Archive for July, 2005
Baby Killing Is Legal
Now that the Dutch have adopted rules for euthanizing babies, I hope they’ll apply them sensibly. It’s so annoying when those babies start crying in the airplane cabin. You can’t exactly get up and leave the room. I also don’t like it when two-year-olds sit in the handicapped seats on the subway. They claim that [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2005 under .
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Harakiri Schoolgirls
Andrew Lee writes in the Financial Times that the misogynistic mix of cuteness, violence and perversion prevalent in manga and anime “…must send many tourists running, their ‘Fujiyama’ image of Japan tainted for life.”
Andy, I’ve got news for you: After seeing a reproduction of Makoto Aida’s “Harakiri Schoolgirls” (detail below), I’m ready start my [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2005 under .
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Barack Obama Embellishes His Resume
Don’t get me wrong - I’m a big fan of Barack Obama, the Illinois freshman senator and hot young Democratic Party star. But after reading his autobiography, I have to say that Barack engages in some serious exaggeration when he describes a job that he held in the mid-1980s.I know because I sat down the [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2005 under .
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