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Mini-skirt too mini?

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:23:53 GMT

clipped by: Lifestar
clipper's remarks: Now wasn't this Keith just another frustrated mysoginistic basty??

Thrown off plane for outfit deemed too skimpy

Woman shows off threads Southwest almost grounded her for wearing

It doesn’t take much to get thrown off an airplane these days, as Kyla Ebbert found out when a Southwest Airlines employee told her she was too bare for the air. Two months later, she’s still trying to figure out what was wrong with her outfit.

It consisted of a snug-fitting white top with a scoop neck that stopped just short of showing cleavage.

Not according to a Southwest employee identified only as “Keith,”

“He told me, ‘I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to take a later flight. You’re dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. You’re dressed too provocative to fly on this flight,’ ” she told Lauer.

What really tops the whole story off is that Ebbert wore the same outfit on the return flight to San Diego later that day. A female flight attendant also took note of it, according to Ebbert.

“I was complimented by the stewardess on my return flight,” she said.

Tags: outfit, mini, skirt, provocative, airplane, passenger, grounded

Phrases you wish you could say at work

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:05:53 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: I'm still waiting for the day I'll be able to say #11. I already say #5 most of the time.

Clip Source: malewail.com

Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.

50.

46. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.

45. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?

44. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.

36. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

35. Allow me to introduce my selves.

29. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.

21. It’s a thankless job, but I’ve got a lot of Karma to burn off.

17. The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist

11. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

7. I’m out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message…

6. I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter.

4. I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

2. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce.

1. Ahhh…I see the fuck-up fairy has visited us again…

Tags: humour, work, job, funny

Found: Ancient Tunnel in Israel

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:05:16 GMT

clipped by: Ashes2Ashes

Clip Source: news.aol.com

JERUSALEM (Sept. 9) - Under threat from Romans ransacking Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, many of the city's Jewish residents crowded into an underground drainage channel to hide and later flee the chaos through Jerusalem's southern end unnoticed.

a monument to one of the great dramatic scenes of the destruction of the Second Temple in the year 70 A.D.

Several manholes are visible, and portions of the original plastering remain

Pottery shards, vessel fragments and coins from the end of the Second Temple period

The discovery "shows you planning on a grand scale, unlike other cities in the ancient Near East,"

what makes the channel doubly significant is its role as an escape hatch for Jews desperate to flee the conquering Romans

About 100 yards of the channel have been uncovered so far

estimates its total length will reach more than a half-mile, stretching north from the Shiloah Pool at Jerusalem's southern end

Archeologists think the tunnel leads to the Kidron River, which empties into the Dead Sea

Tags: israel, archaeology, romans

Who is the greediest? Communists or Capitalists?

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:16:51 GMT

clipped by: ouyangwulong
clipper's remarks: Although I do not believe that socialism and capitalism necessarily conflict, this article raises a very interesting point. To talk about a slightly different point, I think Communism definitely does make people more greedy and materialistic.

Communism (and to be more specific, I refer specifically to Marxism, and large-country model Communism, namely Stalinism and Maoism) is much more complex than simply being the opposite of capitalism, thus it doesn't offer a true counterpoint to capitalism free of other complicating variables.

But, even if its not perfect, it provides some valuable insight. From my experience studying the Chinese culture and the way it changed in the last 50 years, communism breeds nothing but greed, materialism and elitism. Most alarmingly it creates a sense of entitlement without the sense of responsibility.

It is the freedom of capitalism that saves it. We should be very careful to ensure that our markets are in fact free. Otherwise we are no differen

Clip Source: www.mises.org

Does Capitalism Make Us More Materialistic?

By Ben O'Neill

There was a time when the advocates of socialism argued that it would lead man to material abundance, whereas free-market capitalism would lead only to increasing misery and would ultimately collapse under its own internal stresses.

These days the attack has shifted. Capitalism does not lead us to poverty; it leads us to too much wealth. This makes us "greedy" and "materialistic." It leads us to excessive "consumerism."

Some things of value are alienable goods: they can be transferred to others. So, for example, we can give a gold watch or a pair of shoes to another person. We can teach a person to play the piano or supply them with a cruise on a ship. But some things are inalienable goods: they cannot be transferred to others. We cannot transfer our time, our knowledge, our health, or our physique to another person. They must acquire these things on their own, by their own effort.

Tags: communsim, capitalism, greed, corporations, china, usa, gop, socialism, freedom

Many Of The World's Poor Suffer In Pain

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:10:39 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

WATERLOO, Sierra Leone — Although the rainy season was coming on fast, Zainabu Sesay was in no shape to help her husband. Ditches had to be dug to protect their cassava and peanuts, and their mud hut’s palm roof was sliding off.

But Mrs. Sesay was sick. She had breast cancer in a form that Western doctors rarely see anymore — the tumor had burst through her skin, looking like a putrid head of cauliflower weeping small amounts of blood at its edges.

No one had directly told her yet, but there was no hope — the cancer was also in her lymph glands and ribs.

Like millions of others in the world’s poorest countries, she is destined to die in pain. She cannot get the drug she needs — one that is cheap, effective, perfectly legal for medical uses under treaties signed by virtually every country, made in large quantities, and has been around since Hippocrates praised its source, the opium poppy. She cannot get morphine.

Tags: this, is, totally, disgusting

Vacuum Screamer Orgasm Guaranteed

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:57:32 GMT

clipped by: Amergin
clipper's remarks: Yes, please bring on the jokes.
Pleeaaase doooo !!!!!

Clip Source: www.ananova.com

A US mother-of-three has invented a sex toy that connects to a vacuum cleaner to give an orgasm in just ten seconds.

The gadget, called Vortex Vibrations, works by concentrating the air flow to create a rapid and gentle vibration, reports the Sun.

Inventor Joanne Drysdale claims it can give multiple, back-to-back orgasms lasting up to a minute a time - and it does not even touch the skin.

The 49-year-old former toolmaker was cleaning her carpets when she came up with the idea for Vortex, which sells for £35 through lovehoney.co.uk.

She saw how a piece of rubber that had got caught in the nozzle was gently resonating in the air flow. She also felt a soft stimulation to her fingertips as she tried to remove the rubber.

"After several hours, I came up with the prototype. The first time I tried it I reached an orgasm within 10 seconds.

"That was when I knew I was on to something that could potentially bring pleasure to all women."

Tags: rubber flip flop make women hip hop

A Secret Life Of Madness

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:59:43 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

Over 30 years, as she forged her career, she wrestled with uncouth visions, violent commands and suicidal impulses, Saks explained to her listeners. In her worst moments, the TV made fun of her, ashtrays danced and walls collapsed. Sure she was a witch, she burned herself as punishment with cigarettes, lighters and electric heaters. She believed she was single-handedly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. The brains of close associates were taken over by aliens.

Saks has schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder often characterized by social isolation, disorganized speech, delusions and hallucinations. She has defied the prediction of a doctor who once said she would never lead an independent life. She has even flourished, thanks to a strict regimen of medication and talk therapy.

Tags: mental, illness