"In an incident similar to the Great Roommate Buttering Caper of May 2011 in terms of messiness, domestic disruption, and—perhaps most remarkably—the involvement of a woman named Dawn, a Chicago wife has been arrested for hurling cupcakes at her husband during an argument. How sweet it isn’t! (“It” being a difficult-sounding marriage.)"
"Streitbarkeit und Engagement bei Studierenden finde ich toll. Aber es macht mich ratlos, wenn ich erlebe, wie Auseinandersetzungen in Seminaren manchmal ablaufen. Gerade beim Thema Rassismus sind die Debatten oft hitzig und dann eben auch verletzend. Deshalb wünsche ich mir eine bessere Streitkultur und vor allem Respekt vor dem Menschen, der einem gegenübersitzt, selbst dann, wenn er eine aus eigener Sicht unhaltbare Position vertritt. Mal ehrlich: Wie können wir gemeinsam eine bessere Gesellschaft entwickeln, wenn wir einander nicht respektvoll begegnen?"
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In the original TV version of Charlie’s Angels, the three “Angels” were graduates of the police academy who were working in police jobs that failed to make the most of their superior skills. When Drew Barrymore revived the concept with a pair of movies, she emphasized the superior skills part, making two of the Angels geniuses and athletes and the other (her own character) a self-made woman with a bit of a checkered past. In both TV and big-screen versions, Charles Townsend, the wealthy owner of a detective agency, recruited the best of the best to do jobs only they were good enough to do. The new TV re-do of Charlie’s Angels features three very bad girls. They were all previously criminals, and while their special skills involve hands-on fighting, they rely mainly on shooting their guns with abandon (something Barrymore did not allow in the movies but has curiously capitulated on for the new show; she is an executive producer). They also steal and climb walls. They are not geniuses and they are not exceptional policewomen languishing in unfulfilling posts as meter maids and switchboard operators. And Charlie has not recruited them; he has saved them. (via The New Charlie’s Angels: Being Bad Doesn’t Make You Badass : Ms Magazine Blog)
On September 17, 20,000 people will pitch tents and set up kitchens at Chase Manhattan Plaza in an occupation of Wall Street that will last for months — or at least, that’s what the organizers of Occupy Wall Street are hoping for. According to them, the event will involve a couple thousand people dancing to “Thriller,” doing yoga in the street, voicing their opinions, sleeping head-to-toe around a few city blocks, and trying not to get arrested. (via On Saturday, 20,000 People Could Be Doing Yoga and Dancing to ‘Thriller’ on Wall Street - New York News - Runnin’ Scared)
Fierté by Edward Yeung
"They came up with a makeshift solution. They dispatched more officers to Pakistani neighborhoods and, according to one former police official directly involved in the effort, instructed them to look for reasons to stop cars: speeding, broken tail lights, running stop signs, whatever. The traffic stop gave police an opportunity to search for outstanding warrants or look for suspicious behavior. An arrest could be the leverage the police needed to persuade someone to become an informant."
- NYPD CIA Anti-Terror Operations Conducted In Secret For Years. Scarily Stasi-like.
Lacoste, the French fashion label known by its green crocodile logo, is reported to have asked the authorities in Norway to prevent Anders Behring Breivik from wearing the brand. The rightwing extremist, who has admitted killing 77 people during bomb and gun attacks in July, has been pictured wearing Lacoste items since he was arrested. Norway’s Dagbladet newspaper reported that police prosecutor Christian Hatlo has confirmed that Lacoste contacted the police with the request “Yes, we have been contacted by Lacoste, but what they have asked remains between us,” he was quoted as saying. (via Stop Anders Breivik wearing our clothes, Lacoste reportedly ask police | World news | The Guardian)
MISS UNIVERSE 2011 - Chile (by OfficialMissUniverse) HERE the advantage is that “women think with their hearts and not their heads”
I have to stop. I’m going to vomit.
MISS UNIVERSE 2011 - Brazil (by OfficialMissUniverse) OMG AGAIN women are better than men because they are prettier. GROSS.
