"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." - Abraham Maslow

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War By Any Other Name - "The Obama administration has come under intense criticism for replacing the term "war on terror" with the emaciated euphemism "overseas contingency operations," and for referring to individual acts of terror as "man-caused disasters."... the Taliban announced that it will no longer refer to its favorite method of murder as "beheadings," but will henceforth employ the expression "cephalic attrition." "Flayings" -- a barbarously exotic style of execution that has been popular in this part of the world since before the time of Alexander -- will now be described as "unsolicited epidermal reconfigurations." In a similar vein, lopping off captives' arms will now be referred to as "appendage furloughing," while public floggings of teenaged girls will from here on out be spoken of as "metajudicial interfacing."... Says a Hong Kong-based expert in East Asian euphemisms[:] "It's why the expression 'people's liberation army' always worked so much better as a recruiting device than 'mass murderers.'... Finally, in yet another determined effort to disassociate itself from the bellicose imagery favored by the Bush administration, the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff will no longer employ the term "bad guys" to describe al Qaeda. "It's juvenile, it's demeaning, and it's judgmental," says a high-ranking administration spokesman. "From now on, the bad guys will be referred to as 'the ostensibly malefic.'"

Man dies after winning 12-hour sex marathon bet - "The women told Moscow police that before starting the sex marathon, Tuganov swallowed a whole bottle of Viagra pills to ensure his victory."

Does the “Right Brain vs. Left Brain” Spinning Dancer Test Work? - "The test is coming up inaccurate because it provides a crude view of the “lateralization of brain function,” or the concept that each side of the human brain specializes in certain mental activities... neuroscience-minded blogs like Neurophilosophy point out that doing any complex mental activity requires cooperation from both sides of the brain, although certain processing tasks required for that activity may be concentrated on one side or the other. In other words, saying that “math and science are left brain functions” is an over-generalized statement... A study undertaken by O’Boyle found mathematically gifted students did better than average students on tests that required both halves of the brain to cooperate... People who had half their brain removed encounter some problems – like not being able to move or see from one side of their body – but largely retained or relearned mental abilities such as language in their remaining brain hemisphere"

Yellow Socks on Wednesday: Suck it and beat it - "whatever the reason, the mainstream of society does have beauty defined. so suck it and beat it. if a girl doesnt conform to societal norms on beauty, then it is completely right of her to feel inadequate, because she is inadequate. redefining beauty to make it more inclusive just dilutes the meaning of beauty. it doesnt spread beauty around. at this point i would like to quote abraham lincoln. "how many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? 4, because calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg."... the quest for beauty does not demean women. come to think of it, parallels can be drawn with redefining beauty and redefining excellence. there are pros, and there are pussies. not everyone is pro. in fact, most are just pussies... maybe we should have an advocacy group for pussies like me. they should have a group that seeks to redefine excellence and look for excellence everywhere. The Best Cock-talker. The Best Antcatcher. The Best File Sorter. The Best Window Closer. The Best Tray Clearer. So everyone can be recognized for being Best at something. Excellence Redefined."

David Copperfield - Walk Through The Great Wall Revealed - "2 sceptics, The Trickbusters (One engineer and a video analyst) analyse the great illusion from a rational point of view. Magic under analyse. They revealed David Copperfield famous illusion: Walk Through the Great Wall of China."

Disabled man's personal laundry service porn - "A disabled man running a laundry service was found to have a dirty little secret. The 56-year-old, who is receiving monthly assistance from the Welfare Department, has been filming his sexual exploits and selling the recordings. But his career as a porn star has been cut short by police, who arrested him at his Bandar Putra home on Saturday. They had been watching him for a while after receiving a tip-off."
Malaysia Boleh!

"Musicals come to life": YouTube - Op zoek naar Maria - Dans in het Centraal Station van Antwerpen - "Op Zoek naar Maria gaat van start op vtm, en dat zullen ze in Antwerpen geweten hebben. Ruim 200 dansers hebben de hal van het station op z'n kop gezet."
Why are they mostly female?

Facebook Blocked At School or Office? Access Facebook Via Email - "A new service called MoDazzle makes it possible to use Facebook (and LinkedIn) through email commands. For instance, you can send an email to fbreadwall@modazzle.com with the subject SELF to read messages posted on your Facebook wall - alter the subject like JOHN to read John’s Facebook wall. You can do most Facebook actions via email including poke, status updates, writing on a friend’s wall, read messages lying unread in your Facebook Inbox and so on."

Hairdresser turns robber into sex slave - "A young hairdresser in Kaluga, Central Russia, locked a robber who tried to steal her money in the basement of the beauty salon... The perverted hairdresser forced the hostage to take several Viagra tablets. She chained the unfortunate robber with pink furry wristbands and painfully raped him for the next three days. After his release, the exhausted robber filed charges against the perverted woman. The frenulum of his penis was torn as a consequence of rape session. “That’s ridiculous. We had sex just a couple times. I brought him brand new jeans. I fed him every day and gave him one thousand rubles ($25) before his release,” the hairdresser said... “But it’s a pity that they could not meet in the cell. They would be a great couple,” one of the police officers said. "

Baby dies after breastfeeding on drunk mother’s milk - Again, from Russia. GAH

The sex is OK, it's just the frequency - "Small, egg-shaped and promising 'divine' vibrations, a UK sex toy has been deemed a threat to Cyprus's national security. According to the company Ann Summers, the Love Bug 2 has been banned because the Cypriot military is concerned its electronic waves would disrupt the army's radio frequencies."

YouTube - SABER sexy lightsaber underwear fight - It involves Rick McCallum?!

Pornography debate: Just what's so terrible about a man looking at pictures of naked women? - "The average man's fantasy of the perfect woman is a lot less harmful than the average woman's. Judging from the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, the perfect woman is supposed to look like a lollipop, with a huge head of hair and a stick-thin body. We all know how much damage this ludicrous ideal of feminine beauty has inflicted on young women's self-esteem, yet feminists don't get nearly so worked up about these magazines as they do about Nuts and Zoo... For every married woman who's grateful for the effect pornography has on her husband's libido, there are probably ten more who appreciate it for the opposite reason. After all, he's less likely to pester his wife for sex if he has another outlet when she's not in the mood. And it is surely far better that sex-starved husbands should satisfy themselves by watching a couple of blue movies than straying from the nest and looking for real-life partners."

Why I love getting to grips with a fat man - "There is something comforting about being with a man who has heavier thighs than I do, considerable love handles and breasts only marginally smaller than mine. I feel that there is less pressure to conform to a size-zero stereotype. His confidence in his body shape has made my attitude to my own more tolerant and empathetic towards natural female hormonal seesawing of size... Enjoying a plump lover for the first time is like collapsing on to a well-upholstered sofa after a lifetime spent thrashing around on a deflated air mattress... Interestingly, rotund men are less likely than thin ones to commit suicide – so either eating what you like makes you happy, or unhappiness makes you thin, take your pick."

Jefferson on the Indians - "Jefferson's position on the Indians is very much like his position on blacks: It's a shame things had to be this way, but that's not going to stop us from holding you as slaves/killing you down to the last woman and child."

OZBUS, London to Sydney Bus Travel - "We are an adventure travel company like no other! We operate a regular overland service for backpackers travelling between London and Sydney. Starting from either London or Sydney, OzBus takes you on a journey through 20 countries, 3 continents and a lifetime of unforgettable experiences."

Female hairiness health warning - "Excessive hairiness in women is not just a cosmetic problem but is likely to be a sign of an underlying medical condition, say UK doctors in a report... Professor Stephen Franks, an expert in reproductive endocrinology at Imperial College London, said the condition could be very embarrassing and women might be reluctant to seek medical advice."
I thought it was just men who didn't want to be embarrassed.

Hostess club with the mostest AV stars - "The job of a typical club hostess is to jovially engage in simple chat, pour cocktails and attend to any unlit cigarettes for her male patron. Yet it will not be long before his topics of conversation drift from simple pleasantries to more intimate inquiries — an uncomfortable yet obligatory duty for many ladies. Club @Virgin, which opened near Roppongi Crossing in Minato Ward last December, has a solution that puts both parties at ease: Its roster is comprised entirely of AV actresses... The customers are not direct, however, says 23-year-old actress Azusa Anzu, outfitted in a shiny bunny suit with floppy ears. "They won’t say, ‘Let’s do it.’ They are much more gentlemanly.""