Weekend Links

Some random stuff:

• Someone needs to tell TNR that Ira Newble is not an NBA star.
• Someone needs to tell Bush not to wear socks with sandals.
• 87 percent of college women prefer a circumcised penis.
• Giuliani campaign not worried by recent polling collapse, says Giuliani campaign.
• Awesome Canadian hip-hop.

Enjoy.

Comments

87 percent of college women prefer a circumcised penis.

Which sucks for them, because 0% of college women have any penis at all.

Posted by dj moonbat | June 23, 2007 9:39 AM

Bush isn't wearing sandals in the photo, he's wearing those stupid crocs things, a type of clogs. Someone should tell him that unless he's working in the garden or a little kid going to the beach he shouldn't wear those uggly-as things at all.

No link on the penis story? Was this some polling work of your own? I wonder what percentage of college women could speak with any real authority after having experienced both circumcised and uncircumcised penises with sufficient regularity. A rather lower percentage, I'd guess.

Posted by Matt (a different one) | June 23, 2007 9:56 AM

That third one isn't technically a link.

Posted by Matt Weiner | June 23, 2007 10:10 AM

Next, Matthew will argue strongly that what college women really want is a short, small circumcised penis.

Posted by Don Williams | June 23, 2007 10:12 AM

"No link on the penis story? Was this some polling work of your own?"

Are you sure "polling" is spelled correctly?

Posted by dj moonbat | June 23, 2007 10:18 AM

I already pointed this out at Ezra's, but the study in question was conducted in 1976 with a sample size of 55, which makes it awfully suspect.

Posted by Christmas | June 23, 2007 10:21 AM

"Next, Matthew will argue strongly that what college women really want is a short, small circumcised penis."

This is the first Don Williams post that I agree with 100%.

Posted by Korha | June 23, 2007 10:38 AM

Alternative post title: "How's the leader of the free world rockin' Crocs with socks?"

Posted by washerdreyer | June 23, 2007 10:49 AM

Wearing socks with sandals is actually quite European.

Posted by raj | June 23, 2007 12:37 PM

Ira Newble and his oversized salary plus impending retirement will be a crucial piece in making it possible for Cleveland to trade for someone who can actually play. Cap room, baby!

Posted by mq | June 23, 2007 1:38 PM

Ugly as they may be, Crocs are the most comfortable footwear ever. Period.

And, yes, I wear them over socks. When I don't, my feet get sweaty and clammy, and the "ventilation system" doesn't help.

Posted by Thlayli | June 23, 2007 1:41 PM

Bush has the heel strap of his Crocs turned around forwards over his ankles! There's the old joke about needing to have his socks embroidered "toes go in first."

Posted by fred | June 23, 2007 2:10 PM

"Awesome Canadian Hip-hop" sounds to me like the music equivalent of "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative"

I'm assuming the third item is linkless because Matthew is a primary source.

Posted by JP | June 23, 2007 2:44 PM

As much as I hate defending Bush, my guess is that this photo was taken after one of his mountain biking trips.

The socks and shorts both look like the sort I see poseurs (including me) wearing all the time in Patapsco. And given that most riders now use clipless pedals with special shoes, the to-and-from footwear of choice is usually sandals.

That said, Crocs should be outlawed.

Posted by Southeast Jerome | June 23, 2007 3:25 PM

MY,
What do you think of Sullivan's piece on circumcision? And what about men and their stimulation? How would women know what a non-circumcisied male feels like? What percentage of men are non-circumcisied?

Posted by Joe Klein's conscience | June 23, 2007 5:14 PM

87 percent of college women prefer a circumcised penis!

I believe that's American college women. The rest of the world is ahead of American college women on this.

Of course, thanks to me, there's been a slow but steady re-education of American college women.

And Ira Newble isn't a star anywhere, much less here in Cleveland.

Posted by LuigiDaMan | June 23, 2007 10:28 PM

I used to have a roommate who wore socks with sandals. He wasn't very bright, either.

Posted by merlallen | June 25, 2007 4:36 AM