The Obamas on the New Yorker
The liberal New Yorker tried its hand at satire this week. Michelle in combat fatigues, Barack dressed like bin Laden and a picture of same on the wall, as the stars and stripes burn in the Oval Office fireplace. The liberal part of the blogosphere is not laughing. Should we lighten up? I don’t know. […]
Sailing
Bring your sunglasses and your hat, because we’re going sailing. Is this your maiden voyage (Jungfernfahrt)? Then watch this video by Mahalo Daily to learn how to hoist the mainsail (Groß hochziehen), use the tiller (Pinne) to steer the boat, come about (wenden) … and watch your head when the boom (Baum) comes across. Ready? […]
iPhone blues
The Onion, that great fake newspaper, reports on some of iPhone 3G’s most highly anticipated features: Nanotechnology enables it to reassemble itself when thrown against a wall An exclusive link to Google Street View lets you watch yourself using your iPhone at all times The iPhone takes Polaroids When moved from hand to ear, it […]
Summer fashion
This stupid T-shirt showing Obama as Curious George got a lot of excited coverage. It’s so 19th century. After Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of the Species” was published in 1859, racists looking for the “missing link” between man and monkey settled on blacks. No human rights for slaves and ex-slaves, then. I’m amazed that […]
Aloha Hawaii
Aloha in Hawaiian means affection, love, peace, compassion and mercy. Since the middle of the 19th century, it also has come to be used as a greeting to say goodbye and hello. Hawaii was annexed to the USA on July 7th, 1898 – ah, our glorious colonial past! – and became the 50th state in […]
The Obama campaign, first half
Dark clouds are gathering: While Karl Rove, the architect of Bush’s success, has joined the McCain team, which means the campaign is going to turn very dirty, Barack Obama is making statements that can only alienate his supporters. Obama did so well in the first half of his campaign, but the presidency is his to […]
Batmobile
BMW has come out with a very cool concept car called GINA that looks like it should be sold in a sexshop. Watching the videos loving the skin on this transformer car, I was reminded of Batman, a favorite of the latex scene. As kids, we used to drape blankets over our shoulders and run […]
