Nothing surprises me anymore, especially in regard to ability of people to be easily offended by the most trivial and unintentional of actions or words and their response to the supposed affront being taken to ludicrous ends, especially when they believe they have the right not to be offended.

And especially when the state also believes they have ( Read more... )

Over in Britain, an environmental organization called 10:10 came out with an idea: Pledge and work to cut your carbon emissions by 10% in one year to help the environment; whether you’re a business, a school, a family, or an individual, you can “make a difference ( Read more... )

Don't worry ol' faithful, Bart Centre has come up with a most divinely inspired solution, he has created the service Eternal Earth-Bound Pets. The service promises that when you are raptured into heaven as part of the faithful remnant, your pets will be well taken care of here on Earth during the Tribulation ( Read more... )

A few friends expressed concern that I was unjustly targeting just conservatives in my post about the really stupid and insensitive comments made about the earthquake in Haiti. Although this was not my intent, it was at the time, the only significantly outrageous comments I heard ( Read more... )

You know, the comment yesterday that President Obama views the humanitarian crisis in Haiti as simply an opportunity to shore up support in the black community here in AmericaI am not an Obama fan by any stretch of the imagination, but damn, that is well beyond cynical. I don't believe I do not need to emphasize or go into detail why it is the ( Read more... )

Alright, I am sure most people have heard of Conservapedia over the years. Much of the place is a storehouse of disinformation for the paranoid, conspiracy theory laden fringe of conservative thought (think some sort of mutant mix of Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, and Kent Hovind). Claiming itself as the "trustworthy encyclopedia" and an alternative to ( Read more... )

Political stuff ahead, skip if you are not into reading opinions in this arena.

( In school we are taught to praise our dear leader's policies in song! )

Guess what? Today Chicago might be nuked, that's right. According to this amazingly well done conspiracy site chalked full of meticulous research and citations, Chicago could be vaporized at any moment! I mean look at these incredible facts!

--9/22/2009 is a Tuesday, as was 9/11/2001. (Wow, the chance of September 22nd 2009 being a Tuesday! What ( Read more... )

Amazingly EPIC in its badness.

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I hope they come through with the promise of this being a trilogy.

Thanks angrymeat for showing me this right before I go to sleep, it will be in my nightmares.