"The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability." - Tom Lehrer

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Urban Legends -- Pork + Coke = Worms (All Lies) - "Although the "soda + pork = worms" item gets a lot of press, there are many similar tests you can perform. For example:
* You can check if a wedding cake is going bad by pouring motor oil on it.
* Dunking a doughnut in coffee creates a coffee-flavored doughnut and brings out java's natural sweetness.
* Pouring Mountain Dew on your cat will make it go insane.
* Spraying a smoker with lighter fluid is a traditional (but felonious and occasionally fatal) cure for smoking.
* Filling a plastic bottle with filtered water can increase the value of the water by a factor of 1,000."

Banned PETA Super Bowl Ad - PETA has too much money.

Is Facebook Hurting Feminism? - "While I like Facebook in many respects, I find the "Relationship Status" part completely juvenile, if not damaging. Why do we feel compelled to announce or define our relationships for everyone else? (There is already a part where you can write your interests i.e. dating, networking, etc.) Why isn't it enough to define our relationship with our partner? Why must we formally legitimize our relationships for the greater public? Is it really anyone's business?"
Someone: It's just another fact about a person - something other people are naturally curious about! If I want to know what music or books you're into, there's a high chance I'd also be interested in your romantic life. As for the argument that publicising your relationship is just an expression of your worth being dependent on whose girlfriend you are, the exact same thing can be extended to men. To say it's different for them, and their statement is one of possession/ownership is being
inherently anti-feminist. Obviously things would be different if Facebook made it ABSOLUTELY COMPULSORY to state your relationship status, but it's a choice and
nothing more. No one is making us define or legitimise anything.
Me (more pithily): Are feminists hurting feminism?

Fake Taj Mahal: India Angry Over Bangladeshi Plans To Build Replica Taj Mahal - "The Indian High Commission says it hopes to sue Mr Moni for copyright infringement."
They sound like Malaysia.

'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years - "Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to label any new hire who had not yet read "Atlas Shrugged" a "virgin." Being conversant in Ayn Rand's classic novel about the economic carnage caused by big government run amok was practically a job requirement. If only "Atlas" were required reading for every member of Congress and political appointee in the Obama administration. I'm confident that we'd get out of the current financial mess a lot faster."
Getting out of the frying pan and into the fire must appeal to them... Abolishing the income tax. Now that really would be a genuine economic stimulus. But Mr. Obama and the Democrats in Washington want to do the opposite: to raise the income tax "for purposes of fairness" as Barack Obama puts it.

Why we yawn: To cool our brains - "Contagious yawning may have evolved to keep group of people alert"

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action"

Death & Taxes: A Visual Guide to Where your Federal Tax Dollars GO
Someone should do this for Singapore, but most of the information is probably unavailable.

Female Bank of England Employees Must Wear Makeup and Heels - "Earlier this week, the Bank of England held "Dress for Success" day. On that day, they sent out a memo to female employees detailing just how they should dress for success"
... feminists, who jump at everything and see coercion everywhere

Can Your Name Make You a Criminal? - "In a new study to be published in the March issue of Social Science Quarterly, David Kalist and Daniel Lee, economists at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, find that adolescent boys with unpopular names are likelier than other boys to be referred to the juvenile-justice system for alleged offenses. The researchers conclude that the Ernests, Prestons and Tyrells of America are significantly more delinquent than the Michaels and Davids."
As a letter-writer to My Favourite Periodical also pointed out, this probably helps to explain why those with "Black" names are discriminated against in job applications (despite the usual reflexive appeal to racism)

The Holy Foreskin - "My favorite theory about the fate of the holy foreskin is the one put forward by the 17th century theologian Leo Allatius. In an essay, De Praeputio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Diatriba, he speculated "that the holy foreskin may have ascended into heaven at the same time as Jesus himself, and might have become the rings of Saturn.""

Gun O'clock(ガンオクロック) / ムービー - A clock in the form of a shooting range target.
Damn Japs.

What exactly are you "celebrating" and why? | Celebrate Capitalism (tm) - "Celebrate Capitalism is a positive campaign of promotion, discussion, and festivities - NOT a counter protest. We'll leave the negativity and nihilism to the thugs, bores, and buffoons of the anti capitalist movement... We proudly stand up for free trade, money, liberty, profit, free speech, technology, universal individual rights, intellectual and material prosperity, private property, rule of law, innovation, creativity, human dignity and happiness... Capitalism is: 1. Practical 2. Moral 3. Magnificent. We focus on Capitalism's intellectual foundations, its history, what it offers, all the marvellous things it makes possible for all humankind! Books, medicines, vacations, supermarket, ballets, computers, and much more! We offer Capitalism as both a destination and a direction. The solution to all social/political problems is always in the direction of Capitalism."

YouTube - Satisfaction - "[Benny Benassi's] Satisfaction, WITH MEN!"

Bratz Dolls May Give Young Girls Unrealistic Expectations Of Head Size | The Onion - "According to gender equality advocate Melissa Waters, even though these dolls can't talk they're sending young girls a message about their bodies. 'What girls are taking away from this is that in order to be beautiful you need to have a head that's twice the size of your torso'... 'I want her to feel good about herself, about her head'... 'If you make a Bratz doll of human height... the sheer weight of [her head] would crush her spine, rendering this so-called cool girl bed-ridden for life... We really have to teach girls that any size head is beautiful, otherwise they're going to be in a plastic surgeon's office at 23 asking for cranial implants... 'Just the other day, I saw her hitting herself in the face with a book to try to get her face to swell... A doll shouldn't make a girl feel bad about herself'"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
And at the end: "Obama to Keep Bush on as National Scapegoat"