Breastfeeding: halal or haraam?

FMD Crankmonkey asks: "Are they feeling the competition from Simmslam?"

Sheikh Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court [of Saudi Arabia] and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, set off a firestorm of controversy recently when he said on TV that women who come into regular contact with men who aren't related to them ought to give them their breast milk so they will be considered relatives.

"The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman," Al Obeikan said, according to Gulf News. "He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam's rules about mixing."

Obeikan said the fatwa applied to men who live in the same house or come into contact with women on a regular basis, except for drivers.

Al Obeikan, who made the statement after being asked on TV about a 2007 fatwa issued by an Egyptian scholar about adult breast-feeding, said that the breast milk ought to be pumped out and given to men in a glass.

But his remarks were followed by an announcement by another high-profile sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, who said that men should suckle the breast milk directly from a woman's breast.

OM NOM NOM!

Found on Boing Boing; image of Jonah Hill and Heidi Hawking from Grandma's Boy.

Breakfast Granola for 4/19/10

I never did like Family Circus, especially the dumbshit kid(s) who wanders around the neighborhood. Oh, how I wished for kidnappers or runaway cement mixers...

Well, along comes Robert Sinclair to say what I'm really thinking. That's right, you little asshole, go and find that poorly-covered well!

Found on Boing Boing.

Breakfast Granola for 2/26/10

Y'know, this sounds vaguely familiar...



Found on Boing Boing.

Breakfast Granola for 2/23/10

She's a cute, crazy redhead, and she's left unattended at an airport overnight; PIT, you get what you deserve. It's all pretty funny, but the true awesome doesn't kick in until around 2:16 and she shows off some leg strength and flexibility...



Found on Boing Boing.

Breakfast Granola for 2/12/10

The awesome part is the ignorant commentary on the Youtube page, and is Exhibit #4080 for why the bulk of the google-tripping public is brainless. I can just see these slackjawed morons flicking Funyun dust from their fingertips to poke out "y evrbody standig arond y dont nbody do somethin".

A: That's an aluminum bat, capable of delivering sufficient kinetic energy to smack a baseball in excess of 400 feet, and -- empty and thick though your head may be -- your head stands perhaps only a middling chance at survival when the bat is wielded by someone with obvious mental issues.

However, Batman vs. Walmart TVs = your video wackiness for at least a fortnight.

Found on Boing Boing.

FAILboat delivers!

Some days seem just like this. Found on Boing Boing; wait for it: 0:40...

Breakfast Granola for 10/5/9

More than one Slavegirl Leia? WHAT. UP.

Here's an on-set shot of Carrie Fisher in her iconic "bikini Leia" mode, along with her stunt double, catching some rays during the filming of Return of the Jedi.

Found on Boing Boing.

Breakfast Granola for 10/4/9

Sometimes your species' breakfast granola isn't granola; it could be some other bug. Or, as my most favorite fat Asian girl says, "IT'S FUCKING NATURE!"



Found on Boing Boing.

Practice makes perfect...

...especially when it comes to the imminent zombie apocalypse. Shoot up some zombie targets the next time you're at the gun range.

Found via Boing Boing on Law Enforcement Targets.

That girl, Mandy (NSFW)

I'd seen Dean Yeagle's Mandy before, between the pages of Playboy and the intergoogles; according to his latest artbook her last name might be Godiva. Good stuff.

For their attention to form, I'd like to see collaborative work between maybe him, Bruce Timm, and Frank Cho. I'd buy one of those.

Attention refreshed via Boing Boing.

The pen is mightier than the...

Well, not really because a sword would fuck you up.

However, for lack of anything else, a pen can augment bare hands. Which is why I disagree with one portion of this adverstatement:

From Marines hunting terrorists in burning deserts, SAR expeditions in bone chilling mountains, SWAT officers executing high risk warrant service, EMTs functioning in extreme conditions, or a civilian working in a non-permissive environment. All of these special operations groups have something in common - they all require a pen that they can depend on...

If this civilian is, say, a lawyer, and the non-permissive environment is, say, the jail his client is in, this can be an incredibly bad thing. Such a pen definitely wouldn't be permitted in max/supermax facilities; you get these.

On a parallel digression, I'm recalling gun control advocates arguing that a crook will take your gun from you and kill you...so you should use pepperspray and dial 911 instead.

Q: What's stopping the crook from confiscating your pepperspray and phone?
A: Your sword, of course!

Found on Tuffwriter via Boing Boing.

Try THIS at home!

Homemade bacon? WHAT. UP.

Found on Boing Boing.

Science Corner: Mind Controlling Sea Worm

Image via Wikipedia

Image via Wikipedia

More things to make one paranoid. How about swimming sea worms that can take full control of their hosts. Fucked up shit that is.

Sacculina are Pretty Much My Favorite Parasite - Boing Boing

injects herself into the crab's flesh, leaving behind an empty husk. Inside the crab, the sacculina begins to take over, burrowing long, nutrient-sucking tendrils into every part of the crab's anatomy, from the eyestalks to the claws.

Kid FAIL - Smoking Smarties

Smoking Smarties candy - Boing Boing

Apparently an increasing number of young people enjoy "smoking" crushed Smarties candy. They inhale the candy dust into the mouth and then exhale, producing what looks like thick smoke.

Seriously WTF! Your kid's too stupid to not know this is a bad thing? You would think with that level of stupid you would just move on to drugs instead. Smarties flavored crack anyone?

Dang Witch Doctors - Zombie Spotted in New Orleans

Image by robertandamanda via Flickr

Gentleman in New Orleans Loses Chunk of Arm in Possible Zombie Attack - Boing Boing

"He said, 'He bit my arm, chewed the flesh and swallowed it in front of me,' " Lorio recalled. She said the bite measured almost 3 by 1 1/2 inches, and was less than 1/4-inch deep.

Thanks for keeping vigil Boing Boing. Zombie infestation is serious business. American needs to WAKE UP and licence those voodoo practitioners