One of my very few pet peeves (LOL) is when people try and say that something the human race has done since before recorded history is somehow "bad" for us. Like eating breads (I'm looking at you, Atkins dieters). Or taking herbal remedies that humanity has literally evolved alongside (I'm looking at you, Big Pharma). Or grilling meat over an ( Read more... )

From brandywilliams:

"In 1990, in the Boston area, Operation Rescue and other groups were regularly blockading the clinics, and many of us went every Saturday morning for months to help women and staff get in. As a result, we knew many of the 'antis' by face. One morning, a woman who had been a regular 'sidewalk counselor' went into the clinic with a young ( Read more... )

“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.” ~Voltaire ( Read more... )

I just got an automated phone call (from phone number "9999") that "my account has been accessed by a third party." It kinda sounded like they said the name of my bank, but I had all sorts of red flags going off in my Intuition. When they asked for me to enter my 16 digit account number to confirm it's "really me," I hung up ( Read more... )

I know it happens, but I am thankfully rarely reminded of just how fucking stupid and outdated the US political system is. As I was reading an article on Credit Card changes for US cardholders, I saw this at the very bottom as the last line of the article:

Included in the bill is an unrelated measure by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would allow ( Read more... )

This was a hate-message re-done with parodic subtitles:

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I can never wrap my head around what--exactly--it is that these people are "being forced" to do. You hear these little fear-igniting phrases, but then no follow-up as to HOW, exactly, they will "change the way (they) live" or how they "will have no choice." You and I know that these are ( Read more... )

Texas creation vote may go to the wireHi. Welcome to the new Millinium, Texas. I'll be your guide--no, please leave all stupidity that's over a thousand years old behind you--that'd be greeeeeeaaaaaaaaat ( Read more... )

Briton jailed for four years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe

SRSLY? WTF!

The saddest part is that I can see this happening in amerikkka in... oh, I'll be generous and say "before I die". Prolly sooner. Can't wait. As I said just yesterday:

Ass. Stick. Remove. Now. SRSLY. ( Read more... )