Friday, August 29, 2008
"Tell me, how does this thing end?"
Pushing Russia Into the Cold - Yahoo! News
You may be surprised who wrote this article - I was.
Before we start down the road of isolating and encircling Russia with weak NATO allies, let us think through Gen. Petraeus' question in 2003 about Iraq, "Tell me, how does this thing end?"
You may be surprised who wrote this article - I was.
Before we start down the road of isolating and encircling Russia with weak NATO allies, let us think through Gen. Petraeus' question in 2003 about Iraq, "Tell me, how does this thing end?"
Tony Clement, Health Minister Absent During Crisis
Impolitical: "Surprisingly absent"
"Federal Health Minister Tony Clement has been surprisingly absent from
the public eye during the crisis, choosing instead to travel to Denver
for the Democratic National Convention. His response -- that he is
"available all hours of the day and night" -- hardly inspires
confidence. Leadership in a crisis cannot be delivered via BlackBerry."
"Federal Health Minister Tony Clement has been surprisingly absent from
the public eye during the crisis, choosing instead to travel to Denver
for the Democratic National Convention. His response -- that he is
"available all hours of the day and night" -- hardly inspires
confidence. Leadership in a crisis cannot be delivered via BlackBerry."
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Babylon AD Chopped Up By Fox
Babylon Blunder: Director Of Babylon AD Calls Movie "Terrible Experience"
Hopefully there will be a director's cut with the good chopped parts put back in.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Women Experience More Pain Than Men
Women DON'T have a higher pain threshold than men | Mail Online
"Different hormones, body composition and central nervous systems means
women are more susceptible to a range of painful conditions, according
to experts at a conference for the International Association for the
Study of Pain."
Christianity Explained!
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"The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree." "Zombie Jesus! He died for your sins... then he came back for your brains!"
Big Bang Experiment
Tests clear way for Big Bang experiment | Science | Reuters
That collision, in which both particle clusters will be traveling at
the speed of light, will be monitored on computers at CERN and
laboratories around the world by scientists looking for, among other
things, a particle that made life possible.
That collision, in which both particle clusters will be traveling at
the speed of light, will be monitored on computers at CERN and
laboratories around the world by scientists looking for, among other
things, a particle that made life possible.
90 Civilians Bombed - Some people actually genuinely think it's all about helping the Afghan people
The Galloping Beaver: Bombing them back to the throwing stones age
"The United States expressed regret Sunday for any civilian deaths from US-led military operations in Afghanistan, without confirming reports of nearly 90 killed in one incident this week.
"We regret the loss of life among the innocent Afghanis who we are committed to protect," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said as US President George W. Bush spent time on his Texas ranch."
Initially "US-led coalition forces denied killing any civilians" in Thursday's airstrike.
The next day they thought there might be five.
An Afghan minister who visited the area put the civilian death toll at 90, a human rights group at the scene estimated it at 78 and the Interior Ministry reported 76 noncombatants dead, including 50 children.
The attacks sparked angry protests on Saturday from locals, who set fire to a police vehicle and waved banners reading “Death to America”.
A school principal and police official said Afghan soldiers tried to hand out food and clothes Saturday in Azizabad — the village where the U.S.-Afghan operation took place Thursday. But villagers started throwing stones at the soldiers, who then fired on the Afghans and wounded up to eight.
Monday, August 25, 2008
101 Atheist Quotes
Irish i's: 101 Atheist quotes
I saw this on Digg, but Atheist Blogger's site was down, then I saw a re-post on Irish I's blog. Thanks to both for posting this list.
Some of my faves from the list:
7. Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. - Seneca the Younger
10. If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul. - Isaac Asimov
12. With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. - Steven Weinberg
18. Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. - Anonymous
22. It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image. - Ludwig Feuerbach
31. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. - Stephen Roberts
35. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. - Anonymous
57. History teaches us that no other cause has brought more death than the word of god. - Giulian Buzila
58. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. - George Carlin
62. People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to remain an Agnostic just in case?’ This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. (If it turns out that I’ve been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I think I would choose not to worship him anyway.) - Douglas Adams
73. Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. - Penn Jillette
77. When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion. - Robert Pirsig
89. Atheists will celebrate life, while you’re in church celebrating death. - Anonymous
I saw this on Digg, but Atheist Blogger's site was down, then I saw a re-post on Irish I's blog. Thanks to both for posting this list.
Some of my faves from the list:
7. Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. - Seneca the Younger
10. If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul. - Isaac Asimov
12. With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. - Steven Weinberg
18. Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. - Anonymous
22. It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image. - Ludwig Feuerbach
31. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. - Stephen Roberts
35. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. - Anonymous
57. History teaches us that no other cause has brought more death than the word of god. - Giulian Buzila
58. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. - George Carlin
62. People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to remain an Agnostic just in case?’ This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. (If it turns out that I’ve been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I think I would choose not to worship him anyway.) - Douglas Adams
73. Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. - Penn Jillette
77. When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion. - Robert Pirsig
89. Atheists will celebrate life, while you’re in church celebrating death. - Anonymous
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
More News on the Toronto Bike Thief Story
Record-Setting Thief Steals 2,396 Bikes | WebEcoist
"Over ten thousand frustrated bicycle theft victims have perused Igor’s reclaimed collection of stolen goods but only a few hundred bycles have been returned. He is now facing dozens of counts relating to the thefts alone, but the story doesn’t end there: raids on Igor Kenk’s house and myriad storage places revealed crack, cocaine and pounds of marijuana … as well as a stolen bronze statue of a centaur and snake in the heat of battle. How that fits in is anyone’s guess."
New Stargate Show
Stargate Universe: Stargate Universe Gets The Green Light
Could be meat, could be cake - will probably be meatcake.
Un-pave The Earth
Paradise Unpaved | Franke James
(thanks Heather!)
A story of greening a front yard, and a wacky by-law in North York.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Creepiest Blind Date Ever
Creepiest Blind Date Ever - Funny Videos | Cracked.com
Well, still not as creepy as the "Is that right, eh!" guy my friend had a date with. I think the guy who sits down beside them is creepier.
Well, still not as creepy as the "Is that right, eh!" guy my friend had a date with. I think the guy who sits down beside them is creepier.
Skynet/Terminator World in 40 Years
Robots to be more intelligent than humans in 40 years | News | TechRadar UK
No mention of the Terminator movies or I Robot in the article, but, ...
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