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Weblog Archive: February 3, 2008 to Feb 9, 2008 Thursday, February 7, 2008
It might harm their reputation, but Israel's air force is considering giving its combat pilots Viagra to improve their performance -- in the air. A recent study conducted by Israeli doctors among mountain climbers in Africa found a link between erectile dysfunction drugs and improved performance in high altitudes, the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot reported on Thursday. The active ingredient in the drugs was found to make climbers perform better in an environment with less oxygen, which causes fatigue and dizziness. The cynic in me suspects a Pfizer flack planted this story. Boner drug ads try to project an aura of virility, thus the retired sports celebrity spokesmen, but it's hard to top Israeli fighter pilots on that count. A "news report" that some world-class big swinging dicks are using your product would be great free publicity. (Or would the flacks fear losing the Muslim erectile dysfunction market to Cialis or Levitra?) Punning headlines from around the globe: Viagra renders fighter pilots a potent force . . . Israel Stiffens Defenses . . . Israel takes hard look at Viagra for fighter pilots . . . Springing Into The Sky Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Obsessively clicking through nearly identical stories at Google news finally led me to this local TV news report, from which I snapped this vidcap of the second seized poster:
Oh my god, undercleavage, call the cops! Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The City of Keizer is taking heat for installing a group of cement posts designed to protect pedestrians from cars, but which some say is a phallic symbol. A total of 52 of the posts were installed at a busy intersection in Keizer and they are getting a lot of second glances. A number of residents have complained to the city that the posts resemble male genitalia. OK, let's take a look.
Yep, those look like a bunch of stubby rock-hard penes. Fortunately for aggrieved Keizerians, the bureaucrats who bought and installed the posts have a solution. The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, which they hope will change the look. If not, they said the posts will have to go. Great idea — slip some cock rings on the giant penes, and everyone's happy.
"The marketing images in question show less skin than you see any summer day at the beach and certainly less than the plumber working in your kitchen," said Lennox in a prepared statement. "This is an incredible overreaction by local city officials that would be comical, except for its potentially serious legal implications." And my favorite free speech quote whore gets in the game: Was the police response to the store an overreaction? Yes, according to legal experts. Though local laws can vary, courts require that the image show sexual activity or a "lewd display" of genitals, says Lawrence Walters, an Orlando, Fla., lawyer and First Amendment specialist. "There is not a chance any jury in America would find the photo obscene under these standards," he said. Walters said police may have misread the standards for obscenity, as is often the case. He also said they improperly seized the posters without a search warrant, which constitutes prior restraint, which is barred by the Constitution. Several news outlets have reproduced the first poster, which shows a couple inches of boy buttcrack. I still haven't found an image of the second seized poster, which supposedly shows a single topless girl. This Telegraph story includes a topless girl image from the A&F website, but the story doesn't explicitly identify this image as the second seized poster, and it doesn't fit the Virginia Beach police description ("breast is displayed with her hand covering just the nipple portion"). Monday, February 4, 2008
Police, saying they were responding to citizen complaints, carted away two large promotional photographs from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Lynnhaven Mall on Saturday and cited the manager on obscenity charges. Adam Bernstein, a police spokesman, said the seizure and the issuance of the summons came only after store management had not heeded warnings to remove the images. ]...] Bernstein said the summons for a Class One misdemeanor was issued to the manager because there is no legal way to issue a summons to a corporate entity in such circumstances. The manager was not arrested but faces a fine of up to $2,000 and as much as a year in jail, if convicted. And before you say, "But there not really gonna press charges against a retail clerk", remember Jesus Castillo. The mural-like black-and-white photographs were taken from the store at midafternoon. Bernstein confirmed that one depicts three shirtless young men from the back, walking through a field. The man in the lead appears to be about to pull up his jeans, which have slipped down enough to reveal his upper buttocks. Here's the offending photo.
Oh no, buttcrack, call the cops! The other image is of a woman who is topless and whose "breast is displayed with her hand covering just the nipple portion," Bernstein said. "You could still pretty much see the rest of the breast." Someone is facing jail time for working someplace where "you could still pretty much see the rest of the breast". Unbelievable. Newspaper reports haven't reproduced this photo, but it probably looks something like this past Abercrombie store poster.
Or maybe these:
More Abercrombie & Fitch "lifestyle" photos on display at their website. Elsewhere, some A&F dudes frolic in the locker room. Oddly enough, shower time was exactly like this where I went to college. |
