As a huge fan of Calvin and Hobbes I say this is kinda awesome.
Monthly Archive for September, 2007
Note to building developers: When constructing a building, do not make it in the shape of a Nazi swastika, even if unintentionally. (via The Plank)
Why are Republicans more concerned with an ad in the newspaper then with casualties in Iraq?
Just watching this is enough to make me walk funny.
I think I would very much like for my next major office project to be making these.
Far be it for me to call someone else dumb….but Sherri Shepard is dumb. If you didn’t know (and I’m not entirely sure why I know myself) Shepard is one of the new co-hosts of The View. Now I have no opinion on The View other then I would rather gouge my eyes out then watch it, so I can’t say for sure that this video is indicative of what the show usually is. Having said that: yes Sherri Shepard, the world really isn’t flat. And yes, you moron, pretty much everyone with a hint of education (and even those with none at all) should know that. Watch and enjoy (or really watch and cringe):
Following up on yesterday’s post about the end of TimesSelect, Paul Krugman is entering the blogosphere. Not sure how this will turn out but I like the idea. I can tell you from the outset that I hate the partial content RSS feed. The Times needs to give that the boot as well.
This was passed along by my friend Bergen:
The Royal Australian Navy is under pressure to explain why it has spent tens of thousands of pounds paying for female sailors to have breast enlargements.
The opposition Labour Party will this week grill the government over revelations that the operations were granted to women whose small breasts had caused them crises of self-confidence.
“On the face of it, taxpayer-funded breast enhancement is a questionable practice,” said Labour’s defence spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon.
“I have to say it smacks of a government [that is] out of touch. The navy defended the practice, saying the procedure was only allowed for psychological rather than cosmetic reasons.
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“I don’t know why [the navy] pay for it,” said surgeon Kourosh Tavakoli.
“There’s no breast augmentation, that I know of, for medical purposes.”
Neil James, the head of military lobby group the Defence Association, defended the policy, saying female sailors were only given breast enhancements if there were compelling “psychiatric or psychological reasons”.
“Just as there are in civilian life, there are some females who feel their breasts are too small and if their breasts were bigger, they might be more of a ‘normal’ woman,” Mr James said.
“If they were lacking in self-confidence, this might provide the measure of self-confidence that would help them tackle their wider job.”
I suppose I find the psychological argument here somewhat compelling but even still I’m not sure this isn’t just a waste of taxpayer money.