Pop Culture Cuisinart

A group of pedophiles in the Netherlands is launching a political party in order to get legitimacy in the eyes of government. Among the platform items of the new party will be, lowering the age of sexual consent to 12(gross), creating a legal channel for child pornography(yuck), allowing sex with animals(WTF?), and the legalizing of soft and hard drugs(finally something I can support). Apparently they face a long road in getting any kind of approval to be a legitimate party, but you have to imagine they'd make an election more interesting. Could bring whole new meaning to the term stump speech.

Speaking of freaky Dutch.

Two University students involved in a auto accident, were mistakenly thought to be each other. The one student who died was thought to be Whitney Cerak. The other student who survived was thought to be Laura VanRyn. Cerak's parents had a large funeral for "their daughter", while the VanRyn's had a continuous vigil over the hospital bed of "their daughter". Turns out that Cerak was the one in the hospital bed and VanRyn was the one who died. I dunno but perhaps they should have checked the dead girl's dental records before they handed her over to the Cerak's. Besides I don't care how banged up someone is, how do you not know your own child? Strange story.

They don't even look THAT much alike.

For those who missed it, the SOAP teaser was released this weekend before many airings of X-3(though not all apparently). Someone in their infinite wisdom has bootlegged it by recording it in the theater on a videocamera and uploading it to YouTube. The quality sucks but if you are like me a SOAP junkie, you won't care. Given it's bootlegged nature this may get taken down before you get a chance to watch it so if it does, my apologies. And now without further gilding the lily, I give you Snakes on a Plane...

Super poison ivy and I'm not talking Dr. Pamela Isley here. Scientists have indicated that increased levels of carbon dioxide in forests is leading to faster growing more virulent vines of poison ivy. So much for your pleasant walk in the woods. Perhaps there is a silver lining, we could drop large amounts of those vines in Iraq and capture insurgents when they go to buy Caladryl. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Stronger, taller, itchier.

will commence in 10 days. The World Cup, which most Americans regard with a level of interest somewhere between curling and competitive eating, will get under way in Germany. I suggest that this is an occasion for us to get hip to the thinking of the rest of the world. The US is ranked 5th in the world in the most recent FIFA rankings and has an excellent chance for a fine showing at these Cup Finals. Hey, we Americans love a winner and this team just might take us farther than we've ever gone before. So hop on the bandwagon before the team starts winning and impress everyone with your foresight. And while you're at it catch some of the Cup action on TV as all 64 matches will be televised in the US.


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