The day before my birthday! No, wait, that’s not it: It’s International Women’s Day! Celebrate by noticing something women do!
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The day before my birthday! No, wait, that’s not it: It’s International Women’s Day! Celebrate by noticing something women do!
An Indonesian company printed some interesting washing instructions on the tag of their shirts.
"Washing instructions: Give this shirt to a woman. It’s her job," Salvo Sports printed on the shirts of Indonesian Super League team Pusamania Borneo.
I understand that bread in Indonesia ought to come in bags with instructions that say, “Give this loaf to a woman. She’ll make you a sandwich.”
But before all you angry feminists start waving torches and pitchforks, the company has apologized. They are deeply, terribly, weepingly sorry for their sexist assumptions.
Are you a woman? Are you a surgeon? Are you in Australia (or maybe any of many other places)? Then you should be aware of the culture in your profession.
I usually watch movies alone. I like to go, and we have a very nice old theater here in town, but my wife isn’t really into them. There’s usually a conversation something like this at my house on the weekend…
“Would you like to go to the movie tonight?”
“No, thanks.”
I get shot down more often in my requests for dates now than I ever did in high school. It’s OK, though, it’s usually because the movie playing isn’t to her taste, and I can respect that. It has to be some kind of chick flick to get her interested.
The closer we look at the situation in Ferguson, the more vile it gets. The courts were stacking minor fines on people — especially black people — and then putting them on a merry-go-round of constantly accumulating fines. And when the poor were unable to pay the fines, they were thrown in jail. One woman had to pay over $500 on a $150 parking fine, and even that didn’t clear the debt.
But if you were a rich white debtor, you got a completely different kind of treatment.
The Pharyngula spam queue is…empty! It has never been empty since the move to FtB, so it’s a noteworthy event.
And now you can read it!
One should understand that the Justice Department did not simply find indirect evidence of unintentionally racist practices which harm black people, but "discriminatory intent”—that is to say willful racism aimed to generate cash. Justice in Ferguson is not a matter of "racism without racists," but racism with racists so secure, so proud, so brazen that they used their government emails to flaunt it.
And…
I’ve been missing out on a real fashion opportunity: the Flower Beard. At last, something pretty that a hairy old man can do!
There isn’t much news yet out of Pensacola and the trial of Kent Hovind. There are a few protesters with signs marching around, and there are plenty of opinions, like this one by Kathleen Green: The real victim is Kent Hovind.
People hate Brother Hovind not for who he is but for whom he testifies to: Jesus Christ. He preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ and points people to the truth of the Holy Bible and the lies of the culture, the educational system, and the media. He is not a tax evader; he is not a tax protester. He is a patriot who loves America, loves freedom, loves Jesus Christ and is unashamedly about his purpose to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. He cares for the souls of people.
Um, actually…
Then he waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something.
