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George Zimmerman Innocent

DavidW - Publisher — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:26:57 +0000

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain, (self appointed) who reportedly shot and killed the teen Trayvon Martin should be cleared of all wrongdoing in the incident. Yes, things look bad for him now, after all he outweighed the teenager by 110 lbs that he pursued and gunned down. And even though he has a record of hyper-vigilante actions, patrolling the 7-11, calling the police 46 times last year alone. But he should be found innocent, after all this is Florida, cousin to Arizona where people who wear hoodies are not just suspect but we all know they are up to no good, they just aren’t indigenous to this country, and it happened in a gated community, and the police department made the call right off the bat, that the victims age and the bag of candy he had predisposed him to a life of malevolence, better to save the good taxpayers the hassle of an investigation.

But Zimmerman will be found innocent for the same reason gunslingers walked the dusty streets of the old west with impunity, they might have provoked the fight but they didn’t strike the first blow. I watch the westerns, the game is simple, a technicality will get you off every time. Bully your victim, push them into a corner, block their escape then kill them in self defense. Usually the rules include that they have a gun too, but what the heck, it’s all fictional in the land of hanging chads.

Of course by the end of Gunsmoke Marshall Dillon has set things right, locking the bully up or, more often, shooting them dead in one clean shot. We don’t get that kind of resolution here, in the land of the freely gun-toting puffed up with false bravado badge-happy bozos. Here we have court cases that drag on and eventually lead to drawn out mockeries of justice, witness OJ, Robert Blake, Robert Wagner, et al. Expect a non verdict in this matter, either way we won’t be disappointed.

(Editors note: Readers, wish this was a blithe frivolous little tidbit, but sometimes the news of the day just pisses me off.)

Colfax & 15th, New Film

DavidW - Publisher — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:12:16 +0000

Saw a new independent film recently, and unlike other minimal budget films I’ve seen, enjoyed it. Whose responsible? Joel Stangle, Stephen Santa Cruz, Ketric Copeland, Ariana Sanchez, Jospeh Trulio, Jim Whiteman, and others that bear watching, if only so we can say “We knew them when…”. Pleasant to see talent on the rise in the center of the country, reminds me that the midwest is not all as backwards as Missouri.

New NW Coast Casino

DavidW - Publisher — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:17:25 +0000

The Quileute tribe in the far northwest corner of Washington state have managed to pull a fast one on the federal government while the captain of the ship of state is asleep at the wheel. The Obama administration has passed legislation transferring a sizable portion of our sacred national parkland to the tribe under the auspices of protecting their schoolchildren from the threat of tsunami. The land the tribe will acquire is higher in elevation and while currently undeveloped will be used for construction of new school buildings as well as other critical structures the tribe deems necessary. We can see it now, the old school buildings, almost waterfront property, are now ripe for development as a neon-gaudy casino, some of the land transferred to the tribe will be used to build the new school, some for high-rise hotels.

The Quileute Nation has only about 400 or so souls living on reservation lands in the remote town of La Push where it’s located. La Push and the nearby town of Forks, WA have seen an incredible growth in that form of locusts known as tourists drawn by interest in the Twilight series of books and movies, where the series is set. Rental cars and buses pour into the small town, disgorging crowds of flush visitors, who, finding nowhere to offload their purses, scuttle back into the vehicles and scurry away. The scenery there, dark luxurious woods, verdant with towering massive trees, ferns as high as a bigfoot’s withers and dark dripping mosses are frightening to these tourists, who wear blood red lipstick, pale white skin and deep kohl hued eyeshadow, even the males. To them the thick grasping forest and rugged, rocky outcropped coastline with its incessant crashing surf are the haunts of evil creatures, vampires, werewolves and other, unspeakable horrors.

Strangely, many of the original inhabitants of the area felt the same way. The antecedents of the Quileute nation got much of their living from the sea’s bounty, they lived reasonably well flotsam, jetsam and the occasional narwhal and seldom ventured into the dark of the forest. As a pastime they gamboled, and gambled too. So the precedent was set, and casinos set to follow. The precious real estate of what is one of America’s wildest and most scenic places, Olympic National Park, is being taken away from us and bestowed so a small group can feel safe from an event that may only happen every half a millennium, if then. And the spectacular scenery, the wild indomitable coastline, the towering monoliths of some of the worlds most magnificent trees and the fragile ferns, will they all be desecrated so that palaces bedecked with flashing lights and billboards be erected? Will the susurrations of soft mists drifting through coastal forests be replaced with the ringing of bells and the clanking of coins? Thanks to our current administration, as well as those that came before, and likely those we are likely to be saddled with in the future, we can probably look forward to the unremitting and wholesale losses of our wild heritage and the proliferation of casinos, amusement parks and entrance fees.

Give Santorum Benefit of Doubt

DavidW - Publisher — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:51:34 +0000

The conventional media is giving presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, well, heck for comments he made regarding a JFK speech on the separation of church and state that the founding fathers of this nation thought important enough to ink it into our articles of incorporation. Santorum was said to have been sick to his stomach reading the speech and news outlets have stated that he doesn’t believe in that hallowed division between the way people are governed and the beliefs they hold sacred. The Yellow Press never accepts such stories at face value, preferring to think things through, as it knows it’s faithful readers are wont to do.

What if Rick ain’t wrong? Every person in a position of power is influenced by their beliefs, life experiences and prejudices. A decision to cross the street is not a lot different than any other decision regarding our health and well being. When we elect someone to a position in the government we entrust them to keep us from the paths of speeding buses. and renegade marsupials, should they misbehave. Let’s give Rick the benefit of a doubt. Some people aspire to positions of trust with only the highest of motives, that of the best for those in their care. Santorum is purportedly a Christian man, we can’t say, we don’t know him personally and our idea of what Christian morals are may be different than others, so we should posit what might become of a people under a leader whose values are those of what his are reported to be. A google search of his surname reveals some uncomfortable results, we urge our readers not to go there but to instead rely on their preconceptions of the man as a right wing, dyed in the wool conservative.

Now George was of a similar stripe and things only went a little off the rails under his rule. We had FBI memos painting all adherents of the Islamic faith as terrorists. We had a return to medieval torture methods, I’d say anything underwater, but I’m weak. We had no-bid contracts, which during previous wars would be treasonable acts of profiteering. We had No-Child-Left-Behind, not sure how that really panned out but the smart teachers I know hated it. So maybe Ricky would go the same route and a little further. Maybe the slogan would stay on the coins, what’s the big deal there anyway? We might loose Planned Parenthood, no big loss there, women and teenage girls have been making good decisions since the beginning of time. I like apple pie. We might have prayer in school, we could certainly use it if this mornings news is any indication. Football games would begin with a solemn imprecation that would continue fervently throughout the game, a practice we’ve followed religiously for years anyway. Maybe young men would be required to forgo skateboards and all have their hair trimmed neatly above their ears. And there would be no more of those baggy saggy-ass pants, I’ll tell you that.

Allow the commingling of religion and state and we might have a better world. Even if that godless cult member Mitt was elected we might be better off. Many of the changes outlined above may come to pass under his reign as well. Plus we’d have more grandchildren to keep us happy in our old age and some magic underwear to warm us in the cold nuclear winter following the blitzkrieg of Iran. And we’d eat well, for a couple of years anyway.

What if that heathen Barack were to finally come from behind his wife’s petticoats and rule by the tenets of sharia law. Be a lot less crime if we chopped off a few hands, let’s us start with the one-percenters. A man could better count on his wife’s best behavior if he could shoot her when she didn’t have dinner ready on time. Heck I’m all for pummeling anyone that maligns the prophet, and I’m not the only one! Think of how much better our health as a nation would be be if we weren’t eating all that fatty pork and if we had to do deep knee bends three times daily. Not just that but if we adopted their practices we’d at least know which direction east was, which is far more than Bill O”Reilly, Sean Hannity and Alan Combes know as a unit.

No, the happy mixing of religion and politics might turn out to be a good thing. Imagine if every four years we ended up with a whole new spicy mixture of our laws and peoples. That is if one of the groups elected doesn’t wipe out all the others just on principle.

Tebow in Bad Company

DavidW - Publisher — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:19:31 +0000

My mother always said, “You are judged by the company you keep.” Star quarterback and celebrity Tim Tebow should heed this advice and consider the people he’s now keeping company with. People like the haggard and well traveled likes of Kieth Richards, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts who all have associated with “Sympathy For The Devil” . People like Charlie Sheen, someone whom the the devil himself can’t keep up with. People like Javier Bardem, who portrayed as cold a blooded killer as ever haunted the screen. Tim is now keeping company with his ilk as well as others like the unfathomable quantity known as John Malkovich, or the irredeemable Eddie Murphy. For a good upstanding young man like Tim it seems unseemly to travel in the same circles as avowed Scientologist John Travolta or big man and enemy of the right Michael Moore and yet our man Tebow has has indeed entered into a pact with the same sinister agents that these same people have signed with. The rumors are true, Tim Tebow has taken the first precarious step down that slippery slope, he’s signed with WME, formerly known as the William Morris Agency.

Holi Celebration at Vrindavan-India

arpitgupta — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:59:34 +0000

Vrindavan in INDIA known for its unique celebration of colorful India festival HOLI. A Land of GOD Shri krishna commonly called as “Bihari ji” “Thakur ji” . A Holi celebration begins from HOLASTHAC and continued for 8 days, a lot of devotees came here from different part of india to celebrate the holi festival. On 7th March Huge amount of devotees were seen inside the temple of “Bihari ji” throwing colors onto the others as they considered here as the divine color or divine blessings from the LORD Krishna and chanting the mantras and name “Radhe Radhe“.

Holika Dahan which is called DHULENDI took place at the night 12 am.At Ranji Temple (Vrindavan ) Dhulendi taken place inside the premises in which lot of students were present who were practicing the religious course from here celebrated with proper rituals.

report by Arpit Gupta & Photo by Seema Thakur

Delhi, India

Womens Photographers Show- Photography Exhibition by FIPA in India

arpitgupta — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:57:31 +0000

FIPA celebrates Women’s Day with Photography Show in Delhi

New Delhi, India, 04 March 2012 – Forum of Indian Photographers and Artists (FIPA) inaugurated a women’s only photography exhibition at its Poorva Sanskriti Kendra centre in Laxmi Nagar, Delhi, India.

The exhibition will be open from 5 March to 31 March and is being organized
to commemorate International Women’s Day on 8 March. The event is
showcasing 40 photographs from 10 women photographers including
international participants. The Show is Curated by Mr. Vimal S. Mehta, The
theme of the exhibition is open. Visitors can expect a good mix of
photographs from nature, people, animals, architecture and fashion.
Participating artists are Amandeep Kaur Bakshi, Bhawana Wadhwa, Jashomati Chatterjee, Monica Dawar, Priya Yamir, Priyanka Aggarwal , Rhea Sharan, Seema Thakur, Surbhi Singhal and Victoria Knobloch.

The show was jointly inaugurated by Ms Yelena. S. Shtapkina, Deputy
Director, cultural & information, Russian Centre of Science & Culture
(RCSC) and Ms Renuka Puri, senior photographer, Indian Express group in the presence of other senior photographers. Inaugurating the event, Ms.Puri
spoke about the importance of promoting talent among women photographers and emphasized on the power of women clubbed together with the power of the lens. Ms. Shtapkina from Russian Centre of Science & Culture (RCSC), referred to point of view of women being different as they see the world through the lens. She said, not only are women able to observe details but also they have emotional filters attached on their lenses. Mr. R K Paul, a veteran photographer also graced the occasion to encourage women as photographers. FIPA founder Vimal S. Mehta invited guests to share critical appreciation of the photographs on display and praised the participants for showing enthusiasm and coming forward with their select photographs.

The inauguration was followed by a cultural programme “Holi ke Hurr – dang, Kavita aur geet ke sang”. With Holi round the corner, the participants
performed skits, musical items, dance numbers and recitations to entertain
the guests and showcase their talent in other fields.

Huff Post in Crapper

DavidW - Publisher — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:51:52 +0000

Famously cheap and driven Arianna Huffington not only pays peanuts and drives her editorial staff like Satan’s oarsmen, she won’t even allow her own sweet self time for a bathroom break. Don’t believe us, read the real story HERE. So whadda ya think, do you chit-chat on the throne, talk while you tinkle, gossip while you go? We can assure you that here at The Yellow Press we are not privy to such classless conduct and we treat our reporters and staff with the great dignity they deserve, just as Jonah Jameson might, they can leave their crap in private, or print it here, we don’t censor, censure or sinecure the droppings left here. Drop trou on Arianna Huffington, let her make all the noxious noises she’s always made, but by herself, and in private. We pay the same, nothing, as she does but we’ll treat you with respect. Find the link for reporters at the top of the page and join us in exposing other derrieres. We are small, very small, but everything starts somewhere and wouldn’t you rather speak to manners than porcelain?

Fifth Cain Accuser Comes Forward

DavidW - Publisher — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:51:23 +0000

Josh W. - Reporter for The Yellow Press

The trials of presidential hopeful Herman Cain have begun to exponentially magnify as yet another person comes forward with a sordid tale of sensual harassment by the Republican front runner. Emboldened by the courage and tenacity of fourth accuser Sharon Bialek, J.D., a young Californian who wishes to remain anonymous now claims that during a 2006 visit to San Diego Cain made an overture far more disturbing and in much plainer English than has been previously reported.

According to J.D., the incident took place at a luncheon held for young entrepreneurs in May of 2006 at the Hotel Coronado. The two were seated next to each other at the banquet and had been casually discussing the current presidential candidate’s efforts as CEO of the popular Godfathers Pizza chain when the young entrepreneur mentioned the difficulties in making an inroads in the competitive food service field. At that point, J.D. claims, Cain put his little finger in his own mouth, wetting it with saliva, then proceeded to tweedle it in the young person’s ear. “It’s just like a wet Willy.” Cain said. “Making the your first insertion into the marketplace is the first and hardest hurdle,” Cain then said, “and after that it just gets easier each time and place.”

The incident was profoundly disturbing and even after drying the ear with a napkin, J.D. felt as if it wouldn’t come clean, in fact to this day, still shivers at the remembrance. For the time being, content that the story is out, J.D. is not joining Sharon Bialek or others in possible legal actions but has stated that that option is always a possibility.

Who Owns Libya’s Resources?

DavidW - Publisher — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:31:00 +0000

A Right Snappy Dresser

The “Mad Dog” of the middle east has been put down, (Thanks Spencer Ackerman and Wired) and Libyan citizens are now in control of their own destinies, nation and natural resources. Much has been made of the vast oil reserve riches this Arab nation sits atop and many of the media reports discussing these petroleum deposits have a hint of salivation in their tone, as if the spoils are being divided well ahead of the crime. Monies from the sales of these oil reserves were long the property of Libya’s ruling classes, primarily the Qadaffi family and his tribe as well as his close associates. Lavish, gaudy palaces, expensive cars and vices were the result of the channeling of profits into a favored executive class at the cost of the populace of the country, who struggled for sustenance and lacked for employment. But as the new order, unknown at this time, takes over what will become of these riches? And more to the point, what of the riches the former dictator left behind that are not discussed at all in these news reports?

The Emperor now has been fitted with his new clothes, raiment that will last him an eternity regardless of where he spends it but what will happen to his old wardrobe? It has been suggested that Qadaffi spent millions on his outfits, gold lame with the finest of spun 24k gold fibers interwoven into it, both warp and woof. His hats alone kept a dozen milliners and veiled seamstresses at work for the forty years he reigned. And his shoes, generally practical in form as they consisted of essentially Velcro fastened sneakers, were ornately embellished with rubies, pearls and gemstones gathered from sultans of ancient times and plundered from the countries museums after Qadaffi seized power. He dressed opulently, and often, sometimes wearing as many as seven outfits a day. He met with his commanders in full military regalia and this is what he wore when personally supervising executions as the fabric was of a wash and wear type. He generally brunched wearing the garb that westerners usually associate with his inimitable style, the garish robes, the flamboyant sashes and boas and the eccentric headgear. Most of his looted funds went to these outfits, in which he was fond of being photographed. Often ridiculed by suave Europeans and the stiff suited western diplomats as the type of clothes worn by loose-screwed elderly aunties, Qadaffi actually relished the attire, claiming it lent him a freedom of movement not even afforded by Sansabelt slacks. His other outfits, though of expensive construction, were as surprisingly practical as his choice of footwear. For dining he dressed formally in a silk tuxedo and draped a napkin over his trousers and wore a bib as he ate. He met his many nurses and concubines in a conventional cotton sweat-suit but as a concession to fashion wore a diamond encrusted headband. His swim-wear, he was an avid swimmer, often floating for hours a day in the warm seas near Sirte, were male bikini briefs he had custom tailored for him by young college students, a different one each day, usually female and reticent. Most astonishing, he wore no pajamas to bed but kept a neatly folded set on a bedside chair that he donned, with appropriate robe and fuzzy slippers when the need arose for him to relieve himself in the middle of the night as he, like many others, deplored the sight of his naked body.

The people of Libya have a rough road ahead of them, new democracies are often forged form the fires of earnest, intense revolutions, but if they can equitably distribute the profits of their oil fields they should have a self- sustained, free people. And should they locate Qadaffi’s wardrobe, its sale to Michael Douglas and Matt Damon for use in their upcoming movie, could go a long way towards making the nation safer, saner and more comfortably clothed.