March 2009
17 posts
Marry Our Daughter - Bride Arrangement Service →
I really hope this site is a joke. I fear that it is not.
GET OVER IT
A person I follow on Twitter, Kristina Halvorson, just posted the following:
halvorson 2) I wonder if all the fathers on the speaker circuit get asked, “How are your kids coping with you being gone so much?” as often as I do.
All right, people, can we have a collective “that’s a stupid question to ask” chorus? Whether you’re a mother OR a father, it is...
Off With Their Heads: Samples of AIG Outrage →
Fun reading! That and the bill that passed: House passes tax to recoup most of AIG Bonuses.
I still can’t believe there are people so greedy, irresponsible and unethical that they accepted million-dollar bonuses out of taxpayer bailout money. No, yes I can, but it makes me sad.
Western-Centric
Noted my calendar in April says “Easter” and “Eastern Orthodox Easter.”
Another example of “here’s what we think you should believe the norm is” and “this is what the Other does.” The religious Other.
Can we try Roman Catholic/Protestant Easter and Eastern Orthodox Easter?
AIG CEO defends bonuses as public fury mounts →
So AIG says “the payouts were necessary to retain top employees with … specialized knowledge.”
Um, we should find those employees and ask why they thought accepting the money was a good idea given the current financial climate and the source of the funds. The banking industry needs to seriously be educated on the concept of accountability.
Saudi Arabia: Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman →
The article says a 75-year-old woman, a widow, was sentenced to 40 lashes, four months in prison and deportation from Saudi Arabia for fraternizing with two unrelated men. They were in her house, apparently bringing her bread. One was her late husband’s nephew.
One of the commenters, speaking to the case’s relationship to Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and...
snaps for schadenfreude! →
Nostalgic: looking at a blog’s pictures of my old neighborhood in NYC from the perspective of a bench where the police once harassed me.
Baldwin's Small Herb Pills
From an old advert I saw: “Cures sick headache, piles, pains in the lower back and kidneys, bad blood and swimming pains in the head.” Those are some kick ass herbs!
A bit tired of some of the fanboy-hero-worship-jackassery i’ve witnessed. Creepy. Inappropriate. #sxsw
“A senior Vatican cleric defended the Catholic Church of Brazil’s plans to...”
– Assholes: Vatican Supports Brazilian Catholic Church for Excommunicating those who Aided Raped Child
“Meghan McCain, the oldest daughter of Senator John McCain, wrote that Ms....”
– Showdown of Two Political Adversaries, Each With a Knack for Theatrics - NYTimes.com
