Touchy Europe does not want to see "Simpson's" nuclear references

Europe Removes Nuclear Power Plant Themes From 'The Simpsons' - Starpulse.com It's a little bit of ironic, since one of the longest running gags of the 21-year old cartoon-sitcom is Homer Simpson's colossal ineptitude as the Springfield Nuclear Plant security technician. This already took its toll: Frank Grimes went insane because of it, and quickly found his death inside the plant.

Fortunately, this has anything to do with the leitmotiv... er, main motivation of this blog, nor its main source of inspiration (hahahahHAHAHA! ¡sip has so much good taste!). But if Dr. sipmac were living nearby a nuclear plant in Europe, he could feel the fear, too. (A mineshaft could be handy, BTW). In the meanswhile, a sip... er, a "Simpsons'" joke could be extremely unsensitive ("Do not mention the rope at the house of the hangman").
Since his involvement in that documentary, he knows for sure that, if there's is going to be a cataclismic accident, it's going to be caused by plain tomfoolery, not evil nor greed. However... HOWEVER, it is being said that the true origin of all the Fukushima disaster was the concealed lack of manteinance in the plants. To keep the books in the black, some dark maneuvers like employees' lay-offs and embezzelment of manteninance reports were done. And it was already known in Japan before the quake. Meanness and greed have a role to play, after all.

It makes you think. A lot.

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• Touchy Europe does not want to see "Simpson's" nuclear references (sipmac.blogspot.com)
• Europe edits some episodes of The Simpsons (slashgear.com)
• Networks Across Europe Are Pulling "Simpsons" Episodes With Nuclear Energy Gags (businessinsider.com)
• 'Simpsons': We understand if nuclear jokes are pulled (cnn.com)
• Simpsons nuke jokes banned in Germany, Switzerland, Austria (rt.com)
• European TV Stations Now Pulling Simpsons Episodes Involving Nuclear Jokes (mediaite.com)
• Simpsons nuclear jokes pulled from air (theglobeandmail.com)
• European Networks Pull 'Simpsons' Nuclear Jokes in Response to Japanese Crisis (tvsquad.com)
• 'Simpsons' exec producer Al Jean: 'I completely understand' if reruns with nuclear jokes are pulled (insidetv.ew.com)

Rebecca Black: the newest Internet sensation deserves a chance, not scorn

Her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female version of Justin Bibier.

Self-esteem is so overrated nowadays. The only thing that keeps Charlie "Winning!" Sheen from looking like the complete pathetic loser he is the big piles of money he earned playing himself in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. That, and the fact that he may be coming back to the sitcom after being sanctimoniously fired. That said, Dr. sipmac could be less scornful of the unbelievable awful photos he finds uploaded to Facebook, but he keeps saying to himself: Ego is the fuel of that dreaded social network... and this blog, too (let's face it).

Then you should better understand why a young girl, with her parent's support, recorded a song and shoot a video and uploaded it to You Tube and unexpectedly become infamous because "Friday", her song is already dubbed "the worst song and video ever", while her video already has 35.000.000 hits and counting.
First of all, the worst song ever is "My Pal Foot Foot", by the all-girl rock band The Shaggs, considered by none other than Frank Zappa "better than The Beatles", but you better have to hear their song (and the rest of the album) to believe it. And ironically, The Shaggs had to endure a lot of pain because of all the contempt and scorn their public had for them, just like Rebecca has to do now. She's 13 years old, for crying out loud!



But, what's to loathe about this new internet sensation? Absolutely nothing. Rebecca's voice is heavily auto-tuned? So what! Most rap, reggaeton and hip-hop artists abuse this resource, too. Hey, the Glee TV Series abuses auto-tuning, too. The song and video are too amateur for your taste? Well, there is room for improvement, but the song is already okay just the way it is. It betrays lack of knowledge of how a standard hit is made, but that makes it fresh and authentic. Just for the sake of the experiment, listen first to "Love Me Do" and then "The End", by The Beatles, and then realize you're listening to the same band with six years of difference. They didn't stay the same during those six years they stayed together as the biggest band ever.

Rebecca might not become the next Madonna or Britney Spears (both of them aren't gifted with great voices, either - and they have both sold a gazillion records already), but it seems her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female Justin Bibier success story. And that reeks of plain old jealousy to me. The video shows real teenagers, with pimples and not-so-cute faces. But it shows a very cute girl following her dreams and aiming big. She is trying, and with the right advisory, she can become an accomplished pop singer.

I salute you Rebecca.

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• How Rebecca Black Became a YouTube Sensation (mashable.com)
• Rebecca Black Unplugged! (perezhilton.com)
• Rebecca Black Will Have The Last Laugh (alan.com)
• Nick Jonas Makes Rebecca Black's 'Friday' Good, But No One Can Help Alana Lee (923now.radio.com)
• 29 million YouTube hits for teen Rebecca Black's song branded 'worst tune ever recorded' (mirror.co.uk)

Dr. sipmac's political profile - 2006, 2009 and 2011 results

April Camus said a few years ago, it was mandatory for Dr. sipmac to take a mandatory political profile tests every third year. His RAND Corporation is so toxic, that every other member of the ensemble wants to be sure that everything's okay with him in order he can keep his job (to a certain degree, because they know even now there's not too much left to do for him). Without further ado:

2006 (Source: blogthings)
2009 (Source: blogthings)
2011 (Source: theadvocates.org)

He's a libertarian now...

Did Dr. sipmac pass the audition? Judge for yourself.

Obama finally reveals himself - He envies tyrants

President of China? | The Weekly Standard “Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, ‘No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.’” Finally, finally, finally. One thing is to channel the ambitions of the electorate and the wishes of an entire nation, and another one is to wish for unaccountable power to ram your will through your vassals' throats.

You can rationalize it anyway you want: your two all-time favorites may be "it's for their own good" and "they deserve it", but in the end you have to face the music: you are another puny wannabe tyrant, another Chávez, another Castro, another Kim Jong Il.

You might want to run for cover and find comfort and solace in the words of Thomas L. Friedman, who woefully laments that America is not ruled by a benevolent, enlightened autocratic class, just like China (some would argue that's exactly what is happening now in the USA). But as you said, you can put lipstick on a pig... and it will still be enlightened absolutism, or tyranny.

Obama's longing for absolute power was to be found initially buried in a New York Times article, but it was for The Weekly Standard to put this pearl of wisdom in context and in the spotlight. Obama may be a member of the Democrats, but he's definetively not a democrat.

All those messy democratic procedures!

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• Obama: Gee, it would be easier to be President of China (hotair.com)
• Smart Diplomacy (jbsanctuary.wordpress.com)
• Obama wishes he had an easier job, like president of China (punditandpundette.com)