Archive for April 29th, 2011


“Is our culture a big pile of [feces]??” – by comedian Lee Camp

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Lee Camp under Funny, Politics, Law & Government [ Comments: none ]
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A royal wedding

Posted on April 29, 2011 by wufnik under American Culture, Music & Popular Culture, World [ Comments: 4 ]

So, like two billion other people around the world, we’re still watching this on television. Imagine. Two billion people. That’s like, what, nearly one third of the world’s population? We have some Republican—i.e., anti-Royal—friends who are probably wondering what the appeal of this is. This is an outdated institution in this day and age, right? Apparently not. Anything that can attract two billion people to stay glued to their televisions is worth comment, and, like the institution or not, commands some degree of respect, if only for the spectacle.

It’s a commonwealth thing, to some extent. The commonwealth, after all, includes about one-third of the global population, and it seems to be well represented, not only at the wedding itself, but in the crowds outside. There are visitors (as well as locals) lining the Mall and the other routes the wedding couple will take, separately or together, and they’re from some of the obvious places—Canada in particular, but lots of other places.
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