Just coincidence, I’m sure, but as worldwide “Gay Pride Week” was in progress, European clothing designers were revealing a new fillip—well, relatively new—to their collection for men:  androgynous.  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_eu/france_fashionBy JOELLE DIDERICH, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 29, 3:41 PM ET PARIS – The French menswear collections ended on Sunday in a sea of sequins, silk and all things pink, challenging the adage that boys will be boys. Fine fabrics like silk, gazar and crepe de Chine crept into the male wardrobe for spring-summer 2009 as Paris designers increasingly blurred gender boundaries…A black silk puff-sleeved blouse was worn over … Read the rest

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PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is now going after celebs who may prefer a steak to a tofu burger:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/animal-rights-group-turns-its-fire-on-celebrity-meateaters-856591.html.

I’m not about to defend celebrities, most of whom are dimwitted, leftist wastes of protoplasm–Alec Baldwin comes to mind immediately–but, if possible, PETA people are even worse.  Case in point is their regular columnist, “Carla,” who feels, “PETA does not have a position on the abortion issue, because our focus as an organization is the alleviation of the suffering inflicted on nonhuman animals.”  http://www.askcarla.com/answers.asp?QuestionandanswerID=273.

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MODEL SUICIDE

“Ruslana Korshunova, 20, whose face has graced the cover of French Elle and Russian Vogue, apparently jumped from her ninth-floor apartment in her Water Street building in the Financial District [in NYC] just before 2:30 pm.”  http://www.nypost.com/seven/06282008/news/regionalnews/model_suicide_117616.htmOne has to wonder why a beautiful, successful, 20 year old has to resort to suicide when she had all she could possibly hope for.

RIP

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Apparently, the effects of decades of living in a socialist, diverse paradise are catching up with our cousins across the Pond.  http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200806/CUL20080626c.html

“Why is everyone so bloody miserable?” asks Tom Harris, Labor Member of Parliament, who’s “tired of the ‘crippling levels of cynicism and pessimism’ in British society.”

Let’s just examine the possible causes of that malaise and negativism.  A long history of despoiling the planet, of conquering much of the known world and a bloody subjugation of its closest neighbor, Ireland?  The subsequent collapse of that same British Empire?  A descent into socialism which effectively deprives the individual of … Read the rest

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Unfortunately, this isn’t news, or shouldn’t be. http://townhall.com/news/us/2008/06/27/poll_schools_not_properly_preparing_kids

America’s public schools haven’t merely been falling behind. They’re in a freefall compared to other nations, including “developing” nations such as Slovakia, et al. which, almost literally, don’t have a pot to pee in but yet succeed in educating kids far better than we do.

Thing is, it’s not news simply because it’s been going on for a generation, at least, and if anyone noticed, they haven’t said much about it, and those who try to say much about it are derided as simpleton reactionaries.

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In what has become the typical 5-4 split on the Supreme Court–with 4 conservatives on the good side, 4 liberals on the bad side, and Justice Kennedy swinging in the middle, SCOTUS struck down the D.C. ban on the legal possession of handguns for self-defense.  Score one for the good guys!  (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080627/D91I48C82.html)

I hope someone is keeping tally on the D.C. crime rate.  If it goes up, watch for headlines, prime time specials, and rallies for new gun laws.  If the crime rate goes down, watch for no media coverage.  I’m betting on a plunging crime rate as … Read the rest

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As far as I can recall, no one ever said that war is fun.  As far as I can recall, no one ever said that prisons should be fun places, either.  Still, the Muslim prisoners being kept in Guantanamo have it pretty damned good especially considering why they are there–as terrorist suspects who not only despise America but who may have killed Americans and who, given the chance, would kill as many of our troops in Iraq as they could and perpetrate even more heinous atrocities on our soil. 

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If anyone has any doubts that America is becoming a very sick society, do read this report:  http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080626/D91HG12G0.html, and this:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_child_rape.

The first is a report on what happens to runaway girls and others.  The second shows what liberals on our Supreme Court think about raping kids.

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No matter what else one may think of Ralph Nader–that he’s a spoiler, a great voice for consumers or a horse’s ass–most people would have to admit he’s honest.

Today, Ralphie took honesty to a whole new level when he said that Senator Obama “wants to appeal to white guilt. You appeal to white guilt not by coming on as black is beautiful, black is powerful. Basically he’s coming on as someone who is not going to threaten the white power structure, whether it’s corporate or whether it’s simply oligarchic. And they love it. Whites just eat it up.” http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/25/nader-critical-of-obama-for-trying-to-talk-white/… Read the rest

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