Niente Peaches Update

Ernie writes-

I hope you all have been enjoying some fantastic news reporting by Igor, now it's time to make some Niente Peaches related reports.

1. The second episode of Niente Radio will be up on iTunes October 31st. Don't miss it!

2. A couple new stills have been added to the Behind the Scenes page.

3. Pre-Production has begun for the fall/winter season of shooting.

4. The complete first season index of Niente Radio is now up.

5. The deadline for Crazy Photoshop Contest #1 is closing in (Nov. 1st)! Submit while there's still time!

There will be a few more updates during the first full week of November so stay tuned!

Update: Fucktober

Yesterday I talked a little about the fires in southern California and droughts in the southeast. Just thought some of you might be interested in an update.

Since yesterday, the situation in California has rapidly disintegrated into fuck-all. More than 500,000 people have now been forced from their homes. Apparently, 500,000 is how many is takes, since the Governator called in the National Guard earlier today.

I could tell you how bad things are, but I think this is more effective.



Meanwhile, Duke University is taking a beating for watering their lacrosse turf before a game yesterday, despite the entire area being gripped in a crippling drought. Let me repeat that. They were watering their turf. That's FAKE GRASS, for the record.

What the shit, people?

Time for a quick commercial break...

I smell trouble...

Igor Writes-

So a few days ago I was having one of my many sleepless nights when my channel surfing landed me in prime news real estate. In this case, I was watching MSNBC's special report on Russian President Putin's recent visit to Iran.



As some of you may or may not know, Iran recently signed a pact with Russia, outsourcing the construction of its new nuclear power generators to Putin. What Russia seems to understand, as does much of Europe, since Putin also planned to meet with the leaders of France, Germany, and the UK to discuss Iran, was that Iran is seeking nuclear power not in order to develop weapons, but so that it can have what every modern industrialized nation already has, NUCLEAR POWER.

Of course, MSNBC spotlighted Putin's recent power grabs, pointing out that there was no way for him to lose the next election and that Russia is basically one step away from totalitarianism. The point that they were trying to make is that the friendship between Iran and Russia is a union of two batshit insane countries which could disrupt the balance of power throughout the middle east and the rest of the world.

So there's that.

Too bad it's all bullshit.

If you know anything about Russia, you'll know that it's political situation really is a shambles, but it doesn't particularly work to the advantage of Putin just yet. While he'll be elected, the country is so bitter and divided that he'll be lucky if he can find where the country keeps its nukes.

If Iran thinks that putting Russia in charge of building power plants is a good idea, then they've clearly never been to Russia. They'll be lucky if the building doesn't fall apart within the first week.

That being said, why can't Iran have nuclear power? "Duh, Igor, we can't let them have nukes!".

Yeah, well, tough.

Until I see an ounce of proof that Iran supports terrorism, they have every right to hoard nuclear weapons left and right. Go on, find me the evidence that says that Iran is evil and its president it a lunatic. Find it and I'll reconsider. Until then, if my country can have nukes (and based on the last post, it's clear that we have no clue as to what we are doing), then Iran has the same right. That is, if they want nukes at all.

Ahmeninejad continues to insist that he is simply looking to boost his country's power grid, by looking to the future to nuclear energy. I've yet to see any proof that they plan to do anything else with it. If anyone can find the documents that says that they are hoarding nuclear scientists, or building secret labs, or are downloading the Anarchist's Cookbook, then please go ahead and send them to me, because I sure as hell haven't seen any. I'm talking to you, MSNBC/FOX/CNN.

I submit that what we are really seeing is the continual effort by the government of this country to push for war with Iran. To what end, I don't know. I don't want to know. All I do know is that they have been trying for months (frequent readers will note that I've written about this before) to discredit Ahmeninejad and Iran as a whole. What they discovered was that people weren't buying it.

Somehow there wasn't a lot of support for another pointless war. So now, the news networks are forced to up the ante. Who do we hate even more than the Iranians? THE FUCKING RUSSIANS. The right-wing fucknuts behind this idiotic War on Brown People are all Reagan-Era Cold War paranoids, who haven't trusted Russia since WWII.

So now we have the Iranians and the Russians in cahoots. Can it get any worse? I can't wait until North Korea jumps on board this fuck-train. Better yet, Syria, since they seem evil and are brown too. North Korea wouldn't be a prime candidate anyway. We aren't scared of them anymore since they stopped threatening us after peace talks and economic sanctions forced them to calm the hell down.

Somehow, peace talks with North Korea worked, but with Iran all we can do is make veiled threats of nuclear attacks. Are we really the kind of country that would strike first with nukes? Hell, should we be the kind that strikes first at all?

It's time for us to see this for what it really is: propoganda. That's all there is to it. This is nothing new.

Aw, hell, let's just nuke 'em. They're brown, after all.

A nation smacks its collective foreheads...

Here's a headline that will be in the news for the next few days, but that no one will care about: THE ENTIRE FUCKING SOUTHWEST IS ON FIRE. You think I'm kidding? I'm not. 250,000 people have been evacuated from the San Diego area as wildfires are spreading like, well, wildfires.

Photo: Courtesy of CNN

The only thing that they mayor of San Diego had to say to America was "It looks as though a lot of people are going to lose their homes". What?!?

At this point I would expect her to say something like "For the love of christ, send us some freaking help!". But in fact, with over 1000 fire engines on their way, there is no one left to help, with other southwestern states dealing with their own wildfires, some of which have been raging for what seems like years.

At what point do we call this a crisis? At what point do we send in the national guard? The army? FEMA? Anyone?

How many people have to be displaced? 250,000 seems like enough. Do we need to see one million before anything can be done?

It's 2007, for fuck's sake, by now we should be able to keep our country from catching fire!

In the meantime, there's another headline: THE ENTIRE FUCKING SOUTHEAST HAS NO WATER. Droughts are pretty much destroying Georgia, and the government is locked in debate at to release strategic federal water reserves to the people who WILL SOON BE DYING if this unseasonably hot October weather continues.

Have we really come to a point at which beaurocracy keeps us from helping people who are in dire need? Do we need levees to burst before we jump to action?

Call your damn senators, and tell them to send fire trucks and bottled water. You hear me, Nestle Waters Inc?

Hmm... wildfires, droughts, hot Octobers... what does all of this mean? Oh well, if it were anything important, I'm sure that government scientists would tell us all about it. If, of course, they weren't so busy trying to dismiss global warming.

New Comic Added!

Ernie writes-

Hello All!

The Almighty Benny is at it again with this month's comic strip. Take a look:

Tragedy of Oranges

P.S. Look for a new installment to the Niente Radio podcast at the end of the month as well as some new behind the scenes stills. Plus! There will be a new contest this November!

Don't touch that dial or I'll break your fingers!

Applebees Knows No Age

Ernie writes-

This taken from AP:

"A 6-year-old boy was hungry and decided he'd go to Applebees. So he grabbed the car keys, took his booster seat from the back seat of his grandmother's car and placed it in the driver's seat, then made a go of driving himself to the restaurant Tuesday."

Read the full story here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/09/ap/strange/main3351103.shtml

No comment needed.

On another note, we are in post production for scenes and plan to have trailer up in November! But before then, stay tuned for a new comic strip and radio episode!

YouTube Gold

Ernie writes-

So, not having any luck on YouTube finding good videos? Have a look at the work of caroline372. It's YouTube Gold! Have a look:

Ringo Starr Makes a Piece of Toast



Sir Mick Jagger Tries to Sell His Car



Word Association with Liam and Noel Gallagher



http://youtube.com/user/caroline372

Enjoy!

Movie Review: House of 1000 Corpses

It sucked. Balls.