Faith in ignorance
GEOFF SMITH
March 18, 2009
Kingston — So Pope Benedict is in Africa, ministering to the sick, and observing that condoms will not help allay the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is the same thing as arguing that quinine does not help with malaria, that quitting smoking does not lessen chances for cancer or emphysema, and that […]
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN SOMETHING AND ARE ASKED TO DIE FOR IT, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUICIDE MIGHT BE A CREATIVE FORM OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, OR, FOR THAT MATTER, A WAY OF WORKING OUT GUILT FOR HAVING COMMITTED UNSPEAKABLE ACTS IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM….COMMENT?
Army official: Suicides in January ‘terrifying’
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Two […]
SO THERE ALL YOU MATH WIZARDS!!!
Palin rails against ‘anonymous, pathetic bloggers’
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, February 5, 2009
(02-05) 08:29 PST New York (AP) –
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is still mad at media coverage of her candidacy, particularly “anonymous, pathetic bloggers” who she says spread falsehoods about her.
The Alaska governor also says […]
IT SUCKS….
updated 8 minutes ago
New Haggard accuser: ‘He really thought he was invincible’
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Accuser says disgraced pastor Ted Haggard talked of having “fun on the side”
NEW: Church says it won’t reclaim $179,000 settlement to Grant Haas
Man was 22 and struggling with his sexuality when he met Haggard
Haggard apologizes for “inappropriate” behavior but denies sexual […]
YESTERDAY, A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN HAPPINESS…..
Just Hours Away …a note from Michael Moore
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Friends,
This happy, happy day!
We have made it through the Dark Ages and here we are, in one of the most redemptive moments history has ever witnessed. Barack Obama is our best hope to get it right, to heal […]
ER, UH, EXCUSE ME…..
Director accidentally shoots actor during play rehearsal
Nosheen Iqbal and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 January 2009 14.58 GMT
Article history
A Smith and Wesson .38 calibre gun. Photograph: PA
Real-life tragedy nearly struck at a Florida theatre on Monday night, when an actor fired a live gun at a cast member’s head.
During rehearsals for an amateur production […]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BEST ASSESSMENT YET OF THE WORKINGS OF THE “RECESSION”…….
January 4, 2009
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
The End of the Financial World as We Know It
By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on […]