Enjoy! A Michigan woman is suing a judge for forcing her to remove her hat hijab in court.  According to the 3rd Circuit court, “Judge Callahan and the court have the greatest respect for spiritual practices and all religious preferences.”  Maybe I’ll test this by getting into his courtroom and refusing to swear on a [...]

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Enjoy these links: Apparently, the scene of a rape in Fairmount Park is also a dead zone for cell phones and police radios.  The Inquirer makes this info public, making the info easily accessible for both victims and perpetrators of sexual assault. Livejournal turned 10, meaning that the internet itself is, indeed, old meme. Here [...]

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Enjoy these news bits: A Chinese man keeps his severed leg in formaldehyde for 20 years.  Why?  To warn people about the dangers of drinking and driving. Speaking of boozing, apparently, Obama is an alcoholic.  It’s not because of the binge drinking, it’s because the 48 year old occasionally drinks a beer. Apparently, privileged women [...]

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I just had to Google when Hanukkah was. The embarrassing part about that? I have about a million Jews in my life right now. My bad!

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Were Women Fired for Praying at Work? By Cheryl Thomas CBN News December 20, 2006 CBN News.com – DALLAS – Two former University of Texas-Arlington employees say they were fired after praying over another staff member’s cubicle and anointing it with olive oil. The two women, Evelyne Shatkin, an administrative assistant, and Linda Shifflett, a [...]

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Oh Texas. Candidate for the Sixth Court of Appeals, Ben Franks, is reported to be a professed atheist and apparently believes the Bible is a “collection of myths.” During debate over a plank in the State Democrat Platform, members of the Platform Committee debated dropping “God” from a sentence on the first page of the [...]

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Pay attention right around one minute fifty seconds. That’s right. You heard booing. Cause Richard Dawkins is an unqualified putz who deserves that. It’s sad when Ramesh Ponnuru receives a warmer reception than Richard Fucking Dawkins. *headdesk* Bonus: Clip from the Atheist/Christian episode of 30 Days Ugh. And people actually try to claim that non-believers [...]

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One of Temple’s core requirements is a two-part course called “Intellectual Heritage.” In this course, we are supposed to study how philosophy, government, religion and history interact using concepts and texts from each of these subjects. Note “supposed.” My IH professor – Patrick Messina in the Philosophy Department – is a Roman Catholic who is [...]

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I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever see any of the Lord of the Rings movies. (Well, barring me becoming an overly emotional cutter fuck or something.  I had originally said “suicidal,” but I can think of much better ways to go.  This is the exact type of melodramatic bullshit that cutters latch [...]

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