In a bombshell announcement this morning, President Obama, following up on his successful Nuclear Security Summit, said that an agreement was reached last evening with the other participating 47 countries, and a new "Clunkers for Nukes" program will be launched.



"Legitimate governments, rogue p… Read full post »

Top Ten Cloves: Possible Reasons Tiger Woods Is Coming Back To Golf In The Masters

News Item: Major decision: Woods will play Masters

10.  Still trying to verify announcement; Woods might be messed up by the early Daylight Savings Time

  9.  Augusta is one city that he doesn't have a mis… Read full post »

This isn't the first time a news event has converged with something we had here on The Garlic, and, we love it, everytime it happens.

Today's installment is a doozy!



Could Airborne Bears Catch Bin Laden?

Could parachute-wearing bears sniff out Osama bin Laden?

That's one suggestion the Pentagon ha

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If almost right on cue.

In the waning, dull, Dog Days of August, and, somewhat ironically, in the middle of the molten hot Healthcare battle, Senator Ted Kennedy has passed away, ending his fight against brain cancer.

There'll be lots of paychecks and other perks, to interrupt the vacations of the mass… Read full post »

Remember, one of the reasons The Wasilla Whiz Kid bailed out of her job, was that the Lefty Communist Socialist Media was picking on her children, and, that they needed to "quit makin' things up".

John Amato, over on Crooks and Liars, hits it good;

Sarah Palin says Obama's health care will kill… Read full post »

Now, there may be other offers out there, but this is the first I have seen.

Laying on the sofa, veggin' out for a brief respite earlier today, a commercial popped on, pitching Michael Jackson Litographs.



And the money line from it is this;

"... wearing a white suit, as pure as his heart… Read full post »

Movie buffs, no doubt, will know that today is the first anniversary of the death of movie director Ingmar Bergman.



Bergman became a titan of movie-making, with classics like Persona, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, and scores more.

Through Bergman's… Read full post »

Top Ten Cloves:  Newly Discovered Facts of the Prof. Gates - Sgt.Crowley Debacle

News Item:  The Facts Of The Gates Case

10.  Reason Prof. Gates didn't want to step outside was that PBS film crew hadn't set up yet

  9.  Since the person that made 911 call, and person who took p… Read full post »

Well, say what you will, at least you could actually pick up, and hold, the Pet Rock.



iPhone launches 'purity ring' application

The iPhone has applications for almost everything, from helping people to choose the best wine for a meal to locating supermarkets in Holland. Now there is one to help… Read full post »

Bon Bastille Day, to all our French friends!



As we all know, this is the day marking "the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a… Read full post »

Oh man, this could only have happened on a Friday.

If the Sanford, Ensign, Palin, and Jackson circuses weren't enough for you, than enter, stage right, David Brooks, Rightwing Freak Show columnist for the NYT, seemingly (more on this below), with a bit of a buzz on, being interviewed on cable news.

Dav… Read full post »

 Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!

Happy Fourth of July! ... Independence Day!

The Garlic wants to wish all a very happy, safe, enjoyable holiday, wherever, and whatever the manner in which you celebrate it.

This may be our only post of the day, as we haven't finished, what has been a burgeoning… Read full post »

Sure enough, there were a few things in the can.

"Hi, Billy Mays here ... Tired of going to wakes and funerals and seeing dull, lackluster, caskets? ... Have your loved ones been buried in a drab-looking, listless, less-than-shining box? ...

(Mays, pointing to a dull, drab casket)

Well, worry no

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Give a big "Happy B'Day shout out to Smokey Bear!

He's hit the big 6-5!

And, it's a good thing he's a fictional icon, otherwise, if he hadn't already been replaced by a younger bear, displaced due to outsourcing, been bought, and liquidated, hitting 65, he would be slapped with mandatory retirement, an… Read full post »

 The 1927 movie, staring the great Douglas Fairbanks (and Lupe Velez), 'The Gaucho', carried this riveting teaser;

A glorious tale of gay adventure and romantic daring on the wild plains of South America!

Saints and cutthroats! Shrines and robbers' lairs! A madcap mountain lass and a bandit chieft

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Top Ten Cloves: Possible Reasons There Was More Votes Than Voters In Iran

News Item:  Worst. Damage Control. Ever

10.  Looking back over the old Shah of Iran's playbook, to see what went wrong

  9.  Surprisingly, Ralph Nader got about 4% of the over-vote

  8.  Ballot-stuffi… Read full post »

That is, to the awesome composer/arranger/orchestra-leader, and not the actress.



Who is Maria Scheinder, you ask?

Schneider formed The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra in 1993, appearing weekly at Visiones in Greenwich Village for five years. Her orchestra performed at many jazz festivals and tour… Read full post »

I am a sucker for these kind of things (like the girls softball game last year, where the opposing team carried the girl who hit the winning hit, but was injured, and unless she crossed the plate - no substitution allowed - her team would lose)

And, yes, the title is a… Read full post »

Yes, we have posted this tune previously, Prince Nico Mbarga's 'Sweet Mother'

However, it is such a tremendous one, and, with today being what it is, we gotta go with it.

To all the Moms out there ... Happy Mother's Day!

Now, click the video and kick up your heels!

Prince Nico Mbarga Sweet Mother
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Top Ten Cloves: Things About Manny Ramirez Taking Banned Substances (Fertility Drugs)

News Item:  Dodgers' Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games after failing drug test

10.  After living in "Red Sox Nation", wanted to, personally, create "Manny Nation"

  9.  The ol'  "peanuts and cr… Read full post »

This is almost, nearly, worthy of Instant Ignorant Dolt designation.

Earlier this week, President Obama, and his VP Joe Biden, took a trip over to Virginia, to catch some lunch, at a place called Ray's Hell Burger, which the media, in particular, MSNBC, played up.



WOW!

A President eats lunch - ST… Read full post »

There must be one happy, eye-patched, plagiarizing doyenne of the Flying Monkeys out there this week.

Al Jazeera report: U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan have Pashto Bibles, told to ‘hunt people for Jesus.’

A report by Al Jazeera English shows soldiers in Afghanistan passing around Bible… Read full post »

Top Ten Cloves: Possible Reasons Google Flu Tracker Didn't Pick Up Swine Flu

We wonder how The Commander Guy celebrated yesterday.

Did he strut around in his his new Dallas neighborhood in the flight suit? ... Stand on his back porch, reliving the moment on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln? ... Or, simply remain obtuse, as dense as he has ever been.

Yesterday, if… Read full post »