This & That, Ceci et Cela

By Steve Kelley at  Times Picayune

“Black Desi” and his colleague “White Wanda” uploaded a video on youtube showing how cameras installed in HP laptops cannot detect black faces. See video below.

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‘The Cow-Pock—or—the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!’ By James Gillray, 1802  Via Wikipedia:
“In this cartoon, the British satirist James Gillray caricatured…

A little subscription love note from the Economist magazine.

As attested by the prehistoric blinged out skull above: From ancient peeps to medieval clergy, to latterday pimps and rappers, Bling has been from the beginning of time.  Word.

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Overheard from comedian dude on the comedy channel: Charles married him.  Who?  Camilla… looks like a scrotum.      How crazy is it that he actually has a point there?

Proof that this here recession has been causing all kinds of creativity:

From HeraldNet:
Everett WA — Five baristas are accused of engaging in prostitution at an Everett bikini espresso stand following a two-month undercover…

Belgian dairy farmers protesting falling milk prices by dumping 3 million litres on their fields in addition to marching outside the EU headquarters in Brussels.  Via BBC.

Unfortunately not quite what we had in mind.

Via BBC:  “A man has died after falling into a vat of hot chocolate at a factory in the US state of New Jersey.…