The unimportant news thread

[Todd]

Odd that Mr Trudeau would adopt a blame the victim approach.  Or maybe not.  Also, the cartoons in question seem closer to blasphemy than so-called "hate speech", though that may be a fuzzy distinction here.

[Ken B]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/csi-is-a-lie/390897/

But I still think OJ did it.

[Todd]

News you can use.

[Ken B]

A voluntary fame tax
http://www.capx.co/its-time-to-introduce-a-voluntary-fame-tax/

Actually, it exists in the USA: the treaury accepts donations.

[Todd]

Whew, that was close!

[ibanezmonster]

Obama thanks Japan for anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=49&v=l-8zQC-9Iok


His awesomeness level just increased by 10 points.   

[Karl Henning]

McDonald's knows you don't eat there anymore — and it wants to change that

[Karl Henning]

The fruit do hang low for this writer, but who could fault him for even company leaders are admitting the fries have gone cold . . . .

[Todd]

It's true, if McDonald's doesn't act fast, it could shrivel to oblivion.  As Bloomberg wrote, we may have hit peak burger.

(I wonder if McDonald's execs now think divesting in Chipotle was a good long-term decision?)

[Todd]

What's Yum! Brands?

Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC.

[Ken B]

Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC.

Ah. The Yum is ironic.

[Karl Henning]

It's spin, and only unintentionally ironic 

[Todd]

Liberté, égalité, fraternité?

[Florestan]

Liberté, égalité, fraternité?

The shallowest slogan ever to come out from some of the worst demagogues in history. 

[Ken B]

The shallowest slogan ever to come out from some of the worst demagogues in history. 

"Emancipation of the dissonance."

[Karl Henning]

"Emancipation of the dissonance."

Prima la musica, poi le parole 

[Ken B]

Guild.
http://popehat.com/2015/05/06/two-stories-about-the-criminal-justice-system-and-consequences/

[Cato]

Okay, I am in my 8th Grade Homeroom.

Two boys, brothers, the most identical of identical twins, and not particularly bright, have decided to start arm-wrestling.   

Again, these are identical twins!

After two to three minutes of going nowhere, and restarting a few times, I simply said: "Hmm: i-den-ti-cal twins arm-wrestling:  I wonder why there is a perpetual tie!"

One of the spectators says: "Oh yeah!  That's right!"

To quote the waiter in Ferris Bueller: "I weep for the future!   

[North Star]

Okay, I am in my 8th Grade Homeroom.

Two boys, brothers, the most identical of identical twins, and not particularly bright, have decided to start arm-wrestling.   

Again, these are identical twins!

After two to three minutes of going nowhere, and restarting a few times, I simply said: "Hmm: i-den-ti-cal twins arm-wrestling:  I wonder why there is a perpetual tie!"

Well one of them might exercise more. . .

[Karl Henning]

Okay, I am in my 8th Grade Homeroom.

Two boys, brothers, the most identical of identical twins, and not particularly bright, have decided to start arm-wrestling.   

Again, these are identical twins!

After two to three minutes of going nowhere, and restarting a few times, I simply said: "Hmm: i-den-ti-cal twins arm-wrestling:  I wonder why there is a perpetual tie!"

One of the spectators says: "Oh yeah!  That's right!"

To quote the waiter in Ferris Bueller: "I weep for the future!   

Plus:

The shallowest slogan ever to come out from some of the worst demagogues in history. 

It's the journey, not the destination.