The rioting continues in Afghanistan. The estimated toll is now 20 dead and more than 80 injured. Two suicide attackers disguised as women blew themselves up and a third was gunned down Saturday when they used force to try to enter a NATO base on the outskirts of Kabul, NATO […]
Read MoreAfghans attack U.N. building, murder workers and each other after Qur’an burning
Rioters condemning America in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan Remember Terry Jones? Not the guy from Monty Python, but the Florida pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Qur’an last August in response to the building of the Cordoba House Islamic cultural center a few blocks away from where the World Trade […]
Read MorePlease don’t molest the feminist bloggers
From the wonderful xkcd.com Poor Jen McCreight. Seriously. If all she did was post about things that offend her, I could understand people thinking that she’s too sensitive and probably a miserable person generally– even though, of course, there are more than enough offensive things happening every second of every […]
Read MoreMashups worth mentioning
By the way, the song I posted on Sunday I got from the Best of Bootie mashups, a series of albums consisting of tracks combining songs or audio recordings from the past couple of decades. They’re all free to download, and there are some definite gems in there. For example, did […]
Read More“A secular atheist country…dominated by radical Islamists”
Doesn’t care about the difference between a secular nationand a Muslim theocracy, and you shouldn’t either. That’s what Newt Gingrich is afraid his country will become by the time his grandchildren are adults, if people like him do not themselves dominate. The full quote: “I have two grandchildren — Maggie […]
Read MoreTuesday links
The Psychologist‘s April issue is dedicated to psychology, religion, and spirituality, and you don’t need a subscription to read articles such as “The Cognitive Science of Religion” by Justin Barrett and Emily Reed Burdett. Update from the New York Times on the gang rape in Cleveland, Texas– it’s worse […]
Read MoreMonday links
Dan Savage reports that pro-gay marriage advocates are protesting outside the home of a florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding: “Not cool.” Radley Balko points to a story of New Jersey police arresting five teenagers after a noise complaint…and then leaving them in the police van […]
Read MoreVideo game death
Boingboing produced this video montage of deaths in the old school age of video games (Atari and NES/Sega mostly, for you young’uns). Along with the memories, the music is actually what makes it– it has a serene yet wistful feeling, bringing to mind the monologue at the end of American […]
Read MoreWhy should we care where Sarah Palin got her bunny (and how many shots it took)?
The designated Badass Quote of the Day for today over on Dispatches is from Jason Easley at Politics USA: Sarah Palin has become the political equivalent of Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. America regrets the one night stand they had with Palin, but now she has broken into our house […]
Read MoreYou make the music go back; you hear Satan speakin’
According to Wikipedia, Pareidolia ( /pærɪˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages […]
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