Posts from ‘September, 2009’

Germany’s far-right NPD party is under investigation by Berlin’s Public Prosecutor’s Office after it sent bogus deportation letters to the private addresses of political candidates who are racial or ethnic minorities. The two-page notices — which the NPD admitted to sending last week — were supposedly from the official-sounding “Commissioner for the Repatriation of Foreigners” [...]

With its fancy crest and requisite Latin motto, Canada’s University of Alberta in Edmonton may look like a normal institution of higher learning — but a quick review of its latest course offerings suggests it’s creeping towards the kooky! Because this year, the UofA launched its debut class in pet nutrition — yes pet nutrition! [...]

In an admission echoing both Abu Ghraib and recent American military bad behavior in Afghanistan, the Israeli army will likely admit tomorrow that it has tolerated a long tradition of hazing and bullying between senior army members and recruits/younger cadets. Indeed, while the frat house antics have been rumored for years, the admission comes as part [...]

The folks over at Ryanair in Europe are clearly keen to keep as many of their passengers happy — and flying! So barely a week after putting 1 million seats on sale for just £1 — Ryanair has now begun selling cigarettes on all of its flights. Of course with smoking banned on all air [...]

We at Transracial try to keep our distance from cakes, not because we don’t like them — but because we like them too darn much! Which is why we should be naturals for small-sized cupcakes — except for the fact that we are so so over cupcakes and their precious, prissy, punked-out vibe. But we [...]

Tomorrow (September 21) will see much of London’s art world show up for this year’s Art for Africa auction — taking place at Sotheby’s on posh New Bond Street. The event — which is hoped to raise some £500,000 — is the good work of oil heir Tara Getty and his philanthropist/environmentalist wife Tara, who [...]

A new report in Britain — Corporate Sexism: The Sex Industry’s Infiltration of the Modern Workplace – confirms what anyone who’s ever hung out with banker dudes already knows: That the culture of strip clubs and other naughty nocturnal activities makes it harder for women to advance in the finance industry. Indeed, the report — [...]

We’ve had the good fortune of meeting Gay porn king Michael Lucas a few times — and we can confirm the man is nothing if not compelling! So as we ease into tonight’s upcoming Rosh HaShanah events, it was oh-so appropriate to read in that bastion of old-fashioned Jewish reportage The Forward a large Lucas [...]

Worrisome news coming out of Nepal — where a nationwide goat shortage is threatening to thwart the mountainous nation’s most important annual religious festival. Indeed, just one day before the beginning of Dashain – an annual 15 day Hindu festival — there may not be enough goats in Nepal to ritually slaughter in order to [...]

There is something culturally, technically and morally out of whack when an out Lesbian member of Congress spends more than three and one-half minutes rallying GLBTs behind Pres. Obama’s health reform plan — and does not once mention the words AIDS or HIV! But indeed, this was the message Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin delivered [...]