Fool’s News

According to this CNN article, a brothel in Cologne, Germany is intending to capitalize on the growing number of pensioners interested in “matinee” sex by offering them a 50 percent discount during the afternoon hours.

The “Pascha” in the western city of Cologne has introduced reduced rates for sex sessions for clients aged 66 and above — provided they can prove they are old enough.

“All clients need to do is show us some proof of age,” said a spokesman for the brothel’s managing director Armin Lobscheid.

“A ‘normal session’ costs 50 euros with us — and we’re now paying 50 percent of that for these older guests.”

This story cracks me up.

Mayan Indian leaders have vowed to “spiritually cleanse” an ancient site in Guatemala after U.S. President George W. Bush visits during his seven-day, five-nation tour of Latin America.

Bush’s visit to the ruins at Iximche, a one-time capital of a Mayan group, is part of an effort to show the administration is interested in all its neighbors in the hemisphere.

But many Mayans are angry that Bush is visiting Iximche, founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before the Spanish conquest in 1524.

Mayan priests say they will purify the sacred archaeological site to rid it of any “bad spirits” after Bush is there.

“That a person like (Bush) with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked is going to walk in our sacred lands is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture,” Juan Tiney, director of a Mayan non-governmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, told The Associated Press.

Love it.

I was looking for something entirely unrelated, but stumbled across this interesting cartoon:

The caption reads:

THE GREAT SOCIAL EVIL.

TIME: -Midnight  A Sketch not a Hundred miles from the Haymarket.

Bella. “Ah! Fanny! How long have you been Gay?”

The cartoon from 1857 is intended to illustrate Victorian prostitutes; and of Victorian meaning of word “gay”.  Here, “gay” is a euphemism for “prostitute”.  Note the poster for La Traviata on the wall behind them.

From Wikipedia:  The word ["gay"] started to acquire sexual connotations in the late 17th century, being used with meaning “addicted to pleasures and dissipations”. This was by extension from the primary meaning of “carefree”: implying “uninhibited by moral constraints”. By the late nineteenth century the term “gay life” was a well-established euphemism for prostitution and other forms of extramarital sexual behaviour that were perceived as immoral.

[Alternate title:  Venemous bitch!]

Ann Coulter, that is. Though it’s no longer “new” news, Ann Coulter is in hot water over some offensive comments she made last Friday at the 34th Conservative Political Action Conference.

Here’s what she says:

I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word “faggot,” so I’m – so, kind of at an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards, so I think I’ll just conclude here and take your questions.

During a question-and-answer session, Coulter referred back to the issue of gays by alluding to the bid for the Republican presidential nomination being made by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

“I do want to point out one thing that has been driving me crazy with the media — how they keep describing Mitt Romney’s position as being pro-gays, and that’s going to upset the right wingers,” she said. “Well, you know, screw you! I’m not anti-gay. We’re against gay marriage. I don’t want gays to be discriminated against.”

She added, “I don’t know why all gays aren’t Republican. I think we have the pro-gay positions, which is anti-crime and for tax cuts. Gays make a lot of money and they’re victims of crime. No, they are! They should be with us.”

I’ve have heard that Coulter has tried to explain the comment as playground taunting.  She’s 45 years old.  Didn’t playground taunting end…I don’t know…like 33 years ago for her?  Even if that’s what it was, this is politics – not an elementary school playground.

Of course, the Republicans have, en masse, decried Ms. Coulter’s comments.  Of course, they were all in attendance at the conference.  Of them, the only one who I even remotely believe is Rudy Guiliani since he has consistently supported gay rights.

Ann Coulter, on the other hand, is a weird right wing nut with a history of insulting people in the name of conservatism and a history of abrasive rabble-rousing.

As for the Republicans – notably the those who have thrown their hat in the ring for the 2008 presidential race – you’re looking foolish.  The Republican party paid Ms. Coulter to speak.  Mitt Romney introduced her.

Plus, to those in attendance who claim to have been shocked and appalled by Ms. Coulter’s comments, watch the video.  Watch and listen closely.  In particular, listen to the laughter and the applause after she makes the offending remark.  Here’s a link to the video:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9Bi3C4rs8.  No one appears appalled and offended.  The room erupts in applause and laughter.  Show me the video of someone being appalled.

Let’s be clear.  The Republicans paid her for her comments.  She is a notable public face of the Republican party.  They hired her for her opinions and her comments.  Now that they are embarrassed because their true feelings have been aired to the world, they want to disassociate themselves from her.

For my part, when the Republicans point to “family values,” “traditional marriage,” “best interest of the children,” etc. as reasons for opposing same-sex marriage and other same-sex rights, I will know what they’re really thinking is “What makes those faggots think they’re entitled to that?”  And that’s what they’re really thinking.

On the other hand, perhaps Ms. Coulter was simply possessed by the devil: