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King Kong Covers, Young Gun Runners
MARCH 29, 2008
- LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen on cover of Vogue
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1. The New York Times reports that the main American supplier of munitions to Afghanistan's army and police forces is a company in Miami Beach whose president is a 22-year-old guy. Vice president is a 25-year-old licensed masseur. The weapons they're selling are obsolete and defective. Some are more than 40 years old, Soviet bloc stuff. Some weapons are made in China. Crappy stuff... But is this good news, bad news or no news?
2. Researchers have unearthed a recording of the human voice, made by a little-known Frenchman. The recording predates Thomas Edison's phonograph by nearly two decades. The Frenchman made this recording by etching sound waves onto blackened sheets of paper. They've never been turned back into sound until now. Is this good news, bad news or no news?
3. The new Vogue magazine cover features basketball star LeBron James snarling, baring his teeth, with his arm around the waist of Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen. Critics call the cover racist, saying it purposely echoes the old King Kong movie poster of Kong baring his teeth and clutching Fay Wray around the waist. Is this debate good, bad or no news?
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08/13/2009
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03/29/2008
It sounds like the people who saw the King Kong analogy in this picture are the ones who harbor racist tendencies. They would be well served to look a bit deeper into themselves, a la Michael Richards, to see what kinds of subconcious prejudices they carry.
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