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Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: Travel & Leisure, History & Politics, Humor & Pop Culture.
While I’m no one’s foremost connoisseur on Muslim culture, I felt the need to share the following report from Bloomberg on how high unemployment and low wages in Arab countries has forced the advent of “pleasure marriages,” or Mutaah in Arabic. Apparently since younger Muslim’s cannot afford to get “really” married, and God forbid they call a booty-call what it is, they have formulated a disposable marriage contract that adheres somewhat to Muslim law. Be it for a month, or one night only, “the husband usually keeps the [marriage] document and may tear it up at the first sign of trouble.”
Sure, a slut can still get the death penalty, let alone a teddy-bear, but a bi-weekly divorcee, that’s all kosher in the eyes of…
Full article can be found at: Lust in Lebanon, Low Pay Lead to Temporary ‘Pleasure’ Marriages
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Humor & Pop Culture.
Now I’ve heard of some wacky Japanese, but the latest Tokyo fad as reported by MSN.com and Jitsuwa Knuckles takes decadence to a whole new level. Hidden within the Tokyo entertainment district of Roppongi, a new form of entertainment has surfaced for Tokyo’s bored elite in the form of a Bestiality Restaurant. That’s correct, “bestiality restaurant.”
As described by one patron:
“I’d been told what to expect, but when I actually saw what was happening, it was as shocking as you’d imagine it to be,” M tells Jitsuwa Knuckles. “Later, the lawyer told me the appeal of the place just came about because when people have got money and done everything else, they turn toward bestiality.”
Once the lawyer had finished porking the pig, the couple returned to the first floor and sat at a table to dine. M says she was totally shocked when staff members carried in roast pork — made of the same sow the lawyer had earlier been with.”
check please…
Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: History & Politics, Arts & Literature, Humor & Pop Culture.
Did you know that there are currently more than 2 million Americans living behind bars? That exceeds 1 in every 142 US residents. Of those 2 million people, well over 50% will wind up returning to prison after their release. While these numbers are slightly improved, 67% of inmates released in 1994 were charged with at least one serious new crime within three years following their release. In the memorable words of George Jung, “Danbury wasn’t a prison, it was a crime school. I went in with a Bachelor of marijuana, came out with a Doctorate of cocaine.”
Well now that I’ve captured your attention with some alarming statistics; take a peek at how one tiny island nation in Southeast Asia is taking steps to change the fact that violence and enhanced criminal IQ’s seem to be the only thing coming out of prisons these days.
That’s correct! As reported HERE by CNN, Cebu, The Philippines own version of Oz has found itself a little Tchaikovsky. Where once there was only gang violence and anal rape, today Byron Garcia, the prison warden, has choreographed 1500 of the nations most violent and high-risk criminals into this huge orange sea of a dance ensemble.
Sure, all those negative-Nancys will tell you this could never work in America, but when I hear an accused mass-murder say that dancing has taught him “love,” it nearly brings a tear to my eye. Then again, considering he has been accused and imprisoned for 7 years awaiting trial and dancing to show tunes, maybe America should attempt to lead rather than follow…
Thanks to my man J-money Steinabitch for this story.
Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: Media & Entertainment.
Sure, satellite radio is great for $12/month, but what if you could listen to your own personal radio station engineered just for you, and it’s all FREE. Enter Pandora.com engineered by the Music Genome Project. The Music Genome Project set out in January 2000 to unravel the genetic code of all your favorite songs, and identify objectively how Wilco may connect you to Son Volt, or OutKast to T.I.
Just type in an artist or song that you like, and enjoy as the system tailors a radio station to your personalized requests, commercial free of course.
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: Media & Entertainment, Sports & Health.
Even if you’re not a basketball fan, you may want to tune in to tomorrow’s broadcast of the #8 seed Golden State Warriors hosting the #1 seed Dallas Mavericks in the NBA playoffs. Needless to say, the world had forgotten about the Warriors for over a decade now, but under the leadership of Coach Don Nelson and UCLA alum extraordinaire Baron Davis, they are playing some of the most exciting basketball in recent history.
The Warriors, leading the series 3-2, are on the verge of upsetting the top ranked Mavericks, the first time such a feat would be accomplished in the league since switching the first round to seven games.
Aside from the excitement on the court, this rivalry only gets better on the sidelines. A front page article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal outlined the dysfunctional relationship between Dallas owner and dot-com billionaire Mark Cuban, and his recently departed head coach Don Nelson. At the core of this dispute was Coach Nelson’s refusal to play an injured player in a pivotal playoff moment when his safety was in jeopardy, and Mr. Cuban’s subsequent refusal to pay Coach Nelson in excess of $6.6MM of deferred compensation from his eight years as head coach.
Nellie may not have his cash, but he will have his chance for vengeance if the Warriors can eliminate the Mavericks, and their league best 67-15 record, from their quest for an NBA championship.
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: Media & Entertainment, History & Politics, Science & Technology.
So in the latest broadcast of blatant abuse of authority, Reuters reports that our favorite Supreme Council of Cultural(i.e. Islamic) Revolution has announced in Tehran its intent to: “start filtering ‘immoral’ video and audio messages sent via mobile phones.”
Certainly sounds like a great idea to me. I mean we can’t have people running around sending inappropriate PRIVATE mobile messages to one another, now can we. Of course, it gets somewhat complicated when Iran’s Telecommunications Ministry refuses to “give details of… how it would define immoral.” I wonder how they’d view my recent text to a certain LA area delivery service.
More to come on the effects of said abuses…
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Effrom.
Categories: History & Politics.
No sooner is the ‘Drunken Bear’ dead and gone that apparently so is the Russian-American goodwill he drank so hard to cultivate. While we’ve enjoyed over 15 years of a truly “democratic” Russia, it appears our favorite ex-KGB agent de-jour has a new message for the Russian media: “the United States is to be portrayed as an enemy”. Now clearly, this may come as a shock to all my pro-Ruskie comrades on this site, but personally, after being unreasonably detained in an unmarked underground alleyway jail by 20 drunken uzi-wielding Moscow policemen playing poker, I must admit that I’m none too surprised. Sure, all they really wanted was to scare us into an exorbitant payoff, which they didn’t get by the way, but you certainly seem to get the feeling on the streets of Mockba that they still aren’t too fond of Americans. Well, except of course at Chandra, there we all seemed to be pretty well liked…
Alas, I digress. Last week the International Herald Tribune reported on the Kremlin’s new advice to the media: Be Positive. That and of course a little F.U. to US:
“From now on, at least 50 percent of the reports about Russia must be “positive.” In addition, opposition leaders cannot be mentioned on the air and the United States is to be portrayed as an enemy, journalists employed by the network, Russian News Service, say they were told.”
What does this all mean? Who knows. We can only hope round 2 is half as much fun as I hear about round 1!
