All together now: "The use of proxy fighters is, in the long term, self-defeating." Ask the Romans who got their asses handed to them by the Germanic tribes they armed and trained. Ask Osama bin Laden.

Here is a compelling refutation of the "Black people caused Prop 8 to pass" bullshit. It turns out that the whole hoo-hah is based on one poll with methodological flaws. The sampling method was such that it was subject to large amounts of error. In plain English? That 70% figure might not even be true.

(thanks to substitute for the link ( Read more... )

Miracle "noodle" technology may hold the key to solving hunger. Fucking North Korea. Cripes. Letting millions starve for the gratification of one nutball's ego. This species, I swear to god.

It's not a Prada store, it's an art installation. So we can meditate on the impermanence of It All and the meaning of art and the price of handbags and blah ( Read more... )