WAG is the most stupid term out there. Seriously. 'Wife and girlfriend' or the same in plural. Whiskey tango foxtrot... why do certain magazines and newspapers keep talking about female humans with that term? WAG? No, it's WOG, one can't be usually both (or at least to the same person). That's just such a retarded term to use that I propose a few ( Read more... )

The Celtic Tiger isn't really doing that well as it used to... but the new Medieval blasphemy law is just unbelievable. How can you be sure any given quote does not offend anyone from any religion?

"From today, 1 January 2010, the new Irish blasphemy law becomes operational, and we begin our campaign to have it repealed. Blasphemy is now a crime ( Read more... )

"Only 35 people have been hospitalized with confirmed swine flu infections, but their median age is 15"

"Although seasonal flu causes 250,000 to 500,000 deaths annually around the world"... do you need that repeated? seasonal flu causes 250,000 to 500,000 deaths annually around the world

"Of the 35 Americans hospitalized, 7 were known to have ( Read more... )

EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because it claims they are sexist

Using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' has been banned by leaders of the European Union because they are not considered politically correct ( Read more... )

Man refuses to drive 'Possibly No God' bus

When did you ever hear of an atheist going equally apeshit for all the obligatory Christian religious shows such as Xmas or Easter, and all the "godbless" and prayers thrown at them?

BBC is introducing who are the European British creationists.

An estimated 47% of Americans reject outright Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, accepting instead the Bible's account of the creation of the universe - as laid out in the first chapter of Genesis.

A 2006 survey for the BBC found that more than a fifth of those polled were convinced ( Read more... )

First of all - if you don't like what you read, don't read it. Move on.
I never intended my thoughts to be net nanny approved, so if you are mentally underaged go somewhere else.

How can anyone be pro-life and pro death sentence on the same time ( Read more... )

Man arrested for wearing an mp3 player, basically. Some woman thought of having seen a man with a handgun, so the police arrested the guy, took dna samples, mugshots, fingerprints ( Read more... )

Abu Dhabi has started to build what it says is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste car-free city, reports BBC.

Indeed. I feel a bit sceptic about this.

1. They are going to build it. Well. I would really like to see how exactly they plan to do this zero-carbon, zero-emission, zero-waste construction of the entire city. I have never seen a ( Read more... )

LJ now censors your content.

I guess time to buy my own domain and server space, and move my past 4 years and future somewhere else. Suggestions for hosts?

Meanwhile, is it so hard? If you don't like a picture, don't look at it. The same way if you find something annoying in the internet, go somewhere else and don't read it. The world isn't made ( Read more... )