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This came across my inbox and I just could not resist reading the article.

"Wisconsin men guilty of seeking sex with corpse

"MILWAUKEE (Reuters Life!) - A jury on Thursday found a 24-year-old Wisconsin man guilty of attempted sexual assault for trying to dig up a dead woman's body so his brother could have sex with the corpse, court officials said." (full article below)

All I could think of after reading the article was the song Cold Ethel by Alice Cooper. For the uninitiated, there is even a video version!

Jesus poses for Playboy?

I caught the following on MSNBC this morning. jesus_playboy

Playboy magazine is set to pull the plug on its Portugal edition after the July edition of the magazine showed an image of Jesus Christ on a bed with a topless woman, according to news reports.

The magazine’s Portuguese subsidiary, Frestacom-Lisbon Media Publishing, reportedly neglected to show the cover to Playboy before publication, thereby breaching the licensing agreement between the two companies.

Inside, the Portuguese edition of the magazine ran a photo shoot featuring Jesus Christ among topless models. A long-haired, glimmering Jesus-like figure is shown among various naked women. One of the women, who is heavily tattooed, appears to have died in his arms, reports say.

The photo shoot was meant to be a tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago’s “The Gospel According to Jesus Christ,” which is a fictional retelling of Christ’s life, depicting him as a flawed, human character, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported.

Theresa Hennessy, who is vice president of public relations at Playboy, told the newspaper:

“We did not see or approve the cover and pictorial in the July issue of Playboy Portugal,” adding that “it is a shocking breach of our standards and we would have not allowed it to be published if we had seen it in advance.”

“We are in the process of terminating our agreement with the Portuguese publisher,” Hennessy said.

[Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38152750/ns/business-media_biz/]

Are we invading Costa Rica?

I started reading all sorts of interesting news tonight about the United States sending 7,000 troops and 46 US Navy ships to Costa Rica in addition to several Coast Guard vessels to "assist in the war on drugs". Though this is being done under a mutual agreement (which expired October 6, 2009), it is interesting to note that this is a massive build-up and unprecedented under the agreement. Until now, only US Coast Guard vessels were used. Yet not a word of this has been mentioned in any US major media outlets including ABC, CBS, NBC nor the Associated Press. It is a big story in Costa Rica, but somehow we have managed to keep it a secret from the American public.

Hopefully you can read Spanish and the following transcripts will give you a better world view of US involvement in sovereign territory of other nations. Otherwise, you can rely on the shoddy translations that Google can provide. I have no intention of translating hundreds of pages of minutes from the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly. But I have provided a list of the United States Navy vessels and strength that will be in Costa Rica until at least December 31, 2010 when this operation is set to expire. Watch out Hugo Chavez! Detailed list of US Naval strength in Costa Rica after the jump.

[Source: http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Actas/15947-PLENARIO-SESIÓN-38.pdf]

[Source: http://www.asamblea.go.cr/Actas/15949-PLENARIO-SESIÓN-39.pdf]

[Source: http://www.larepublica.net/app/cms/www/index.php?id_menu=96&pk_articulo=37585]

[Source: http://www.nacion.com/2010-07-07/ElPais/NotaPrincipal/ElPais2438214.aspx]