This piece he wrote in Slate sums up one of the reasons the McCain/Palin campaign rubs me the wrong way....

Sarah Palin's War on Science

Hitchens, like anyone who ha a healthy respect for science, had to pick his jaw up off the floor last week when Palin denounced French research on fruit flies as being a wasteful expenditure.Palin: "You've heard ( Read more... )

Bush hits Russia on 'bullying and intimidation'"Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century," the president said. "Only Russia can decide whether it will now put itself back on the path of responsible nations or continue to pursue a policy that promises only confrontation and isolation.
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Ann Coulter is evidence that humanity is fundamentally flawed, because if we were a rational species, she would have been shut down years ago for being completely insane. In a rational universe, she would be a nobody, possibly confined to a mental institution to prevent her from harming others.

*sigh*

Anyway, she thinks Bill Clinton might be gay ( Read more... )

There is no idea, however stupid, that people won't believe....

I suppose that when Jesus comes back to Earth, He will triumph over the Beast and its armies, but Homeland Security is another matter....

via warren_ellis

KMOV.com - State Bill Proposes Christianity be State's Official Religion

It's short, so here's the whole thing:

Missouri legislators in Jefferson City considered a bill that would name Christianity the state's official "majority" religion. House Concurrent Resolution 13 has is pending in the state legislature. Many Missouri residents had ( Read more... )