A few interesting links for January 1st through January 3rd:
- Doing the Hokey Cokey ‘could be hate crime’ – Telegraph – I always called the Hokey Pokey though “according to the Catholic Church and some Scottish politicians, singing the popular tune that begins with the words “You put your right hand in, your right hand out,” may constitute an act of religious hatred. A spokesman for the leader of the church in Scotland said the song had disturbing origins. Critics claim that Puritans composed the song in the 18th century in an attempt to mock the actions and language of priests leading the Latin mass.”
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Check out Obama as a restaurant critic :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: 44: Barack Obama – “The popular WTTW-Channel 11 show “Check, Please!” has finally found its hook in a “lost” episode that was taped in August 2001, but never aired after the restaurant review show premiered in October of that year. Obama was just an Illinois state senator when he consented to serve as one of three layman restaurant critics who appeared with then-host Amanda Puck to discuss their favorite restaurant and critique one another’s choices.
Obama offered up a Hyde Park eatery called Dixie Kitchen”