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January 4, 2016
(Untitled, because Chuck never follows through on these start-ups, so if things work out better this time, I’ll come up with a title) (Links to sources on page 2, chronological order)
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd
Enrique Iglesias brought his “Love and Sex” world tour to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, and the traditional girls’ panty-toss came to the attention of the president, who prescribed public whippings of the concert organizers with toxic stingray tails, which, to Sri Lankans, is apparently a very, very, very bad thing.
New World Order: Normal birth (conception “the old-fashioned way”) in Ecuador, announced Xmas Eve--except the trans female provided the sperm, the trans male the egg and uterus.
Think Roe v. Wade is just one of those in-the-past/your-momma’s-era issues? Indiana woman is locked up for 46 yrs because a jury thought she should’ve been more alert about, was it “miscarriage” or gasps of a live birth.
Turns out some lady cops in Brussels were hyped about the country’s lockdown after Nov. 13th Paris attacks--but mainly because they heard Belgian soldiers (guy-type) would be quartered at their police station overnight. Yesss!
The Asian-American rock band with the disgusting, offensive, disrespectful, awful, hate-speech (etc.) name can still trademark it under U.S. law. (They’re “The Slants” and proud of it.)
Two subtle Monica Lewinsky references in the news last week: (1) In a New Yorker report on Jeb Bush’s ongoing suck-up to the F State’s sugar industry, we are reminded that Big Sugar’s biggest kahuna was the one on the phone to Bill Clinton during one of those famous ML episodes. (2) Ms. Carneeka Sanders was arrested in St. Petersburg and happened to be squirreling away a “cigar” in her hoo-hah.
Comment in the journal Nature about the James Bond pic Spectre, about how the writers got it correct in one scene about erasing Bond’s face-recognition memory--except, wrote the commenter, the drill should have been aimed in front of Bond’s left ear, not to the back of the skull. (Doesn’t everybody know how to access the fusiform gyrus without messing up the ipsilateral vertebral artery?)
Most Helpful Post of the Year: Deadspin’s annual plumbing of Consumer Product Safety Commission reports on what humans got stuck in their bodies last year (based on hospital E.R. reporting), with special emphasis on the you-know-whats.
Of course: From a U.S. Supreme Court brief on the challenge of a Mississippi high schooler disciplined for online-posting a rap song by Killer Mike, the student’s lawyer clarified for the 9 justices: “It probably is worth noting that ‘Killer Mike’ has never actually killed anyone.”
Highlight of the Week: the photo of presidential candidate (i.e., Narcissistic Personality Disorder sufferer) Martin O’Malley at his “rally” in Tama, Iowa, when he attracted a crowd of . . one. One on one, O’Malley couldn’t even close on “Kenneth,” who said afterward he was still undecided. Perfect! (Once again this year, thanks to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, America will spend more on NPD sufferers than on victims of most other major disorders.)
[Links on Page 2]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35186892
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/transgender-man-ecuador-makes-history-pregnancy-35945809
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-10/indiana-stands-its-conviction-purvi-patel-feticide-and-child-neglect
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35197982
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/22/460692655/government-cant-deny-trademarks-over-offensive-names-appeals-court-rules
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/04/swamped-the-political-scene-dexter-filkins
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/cigar/human-humidor-arrested-739014
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v528/n7583/full/528479e.html (behind a pay wall, but take my word for it, OK?)
http://adequateman.deadspin.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-1749308157
http://nypost.com/2015/12/29/only-one-person-attends-martin-omalleys-meet-and-greet/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/us/politics/hip-hop-stars-support-mississippi-rapper-in-first-amendment-case.html?_r=0
January 4, 2016
(Untitled, because Chuck never follows through on these start-ups, so if things work out better this time, I’ll come up with a title) (Links to sources on page 2, chronological order)
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd
Enrique Iglesias brought his “Love and Sex” world tour to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, and the traditional girls’ panty-toss came to the attention of the president, who prescribed public whippings of the concert organizers with toxic stingray tails, which, to Sri Lankans, is apparently a very, very, very bad thing.
New World Order: Normal birth (conception “the old-fashioned way”) in Ecuador, announced Xmas Eve--except the trans female provided the sperm, the trans male the egg and uterus.
Think Roe v. Wade is just one of those in-the-past/your-momma’s-era issues? Indiana woman is locked up for 46 yrs because a jury thought she should’ve been more alert about, was it “miscarriage” or gasps of a live birth.
Turns out some lady cops in Brussels were hyped about the country’s lockdown after Nov. 13th Paris attacks--but mainly because they heard Belgian soldiers (guy-type) would be quartered at their police station overnight. Yesss!
The Asian-American rock band with the disgusting, offensive, disrespectful, awful, hate-speech (etc.) name can still trademark it under U.S. law. (They’re “The Slants” and proud of it.)
Two subtle Monica Lewinsky references in the news last week: (1) In a New Yorker report on Jeb Bush’s ongoing suck-up to the F State’s sugar industry, we are reminded that Big Sugar’s biggest kahuna was the one on the phone to Bill Clinton during one of those famous ML episodes. (2) Ms. Carneeka Sanders was arrested in St. Petersburg and happened to be squirreling away a “cigar” in her hoo-hah.
Comment in the journal Nature about the James Bond pic Spectre, about how the writers got it correct in one scene about erasing Bond’s face-recognition memory--except, wrote the commenter, the drill should have been aimed in front of Bond’s left ear, not to the back of the skull. (Doesn’t everybody know how to access the fusiform gyrus without messing up the ipsilateral vertebral artery?)
Most Helpful Post of the Year: Deadspin’s annual plumbing of Consumer Product Safety Commission reports on what humans got stuck in their bodies last year (based on hospital E.R. reporting), with special emphasis on the you-know-whats.
Of course: From a U.S. Supreme Court brief on the challenge of a Mississippi high schooler disciplined for online-posting a rap song by Killer Mike, the student’s lawyer clarified for the 9 justices: “It probably is worth noting that ‘Killer Mike’ has never actually killed anyone.”
Highlight of the Week: the photo of presidential candidate (i.e., Narcissistic Personality Disorder sufferer) Martin O’Malley at his “rally” in Tama, Iowa, when he attracted a crowd of . . one. One on one, O’Malley couldn’t even close on “Kenneth,” who said afterward he was still undecided. Perfect! (Once again this year, thanks to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, America will spend more on NPD sufferers than on victims of most other major disorders.)
[Links on Page 2]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35186892
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/transgender-man-ecuador-makes-history-pregnancy-35945809
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-10/indiana-stands-its-conviction-purvi-patel-feticide-and-child-neglect
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35197982
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/22/460692655/government-cant-deny-trademarks-over-offensive-names-appeals-court-rules
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/04/swamped-the-political-scene-dexter-filkins
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/cigar/human-humidor-arrested-739014
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v528/n7583/full/528479e.html (behind a pay wall, but take my word for it, OK?)
http://adequateman.deadspin.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-1749308157
http://nypost.com/2015/12/29/only-one-person-attends-martin-omalleys-meet-and-greet/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/us/politics/hip-hop-stars-support-mississippi-rapper-in-first-amendment-case.html?_r=0
Comments
All the links are bad unfortunately. Still gonna comment though.
Siri Lanka- This is why I have no desire to travel outside the US, at least I am familiar with the laws here.
mom/dad dad/mom- Its flipside conception!
The Slants- No, its fine, they are of Asian decent. If it was white people there'd be trouble. Its like the "N" word, offensive depending on who says it.
stuck in body- Kinda no longer weird anymore.
school overstepping- What happens outside of school stays outside of school.
Siri Lanka- This is why I have no desire to travel outside the US, at least I am familiar with the laws here.
mom/dad dad/mom- Its flipside conception!
The Slants- No, its fine, they are of Asian decent. If it was white people there'd be trouble. Its like the "N" word, offensive depending on who says it.
stuck in body- Kinda no longer weird anymore.
school overstepping- What happens outside of school stays outside of school.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/05/16 at 12:32 PM
How about this-
CHUCK'S CHOSEN
NOTW PICKS OF THE WEEK(date)
CHUCK'S CHOSEN
NOTW PICKS OF THE WEEK(date)
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/05/16 at 12:38 PM
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