Huh...The Israeli Football League:
Looks like they're having a good time, which is certainly nice! However, I think they've clearly got a ways to go. For one thing, a coach pronounces himself a lifelong Bills fan. Makes me wonder if they really understand the sport.
More interesting international sports news: The NBA is trying to expand into India. Seems like it'd be a pretty good match. Who'd they send to get the ball bouncing? None other than the awesomely named Troy Justice!
Photos of the year are a dime a dozen, here are 2010's best words. Not to be crass, but I still think that "vuvuzela" sounds like a technical term for a lady part.
Sort of an interesting story here: Reports of a neglected German Shepherd led to an outpouring of concern for the dog. A Facebook page was established, detailing his torture, a man even offered $1,000 in order to rescue him from his fate. Modest investigation reveals a pretty happy dog...Some might even say pampered. Unfortunately, his owners now have to force him to sleep indoors at night against his will, out of concerns that his supporters might attempt to dognap him.
The Washington Post has a good article up about the spate of anti-abortion laws springing up in the wake of the 2007 Gonzalez v. Carhart Supreme Court decision which affirmed the federal ban on so-called "partial birth" abortions. As a result, doctors are required to say what legislators want them to say rather than what they feel is true as clinicians, a woman's right to health is subservient to the idea of fetal pain and naturally, everything that can be done to protect women from having to make their own decisions is now enshrined. Ginsberg from the dissent:
In a dissent, Ginsburg struck back at the insinuation that a woman has not fully thought through her decision, or should be protected from making such a choice. "This way of thinking reflects ancient notions of women's place in the family and under the Constitution," said Ginsburg, which "have long since been discredited."
Are you guys familiar with the Nintendo 3DS? Lord, is is AWESOME! It's a hand-held gaming system that allows 3D gameplay WITHOUT GLASSES. WOW! Unfortunately, if you're under the age of six, it will melt your eyes right out of your head. Totally worth it though!
Speaking of gadgetry, here are five tech forecasts for 2011.
I don't even know how this is possible but chocolate might get better!
In related personal news, one of my Christmas gifts was a chocolate covered bacon bar. I haven't eaten it yet...But I suspect that it might be the thing that turns me away from my pernicious atheism. It will either renew my faith in God or confirm the existence of the Devil. Either way, I'm eating the bastard.
Congratulations are due to Elton John! He's become a father! Certainly a joyous occasion but I must ask: was it truly necessary to saddle the poor boy with the unwieldy moniker Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John? Think of the future expense he'll face when printing business cards! It's almost as though the happy parents couldn't decide on a good name so opted to go with all of them.
Here's a fascinating look at London's astonishingly successful and ruthless gang of female thieves: The Forty Elephants. Apparently, they were around for hundreds of years and pillaged countless shops. However...
"On the plus side, they threw the liveliest of parties and spent lavishly at pubs, clubs and restaurants," said McDonald. "Their lifestyles were in pursuit of those of glamorous movie stars, combined with the decadent living of 1920s aristocratic flapper society. They read of the outrageous behaviour of rich, bright young things and wanted to emulate them.
More for the ladies...Though actually, now that I read over it, it's really a rather horrible story...But anyways: Jeanne Baret: First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe.
A nerd's nostalgia.
Here's some DIY crap you can give the economist in your life if you don't love them very much.
I think this is probably the developed worlds version of the Chilean mine disaster: Hundreds of people are stuck on a ski-lift! The humanity! I have every hope that this will become a made for tv movie.
I really don't care much for basketball personally. At least not to watch it. It's the squeaking of the shoes on the court...Makes me insane. It sounds like a mouse gang fight. However... this is certainly interesting.
I wasn't expecting to come across something like this... Bill Gates' mug shot. What an adorable moppet he was!
Finally...
Thoughts about this? A man might face five years in prison for snooping in his wife's Gmail account. He suspected she was having an affair with a previous husband. Pretty interesting situation frankly...On the one hand, I'm more or less an absolutist when it comes to privacy. But five years in jail? That seems a trifle heavy handed.
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