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Category Archive: Humor
May 25 2013
Pope Francis and atheists
The new pope seems to be struggling to find a way to be inclusive and tolerant while being the head of one of the most intolerant of religions and this is taking him down contradictory paths. Take for example his recent homily that seemed to include even atheists as being among the ‘saved’.
May 24 2013
What happened to Toronto?
Canada does not have the reputation that the US has for breeding crazy politicians. So it came as something of a surprise that the people of Toronto, the largest city in that country, elected as their mayor in 2010 Rob Ford who seems to be almost a caricature of a scandal-plagued politician, embroiled in one …
May 18 2013
Thinking about heaven, hell, purgatory, and other ways to waste your time
There is a conference scheduled to be held to try and bring together Catholics and Evangelicals to see if they can resolve their differences on heaven, hell, and purgatory. The announcement says:
May 17 2013
Why things are the way they are
The late great George Carlin tells it like it is. (Language advisory)
May 16 2013
Stephen Colbert on the Heritage-Richwine affair
He provides a pretty good summary and commentary of the issue that I have been writing about (see here and here). The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive (This clip was aired on May 14, 2013. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The …
May 15 2013
Partisan and hyper-partisan behavior
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with partisanship. We often have to decide one way or the other on some issue and in the absence of any significant information that dictates how to choose, it is not unreasonable for people to align themselves with ‘their’ side, with those with whom they feel generally close to on …
May 13 2013
“And into the hole he goes”
The late Irish comedian Dave Allen often had a very funny take on religion, delivered with nice timing and facial expressions. I posted this clip a long time ago but came across it again and enjoyed it so much that I decided to repost it for the benefit of those who have not seen it …
May 11 2013
Nancy Ghoul
My knowledge of TV talking heads is somewhat scattershot, largely dependent on the video clips that come my way when I am surfing the web, usually in relation to news stories. I was vaguely familiar with the name Nancy Grace as a former lawyer as a legal analyst on cable news, but that was about …
May 10 2013
Fun and games at CNN
A few days ago, I came across an amusing news item. Cable news teams had all rushed to Phoenix, Arizona to cover the impending verdict in the Jodi Arias murder trial which had inexplicably become a national obsession, when the sensational news from Cleveland about the dramatic rescue of the three kidnapped women and the …
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