One of my favorite screwball comedies is Airport. there are some iconic scenes in it, such as the jello/turbulence scene, but one that always sticks out is Leslie Nielson fighting his way through a throng of flower-bearing Hare Krishnas ( Read more... )

Good Gods, people!

It is now a felony in Alabama to provide anyone without a driver's license or picture ID with WATER ( Read more... )

I had a couple of friends who decided to raise their children non-violently. They determined that there was too much violence in the world, and that little children just should not be introduced to it at as young an age as our culture leads them to be. That seems all well and good. This couple, let's call them Carl and Connie Wilson, had two boys ( Read more... )

Folks are still grumbling about the students wearing flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo getting told to go home and change. I know, most people don't know enough about their own culture, let alone Mexican American culture, to know that Cinco de Mayo is not a Mexican holiday, but a Mexican/American holiday. It's a day that celebrates the relationship of ( Read more... )

James Arthur Ray has finally been charged in the sweat lodge incident. The Wildhunt has good coverage ( Read more... )

Proof that some idiots literally can't get their minds out of the toilet.

Michigan Republican Secretary of State candidate Paul Scott used his announcement letter to to put forward this reprehensible platform item ( Read more... )

I have had enough problems with United myself that I choose not to fly with them, however, to those who do use the carrier, I offer the story of the Rev. Jessie "Medb" Olsen, Senior Druid for Feather River Grove, ADF ( Read more... )

I am saddened and angered by events this week in Sedona, AZ.

Two people are dead and one is in critical condition after an ill-fated "sweat lodge ceremony" during a "Spiritual Warrior" retreat hosted by James Arthur Ray. Ray is one of the many self-styled "Power of Attraction" gurus that appeared on the movie "The Secret".

The following is a of ( Read more... )

For those interested, here is a follow-up on the nipple ring story.

Basically, they are changing official policy so that people can show them jewelry rather than yanking it out with pliers. No apologies on behalf of the smirking male agents, though, and no explanation of why a nipple ring might be considered a weapon.

TSA agents force a woman to painfully remove her nipple ring with pliers before okaying her boarding ( Read more... )