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Women talk more than men: official (The Register, 11/28/2006)

• This is the most recent take on the research of Dr. Louann Brizendine that The View-Point originally covered back in August 2006. An excerpt from that story:
  
  "'Connecting through talking activates the pleasure centers in a girl's brain. We're not talking about a small amount of pleasure. This is huge. It's a major dopamine and oxytocin rush, which is the biggest, fattest neurological reward you can get outside of an orgasm.'" (San Francisco Chronicle, 8/6/2006)
  
  The latest story adds the following memorable quote:
  
  "'the simple act of talking triggers a flood of brain chemicals which give women a rush similar to that felt by heroin addicts when they get a high.'" (The Register, 11/28/2006)

Labels: news

Car Bomb Survivors, No Longer Statistics - 11.27.2006 (from Alive In Baghdad.org)

• First-hand accounts from Iraqi civilians who are surviving victims of a car bomb attack on a marketplace.
  
  Includes an explosive allegation that the label on a second, unexploded car bomb identified it as being "made in Iran".
  
  (WARNING: Contains graphic images of the amputated victims in their hospital beds.)

(Originally Posted 11/28/2006 @ 12:58PM)

Labels: must-see videos

The Racist, Terroristic, & Genocidal Comments of Kamau Kambon (via YouTube; embedded below)

• From C-SPAN coverage of an event on "Hurricane Katrina & Issues Facing African Americans"
  
  The comments of Kamau Kambon (owner of BlackNificent Books) in this clip are so extreme that they defy commentary, except to ask why the FBI has not arrested this nut for making terroristic and genocidal threats.

Labels: must-see videos, news

Here are a few sites from around the world that feature YouTube-like streaming video content:

Dailymotion.com - The French YouTube

• English language interface with Flash video content in various languages
• YouTube-style options for linking and embedding videos
• RSS feeds galore

TuDou.com - The Chinese (Mainland) YouTube

• Chinese (Simplified) language interface ONLY (sorry, anglophones)
• Flash video content primarily aimed at Chinese-language speakers
• YouTube-style options for linking and embedding videos
• Lots of Chinese / Korean / Japanese / American TV Dramas

Labels: best of the web

Mike Veon
Member of the PA House of Representatives, 1985-2006
R.I.P. -- Retire in Peace, that is.

On Election Day 2006 (11/7/2006) the voters of Beaver County, PA sent a major shock wave throughout the entire democratized world. No longer were they willing to blindly reinstate an incumbent legislator who refused to hold himself accountable to his constituents.

The unofficial numbers as of the morning of 11/8/2006 (Source: Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information):

• 14th Legislative District:
  Candidate...............Votes.....Percent
  VEON, MIKE (DEM)........8,992.....46.1%
  MARSHALL, JIM (REP).....10,511....53.9%

This 10,511-person strong tidal wave has finally supplied a reason for that deer-in-the-headlights look. Enjoy your pension, Mike....

(Originally Posted: 11/8/2006 @ 10:52AM)

Labels: news

The Online Books Page once again proves its worth by giving us instant access to one of the oldest know occurrences of a certain English slang word, proving that life ca. 1600 was not so far removed from our own day. See if you can spot it:

Title: The Alchemist
Author: Ben Jonson
Excerpt (Source):

• BEN JONSON'S PLAYS
  THE ALCHEMIST
  BY
  BEN JONSON.
  
  [...]
  
  ACT 1. SCENE 1.1.
  
  A ROOM IN LOVEWIT'S HOUSE.
  
  ENTER FACE, IN A CAPTAIN'S UNIFORM, WITH HIS SWORD DRAWN, AND SUBTLE WITH A VIAL, QUARRELLING, AND FOLLOWED BY DOL COMMON.
  
  FACE. Believe 't, I will.
  
  SUB. Thy worst. I fart at thee.
  
  DOL. Have you your wits? why, gentlemen! for love --
  
  FACE. Sirrah, I'll strip you --
  
  SUB. What to do? lick figs
  Out at my --
  
  FACE. Rogue, rogue! -- out of all your sleights.
  

Labels: best of the web

News: Kanye West Sore Loser at MTV Europe Awards (AP, 11/3/2006)

"Kanye apparently was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed the stage Thursday in Copenhagen... In a tirade riddled with expletives, Kanye said he should have won the prize for his video 'Touch The Sky,' because it 'cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons.' 'If I don't win, the awards show loses credibility,' Kanye said."

Commentary: Here we go again with this worthless idiot. As The View-Point pointed out back in September 2005, in response to West's post-Katrina "George Bush doesn't care about black people" comment, West is nothing more than the latest social degenerate to make millions of dollars by infecting young minds with his talentless garbage.

The quote above alludes to the fact that this worthless purveyor of pornography (why else use a pornographic-slut like Pamela Anderson?) has:

1) no talent - uses pornography to sell his product
2) no shame/humility - considers himself to be the standard of 'excellence' for this award show
3) a serious emotional dependency on the attention of others - stage crashing to make news and get attention

So why do I take time to write about this moron? Only to remind us of the increasing moral degeneracy of the West (pun intended) and the furor that it is stirring up in the hearts and minds of our enemies (e.g. portions of the Islamic world), who refuse to accept such shameful displays.

(Originally Posted: 11/3/2006 @ 3:36PM)

Labels: commentary, news