Archive for May, 2008
HOLY COW, ESTONIA “PASSES GAS” TAX
Earlier this month the government of Estonia passed legislation that would have charged large farms, which house more than 300 cows or 2,000 pigs, around $5,000 each; claiming these gassy girls account for 18% of total greenhouse gas emissions.
But much like the felonious farts, the bill had little substance and was repealed Thursday after receiving [...]
READING IS FUNDAMENTALISM
Japanese publisher Shueisha has halted shipment of all Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure DVDs & manga after online protesters complained about a single scene in which the villain orders the death of the hero while reading the Koran (screen capture left). They issued a public apology to their “Muslim audience” (link), vowing to remove other inappropriate scenes [...]
KILLING THE KORAN
Talk about kissing up, last week U.S. Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond presented Iraqi leaders with a kissed copy of the Koran and begged for their forgiveness after a soldier was found using the Koran for target practice.
Although the soldier has been reprimanded and removed from “the honor of serving in Iraq” Khalaf al-Elyan, a senior [...]
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