list. I’m sure if Jesus existed today and he was rebuked by the Sanhedrin, they’d list him as a terrorist and, he too, would be on the no-fly list.

Next thing you know, MADD will want those who play Grand Theft Auto IV’s drunk driving scene arrested for driving under the influence as well.

In what could have been almost a nice common sense move for Pittsburgh, we could have had an Onorato sin tax on fast food.  Seems someone in New Jersey thinks this is not a bad idea.  Actually, I don’t either, as eating something from McDonald’s or Wendy’s is probably more likely to kill you than having a beer.  So, why not a 10% tax on your Big Mac?

Onorato could spin this to sound like he is fighting the war on obesity, diabetes and to promote general awareness of the dangers of The Baconator.  At least that’s something useful to society versus preying upon those of us who want one or two harmless beers.

I don’t read fark.com too often, but every once in a while, a gem of a headline appears.

“Hillary sees her shadow in Pennsylvania. We can expect six more weeks of tired, pathetic campaigning”

Isn’t that the truth.

I couldn’t even watch her victory speech; it was very uncomfortable.  Not fingernails-on-the-chalkboard uncomfortable, but uncomfortable in the way when you are in public and you get to witness a parent beat their crying child in front of a downtown McDonald’s while waiting for the bus. Oh, and this happens at rush hour in front of 100 people who are all trying not to look.

I can’t wait to see what lows Hillary Clinton will stoop to next.  Perhaps she’ll claim that Obama just happened to be in a frame of a porn video like Terrel Owens (her campaign team will probably splice in the frame themselves - think Tyler Durden-style) Can Hillary Clinton get any more pathetic?  My answer is yes, but the question will be how.

The current queen of political spin thinks she has the lead… if you were to count Florida and Michigan.

“I’m very proud that as of today, I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anyone else,” Clinton said Wednesday, one day after her decisive win in Pennsylvania.

Not so fast, says Obama’s campaign. Clinton’s count includes her wins in Michigan and Florida, but the Democratic presidential candidates agreed not to campaign in those states because they violated party rules by scheduling their contests too early.

Oops.  She also tried to fool the media in stating that she raised $10 million dollars after her 9-point PA win on Tuesday.  The number is actually closer to $6 million.  I’m sure she is still in debt. Does anyone see a pattern here of lies and half-truths?   Clinton is just trying to sucker the remaining super delegates into pledging their support for her - will it work?  Well, if the super delegates are just as inept as the majority of central and western Pennsylvania, maybe.

I mean, people in Pennsylvania still believe that he’s Muslim (he’s not).   As if that or religion in general is supposed to play a part in politics.  Unfortunately, people believe in imaginary things and let their imaginary friends govern their life and choices.  Wake up.

“The Chinese government said Sunday that formerly restive areas were under control and accused the Dalai Lama of trying to harm China’s image ahead of the summer games.”

Yeah, I don’t think China’s image is something of which they should really be proud.  But we all better be careful… they could unlease their weather dominator against the rest of the world.

The PA Legislature is at it a-fuckin-gain… This is also a bit old (not really) and something I haven’t been able to write as concisely as the PGH Comet just has.  Let me sum up my thoughts on the recent incarnation of PA’s idiotic attempt to define marriage:

It’s like PA is now getting sloppy santorum seconds from someone whom I now call Santorum Jr. (I’m not sure whose bright idea this was this time around (Boyd? Gordner?), the idea is unfortunately not new - 2006 was the latest attempt at this.  I’m willing to bet the 17 co-sponsors just held a big gangbang for the bill and there’s plenty of santorum to go around the house floor. I would hate to be the custodial staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee)

Why are people so closed-minded and bigoted toward this? It doesn’t affect them one bit. It’s like they think their marriage is going to be suddenly worth less.

Hello? Most marriages are worthless. It’s hypocrisy at its finest example (who knows, maybe one of the co-sponsors has had an affair or may be another Larry Craig in hiding).  Marriage doesn’t make people stick out tough times more than being not married - a story with which I’m well familiar.

It basically is constitutionally-protected discrimination.

All of their arguments are closed-minded and based on bigotry and / or fear; their own insecurities of some people being just plain different; they go and hide behind religion and morality.  The Comet goes on to trash that hiding spot.

I’d like to also argue that this is primarily the conservative / christian-right that goes on to pervert its sense of purpose of imposing its will on the populace.  The problem here, as the Comet points out, is separation of church and state.  Something many people do not, cannot or flat out refuse to understand.

People fear the “radical muslims” because of their overt tactics. And well we should, but we should also fear the subtle and subversive indocrination of the radical religious-right that spreads the same fear possibly causing more damage over generations of time.   They spread FUD (fear, uncertaintly, doubt) mistrust, hate under a mask of love and peace.  It’s disgusting.  If Pat Robertson’s true self were to be unleashed, I don’t doubt he would engage in a Holy Crusade.  I wonder how dangerous Fred Phelps or Robertson would have been had they grown up under some of the fanaticism in the mid-east.

This week has been such a trainwreck in local government that I don’t even know where to start.

After he solved all other city problems, appeased the Hill District and came up with a quantum mechanics theory that would allow the Casino garage to co-exist with the Pittsburgh Skyline, boy-Mayor Ravenstahl threatened the city council. He then resorted to school-yard tactics when he was reported to have said, “My dad can beat up your dad.”  Nice to see that City Hall has turned into a sandbox that’s probably full of cat shit.  It’s just hard to figure out who on the council didn’t eat it.  My guess is Peduto didn’t eat it; perhaps Kraus didn’t either, but it was thrown at him:

“His exact words to me were, ‘We’re coming after you,’” Mr. Kraus said. “I said, ‘If you feel that best serves the interests of the people of Pittsburgh, to cripple city council, have at it.’”

Mr. Kraus added that the mayor specifically threatened to cut council staff salaries, and said, “‘And there’s more where that came from.’”

PittGirl compared the dialog to Under Siege 3 (there was a third?).  I think it was more comparable to Striking Distance.

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On the national scene, I’ve stopped counting how many articles there are for Obama and Clinton.  The Democratic Party side of things has become such a farce I don’t even want to read about it anymore.  I will say that Hillary Clinton is just grasping at straws at the moment.  Her credibility is shot, especially when you have Sinbad making fun of you.

“I made a mistake in describing it,” Mrs. Clinton told reporters yesterday. “We were very much told by the Secret Service and the military that we were going into a war zone, and we had to be conscious of that.

She said she ‘misspoke’.  The video showed her calmly walking out of the plane with her daughter right behind her. No sense of urgency or fear.  That’s not misspeaking, Clinton, that’s just flat-out lying.

So, what to do now?  let’s rehash what Obama respectively settled last week.  The Clinton Dog and Pony show.  Which one is Clinton, the dog or pony?

The AARP recently released a report on the crisis of the world’s over-population and instituted Retirement Order #44.  Release the younger souls from this Earth and infiltrate markets and smite them until they are dead, dead, dead.

Its first targeted city: Buenos Aires.

I wish Pittsburgh news channels would have chill out groove music playing in the background during their reports.  It is so easy and relaxing to watch this 80-year old man run over people with a relaxing sound track.  It’s like watching Hannibal Lecter when he kills the two prison guards to classical music in The Silence of the Lambs.

Cheney Compares Bush to Lincoln.

You have got to be kidding me.  Hopefully Cheney is either just kidding or is on his last heart, delusional, watching too much History Channel and is about to collapse under the huge weight of his hypocrisy.

Mr. Cheney compared the administration’s task now to Abraham Lincoln’s during the Civil War.

Let me sum up what should be Everyone’s first thought.

I don’t even think I can write anything more.  I’m too awestruck by the sheer inanity that sometimes comes from the current administration.