Lindsay Lohan in tits scandal!
Believe it or not, Lindsay posed in a studio for some booby pictures. As a result, we have clearer than usual sideboob, but given that our hints at the contents of Li-Lo's blouse are from a telephoto lens, that would not be difficult.
The funniest thing is that she's doing a Marilyn Monroe-style shoot. That's not really funny in itself, but it becomes so when you compare the two ladies in their sexy poses:
And:
No real contest, huh? One more, why not?
And now for something completely different, because I can.
I came across a really interesting International Herald Tribune article on Shariah law. It looks at Shariah law through history and addresses the Ardship of Cambury's recent ravings about having a separate legal system to deal with Muslim criminals (he included Orthodox Jewish law in his statement, but nobody seemed to care, apparently OJ laws are cool with everybody).
Basically, Noah Feldman tries to make the point that Shariah law is not all about cutting off hands and stoning people for thinking about cheeseburgers or sex (or both! Fucking cheeseburgers…). In fact, it's about as reasonable as British law in some cases. Let's not forget how the law in the West punishes people in a rather arbitrary way, with theft and drugs offenses often being punished more severely than rape in some cases. Let's also not forget that it wasn't until 1988 that the US decided executing anyone under the age of 16 wasn't right. Woo, let's hear it for 20 years of 'enlightenment'. Then there are the 39 or so people executed under US law since the 1970s, whose guilt was in question. People argue that their innocence wasn't proven, but isn't the basic, fundamental and most important part of Western law that people are "Innocent until proven guilty", not the other way around.
Anyway, right, the point is that Shariah law isn't really as bonkers as the US/white Christian propaganda machine would have you believe. Much of its perceived evil springs, not from the actual laws, but from the corrupt bastards who enforce those laws. Much like in the West, the Muslim world has long been compromised by power-hungry individuals who have twisted, contorted and debased what had been a pretty reasonable system. At least, for its time.
Where it gets silly, of course, is when you get down to the whole God thing. According to Feldman, 'The word "Shariah" connotes a connection to the divine, a set of unchanging beliefs and principles that order life in accordance with God's will.' Alarm bells should be ringing for anyone with a brain. That makes no more sense than putting Spider-Man in charge of policing the streets of New York would. Why not? Well, while I admit that Spidey would be a formidable force in the fight against organised crime, as we've seen from the comics, the fact remains that HE DOES NOT EXIST. And neither does this god chap.
You want proof? OK, well, not sure I can prove it entirely, but… The Prophet Muhammad used to be in charge of all things legal. He'd look at the problem and receive some vague and non-specific 'revelation' about what needed to be done and would have it done. whether it was chopping the hands off a thief or stoning a woman to death for having nipples. But, according to Feldman (again), "With the death of Muhammad, divine revelation to the Muslim community stopped." Funny that.
But, of course, the suggestion that the prophet might have been a, gasp, conman, milking his audience of enthralled and adoring followers, is blasphemy.
Lemme get this straight in my head: a man claims to be some sort of prophet, he has all kinds of revelations which he tells everyone about, but instead of saying "You're a nutter, mate," they're in desperate need for some sort of solace and/or direction and listen. This prophet spends years telling stories of his brushes with the Divine, and a legal system is built around his words. He dies, the God stuff stops coming, but nobody suspects he might have been making it all up?
I tells ya, there'd need to be some pretty overwhelming evidence these days for someone claiming to be a genuine, sent-by-god messenger of heaven to be listened to for more than five seconds without being strung up for blasphemous behaviour. In the 7th Century, however, people had less understanding of the world around them and were more likely to accept some superstitious nonsense as truth. Fair enough, but why ignore 1300 years of progress? Why accept some 7th Century opportunist whose claims could not, cannot and never will be proven over the evidence of our senses — in particular common sense?
Of course, I'm willing to accept that I'm entirely wrong on all fronts here, but it's up to someone to prove it to me.
Oh, one more nugget from that IHT article. something I hadn't realised before, which explains some of the crazy shit that goes on in the Middle East, "[Saudi Arabia] does not need to obtain tax revenues from its citizens to operate — and thus has little reason to keep their interests in mind." Wow, so there you have it… The government doesn't need your money, therefore Fuck Off.
I would like someone to tell me how an oil rich government with nothing but contempt for its citizens can possibly be considered A Good Thing.
From boobs to bollox, eh?
The funniest thing is that she's doing a Marilyn Monroe-style shoot. That's not really funny in itself, but it becomes so when you compare the two ladies in their sexy poses:
And:
No real contest, huh? One more, why not?
And now for something completely different, because I can.
I came across a really interesting International Herald Tribune article on Shariah law. It looks at Shariah law through history and addresses the Ardship of Cambury's recent ravings about having a separate legal system to deal with Muslim criminals (he included Orthodox Jewish law in his statement, but nobody seemed to care, apparently OJ laws are cool with everybody).
Basically, Noah Feldman tries to make the point that Shariah law is not all about cutting off hands and stoning people for thinking about cheeseburgers or sex (or both! Fucking cheeseburgers…). In fact, it's about as reasonable as British law in some cases. Let's not forget how the law in the West punishes people in a rather arbitrary way, with theft and drugs offenses often being punished more severely than rape in some cases. Let's also not forget that it wasn't until 1988 that the US decided executing anyone under the age of 16 wasn't right. Woo, let's hear it for 20 years of 'enlightenment'. Then there are the 39 or so people executed under US law since the 1970s, whose guilt was in question. People argue that their innocence wasn't proven, but isn't the basic, fundamental and most important part of Western law that people are "Innocent until proven guilty", not the other way around.
Anyway, right, the point is that Shariah law isn't really as bonkers as the US/white Christian propaganda machine would have you believe. Much of its perceived evil springs, not from the actual laws, but from the corrupt bastards who enforce those laws. Much like in the West, the Muslim world has long been compromised by power-hungry individuals who have twisted, contorted and debased what had been a pretty reasonable system. At least, for its time.
Where it gets silly, of course, is when you get down to the whole God thing. According to Feldman, 'The word "Shariah" connotes a connection to the divine, a set of unchanging beliefs and principles that order life in accordance with God's will.' Alarm bells should be ringing for anyone with a brain. That makes no more sense than putting Spider-Man in charge of policing the streets of New York would. Why not? Well, while I admit that Spidey would be a formidable force in the fight against organised crime, as we've seen from the comics, the fact remains that HE DOES NOT EXIST. And neither does this god chap.
You want proof? OK, well, not sure I can prove it entirely, but… The Prophet Muhammad used to be in charge of all things legal. He'd look at the problem and receive some vague and non-specific 'revelation' about what needed to be done and would have it done. whether it was chopping the hands off a thief or stoning a woman to death for having nipples. But, according to Feldman (again), "With the death of Muhammad, divine revelation to the Muslim community stopped." Funny that.
But, of course, the suggestion that the prophet might have been a, gasp, conman, milking his audience of enthralled and adoring followers, is blasphemy.
Lemme get this straight in my head: a man claims to be some sort of prophet, he has all kinds of revelations which he tells everyone about, but instead of saying "You're a nutter, mate," they're in desperate need for some sort of solace and/or direction and listen. This prophet spends years telling stories of his brushes with the Divine, and a legal system is built around his words. He dies, the God stuff stops coming, but nobody suspects he might have been making it all up?
I tells ya, there'd need to be some pretty overwhelming evidence these days for someone claiming to be a genuine, sent-by-god messenger of heaven to be listened to for more than five seconds without being strung up for blasphemous behaviour. In the 7th Century, however, people had less understanding of the world around them and were more likely to accept some superstitious nonsense as truth. Fair enough, but why ignore 1300 years of progress? Why accept some 7th Century opportunist whose claims could not, cannot and never will be proven over the evidence of our senses — in particular common sense?
Of course, I'm willing to accept that I'm entirely wrong on all fronts here, but it's up to someone to prove it to me.
Oh, one more nugget from that IHT article. something I hadn't realised before, which explains some of the crazy shit that goes on in the Middle East, "[Saudi Arabia] does not need to obtain tax revenues from its citizens to operate — and thus has little reason to keep their interests in mind." Wow, so there you have it… The government doesn't need your money, therefore Fuck Off.
I would like someone to tell me how an oil rich government with nothing but contempt for its citizens can possibly be considered A Good Thing.
From boobs to bollox, eh?
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