Just Saliva in the Wind

Full tounge-cluck with a half-twist to No Coast Surlyinal today to bring ol' Blood and Guts outta rehab. Sims may replace Whoreford as our local Queer Quolumnist but some real gems still slip thru the glitter bath of trashy gossip.

"On Monday, the Grim Reaper himself -- George Riggs, president of the California Newspaper Partnership, MediaNews' regional subsidiary -- paid his first visit to Eureka. Dave Lippman, Times-Standard publisher, said Tuesday that the news from his meetings with Riggs wasn't entirely terrible. He did seem to indicate, though, that the parent corp wouldn't be raining money down on the T-S anytime soon.

It's strange, though. A couple of months ago, when the Times-Standard announced that Rich Somerville would be taking over the helm of the paper, there were smiles and high-fives coming out of its Sixth Street headquarters. Singleton himself had come to town to assure staffers that everything was going super-smoothly -- circulation was up, ad revenue was up, they were winning the fight against Arkley's Eureka Reporter and MediaNews was behind them 100 percent. Where'd that money go?

Because even though Lippman said that they haven't had to lay anyone off yet, he did confirm that there have been cutbacks. Turns out that the tiny fund that once boosted newsroom morale by funding the purchase of little edible treats is now history. "We've made some minor cuts like that," he said. "If you can trim a coffee-and-donuts budget rather than trimming human beings, that seems like a preferable approach, don't you think?" -source

In market terms this means sky is falling and chicken little gets squashed. Headhunters only first wave of beancounting vultures/accountants and tag-along auditor/coroner types. These wage slaves will be damn lucky to have coffeemakers in the building next week.

"The T-S, Lippman said, has been fortunate in that it has been able to reduce expenditures through employee attrition, rather than directly showing employees the door. At the same time, though, he was loath to rule out layoffs in the future." -source

Well yippidie doo-dah aren't we just friggin' jolly to hand half our sports department and two of our best writers to the Arkleyville Regurgitator. Let's see if we can rip this useless kitchen sink out of socket so save on water bills.

Maybe I've been on my back for two months and don't see the whole enchilada but damn if that debt still don't compare to rising share prices. If the market's up who cares since 'da Fed ain't fooling with prime rates anytime soon. Singleton just don't see what he's dealing with but even billionaires get wake-up calls.

A Drool View On Gore/Arcata Sucking

My trusty housesitter keeps nice neat piles of Slandereds and Regurgitators and Pyes at the ready. No vacation without the hangover of playing catchup to see who gets Driveled on next. I almost forgot this experiment was still on net but 300+ of you look like you enjoy my irregular rant’s so I must march on.

This Nathan Rushton commie retreats to humor now but Grime-Slandered bigwigs fill in with some awful funny editorials. Too bad they’re just awfully wrong.

“Al Gore thinks Arcata is cool.

Arcata already has an inventory of global warming emissions.

it's worth noting that “cool” Arcata was ahead of the game.” -source

Total crapola. All the innovative pr stunts of Arcata sure don’t stop their fugly/smoggy busses. What other police decide on natural gas which is one of those evil fossil fuels to replace electric meter maid mobiles? Do I look outside and suddenly not see more and more Sport Hostility Vehicles clogging my road? Where’s the windmills people? All talk, little action. I want some real global warming action Arcata can take besides beancounting all the cow farts to nitpicking small business to death. Even one Hydrogen fuel pump would be something.

As if Al Bore is some hero we need to beg for good words from. Puhleeze people. He’s even more a capitalist swine as I am. Bore owns stock in Oxy Petro for christssake.

“Despite his vaunted last minute trip to save the Kyoto treaty, Gore’s compromise committed the US to very small reductions in greenhouse gases, and has worked since to include nuclear power among the renewable energy source eligible for Clean Fuel credits under the treaty. These would allow the US to claim reductions supposedly made for the global good, while actually benefiting only the huge corporations that build nuclear power plants. It may sabotage the treaty in the eyes of Europe and small island nations (who will disappear if global warming isn’t stopped), but Al Gore only seems to care about how global climate change affects big corporate contributors.” -source

Typical mind-numbing propaganda from Demo hacks like this give me indigestion. They knew all along this bird ain’t flying but surface facades like movie sets are all they can build.

Fact is Gore plays for some industries and Repubs play for others. My god its just more craven manipulative b.s. for whatever financial/industrial clique team played for. All this cumbaya stuff don’t mean a thing, the end its always a question of who gets the bill. None of these politician scum will admit either everybody pays or nobody will. Tragedy Of The Commons.

“While Kyoto’s failure may be news to the public, it’s not to former vice president and global-warmer-in-chief Al Gore, who smugly admitted on Jan. 4 at a political gathering that included yours truly, “Did we think Kyoto would work when we signed it [in 1997]?... Hell no!” -source

Like how many roadtrips in his lowmilage pickup does Dave Meserve take all the way to Portland to spew some nonsense on Fox News? All the hot air he pumps out must raise barometers. Maybe blood pressures too. All Heat, No Light.

Above all, really shameful to watch Grime-Slandered journalos join Arcata’s self-worship cult.

Bad Writing is Real, Nathan Rushton's Credentials aren't

I almost started this blog last time Nathan Rushton opened his big yapper to snipe at Grime-Slandered journalos. Their sin is keeping up with Rob Arkley throwing gobs of Bens and Franks at any and all Repub pols. Personally I don't give a damn about politics in So. Dakota and I probably hate Tom Daschle as much as Robby does. But watching Arkley's errand boy mewl some lame objection almost made me upchuck my bagel.

This the same Nathan Rushton crusading to destroy capitalism with another Anti-Business Arcata committee. What a hero for local journalism.

"City of Arcata's boycott list" -source

You bet boys and girls how p.o.'ed old Arkley would be if he knew about the pinko commie on payroll. Maybe Security National should move in on lucrative defense contracts just to make hypocrisy klaxicons wail.

"Commissioner Nathan Rushton
Chair Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission" -source

Contradicting yourself there Nathan. But it's the bad writing from Sunday really chokes me up.

"quite a few people’s comfort zones are being threatened by the upstart daily founded by Rob and Cherie Arkley.

It’s incredibly difficult — impossible, as those who know me would say — to simply sit on the sidelines while verbal projectiles are being hurled over, or at, my head.

And although I am aware from time to time that there is a corporate boss “out there,” Rob’s influence isn’t felt by reporters here in this newsroom any more than the Times-Standard’s corporate owner Dean Singleton’s is; Singleton is the CEO of Media News Group, which owns more than 40 daily newspapers in nine states." -source

Awwwwww what a poor suffering Natey. He can throw the kitchen sink with Arkley ink but don't you dare give back some friendly fire. Puke.

Overcoming my gag reflex long enough to see how completely stupid this is. Dean Singleton probably never set foot in Eureka and definitely never met Charles Winkler. And we all know how Arkley hand picked Glen Simmons and gives him marching orders. I doubt Singleton would back liberals like Paul Gallegos for dog catcher but the Arkleyville Regurgitator will never disagree with Robby's political agenda.

"There is a rapidly growing list of advertisers."

More mind-numbing crapola from Natey. As if we don't know how the Regurgitator undersells its ads. My god its more expensive to buy ads in the Lumberjoke. Robby admits he never intends to make a buck on the rag since its all a tax writeoff for him. The man is a licensed tax attorney and he knows all the millions he loses is just cash he won't send in taxes to state/fed socialists. Smart investment.

The biggest laugh was Natey pretending poverty. Never mind above average pay/401k pension plans Pollace brags about the other day. Sorry Rush but your crew gets paid more for doing less compared to every other paper within 250 miles of here. Most businesses aren't this generous because they can't afford to be. Mind you this is the same shlub who spewed this.

"I really honestly can’t say I know a whole hell of a lot about anything." -source

Duh.

The Mission

Blah blah blah. Everybody loves to pretend to some noble cause with these mission statements.

Quanah put it best me thinks.

"Any company that had the time to sit down and design a "Mission Statement" shouldn't be in business if they needed to remind themselves why they open the doors in the morning."

Well this is the first post. Best to get this gooey crapola out before the fun starts.

Drivel: (1) (n.) Senseless talk; nonsense. (2) (v.) To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

Axis of Drivel: (1) (n.) A not-so-subtle parody of President Bush's "Axis of Evil" tirade against Iran, Iraq, North Korea; an indication of disdain for sweeping generalizations. (2) (n.) Sun Tzu's blog on Humboldt County tv/radio/print media; an indication of disdain for sweeping idiocies.