Octodemon t-shirt (link roundup)

Octodemon t-shirt by Tom Whalen. It'll be the $10 Ript Apparel t-shirt on Friday.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently, "[a]t least 13 million abortions take place each year in China, compared to 20 million births."

2. And speaking of China, a nice summary of the reasons why you shouldn't worry about the Chinese starting a war.

3. Meanwhile, in 1988 the household savings rate in South Korea was tops in the world at 25.2 percent. In 2010, it's expected to be world worst at 3.2 percent. Via.

*Previously: Anti-abortion activists disrupt Horton Hears a Who showing.

*Buy Chinese propaganda at eBay.

Cool skateboard deck (link roundup)

Skateboard deck by Doublenaut for the disposable art show in Toronto. Underneath the bomb is a collage made from old war time ads from the 1940’s. Here's the Doublenaut shop.

And a few more links:

1. 31-year-old Lila Rose goes undercover at Planned Parenthood clinics, tells the workers that she's 13 and was was impregnated by a 31-year-old, secretly films the encounters, and then posts them on YouTube. Her hope (and the hope of her backers, who she apparently doesn't want to discuss) is that by showing the counselors do not report the apparent statutory rapes to the authorities (as required), she will undermine the concept of legalized abortion. You can read about it here and watch videos here.

2. Porcelain jellyfish.

3. Here's the short ads for Flash Forward that aired during Lost.

4. A handy overview of copyright, specifically as it applies to puppets.

*Previously: Dharma Initiative advertising.

*Buy puppets at eBay.

Watch a woman faint mid-interview (link roundup)

Right in the middle of a live interview about volleyball, this woman faints. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sunday, April 19, Kidrobot and various retailers listed here will be hosting Munny Mobile-decorating events, which will include free Munny Mobiles.

2. Nine good ideas for making business meeting useful.

3. So, let's say you agree to become a surrogate mother (carry someone else's child until birth) in exchange for a large sum of money. And then you find out the money's gone and you won't be paid. Can you go ahead and abort the child? Can you put the child up for adoption? Can you keep it for yourself and sue for child support?

4. Korean dry cleaners in New York City are using plastic bags to "propagandize over an ancient land dispute with Japan." (Photo link.)

*Previously: Reporter slips, falls, groans in pain during live broadcast.

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