Culture Watch: Yummy Kangaroos, Idiot of the Week and World's Oldest Cat

Culture Watch Vol. 45
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
December 15, 2008

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As every failed business sector in America lines up in DC with their hands out, the Federal Reserve continues to deny requests to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers

What is known is that more than half the homeowners who had their loans modified to make the payments more affordable in the first half of the year are already in default again. Ah, big government. We voted for it, we got it.

GOOD NEWS:

Despite the unrelenting effort to remove God from the public square, a new poll shows that 80% of adult Americans still believe in God. Large majorities of the public also believe in miracles (75%), heaven (73%), angels (71%), and that Jesus is God or the Son of God (71%).

'GLOBAL WARMING' UPDATE:

The global warming crowd is experiencing difficulties. Though the UN stated at the recent Climate Conference that the question of man-made global warming has been proven 'without a doubt', 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe dared to challenge their assertions.

Father Earth, algore, continues to erode his credibility. In a speech in Germany last week he claimed, 'The North Pole will disappear in 5 years." See video here.

The eco-idiocy continues: Australians have been told to eat camels to protect the environment, just months after being urged to combat climate change by chomping on kangaroos.

Here in the US, our own government is starting a most-wanted list for environmental fugitives accused of assaulting nature. Next thing we know, we could be jailed for passing gas. You heard it here first.

CULTURE:

A new documentary called Right To Die - The Suicide Tourist, was shown in the UK last week. It showed a fellow committing suicide, with a little help from his friends.

In another new 'reality' show offering, Showtime is developing a series documenting gay people coming out of the closet. In each episode, a closeted individual reveals their true sexual orientation during a group meeting. In your face, baby.

With Christmas right around the corner, attacks on the Christian religion abound. When they lit the town Christmas tree in Armonk, N.Y. on Sunday, there was a Jewish menorah right alongside, as usual. There was also something new this year — an Islamic crescent and star.

Playboy has added to the Christmas spirit — by putting the Virgin Mary nude on its Mexican cover. The controversial magazine's latest festive offering was released Thursday. Lovely.

A federal judge says South Carolina must stop marketing and making license plates that feature the image of a cross and the words "I Believe."

Learning by example, our kids are starting to let it all hang out. A recent survey reveals one-fifth of teenagers surveyed have sent or posted nude or seminude pictures or videos of themselves online. Almost a third have received such images.

Giving new meaning to 'love machine', a Canadian man now lives with a female robot. Le, a scientific genius from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he never had time to find a real partner so he designed one using the latest technology. Spooky stuff.

Another result of all this in-your-face sexuality is seen in a new survey: 46% of women and 30% of men now choose the Internet over sex.

The world's oldest cat celebrates 125th birthday. The Guinness World Records has confirmed there is no record holder at the moment, but the previous oldest cat was 29.

The world's first personal supercomputer, which is 250 times faster than the average PC, went on sale to British customers last week.

The secret world of dreams has been unlocked with the invention of technology capable of illustrating images taken directly from human brains during sleep. Way cool.

Cancer is on pace to supplant heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death worldwide in 2010 and studies show that dogs have a sense of fairness. How about Fido For Congress?

Another interesting study purports to show that men are hardwired, after eons of evolution, to overspend. Their maxed-out credit cards and mega-purchases have been tied to their desire to attract mates. Hey, it works...

TOP IDIOT OF THE WEEK:

Michael Jackson, the new King of Weird, wins this week's Top Idiot award. He was caught sporting a new outfit that made him look like an Islamist Zorro.

So many idiots, so little space. Check out the full list of Idiot awards in RightBias.com's new weekly Top Idiots Of The Week Awards.

Till next week, keep smiling,

by Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com

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Culture Watch: Sex, Viagra and RIP Ugliest Dog in the World

Culture Watch Vol. 41
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
November 17, 2008



Obama had to skip his grandmother's funeral - he was too busy settling into the new 'Office of the President-Elect'. Meanwhile, markets continued their downward spiral. The DOW lost almost 14% of its value in the first week following The One's election. Ouch.

The feeding frenzy on Capitol Hill continues as cities, banks, automakers, etc. line up for their piece of the bailout money, courtesy American taxpayers. To date, $290 billion has been pledged, yet no action has been taken to fill the independent oversight posts established by Congress.

First in line for our money appears to be the automakers, even as they continue to spend hundreds of millions on idled workers. GM actually spends $17 million a year on Viagra. Go figure.
Despite a tanking economy, Dems have decided to make investigating the Bush administration one of their first priorities. "We could spend the entire next fours years investigating the Bush years," they stated.

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CULTURE:
Just in time for Christmas, these ads, asking, "Why Believe In God?", will be plastered on DC buses throughout December. In Massachusetts, a new ad campaign promotes a web-site that will help you cheat on your spouse. Lovely
A lawsuit has been filed against two officers at Camp Lejeune Marine Training Base for banning a civilian worker from publicly condemning Islamic terrorists.

A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from taking communion if they voted for Obama.

Over in the UK, the government has decided to pay people to get off their butts. In China, they've decided to view Internet-addiction as a disorder.

In Nebraska, the number of teens dropped off under the state's 'safe-haven law' has almost tripled to three a week since Gov. Heineman announced that lawmakers would rewrite the law to cover only babies. And last, but not least, Thomas Beatie, the 'pregnant man' who gave birth to a daughter earlier this year, has announced that he is pregnant again. For some reason, there's an awful lot of:

SEX IN THE NEWS:

From the 'Let Them Eat Cake' files: The Pastor of a Dallas mega-church has urged his parishioners to commit to "seven days of sex."

Meanwhile, an Australian holiday resort announced it will be holding a month-long, nude 'anything goes' party. Good news for these party goers: A new spray has been developed which can make sex last longer. It also helps with premature ejaculation. Come again?

Mexico City has decided to give out Viagra to men 70 and older because sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and our happiness." In the UK, a couple was arrested for having public sex on a train.

Also in the UK, a British couple divorced after the husband was caught have a 'virtual affair' with a female character in an online role-playing game.

A 56 year-old grandmother in Ohio gave birth to her own triplet grandchildren. An increasing number of countries are making spreading HIV a crime.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS:

The Dallas Independent School District continues to hand out fake social security numbers to illegal employees, despite being told to stop.

The principal of a small elementary school in Vermont is under fire for blocking kids from saying the pledge of allegiance. He's concerned that it isn't inclusive enough and holds non-participating children up to scorn. Right...

In the UK, a teacher has seen exam pass rates increase by 65% after she suspended a quarter of her students.

A new study has found that the 'self-esteem movement' favored by parents and teachers, may have gone too far. Ya think?

ESSENTIAL TRIVIA:


The Pentagon has cleared 'Personal Air Vehicle Technology' which will ultimately lead to a flying car.
Saudi Arabia presided over a two-day UN conference on religious tolerance. The UK is facing a sperm donor shortage after they reversed confidentiality laws.

The UK is also running out of graveyards - they're now doing funerals like they do their buses - double-decker.



RightBias bids farewell to Gus, a one-eyed, three legged winner of the World's Ugliest Dog award. He succumbed after a bout with cancer. RIP



Click here to find out 50 things you didn't know about Obama.
Click here to check out the new Barack Obama Jokes website.

Click here to check out 'The Twenty Five Points Of Hitler's Nazi.

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IDIOT OF THE WEEK:



In a historic first, the winner of this week's Top Idiot Award is an animal. In a clear case of statue-tory rape, this moose obviously confused life and art. He got away with this indiscretion after issuing a public apology and agreeing to attend sensitivity training. Personally, I think he got off easy because he was a FOB. (friend of Bill:)



Till next week, keep smiling,

by Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com

Culture Watch may be reprinted, with attribution to RightBias.com

Culture Watch: Eco-Kooks and Cultural Crazies

Culture Watch Vol. 39
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
November 3, 2008


[ABOVE: The office of the President-elect?]

* Good News
* Culture
* Essential Trivia
* Idiot of the Week
* Hero of the Week

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In case you missed it, Obama won. Supporters gathered on the White House lawn in celebration, some of them waving the Soviet flag. I kid you not - check out the video.

Iran sent wholehearted congratulations and the leader of a jihadi group in Iraq argued that Obama as president represents a victory for radical Islamic groups that have battled American forces since the invasion of Iraq.

The first thing Obama did after winning the election was to set up an Office of the President-Elect. Huh? He then set about deciding which of Bush's executive orders he will overturn first, stem cell or offshore drilling.

Finally, his staff confirmed that it would be full speed ahead on revoking Bush's tax cuts for the 'wealthiest Americans.' Despite the known economic fact that raising taxes in a recession is a disaster in the making.

Plans are now underway to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama.
The costliest campaign in history is finally over. So, too, is the credibility of the old media. Several news anchors wept tears of joy upon news of his win. Read about it in depth in 'The Return Of The Girly Men.'

Despite all this, there still remains lots of:

GOOD NEWS:

Social conservatives made some headway in the culture wars as three states banned gay marriage and most state-wide environmental issues were voted down.

San Francisco voters lost their bid to have a waste treatment plant officially named after George Bush, (how ruuude..) and they also rejected Measure K, which would have legalized prostitution.
Europe is in full retreat on their climate plan and a new report shows that sea ice is growing at the fastest pace ever.


Confidence in Iraq is at an all time high, with 51% of voters expecting the situation in Iraq to improve in the next six months. Thank-you, President Bush. Oh, in India, 6,000 muslim clerics actually issued a fatwa against terrorism. Baby steps, baby steps...

CULTURE



An Oregon town has elected America's first transgendered mayor. Isn't he/she cute?

Washington state became the second state to give terminally ill people the option of assisted suicide with the passage of Initiative 1000. That doesn't mean that patients who want their physicians help in killing themselves will be able to get it as some doctors in Washington still take seriously the Hippocratic Oath.

A new study shows that increasing numbers of people seeking assisted suicide in Switzerland do not suffer from a terminal illness. Speaking of assisted suicide, exit polls from MSNBC, CNN and Fox show that Obama received a whopping 78% of the Jewish vote.

A sterile woman is set to give birth to the world's first baby conceived after a full ovary transplant. In Japan, scientists have successfully cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long as 16 years. They say it may now be possible to use this technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species.

Over in the UK, Lord Winston said that organs from pigs could be available for transplant into patients in the next decade. It truly is a brave new world.

Watch out, guys. Alarming trends in male fertility rates, birth defects and disorders are emerging around the world. More and more boys are being born with genital defects and are suffering from learning disabilities, autism and Tourette's syndrome, among other disorders.

ESSENTIAL TRIVIA

Wildlife officials in northern California last week came across one of the biggest Chinook salmon ever found in the state — a monster more than 4 feet long and weighing 85 pounds.

A new report concludes that voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was the same in percentage terms as it was four years ago — or at most has risen by less than 1 percent.

A top ten of the most irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University. Heading the list was the expression 'at the end of the day,' followed by the phrase 'fairly unique.' My own choice is 'Change' and 'Yes we can.'

A python has been filmed trying to swallow a wallaby whole at a Cairns university. The world’s first commercially available bionic hand has been named as one of the top inventions of 2008.

Brain scans show that bullies actually enjoy others' pain. The part of the brain associated with reward lights up when an aggressive teen watches a video of someone hurting another person, but not when a non-aggressive youth watches the same clip. Doesn't Obama have a strange smile?

Totally apropos of nothing, the day after the election, the Illinois lottery's winning number was 6-6-6.
Feminists around the world have reacted with horror to a new line of lingerie that includes a chastity belt equipped with a GPS tracking system.

From the 'Slippery Slope' file: A Japanese man has posted an online petition, arguing that Japan should change its laws to allow people to marry comic book characters. Over 1,000 have signed, so far.

IDIOT OF THE WEEK

What do you get when you're drunk, packing heat and a kid at the same time. This guest at an Iraqi wedding found out. Caution: Being an idiot can be harmful to your health, and to the health of those around you.

So many idiots, so little space. A new edition of our Idiots Of The Week Awards will be available Tuesday morning on RightBias.com.

This week, we also have a:

HERO OF THE WEEK

This honor goes to a prominent biologist at the University of California. This guy lost his job because he refused to undergo the University's sexual harassment training. He called the mandatory training a "sham" and considers his refusal an act of "civil disobedience." My kinda guy!
Until next Monday, keep smiling,

by Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com


Culture Watch may be reprinted, with attribution to RightBias.com

Culture: ObamaMedia, Cultural Shenanigans, Idiot of the Week

Culture Watch Vol. 39
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
November 3, 2008

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With the election only hours away, the old media remains in full Obama mode. One newspaper even went so far as to proclaim Obama the winner. Other media are also proclaiming Obama the winner, well ahead of the election.
Obama is helping them out, as he just booted three conservative papers from his campaign plane. He had to make way for a black weekly magazine, dontcha know.

The LA Times is doing its part by refusing to release a video of Obama toasting a PLO bigwig and saying nasty things about Israel. This kerfluffle has prompted a $175,000 bribe/reward being offered to the Times reporter, just to do his job and report the news.

However this election turns out, the silver lining will be the death of the old media. Circulation at the nation's daily newspapers is falling faster than anticipated this year as readers continue their migration to the internet. I'm smiling.

A few of the stories being overlooked by the old media include:

* Obama's Kenyan aunt, an illegal immigrant, has been found living in public housing in Boston. I have to flash back to Obama's statement of October 24, "Most people understand that if you are not caring for your family, then you are probably not the kind of person who is going to be caring for other people." No word on whether Obama's half-brother in Kenya is still living on a few dollars a month. Oh well, at least his shack is legal.
*In a newly surfaced tape, Obama explains that, as president, he would "bankrupt" anyone looking to build a new coal powered plant in the US.

* Lots of developments in the ongoing saga involving Obama's birth certificate. For the latest, check out, 'Obama's Birth Certificate Still Under Wraps'.

*Oh, another story the media buried on the back pages was the astounding news that October was the first month of the Iraq war when no US servicemen died in combat in Baghdad.


CULTURE

Times are tough, but don't worry about our public servants. The collective wealth of members of Congress grew by 13% last year. "They came to do good, and ended up doing well."

A New Jersey teen was sent home from school for dressing up as Jesus on Halloween.

A California school refuses to say what action, if any, it will take after receiving complaints about a kindergarten teacher who encouraged her students to sign "pledge cards" in support of gays. Lovely.

The first measures capable of detecting new HIV cases show that Philadelphians are being infected at a rate more than 50% higher than residents of New York and a whopping five times higher than the rest of the nation. Could it be something something in the water, or the schools? Inquiring minds want to know.

In Nebraska, they're trying to redo a 'safe-haven' law which allows parents to safely abandon their babies. To date, some two dozen teenagers have been abandoned by their parents.
In the UK, smokers are soon to be banned from fostering children, under radical measures to be introduced in London. Whew, someone finally looking out for the kids.

As liberals continue to spend a good portion of their time proving how non-racist they are, along comes Minister King Samir Shabazz. This lovely fellow is the head of the New Panther Party. Here is how he describes himself, "I'm about the total destruction of white people. I'm about the total liberation of black people. I hate white people. I hate my enemy..." Thank-God America is color-blind. The only question remaining is, how many times is this dude going to vote for Obama?

On a lighter note, for all those who object to strip clubs, help is on the way. Federal authorities are reversing position (shock) and asking a judge to let U.S. marshals operate a strip club seized after the owner was convicted of tax evasion. Next thing you know, our taxpayer dollars will be funding this joint after the feds run it into the ground.

A New York Chinese restaurant has been shut down after workers were found dicing up road kill to serve in their dishes.

ESSENTIAL TRIVIA

In Romania, a man put his wife up for sale on a website specialising in used cars. He quickly lowered the price in order to get a quick sale.
Over in Saudi Arabia, breeders are now holding beauty pageants for sheep.

A new study has found that the color red makes men feel more amorous towards women. It looks like men may also be willing to spend more money on women wearing red. I wonder if that holds true for sheep.

National Geographic has published this years' award winning animal photos. Awesome.
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:

The winner of this week's Idiot Of The Week Awards is a 52-year-old El Paso man. This grown man decided to depart this vale of tears by throwing himself off a bridge. Which he did. The coup de grace, however, was a note he left behind. It was addressed to Obama, asking him to take care of his family for him.

So many idiots, so little space. For the rest of the RightBias Idiot Awards, click here.


Till next Monday, keep smiling, and VOTE,

by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias.com