News – Bad Body Image

General

Where once only the ladies were of concern when it comes to mags and how they effect body image, now people are piping up about the boys. Obviously. All people can be effected by images like that, which promote a certain body type or way of being. Being impressionable isn’t just for the ladies.

Silicone chips that can bend and fold. Computer mats here we come!

Bar tricks to amaze your friends with.

Explainer looks at the sun and skin cancer.

The Blogs look at the revelation that Saddam likely financed a prewar trip to Iraq by three anti-war U.S. congressmen and if Michael Bloomberg will endorse Barack Obama.

Today’s Papers has note that as foreclosures continue to increase, banks and mortgage companies are increasingly finding that the homeowners are taking revenge by trashing their homes before handing over the keys, the proposals put forward by the presidential contenders to deal with problems in the economy, that Bush declared yesterday that Iraq is returning to “normalcy” and praised the latest operation in Basra as a sign that the Iraqi government is taking security matters seriously and more in the one page news.

Middle East

Two Basra residents describe conditions within the city. Nouri Maliki has given the militias in the city an ultimatum to lay down their arms, only to extend it three times over.

Understanding what they fight over is important. As usual, Bush makes it seem less complex than it really is.

Africa

With elections coming on Saturday in Zimbabwe, their military forces are on alert for potential violence. A sad thing that some parts of the word must take such precautions still. Just shows how far we all still have to go.

The humanitarian orgs are talking about Somalia now. As per the usual, fighting causes problems and it gets worse over time.

Asia/Pacific

South Korea’s new government seems set to take a stronger line on North Korea. How much this will or won’t help remains to be seen. Careful strength can be a benefit. Poorly wielded strength will only make things worse.

The rise of global demand and prices is leading some rice producing nations to cut the level of their exports. Vietnam being the latest.

Europe

A nightmare for a traveler, to have a serious baggage calamity rise up. Worst issue I had with bags so far was the one that cropped up when I went on Xmas vacation just recently. My bag apparently lost its little tag and sat at my stopover destination for, like, 2 days before they could get it back to me. Pain in the butt which has led me to consider keeping some light clothes in my carryon just in case.

A smarmy looking conservative Dutch MP posts a 17 minute film critical of the Koran on the Internet. Eyeing the text summation of the film makes me wonder who could think it anything but a vicious, wrongheaded slam against Islam that is of little use save to spark anger in those it defames improperly.

Americas

A British TV company denies that their researchers spread flu to an isolated indigenous tribe in Peru. They say their people weren’t even in the area in question while hunting a reality TV location.

Looks like Obama isn’t the only one getting his passport info eyeballed. Makes one wonder just what they wanted with the info. Can’t imagine it was simple curiosity.

Anti-Emo riots in Mexico? Certainly not the sort of news you get wind of every day, that’s for sure.

Amusements

Texas prosecutor wants to prosecute writers of “The Wire” for encouraging jurors to do what they feel is right, instead of what they are ordered to do by judges

Slow news day: A celebration of the top 10 stupidest parking tickets of all time, including a car that had been crushed by a fallen tree and a man ticketed for having a slow horse

Need a handy glossary for escort service terms like ‘CBJ’ or ‘DFK’? Well, the Department of Justice is here to help

Professor disciplined for saying a woman looked “hot” in her Halloween costume in the presence of female co-workers, and that if he were a drinking man he would ask her out for a drink

Weekend-long, $4000-a-head “Porn Camp” comes to Tampa Bay

Man tries to pay overdue water bill with check written on floral print, two-ply toilet paper. Who writes checks anymore?

What happens when Medicare covers Viagra? Two 93-year-old men arrested for soliciting undercover cop for sex

Gone are the days when a failed school science project leading to a smoking backpack on the B train would’ve just been laughed at

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