Really? Why bother reporting this?

Spain: 13 injured in running of the bulls

MADRID, July 7 (UPI) — Thirteen people were hurt Monday in the start of Spain’s annual Running of the Bulls, though none seriously, emergency officials said.

…… and they’re surprised? Didn’t these people see “City Slickers”, which is where I learned most of what I know about life?

This didn’t end well…

I’m taking a day off from hating because of a special lady—mom.

It’s her birthday! I would post a photo, but I’m going to protect her privacy. Instead, take a look:

One of many reasons why my mom is the best.

So to the woman who brought me into this world, fed me the above delicious food once I got here, and taught me how to hate properly (she hates on stupidity ALL the time)— I have nothing but love.

Have a good weekend, and call your mothers.

Anyone see this yet?

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many

Apparently, when Iran was running war games, they released a doctored-photo of them shooting off four missiles. Take a look:

From the story:

As the above illustration shows, the second missile from the right
appears to be the sum of two other missiles in the image. The contours
of the billowing smoke match perfectly near the ground, as well in the
immediate wake of the missile. Only a small black dot in the reddish
area of exhaust seems to differ from the missile to its left, though
there are also some slight variations in the color of the smoke and the
sky.

NICE TRY Iran!!! Sure, four missiles is pretty terrifying, but three?

Bush league.

And as the story links, Iran’s been known to have quite a knack for the Photoshop. But what the story DOESN’T mention is the amazingly high quality of the missile photo. Let’s examine the context surrounding the Persian aesthetic when it comes to imaging and videography. Case in point— cheesy Persian music videos.

Note the liberal use of 80s green screen backgrounds, soft focus lens and wind fan. And trust me, this is just an example. There are many other classes and genres, ranging from videos that feature a power point slide of the musician’s family album, to 8-minute-long music videos of generic nature scenes with a song completely unrelated to nature playing in the background.

So in comparison to this:

The missile photo is pretty damned good.

Next on his agenda: getting a cartoon banana to dance to classical Persian music.

**an aside: this is my favorite Persian music video ever made:

Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects

Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body’s blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas, one of the nation’s top producers of the seedless variety.

Alright. I’m not going where you think I’m going with this one. My main issue with this story is in this piece of information:

Found in the flesh and rind of watermelons, citrulline reacts with the body’s enzymes when consumed in large quantities and is changed into arginine, an amino acid that benefits the heart and the circulatory and immune systems.

Yes, another example of how sex-driven our society is. The bulk of this article, the headline, everything are about how watermelon can bring joy to old men, and misery to their old wives. They only mention in passing that the fruit also benefits your heart, circulatory system and immune system.

You can’t get any if you’re dead, old man. Lower your cholesterol.

Sex has been used for years to sell many things, including shampoo, pasta sauce, cologne and diarrhea medicine, just to name a few. Looks like marketing reps are getting slick to the game and recognize key, more specific demographics. Now they want to not only entice them into buying their products, but draw more direct correlations between the product and old man whoopie.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor AND erectile dysfunction away”—new Washington Apple Farmers Group slogan

So, as you can probably tell, the posts (or “hates,” as I like to call them) are kind of irratic, and I apologize. My plan is to have at least two hates a week, and by popular demand, I’ll be including some of the longer, more in-depth hates.

And have you been called out as a hater lately? Send what you love to hate on to hatedeez@gmail.com. Remember, just keep it civil.

Another entry is forthcoming. In the meantime, enjoy the prejudice map (for full version, click here):

Personal favorite? Turkey, known for two things: hospitality and using weapons.

The Today Show filed a story about Barack Obama appearing, for the second time, on the cover of Rolling Stone. If you watch it, about one minute into the story, they start talking about his musical tastes, and mention Jay Z:

They talk about the rapper for a second, play a song of his in the background, and show his picture:

This is Jay Z, right?

Wrong. Instead of showing Jay Z’s picture, they show a picture of Joe Budden.

According to a staff of probably 10 people, whose hands this story had to pass through before it got to the air, all black people look alike. And yes, this is the only conclusion I could come to because, Joe Budden? Seriously? How do you confuse this man:

With this man:

Also, who listens to Joe Budden religiously but doesn’t know who Jay Z is? And I won’t lie; for a second I was like, “Who is Joe Budden?” Then I listened to this.

Ah yes… I’ve heard this before, and so have you. It was most likely when in the club, at the point in the night when you wanted to stab yourself in the eye because of all the terrible music they were playing.

And here’s some added irony to the situation—Joe Budden has a Jay Z dis song. Looks like Matt Lauer was just used as a pawn in furthering Budden’s beef with The Jigga.

Damn you, Budden! This isn’t the last you’ve heard from me!

No hate today. Just this reflection:

The number one search item that brought people to my site? “KKK.” In fact, typing “KKK” into Google got my site 4x more hits than any other search query. Wonder what that says about my readership…

Hate On Me’s #1 fan!

Damn it.

I originally wanted to write a review of last night’s BET Awards, which is a gold mine of ignorance. Then DC Detritus kindly reminded me that “Shitting on BET is like beating up a retarded child.”

Well put.

Also, Al Green—I love your music, but you’re crazy now.

“I’m so honored and humbled by the academy of BET Awards—what y’all laughin’ at?”—actual quote.

And as a complete aside: I’m a huge Maxwell fan and was so excited to see him sing one of my favorite Al Green songs.

Okay, that’s it. More hate to come later.

So everybody’s favorite crazy white man in a cowboy hat (don’t pretend you don’t have a list of, like, five such individuals), Don Imus, said some stuff the other day that has gotten him into a bit of trouble.

Radio host Don Imus downplays race remarks

During his breakfast show on Monday on Citadel Broadcasting Corp’s ABC Radio Networks, Imus discussed Adam “Pacman” Jones, who was suspended by the National Football League in April 2007 because of his link to a Las Vegas triple shooting.

A colleague of Imus commented on how many times Jones had been arrested since he had been drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2005, and Imus asked what color he was. Told that Jones is black, Imus responded: “Well, there you go. Now we know.”

But, “Nay!” Imus cries. It is not so—he wasn’t being racist. He was simply trying to be sarcastic.

Sound familiar?

Stereotyping eh? Not a fan of it, are we? Well, how about I do a little of that here so you get a feel for it—

Men who normally look like this:

And say things like this:

“That’s some nappy-headed hos there, I’m gonna tell you that now.”—Don Imus, in reference to the 2007 NCAA women’s basketball championship team, Rutgers University.

Aren’t usually the type to call out racism and march along side people like this:

Pretty sure their chants didn’t include, “What color is he?! Well, there you go!”

I know Donny, it’s hard when you make one mistake, and your actions and words are forever misconstrued in a negative light. Hard, too, when people are just constantly passing a surface judgments upon you. Sucks, doesn’t it?

“You’re telling me.”

Just thought I’d take a moment to acknowledge a great comedian died today. He inspired many of us in the new generation. Hopefully we can carry on his torch of unabashedly calling out ignorance.

Legendary Comedian George Carlin Dies at 71

“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.”–George Carlin