Just imagine
I’m not exactly sure what this is all about. Or what it has to do with GE. But I know I like it.
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New podcast: religion of the perpetually paranoid
Our new Sanity Squad podcast is up. This one’s about the Pope’s speech about reason and faith, and the unreasonable reaction of a great deal of the Moslem world towards his remarks.
Continue reading →Senate report on Saddam and al Qaeda: more turtles?
If Saddam says so, I guess it must be the truth.
Continue reading →Next “change” post gone AWOL
No, I haven’t forgotten my “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series, even though it might seem that way. I haven’t posted a segment in quite a while, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. What it does … Continue reading →
The Big Story, according to Google: the Gates of Regensburg
My home page is Google, which always contains a feature entitled “Top Stories,” listing what Google considers the five biggest stories of the hour. Usually it has a variety–I’ve never seen it with the same story five times before. But … Continue reading →
Update: the wheels of French justice grind fine…
…and maybe not so slowly, after all. Nidra Pollner’s second report, this one focusing on the trial, sounds very, very promising: It was a beautiful trial. It was held in an atmosphere of respect for justice… And here is part … Continue reading →
Uneasy lies the head next to the head that wears a crown
I sense a theme here–two headlines spotted today in the supermarket checkout line, composing the entire front page of the tabloid the Globe: Camilla Runs Back to Ex-Hubby Laura Bush’s Nervous Breakdown: “I can’t take any more,” she tells Prez … Continue reading →
The cycle of violence: revenge on the stingrays
When I first read this I thought it was from the Onion. But no, it turns out to be for real. It appears that some person or persons in Australia are seeking vengence for naturalist Steve Irwin’s death by killing … Continue reading →
New Podcast
The latest Sanity Squad podcast is up at Pajamas.
Continue reading →9/11: the watershed
[On this fifth anniversary of 9/11, I am reposting the following. It is part of my “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series, and deals with the events of 9/11 and my reaction to them.] INTRODUCTION Although I’ve … Continue reading →
For those of you who like to follow the sport of troll morphing…
…it turns out that our new friend “Stephen Britton,” a far more polite version of his predecessors Stevie/Yahmir/Suzy/anon, is almost certainly one and the same.
Continue reading →The Dread Pirate Bin Laden
More on the subject of fear: Dean Esmay, a fan of “The Princess Bride,” points out that the Dread Pirate Roberts of that movie was an actual historical figure. Pirates have become almost comical these days, good for a laugh … Continue reading →