Hymenoplasty is a procedure used to surgically re-create the hymen in a woman’s vagina. Muslim women in Europe are undertaking the procedure in order to circumvent their religion’s idiocy regarding virginity.
While I’ll agree that it’s no one’s business whether a woman is a virgin or not, if there’s a surgery which can be used to shoot even a small hole in small-minded bronze-age hocus-pocus, I’m all for it.
Apparently someone rustled up enough cash to take out a hit on Kevin Federline. It’s amazing what the pennies that fall between the couch cushions can accomplish, isn’t it?
Leaving aside the wisdom of parents choosing either name, I have to ask why the hell New Zealand thinks it can accept or reject any name chosen for a child.
A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman — but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.
Sure, both Superman and 4Real are stupid-assed things to call your kids. But should that be grounds for censorship?
Egypt has officially made “female circumcision” (genital mutilation) illegal. It’s done, apparently, at least in part by religious nitwits who believe it helps keep girls from having sex. Doctors who perform the operation in the future will face arrest and prosecution.
Needless to say, were such a practice common in the US, the goddishly retarded would make it impossible for such a ban to be put in effect.
MSNBC reports that a “top-ten” spammer has been arrested.
Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised “zombie” computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.
Kill him. Immediately. Fuck the trial, fuck the defense and fuck the appeals. Get him on his knees, put a Glock to the back of his head and pull the trigger twice: Once to take him down and once to be sure.
Ann Coulter is a cow.
I use that in the schoolyard sense, of course; I’m not trying to suggest Coulter has the characteristics associated with cattle — or, indeed, mammals — such as a nurturing instinct or compassion for members of her own species.
Steve Jobs is calling for an end to DRM in digital music.
No guess whatsoever if it’ll happen, but it’s a pretty daring move. Read his letter to see more. He’s putting forth most of the same arguments I’ve used for years in objecting to both DRM and encryption of DVDs.
Funny, stupid idea:
Akira Kurosawa’s Gojira
Starring … Toshiro Mifune.
Mmmmmh… MmmmHHHhhh… Mhhh…
“Look! He’s walking all over Tokyo!”
“Yes … and he’s tormented by angst about his heritage!”
Special cameos by rice harvesters and about 6,000 random banner-bearing horse-drawn miniature tanks.
All in heavy rain.
Hey … I’d go see it.
It took much less time than I thought it would. First this from WaPo on Wednesday:
Here’s some good news for everyone who worries about germs: Zapping that soggy kitchen sponge in the microwave for a couple of minutes can pretty much sterilize it.
And here’s WaPo from Friday:
Kitchen sponge users, beware. Microwaving sponges can sterilize them but can also apparently have a downside: Some sponges may burst into flames.
All those who didn’t see that coming, please leave the room now.
Motorola is cutting 3500 jobs in an attempt to stem falling profits.
Given that CEO Ed Zander made $6.5 million in 2005, couldn’t some of those jobs be saved by reducing his pay to just $650,000? I know there wouldn’t be a way to keep everyone on board — but that sure is a lot of money going into just one guy, and I bet he can’t even throw a football more than ten yards.
