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History News Network: “Buy Danish”

There’s apparently been somewhat of a furore over some Danish cartoons allegedly portraying Muslims in a not so favourable light. Various Muslim countries have called for a boycott. Various groups are calling for an anti-boycott.

Since Danish furniture is pretty much “teh sh1t”, and we have just bought a Hans Wegner day bed, I’ll pretend it’s all part of that.

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Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com, via Boing Boing

The world’s largest restaurant chain said Thursday it had begun trialing a new scheme in Britain whereby two people from the same family who worked at the same branch could cover each other’s shifts without giving any prior notice.

All your family are belong to us.

Hey, hang on one second:

McDonald’s said the first users of the new “Family Contract,” which it believes to be unique in Britain, were two sets of twins.

What’s wrong with them just lying as to which one they are? Who needs new contracts for that?

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1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.
7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.

(Shamelessly poached from http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/por/102351114.html)

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A Church’s Lethal Contract

This is a must read for anyone who wants to know anything about the evil, underhanded way the Church of Scientology handles itself.

Kate Ceberano, I want you to read this.

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Donald Rumsfelf is in town. You wouldn’t know it, not by the number of police floating around the Central Business District. Motorcycle cops on the corner near Adelaide High School. Other cars driving around the streets. And I haven’t even been down North Terrace yet…

I am more than a little annoyed that we have been forced to virtually shut down the hub of our city, for a man that has been involved in several of the evil regimes that have run the USA in recent decades. Clearly, Bumsford is a smarter man than his current boss (but I can’t think of too many people who aren’t, just quietly), but he has had his fingers in some pretty seriously smelly pies.

In 1976, Ruttfield was instrumental in ensuring the US was safe from swine flu. He urged the president at the time to instigate a vaccination process. The US was safe from swine flu - but 52 people died from contaminated vaccine. Unfortunately, now the US is governed by swine. It’s a shame the vaccine didn’t work against Bush. Oh well.

The biggest irony of Roomseld’s career is that he was a significant contributor to Saddam Hussein’s build of military might. During the Iran-Iraq war, Rumbleford was, according to Wikipedia, “the main conduit for crucial American military intelligence, hardware and strategic advice to Saddam Hussein.” So Rimspot was at least in part responsible for helping to create the regime he and his mate’s son have now worked so hard to bring down. Or rather, try to bring down. (Chop off the head and the serpent falls? Doesn’t seem like it to me.)

I think the scariest thing about Roamstick is that he seriously believes that he, a member of Team America, really is part of the World Police. Now, it scares the heck out of me that those guys from Southpark are just right on the money.

America! Fuck Yeah!

Update: My sub-editor tells me his name is Donald Rumsfeld. Sorry for any inconvenience or misunderstanding caused.

P.S. The whole idea for the spelling games was a typo the first time I wrote his name. Not that funny, I know…

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Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing on Iraq. He concludes by saying: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.”

“OH NO!” the President exclaims. “That’s terrible!”

His staff wait, stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, “How many is a brazillion exactly?”

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The Conservative Philosopher: One Man, One Vote

I don’t normally read conservative websites, but I cam across this one as part of some fault-finding I was doing for another Blogsome user.
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I read every word in the first issue of The Monthly.

I must say, having read it, and looking back, there aren’t many advertisements in that magazine, it is mostly articles. And some of the articles were great! I hardly ever watch Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, but after reading the article on him and his interviewing techniques I may start to.

If I can ever get my ABC reception better then the crap it is now.

Speaking of the ABC, there was an article on how the culture of this great instution has changed over time, and how it may change in the future. And then in the Australian yesterday, I read how funding has reduced the number of hours of local drama created to an all time low of 21. Twenty-one hours of local drama created in one year, by the corporation that once created greats like Brides of Christ, and Love is a Four Letter Word.

I’m also looking for a CD, I am a bird now, by Antony and the Johnsons, based on a review in the Monthly.

Maybe it’s just me wanting desperately to be an intellectual (or, as the dopey tart in Big Brother [now that is quality drama. NOT] said: “an intellect”), but I may just start regularly reading this magazine.

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That’s purpose is just to trigger Wordpress to update the Post count of each Category.

I’ll leave it here incase I need to redo this operation. It took me ages to tick each category box…

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