Probably available: a 61-year-old Italian man living with his 81-year-old mother.
And if that’s all the information you had, it doesn’t sound too strange. You’d probably figure that the son lives with his mother to take care of her, which is perfectly reasonable.
Now what if you found out he gets a weekly allowance and has a some sort of curfew?
The man and his mother went to the police after the mother cut off his allowance and took away his house keys for staying out too late. The man countered his allowance was too small in the first place and that his mom’s a bad cook.
That would have made a great episode of “The People’s Court”.
August 3rd, 2007
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I didn’t know you could get a hotline to the Taliban:
Amnesty International said it appealed for the release of 21 South Korea hostages during a phone conversation with the Taliban, warning the militants that holding and killing captives was a war crime.
That’s like warning a carjacker not to rob a bank because he might go to jail. Maybe Amnesty International hasn’t noticed, but the Taliban is already a pariah and has already committed war crimes. The Taliban will give up the hostages when it figures out there’s nothing to gain.
August 3rd, 2007
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Black’s won a Pawn in a poorly played opening by both sides. White’s just played Ne4, threatening to capture on f6 or d6 the next turn (look a step ahead to see why Black’s Queen isn’t really defending either of the Pawns). Can Black keep his material edge? And if so, is it even worth it?
August 2nd, 2007
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The Iranian religious leaders are probably looking at this picture and thinking one (or both) of these two things:
1. “An absolute disgrace! Such bad hijab!”
2. “Oooo, yeah! Bad hijab!”
The second Miss Arab World contest was held last month, and was won by Miss Bahrain. It probably goes without saying that there was no swimsuit competition.
More contestant pictures here.
August 2nd, 2007
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It’s the Amethyst Citadel wallpaper–except in the daytime! I still like the night one better, but it’s not dreadful. The (accidental) openings in the crystal are obvious now; that’s how you sail into it, I guess. The citadel’s material actually required a bit of tweaking to make it look right; it wasn’t quite as simple as flipping on the daylight and adding some clouds. But almost.
August 2nd, 2007
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As transparent as the findings of the UT researchers must seem to us (see prior post), this point seems to have been lost on Russian youth.
If you aren’t aware, Russia’s population is falling, and is projected to keep doing so for the foreseeable future.
A Kremlin-backed youth organization called Nashi (meaning “Ours”) has apparently been trying to get youth to procreate for the country. And is accused of more sinister actions, sometimes likened to the Hitler Youth. I’m soglad I’m not living in Russia.
Sex for the motherland: Russian youths encouraged to procreate at camp
Kremlin Youth Encourage ‘Us’ to Get ‘Them’
August 1st, 2007
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According to University of Texas researchers, it feels good.
Well. Glad that one’s settled.
August 1st, 2007
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Headline: Sudan pledges to work with U.N. Darfur force (Please continue once you stop laughing.)
Strong action on Darfur is only about three years too late, so it probably doesn’t matter that this resolution represents anything but “strong action”. A couple of highlights:
The mission will be able to use force to protect civilians and the world’s biggest aid operation, but the resolution was watered down and no longer allows troops to seize illegal arms. There was also no threat of sanctions if Sudan fails to comply.
The U.N. resolution authorizes up to 19,555 military personnel and 6,432 civilian police, although it could take many months to get countries to send them.
I can only imagine how the Baby Blue Pith Helmets will be completing their missions when they finally arrive in February 2008.
UN Peacekeeper: Hey, you! That weapon’s classified as illegal! Um…well, I’m not allowed to seize it, so…er…drop that weapon and neither of us can pick it up!
Ex-Janjaweed raider: And if I don’t agree?
UN Peacekeeper: Um, if you don’t put that down, I’ll file your name in my weekly report!
Ex-Janjaweed raider: Righty-o. [Straps illegal weapon to his back.]
UN Peacekeeper: Um. Hmmm. Well, if you’re going to be using that, do you mind if I tag along? They want me to try to monitor those things…
August 1st, 2007
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At Publix (supermarket) this morning, I went to pick up a couple of foods. They had their usual two lanes open, except it was extra busy and the lines were quite long. I chose the line with the “10 items or less” sign, having only 3 items to purchase at the time. My confidence in getting to work less than half an hour late swelled as the people around me were also interested in purchasing maybe 1 or 6 or 4 items.
Then the line seemed to stall. Craning my neck, I finally saw the problem: a thirty-something goateed guy wearing a jacket had put down cans and cans of garbanzo beans, some cans of something else, along with a few miscellaneous items. There had to be 20 garbanzo bean cans alone, plus the other junk. The cashier glanced at the guy in rebuke, then started scanning items as fast as she could. As she reduced the number of cans on the counter to four, the rest of us started to shift position and grab items in anticipation of crawling the next few steps forward.
But then he started pulling more cans from out of his jacket. Was he kidding? Was he too lazy to go get a cart or basket? We all breathed a sigh of relief that he didn’t pay with a check. At least he had the dignity to look a little sheepish.
Learn this: If you have ten cans of something, it counts as ten items. It does not matter that they’re all the same brand, size, and/or flavor.
August 1st, 2007
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