Universal’s ”Bruno,” the widely anticipated Sacha Baron Cohen docu-comedy opening in July, has been slapped with an NC-17 rating on its first submission to the Motion Picture Association of America because of numerous sexual scenes that the ratings board considers over the line, according to the studio releasing the film.
Among the objectionable scenes is one in which Bruno -- a gay Austrian fashionista played by Baron Cohen -- appears to have anal sex with a man on camera. In another, the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor.
Monday, March 30, 2009
From Borat to Bruno
Who does not remember Borat in the Borat movie. (Fruits for anyone who remembers the full name of the movie.) Baron Cohen who played Borat will now be back as Bruno. The yet-to-be-released movie has already started getting mired in controversies. The Wrap reports:
PETA's slaughterhouses
The name could not be more ironic. PETA, or the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals killed 95% of the pets under its care in 2008. PETA Kills Animals reports:
To put things in perspective, PETA's website tries to stop hunting of sea kittens thus:
If this is not hypocrisy, what is?
Since 1998, PETA has opted to “put down” 21,339 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of finding homes for them.
PETA’s “Animal Record” report for 2008, filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shows that the animal rights group killed 95 percent of the dogs and cats in its care last year. During all of 2008, PETA found adoptive homes for just seven pets.
To put things in perspective, PETA's website tries to stop hunting of sea kittens thus:
Given the drastic situation for this country's sea kittens—who are often the victims of many major threats to their welfare and ways of life—it's high time that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) stop allowing our little sea kitten friends to be tortured and killed. Who'd want to hurt a sea kitten anyway?!
Sea kittens are just as intelligent (not to mention adorable) as dogs and cats, and they feel pain just as all animals do.
If this is not hypocrisy, what is?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Why Marijuana is illegal
...the fact that marijuana is not a dangerous substance–at least not as dangerous as American society has been led to believe. A large majority of unbiased studies from the 1950s to the present day have conclusively proven that marijuana is safer than most legal alternatives (i.e. alcohol, tobacco, prescription medications, etc.). Not only have the studies produced similar results, but they have managed to shatter many of the ill-conceived social beliefs about the drug.
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Dear A.I.G, I quit!
As most of us have done nothing wrong, guilt is not a motivation to surrender our earnings. We have worked 12 long months under these contracts and now deserve to be paid as promised. None of us should be cheated of our payments any more than a plumber should be cheated after he has fixed the pipes but a careless electrician causes a fire that burns down the house.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
How to tell you are an Indian
- You expect to bargain for everything. When you offer a price, you aren't so much probing the seller's minimum, as signalling how much you really want the item.
- If a woman is plumper than the average, it improves her looks. (i.e. what a person considers 'ideal' is likely to be plumper than the American ideal).
- The police are typically not armed, unless they are guarding VVIPs, in which case they might tote submachine guns. For men to have sex with other men is almost totally unheard of. There is a very small number of genuine homosexuals in the big cities.
- On the other hand, there is a complete absence of American style homophobia in Indian society; it is very common for men to express affection by embracing each other.
Find more here. If you are from somewhere else, you can find the link here.
12 Ridiculous Lawsuits
In 1991, Richard Overton sued Anheuser-Busch, creators of Budweiser, for $10,000. He claimed to have suffered emotional distress, mental injury, and financial loss because drinking beer did not make his fantasies of beautiful women in tropical settings come to life, as he claimed it had advertised, driving him to buy and drink more and more Bud Light.and
Aging German playboy Rolf Eden filed charges against a 19-year-old for refusing to sleep with him. The complaint? Ageism.
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Aluminium + mercury = rust in mid-air
The aluminum I-beam above rusted half away in a few hours, something that would have taken an iron beam years.
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Marijuana legalization bills introduced in Massachusetts/
These proposals seek to legally regulate the commercial production and distribution of marijuana for adults over 21 years of age.
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Stunning pictures of the Wave
The Wave is a red-rock stunner on the border of Arizona and Utah, made of 190-million-year-old sand dunes that have turned to rock.
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Undercover officer alleges XXX activity at porno theatre
During a series of visits by police in uniform in 2008, Jarvie says officers witnessed sex acts, an overwhelming unpleasant pungent odour, puddles of body fluids and excrement, and even patrons smoking.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
5 Freeware Photoshop Alternatives and Web-based Photo editing
This morning I thought I’d try and spice this blog up a little by making my own logo and then I realised why I never did it before: this laptop is godd*mn slow! This is why I never got to installing Photoshop, the program I’ve been using for years to create my own stuff.
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The mathematics of friendship
Two randomly chosen white students interact three times more often than do a black student and a white student. However, placing the black and white student in the same freshman dorm increases their frequency of interaction by a factor of three.
Stumbled upon this old paper. Interesting read.
50 stunning examples of architecture photography
Architectural photography can be broadly considered to encompass views of the exteriors and interiors of domestic, commercial, religious, institutional, and engineering structures, as well as records of the evolution of towns and cities. Today, we are showing you 50 Stunning Examples Of Architecture Photography.
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From jobless to topless
LinkAs a bartender and trainer at a national restaurant chain, Rebecca Brown earned a couple thousand dollars in a really good week. Now, as a dancer at Chicago's Pink Monkey gentleman's club, she makes almost that much in one good night.
Evolution of the Batman logo
History of the Batman logo from 1939 to present -created by Todd Klein. [Certainly not the COMPLETE history but it`s interesting enough.]
Music is from the Batman Forever soundtrack: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me by U2.
Music is from the Batman Forever soundtrack: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me by U2.
8 Awesome Cases of Internet Vigilantism
Cracked.com lists 8 awesome cases of internet vigilantism.
Yet another unintended side effect of the web has been the birth of the Internet lynch mob. Now, everything from child abuse to bad customer service can get the online masses whipped into a frenzy of Old Testament-style vengeance.
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