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Commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
Stay classy Ralph Lauren!...
Commented on Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: Ralph Lauren's Photoshop of Horrors
Great job Xeni, It is a damned shame in order to insure a level of freedom of speech one has to host their blog outside of the US. That seems like a huge indicator that something is wrong....
Commented on Robert E Howard collection, HEROES IN THE WIND: revisit your heroic past
Thanks for the post. I will be purchasing this and geeking out Conan style as soon as possible....
Commented on Executive compensation vs. the world
@littlebrother, et all. "A few regulations and corporate charter changes are lot more palatable an alternative than the poster POWELL's suggestion of "heads on pikes" I should clarify, I don't support "pike-based" reform. I was merely trying to express(ineffectively apparently)...
Commented on Carl Sagan, spaced out on pot
Thanks @John Napsterista, what a cool story, that is awesome. Sagan sounds like a good dude....
Commented on Executive compensation vs. the world
One day the big guys on the graph and their like will find their heads on pikes....
Commented on Exorcisms vs. schizophrenia drugs
I wonder if they needed a young psychiatrist who is questioning his belief in his field of study and a wizened older psychiatrist who has encountered this before?...
Commented on SWAT team raids orchid grower for fudging import paperwork
@13 I am glad examples of the erosion of "our" civil liberties is giving you a heaping helping of shadenfreude. The "you" and "your" indicate that you think in collectivsit terms. Not all of "us" dig the police state "we"...
Commented on SWAT team raids orchid grower for fudging import paperwork
Stay classy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service SWAT. I feel safer. Asses....
Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
Also Solely to wait until something happens then punish the purpotrators? Yeah, you cant arrest on the basis of something that might happen. Also a cops job is NOT punishment. Buffoon....
Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
FELLBACKALONE @89...What does the phrase "To Protect and Serve" mean to you? Solely to wait until something happens then punish the purpotrators? How exactly was that cop protecting or serving? Cops have no duty to protect by the way, see...
Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
#28 "..the kid deserved a smack in the face.." That is insane. Nowhere in this cops job description is there any mention of deciding who should be smacked (and or arms broken). Just one more in a growing list of...
Commented on HOWTO flout the flavored tobacco ban and make DIY homemade clove cigarettes
>but on this point, I can even agree with skoalrebel: the ban is total bullsheyut. Never in a million years did I think I would hear Xeni agreeing with someone named skoalrebel (I happen to agree with you both) Kudos...
Commented on Banned Books Week and "most challenged titles" of 2008!
@SAMSAM, good catch. "What nudity is mentioned in the text!? you are shitting me right? BAN THE HELL OUT OF IT!!!"...
Commented on Kill Al-Qaeda in Three Easy Steps
Xeni, so harsh. lol...
Commented on Banned Books Week and "most challenged titles" of 2008!
"political viewpoint"? According to who? Why not stamp it "THOUGHTCRIME" and be done with it....
Commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
If the price of "keeping this city safe" is total ignoring of civil rights, maybe that city should burn....
Commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
"Hi Mom! Look at me dehumanizing someone and treading on their civil liberties" F cops....
Commented on The American Burqini, and modesty throughout the ages.
"that's what I call lazy commenting. You're being a douche." This made me laugh this morning. Thanks Xeni. "The burqini was invented in Australia." Now there is something to be proud of....
Commented on Brutal police violence at Berlin "Freedom not Fear" demonstration
Reminds me a little of the riots at the beginning of the the Baader Meinhof Complex that I watched last night. Police suck no matter where you are it seems....
Commented on Story about Wal-Mart founder's treatment of his employees
Whoa what a -ouchebag. Doesnt suprise me, Walmart is the high temple of the anti-Christ. http://www.walmartmovie.com/facts.php...
Commented on Snuff Box: "demented genius" Brit-com
Great thread! #19, awesome post, thanks for sharing it, I will be searching these out immediately. #12 thanks also!...
Commented on Snuff Box: "demented genius" Brit-com
I would also like to reccomend the following british comedies for the unintiated... Spaced Green Wing Mighty Boosh (duh) ITCrowd (duh) and Black Books...
Commented on Snuff Box: "demented genius" Brit-com
NJCLARKE, good call, that sketch has got to be patterned after that clip. lol....
Commented on Snuff Box: "demented genius" Brit-com
Snuff Box is the best, if you havent seen it check it out immediately!...
Commented on Deep Sleep Therapy and brainwashing researcher Dr. William Sargant
This guy is an evil rhymes with Mouche Bag....
Commented on (BB Video) Mighty Boosh, pt 3: Slashfic, Boosh books, Eleanor's NORAD link
Xeni, these are great. Thanks so much for doing these interviews and posting them. Long live the Boosh!...
Commented on 15-year-old girl beaten by sheriff's deputy
Cops, meh. How many of these videos must we see before something is done to prevent this? Apparently cops in this country can now dish out punative judgement when they see fit. F them....
Commented on TSA demands biometric IDs for period reenacter mule-drivers
This is Ass-inine, literally :) Government just sucks, it continually sets up rules that are so inflexiable that common sense is virtually outlawed. Wow I feel safer. Tools....
Commented on Are the photos of Borneo's monster snake real?
This is the worst p-shop ever. I cant believe anyone is fooled by this....

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zoetrope commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
personally, i think the dimensions that most models must strive to fit are freakishly alien and unhealthy looking. the greater lot of humans dont look like models, thusly making them freaks and its upsetting to know that an everyday looking girl is striving to match that archetype. within the fashion realm, i like what dov charney has done with his... Read More models for american apparel. there is alot of argument over them not being pretty enough to be models but i beg to differ. they are average women, they are normal looking girls, and that makes them so much...
gollux commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
I highly recommend that Ralphie Boy Lauren apply to the Diamond Match company for his next models. They have all the proper proportions, large head, same dimensions from the neck all the way down, flat chest and butt. And they'd totally fit his clothes......
mdh commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
Making it appear as if she was fired for the flap over the recent story is Fark material. if you got that from this story then you are a prime Fark reader....
mndasher commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
Modern interpretation of weight: 5 percent over weight = Obese, 5 percent under weight = anorexic. 5' 10" and 125 lb is a little underweight. So what? For a model, underweight is normal, just in case no one has ever noticed....
hjayala commented on Banned Books Week and "most challenged titles" of 2008!
As a teacher, the issue to me is not banning books, it is appropriateness of books. I had an 11-year-old student bring in a very "explicit" book for "DEAR" (Drop Everthing And Read)time. That book passed under each of the students' desks like a brush fire. By the time I found out about the book, kids had been copying things out of, drawing pictures of some of its content and so forth. I kept the book and asked the parent to come in and pick it up. She said she was upset that I was censoring what her child was...

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