Test: Can you tell whether this cow was treated well or not?
How much histrionic handwringing about this beef recall do we have to endure? From The New York Times, presumably nicknamed “The Gray Lady” because it’s gone senile, writes:
“A nauseating video of cows stumbling on their way to a California slaughterhouse has [...]
One of The Economist’s recent blog entries reminds me of why I like the magazine as much as I do, notwithstanding its faults. Can you see any mainstream American newspaper making this comparison?
“IMAGINE Nazi rule in Germany surviving for decades, with Hitler undefeated in war and succeeded on his death in the [...]
You know how it’s said (at least, I’ve heard it) that after a long marriage, you tend to start resembling your spouse?
Next time I witness such a phenomenon, this story will make me wonder:
“Twins separated at birth have married each other without realizing they were brother and sister, it has been revealed. [...]
Despite the certain eyeball-rolling from the young ladies in our lives we know is sure to come - or perhaps, in fact, because of it - your Minor Thoughts correspondents feel we cannot possibly consider ourselves socially-responsible bloggers without mentioning the latest on video-game addiction.
So: According to The Economist,
“Both console gaming [i.e., [...]
Well, the Chinese have stopped even pretending concern for the welfare of the foreign peoples to whom they export. As if shipping potentially hazardous tires, dolls, wooden art sets, and even faulty fortune cookies wasn’t enough, now they’re selling people missiles.
But Saudi Arabia, a country so renowned for being concerned with safety that it [...]
The findings of a recent Gallup poll suggest that of all political persuasions, Republicans feel most mentally healthy - and it’s not even close.
Reports Gallup’s site:
“Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43% of independents and 38% of Democrats. This relationship between party identification and reports of excellent mental [...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE SPOKESPERSON Kiera McCaffrey is righteously indignant about an album booklet included in Britney Spears’ new CD release, “Blackout”, reports MTV.
Said booklet shows Britney Spears and a handsome man of the cloth getting cozy together in the confessional.
Declares McCaffrey: “What would be great is if she got serious about her religious faith and instead [...]
The new film adaptation of Beowulf’s justly been receiving loads of huzzahs for its groundbreaking use of 3D technology (The Economist has devoted an article to how exactly it works), but its screenplay has received far less - if any - respect from the critics.
This is perplexing, since what writers Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman [...]
If you haven’t heard yet, the horse-chestnut tree that gave famous Jewish refugee Anne Frank so much comfort in the early 1940’s has been condemned by the city. And I don’t mean “condemned” in the sense that the U.N. “condemns” things; I mean it’s going to be ripped out of the ground. The [...]
Bruce Campbell
What do you get if you mix the classic comedy The Three Amigos with the cult classic Evil Dead series of humorous horror films?
You get Bruce Campbell’s new movie My Name Is Bruce, an indie flick (you’ll rarely see Bruce starring in anything else) in which actor Bruce Campbell ostensibly plays himself kidnapped by [...]