TLC, the “Yay religion!” channel, has a new show called All-American Muslim. Guess what it’s about! Guess what its take is! Well in one way its take is fine. Good, show people that Mulims aren’t some weird alien species; excellent; promote fellow-feeling and peace; great. But… Well I’ve only managed to watch a few minutes …
Monthly Archive: November 2011
Nov 22 2011
Strolling cop pepper spraying everywhere
Jason collected some photoshopped pepper-spraying cops. My favorite is Check them all out. Commenters have more. Don’t miss George W’s.
Nov 22 2011
No billboard for YOU
Mid Ohio Atheists had a contract with Lind Media Company for two billboards (of the atheist variety, of course). At the last minute Lind Media Company dropped Mid Ohio Atheists a line to say “Oops we changed our minds sorry thx bye.” No fair. Granted, if I were putting up an atheist billboard in Ohio …
Nov 22 2011
The Bombay massacre
I haven’t been paying enough attention. (So often the case. There is so much to pay attention to, and it’s very difficult to pay attention to everything – ok it’s not very difficult, it’s impossible – so in paying attention to L, M and N, you miss S, T and U.) I missed David Coleman …
Nov 21 2011
Another foundation
I have another treat for you: R J Rushdoony’s Chalcedon Foundation. It has edu in its url, which is kind of funny. Anyway, it’s Dominionism. I chose an item almost at random – Joy as a Tool of Dominion for the Abused Woman. By Mrs. Gerald (Jennifer) W. Tritle – boy, you don’t see that …
Nov 21 2011
Take that, rabble
The UC Davis police chief has been placed on leave after the pepper spraying of students on Friday. On Sunday, the university said that two police officers had been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation into Friday’s incident. In videos that were widely distributed over the Internet, two police officers in riot …
Nov 21 2011
Having to promise
A new thing for Christianists to worry about. Girls wanting to become Guides, Brownies or Rainbows currently promise to “love” God when signing up to the 101-year-old organisation. However, the association is considering reviewing the wording of its affirmation for new members, to remove religious references. The NSS says the story is bogus, but taking it as …
Nov 20 2011
Blot her out
It’s a hard job obliterating women from the landscape. People have been trying for centuries but it’s like weevils or mildew…there’s always a bit you miss and then before you know it – the big chomping jaws come through the wall and eat you. The Saudis are struggling with this problem now, and they’ve decided …
Nov 20 2011
Abuse of privilege
Simon Singh finds Charles Windsor less than reasonable on the subject of alternative “medicine.” The heir to the throne will not accept that treatments such as homeopathy, acupuncture and chiropractic therapy do not work in the vast majority of cases, according to Simon Singh.
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