This week’s unofficial theme is turning out to be Things That Look Like Hitler. Following Tuesday’s frenzy over a house in Wales that (supposedly) resembles the dictator, today brings a cat that bears his likeness. Once again, the doppelganger comes from the UK: The Guardian has posted a photo of a feline bearing a suspicious-looking…
It’s as divisive as the “are you a cat or a dog person?” question in America. Every Israeli has an opinion on the hundreds of thousands of ownerless cats that wander the country, rummaging through garbage and screeching at all hours. Now the courts are getting involved. In a precedent-setting ruling a judge has just…
Brazilian Jews are angry at the Viradouro samba school for its plans for a Holocaust- themed Carnival float, complete with sculpted piles of dead bodies. The school defended its float. Reuters reports: “The float is extremely respectful, it’s a warning, it’s something shocking that we don’t want to happen ever again,” said Paulo Barros, Viradouro’s…
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