Topical Chat, August 22, 2007

Wow – Michael Vick pleaded guilty to the whole dog-fighting scandal … I’d like to see people defend this (I’m sure it will happen – I just want to see the stance they take – should be creative).

1. On some top fitness experts being angry over a new reality TV show called Fat March, which they say has contestants doing too much walking too fast, putting them at a high risk for injuries:
“Shouldn’t there be people outraged that crap like this is actually on tv?”
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-08-19-fat-march_N.htm

2. On Japanese researchers developing head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer to let people operate music players by clenching their teeth:
“I’m still waiting for technology that will allow me to turn on lights in my house by farting.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/lf_afp/lifestylejapan

3. On a district government in Indonesia's West Java province dropping a controversial proposal to conduct virginity tests on female high school students:
“I’m curious on how this virginity test actually works?”
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20070820093010328C292858

4. On the U.S. Department of Homeland Security saying that the nation's chicken houses could be added to the list of potential terrorism targets:
“For some reason, when I read this, I think of the line in Spaceballs – ‘What’s the matter Colonel Sanders … chicken?”
http://www.nbc4.com/news/13928165/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news
5. On one hundred German women braving broken heels and sprained ankles in Saturday's second annual "Stiletto Run" 100-meter race in Berlin:
“These ladies are a bunch of ‘heels.’”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,500828,00.html

6. On coffee claimed to be made from seeds found in cat droppings becoming a delicacy in Indonesia:
“We replaced these patrons’ normal coffee with Folgers Cat Crystals …”
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20070820/twl-cat-dropping-coffee-is-hit-41f21e0_1.html

7. On three men who allegedly stole an elderly woman's wheelchair so they could get a free ride to their next drinking hole:
“Can’t let a lady in a wheel chair get in the way of a good time …”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22271458-13762,00.html

8. On the nation's hip-hop community embracing Barack Obama, dubbing him "B-Rock:”
“Sadly, this may be the final straw in his election campaign.”
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/08/19/hiphop_is_down_with_barack_obama/9735/