Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Great job there by CNN anchor woman Kyra Phillips, it makes you wonder what Ron Burgundy would think. While going to the bathroom with her microphone on, she brags about her husband and talks crap about her sister in-law. Great stuff. It is amazing that CNN kept her on the air that long. Doesn't anyone internally watch CNN?
The Red Cross Ambulance Incident.
Now, this is certainly interesting reading. It is an amazing blog entry, makes me wonder how they get the time to research this stuff.
A news report about this can also be found on this page.
Now, this is certainly interesting reading. It is an amazing blog entry, makes me wonder how they get the time to research this stuff.
A news report about this can also be found on this page.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Tall people are smarter - study - Aug. 27, 2006
It is good to see another study showing what everybody should know, and what everyone who has ever met me has confirmed, namely that taller people simply are smarter than shorties.
It is good to see another study showing what everybody should know, and what everyone who has ever met me has confirmed, namely that taller people simply are smarter than shorties.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Picture From 2006 Cherry Blossoms, Kinugawa, And Other Spring Pictures
I finally got the time to post some random pictures from this spring, though I also need to get around to posting pictures from Cambodia and Australia.
It is somewhat ironic, but the anti-Israeli and sometimes anti-Semitic Norwegian newspaper "Dagbladet" has an article today on a cartoon published by a smaller newspaper, "Morgenbladet". It is drawn by Mette Hellenes, an overweight and obviously incompetent journalist, whose lack of intelligence should disqualify her from writing on anything but toilet paper. Her Norwegian is horrible as well, but the cartoon text goes loosely translated as follows:
a) Jewish rabbi: What the heck are you doing? Stealing gas?
b) Jewish rabbi: Take this, because you are stealing (shooting).
Palestinian: Stop, what are you doing?
c) Jewish rabbi: This is for the gas! (shooting)
d) Jewish rabbi: This is for the gas can! (shooting)
e) Jewish rabbi: And this is for ruining my hat. And this is for throwing sand in my curls.
It is shocking that a Norwegian newspaper can post something of this nature. The existence of a fool like Mette Hellenes is unfortunate by itself, but that an editor is willing to publish her anti-Semitic work displays an abhorrent lack of common sense. In particular, pay attention to the dollar bills sticking out of the rabbi's jacket. Hopefully this will get the international attention that it deserves. It is good to see that also other Norwegian blogs are focusing on this.
Mette Hellenes seems to be a stereotypical product of the Norwegian educational system, which ideal is mediocrity. Norwegian students are from early on taught that no one is smarter or more gifted than anyone else, and no one is encouraged to perform better than the lowest denominator. In a normal country, someone like Mette Hellenes would have realized by now that journalism is not for her (as she writes Norwegian like a child), nor is the field of political cartoons as she can not draw. Unfortunately, the reason why reality has failed to dawn on her is that she has been encouraged by the Norwegian mediocrity to pursue a career for which she has no talent and which demands far exceed her intellectual ability. The final result is her tragically poor and anti-Semitic cartoon, which hopefully will convince someone to explain to Mette Hellenes that she should stay far away from newspapers and/or public forums. Even better, perhaps she should not be allowed to vote. The sad fact is that severely dumb people do not realize their own lack of intellectual ability, ironically due to the severeness of their dumbness syndrome.
On a more positive note, the second trailer for Borat's new movie, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan", is one of the funniest previews that I have ever seen. Featuring Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, the mockumentary is about the Kazakhstani TV talking head Borat (Cohen) who is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. From the early reviews that I have read, this movie can possibly be one of the funniest movies ever made. The trailer in itself is enough to make me want to run to the movie theater when the movie opens.
I finally got the time to post some random pictures from this spring, though I also need to get around to posting pictures from Cambodia and Australia.
It is somewhat ironic, but the anti-Israeli and sometimes anti-Semitic Norwegian newspaper "Dagbladet" has an article today on a cartoon published by a smaller newspaper, "Morgenbladet". It is drawn by Mette Hellenes, an overweight and obviously incompetent journalist, whose lack of intelligence should disqualify her from writing on anything but toilet paper. Her Norwegian is horrible as well, but the cartoon text goes loosely translated as follows:
a) Jewish rabbi: What the heck are you doing? Stealing gas?
b) Jewish rabbi: Take this, because you are stealing (shooting).
Palestinian: Stop, what are you doing?
c) Jewish rabbi: This is for the gas! (shooting)
d) Jewish rabbi: This is for the gas can! (shooting)
e) Jewish rabbi: And this is for ruining my hat. And this is for throwing sand in my curls.
It is shocking that a Norwegian newspaper can post something of this nature. The existence of a fool like Mette Hellenes is unfortunate by itself, but that an editor is willing to publish her anti-Semitic work displays an abhorrent lack of common sense. In particular, pay attention to the dollar bills sticking out of the rabbi's jacket. Hopefully this will get the international attention that it deserves. It is good to see that also other Norwegian blogs are focusing on this.
Mette Hellenes seems to be a stereotypical product of the Norwegian educational system, which ideal is mediocrity. Norwegian students are from early on taught that no one is smarter or more gifted than anyone else, and no one is encouraged to perform better than the lowest denominator. In a normal country, someone like Mette Hellenes would have realized by now that journalism is not for her (as she writes Norwegian like a child), nor is the field of political cartoons as she can not draw. Unfortunately, the reason why reality has failed to dawn on her is that she has been encouraged by the Norwegian mediocrity to pursue a career for which she has no talent and which demands far exceed her intellectual ability. The final result is her tragically poor and anti-Semitic cartoon, which hopefully will convince someone to explain to Mette Hellenes that she should stay far away from newspapers and/or public forums. Even better, perhaps she should not be allowed to vote. The sad fact is that severely dumb people do not realize their own lack of intellectual ability, ironically due to the severeness of their dumbness syndrome.
On a more positive note, the second trailer for Borat's new movie, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan", is one of the funniest previews that I have ever seen. Featuring Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, the mockumentary is about the Kazakhstani TV talking head Borat (Cohen) who is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. From the early reviews that I have read, this movie can possibly be one of the funniest movies ever made. The trailer in itself is enough to make me want to run to the movie theater when the movie opens.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Reuters Photo Fraud: "A Taxonomy of Fraud"
This is just simply interesting reading. The green-helmeted "rescue worker" appearing in the second example really screwed up this time, and the following clip from German tv shows how he has made a career out of manipulating the news media.
It is almost funny to read about the woman who supposedly had her house ruined twice. Old grandmothers can get away with anything, even if they are dressed in black sheets (also known as Darth Vader outfits).
This is just simply interesting reading. The green-helmeted "rescue worker" appearing in the second example really screwed up this time, and the following clip from German tv shows how he has made a career out of manipulating the news media.
It is almost funny to read about the woman who supposedly had her house ruined twice. Old grandmothers can get away with anything, even if they are dressed in black sheets (also known as Darth Vader outfits).
Monday, August 21, 2006
Charles - A Crazy Girl From California
My good friend Charles recently sent me some pictures from 1996/97, when I was in Japan as an exchange student. Looking at these photos really brings back some memories, and I wish I could go back in time and experience it all once more.
My good friend Charles recently sent me some pictures from 1996/97, when I was in Japan as an exchange student. Looking at these photos really brings back some memories, and I wish I could go back in time and experience it all once more.
Monday, August 14, 2006
This is a pretty interesting movie, strange story and hard to believe she was going to kill her own doctor.
While in Australia, I managed to finish a book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Previously, I read two of his more famous works, namely "Crime & Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov". However, "House of the Dead" is a very different book. Instead of being a mere novel, the book reads more like an autobiographical story of his own time in a Russian prison. Actually, the book can be considered a documentary of the time Dostoyevsky actually spent in jail, and he certainly does not leave the impression that a Russian prison in the 1800s was a great place to be. Particularly when the prison is located in Siberia.
While in Australia, I managed to finish a book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Previously, I read two of his more famous works, namely "Crime & Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov". However, "House of the Dead" is a very different book. Instead of being a mere novel, the book reads more like an autobiographical story of his own time in a Russian prison. Actually, the book can be considered a documentary of the time Dostoyevsky actually spent in jail, and he certainly does not leave the impression that a Russian prison in the 1800s was a great place to be. Particularly when the prison is located in Siberia.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged
This sounds a bit too much like a conspiracy theory, but in this conflict it is difficult to know what to believe. In either case, it is comforting to see that the Qana death toll is smaller than originally reported.
Rights group disputes Qana death toll
It is important that we do not forget about the Jenin fightings in 2002, during which Israel became the object of a massive media attack by the European establishment (politically correct politicians and the media).
This sounds a bit too much like a conspiracy theory, but in this conflict it is difficult to know what to believe. In either case, it is comforting to see that the Qana death toll is smaller than originally reported.
Rights group disputes Qana death toll
It is important that we do not forget about the Jenin fightings in 2002, during which Israel became the object of a massive media attack by the European establishment (politically correct politicians and the media).
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