Jessica Rabbit banned in China

via GagWatch

This sort of stuff cracks me up. The Chinese government has banned films that feature a combination of animation and live action.

It’s stupid of course, but I guess one benefit is that they won’t now have to put up with Space Jam.

Sudan man forced to ‘marry’ goat

I’ll just quote this article from the Beeb in it’s entirety. I’m sure you will be as amazed as I was……

A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his “wife”, after he was caught having sex with the animal.

The goat’s owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.

They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi.

“We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together,” Mr Alifi said.

Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.

“When I asked him: ‘What are you doing there?’, he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up”.

Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.

“They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife,” Mr Alifi told the newspaper.

Government stocks up with bird flu vaccine.

The government is stocking up on vaccine for bird flu.

Am I the only person who doesn’t really worry about this? Remember 2 and a half years ago, when we were all going to die of SARS?

Is this just another scare? The very funny Dr Phil Hammond was on the Late Edition on BBC4 last night, and he pointed out that more people die each year falling down the stairs than they do of flu. So should we be having a panic over stair fall related injuries?

Celebrity X-Factor

What is it with making every program a Celebrity special?

I hate X Factor, and I’m sure I’ll hate the celebrity special just as much. These sort of programs are not only killing the music industry, but they’re making even bigger celebrities out of people who don’t actually do anything. Look at Chantelle from celebrity big brother.

The problem is, there’s a lot of idiots willing to watch these shows, which means that they” continue for a while yet.

Livingstone found Guilty

The Guardian, and several other sources are reporting that London mayor Ken Livingstone has been found guilty of bringing his office into disrepute.

Last February he compared a Jewish Evening Standard reporter to a concentration camp guard after he was hounding him with questions on his way home.

I don’t agree with some of Ken’s politics, but I support him on this. He may have been more than a little insensitive, but some journos can be real bastards when persuing their “targets”.

If the reporter wasn’t Jewish, this probably wouldn’t have resulted in this guilty verdict.

**UPDATE**

Livingstone has recieved a 4 week suspension from office.

Olympic Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey is the event in the Winter Olympics I like the most. Like all ice hockey fans, I’m amazed to see a semi-final line up without the USA and Canada.

It really is good to see other countries suceeding at North American Sports. Now if only the USA could not win the World Baseball Classic, starting next week. If Cuba could beat the USA in the final, I’d certainly allow myself a chuckle.

While we’re on ice hockey, a few weeks back I caught some coverage of the World Bandy Championships. To my untrained eye, bandy looks like a cross between Ice Hockey and Soccer, although I believe bandy came before ice hockey.

It’s an exciting sport, and I think it would make a worthy addition to the Olympics.