Why are bicyclists the biggest pretentious jerks in San Franciso?

Riddle me this Batman:why are the biggest a-holes in San Francisco the bicyclists?

I’m not talking your average S.F citizen who uses peddling to commute around town. I’m talking about the hipsters who ride more for fashion: the fixed gear, no brake crew, who adorn themselves in the same cookie-cutter uniform and pretentiously scoff at you for riding an out-of-date Schwinn. (With extreme sarcasm: “Nice bike!”)

Biking is one of our earliest childhood joys: “Weeee! I’m on a bike!” “Look, no hands!” “I’m riding without training wheels!

Jump ahead 15 years later: “Watch me PUNCH a cab driver in the FACE!

Read more about a-hole San Francisco bicyclists on my new SF Chronicle blog.

T-shirts Sold In Vegas That You Never See Humans Wear

 The gift shops in Las Vegas sell T-shirts that you never see live humans wear in real-life outside of being ironic.

When it comes to T-shirts sold in Vegas, gone are the days of clever double-entendres. For example, look at the T-shirt above. If a guy wore this, it would be the most effective form of birth control being no women in her right mind would ever want to sleep with him.

And in case you didn’t get the joke about being an Amateur Gynecologist, the T-shirt designers added the two fingers to graphically drive the point home.

tshirtPlease, more subtlety in your message. This T-shirt designer is a regular Oscar Wilde of wit. Again, all the humor would be lost if they didn’t include the white sploshes. A crisp $20 bill to anyone who wears this the first time they meet their new girlfriend’s parents.

Do you have a favorite T-shirt that you would never see a live human wear?

Check out my complete Vegas T-shirt shopping spree at Craveonline.

 

Christian Gospel Aerobics: Makes Me Want To Get Down And Pray!

 Know what I love? It’s that perfect marriage between church, gospel music, and hot babes doing aerobics. If only I could find something that combines these three things together. Thank bloody-Jesus-on-a-cross I came across Michelle LeMay’s Gospel Aerobics.

The former National Aerobics Champ takes us on a little video journey. We begin in church. A gospel choir is adorned in what appears to be Snuggies. Aerobic dancers in short-shorts are silhouetted in dark shadows. Then it breaks into a big Kumbaya/gospel extravaganza.

Coming off the heels of Paul Eugene’s Sanctified Slide, this is another one of Christian aerobic’s finest hours. Where Eugene’s style was more in-your-face, Michelle LaMay’s production builds to a full-blown Broadway extravaganza that totes not only Christians and church, but also gospel robes, obscenely tight aerobics clothes, and gospel choirs. Makes me want to get down and pray while working on my calves and thighs.

 

Read the full scoop at Huffington Post.

 

Death Sentence For Dating Game Serial Killer

 


alcala3Rodney James Alcala was on the Dating Game in the 1970’s. On the show he referred to himself as “The Banana.” (He insisted that the bachelorette should try and peel him.) Alcala also murdered 5 people in the `70’s.

Coincidence or something more?

Yesterday, a California jury recommended the death penalty for the 66-year old man who once appeared on the Dating Game. Did the Dating Game, with it’s cheesy Three’s Company sexual double entendres, drive this man to murder?

Though far from the dreamiest of serial killers (Ted Bundy was a medical student after all), Alcala did manage to win the heart of the bachelorette on that infamous day in Dating Game history.

You can read the full story at Huffington Post.

 

 

In the meantime, here’s the Alcala’s greatest hits from that infamous day on the Dating Game:

 

Mashup: Awkward Oscar Moment mixed with Berlin Poker Robbery

 


1268057505979_47428192_jex_625115_de27-1Two of the most astounding video moments this week had to be:

Crazy lady Elinor Burkettpulling a Kayne West on director Roger Ross Williams at the Academy Awards during his acceptance speech for the documentary short, Music By Prudence.

The Berlin poker robbery where armed gunmen robbed the European Poker Tour in broad daylight.

Check out my mashup of these two videos at the Huffington Post.

Freedom Haters Congratulates Mo'Nique!

Celebrate! Celebrate! Dance to the music!

Our Mo'Nique is now an Academy Award winner. In honor of Mo'Nique we at Freedom Haters would like to once again present her favorite performance. Enjoy Oscar winner Mo'Nique. 

 

Caught on Tape: Berlin Poker Tournament Armed Robbery

This story has it all: money, action, foreign intrigue, etc.

On Saturday, six men armed with assault rifles and machetes stormed the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Berlin and made off with the $1.2 million tournament prize money. Who orchestrated this: the screenwriters of the Bourne Supremacy?

As a frequent correspondent of the poker tour, I can’t believe this heist took place in broad daylight in the heart of Berlin. Is German casino security on par with that of a KFC rent-a-cop? The robbers got away unscathed and no serious injuries were reported. Tournament play resumed mere hours after the attack. Yes, armed robberies come-and-go but poker must live on! All I can say is, why don’t I get the exciting tournaments to report on?

You Tube let us experience the mayhem mere minutes after the incident:

 

Vatican Gone Wild: Gay Sex Scandal Rocks Pope’s Residence

 Holy Pope!

Who would have figured that gay male prostitutes would being procured for members inside Pope Benedict’s inner circles? Shocker that Catholic priests are involved in yet another sex scandal–this time at the highest level.  Italian newspapers published transcripts of phone calls recorded by police involving  Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness,  who was caught-on-tape negotiating with Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, a 29-year-old Nigerian Vatican chorister, about men he wanted brought to him for the sexual purposes of getting down papal-style.

Here’s the going rate for male prostitutes (two black Cuban lads,” a former male model from Naples, and a rugby player from Rome) at the Vatican:

2,000 euros ($2,714) per rent boy.

That’s enough to make any holy man get down and pray! I’ll lose all faith in humanity if its disclosed that the Popemobile was involved in transporting the male prostitutes to the Vatican.

Ironically, the police were tapping the Vatican’s phones as part of surveillance that was being  conducted for an unrelated corruption investigation.

 

LAPD Pulls Robert Kennedy’s Assassination Shirt Display: Apologizes Given To RFK Clan

 What the hell is up with this recent rash of clothing linked to famous murders being displayed?

Yesterday, it was reported that O.J. Simpson’s suit from his infamous murder trial was rejected from being shown at the Smithsonian Institution. Today, the LAPD announced that the regret putting on display the clothing worn by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in 1968.  Hmmm? How did they think that would slip under the radar of NOT offending members of the Kennedy family.

As a part of the California Homicide Investigators Association Conference in Las Vegas, the exhibition, “Behind-The-Scenes: The LAPD Homicide Experience,” showcased evidence from notorious cases during the past 100 years, including actress Marilyn Monroe’s death, the Manson family murders and the O.J. Simpson homicides. (What’s up with all this O.J. clothing in the news?) This morbid display also featured Robert Kennedy’s  dress shirt, tie and jacket worn on the day of his assignation–until members of the Kennedy clan complained that they were highly offended.

If you’re planning to attend the event, don’t be dismayed: you’ll still be able to see artifacts from the Bank of America shootout and Onion Field killing. Now it’s on to Chicago and let’s win there.

 

 

Sarah Palin’s The New Larry the Cable Guy: Git r Done Sarah!

 So Sarah Palin was on pander-monkey Jay Leno’s Tonight Show last night.

Besides throwing her a series of softball questions, Jay also let the former governor of Alaska performstand up comedy on the show; a new low for both the world of comedy and the Tonight Show.

Obviously written by a team of Tonight Show writers, what Sarah Palin’s stand upcomedy act could have benefited from was a crazy catchphrase.

Palin needed an astute line that would help pull in her target audience–something that would reach the lowest common denominator that comprises her fan base and speaks to the real America.

Is Sarah Palin destined to be the next Larry the Cable Guy? In my idyllic world, here’s how I’d love to see Sarah Palin’s new career as a stand up comedian: