Cuppacafe

So, as I understand Seppuku, it is the Japanese form of ritual suicide by disembowelment. it is part of the samurai honor code that was used voluntarily by samurai warriors so that they could die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies. It was alternately used as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, or performed for other reasons that have brought shame to them.

Now I know what you are going to say, that this is perhaps a bit barbaric, but, well, given the massive social, economic, and environmental screw-up that BP did in the gulf, I'm not so sure that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to bring it back as a form of deterrent to prevent future CEOs from being so dismissive about their own responsibilities.

Still, since this is Cuppa, well, we still need to mock someone, and well, we have no compunctions about who we "borrow" from to do it. Hence the following (very, very funny) Lady Ga Ga remix...

Yeah, that was pretty funny, and if you weren't a Lady Ga Ga fan before, this should make you one, eh?

Oh yeah, and then there is this:

The Perfessor

posted without comment. Sound req'd.

Since this is an Olbermann clip, you'll know which side of the aisle he's coming from. The following commentary is not fair.

It is, however, mostly true.

A ten minute rant on Ayers, witch doctors, people who pal around with domestic terrorists who ALSO live in the Alaskan governor's mansion... (yes, Todd Palin, please explain your time with the secessionists -- did you know the founder of that secessionist movement was killed during an attempt to buy plastic explosives? )

So, no, this video is not for those convinced that Northern Virginia is "communist country" -- like John McCain's brother proposed this past week [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdO4qncOw4Y ]

Olbermann is the anti-Fox Network all by his lonesome.

Some things just need to be said.

Update:
And then there's this:

In truth, Sarah wasn't officially a member -- just attended a couple of conventions, was considered a member as late as last year by their current leader and Sarah made the address for this year's convention you see above this March.

If you ever wanted to see someone more of a functional idiot than any person you've ever known, just play the interview below. It's just a short segment about Sarah Palin defending the claims that she has experience dealing with Russia.

Yes, there's an ad in front of this vid, but watch this and be amazed.

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If you don't have the sound on, here's the sample

COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?

PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land -- boundary that we have with -- Canada. [...]

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our -- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia --

COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We -- we do -- it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where -- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is -- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to -- to our state.

I'm not too sure I know what she's saying here. The funny part is, I'm pretty certain she doesn't know what she's saying either.

All that time behind closed doors with her political handlers and they still can't come up with an answer for her to parrot.

What rings true about the following YouTube is that when on stage together since the convention, Palin makes McCain look old. McCain is probably a lot more active than he seems, but appearances do mean a lot.

YouTube

Addendum: For a stupider YouTube take on the McCain vetting process, there's this YouTube. I don't recommend it. ("You live near Russia. That makes you an expert on the country!!")

Don't attack her because she's a woman. Unless she's Hillary.
A three year governor after being a mayor of a town of 200,000 isn't enough experience to be Vice President. Unless you're a two year governor after being a mayor of a town of 9,000. Then that's plenty.
And don't say that she's a bad parent, unless she's the parent of Jamie Spears. Then you're a pinhead.

Thank you, Jon Stewart.

Stay tuned to the end to hear Palin from a few months ago.