Browsing PBH By Quotes

Björk Gets Ethered

Because Iceland is really just one big family, it’s simply annoying to go around asking Icelanders if they’ve met Björk. Of course they’ve met Björk; who hasn’t met Björk? Who, for that matter, didn’t know Björk when she was two? “Yes, I know Björk,” a professor of finance at the University of Iceland says in reply to my question, in a weary tone. “She can’t sing, and I know her mother from childhood, and they were both crazy. That she is so well known outside of Iceland tells me more about the world than it does about Björk.”

A worthwhile sidenote in Wall Street on the Tundra by Michael Lewis, an article detailing the downfall of Iceland’s financial industry.

[tags]iceland, bjork, Björk, crazy, vanity fair, michael lewis, ethered, owned, funny quote[/tags]

Collective Guilt Smells Like Phosphorous

“The Jewish writers who consider Palestinian life to be worth a fraction of an Israeli life will start braying about anti-Semitism, because when Palestinian bodies are charred in the streets, the real victim is a sensitive Jew’s sense of collective guilt.”

— Spencer Ackermann (found in Gaza: Losing the PR War by Jeet Heer)

[tags]gaza, zionism, zionists, pr battle, public relations, collective guilt, gaza strip, militarism, israel, palestinian life[/tags]

So good it almost makes me want to watch hockey

“I’m really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada. I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds.” – Sean Avery, Vogue Intern and NHL left winger

Edit: New Line Cinema commissioned a screenplay based on Sean Avery? WTF?

This Is What It Sounds Like When Doves Cry

When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ ”

Yup, that’s right. Prince, androgynous over-sexed deviant musician, opposes gay marriage because that just ‘crosses the line’. [via AS & New Yorker]

Bonus: Some midget-lover got angry at Andrew Sullivan for calling Prince a “black dandy, feminized midget.”

Bonus 2:

See Also: Prince Misquoted Over Gays, Sued Over Perfume, Don’t tell me Prince is an ex-gay homophobe, Prince disses gays, Prince: God Said “Enough”, and Prince Likes Soup. Gays, Not So Much.

[tags]prince, musician, artist formerly known as prince, artist, views on gay rights, homosexual marriage, gay marriage, prop 8, opinions on homosexuality, god, jesus, bible, hypocrisy[/tags]

An Arab To Clean The Floor, A Zionist To Decide Foreign Policy

“Obviously, he’ll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to be mopping floors at the White House.”

Rahm Emanuel’s Dad when asked about his son being name Chief of Staff of the White House [via JTA]

Who’s ready for another 8 years of security fences, cluster bombs, and endorsement of Israeli war crimes? Because I certainly am! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

See Also: Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments, Rahm Emanuel…Apologizes?, Where’s the Change?, Rahm Apologizes for His Dad, ‘The guy who will be running the White House is essentially an Israeli’, Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments, but Press Doen’t Publish Except on Blogs, Why No One Cares About Rahm’s ‘Extremist Associations’, and Conned Again.

[tags]rahm emanuel, obama chief of staff, racist, israeli, israel-palestine, arab, quote, father, barack obama, middle east policy, palestinians, israelis, quote to Jerusalem post, pro-israel policy[/tags]