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Lizzy Miller in her Infamous Glamour Magazine SpreadThis past year has been a sort of coming out for plus-sized models if you consider the likes of a Crystal Renn who appears in both fashion magazines and on the catwalk or Lizzy Miller who appeared nude in Glamour and actually dared to show her belly flesh to the world. Despite the increase in publicity and popularity of plus-sized models, there still doesn’t seem to be a significant increase in the amount of plus-sized clothing available to... Read More
This is a message for everyone in Washington- it’s not quite a Manifesto, but it is a laundry list of what I think are opportunities that should become imperatives in the near future. The gulf between Washington’s operations and the way they use Technology is criminal. Look at the ideals we had as a nation when we were founded, of Democracy and Freedom of Speech and connecting people across cultural, racial, ethnic and ethical divides, and you will see that we have a huge opportunity to fight,... Read More
Somehow the 90 day mark is when we start thinking about the future. I’m thinking about the future of the Democratic Party in light of recent events, and what it will look like after the elections this November. Will it be good? Will it be tragic? Catastrophic? Anti-climactic? We’ll see. But here is what I think will be the deciders in most peoples’ minds.
WHAT WE WILL VOTE ON IN NOVEMBER:
+ Job Creation: Whoever can convince people that they and their party will create jobs is going to win... Read More
As we come to the end of July, I wanted to look at the recent events around the BP Oil Leak fiasco. It has been an incredible 3 months dealing with this disaster, and there have been a bevy of events correlated to it that have changed the way the country looks at and thinks about oil forever. Here are what I see as the big issues that have changed the oil landscape:
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Video Camera BarbieThe Bionic Woman has nothing on the Barbie Video Girl Doll who comes with a hidden AVI camera inside her necklace. If that isn’t enough, Mattel’s Video Girl Doll Barbie even has her own screen on her back. Videographers and young film makers can make up to 30 minutes of video using the camera, which looks as if it is easy to use for young kids. Because the camera is well hidden, it may be difficult to spot for any unsuspecting people or dolls in its vicinity.
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Remember back when Matt and Trey were threatened over their new South Park episode about Muhammad by some little putz and subsequently were highly censored by Comedy Central—spawning a sea of angry fans, as well as pissing off Matt and Trey?
It was not a happy time for us South Park fans. I remember hissing and seething, unable to see either episode fully uncensored—perusing the Internet trying to find the original episode and failing. People who’d recorded the episode on DVR had it, but since... Read More
Phyllis Schlafly's latest political ambition is to badmouth a pretty easy target: single moms. Any woman who is against feminism is already highly suspect in my book—especially one who is an attorney and an author, a fact that wouldn’t be possible without feminism; but as a mother with six kids, you’d think Schlafly could have some human decency when it comes to mothers working alone to support their children.
Not a chance.
Schlafly is raising hell about women voting for Obama because they’re... Read More
The next time you meet a horse, know that you are making a friend for life. According to Discovery News, horses never forget a good friend. When they experience a positive relationship with a human, they remember that human later in life—even after not seeing him or her for a long period of time. They will also remain loyal to such humans.
It’s not surprising, since—also like elephants—horses form strong relationships with other horses in the wild. They have strong familial bonds, as well as... Read More
Before Julie Andrews made being a nun romantic and fun, The Sound of Music was a live musical enjoyed by children and adults alike. Now through Sunday, St. Louisans can see the performance live at The Muny in Forest Park.
I remember watching The Sound of Music as a child and just being enchanted by Andrews in the film. “A Few of My Favorite Things” is a song I like to hum when I’m in a sticky situation—at the dentist or about to throw up, for example—that seems to make me calm down. (I have no... Read More
The next time you call 911 in East St. Louis, you may not get a response as quick as you might expect. Two weeks ago, public service workers in St. Louis were given notice that they would no longer have a job come August first.
Nineteen police officers and eleven firefighters will be out of a job as of Sunday. According to St. Louis mayor Alvin Parks, Jr., a total of thirty-seven city employees are being laid off. The layoffs were passed by a 3-2 vote during a July 31 East St. Louis City... Read More
Driver For the Dead #1- Radical is pushing their new titles pretty hard as of late and while I honestly am not a fan of their overall in-house style (I would describe it as needlessly digitally enhanced) I do have to say they have been offering some intriguing books. John Heffernan offers up a fun supernatural thriller series here following a hearse driver who deals with paranormal deliveries. Now I really like Leonardo Manco’s material, especially when he was doing Deathlok, Werewolf By Night... Read More
A fill in priest at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Toronto has outraged many by doing the unthinkable, administering the Holy sacrament of Communion...to a dog.
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When I first heard of the charges against Al Gore I found them hard to believe. Now the DA and the police have cleared Mr. Gore of the charges. Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk said today, Friday, there was no basis for prosecution.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Don Rees, in a memo to the D.A., Michael D. Schrunk released by the DA office and the Portland Police report have cleared Al Gore of criminal wrongdoing in the sex assault case filed by masseuse Molly Hagerty..
The... Read More
Do you stress over antioxidants, striving as hard as you can to incorporate superfoods into your diet? Do you work out every day, refrain from smoking and drinking too much—maybe enjoy a glass of wine a day for its health benefits—and try to be as healthy as you can, hoping to live to be 100?
You still might not make it past 90, friend.
Of course, you still could—and more power to you for trying! By living a healthy lifestyle, you’re probably happier and healthier anyway, so even if you don’t... Read More
Think our universe is just so vast and endless—much like a bowl of soup during the lunch rush at a bar and grill—to imagine? Think you’ll never get to see what the whole thing looks like with your puny, stuck-on-Earth eyes? You’re in luck! The first ever picture of the entire universe has been photographed—and I don’t mean photo shopped, either.
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Aside from what Ben Stein stupidly thinks, most Americans are working hard to make ends meet these days. Those who are unemployed are working hard to find work, often having to resort to much less pay than the former positions they occupied and altering their lifestyles accordingly. I know this is true, since I, along with many of former my co-workers, and many of my husband’s former co-workers, have floated along in this boat. Many of our friends and family members sadly still are. It’s not a... Read More
As the BP oil saga continues—cap or no cap, payouts or no payouts, ridiculous apologies or “take-backs”—animals continue to die every day in the Gulf of Mexico. Recently I overheard a news anchor talking about how the oil was thinning out—which does not mean that the situation is getting better. On the contrary, we already know that the matter cannot simply disappear, and if thinning, it will only spread even further on the surface—harming more animals of a wider area in its course.
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One of the issues that really makes me sick to my stomach is the death penalty. Though so many other developed countries—and lesser developed nations, as well!—have abolished it, we continue the grisly practice, and have conducted the fifth highest numbers of executions in the world as of 2009—beaten only by China, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Given how so many of our country’s citizens feel about the governments in these countries and their noted human rights abuses—particularly in cases... Read More
It’s funny reading descriptions of Alexander Trocchi’s final novel, Cain’s Book. For the most part, the writer, a heroin devotee, is couched in terms of existential uncaring and set in a line with Albert Camus and any number of other beats.
What separate’s Trocchi from his American brethren is admittedly his uncaring about pretty much everything apart from how to get high. But in Cain’s Book, that flippant perspective on life is related in some of the most poetic language possible. Granted,... Read More
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