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So much for “First…”

Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers

(In fairness: Lawyers and MBAs.)

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Bought an island in the Seychelles in 1962 for £8,000.

/is suddenly incredibly dissatisfied with life on a grand scale

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I already posted this on Twitter, but it needs a spot in the external memory drive:

The Independent – Asian grooming: why we need to talk about sex Special Report day two: Our investigation into the background to the Rochdale child abuse ring concludes by exploring its cultural and religious implications, by Paul Vallely

As I said on Twitter (but truncated), there’s a lot of really interesting stuff going on in this. Read the whole things for tidbits on:

• Culture: Pakistani vs Punjabi vs Islamic
• Sex: How traditionally raised married couples balance nookie and living with his parents (and his brothers’ wives)
• Location: Why communities of Pakistani origin have a slightly different (more pronounced) set of problems than do those in London and Southern England
• White girls: An interesting conflict of opinions on whether it’s racism or opportunity (put in place by culture) that puts the girls at risk
• Binge drinking: If one is a traditionally-minded young man of Pakistani origin and Islamic faith, and the only white people one ever runs into are falling half naked into the back of one’s taxi, what would one think of the value of white people?
• Sex-ed: A rather sweet description of classes for young people in these communities, who otherwise never get to talk about sex or even see their parents make any sort of physical contact whatsoever.

A quick quote which I found rather sweet (altho hopefully she figured it out):

Sometimes the women, especially those who have come from Pakistan for an arranged marriage, need lessons on how to seduce their husbands. I told one woman that she needed to pay more attention to her husband and she paused and said: “I’ll iron more of his shirts then”. I had to explain that wasn’t quite what I meant.”

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I agree with this:

Wheat & Weeds – Maurice Sendak

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I don’t agree with this:

RCP – MSNBC: Obama Held To Higher Standard On Gay Marriage Since He’s Black

Two things:

I would be hard pressed to rattle off an equally long list of accomplishments the president has enacted on behalf of any other minority group, including black Americans. Yet he faces endless criticism from LGBT activists for not embracing the word marriage publicly.

Right, because they see cracks in the ice.

Black Americans were infamously blamed for the passage of Prop 8 in California.

Really? And here I have rather vivid memories of Mormons being protested and generally treated pretty terribly. HOW STRANGE.

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I love this and I want it for MY important Defense Highways. Curtsy: @rosiesWWII.

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Just finished watching the last half of Jimmy Kimmel’s shtick for the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night.

…WHY was Kim Kardashian there?

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From Friday’s London Times, by way of the iPad app (so no linkage):

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Foreign Policy.com – Why Do They Hate Us? The real war on women is in the Middle East. By Mona Eltahawy

Some may ask why I’m bringing this up now, at a time when the region has risen up, fueled not by the usual hatred of America and Israel but by a common demand for freedom. After all, shouldn’t everyone get basic rights first, before women demand special treatment? And what does gender, or for that matter, sex, have to do with the Arab Spring? But I’m not talking about sex hidden away in dark corners and closed bedrooms. An entire political and economic system — one that treats half of humanity like animals — must be destroyed along with the other more obvious tyrannies choking off the region from its future. Until the rage shifts from the oppressors in our presidential palaces to the oppressors on our streets and in our homes, our revolution has not even begun.

So: Yes, women all over the world have problems; yes, the United States has yet to elect a female president; and yes, women continue to be objectified in many “Western” countries (I live in one of them). That’s where the conversation usually ends when you try to discuss why Arab societies hate women.

Read the whole thing.

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I haven’t seen any mail from Publisher’s Clearing House promising the millions I’ve already won in a decade at least. Maybe they all got new jobs as campaign fundraisers. Ferrealz.

Wheat & Weeds – The Obama Presidency. Now With More Clooney!

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1. Ann Romney: Stayed home to raise five boys.
Problem: She never worked a day in her life.
Therefore: Doesn’t understand the issues real women face.

2. Worked full time (with children).
Problem: Had nannies didn’t she.
Therefore: Doesn’t understand the issues real women face.

3. Worked full time (no children).
Problem: Didn’t have to balance career with motherhood.
Therefore: Doesn’t understand the issues real women face.

4. Worked part time (with children).
Problem: Didn’t have to work full time and raise children.
Therefore: Doesn’t understand the issues real women face.

5. Worked part time (no children).
Problem: Wouldn’t we all love to be comfortable enough not to have to hold down a full time job.
Therefore: Doesn’t understand the issues real women face.

6. Stayed home (no children).
Problem: Trophy wife.
Therefore: Doesn’t understand the issues real women face.

7. Worked full time (with children) (can’t afford nannies).
Problem: Husband can’t afford to be in politics.
Therefore: Null.

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Random thought because it’s POURING RAIN and I wish I could keep it like this FOREVER:

If people could generally controll the weather (with trends and averages ruling for densely populated areas), what do we suppose would happen with climate change?

I, personally, would have it raining like this ALL THE TIME but would I be overpowered by the majority desire for 79° and sunny? Would the oceans raise or migratory patterns of birds stabilize? Would the bees repopulate, or would the whales finally throw in the towel?

These are the things I wonder about.

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Titanic 100: New CGI of How Titanic Sank

James Cameron and his team pull together a new CGI of how they believe the TItanic sank and reached the ocean floor.

Fascinating, but: I’m not sure about the peppy music. (File under #historychannel)

Btw, I saw this on Twitter this morning, from one of The Times’(of London’s) Twitter accounts:

Kind of, um, horrible, really.