Smash proof pint glass

Comrade Bingo obviously hangs out in the wrong pubs when in England.

The National Health Service in the UK deals with the injuries from, wait for it, 87 000 violent glassing crimes in pubs every year. That's 2.7 billion pounds.

(Isn't it interesting how it's we North-Americans who are meant to be uncouth and loutish?)

At last comes the smash-proof pint glass.

The new glass is also meant to keep your beer cold.

[BBC]

Viva Conando, the late-night debacle as metaphor for harsh economic times

"We have children. You've got $800 million. For God's sake, leave us alone." Such is the paraphrasing of Jimmy Kimmel to Jay Leno that New York Magazine uses to draw a pretty convincing case for explaining our emotional involvement in the late-night dogfight between Leno and every one else in the free world. NYmag is right. Tiger Woods was small fry. What galvanised us about the story is its exposition of corporate "greed, betrayal, stupidity, incompetence, an cluelessness".

As the NYmag article goes on to explain, the public feels for Team Coco and they've expressed their feeling at protest at NBC studios in NYC, L.A. and Chicago. Viva Conando! [NYmag]

Limbaugh says "Don't give money to Haiti"

After his stellar performance yesterday in which he pre-emptively accused Obama of using Haïti to gather even more support from light-skinned blacks and dark-skinned blacks (!?), and Pat Robertson's soulful and collected venom at Haitians for having made a pact with the devil, now Limbaugh his telling his audience not to donate money to Haïti.

My friend who sent me the link wrote this: "And the tsunami victims were also non-white. I guess black people in trouble get hated special? Or did I miss vitriol against the tsunami victims?"

Though I don't think Limbaugh has any fondness for black folks, I think what is summoning extra vitriol here is that Haitians happen to be of the same race as this president whom he despises so.

[newser]

A Photostream of Haiti

There's a lot out there about Haiti today but here's a photostream from the Salvation Army with a link for donations.

[flickr]