Over at Pharyngula there’s a great discussion centering on the work of Dr. Elisabeth Lloyd, who wrote The Case for the Female Orgasm. I have not read Dr. Lloyd’s book, but I remember when her research was release a few months ago, and remember thinking to myself that some jackass would argue that, based on [...]
The mayor of New Orleans has issued a mandatory evacuation; the state police have issued mandatory evacuations for surrounding parishes. Hurricane Katrina has now been classified as a Category 5 — with sustained winds of 175 mph, and gusts up to 215 mph.
For more info: National Hurricane Center
Apparently the US has finally ended the Iran Iraq war. The Iranians are claiming victory. A Senior Iran cleric is hailing “Islamic state of Iraq”, and who can dispute him, with such democratic articles in the proposed Iraqi constitution as:
Article II Sec.1: Islam is a main source for legislation.
a. No law may contradict Islamic [...]
Unbelievable. An Anti-gay church plans to protest at soldier funerals. Though the soldiers are not gay the group contends:
“God’s wrath is rightfully killing soldiers who are fighting to defend a nation that defies the Bible” and “They turned America over to fags; they’re coming home in body bags.”
The number of ways this disgusts [...]
So the American Legion has called for an end to all public protests of the Iraq war: “The delegates voted to use whatever means necessary to ensure the united backing of the American people to support our troops and the global war on terrorism.” Mr. Cadmus, national commander, seems to follow the same flawed logic [...]
CNN.com – Robertson: Chavez remarks misinterpreted – Aug 24, 2005
I love it! Recently a number of wacko conservatives claim they have been taken ‘out of context’ when they say crass and stupid thing (ie. Rush Limbaugh). Now Robertson is saying:
“I didn’t say ‘assassination.’ I said our special forces should ‘take him out.’ And ‘take [...]
For most of today I have watched the story of Pat Robertson’s call for the assassination of president Chavez grow into a national brouhaha. I had originally heard about this a couple of days ago, and thought to myself: it’s just crazy Pat, being psychotic Pat. However, it now seems that someone in the MSM [...]
