Hippos End Up as Steaks on Burundi Dining Tables
I really have to wonder how they butcher them. Damn, they’s big aminals!
Britain is running low on beer. Shoot, they may get so desperate they may even buy American pilsner soon. Nah, they’d rather drink water.
I’m impressed as usual with Jason’s writing today, and his piece on
Religion as a mental illness is particularly good. When you think of how many wars have been waged in the name of a deity, you’d think someday we’d learn better.
I find it interesting that I hadn’t heard anything of this on the national news the past few days. You’d think if Iraqi Trailers were for making hydrogen, not biological arms, someone would have made a big deal of it.
Not saying that the Bush administration’s dissembling, misdirection, and outright lying is malicious, of course. It’s all just the normal way of doing business for neoconservative ideologs.
The rest of this entry is from the FAS Secrecy News mailing for today. Forgive the redundancy.
Another great example of the Transportation Security Agency being a bunch of ill-trained idiots. A teenager had a note in his luggage which caused him to be charged with making a threat endangering the safety of airline travel. A note, folks.
So he’s 17 and writes a note, which he keeps in his checked bag, saying basically, “Keep out of my bag and go find bombs where they might actually be.” Oooh! He said “bomb” – he’s a terrorist!
Employers are handing out the smallest raises since the mid-70s. I’m sure that is no indication of any economic trouble we’re in as a country, though.
White Teacher Should Not Teach Black History
Quote from the article: “The message is that we are not concerned about the importance of your historical background.”
No, the message is that we are more concerned with not offending people with astoundingly thin skins (of whatever color) than we are of informing the students of historical events.
Can you believe that this image got the cartoonist a visit from the Secret Service? What’s especially ironic is how intensely conservative the cartoonist is. He intended this homage to Vietnam War journalism to indict the media frenzy for turning this into an anti-Bush thing. (Not saying which side of the fence I fall on, since it’s irrelevant to this subject.)
I can’t believe I agree with Michael Jackson on something.
There apprently is a bill in the House that would make it a federal felony to download copyrighted music off the internet. So, is it a federal felony to steal a CD from the store? Didn’t think so.
Police called to Congress. Is our legislature turning into the Taiwan legislature, with fistfights coming soon?
Cafepress will soon let you publish books for free (free to the author). This is in contrast to other print-on-demand services such as Xlibris, which costs at least $500 to have your trade paperback or ebook published.
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According to CNN, Rosarito horses wear diapers. Um, yeah. Gringo, any chance of getting a photo of this phenomenon?
Apparently Rosarito has grown insanely since they filmed Titanic there. I remember a sleepy little town with a few restaurants and a lot of empty beach. Now, they seem to have so many horses the sea is filling with manure. Yummy.
I was talking with someone at work today and discussed news. In particular, the change at work from CNN Headline News as the default channel in the breakroom two years ago contrasted with the default now of Fox News. I have a hard time not calling Fox News Faux News, considering how blatantly slanted their news is. My coworker mentioned the liberal bias of CNN, which I can certainly agree with. However, CNN Headline News doesn’t have the time to be blatantly biased, with their 30 minute recycle rate.
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In response to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, today is hereby declared National Blomee Day. It can also be considered National Asphuk Day. Not that this will actually encourage any sort of this behavior, but if something were to happen, it is now legal. So let’s get our freaks on, yo!
Study suggests difference between female and male sexuality
It turns out that women get turned on by other women, whether they are gay or straight. Men only get turned on by people they are attracted to.
So, that proves what I’ve said all along – men are ugly furry beasts and women are sleek sexy wonderful beings. Both men and women agree.
Other people might say that it proves what women have always said – men are simple and predictable. I’m ok with that. Where’s the boobies?
House Approves Ban on Burning U.S. Flag
Gee, it requires a two-thirds majority in House and Senate, and approval by three-fourths of the state legislatures. Yeah, that’s gonna happen.
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Nurse Uses Bandaids to Silence Newborn Baby
And this is a real news story?
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