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South Park & Attacks on Redheads

This article tells how students are beating up redheads.  It's been the thing to do lately, apparently at least partially organized by kids on Facebook and inspired by a South Park episode - "Kick a Ginger."

Gingers beware! - one of the number of articles about the phenomenon and the police efforts to apprehend the perpetrators

This link has the transcript of the original 2005 South Park transcript that says to do it.  There are also numerous YouTube "opinions" on the subject and many t-shirts pro and con as regards "gingers."

South Park | Episode 9-11 Transcript | Ginger Kids

Virtual Biden & Free Alumni Food at the Marriott, New Orleans

Joe Biden didn't make it to the Awards Ceremony at the American Speech and Hearing Association but former astronaut and Senator John Glenn and his wife Annie Glenn did.  They had met at the White House with Joe Biden, as both her and Annie Glenn overcame stuttering problems.

Then on to the various University parties at the Marriott, with free food - University of TX had gumbo with crawfish and shrimp, and bread pudding.  Some of the others had crab cakes and lots of other goodies.

Our convention was apparently not the only show in town. 

Obama Doesn't Twitter / Chinese Censor Obama's Speech on Censorship

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Obama: I’ve never used Twitter « - Blogs from CNN.com

"Let me say that I have never used Twitter," Obama said in response to a question from a Chinese student about using Twitter freely in China. Obama continued: "I noticed that young people - they're very busy with all these electronics.  My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone."  Ari Melber, a liberal correspondent for The Nation who followed Obama's digital steps during the campaign, didn't seem fazed by the Obama comments. He said, "In legal terms, what would a reasonable Twitter user think?" Ask Rachel Sklar, a prolific tweeter and Editor-at-Large of Mediaite.com: "I never thought he did [tweet]. He's a little busy."

The Associated Press: Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web

President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel. China has more than 250 million Internet users and employs some of the world's tightest controls over what they see. The country is often criticized for its so-called "Great Firewall of China" — technology designed to prevent unwanted traffic from entering or leaving a network.  During his town hall meeting in Shanghai on Monday, Obama responded at length to a question about the firewall — remarks that were later played down in the Chinese media and scrubbed from some Chinese Web sites.

COMPUTER JOKE FROM FRANCE (Thanks Sebastien!)

A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two
groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2 The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

South Park's Glenn Beck Parody

Go Cartman!

UPDATED with "Finale": Sesame Street's Birthday - Google, "Pox" , & First Lady!

Google did this for a week and we collected them all.  They've appeared here and there on this blog for a few days.

 

For some strange reason, Google used different characters and pictures in some foreign countries, such as Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico, Israel, Phillipines and Indonesia. Here are some samples. 

"Sesame Street Trashes POX NEWS" went viral - it's a two-year-old satirical video.  Grundgetta, a female Muppet viewer, calls to complain that the content was not offensive enough “From now on, I’m watching Pox News, she says.” “Now there’s a trashy news show."

Silenced Majority Portal: Sesame Street vs FOX News  Conservatives went wild. Conservatives Grouch-y over PBS's 'Sesame Street' Fox News jibe

Big Hollywood, a blog created by conservative writer Andrew Breitbart, accuses the episode of revealing PBS's liberal slant.

"PBS — a network partially funded with my tax dollars — has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch “trashy” news?" he writes of the network that houses "Sesame Street." "The message is clear, I can’t even sit my kids in front of 'Sesame Street' without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. "

Here it is again, in case you didn't see it.

 

 Michelle Obama dropped by to talk about being tall, counting by tens and growing vegetables.  Video will be added once it's up.  

First Lady Michelle Obama visits 'Sesame Street' on 40th anniversary

Mosnar Communications, Inc. Public Relations Blog: Sesame Street Birthday PR Branding “Google and Michelle Obama” Too

Sesame Street: Google celebrates 40 years of Big Bird and the gang | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Google celebrates 40 years of Sesame Street

‘Sesame Street’ Takes a Shot at Fox News | Fancast News

This is the FINALE!!!

India Has More Honors Kids Than America Has Kids (& other Techie facts)

(Thanks to Alan Castle, Seattle)

Sony played this video at an executive conference this year. 

Levi Johnson's "Tweets," as Poetically Rendered by WIlliam Shatner

Bush Watches YouTube Now

.. was offered job in hardware store

 

Celebrating Big Bird's 40th Birthday with Google

Big bird’s birthday: Part of Google’s charm campaign? | csmonitor.com 

Is GOOGLE Awesome or evil?