I believe this qualifies as an example of what’s called in the ad business the vampire effect, which is where the content of the ad is so effective you forget what the product was.  Commenter steelyjack links to a bit by Bill Hicks on the subject of sex in ads.   I think you’re now legally required to refer to him as “the late, great” Bill Hicks.  It’s funny, I was

Lionheart writes of his arrest, detention and interrogation for expressing anti-Islamic sentiments in his blog, and notes the extraordinary double standard with which laws pertaining to “hate speech” are applied in Britain.  Meanwhile, of course, the movement towards disestablishment of the C of Econtinues apace, which only makes sense, when you consider that they need to make room for Islam. h/t Enoch_Root  No longer Top of the Pops

David Thompson has a typically excellent post up about the reactions to Fitna.  In the Guardian, Ali Eteraz described Fitna as “an effort to turn the entirety of Islam into a demonic edifice” – which may or may not be Wilders’ personal view, but is a somewhat loaded reading of the film. Wilders may well be an objectionable self-regarding oaf, as Eteraz and others claim, but that doesn’t address the

We’re a little selective here about what we promote, but this one’s a cinch: Dan, I hope all is well. I am just sending you another reminder as you had asked for to blog on Protein Wisdom the 2008 EPBT. We have several new exciting additions to this year. Dance4Equality and CRISPE will be at the departure. It is all in the above link. 2008 2007 2007 Photos Thank you

If you’re a fan of the show, you probably already know this direct to video movie was released a few weeks ago. If you’re not a fan, you probably don’t care. I spent the last six weeks in Southern California, and I just got back Thursday night. I was busy being social until this Saturday evening, and as Amazon delivered the movie on Friday, I thought it was time to

That claimed my attention today.  The first is the NYT article about the captured FARC computers, that indicates they contain evidence of Chavez’s collusion with the terrorists, and their close ties with Ecuador’s lefty pres, Rafael Correa.  The computers have been forwarded to Interpol, who will document the veracity of the files.  Meanwhile, Chavez does what comes naturally to him, foaming at the mouth while claiming that it’s a set up. This

Thanks first of all to thor for the kind offer, and Carin for her concern.  Yes, I have been sick, actually.  But mostly I’ve been out of the game because I haven’t been able to charge my computer.  You probably know that I’m a fan of the Coen Bros’ films, and, given the reviews of No Country, I had such high hopes that I almost went to see it in

Somehow, the story about the Texas woman suing the Transportation Security Agency for being forced to remove her nipple rings with a pair of pliers at airport security seems like a story that should not passed unremarked here at Protein Wisdom. Although I share the overwhelming consensus opinion that the TSA seems to have gone overboard in this case, I will briefly play Devil’s Advocate, just for the sake of

I have to credit Jim Angle for that title, as it is entirely apt to describe the silly spectacle of Hillary Clinton’s fundraisers writing a nasty note to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her suggestions that superdelegates should support the winner of the pledged delegate count, being met with a petition from OpenLeft.com and MoveOn.org supporting Pelosi, followed by the donors complaining to DNC chair Howard Dean about the Michigan and Florida delegations,

On today’s episode of the ABC talk show The View, Barack Obama does the modified limited hang-out on his spiritual advisor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Had the reverend not retired, and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn’t have felt comfortable staying at the