http://shrike71.stumbleupon.com/review/17277545/ And, of all the steal-worthy stuff on Shrike71’s page, I’m going to stick with the post I picked out a month ago. Knuckle-dragging Floridians are contesting the teaching of evolution in schools: “The last time I went to the zoo, the monkeys weren’t evolving into man,” read one comment. “Evolution is not proven and […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_sins_5;_ylt=AstoI.W65Ue26hF8KHS44FQE1vAI In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list. Also receiving fresh attention by the Vatican was social injustice, along the lines of the age-old maxim: “The rich get richer while the poor get poorer.” […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/ap_on_el_pr/republicans_florida_15 Mitt Romney accuses John McCain of supporting energy bills and not being a total dick about immigration. John McCain retorts with remarks about Romney’s raising taxes and instituting a health care plan in Massachusetts. The fact that these are pejoratives are a huge indication of why the US is the world’s preeminent second-rate First-World […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080123/wl_nm/palestinians_egypt_blast_dc_7 Congratulations, Israel, on granting Hosni Mubarak a stage on which to present himself as a humanitarian and supporter of peace: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip demolished part of the “security” fence on the Egyptian border, and flooded in to buy necessaries that the Israeli government are denying them – by denying electricity and trade […]
CIRCUS “HIPPO” IS HARNESSED AND TRAINED TO DRAW CART
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/04/circus-hippo-is-harnessed-and-trained-to-draw-cart/ Someone has created a Modern Mechanix blog, scanning and posting articles of interest – usually in the outmoded-therefore-funny vein. It’s interesting to see how fascinated people were, even 70 years ago, by such innovations as, “transporting pigs in their own cages!” (instead of filling only the floor of a livestock car) or the “automated […]
The Raw Story | Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in Gods standards
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Huckabee_Amend_Constitution_to_meet_Gods_0115.html The United States Constitution never uses the word “God” or makes mention of any religion, drawing its sole authority from “We the People.” However, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee thinks it’s time to put an end to that. “I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution,” Huckabee told […]
Sudan Teddy Teacher Gillian Gibbons Wants To Teach In China | Home | Sky News
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1298900,00.html Teddy bear row teacher Gillian Gibbons is heading abroad to work again – this time setting her sights on a job in China. Undeterred by her time in a Sudanese jail, the 54-year-old Liverpool mother has told Hello! magazine she still hopes to work abroad. I was unwired at the time this story was […]
Pope turns tables on critics – thestar.com
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/295577 In a 130-page “apostolic exhortation” issued last year, the Pope reasserted the church’s opposition to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriages, calling these values “non-negotiable.” And he insisted that Catholic politicians had a duty to defend the church’s teachings. Another example (after my Mitt Romney post last week) of why it’s a bad idea to […]
Huckabee, Back in Iowa, Brings Christmas Message – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/us/politics/21huckabee.html Oh, Mike Huckabee. Politics is the reason for the season! The Presidential hopeful uses the tactic of pretending religion trumps politics to score political points with believers. What’s wrong with our country, what is wrong with our culture, is that you can’t say the name Jesus Christ without people going completely berserk,” Mr. Huckabee […]
A Brisk Business in Selling Hope by the Wick – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/business/22candle.html People-watching in Paris’ many churches, you quickly notice how many coin-based thunks and clinks emanate from the votive donation box. A quick calculation of the varying sized (and priced) candles burning reveals that there’s generally about 200 Euros burning uselessly at any given time. The atheist entrepreneur’s dilemma: Promoting religion and magical thinking in […]