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Study: Props for All Americans Who Prefer the Fist Bump
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 29) -- No handshake, please. I'll just take a "terrorist fist jab." Fearing germs, sweaty palms and dry hands, approximately half of Americans are opting for the fist bump over the traditional handshake, according to a recent study commissioned by Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer. What is to blame for the rise of this "keep your distance" policy? Try varying degrees of germaphobia. The study shows that -- although both of the following occurrences are decidedly unappealing -- 55 percent of Americans would "rather touch a public toilet seat than shake someone's hand after they've coughed ...
New Yorker's Obama Cover Touches Nerve
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThis week's cover of The New Yorker magazine portrays Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, standing in the Oval Office after winning the presidential election. Of course, that vision alone is enough to get some people worked up. But the illustrator, Barry Blitt, has pulled out all the stops in his portrayal of the would-be first couple. Barack wears a turban and tribal Muslim attire. His wife, who has combed out her afro, wears a semi-automatic rifle on her back and gives her husband a "terrorist fist-jab" beneath a painting of Osama bin Laden that hangs above a fireplace aflame with the ...
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