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Must not have been Tantric Buddhist temples: > Photos of bikini-clad Miss Universe 2005 contestants in front of some of Bangkok's famed Buddhist sites have irked protectors of Thai culture and prompted some self-censoring of the pageant's publicity footage, media reports said on Wednesday. > The

A high school senior was quoted in the local paper as saying "she likes drinking" and plans to drink alcohol with her friends after the prom. The school, citing its zero-tolerance policy, has now banned her from attending the prom. Link [http://www.wltx.com/fyi/fyi.aspx?

We keep hearing that today's youth aren't hung-up on the political correctness of their parents' generation. Here's a good piece of anecdotal evidence: > Students voting on superlatives – a staple of yearbooks for decades – elected Richards as "Most Whipped" by his

Oh whatever will we do with all that ennui as more and more people decline to travel? > An airline catering company must take major steps to clean its Honolulu location or risk the unit's closure after U.S. health inspectors found live cockroaches, dirty utensils and an

Corruption in the big city? Nawwww! Boss Tweed would be rolling over in his grave. > Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick doesn't want you to know about some things: > The spa visits. > The hotel room for his family babysitter. > The posh suite at the Luxor casino

The NYT ran a pro-gay op-ed yesterday about the origins of homosexuality (triggered by the homo-lesbian sniff test results we discussed here [https://thedailyeudemon.com/937/]). Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/17/opinion/17pinker.html?]. It's reasonably objective and worth a look. Excerpt: > Homosexuality is

The University of Iowa is offering a course on pornography. It sounds outrageous, but quite frankly, given the prevalence of porn in our culture, such studies might have merit. Unfortunately, any attempt to handle them from the relativist and secular position found at a public university would derogate to a

One person or one family kicks and screams and demands to get their way--even if everyone else wants it otherwise. Link [http://www.tonguetied.us/]. Excerpt: > Florida Today is reporting that the family of one graduating high school senior in that state wants its child's graduation moved

> Italian police have discovered a mob-linked race track where they say horses were pumped full of Viagra and other drugs to fix races. Link [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=8519171].

Or maybe you're snobbish like a bubble-guy, but can't quite afford the $3 million outlay: