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"A few weeks from today-on 6/6/06, for those of you keeping track in your copy of Revelation-the U.S. Senate will vote on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage."

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The Vatican may be set to recognise the value of condoms in preventing STD transmission. As there is no record of this value being acknowledged prior to the Roman Republic, this means that the Catholic Church is only a little over two thousand years behind the scientific world. Congratulations, Ratzy.

The atmosphere in New Orleans is so energetic, and so oriented for change, but the candidates are so bland. This would have been the perfect election for a fiery, independent populist to sweep in and shake things up. Leave a comment

Texas is busting people for "public intoxication" in bars. Undercover agents have "infiltrated" 36 bars and arrested 30 drinkers. Explanations from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: 1) We're doing it to stop drinkers before they get in a car. 2) Even if they're not going to get in a car, maybe they'll "walk out into traffic and get run over ( Read more... )

The wind coming in through my window has somehow created a resonance with my blinds, which are still shut because I just returned to my room. Now a significant section of my blinds are clattering up and down against each other. Is clattering a word? Anyway, it's pretty cool.

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Why must water in my dorm be able to cauterise wounds?

I need some. God that sounds corny. I don't mean it in a corny way--please believe me. I'd lock the entry if I meant it in a corny way, and I didn't lock the entry. Got it? I need something to jump start me a bit so that I can rant more effectively. I'm ready to start the revolution here at Columbia, but I'm afraid that I don't even have the ( Read more... )

"Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, the noted wit, expert on freedom, and unelected religious leader-the leader who counts-of Iran, observed the other day that in the West, "casting doubt or negating the genocide of the Jews is banned but insulting the beliefs of 1.5 billion Muslims is allowed." He apparently thought this was a devastating point. Touché, ( Read more... )