America's Giant Fighting Robot

A couple years ago a group of American nerds challenged a group of Japanese nerds to a good old fashioned Giant Robot Fight and well... here we are. Tuesday, October 17th at 7PM PT, the fight will be streamed on Twitch. Because why not put it on twitch? I think in October Discovery Science channel is wall to wall pumpkin chunking coverage.

I guess the fight has already taken place. In a very cricket like pace, the whole thing took like a week. They had days between rounds to get the robots back into fighting shape (which doesn't say a whole lot about the robots). Sounds like we're still pretty far away from our inevitable Robot Jox future. Thanks Obama.

The Captain America Statistics Song

Hey remember all that patriotism you were feeling before the World Cup? We'll check that at the door amigo. Here's a song about how America kind of sucks. Happy 4th of July everyone!

Flip the Script

Well we're about 2 hours from the US/Belgium kick off, are you pumped yet? If not here's a video that might do the trick. Still not pumped? Try this:

Nothing? Way to let the terrorist win.

God Hates Bi-Mon Sci-Fi Con

The fine folks at Westboro Baptist Church have announce plans to protest at this years San Diego Comic-Con. If you're not familiar with Westboro it isn't so much of a church as it is a cult. Most of the members are all part of the same large family and it seems their entire witness is a combo of end of the world style crazy and straight up racism and bigotry. Anyhoo here's part of their press release (btw, my momma always told me to be wary of any church that issues press releases).

"Comic Con is an excuse for whores to wear skimpy get-ups (as if they don't already) without censure & for emulating rebels to compare costumes."

Ok forget it, I'm stopping right here. Say what you will about hero worship, Idolatry and the moral decay of today's youth. You stay away from the Cosplayers Westboro!

Ron Dunn is just keeping it real

If this story about a man and his nudie girl stickers doesn't boil your blood then why don't you go back to Russia, pinko.

EDMONDS, Wash. - A Metro bus driver refuses to budge in what he calls a fight for his right to free speech.

Before Ron Dunn hits his bus route, he parks his own car at the North Base off of Interstate 5.

But the man who shuttles dozens of people to and from work every day may no longer be able to drive himself to work.

The reason: his truck features artwork his boss finds offensive. The artwork in question are three decals of nude women. The stickers, Dunn's boss told him, violate King County's sexual harassment policy.

~ katu.com

Basically this guy, nay this great American, is in danger of losing his job if he doesn't take the stickers down. All because some old bitties are scared of an airbrushed boob. Check out the pictures of where this guy parks, you almost have to go out of your way to find these stickers.

"I see artwork. I see freedom of expression," he said. "The body is the way we were born, naked."

You tell them Ron. This reminds me of a quote I read somewhere. "When they came for the naked lady stickers I stood by and did nothing. When they came for the silver naked lady mudflaps I did nothing. When they came for my truck nuts I was left with no nuts" I think Ghandi said that.