You can't make stuff like this up | ***Dave Does the Blog

Well, you could, but it wouldn’t be as funny.

Hong Kong’s tourist board commissioned a series of magazine ads showing the beauty of the city. Their tag line? “Hong Kong Will Take Your Breath Away“

Which probably sounded a lot more attractive before the SARS epidemic started …

(via Gweilo Diaries)

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You really can’t make up stuff like that. Thanks for passing that one along!

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1 day ago

And an amazing, unexpected, happy ending.

Three weeks ago, our 17yo, pudgy, arthritic Siberian slipped past me thru an open door, undetected. Her absence wasn't noticed until the next morning and there was no sign of her.

We had, frankly, lost hope.

This afternoon, a neighbor some houses away connected the dots between a poster I had put up and the cat that was hanging out in their window well, and contacted me.

And it was our cat, and she's now home (and getting much pampering).

Whew!

2 days ago

At the #ArvadaCenter for a black box performance of "Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really". Looking forward to it!

3 days ago

Yes, what we definitely need in this country is #rightwing citizen groups deciding by fiat whether a #library #book they disklike should be classified as "fiction" or "non-fiction."

3 days ago

Yes, #Missouri, #Kansas, and #Idaho are suing the #FDA because they haven't managed to *boost* their teen #birthrate now that they've made #abortion so difficult, arguing this will harm them by robbing them of precious seats in Congress, and the FDA is making all this happen by allowing medical abortions and birth control.

Madness.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/missouri-kansas-and-idaho-are-suing

4 days ago

See, most people would consider this "A sign of cognitive decline, lack of focus, and mental fatigue."

The NY Times apparently thinks it's improvisational genius on the part of a compassionate #Trump ,

(Think I'm exaggerating? Imagine if *Biden* had decided to turn a campaign rally into a piped-in music-fest, complete with awkward, swaying "dance moves." The #GOP would have had a field day.)

5 days ago

A rare bit of IP sanity, from a German court: if you license your copyrighted images to a wallpaper company, you can't sue if someone uses pictures of their wallpapered room without your permission.

https://petapixel.com/2024/10/16/german-supreme-court-rules-against-photographer-in-landmark-wallpaper-copyright-case/

5 days ago

I, too, use the #InternetArchive extensively for research on quotations. There is literally no other resource like it. Here's hoping their DDOS recovery is swift.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91208935/internet-archive-outage-breach-wayback-machine

2 weeks ago

"Ron #DeSantis’ Administration Is Threatening to Prosecute the Media for Airing Pro-Choice Ads"

Authoritarians 'R' Us!

#Florida #freespeech #freepress #abortion

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/florida-amendment-4-ron-desantis-administration-prosecute-media-airing-pro-choice-ads.html

2 weeks ago

#Trump plays the #racist "Anti- Woke" card, promising to restore the names of military bases to celebrate slave-holding Confederate generals.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/04/trump-rename-army-confederate-general-00182606

3 weeks ago

A very happy 100th birthday to #JimmyCarter a man who I admire enough I'm willing to overlook his use of the mispronunciation "nucular," even though he was an nuclear engineer in the US Navy and was a critical resource in the emergency cleanup and repair after the meltdown of the National Research Experimental (NRX) nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Canada.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-carter-nuclear-meltdown/

3 weeks ago

"Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by #Hurricane #Helene"

I.e., #Trump *lies* to victims of a natural disaster, to somehow make himself look good.

What an asshole.

https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-donald-trump-hurricane-helene-3097f1706455929adf5a4eb67f9cdf0f

3 weeks ago

How I am looking at voting for the ballot propositions this year in #colorado

#election2024

https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2024/09/30/colorado-ballot-initiatives-2024-and-how-im-voting-on-them.html

3 weeks ago

"#Trump says ‘violent day’ of #policing will end crime"

Y'know, as a convicted criminal, I'm not sure I'd be encouraging the police to rough up, assault, or kill suspects, even for just one day.

But, no, as his campaign says, it's not a *real* policy proposal. Just another chunk of red meat / dopamine for his rabid followers, who love the idea of beating up "other" criminal suspects.

This man should be let nowhere near the White House, ever again.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/29/trump-violent-day-policing-crime-00181619

4 weeks ago

A sad #RIP to Dame #MaggieSmith the delightful British actress, at 89.

Though better known these days for Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, she nabbed Oscars earlier in her 70-year career for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978).

A hearty thank you, ma'am, for all the hours of entertainment you provided me.

https://people.com/maggie-smith-dies-at-89-harry-potter-downton-abbey-star-8719438

4 weeks ago

"In #abortion fight, #Florida Gov. #DeSantis says he's exempt from election interference law"

Autocrats R Us!

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/23/desantis-lawyers-defend-interference-claim-over-abortion-amendment/75353512007/

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