Month: June 2007

It’s very hard to beat the Brazilian Institute For Oriental Studies.

As one might expect, man’s best friend has the appropriate response to being stuck in a limo with the stupid spoiled whore who just got sent back to jail:

More SSW action here.

I really must go back to Holland soon. They’ve now invented Booz2Go.

A reader notices something telling: the photographer responsible for the weeping Paris Hilton photographs today, Nick Ut, has a slightly different journalistic pedigree. He took the Pulitzer-winning napalmed Vietnamese girl photograph. And the beat goes on.

Why Pelosi’s rhetoric is dumber and more insulting than Bush’s. I take the point. Can you believe she said something as moronic as this:

"Science is a gift of God to all of us and science has taken us to a place that is biblical in its power to cure. And that is the embryonic stem cell research."

Gag.

Let’s take a moment to assault reason, shall we? The latest, glorious twist in the Paris Hilton story is something that can surely bring us all together, red or blue, male or female, rich or poor. Whoever doesn’t feel an ounce of pleasure at the sight of this mega-rich non-entity finally being treated with a modicum of justice has surely lost the capacity to feel anything. Sorry, Al, I know I should be studying carbon offsets. But far from undermining democracy, this little story about this pathetic, pampered wretch can only restore a little faith in the criminal justice system. It’s almost enough to make up for O.J.

By the way, here’s a site especially for Al Gore. It’s called The Superficial. And it’s currently going cable on Hilton. Bonus points: TMZ says her lawyer is filing a habeas corpus suit! That’s some corpus.

Good for McCain? Plus: the inside story of the GOP revolt.

They need each other:

Statistical analyses of partner supportiveness — such as affection, understanding, and encouragement — indicate that fathers’ religious attendance is linked to higher reports of supportiveness by both partners at three years after the birth of the child. Specifically, both mothers and fathers are significantly more likely to rate their partner as supportive if the father attends church several times a month or more. These results hold for both married and unmarried parents and do not vary by race.

A measure of overall relationship quality — which ranged from poor to excellent and, again, was measured at three years after the birth of the child — is also related to fathers’ religious attendance. Once again, both mothers and fathers are significantly more likely to report that they have an excellent relationship with one another if the father, but not necessarily the mother, attends church frequently. The association between paternal churchgoing and relationship quality holds for married and unmarried couples, and it does not vary by race.

I guess religion doesn’t poison everything, does it?

There are serious signs of student unrest in the Iranian theocracy. Above is a video of a student activist recently being detained and roughed up by Islamist government thugs at Amir Kabir University in Tehran. He’s not alone:

Universities in different parts of Iran are experiencing a new wave of repression by security forces. Between 6-8 student activists, members of student associations, and independent professors who dare to think and express their ideas differently than the Iranian establishment, have been arrested in recent weeks, or are awaiting court hearings and decisions from disciplinary committees – some for allegedly failing to respect strict Islamic dress code.

Check out the best English-language blog covering the Iranian opposition:

They broke Arman’s glasses and kicked and punched Salmanpour to the ground until he went unconscious. Both students have been taken to hospital. Soon there were clashes between students and the university guards & Basijis.

Know hope.

It’s here! It’s completely insane! Get over it! Tips for doing it yourself can be found here.