$35maximum size of the fines the country will be handing out
sevennumber of days women could go to jail for wearing them source
» The explanation: According to Belgian officials, the law isn’t meant to be discriminatory, but instead is meant to ensure public safety by making it easier to see the faces of people in public places. As you might guess, human rights groups aren’t buying that.
NOT THE BEES, NOT THE BEES! A good friend of ours, Todd Webb (he of musical project Seamonster and illustrating Apples in Stereo side projects for kids) has a dream. He wants to take some time off from a day job to create a killer new comic book about Nicolas Cage (who, beyond starring in good/awful movies, is a bizarre human being), and he needs your help. Hence, he’s started a Kickstarter project. Throw $25 bucks in, guys. We want to see “NICOLAS CAGE! THE COMIC BOOK EXPERIENCE” become a real thing. source
“solely” Arizona lawmakers, realizing they created a huge controversy with the law, are trying to change one word to make it all go away: The law uses the word “solely” in regards to race, which allows for racial profiling. They plan to take it out.
baseball The state could also lose the 2011 MLB All-Star Game as a result of a boycott of the law. Surprisingly, the state has been down this road before. in 1993, the state lost the Super Bowl as a result of their blocking of MLK Day.
3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience.
Film critic and all-around awesome person Roger Ebert • Talking about the craze towards three-dimensional films started by “Avatar” and continued with pretty much every major hit movie so far this year. His argument? It makes you sick, and you don’t really need it to tell a great story. “A great film completely engages our imaginations,” he writes. “What would ‘Fargo’ gain in 3-D? ‘Precious’? ‘Casablanca’?” source
march The president suggests a major
initiative to expand offshore drilling to the East Coast – a move which
drew criticism from some
environmentalists.
april In the wake of the oil spill,
Obama plans to block any new drilling until after an investigation – a paper tiger because new drilling won’t happen for years. source
There are reports that oil has gotten ashore already from the massive oil spill. Louisiana has already declared a state of emergency. This could be very bad.
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