Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot The recently publicized terrorist plot to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport, like so many of the terrorist plots over the past few years, is a study in alarmism and incompetence: on the part of the terrorists, our government and the press. Terrorism is a real…
Month: June 2007
Why Can't I Own a Canadian?
(Thanks Paul!) http://www.humanistsofutah.org/2002/WhyCantIOwnACanadian_10-02.html Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura…
Pi = 3.0 if you believe in the bible
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Worlds Largest Animal Migration
Scientists believe they have discovered the biggest migration of wild animals on Earth, with an aerial survey revealing vast herds of gazelle and antelope on the move in southern Sudan in a region which had been assumed to have been denuded of its wildlife by years of civil war. The Wildlife Conservation Society, together with…
Record foreclosure levels
In another sign that the housing market is taking a major tumble, Americans across the country are getting foreclosure notices at a record pace. New data released this afternoon indicates that one in every 656 homes in the United States went into foreclosure during May. Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac says more than 176,000 people got foreclosure…
The rich are making the poor poorer
Twenty years ago it was risky to point out the growing inequality in America. I did it in a New York Times essay and was quickly denounced, in the Washington Times, as a “Marxist.” If only. I’ve never been able to get through more than a couple of pages of Das Kapital, even in English,…
100 Words Every High School Graduate should know
BOSTON, MA — The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know. “The words we suggest,” says senior editor Steven Kleinedler, “are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates and their parents can measure themselves. If you…
Think equality exists in the USA? Yeah…right…
Read this story and then tell me that we are all treated equally under the law. The truth is, and anyone who has ever dealt with the law can confirm this, there is equal access to the law only if there is equal access to money and guess what? There’s not. Not in the USA…
Open Letter to Parents who bring kids to Horror Flicks
This comes to terrorsuspect via Digg. Written by Anthony Burch Dear Dad With a Doo Rag and Mother With a Halter Top and a Belly Piercing, You may or may not recognize me: I was present at the same screening of Hostel: Part II that you and your family attended last night. I send you…