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# Monday Miscellany
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/5762/
- Published: 2007-10-22T10:40:58.000Z
- Updated: 2007-10-22T10:40:58.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Humor, #wpChunk

Don't live here: [Dhaka, Bangladesh; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai and Tianjin in China; Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt; Mumbai and Kolkata in India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Karachi, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand, and New York and Los Angeles.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap%5Fon%5Fre%5Fas/sinking%5Fcities;%5Fylt=AgA5Y6CPySZNMJZip1V2kQas0NUE?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) They're cities that will get wiped out by rising waters due to global warming. We'll have to watch the exodus reports to see how seriously people are taking the risk.  
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Hollywood bashes Catholicism again, this time in historical format. [Steve Greydanus' review of *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* in *The Register* (subscription required)](http://ncregister.com/site/article/6350/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

> If someone says something like “God has spoken to me,” it's a sure bet that the speaker is a Catholic whose message spells trouble for non-Catholics. Ditto any reference to “true believers,” “God's work,” and the like.

> In this world, God-talk is troubling Catholic behavior. Meanwhile Protestants don't talk to, or about, God. Their religion is little more than a slogan for conscience, religious freedom and, of course, heroic resistance to Catholic oppression.

> “I will not punish my people for their beliefs – only for their deeds,” says Elizabeth, conveniently forgetting that, in the last movie, she rammed the Act of Uniformity through Parliament, outlawing the Catholic Mass and imposing compulsory attendance at Anglican services.

> In this version of history, the hosts of Catholics martyred under Elizabeth are all traitors and conspirators. “Every Catholic in England is a potential assassin,” Elizabeth's advisers helpfully remind her in an early scene. Well, then, every Catholic in England is a potential political prisoner, too.

[Link to Greydanus review at Decent Films dot Com](http://www.decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/elizabeth2.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).  
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Didn't quite recognize her: The woman who played Mary Magdalen in Gibson's *The Passion*:

![belucci.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/belucci.jpg)

[Via](http://tonova.typepad.com/thesuddencurve/2007/10/smokin-babe-mon.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)  
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Celery stalks to be sent later: From Britain: [Parents of 5-year-olds are to be sent official warning letters if their child is found to be obese, as part of a national programme to weigh children in schools](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2709161.ece?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).  
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Dude, like this is, like, bogus, man: [Israeli police detained eight-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater early Saturday after a scuffle with photographers who were trying to take pictures of him with Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli, police said](http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/914904.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).  
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Aw, crud: [Neckties are making a comeback](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/fashion/11CODES.html?ex=1349755200&en=39840d0906b448eb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). I simply don't like 'em. I look decent in them, but they give me a rash and they could increase the likelihood of glaucoma (which runs in my family). [Via](http://www.lewrockwell.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).  
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[Five worst gadget inventions of all time](http://www.lep.co.uk/weird-world/Tin-opener-wins-worst-gadget.3399299.jp?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).