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Thursday, 14 September 2006
Columbia Changes From coke for Coke to Guns for Guitars
Topic: Weird Shit

Columbian musical instrument manufacturer Luis Alberto Paredes has begun a brand new and totally kickass program in which he is using former guerilla AK-47s to create a new series of rosewood electric guitars.  Paredes said that every single musical axe will be made from a once-used fully automatic rifle.

"This used to hit a target at 800 meters (yards)," Paredes said holding up one of the guitars which still has a Kalashnikov rifle's distinctive, banana-shaped magazine. "Now the target will just depend on the concert stage."

Now the musician and instrument creator is working with the UN to receive decommissioned AKs which have had all of their moving parts welded together to stop him from using them on dogs, cats and his groupies.  And now musicians from across Columbia have announced that they're going to use Paredes' odd creations in a live concert that will help promote peace and possibly safe gun use, but we're only guessing about the second part of that.

 

REUTERS via YAHOO! 


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The Damn Weekly DSCC Email; Pulling Out the Big Guns as Slick Willy Comes to Bat!
Topic: Politics

We were excited and honored today when we opened our email inbox and, after sorting through the random penic enlargement, Cialis, and porn emails we apparently subscribe to, we noticed this week's DSCC email, with a special surprise; it was from President Bill Clinton himself.

Each week the Heart of Darko takes a look at the email sent by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for extra spin, "untruths" and falsities put out by those in power in the political party.  This service is a provided free of charge.  We put ourselves in mental harm way so you don't have to.

On November 7th, Americans will make a critical choice together - will we give this Administration and the Republican Congress two more years of unfettered control over our economy, our security, and our role in the world? - We hate to say it, especially since everyone's supposed to love Slick Willy here, but isn't the economy better than it ever was under his administration?  And aren't gas prices dropping?  And hasn't terror activity in our country been almost nonexistent?  Granted, our role in the world sucks...

You all know what the Republican attack machine can do when it gets going. And they have extreme talk show hosts, the shadowy Swift Boat groups and big corporate interests to fuel their campaigns. We have you. - Actually dude, you have your own smear groups.  Moveon.org, Cindy Sheehan, everyanot-nosed college theology student.  The Republicans just have better organization and don't smoke so much pot that they can't remember what they're protesting.

The consequences of inaction are enormous. Just look around the world. From the simmering war in Iraq to the terrible genocide in Darfur, there is an urgent need for a new American leadership... -  Iraq is a fucking mess.  Darfur is our country's fault?  Really?

Here at home, the stakes are just as high. The wreckage of Katrina laid bare the precipice that 37 million Americans living in poverty cling to every day. A year later, the poverty rate hasn't dropped a bit. - And one year later, out come the Katrina references.  "Katrina; the Democrats' 9/11."  And perhaps the poverty rate hasn't dropped because those affected by the terrible weather were propely taken care of.  Just saying.

We've got terrific candidates running terrific campaigns. I know these candidates. I have campaigned with them, and I am going to campaign with them again. They are winners - Oh boy, more Willy, coming to a stump near you.  Tell us what it's like, Iowa.

 

DSCC 


Posted by James at 12:31 PM CDT
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Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Rides Her Harley Straight to Heaven
Topic: Dead People

Yesterday evening saw the death of former Texas governor Ann Richards, who became nationally known for being the creator of the "make fun of a Bush" policy for the Democratic party, as well as being only the second woman elected to Governor of any state in our country's history.

Richards became known as a no bullshit type of political broad, who liked to rile up her Republican counterparts and had no problems discussing her drinking days and alcoholism from the early 1980s.  One of Ann Richards' favorite things to say was "Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."

So take care on your eternal easy ride, Ann Richards.  You helped to usher in a new wave of politics and proved that not all politicians are boring.

 

CNN 


Posted by James at 12:20 PM CDT
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Tuesday, 5 September 2006
Hillary Clinton Supported by a Jackson; Her Political Aspirations are Over
Topic: Politics

Despite Time magazine's glowing praise of Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States (she's been on more covers than J-Lo - ed.), the junior Senator from New York might be in some big trouble with her latest endorsement.  This time it comes from another big-time jackass in the form of Janet Jackson, the boob-popping "less crazy" Jackson.

"Hillary Clinton as president -- that would be great," Jackson said in an interview with German press agency DPA Monday. "Then she could show all those people who wouldn't trust a woman with such a job."

This is from the singer who has had more awful songs than the entire early 90's grunge movement.  Get away Hillary.  Nothing good can come of this support.

 

BREITBART 


Posted by James at 11:38 AM CDT
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Malaysia Has a Space Program!?
Topic: Weird Shit

When next year's Malaysian astronaut attempts not to explode in outer space in a Russian-made rocket, he will also attempt something even more dangerous: making boiling hot tea inside the multi-million dollar tube full of wiring and things that explode.

"The physics experiment is to see what happens to teh tarik in space," Haniff Omar, head of Malaysia's astronaut selection program, said. 

What is interesting is that not only will this be the first time that a Malaysian is in space, but that they'd think it would be fun and neat and all that to make a pot of boiling hot tea that has been known to burn people on Earth... where there is gravity... because it's extremely difficult to make... on the ground.  Malaysians are stupid, yo.

 

REUTERS 


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Monday, 4 September 2006
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter Felled by Stingray, not Croc!
Topic: Dead People

We first came to know of The Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin while at our college friend Amanda's house, who was a massive fan of the catchphrase spewing insane Australian.  Well now the entire world is emitting a shocked "Crikey!" after hearing that Irwin was killed during a diving accident over the weekend when the barb of a stingray pierced his heart.

We will sorely miss Steve Irwin.  In recent years, while his television show might have been quietly idling away on Animal Planet, Irwin was a regular on late night talk shows, where he would always bring a menagerie of animals to terrify the hosts and guests, bringing us great glee in the process.  It is with heartfelt sadness that we at Heart of Darko come out of hiding and say goodbye to a man who entertained and educated us to know end, and also showed us that Lennon-style sunglasses would not protect your eyes from spitting cobra venom.

RIP Crocodile Hunter.

Steve Irwin, February 22, 1962 - September 4, 2006

 

IMDB 


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Wednesday, 30 August 2006
Radio Shack Execs are a Bunch of Sissies When it Comes to Firing People
Topic: National News

The first time we lost our job, our boss gave him the opportunity to yell and scream athim by giving us a face to face confrontation surrounding the whole "deal." Executives at Radio Shack, who previously announced upcoming job cuts, apparently don't have any balls to speak of, as they let 400 employees go yesterday by a mass email notification, creating ire among remaining employees of the company and setting off a sense of outrage throughout the nation.

A Radio Shack spokesman said that they previously alerted their work force that the layoffs would come electronically, and even though it's not as rough as the woman in England who was notified of her firing by text message, it's pretty reprehensible.  If we were a Radio Shack employee who had received this email when we first sat down at our desk, we would have swiftly put our fist through our flat screen before lighting everything in our office on fire.  Only fair, right?

 

BREITBART 


Posted by James at 3:50 PM CDT
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Australian Hookers Taking the "Suck" Out of Gas Prices
Topic: Weird Shit

Are you a horny Australian man whom has just spent way too much money filling up your Ute or similar vehicle?  Well then take your receipt to either The Site of Madame Kerry's brothel for a 20 percent discount on their wide (no pun intended - ed.) selection of prime chippy.

"If you come in and spend time with one of our lovely ladies, we'll give you a discount of 20 cents a liter," Kerry, manager of Sydney brothel The Site, told Reuters Wednesday.

With sessions starting at $150AU for 30 minutes, the discount can come (again, no pun intended) to $30.  Now, The Site has taken out ads in newspapers and magazines offering the discount, which, according to Kerry, has increased not only more johns, but media exposure.  Once again, Australia trumps all with its legal, and now discounted, hookers.

 

REUTERS 


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Monday, 28 August 2006
Colbert Report Lands Two Words on TV's Most Popular Buzzwords of '06 List
Topic: Entertainment

Congratulations go out to Comedy Central's brilliant The Colbert Report, for adding another notch on their belt of creating satire.  Both "truthiness" and Wikiality" have been added to TV's most popular buzzwords by the Global Language Monitor, which also added "Dr. McDreamy" and "Katie" to their list this year.  Because we're all about pop culture (until it gets annoying - ed.), definitions are as follows:

Truthiness - Truth unencumbered by the facts

Wikiality - From Wikipedia, meaning reality as determined by majority vote

Dr. McDreamy - A "dreamboat" physician, originally used in Grey's Anatomy

Katie - Leaving what made you popular for more money and publicity, i.e. Katie Couric going to CBS

So there you are, dear readers.  Use at your leisure, and remember that these words will get annoying over time.  We're off again, so until we know when we'll be back, keeping checking up, because your hits keep us alive!

 

REUTERS 


Posted by James at 4:55 PM CDT
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From the Files of the Judiciary; Don't Trust Creepy Dudes Who Want to Escape Thailand
Topic: National News

Our planned hiatus has taken a break, allowing us a moment or two to post some stupidity from our own judiciary system, once again focusing on professed JonBenet Ramsey Killer John Mark Karr, who was extradited from Bangkok, Thailand, earlier last week to face possible murder charges in the decades-old case.  Turns out he just wanted to get the hell out of Thailand before child indecency charges were brought against him there. 

Attorneys in Boulder, Colorado, have announced that the case against Karr has been dropped, as his DNA doesn't even come close to matching that of the sample found by JonBenet's murderer.

"The warrant on Mr. Karr has been dropped by the district attorney," public defender Seth Temin said outside the jail. "They are not proceeding with the case.  "We're deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand, with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him and no independent factors leading to a presumption that he did anything wrong."

While we semi-agree with Mr. Temin, we have to ask him a simple question; what the hell were they supposed to do?  The Thai wouldn't DNA test him and offered an extradition treaty for a dude who's a convicted pedaphile who had just admitted to raping and killing another child.  Was our government supposed to sit on its hands and wait for a cheek swab?  We understand that Mr. Temin is a crimindal defender, and part of his job is acting outraged, but damn man.  Common sense?

 

AP via YAHOO! 


Posted by James at 4:47 PM CDT
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Sunday, 27 August 2006
Heart of Darko Reaches Planned Time of Extended Hiatus
Topic: Housekeeping

Unfortunately, it is time for us to announce that we at the Heart of Darko will be entering an extended hiatus on Monday, August 28.  During this period, there will be possible chances that we will be able to post, but they will come sporadically at best.

Our apologies to our readers (all eight of you - ed.), and we remind you that we're not dead and gone by any means.  Just on a break.  It's like saying we love you, but we're not in love with you.

 

Best,

Heart of Darko Mgmt.


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Friday, 25 August 2006
The Damn Weekly DSCC Email; Robert Byrd KNOWS Bush Hates the Constitution
Topic: Politics

Welcome to Heart of Darko's weekly dissection of the email sent to us by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, an organization determined to get more left-leaning power in Congress, usually through the art of shit talking.  Today's email comes from Senator Robert Byrd, who usually doesn't have much to say about anything, unless it's on CSPAN.

Without further ado, let's get to it:

Since ascending to power in 2001, the Bush administration has waged an unrelenting assault on the Constitution of the United States while being aided and abetted every step of the way by a supine Republican congress. - We always find it funny when someone claims the Bush administration hates the Constitution.  Do they really believe that?  If they do, they're idiots.  You hear me Sen. Byrd?  You're an idiot.

Republican legislators have made it clear that they have no intention of reining in this runaway White House. The only way to confront the Bush administration's egregious abuse of power is to elect a Democratic Senate. - Or to stand like you a have a backbone.  They're not gonna take you out back and shoot you for Christ's sake.  Just stand up and speak your peace without devolving into this type of angry name-calling and finger pointing.

We cannot continue to claim that we are a nation of laws and not of men, if our laws may be summarily breached because the President says, "trust me." - He learned that from Clinton.  Hell, Clinton's the one who instructed us that it was okay to lie.

Democrats must regain control of the Senate to restore the checks and balances that are the foundation of this country. But we cannot carry on the fight for the Constitution without your help. - When the President uses one veto in six years, you've done a pretty good job of checks and balances, Sen. Byrd.  Oh yeah, and you also supported the NSA wiretaps.  Oops, were we not supposed to mention that?

And then Senator Byrd turns into a hobo asking for a quarter, which is when we delete the email.  We're actually getting a bit tired of this.  Sure, we've received more "Vote Democrat" stickers, buttons and t-shirts than ever before, but all of this unabashed stupidity and bile coming from our leaders is really cheesing us off.  We think we'll take the rest of the afternoon off and sit on our porch with some cold beer. 


Posted by James at 12:58 PM CDT
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No More Late Night Drunken Weddings in Vegas!
Topic: National News

The Las Vegas marriage bureau has announced that starting August 31, there will be no more late night weddings in the city, meaning that all drunken celebrities who wish to get married to hookers or childhood friends will either have to obtain a marriage license before midnight or just get drunk when it's light out.

"Let's face it, man, this is Las Vegas. This is the marriage capital of the world," Charlotte Richards, owner of the 24-Hour Little White Wedding Chapel, said. "People just automatically think, `Let's go to Las Vegas! They're open all night!'"

"All the stars come out at night," Richards said. "People that are high profile, when they come down to Las Vegas to get married, they don't want to come in the middle of the day when people are around. They like the privacy."

What?  Is this woman high?  They don't give a shit about the privacy.  They're all jacked up on cocaine and booze and aren't thinking straight, much less about how much privacy their late night nuptuals will have.  Maybe this woman is high...

 

AP via YAHOO! 


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Thursday, 24 August 2006
Owner of Hitler-Monikered Eatery to Change Name
Topic: Embarrassment

The owner of the restaurant "Hitler's Cross" in Bombay, India, has announced that he will indeed change the name toease tension caused by his attempt to get more publicity, which worked well considering that even penny-ante little crapsites like ours reported on this yesterday.

"He realized he made a mistake and listened to reason," said Elijah Jacob, a community leader. "Some people have wrong conceptions of history and he realized it was not appropriate."

What is interesting about the building and name is that the swastica that appears on the sign is actually an old Hindu symbol that is said to bring good luck to all who pass under it.  Then that bitch Adolf Hitler started to kill Jews while wearing it on his lapel, so it kind of lost that meaning.  Good choice, Indian restauranteur.  You don't want Hizbollah to start eating there regularly, and you certianly don't want them to give it five stars in their anti-Jew edition of Zagat's.

 

AP via YAHOO! 


Posted by James at 4:32 PM CDT
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From the Files of the Stupid: Woman Ganks $2.3 Million to Buy Lotto Tickets
Topic: Stupidity

A bookkeeper in New York has pleaded guilty yesterday to "borrowing" more than $2.3 million from her former boss over a period of three years to keep up her horrible scratch-off lottery ticket problem.  Annie Donnelly admitted that she sometimes spent over $6,000 a day on lottery tickets and meant to pay the money back.

Despite winning jackpots of 25 and five grand, Donnelly never had the amount she had pilfered, and now will face up to 12 years in prison, as well as having to pay every dime back to the doctor she stole it from.  But somehow we think that she'll never get another job as a bookkeeper, and it takes a long time to pay back over two million bucks on a Wal-mart salary.

 

MSNBC 


Posted by James at 4:13 PM CDT
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World's Smallest Monkeys Can Crawl Inside Your Body, Cause Havok!
Topic: Animals vs. Humans

A rare albino set of Pygmy Marmoset monkeys has been born at a zoo in Sweden, ushering in a new era of monkey fear.  At only 35cm long and 100 grams in weight, the tiny little bastards can easily crawl through a nose, ear, mouth, or, god help us all, anus, and take your body down from the inside while the pandas, otters, alligators, raccoons, snakehead fish and fish with human teeth wage war on your head, arms and ankles.

And the big problem?  Pygmy Marmosets are more often born in pairs instead of singles, meaning that they can propogate more quickly, and with your warm innards as an incubator, establish entire colonies in your colon.  Be afraid.

 

DAILY MAIL 


Posted by James at 1:56 PM CDT
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Kid Might be in Serious Trouble for Meowing at Neighbor
Topic: Embarrassment

A 78-year-old woman has filed a harassment suit against her 14-year-old neighbor for meowing at her everytime he sees her.  The judge has had such a hard time deciding whether or not meowing is indeed a form of harassment that she has put off her ruling for 90 days in order to figure things out.

The story goes back to when the boy's family agreed to give away their cat because of the old bag was bitching that it was using her flower garden as a litter box.  The boy admits to meowing at her twice, but the witch has testified that he does it non-stop and apparently that's annoying.

 

AP via YAHOO! 


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Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Girl Scouts of America Using Installment Plan for Cookie Nonpayers
Topic: Embarrassment

The most embarrassing thing that one can possibly have happen to oneself would be to have an army of pint-sized girls with berets and pigtails serving you lawsuit papers to your door because you did not pay for the cookies that you bought.

Welcome to the peronal hell of 12 residents of Akron, Ohio, who learned that the Scouts are unwilling to eat the cost of the cookies that were unpaid for (did you get the pun?  did you!?! - ed.), some totaling as much as, wait for it... $3,500.00.

The loser who owes $3,500 has agreed to a $100 a month payment plan and swears that the cookies she bought were for others to sell, and not for her own fat fucking ass.  Even though we don't believe that shit for a second.

 

MSNBC 


Posted by James at 3:52 PM CDT
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DUI Defendant Shows Up to Court Drunker than When Previously Arrested
Topic: Stupidity

DUI defendant Joshua J. Beury made a huge mistake when showing up in court to plead not guilty to his charges yesterday afternoon; he showed up drunker than when he was previously arrested.  He had blown a .17 when he was taken into custody after crashing his car in November, but in court, he decided the best way to calm his nerves was to drink so much beer that he blew a .20.

Beury was convicted twice and sentenced to 30-90 days in jail for both counts, and even admitted in court that he was bipolar and drank over a twelve pack of beer each day.   He also said that he regularly takes medication which heightens the drunkeness from the beer.

This takes the criminal stupidity factor to all new levels, and we thank Mr. Beury for being a dumbass and giving us a good early afternoon laugh.

 

MCALL.COM 


Posted by James at 1:59 PM CDT
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Hell. Yes. Former Marine Takes Down 7-11 Robber, Send His Ass Back to Jail
Topic: National News

A 30-year-old former Marine who currently teaches a former of strength-training martial arts at a Utah gym took down a man who after recently being arrested from jail for assault walked out of a 7-11 convenience store without paying for a carton of cigarettes and punched a female clerk in the face.

"He just turned and clocked her," James Sjostrom said. "He pounded her face. It was pretty vicious."

The would-be robber made an immediate mistake and swung at Sjostrom, who grabbed his arm, bent it behind his back and dropped him to the concrete, incapacitating him with a knee to the back of the head and keeping him on the ground until the police showed up shortly later.

Another customer came outside and told Sjostrom that he was in the Army and asked if he needed any help.  Sjostrom gave the best response ever, smiling and saying "The Marines got here first." Police took the man immediately to jail, discovering his release papers from jail on an assault charge, which is even more evidence that he deserves to be behind bars.

So we give a big Heart of Darko golf clap to James Sjostrom, who has once again proven that not all of society is lost; just the majority of it.

 

DESERETNEWS.COM 


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