Eric Covener’s Journal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

A cargo cult is any of a group of religious movements that occurred in Melanesia, in the Southwestern Pacific. The Cargo Cults believe that manufactured western goods (‘cargo’) have been created by ancestral spirits and intended for Melanesian people. White people, however, have unfairly gained control of these objects. Cargo cults thus focus on overcoming what they perceive as undue ‘white’ influences by conducting rituals similar to the white behavior they have observed, presuming that the ancestors will at last recognize their own and this activity will make cargo come. Thus a characteristic feature of Cargo Cults is the belief that spiritual agents will at some future time give much valuable cargo and desirable manufactured products to the cult members.

STALLONE’S KNOCKOUT ON ROCKY

HARDMAN actor Sylvester Stallone was knocked unconscious in a boxing ring making the new Rocky movie.

He was left flat on his back for several minutes with cameras still rolling because the crew thought he was acting.

Same real-life-mistaken-for-acting happened on the set of Rocky 5, except instead of several minutes it was all 6 months of filming… And instead of calling for help they rewrote the character as a speech impaired brain damaged gorilla.

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/archive.asp?fpArchive=091201

Arizona, 4th from the left on the first row, leads with Tempe Mayoral race and “Price of stamps to go up”

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr_archive.asp?fpVname=AZ_AR

Judge Gets 4 Years for Exposing Himself

He said he may have absentmindedly squeezed the pump’s handle during court cases but never used it to masturbate.

… I’ve heard it a million times.

Four agencies probe truck fire that killed 60 puppies

How come everyone gets all upset about this but when they find a cargo container full of dead stowaway immigrants nobody bats an eyelash?

Jimmy Norton:

Because people want puppies here, and when I call a company on the phone it doesn’t say “Press 1 for English, press 2 if you’re a puppy”

So Mckinney lost her primary election by a landslide, and is of course disputing the results. If you’ve ever heard the woman talk, you’ll immediately think she should be wearing a Rite-Aid vest and name tag as opposed to a congressional pin — but there are a lot of crazies in congress (Farenheit 911 has a great example as the congressmen are shot down by Al Gore for bringing something to the floor)

Apparently one of her bodyguards, who roughts up a reporter and made some Jewish conspiracy theory remarks (not anti-semitic IMO), is a martial arts expert who appeared as a karate instrucot in Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon (not to be confused with The Last Dragon whick would be much funnier).

Bye crazy bitch!

Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown

Are we finally over this PC thing? Is it now safe to play dodgeball and make jokes about the handicapped again?

One of Fox News’ premier international/war correspondents has been kidnapped in Gaza, but the network itself isn’t covering the story.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fncers_kidnapped_in_gaza_pray_for_their_release_i_will_keep_you_posted_moody_41981.asp

NWS: Bob Saget doing filthy material at the Opie and Anthony travelling virus

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