Republicans (natch) have introduced yet another “Defense” of Marriage amendment bill. It’s co-sponsored by Larry “Wide Stance” Craig and David “Diaperman” Vitter. This has got to be a joke. No one can be that irony-blind.
At a time when I, like a lot of the country, was starting to suffer from outrage fatigue, it seems that today brought a higher-than-usual number of news stories in the “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me” department. One of Erik Prince’s companies (no, not Blackwater; another one) invokes Shari’a law when it’s convenient: RALEIGH - To defend itself against a […]
Reuters reports that Spain is expected to pass a law granting rights to non-human apes: MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Dembski’s reaction: Here is one consequence of evolution being used […]
I just heard that George Carlin died on Sunday. Well, shit. Fuck. Piss, cunt, motherfucker, cocksucker. Tits. I first ran into his Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV when I was, oh, twelve or thirteen. At the time, I thought it was the funniest thing ever. Later, I decided it wasn’t actually all that funny; that the humor came […]
I can do magic. I don’t mean the card trick kind; I mean real magic. I can hear dead people (I have on my iPod a wax-cylinder recording of a letter that Sir Arthur Sullivan sent to Thomas Edison, both of whom are dead). Whenever a relative of mine is ill or has an accident, I know […]
Greta Christina has scooped me, saying what I wanted to say, but making it sound purty. It concerns a testimonial for The Pope’s Cologne (a cologne supposedly made from a recipe that Pius IX enjoyed, or some such): A few minutes before the brunch ended we got the bad news that a friend of my […]
The “Editorial Review” of Bill Dembski’s new book says that it’s aimed at readers whose understanding may have been confused by educational bias and onesided arguments and attacks. In case you were wondering who exactly these readers might be, Billy clarifies: [The book] is geared specifically at mobilizing Christian young people, homeschoolers, and church youth groups with the […]
The BBC reports: Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, the US Supreme Court has ruled. […] The Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed in 2006 removed the right of habeas corpus and set up tribunals to try detainees who were not US citizens. This is, of course, excellent […]
Ron Strelecki posted a comment over at chez Julia, which I think deserves wider circulation: I regularly experience what I call the “band saw effect”. That’s the feeling I get when I am at a tool store looking at a $600 band saw that I need to do just one little thing. I can’t pay $600 […]
One of the loopy denizens of Rapture Ready wrote: My husband framed our marriage license when we recieved it in the mail, I was very touched because he did that. It is still in the same frame, and always will be. After I heard the news about legalized gay marriage, I just happened to look at […]
