Sunday, May 25, 2014

Smack-Off XX airs June 27

Jungle Party House Leader Jim Rome announced that Smack-Off XX - the twentieth annual event for the best of the best callers in the Jungle - would take place on Friday, June 27 - a mere 72 hours before Inauguration Day! The Smack-Off is Christmas in June not only for Jim Rome's devoted Clones (listeners) worldwide, but in Patria as well. The results of the 2014 Smack-Off determine the Jungle Party's caucus in the 50th Congress-elect. Will Mark in Hollywood defend his 2013 Smack-Off title? What other legendary Clones will claim the Jungle Party's 28 seats that were won on April 19? Tune in on June 27, amid the pre-Inaugural festivities of the last few days of the old administration. In Castoropolis, your Jungle affiliate is PMBC-1152.

Note that there will not be a Hack-Off for the worst of the worst callers. Rome killed the Hack-Off after the 2013 show turned into an unmitigated train wreck with no Hack being able to win the prize of a berth in the Smack-Off. The Rat Family has a better chance than the Hack-Off of returning to the Jungle.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Arboria Beavers repeat as Kamala Cup champions

Your 2013-14 Kamala Cup champions. Beavers' home and away jerseys.
The Arboria Beavers defeated the Caesarea Violets in six games to claim back-to-back Kamala Cups and their fifth PHL title in the past decade. With only two rounds of playoffs in the PHL, the Kamala Cup is decided much sooner than the Stanley Cup.

The following are the final scores. Note that the first five games were decided in overtime, and game six was also decided by only one goal. Old-time hockey!

Game 1, @ Arboria, May 8 - Caesarea 5, Arboria 4 (2 OT)
Game 2, @ Arboria, May 10 - Arboria 2, Caesarea 1 (OT)
Game 3, @ Caesarea, May 13 - Arboria 2, Caesarea 1 (2 OT)
Game 4, @ Caesarea, May 15 - Caesarea 3, Arboria 2 (OT)
Game 5, @ Arboria, May 16 - Arboria 3, Caesarea 2 (OT)
Game 6, @ Caesarea, May 18 - Arboria 6, Caesarea 4 (Arboria's last goal an empty-netter)

Friday, May 16, 2014

Om Namo! Patria congratulates Narendra Modi

"India has won, good days are about to come!" 
The lame-duck 49th Congress passed a resolution congratulating Narendra Modi on his election as India's Prime Minister and wishing him all the blessings of the Devas and Devis as he goes to New Delhi to head the new government in India's Lok Sabha (parliament). The former Chief Minister of Gujarat led the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a resounding victory over the Congress Party, the legacy party of Nehru and the Gandhi's (Indira, Rajiv, Sonia, Rahul, etc., who of course are no relation to Mahatma!) that had ruled India almost continuously since independence in 1947.

Like the SRM in Patria, Modi's BJP campaigned hard on promises to revive India's economy and re-establish India's Hindu identity. However, many Indians still have profound concerns over Modi because of claims he did little to stop communal riots in Gujarat in 2002 that killed thousands of people, mostly Muslims. The liberal parties in Patria such as the Social Democrats and Chakras also express some concerns, but in general Patria welcomes the change in government in the macro-world's largest democracy.

Narendra Modi is affectionately known as "NaMo", as in the Kripalu guru mantra Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya!


The leader of India's BJP gets some face time with the leader of Patria's Amrita Party.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

New version of "Yoga in the Nightclub"

Parvati Devi (honorary citizen of Patria since 2010) has come out with a new version of her chart-topping electronica signature song Yoga in the Nightclub. Official release is coming in June, just in time for the inauguration of Patria's 50th Congress, but you can listen to the pre-release here:



Parvati says, "Yoga is a beautiful, powerful and subtle 5000 year old life-science. Though popular yoga practices today often focus on flexibility, strength and tight bodies, the essence of yoga goes far beyond this. The literal meaning of Yoga is union. In my musical works, I am creatively and spiritually inspired by the yogic truth that we are one. My hope is that ‘Yoga In The Nightclub’ may inspire people to find peace, balance and unity anywhere, at any time - whether in a meditation hall, at work, or in a nightclub. Breathe. Be. We are one Earth family".

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Patria Post honors Pete Seeger

On what would have been Pete Seeger's 95th birthday, Patria Post has issued a commemorative stamp honoring the legendary folk singer and social activist who wrote on his banjo: "this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender".