November 2008

Scathing smackdown of Bush revisionists

November 24, 2008

Now that our time under Bush is almost over the guys at the Wall Street Journal have decided to re-write history and George Bush’s place in it.  His place according to the WSJ in an opinion piece published earlier this month? He’s to be an unsung American hero who has been treated most cruelly by [...]

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What’s more useful, a church or a gym?

November 24, 2008

A gym, of course. Just ask the new president. President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors. On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at [...]

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The World’s Smartest Bird?

November 21, 2008

That a Raven could figure out on it’s own how to pull up a string with meat attached to it is not surprising at all to me.  When I’ve gotten the chance to look at one closely I’ve always gotten the sense that they were looking right back at me.  They just give off this [...]

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The [sane] Catholics strike back

November 20, 2008

Want evidence that not all Christians are bat shit crazy nutballs who want to establish a theocracy here in the United States?  Well, then you need to check out what the Catholics for Choice have to say about Bill Donohue(PDF) and the Catholic League. It is not pretty nor nice, but it’s most definitely a [...]

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When nature speaks..

November 19, 2008

You should listen or this might happen:

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Cheney & Gonzales indicted in South Texas

November 19, 2008

It’s probably going to go no where as the prosecutor will be out of a job soon, but still, I got a bit of thrill when the hubby showed me the story on the Chron’s site last night a few hours after it broke: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney [...]

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The Onion’s take on “Nice” Guys

November 19, 2008

Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman Utterly hilarious (via Amanda). Please see Jeff Fecke’s explaination of “Nice Guys” too. It’s pure gold.

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If medals were given out for malicious behaviour

November 19, 2008

Nicole Griffin of Roswell, Georgia would easily take the bronze and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if she got the gold.  In fact, her behaviour might even spark the creation of a platinum medal. Nicole Griffin’s claim to medal deserving maliciousness? When she failed to successfully purchase the house of one of her mother’s [...]

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More time to focus on their own damned families

November 18, 2008

Alright folks, break out your violins. James Dobson just fired 202 of his bigoted employees. This is just weeks after the passage of Prop 8, which Focus on the Bigotry put $600K into. Focus on the Family announced this afternoon that 202 jobs will be cut companywide — an estimated 20 percent of its workforce. [...]

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Priest just says "No" to Obama supporters

November 14, 2008

On the heels of Catholic bishops vowing to continue their war on the rights of women comes yet more news of Catholic leaders being assholes. This time it’s a priest in South Carolina who’s decided to tell Obama supporters not to take communion. His reason? Because supporting Barack *Hussein* Obama over that other guy who [...]

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