That cover stopped me cold because it is my cat - only with long hair. As my boyfriend said the cover model cat is the lipstick lesbian to our sporty dyke kitty. (I'm sure cover cat gets meals in crystal goblets, much to our dismay our kitty takes out villages of moles for breakfast.) It did make me go read about Norwegian forrest cats and then Siberian forest cats. I must say "forest cat" sounds like something out of a fairy tale. Who wouldn't want one?
I only noticed this had been replied to today. I just want to clarify when I said "severe poverty" I was implying this would result in poor or no prenatal care, poor prenatal and early childhood nutrition, drug use during pregnancy, etc.. as the factors causing "low intelligence" or problems in poverty stricken regions. Also, my post implied there were big problems with IQ being used as a measure.
You still didn't give me any facts besides linking a wiki on demography transitions which is fine if the argument centered on only western vs. underdeveloped countries, but I think one of our main arguments was all the breeding right here in the good old USA among the generations dwelling long term in trailer parks and housing projects.
Or an aging queen desperate to try and stay relevant and hip? Yes, and the role of godparents is usually for lifelong friends not the newest, latest and greatest pop star whose fans you covet.
Yes, she's had a very close lady "friend" who she has traveled and lived with for many years. This tidbit only makes me think she is even more awesome than before. She's always kept her personal and business life separate, but even so her friend is a open secret in Nashville and she is introduced to friends and fans alike.
Uh, so an poorly written, snarky opinion in a webcomic is supposed to disprove what exactly? The post was just a poor veiled plug for some webcomic. Neither source on this subject is fact base - except Idiotocracy is correct with the fact people living in poverty tend reproduce in greater numbers than hyper-educated populations.
The problem is there is no definitive answer on whether worldwide intelligence is going either down or up - nor how current reproduction trends are affecting it. First we don't have accurate data from the past to compare to anything.
Even trying to measure the current average IQ's of world populations today is fraught with landmines - the first being IQ not being a accurate or standard measure of intelligence. Some "studies" have tried to rank the IQ rates worldwide, certain countries with "reported" very low average IQ's also tended to have severe poverty so is it genetic or environmental - lack of proper prenatal and early childhood nutrition hurting brain development?
Ah, now the story makes sense.
If the first thing you do after your 'I'do's" is chase down some crack in a strange hood, and then spend your honeymoon night ghostbusting a hotel room floor - I'm gonna say your chances for a successful marriage are pretty damn low. I'm thinking any non-crackhead spouse may just freak out a wee bit by that behavior, drug counselor or no.
I do wonder if said drug counselor spouse met Sinead professionally to help her get/stay sober? Sure her tossing aside sobriety the minute she becomes your lawful wife would cause some concern - but wtf was her counselor doing in a romantic relationship with her in the first place?
But hey we all have our ways of breaking loose to celebrate. I'd hate to see what Courtney Love did after her vows to Kurt.
When the post is about said ugly person commenting his ill wife is "not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of a president," and therefore divorcing her - I find it perfectly acceptable. It's obvious one of the ways Newt deems appropriate to judge women is by their physical appearance; therefore the same standard should be applied to his ugly ass.
Nothing irritates me more than a doughy, pasty, fat, nasty old white men proclaiming a woman is not (take your pick) beautiful, sexy, young, attractive, docile, busty or skinny enough.
I do believe the phrase, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander," is apt in this situation.
Sure, the only reason old Newt hasn't had his desk in the oval office is due to not having a hot enough wife to get elected. Wonder if he ever considers the fact he is utterly repulsive - physically and his personality - has something to do with it? Nah, his style is to always blame others for his own faults and failings.
You know it really says something that most all of the republicans that actually worked with Newt during the 1990's in Congress - hate his guts and think he is despicable. These are the same republicans who defend and kiss ass to all manner of scumbags and hypocrites in their party, but they draw the line with Newt. He is so profoundly rotten and mean that they publicly show contempt and disdain for him in the press. I can't think of any notable conservative republican who is so widely and openly hated by his own nasty tribe.
Newt Gingrich is the epitome of nasty, bigoted, mean-spirited, bitter, evil, power hungry, vain, misogynistic, side of the republican party.
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I find it funny that inside a supermarket Kim and company are bundled in heavy winter coats, hats and mittens. Me thinks there is no heating in this model supermarket, nor any where else in North Korea that isn't a Dear Leader residence. Even the dear leader would only go so far to feed the photo-op fantasy - and freezing his ass off for a few minutes was obviously way too far.
Hahaha, Kim looks a little weird there standing so out front and alone. Makes me wonder if the cards originally had Kris in them and they've now been photoshopped out. Seems like they took some precautions because all the K women are standing a bit distant from the men - so just in case they need to be erased there will be less hassle. I love to know if Kris Humphries was originally a part of this xmas card series - hell with all the work the effort that goes into photo shoot and post-production work on these clowns they must have to do the photos months in advance.
I'm glad I'm not alone - I had the same thoughts when it was revealed he was her agent. I think basically her Dad knew her hooking up with some guy was inevitable and damned if was going to allow another scumbag like Kevin Federline fuck up the gravy train. So he grooms an appropriate candidate from his inner circle, that he knows he can trust to keep the biz going and Brittney in line - and gives his "blessing." Oh how surprised and happy he is for his little goldmine when the guy he's carefully chosen proposes to her - and britbrit is double happy because daddy approves! Seriously, I think her father decided long ago that complete and total control over his daughter's life was the only way to go and part of that was making sure the romantic connection would be in cahoots with his plan.
I also think the guy looks way more attractive when he had some meat on his bones - he looks so much older now and has that skinny, snake like vibe to him like so many LA agents. I bet his "weight loss" was due in part to Brit's father encouraging him to go after Brit and the thinking being if he had a toned, muscular body (like Kevin did back in the day) that it would be an easier to woo her. I also think that Brit would fall in love with any guy she had regular interaction with and who was nice to her. I don't think she's particularly picky in love, but her Dad is.
I've also always thought Beyonce's dad had a similar arrangement with JayZ - and encouraged their marriage to further he career and financial security.
I know this will utterly shock most of you but, besides the summoning the ghost of early 90's Seattle teenage slackers, there is a godawful amount of smoothing tool being used on his pore less skin to give that him that creepy man-child look.
I hate prison rape jokes for numerous reasons, but besides the reasons listed above "rape" shouldn't be a part of any civilized societies criminal punishments. Maybe it seems okay to joke about rape when the possible victim seems so heinous, but plenty of guys put in jail/prison for rather innocuous offenses get raped. (Google "Donnie the jail punk" for sone education) Would these jokes be made so casually if it were women being raped by big linebacker in the shower?
Also, I think we need to distinguish between real rape and fantasy rape sex play. I've read the stories of plenty of very homosexual catchers in jail who most definitely did not want to be raped when faced with the actual threat of it in jail. Not to mention there's no real lube in jail, many diseases, gang rape, physical violence, and rape in prison isn't so much about sex in the sense many know it but a matter of domination and violence.
I don't think many women/men with rape fantasies or SM tendencies would feel the same way if they were suddenly stripped of their dignity & freedom, totally alone, and thrown into a prison with menacing figures who dont know WTF a "safe" word is nor care. There's an alarming number of gang rape cases in prisons where victims need colostmy bags for life afterwards or are damaged so badly they will never have any normal sex life again.
Also, I think we need to distinguish between real rape and fantasy rape sex play. I've read the stories of plenty of very homosexual catchers in jail who most definitely did not want to be raped when faced with the actual threat of it in jail. Not to mention there's no real lube in jail, many diseases, gang rape, physical violence, and rape in prison isn't so much about sex in the sense many know it but a matter of domination and violence.
I don't think many women/men with rape fantasies or SM tendencies would feel the same way if they were suddenly stripped of their dignity & freedom, totally alone, and thrown into a prison with menacing figures who dont know WTF a "safe" word is nor care. There's an alarming number of gang rape cases in prisons where victims need colostmy bags for life afterwards or are damaged so badly they will never have any normal sex life again.
I certainly can't say Selby's books are uplifting and sunny but there is a thread of black humor and there is def. a humanity (as sad and desperate as it may be at times) to his characters. I would almost gaurantee many of the characters in his books were inspired by people he knew - and you can tell they run the gamut from people he loved, cared about to hated or despised. His books show a keen insight into their minds (reminds me in some ways of early Richard Wright books) and actions. What I love about the books is they not only immerse you in the world described but enables you to understand it and its inhabitants as well.
I will also add having been around far too many addicts and junkies in my early 20's living in NYC's alphabet city (when you could still by dope openly on the streets there) Selby writes about them and that scene with dead on accuracy that's very impressive.
I will also add having been around far too many addicts and junkies in my early 20's living in NYC's alphabet city (when you could still by dope openly on the streets there) Selby writes about them and that scene with dead on accuracy that's very impressive.
Overrated film maybe but the book is badass. I love Hubert Selby Jr.. It seems like some directors do to but they don't portray the bleak realism as Selby does, just use it as sledgehammer. Of course, Selby was afflicted with TB and was actually a junkie living in seedy area of Brooklyn NY in the 50's and 60's - when he wrote his IMHO 2 best novels. I would say the directors who have tried to bring his books to film have very little grasp on this world to help them bring it to life accurately. Selby intimately inhabited it for years and sure as hell could write about it with realism. I find it interesting in the book one of the big focal points of action was the city morgue (a character worked the night shift there and let his friends get high there) but that and many other things are totally erased from the movie version. A large amount of artistic licensing was taken with the script and direction compared to the book.
Selby was also pretty spot on for 50's and 60's inner city slang and dialect, which you don't hear much used anymore, and can be difficult for some readers to interpret today. Requiem had the odd touch of seeming to be mix 2 time periods - the late 70's and late 90's - like they couldn't make up their mind. Selby's books are firmly rooted in the shady underworlds of the 50's and 60's. It's also worth mentioning that Selby's books, due to their realistic language and frankness about sex, became focal points for obscenity laws here and in the UK and helped ensure their demise.
(Selby also wrote 'Last Exit to Brooklyn" - which was turned into a film during the 90's which people also find overwhelmingly bleak and depressing due to not so subtle direction.
Selby was also pretty spot on for 50's and 60's inner city slang and dialect, which you don't hear much used anymore, and can be difficult for some readers to interpret today. Requiem had the odd touch of seeming to be mix 2 time periods - the late 70's and late 90's - like they couldn't make up their mind. Selby's books are firmly rooted in the shady underworlds of the 50's and 60's. It's also worth mentioning that Selby's books, due to their realistic language and frankness about sex, became focal points for obscenity laws here and in the UK and helped ensure their demise.
(Selby also wrote 'Last Exit to Brooklyn" - which was turned into a film during the 90's which people also find overwhelmingly bleak and depressing due to not so subtle direction.
I know someone who knew Cain professionally back in his Restaurant Association days - said person happened to attend various professional conferences/events Cain was also attending. They hung out a few times. I asked him about Cain. He said at one point they were chatting outside at tropical resort area (vacation "work conference" shit). Over their lunch they conversed and he said he was impressed with Cain generally, but then went on to mention the other 50% of Cain's conversation centered upon him making remarks about the women walking by, and their tits and asses. (He inferred the women commented upon were in bathing suits or skimpy attire due to the tropical setting.) I can't say it surprised me in the least.
I so want this to be the accurate backstory.
Just another stellar example of how money never buys taste. Seriously, did he have a Scottsdale housewife decorate it in her spare time? Yeeeech. It looks like the lobby and public rooms at a $150 a night hotel. I'm not surprised from the little I remember about his penis envy car collection and classy brawls with his girlfriends, I didn't really expect anything else.
Edit: Just noticed - even though its hard to judge from the photos but I think they tried to make some faint nod to good design by going with knock-off Saarinen tulip base table in black - but then they paired it with a glass table top and ridiculous (for the setting) lucite basket chairs. WTF?
Edit: Just noticed - even though its hard to judge from the photos but I think they tried to make some faint nod to good design by going with knock-off Saarinen tulip base table in black - but then they paired it with a glass table top and ridiculous (for the setting) lucite basket chairs. WTF?
I've never understood these scams either. (Nor the Nigerian prince heiress bank account scam shit.) If you meet a stranger online and within one month he's asking for money, gifts, you to accept delivery of packages, etc... and you don't immediately smell a scam then your brain is broke. Hell, if you meet anyone online who asks you do this EVER - run the other way. The only thing that makes this sad is I think sometimes crushing loneliness combined with desperation drives some people to do really stupid things. However, I can only have so much pity for such outrageous stupidity, regardless of circumstances.
I think people sometimes shut off reality (ignore massive red flags) because they want to believe the fantasy. Sure a 28 year old handsome, Prince Charming Naval Seal superman, can fall madly in love with a middle aged dumpy wal-mart greeter in the midwest who lives with her parents in the course of just a few emails. Any chick-flick romantic comedy/feel good movie will tell you love is unpredictable and blind!
I think people sometimes shut off reality (ignore massive red flags) because they want to believe the fantasy. Sure a 28 year old handsome, Prince Charming Naval Seal superman, can fall madly in love with a middle aged dumpy wal-mart greeter in the midwest who lives with her parents in the course of just a few emails. Any chick-flick romantic comedy/feel good movie will tell you love is unpredictable and blind!
