Blah blah Ms. Jolie blah, but take a look at this:
Myanmar's consul-general to Hong Kong defended the junta's policy [of not recognizing the Rohingya as citizens] this week by telling the South China Morning Post this that the Royingya are "ugly as ogres" whose "dark brown" skin is in contrast with the "fair and soft" ethnic Burmese majority.
Oh, because the junta hasn't been evil enough yet...
It's weird, though -- actual racism aside, you'd think the diplomats would know better than to say it out loud!
Edit: Link doesn't quite work -- just click through on the Angelina Jolie story.
5 Things You Didn't Know: AK-47
2- The AK-47 is the perfect weapon for children
The AK-47 can be stripped in under a minute and cleaned quickly in almost any climatic condition. Even if it isn’t cleaned, an AK-47 is still more likely to fire than any of its rivals given similar treatment on the battlefield. With only eight moving parts the AK-47 is cheap to manufacture and easy to use -- so easy in fact that children can be taught how to properly handle this weapon in a single hour. Sudanese child soldier Emmanuel Jal picked up his first AK-47 when he was 9 years old. A fully loaded AK-47 weighs four kilograms: “I don’t know how I lifted the AK when I was tired. It was so heavy,” he remembers. “We only had a few AKs but we weren’t scared, it was like a game with toy guns. When the fighting starts you can put the gun down and run away, or pull the trigger. Once you’ve done that you are hooked; it makes you think that no one can touch you. Once you've fired an AK-47 you become brave.”
Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash
In the right circumstances, I might not object to giving kids AK-47s.
The judges better hope that the kids stayed out of the system after they hit adult-hood. Or those seven years might get cut a bit short.
re: Brigit Bardot . . .
Wow. She may be ousting Catherine Deneuve as the woman most likely to make my Kinsey needle twitch. Though it may just be to the extent of sitting at their feet and gazing in amazement.
Is this where I admit that most of my sidewalk remains uncleared?
The only sidewalks I get cranky about are the ones in front of churches. Come on, they're supposed to set a good example! How can they not shovel?
ION, An Unlikely Encounter (Zebra and dolphin say 'hi' to each other....)
They look like they are plotting a coup. A coup at the zoo. A zoo coup.
Those two? It'll never do.
