Terry Jones is on trial this morning by a Michigan jury which is going to decide whether or not he can protest at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn without having paid a $100,000 “peace bond.” If that makes you do a double-take and say “Whaa?” I’m right there […]
Read MoreDemonstration denied in Dearborn; Dawud declares doubts
Dawud Walid Anti-Islam pastor Terry Jones takes his show to Michigan…or at least attempts to. In a bid to become to Muslims what Fred Phelps has been to gays and the military, Jones announced that he and his church would be protesting at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, […]
Read MoreThreadless photography
Here’s a video on how Threadless does their seemingly endless t-shirt photo shoots, featuring photographers Sean Dorgan and Sean Donohue. If you shop at Threadless (and I do, more than I should) you’re probably familiar with how they give each shirt a style of photography and setting to complement its […]
Read MoreDon’t dress your children provocatively…or major news sites will call them “tramps”
I find it difficult to imagine how someone could read this without being creeped out by the author rather than the subject of his own disturbance: I saw someone at the airport the other day who really caught my eye. Her beautiful, long blond hair was braided back a la Bo […]
Read MoreTuesday links
New Hampshire Tea Partiers’ opinions of gay marriage range from apathetic to vaguely supportive. I wonder how many of those people are members of the Free State Project. Check out the guy at 42 seconds in. Iowa, Florida, and Minnesota are trying to ban covert photography of factory farm operations. […]
Read MorePouncing on privilege, smack talking in/on sports
A commenter at Dispatches From the Culture Wars remarks, in response to conversation about Kobe Bryant’s recent $100,000 fine for calling a referee a “fucking faggot”: Most people who fight for ‘equal rights’ do it because they, or people close to them, are members of the group being discriminated against. […]
Read MoreWhat color is the skin in your world?
I realize that I could dedicate this entire blog to making fun of stupid things on Fox and Friends and have more than enough material every day. I don’t want to do that, because a) there are other things to talk about, and b) doing so would require actually watching more Fox and […]
Read MoreThree Hindus in Switzerland acquitted of destroying holy texts
…but only because they didn’t actually go through with it: Three men who announced their intention to burn copies of the Koran and the Bible on Bern’s Parliament Square last November have been acquitted by a Swiss court. The book burnings never took place but the three, two Indians and a […]
Read MoreI say toenails; you say battleground of cultural warfare. Potato, potahto.
Another example of why we must never be without Jon Stewart: The Daily Show – Toemageddon 2011 – This Little Piggy Went to HellTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Sigh. I would just leave it there, but there are a few elements to […]
Read MoreGlenn Beck vs. lady parts
When a man and a woman love each other very much, her happy pink ghost has grapes. Pretty sure this is how many right-wingers understand reproduction By the way…I’m a hooker who is planning on having 400 abortions. There, I’ve outed myself. Whew! It feels good to get that off my […]
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