Parkour, or "free running," is emerging as a hot new solo and team sport around the globe. A mesmerizing mix of distance running, martial arts and gymnastics with a hint of dance, this sport redefines the limits of the human body's endurance, balance, and coordinaton. Parkour is a lot like Spiderman in action, except there's no costume or web. In a word, amazing.
In parkour, humans can leap or even backflip from multi-story buildings and land unharmed. A ten-foot wall is easily scaled without a ladder. Athletic youth leap between the rooftops without the aid of wings or wires, nets or mats. A Russian scales the sides of buildings brick by brick and even outruns a German Shepherd in an unscripted chase scene. At times, they even defy gravity. A multinational team has shown that parkour and its participants may have a future in big screen action movies.
One of the hottest new trends in athletics, parkour is emerging across the planet--including south of the border in Mexico.
Recently Aztec TV, a station in Mexico, broadcast a news segment about Mexican youth demonstrating their parkour skills. One of the youthful participants explained (in Spanish) that parkour requires a healthy lifestyle that rejects the use of drugs and alcohol.
Both male and female youth participate in parkour, including at night. They scale walls, jump across fences, leap from rooftop to rooftop, and from rooftop to ground level, all without breaking stride. In short, parkour develops the very skills needed to run past the American border.
Lou Dobbs of CNN hosts a news segment with a number of interesting observations about the true cost of illegal aliens to the taxpayers.
No word yet on any parkour sightings at the US/Mex border...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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Iranians Reject Persian Beauty, Buy American Nose Jobs
Nose Operation
Video sent by farshad
During the pre-surgical consult, plastic surgeons show their patients a catalog of photos from which their patient can choose their new look. Iranian women and men reject the classic ideal Persian face and go for the American-style noses.
So far, no Iranians have been reported picking the nose of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
John McCain Fires Back at Barbra Streisand
"John McCain couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle."--World Net Daily
"I've been in politics for over 20 years, and for over 20 years, I've had Barbra Streisand trying to do my job," said McCain during the spot. "So I decided to try my hand at her job."
"Do I know how to sing?" McCain asked. "About as well as she knows how to govern America," he said to roaring laughter from the studio audience.
The Republican, who in real life is known to be a fan of The Beach Boys, also slaughtered other tunes by the longtime Democrat activist, including "People" and "The Way We Were."
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