A few years ago, Ola found out from Warsaw’s Jewish Historical Institute that both she and her husband are technically Jews. “It was unbelievable — it turned out that we had Jewish roots. It was a shock,” she said.
At the time, she and Pawel were active in Warsaw’s neo-Nazi movement. “I was a nationalist 100 percent. Back then when we were skinheads it was all about white power… that Jews were the biggest plague and the worst evil of this world,” Pawel said.
Both 33, they’ve now embraced their Jewish identity and are active in their local orthodox synagogue.
uh… They’re practicing Jews now?… huh? How do you go from “that inferior race needs to be wiped off the planet” to praying in Hebrew? hmmm. meh. whatever. still amusing…
Right after Newsweek informed us that Seniors are having a lot of sex, Steven Crowder, a Christian conservative online video maker (or something?) and Fox News contributor writes a column for FoxNews.com titled Why NOT having sex may be good for you. and yes, it’s about abstinence.
While Christians telling us how awesome it is to not have sex strikes a lot of us as… awkward.. Crowder weathers the subject in a decent manner, mostly by noting that it is America’s last taboo. Advocate anything you want or advocate NOT doing anything you want, but if it’s sex, then you make people uncomfortable and are subject to a higher scorn. Dude has a point there.
The best line of the column is an observation I’ve made myself (hence why it’s the best), which is that liberals exempt sex from their list of things they feel obligated and entitled to scold you for doing or legally prevent you from doing. -and I don’t say that as a knock against liberals, as it should be noted that I have no problem scolding or legally preventing people from doing things I judge in my own infinite wisdom to be bad for them individually or society at large, thus I agree with a lot of the fatty food regulations, calorie restrictions, soda bans, smoking bans, etc. Intellectual honesty just requires that I point out the contradiction in my sides advocacy:
Sure, Michelle Obama can run around the country and condemn little fatties for inhaling Little Debbies, but if you try and apply that same helpful, healthful concept to sex, it’s seen as pushy and/or prudish.
It’s a logically sound and solid statement. yet still.. passionate advocates of abstinence still creep me out.
Listen, one doesn’t need to be religious (nor a rocket scientist) to see the value of abstinence. Let’s disregard the immediately eliminated risk of increasingly popular STD’ and STI’s. Heck, let’s even discount the statistical data showing that sexual exclusivity seems overwhelmingly conducive to a successful marriage .Abstinence also provides an incomparable bond of trust in a relationship.
Yes, I admit it, I’m in a long-term relationship and I’m abstinent. Scandalous, I know. It’s an incredibly difficult thing to do (mostly for me, because she’s way out of my league), and that’s what makes it so important.
Okay, I like that. got to admit. I think it’s sweet. and I think its even sweeter that my now infant, future bride is preparing to save herself for me in the 10-20 years from now when we wed.
Crowder appeared on Red Eye to talk about his column and the subject at large and the result is pure awesome. Red Eye airs at 3AM eastern on the Fox News Channel and it’s pretty much the best show on cable news.
The creepy leering glare by Crowder in the videos freezeshot is just a bonus:
When trying to decode why I am not on Crowders side of the issue, especially when I acknowledge that he makes multiple solid points, I figured it all comes down to the quote from the clip that “ya, i’m at a higher risk of getting an STD. i’m also at a higher risk of having fun”.
A fisherman in the Bahamas caught a shark and hoisted it up by its tail fin. While it was thrashing around it burped up a human leg… Location? off the coast of a place where the movie “Jaws: The Revenge” was filmed.
NBC News Miami writer Todd Wright falls victim to the old “misuse of the word irony” trap by calling this story “a case of cruel irony” (it isn’t), but it’s so omg-worthy that I’m willing to look past it.
Bahamian authorities have determined the body found in the belly of a tiger shark belonged to a man who disappeared near there.
Judson Newton disappeared off Jaws Beach on Aug. 29 and he, or his remains, did not surface until after a group of fishermen reeled in a bloated tiger shark with an apparent taste for human flesh.
The shark was caught on Sept. 4, but it’s still unclear if Judson was killed by the shark or drowned and eventually eaten by the ocean predator.
When a fisherman caught the shark off the coast of the Bahamas, it spit up a human leg trying to get away. Once the animal’s belly was opened, officials found another leg, arms and a torso of a large man. There was no head.
UPDATE: I shared this story with my aunt, saying “they found all the guys body parts in the stomach of the shark”. her reply was “…did you see his penis?”. wtf??
Anyone who’s seen me get dressed knows I have to find “the shirt of the day” or the whole cosmic flow of my life is irrevocably derailed. It’s finding the right size, color, shade and type of shirt that goes for that day that can sometimes be a tricky process. What if instead of searching, I could just spray on the shirt type, style, color and design?
Evidently I’ll be able to do exactly that starting next year… neato. But somehow I doubt that this is going to actually be a thing anywhere except mall kiosks that sell novelty clothes like those shirts with LED panels in them that react to sound.
But back to the shirt-can thing: Here’s a video of the inventor spraying a shirt on a topless girl
Recently a video of a teenager chucking a bucket load of newborn puppies one by one into what was later identified as the Vrbas River appeared on the internet. It’s disturbing and really puts the lameness of the outrage over that lady in England who put a cat in a trash bin several weeks ago (as the UK Sun summarizes: bank worker Mary Bale caused worldwide outrage when she was caught on CCTV dumping a cat in a wheelie bin). Watch if you dare….
The river is in Bosnia and apparently the Bosian police are now investigating this incident and have identified the girl but the suspect is apparently NOT named Katja Puschnik as was previously posted online. She’s a minor so her info hasn’t been publicly released.
The girl’s parents were ordered to attend a police station near their hometown in Bogojno. From the Sun:
“Her parents will be responsible, and then her school, and then the entire society. The girl’s education was not a good one.”
Meanwhile, a German girl who was wrongly suspected of being behind the sick stunt has received death threats despite being cleared by police.
The 19-year-old – identified only as Claudia P, for her own safety – was named on a Facebook group as the girl in the film.
Her phone number and address were published on the page.
German police spokesman Peter Reichl said: “She received several hundred calls and even death threats.
The New York Times covers a silly but interesting new telepresence “robot” (they insist on calling it a “robot” despite it having no features of what we traditionally associate with the word other than its a machine) that allows users to remotely drive a video chat screen down hallways and to meetings.
David Pogue takes a lighter look at the device and notes that its kindov useless…
Via Dvice comes a look into our possible near future of digital screens being implemented into everything. How many years must we wait till we FINALLY get screen-wallpaper like in Total Recall??
MySpace integration with Facebook (and Twitter) is pretty straightforward. You just share whatever you want in MySpace’s Facebook-like update box, and your content will be sent to the social networks you authorized. Any shared content sent to Facebook from MySpace (such as photos or videos) appears as a status update on your Facebook profile with a link back to MySpace. You can share almost any shared content from MySpace you want with the exception of MySpace’s mood updates.
Once you authorize cross posting with Twitter and Facebook, these options will be enabled by default. So if you happen to be posting something that you don’t want to be shared across multiple platforms, make sure you uncheck Facebook and Twitter integration in the settings panel.
MySpace’s new functionality is part of yet another renewed effort by MySpace to maintain relevance in an increasingly Facebook-dominated world. The second-most popular social network in the U.S. recently refreshed its look that appears to borrow heavily from Facebook including a similar newsfeed and status update box.
This is how Myspace is trying to make a comeback and let people know they are still hip and relevant. Will it work? Doubtful. despite it being a valid attempt.
It has all the key features: integrating a popular news story, being self referential, humorous and contains rage-bait – should be perfect to embed in your brain that Myspace is still the cool place for cool people, right?
I still have no idea why Myspace never tackled video. When they introduced their Myspace TV site, I thought it was for sure at least supposed to be a Youtube killer. Turns out it was supposed to be a video feature and nothing more. wtf Myspace? You’re owned by Newscorp which owns lots of television networks. Why is there no cable Myspace channel? Reward original content from Myspacers, broadcast popular web series internationally, include an original show here or there and utilize all those garage bands who made profiles to promote their music by airing competitions, reality shows and playing their music videos. Its gold. but Myspace isnt interested for some reason… the fools. they’re letting themselves die.
This is how Myspace is trying to make a comeback and let people know they are still hip and relevant. Will it work? Doubtful. despite it being a valid attempt.