...but you also need to add that the Free Market will solve everything.

Some Virginia nutcase writes,
As a Christian, I think it's time to rid ourselves of this notion of freedom of religion in America.

Christians hate freedom! We ought to invade their countries and convert them to secular humanism.

Ed Brayton has more.

Ed Brayton has an update on a typical scenario: Bob Allen, who crusaded against gay rights in his time in the Florida House of Representatives, was arrested for soliciting a male undercover cop ( Read more... )

First, there's obviously a Republican presidential candidate proclaiming universal health care for the rest of the world (paid for by Americans) but not for Americans themselves. But that's not entirely new. So Romney had to take it up a notch by adding "what America really needs to do is emulate Hezbollah ( Read more... )

Denialism Blog has a post up, Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? This is a topic that's come up quite a bit in my house lately--specifically with regard to those who don't believe we landed on the moon--so I thought it might be of interest. One thing that they highlight that may be significant is this:
So what kind of thought processes ( Read more... )

My brother and I found what may be the most bizarre warning label on a product ever. On a can of bug spray, there was this message:
TO THE USER: If you cannot read English, do not use this product until the label has been fully explained to you.

Granted, it did have a Spanish version of this message preceding the English translation, but still ( Read more... )

Woot! The entire Girl Genius archives are now on-line!

Start here; "Advanced Class" starts here; and yesterday's 101 Class is here.

The local paper had an insert today for the Flintstones Creation "Museum", in anticipation of their dinosaur exhibit opening July 4:

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Back in 1967, when Loving v. Virginia was decided, the majority of people in the U.S. disapproved of interracial marriages. The first Gallup poll on the subject wasn't until a year later, but in 1968 72% of Americans disapproved of interracial marriage, where only 20% approved. And only 17% of whites approved.

It wasn't until 1991 that the ( Read more... )

That may have to be my new motto (although I still like my previous one).

My brother and I were discussing just the other day how often my step-father runs into situations that are simply "impossible" when programming.