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Monday, October 08, 2007
Read All About It
One of these days, I'm going to write an in-depth, well thought out post on some topic. ummm... probably not today, though. In the meantime, here ya go:
General:
General:
- Richards Roberts (Oral's son) is in a bit of hot water. Like father like son or something. (I have a knee-jerk reaction to televangelists even though I'm a Believer. I'm not questioning their salvation or anything like that- I question their motivation and their integrity. Sorry... it's just one of my little biases.)
- A Muslim inmate sues a Missouri jail... for supposedly feeding him a pork product. Sorry, Odell, jelly isn't made with gelatin- Jello is made from gelatin. The judge should throw out the case immediately.
- A man might get up to 30 years in prison... for stealing a doughnut.
- Air America is adding religious programming to its line up... Well, according to them, it would be "anti-religious" programming.
- In a twist that can only be described as irony, a bus carrying jurors in the Diana inquest was in an accident... trying to avoid the press.
- Is it any wonder that my kids have school in my livingroom?
- Holey Impressionism, Batman! (Dang... I really like Monet.)
- Art. Probably not art.
- I don't really care that Mexico's president isn't a big fan of the proposed border fence. In fact, I think that's actually a good thing.
- I have a feeling that these students are not long for academia. Or this world in general, actually.
- Jealousy seems like a poor excuse for something this horrific. Then again, there is no excuse for it.
- President Bush got this one completely wrong. I used to believe the same way, but I've learned a bit since then.
- There is now a hold on a dangerous piece of legislation. (No, I'm not saying that everyone with a mental "defect" should be allowed to own firearms. I'm saying that it's too darn easy to declare someone mentally deficient. Is anyone who has ever taken a anti-depressant or an anti-anxiety drug even once mentally deficient? According to gun-control zealots, yes.)
- Obviously this isn't in the US.
- I wish we could send judges back to school over here. Or, at least make them read the Constitution once a year or so.
- The Templars weren't heretics. But they also were not politically correct, so they had to go.
- Gold for a new Temple in Jerusalem is coming for an unlikely source.
- Belgium tells the world, "we're still one country. No, really."
- From Hillary, we have her taking credit for CHIP. And she may have lost a little more cred from the anti-war crowd. And Hillary's been endorsed by many major terrorism groups (yeah, I know it's mostly a book advertisement, but it's still important to know.) And the Bergler is an "unofficial, informal" advisor to Hillary's campaign- how... not surprising.
- Nancy Pelosi still thinks we're illegally torturing people. If sleep deprivation was toture, all babies would be guilty of torturing their parents. It's a war, Nancy.
- Congress is trying to lose friends and influence enemies with a non-binding resolution referring to the deaths of millions of Armenians in the 1910s as "genocide." While I agree that the Ottoman Empire did some nasty stuff, I'm not sure that placating a small country will actually do anything except make trouble. History tells the tale... must the Congress?
- We have Rudy on Romney (and Romney on Rudy) violence.
- I'm pretty darn sure that Republicans can't promise to "create a Kingdom here on Earth" because of that whole separation of Church and State myth. But it's perfectly fine for a Democrat to do it (probably because everyone knows he really doesn't mean it).
- It appears that Mitt Romney might be Mexican... kind of... technically... but only sort of...
- The Invisible Mayor is resigning.
- Australians fight the pig infestation with "Boar Busters." Kind of like Ghost Busters, but without the ectoplasmic residue.
- I'm trying to find words to express how I feel about this... oh, yeah, I know. Boomer Sooner!
- Artificial life is on the horizon. My only question (for now) is... will it dream?
- It looks like there is a purpose for the appendix. So much for that "we evolved past a use for it" theory.
- Plants talk to each other. uh... I'm pretty sure that's not new news. (and that's just three articles on the subject)
- Maybe they need to move to Antarctica. The ice is thickening there.
- I know people who really enjoy going to the casino, but... this is a tad extreme.
- uh... um... how tasty... bleh.
- Why do I have "Bad Boys" playing in my head as I read this?
