I know this isn’t typical DG material, but wanted to give it up to one of the all-time greats. It’s hard to imagine how revolutionary this little routine was back in ‘72. Who gets arrested doing stand-up today?
Btw, is it just me or does he look a little bit like Russell Crowe in this video?
A grim, amazing bit of reporting, about a life that’s almost too hard to imagine:
Samuel Mluge steps outside his office and scans the sidewalk. His pale blue eyes dart back and forth, back and forth, trying to focus. The sun used to be his main enemy, but now he has others. Mr. Mluge is an albino, and in Tanzania now there is a price for his pinkish skin. “I feel like I am being hunted,” he said.
Discrimination against albinos is a serious problem throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but recently in Tanzania it has taken a wicked twist: at least 19 albinos, including children, have been killed and mutilated in the past year, victims of what Tanzanian officials say is a growing criminal trade in albino body parts.
Many people in Tanzania — and across Africa, for that matter — believe albinos have magical powers. They stand out, often the lone white face in a black crowd, a result of a genetic condition that impairs normal skin pigmentation and strikes about 1 in 3,000 people here. Tanzanian officials say witch doctors are now marketing albino skin, bones and hair as ingredients in potions that are promised to make people rich.
Image: Guillaume Bonn/NYT
Some amazing pics from Brent Stirton, who documented the search party for four mountain gorillas killed in Eastern Congo last year. One of them was a silverback alpha male, the leader of the group, who was shot.
Warning: This is a long-ish video (20 minutes). But it’s fascinating, once you get into it, for two reasons: Dude wants to “cure” aging and thinks the first human beings to live 1,000 years have already been born. And he LOOKS LIKE FATHER TIME.
We don’t always bother with NSFW warnings here at DG, I think it’s part of our charm… HOWEVER, this entry over at Cinema Sewage definitely warrants one. Screen Caps and descriptions of an 80’s exploitation flick called “LAS VEGAS BLOOD BATH”, not for the faint of heart, but kind of hilarious.
The rest are here. Via Unique Daily. BTW, I love this pervy robot, shooting the clothes off that girl, before it kills her.
Whether you’re a Satanist or Libertarian, everyone can get down with some flesh dolls!
According to New Scientist, people with low self esteem who ponder death feel compelled to eat cookies and shop.
Smeesters found that people with low self-esteem shop and eat more after watching death-related news clips.
“One would hope that companies do not exploit this by putting food ads straight after the news,” Smeesters says.
One would also hope that they’d wake up one morning to a gold helicopter stuffed with video games and Cheetos, but like, guess what…ain’t gonna happen.
Yeah. No joke. That’s Angela Lansbury. If you’re impatient, fast forward to 2:50. Via Everything is Terrible.
The BBC reports:
The police in Canada have a gruesome mystery to puzzle over as after a human foot was found washed up on a beach near the west-coast city of Vancouver. It is the fourth such foot to be found on beaches in the area in the past eight months. All four of the feet were wearing socks and running shoes and all four had been in the sea for some time.
Oh, Can-ah-dah! We stand our guard for thee!