Responding to a false celebrity blog report which described derriere implants exploding during recent air travel, Kim Kardashian had her posterior x-rayed recently, with TV cameras rolling, to prove her butt is 100% real. Full story is here. Thanks to Gordon Jack Schultz for the tip on this story. He adds, “AT LAST!! PROOF that …
Here’s a funny tweet from James Lileks, “Choices: see “Transformers 3″ or stand behind a jet engine into which someone’s feeding sheets of aluminum foil?” . http://youtu.be/gKOQAnvBHCw .
Now that Michele Bachmann has brought John Wayne back into socio-political pop memory, it would be good to take a look at Joan Didion’s classic essay about this American patriot and actor, which was reprinted some time ago in the Guardian.
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This image — seen all over China on all kinds of souvenirs — is called “The Obamao” by locals. Seems the President and the Chairman indeed have at least one thing in common… – Colette Moran . .
Here’s how the cello concert is described on Youtube: “An impromptu concert by Dr Erik Anderson next to Longfellow School in Minot ND as the Mouse River Floods the neighborhood. Beauty in the devastation.” . . And here’s Josh Duhamel, on the phone from Moscow, described thusly: “From Moscow to Minot: Shaun Sipma receives a …
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“FEELING the need for an example of government policy run amok? Look no further than the box of cornflakes on your kitchen shelf. In its myriad corn-related interventions, Washington has managed simultaneously to help drive up food prices and add tens of billions of dollars to the deficit, while arguably increasing energy use and harming …
This event took place in Rochester, New York. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has more on the story here. http://youtu.be/jXA-KA-pEKw
This is the most popular vid in South Africa today. It’s the promo for a reality show or “unscripted drama series” about four American girls who go to Capetown, South Africa to live “in a mansion on Clifton Beach, under the watchful eye of a demanding billionaire boss,” where “the girls have to prove their …
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Chris Cutler speaks out about pirated music on the internet. Not what you might expect from the leftist/commie. A very thoughtful and fair minded read from an amazing human. – Marc Marshall http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/6715/ ********************************************************* I recently saw the piece to which you refer, Marc. Typically clear and well-argued, in the Cutler fashion. The thing …
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An in-depth obituary by the Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot can be found here. .
Please, please, please see the brilliant documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES. This is a battle we can win in which everyone (except a handful of large corporations) wins. This non-judgmental, non-guilt-inducing, non-“we-know-better-than-you-you-dumb schmuck,” totally fascinating film can change your life. And maybe save it, too. – Gordon Jack Schultz . .