2/1/2005

German Gov’t Forces Women Into Sex Trade

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Just when you think you’ve seen everything… (Hat Tip: The Pirate King)
Source: The Daily Telegraph (link)

A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing “sexual services'’ at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year….

The government had considered making brothels an exception on moral grounds, but decided that it would be too difficult to distinguish them from bars. As a result, job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse.

I Laugh Alone - at Green Day

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I wrote about why I dislike this band in this post. Just in case you think I’m some old fuddy-duddy, here’s what’s been rocking my gas guzzling SUV:

1. Christopher Lawrence - a master of trance techno
2. Joshua Ryan - a discovery after using Music Map , one of the most original music search sites I’ve ever found.
3. Minor Threat - I’ve got straight edge…
4. Jethro Tull - Okay, sometimes the gnomes and the elves of the forest take over my CD player. It’s not something that I’m proud of but it happens, no matter how many “no-elf” strips and gnome traps I leave in the car.

Green Day has made yet another song that irritates me like the musical equivalent of poison ivy: “Walk Alone". If ever there was a song that was ripe for a Weird Al parody, this has gotta be it. It’s the song that every 18-21 male whose girlfriend has ditched him listens to right now. It’s got the heavy lyrics that can only be appreciated by kids whose hearts have been mildly plucked…

Not ripped out of your chest, stomped on, and thrown into a vat of acid suffered. No, that only comes after decades of dealing with the “fairer” sex.

My response to Walk Alone is gestating, but until then I can only say:

Get over it.

The Iraqi Elections

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Sometimes I’m simply left speechless by events - and this was one of those times.
As a Conservative, I’m supposed to look at the cloud instead of the silver lining, but do so now and you miss one of the most extraordinary facts of human history:

Freedom trumps tyranny when given the chance.

The Iraqi people have taken the chance.

Nuff said.

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