Interesting Links for 06-05-2012

[andrewducker]

• The writer who made millions by self-publishing online (and why she now has a deal with a publisher)
  (tags: AmandaHocking self-publishing writing publishing )
• John Cleese vs The Sun
  (tags: JohnCleese TheSun RupertMurdoch media funny )
• Some amazing celebrity photographs. Great style.
  (tags: celebrities photography )
• Cute kitty wants to play with her new toy, but a window gets in the way. Awwwwww.
  (tags: video kitten )
• New Police Strategy in New York – Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protestors
  (tags: assault women police )
• World's Longest Invoice Unlikely to Be Paid
  (tags: money business )
• I had no idea that Beethoven was black
  (tags: history race beethoven )
• Reddit’s "What Secret Could Ruin Your Life if It Came Out?" Thread Is Hypnotisingly Unpleasant
  Maeby
  (tags: humanity privacy secrets life reddit )
• A couple of celebrities photographed without makeup.
  (tags: viaHolyOutlaw photographs celebrities photoshop makeup )
• Jon Snow has _the best_ response to Rupert Murdoch
  (tags: funny twitter RupertMurdoch )

Comments

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

having just seen more than a few Danes this weekend with the same kind of broad, flat noses and prominent lips that you more normally asscociate with black guys/gals, I'd not *necessarily* give "deathmask" physiognomical(sp?) argument the time of day. Many Scots/Irish/Welsh men(women) are pretty dark skinned, and *anyone* can have Afro-esque hair (e.g. my dad, blue-eyed, brown haired Scot - I have halfway hair... very annoying...).

Not saying Beethoven might not have been black, could well have been, but there's nothing in any of the arguments that is all that convincing either way.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

the author is partly saying that white people have been making themselves feel good with bad arguments for why distinguished people are white, and he's determined that black people should get in on the fun.

Ahhh.... that makes much more sense and is actually kinda funny.