From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Might as well report that the sky is blue

May 30, 2008

Can someone tell me why it’s news that the Catholic church is still a bigoted institution? For example, a day or so after California declared that it was unconstitutional to ban homosexuals from legally marrying, it was considered “news” when Pope Ratface declared that the Catholic church still considers homosexuality to be icky.
And today [...]

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Christian Marines evangelizing Iraqi Muslims

May 29, 2008

As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity.
According to this report, unidentified Marines are said to have passed out evangelical coins at the gates of Fallujah while serving as guards.
One side of the [...]

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Kieffe & Sons issue apology for bigoted ad

May 29, 2008

The owners of Kieffe & Sons Ford dealership out in Mojave that I recently wrote a post about have issued an apology for the bigoted ad they aired on a local radio station:
“For 15 years, Kieffe and Sons Ford has run ad campaigns that focus on current events. We have chosen to do this rather [...]

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Michigan Democrats pass abortion legislation

May 28, 2008

One of the arguments for supporting the democratic nominee this fall is that a failure to put a democrat in office will result in the further erosion of reproductive freedom.
This argument annoys and angers me because 1) it’s fear-based and 2) democrats have been selling out women for years now. If there’s one [...]

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Pat Condell: God is not Enough

May 27, 2008

Here’s a new video from Pat Condell who apparently has his own site now as well as a collection of his videos out on DVD.

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Ford Dealership to Non-Christians: STFU

May 27, 2008

Kieffe & Sons, a Ford dealership in California, has been running a radio ad since approximately February telling people who support the separation of church(es) and state and atheists to “sit down and shut up” .
The ad, found at The Consumerist, has a man saying:
Did you know that there are people in this country who [...]

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Can we vote her off the island?

May 26, 2008

Here’s a little gem of a story. A kindergarten teacher in Florida had one of her charges stand up in front of the class and then preceded to have his classmates vote him out of the class. This was after the boy was forced to listen to each of his classmates [...]

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The Rules in Florida & Michigan

May 22, 2008

One of the things that’s baffled me this election season is how so many don’t seem to grasp the fact that Hillary Clinton did not break the rules by not removing her name from the ballots in Michigan and Florida.
Thankfully, Zuzu of Shakesville has put up a post explaining this and a few other things [...]

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Bush gives up golf for troops

May 14, 2008

It is said that whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Our esteemed president is not on the path to greatness however.
In fact, he’s well on his way to being considered one of the most self-centred, arrogant and [...]

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Wizard sacked by Muggles

May 7, 2008

Jim Piculas of Florida has been fired as a substitute teacher for practicing wizardry for a toothpick disappear, then reappear.
Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears.
But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Piculas said his job did [...]

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