Here comes the Slippery SlopeThe scariest thing I've read in a while:Singapore's religious rightwing trains its sights on abortionIn case you can't be arsed to read the article, it's a commentary on a forum letter written by a law lecturer calling for abortion to be outlawed in Singapore. So here we have it, kids, the pro-lifers have landed. And they have one hell of an agenda to push, right down your throats.What happens if they succeed in outlawing abortion? Just imagine this: You are happily having sex with your partner, you use protection and all. Then one day, a little accident happens (and accidents do happen no matter how careful you are). While it will cost 500 bucks and a crying girlfriend to clear up the mess now, in the future it could well mean nine months of expenditure and pain. Or maybe a dead girl, if she chooses to get rid of it illegally.Personally, I am not particularly worried. Should the worst come to pass, I can easily leave and move to a country where these nutjobs are laughed at and dismissed with the middle finger. I don't see a point in staying in any country with a population so stupid that such people can take control. I'm just doing my civic duty in this entry by giving fair warning against organised insanity. I bet the reaction of many people during the whole 377a debate was, "Well who cares, I'm straight. Doesn't affect me." This forum letter illustrates very clearly why we should care. Moral fascism comes in a package. It's not just about criminalising gay sex. If they had their way, I believe that we could be seeing abortion, contraceptives, pre-marital sex, clubbing and even alcohol (don't laugh, it happened before) being illegal in our lifetime. Think Singapore is boring and sterile now? Wait till they get their paws on the censors' scissors. Enjoy "wholesome family programming" on television 24/7. Games and movies will no longer need a rating system, because you can bet your ass that any remotely sexual or violent parts will be snipped right out. Never forget that we are talking about a group of people who want nothing more than for Singaporean society to conform absolutely to their personal morality. Now you see how it affects YOU. Goodnight, Sweet PrinceGeorge Carlin is dead. :(From wikipedia:"Carlin's themes have been known for causing considerable controversy in the general media. His most usual topic was (in his words) humanity's "bullshit", which might include murder, genocide, war, rape, corruption, religion and other aspects of human civilization. His delivery frequently treated these subjects in a misanthropic and nihilistic fashion..."What's there not to love?"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.""Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.""Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man... living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money!""Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are women you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place? There's such balance in nature.""Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?""I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.""Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.""The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.""For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests, strip-mining mountains, poisoning the atmosphere, over-fishing the oceans, polluting the rivers and lakes, destroying wetlands and aquifers... so when nature strikes back, and smacks him on the head and kicks him in the nuts, I enjoy that. I have absolutely no sympathy for human beings whatsoever. None. And no matter what kind of problem humans are facing, whether it's natural or man-made, I always hope it gets worse."And finally...Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits. Abstinence-Only Sex Education: About as Useful as AIDSAbout a week ago there was a flurry of letters to Today, sparked off by an article calling for a greater focus on safe sex in sexual education programmes. The replies argued in favour of a high/sole focus on abstinence and the marginalisation of condom use. Now, I do not dispute that abstinence works, or that there is a place for it in sex education. But I cannot agree with a sole focus on abstinence, the way anti-sex groups mess around with facts, and the moralising that goes on. Abstinence works as a matter of fact. If you don't have sex, you'll not get STDs or unwanted pregnancies. Fair enough. But it only works the same way that not eating at all ensures you'll not get fat. The simple truth is that people are going to have sex, whether it's safe or not. Singapore does not want war, but we still have national service so that we would not be left defenceless when we get attacked. Having an army does not mean that we will go around picking fights. Why then, is such a ludicrous stance being taken for sex education? A letter writer claimed that most people our age favour abstinence. This is statistically false. The Durex Sex Survey showed that the mean age for loss of virginity in Singapore is 18.4. What this means is that we have a few kiddy fuckers, a few people who wait till marriage, and a majority of hell-bound heathens who have sex against the will of God. Sorry to break the news to you, kid: Most people our age favour a nice, sweaty roll in the hay. So why not make sure that they know how to protect themselves? Even worse is the way some anti-sex propagandists go around achieving their agenda. They misrepresent scientific facts regarding condoms so that you'd think the rubbers are useless. This is the classical "you'll burn in hell" tactic used in a health context, because they know no other methods, such as "presenting a fair and balanced view". This has proven disastrous in Africa. In a place where AIDS is prevalent, missionaries are telling the locals that condoms cannot prevent AIDS. The result is that nobody uses condoms, AIDS spreads like wildfire, and Africa becomes a jolly place to live. Praise the Lord! A similar group of people attempted to pull the same stunt in our very own AJC. Unfortunately for them, Singapore students do possess basic scientific knowledge, unlike our tree eating cousins in AIDSfrica. I'm happy to report that the lies and the lying liars who tell them were promptly exposed and ridiculed by our brave AJCians. Hail Satan!Now, what makes these people so wilfully blind towards reality or worse, to happily prefer that people get STDs instead of arming them with preventive knowledge? The answer is that their agenda is neither scientific nor health, it is moralism. And in most of the cases, it is the cancer-ridden cousin of moralism that is religious moralism. Religious moralism has been proven to cause brain tumours, which is why those afflicted lose their ability to reason or think for themselves (isn't scientific misrepresentation fun?). They believe that their way is the only way, regardless of costs, and wrap it up in happy sounding words like "dignity" and "self-respect". What they really want to say is that SEX IS EVIL AND IF YOU DO IT BEFORE MARRIAGE AND NOT FOR PROCREATION YOU'RE A GOD HATING WHORE.As plausible as it sounds, my theory still has one major loophole. Why are people suffering from religious moralism in Singapore? Singaporeans are supposed to be pretty smart. We are not fat, retarded Americans who vote their presidents into office based on who promises to prevent two guys from marrying. I have found the dark truth that explains this. It is shocking, so be prepared. The religious moralists in Singapore are actually... Crab PeopleCra-a-ab people, cra-a-ab people, taste like crab, talk like people.They are a species of what appears to be mutant crab. They are crabs that stand about four feet tall and speak English. They were banished beneath the Earth's crust a thousand years ago during the Kindling Wars. Crab people want world domination, but are too weak and small to take down man by force. They aim, through abstinence-only sex education, to spread STDs amongst our young. When we are all weak and dying, they will raise up and take over our land. But it is not too late... Use condoms. Don't let the crab people win! Wisdom for the DayIf you have a 9am paper and had been sleeping at 3am the last 2 weeks, sleeping at 11 the night before the paper is not going to help. You'll toss and turn in bed till 3. Surfing /b/ in an attempt to occupy your insomniac time is probably a bad idea too. Why? Because in your stoned exam state you end up resisting the urge to write stuff like "Fuller's eight principles which constitutes the inner morality of law are NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER." My New ToyMitsubishi Lancer 1.6 Sports: $42kPetrol: $250Parking: $100ERP/Tax: $150Liberation from public transport: Priceless Poetic JusticeFrom Arul Chandran v. Gartshore, per Selvam J:"After all, people must learn to accept with a certain degree of stoicism the slings and arrows of this vale of tears."Colour me impressed. Lol PwntFrom Today. Guess our media is accurate after all! Abortion is MurdurrrrrMonth OneMommyI am only 4 inches longbut I have all my organs.I love the sound of your voice.The sound of your heartbeatis my favorite lullaby.Month TwoMommytoday I learned how to suck my thumb.If you could see meyou could definitely tell that I am a baby.I'm not big enough to survive outside my home though.It is so nice and warm in here.Month ThreeYou know what MommyI'm a boy!!I hope that makes you happy.I always want you to be happy.I don't like it when you cry.You sound so sad.It makes me sad tooand I cry with you even thoughyou can't hear me.Month FourMommymy hair is starting to grow.It is very short and finebut I will have a lot of it.I spend a lot of my time exercising.I can turn my head and curl my fingers and toesand stretch my arms and legs.I am becoming quite good at it too.Month FiveYou went to the doctor today.Mommy, he lied to you.He said that I'm not a baby.I am a baby Mommy, your baby.I think and feel.Mommy, what's abortion?Month SixI can hear that doctor again.I don't like him.He seems cold and heartless.Something is intruding my home.The doctor called it a needle.Mommy what is it? It burns!Please make him stop!I can't get away from it!Mommy! HELP me!Month SevenMommy, I'm okay. I'm in Jesus' arms. He is holding me.Fuck tha policeComin straight from the undergroundYoung nigga got it bad cuz I'm brownAnd not the other color so police thinkThey have the authority to kill a minority How does I Made Loves?Serious Cat = Me. {희 민} = The GF.[01:14:37] Serious Cat says: i've always thought that was a ridiculously stupid term[01:14:39] Serious Cat says: lovemaking[01:14:42] Serious Cat says: sheesh[01:14:47] {희 민} says: machiam you put dick in[01:14:50] Serious Cat says: what's wrong with "having sex" or "fucking"[01:14:51] {희 민} says: and hearts come out Where is Your God Now, Macfags?Mac: Hi, I am a MacPC: Hi, I am a PCMac: What are you doing, PC?PC: Playing videogamesMac: Which one?PC: All of themMac: :~( People Amaze MeKeep S'poreans small, ban char kway teow?This guy's daughter grew fat, so he proposed that the NEA only allows healthy food to be sold.Wow. It's totally not his or his daughter's fault that she turned into a fucking whale, right? Seriously, what kind of person only manages to stay healthy when the government controls her diet. Whatever happened to self-control and *GASP* responsibility? This reminds me of that dumb vapid cunt who sued McDonalds for her obesity. I swear, fuckers can't wipe their own asses without the government providing the paper.And yes, Mr Goh, there is a pretty significant difference between unhealthy food and public smoking. For one, nobody gets secondhand heart attacks. The only "harm" a person causes by eating unhealthily is when the food tempts spineless morons who cannot stop shoving calories into their gaping pieholes. The Sign of FreeeeeeeeeeeeedomThird attempt, twelve points. With the recent transport review, it looks like COE and ERP are set to soar. Frankly though, I don't give a shit. Waiting times of about thirty minutes for the bus on two recent occasions has convinced me that I need my own set of wheels, no matter what the cost. I do appreciate the Government's effort to fix the system, but it's going to take one hell of an improvement to entice me (and I believe I speak for many drivers) to have another go at the disgrace of a bus service. Time to go car shopping. Fuck yeah. Fuck Breeders and Their Sense of EntitlementAnyone who has been reading the forum section of Today recently would have come across several letters by parents about good ol' Ugly Singaporeans. Apparently, we have committed the deadly sins of not letting them go first into elevators, not giving up seats on public transport, and worst of all, not worshiping and cooing at their precious little organic bundles of joy. The content of their letters ranged from weeping at their horrific plight and heroic assertions that their kids will NOT go without a seat, to threats of rolling strollers over the toes of anyone who fails to render assistance (smells like civil battery to me). Oh, the humanity! Won't somebody please think of the crotchfruit! Hold on, I believe the real problem is that people are thinking too fucking much of the children. I don't have problems with decent parents and their well-behaved offspring, but I've had it with fucking idiot breeders who think they and their parasites somehow deserve to be treated better than the rest of the public, just because. Is any special skill required in breeding? No. Sperm + egg + womb = A screaming spawn fresh from the cunt. Wow. You have just added another digit to the world population count. What an epic achievement. I was out in town on Christmas Eve (big mistake). As if the place was not crowded enough, there were morons pushing their babies around in strollers. A stroller takes up about the same amount of space as three standing people. And what the fuck was the point anyway? To let the creatures stored within have a taste of the Christmas crowd? I was almost hoping that someone would tip the strollers over to teach the dumbshit parents a lesson, then realised that an overturned stroller would take up even more space. I don't see why kids and pregnant women deserve seats. Giving up seats to kids is an exercise in futility. Those things would stand, run, jump and do anything except sit properly. And they would probably scream their filthy heads off while doing so. I would rather give up my seat to the young but tired office worker or student. After all, they are the ones working their asses off for the economy. I sometimes give up my seat to old or crippled people, simply because they cannot help being what they are. Last I checked, pregnancy is still a choice. Even in cases of rape and slipped rubbers, there's always the option of sucking the problem right out. I understand that some people have strong moral beliefs against abortion, in which case they should take pride in their conviction by standing upright, preferably for the entire journey. Why should a stranger suffer for either your lifestyle or moral choice?These fucks have not only invaded the streets. They are the same people who would cry bloody murder if anything in the media remotely hurts the eyes of their midget bastards. They are the ones responsible for "family friendly programming", by which I mean the never ending cycle of suck on local television. People who want everything so sterile should be sterile. Yeah, we Ugly Singaporeans hear your response. We all know your biological product looks like an angel, craps diamonds, and is going to cure cancer. Too bad, you still aren't getting shit. On an unrelated sidenote: Happy Hallmark Day, faggots. I'm celebrating Steak and Blowjob Day this Saturday and I don't even have to buy a single flower for it. My girlfriend is that awesome. CNY FaggotryOne of the coolest things about my mom is that she never insists that I do anything. The one exception is when it comes to attending family gatherings, especially CNY. So I was expecting a bitchfest this morning followed by half a day of epic boredom at the gathering. Imagine my surprise when her request was merely that she "wishes I go if I can." So in what was probably the stupidest display of gratitude ever, I decided to go. Will type more on the CNY crap when I get back. Now waiting for transportation to the place. HAHAHA OH WOW!18 Dec 2007Straits Times Print ForumPay rise for top civil servants timelyI read with great relief the article about ministers and top civil servants getting a 4 - 21 per cent pay rise next month (ST, Dec 14).We can now be assured that only the most competent people will serve the country. With the rise in their remuneration, we have secured their steadfast service, as well as their continued fervour and dedication to fight for our cause. It could not be more timely. When inflation is soaring and some Singaporeans 'can barely stay afloat' (The Sunday Times, Dec 2), we need, more than ever, the best possible team of civil servants to lead us through the difficulties.We cannot afford to lose them to the private sector, and have to retain them at all costs. This is especially so as these senior civil servants have been in the public sector for so long that they are likely to seek fresh experience in the private sector.With the festive season coming, I hope that they will not forget to share the joy of receiving with the less fortunate. Therefore, I appeal to them to follow Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's lead in giving to the poor and spreading the blessings.Agung Santoso Ongko---Update: Turns out the piece is intended to be satirical. Guess the lulz is on the Straits Times and silly readers like me (Not that I personally read the ST... Don't be insulting). Worst Fucking News of the YearCabbies feel pinch, seek fare hikeI think we all know what happens every time a transport fare hike is sought. Approval is practically automatic. If I don't pass my driving test this time round, my wallet is going to commit suicide. Fucking bullshit, I tell ya! DevolutionAdd "OG'S OGS HAVE BIGGER DICKS THAN GOG'S GOGS" and you get the portrait of the typical Singaporean breeder. Final Thoughts on 377aWhile the rest of the blogosphere is having a field day with NMP Thio Li-ann's "straw up your nose" comment from her speech in Parliament, I thought another part was infinitely more lulz-worthy:"Homosexuality is a gender identity disorder..."O RLY? Allow me to quote from my Psychology textbook (Kosslynn and Rosenberg, Psychology in Context 2006 3rd Edition at page 474):"For many years, the manual of the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as a psychological disorder, but (after conducting a poll of its members) in 1973 this classification was deleted."Prof Thio, you absolutely have the right to give as much of your opinion as you want. You could have even talked about Sodom and Gomorrah if you were willing to risk getting laughed out of the House. Despite what you might think, we evil satan-worshipping, fag-enabling liberals are not out to censor you. But when you stand up (in Parliament, no less!) and make such an blatant misrepresentation of a scientific fact, it really does not reflect well on you and your camp. With all your legal training, you should appreciate the paramount importance of getting your basic facts right. Even if you argue that you are a lawyer, not a scientist, should you not endeavour to acquire the scientific accuracy of a reasonable non-scientist before making statements like that? And the reasonable non-scientist gets his scientific knowledge from credible scientific sources, not from the man raving behind the pulpit. Prof Thio, I really hope you don't believe that masturbation causes blindness, that HIV viruses can pass through condoms, and that the Earth is 6000 years old. I have always respected intelligent people such as your learned self, so scientific ignorance to that extent would be truly disappointing no matter what side you're on.The government might have decided to keep the law, but I wonder how much governmental support the conservative camp truly enjoys. I doubt people as smart as our politicians sincerely buy into the morality argument. They have just used it, and the people who swallow it up, as a meat shield. They have never given a shit about morality, and they are not going to start now.I get the feeling that it was nothing more than a political move. If the PAP actually repeals it, they run the risk of the fundamentalist religious leaders mobilizing the masses to vote against them. This has been seen many times over in places like the US. They lose their power base and will not get much in return, because the liberal population is small for now. By the same token, supporting a liberal position would be politically beneficial when (not if) society opens up. If this analysis is accurate, then they were mere acting for their own political benefit; This I can understand perfectly, everyone wants to keep their rice bowl. On a final note, the speech from MP Indranee Rajah, while overall for keeping 377a, brilliantly exposes one glaring flaw in the majority argument:"The government's stand is that the majority of society is not yet ready for a change in the law. I expect that there will come a day when that will change because young people, apart from those who are religious, are likely to be more open to alternative lifestyles."The million dollar question is simply this: Say 30 - 50 (or maybe even 15?) years down the road, when the repeal camp is the majority, when it becomes "immoral" to keep the law, what can the minority say then? If they now argue that homosexuality is immoral because the majority says so, are they in future going to turn around and claim that the majority does not make morality? It is not an unforeseeable scenario. In less than half a decade, Singapore society has progressed the same distance it took "liberal" countries like the UK hundreds of years to. I reckon I would live to see the religious conservatives (because, like MP Indranee points out, they would be the only group still stagnant on the issue) argue their stand as a minority, and get crushed. That would be epic lulz. "Eating Someone Out" Takes on a Whole New MeaningOM NOM NOM I Know I'm Totally Late on Thishttp://www.repeal377a.com/You guys still have until 21 Oct. It's not just about the gays or equality. It's also about reason and progress prevailing over emotionalism and superstitious bigotry. Your chance to help this society take one small step away from the Middle Ages.DO IT, FAGGOTS!Update: Check this blog out. It is so fucking awesome. Before anyone accuses me of promoting fundamentalist websites, go over there, read the posts and figure it out for yourselves. All I can say is that this guy has some mad skillz. Achievement of the DayTwo things you have to know to make sense of what's happening in the chat.(1) The context: My friend just proved to me that not all the songs she listens to are soothing.(2) My spelling is notoriously shitty. The Most Embarrassing Thing I've Ever Done...And I had to do it during my driving test, specifically during the vertical parking segment. For those not in the know, the typical procedure for vertical parking goes like this:You reverse towards the lot until a marking on the rear windshield aligns with the circled pole. Then you start to turn. Easy, right? Not when you're in the circuit with a tester breathing down your neck. The vertical parking lots in the circuit are arranged in a row, with a patch of grass in between each lot. I was supposed to turn into lot 32. Due to the presence of lot 31, there were eight poles in my rear view. That was confusing, to say the least.Murphy's Law kicked in to ensure that I took my bearings from the wrong pole. You couldn't see the ground until you got nearer, so all I saw were poles. In my mind at that time, four poles forming a square = parking lot!As you have probably guessed, I nearly reversed into the grass patch. As I got nearer, I realised that the kerb was coming up a lot faster than usual and that it was grass instead of concrete. I looked up to see the classic "EXCUSE ME, WTF R U DOIN?!" look on my tester's face. Needless to say, the test didn't go very well. Not due to that mistake though. For all the embarrassment, it only amounted to two demerit points. It was due to unfunny shit like kerb striking and turning into the wrong lanes. Epic fail. Should You be Laughing at This?A psychology student is conducting a survey to study the masturbatory habits of males. She approaches the first man, and says "Excuse me sir, I'm conducting a survey, and would like to know: what do you hold in your left hand while you masturbate?", to which the man replies, "A remote controller, for the DVD".She then approaches the second man, with the same question. He answers "I've got a magazine", and she notes down his answer.She then approaches a third man, and asks him what he holds while he masturbates, to which he answers "A bar of soap". Bemused by this, she asks why."I'm bathing the kids." Ernie Chambers v. God---State Senator Ernie Chambers Sues GodThe lawsuit accuses God "of making and continuing to make terroristic threats of grave harm to innumerable persons, including constituents of Plaintiff who Plaintiff has the duty to represent."It says God has caused, "fearsome floods, egregious earthquakes, horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes, pestilential plagues, ferocious famines, devastating droughts, genocidal wars, birth defects, and the like."The suit also says God has caused, "calamitous catastrophes resulting in the wide-spread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants including innocent babes, infants, children, the aged and infirm without mercy or distinction."---Now this is a worthy cause of action if I ever saw one. Here's the thing: If the Bible is held to be God's word as it is often claimed, then it is evidence against him. If it's not... well, guess I don't have to elaborate on the implications. He could always raise the IDIFTL defence though. That confers a blanket immunity on any defendant for any allegation. Japan Owns Your AssPicture is of a Japanese arcade game called Boong Ga Boong Ga in which you, the player, tries to cram a plastic finger up a virtual woman's ass. The harder you shove, the more reaction you get from the computerized face on the screen. I really have nothing to add to this. Thanks /b/. The Tattoo to End All TattoosMonkey buttsecks! Fuck yeah! I have Seen the LightI was bored on Sunday and decided to go to church. I don't know why I made that decision, perhaps I just had the feeling that something big was going to happen. The pastor started speaking and the words sent a tingle down my spine. It was almost as if he was speaking directly to me. The sermon was about how pride prevents people from accepting God in their lives. I was blown away by how the pastor, a complete stranger, seemed to know everything about my attitude. It was amazing. I was so moved that I answered the altar call. In that single life changing moment, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. I was so excited I rushed home to tell my family. The first person I saw was my mother. I told her the news immediately, not really knowing what to expect. She got scared and said: "You’re moving with your auntie and uncle to Bel-Air". I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said "FRESH" and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought "Nah, forget it, Yo holmes, to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house about 7:00 or 8:00 and I yelled to the cabby, "Yo holmes, smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the price of Bel-Air. Fuck Yeah!Just got the results for my very first examination in university. I think we're off to one hell of a good start. Hey Guys, We're FuckedRead this.Excerpt:"Inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), massive, powerful magnets chilled to a few degrees above absolute zero — colder than outer space — will zip beams of superenergetic protons and lead nuclei in a loop at speeds within a hairsbreadth of the speed of light, then collide them head-on. The energy released will be so vast that the impacts will recreate conditions in the universe as they existed just a fraction of a second after the big bang."I'm not enough of a science guy to truly comprehend what the above paragraph is saying. But I do imagine a good summary will be "BOOM!" I have read that during construction of the machine one particle actually misfired and knocked a wrench out of a worker's hand. The wrench flew all the way across the room (and by "room" I really mean massive warehouse) and hit a wall. One particle.So once again, some of the most brilliant minds on this shithole of a planet threaten to wipe us out. Oh joy. Youtube Got Pwnt!Youtube has always been a pristine, family friendly place for kids. Pornographic content is usually removed very quickly.Not any more...A hacker has managed to make a video undeletable on Youtube. It can be seen here (Link is quite obviously NSFW). Last I checked, the video was still on. Catch this historical moment before the Youtube guys finally succeed.This is the first time I couldn't stop laughing at porn. It's too bad the hacker had posted vanilla sex instead of something really fucked up like scat, CP or bestiality. Now that would have been an epic win.It will be fucking awesome if the same thing happens to local broadcasting. Maybe then I'd have a reason to turn on the idiot box.