If you’ve ever wondered why people prattle on so much about the importance of keeping religion out of government, make sure you read this entire article, about a group of Catholic bishops who intend to directly and “forcefully” confront President-Elect Barack Obama on the topic of his plans to immediately void some of President Bush’s abortion banning executive orders once he takes office.

We get such gems as:

“Any one of us here would consider it a privilege to die tomorrow—die tomorrow!—to bring about the end of abortion,” said Auxiliary Bishop Robert Hermann of St. Louis.

Ignoring for the moment the complete idiocy of that statement, I’d rather focus on the extremism being put on display here. The article points out the Catholic church is willing to “compromise” on issues like the economy, energy policy, and foreign policy, but that it has to stand firm on the subject of abortion. Does that mean it intends to launch an all-out political war against anybody who supports women’s rights like this? Read the full story...

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BTW, yeah, I know how childish this is, and this is below even my minimal standards, but for some reason, this guy’s easy tweakability is just irresistible to me. I’ll undoubtedly get bored of this within a couple of minutes, unless he actually responds; then it’ll be a day or so.

Heh! Imagine my surprise to meet an ignorant chest-thumping cop on a cell phone forum. Doubtful we’ll be seeing any groundbreaking G1 applications from “Gmania69”, but I’m sure the folks in Oregon feel safer knowing a good ol’ boy is stalking their streets protecting ‘em from all us “bullies.” Looks like he’ll keep you safe.

Unless you voted for Obama, apparently. Oh, whoops. I meant “Messiah.” Sorry Glen. You’re doing a great job showing the world just how calm, level-headed, and friendly police are. I’m glad law enforcement doesn’t engage in petty bickering and armchair politicking. I’m confused though — you loathe Alaska but supported McCain and Palin? You’re not a troll — you’re just a dumbass. Seems like you’re quite fond of that high horse analogy, and you seem to have an unhealthy obsession with dog park politics. Read the full story...

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Here’s a huge shocker: Fox News somehow “managed” to land the first post-election interview with Sarah Palin. Aren’t you shocked?

Yeah, neither am I. Go figure — the most biased network that was friendliest to McCain’s campaign throughout this past election cycle getting to interview their favorite VP pick first before the other “real” news networks isn’t much of a surprise. Still, since that’s a Fox News article right there, let’s give it the deluxe snark treatment anyway. Read the full story...

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PeTA is an irritating group of people. To a small degree, some of what they argue for is actually accurate — modern Americans have little to no business running out into the wilderness with guns to “hunt” animals (because we are an advanced, industrialized nation capable of mass-producing healthy foods), being cruel to animals for the “fun” of it is just bad, and we probably should give a more collective rat’s ass than we do about how feed animals are treated during processing. Read the full story...

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I guess they ran out of “new” stuff to complain about, as today’s AFA “Action Alert” wants me to bitch out McDonald’s (including by complaining to local restaurant managers) about a new side issue stemming from the previous whining about McDonald’s daring to support gay and lesbian community efforts to be more “integrated” in its workforce.

The complaint now? McDonald’s applied for a discount rate for that pro-homosexual summit it sent some employees to earlier this year. Those bastards — not only are they trying to integrate homosexuals into their corporate culture but they’re actually taking advantage of group rates when sending people to conferences. Yeesh.

Sarcasm aside, why exactly is this a specific complaint? If you’re mad about them going to the conference in the first place, that’s fine. But why would you be pissy that they took advantage of a discount? Isn’t saving money a good thing?

Why do dickheads like those running the AFA get to be tax-exempt, anyway? All they’re doing is spewing hate speech. If I claimed to “love God(tm)” would that mean I could solicit (and accept) donations on a tax-free basis to continue running my site? Sigh. I should start my own religion. Read the full story...

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Because of a stupid hoax sent via e-mail over the past few days, idiots all over Florida are clogging lines at the gas pumps fearing a gas shortage. Gas stations all around Tallahassee are out of gas. They created their own outage.

Thanks, morons. I spent half an hour driving around this town to find a station with some fuel in it. I love how the smart ones that don’t fall for this stupid shit (i.e. me) are the ones who get nailed by it anyway. It’s a hoax, until enough of the dolts out there fall for it that they actually do run on all the gas stations and create a shortage.

Bleh. Morons. Oh yeah — you idiots spiked the local gas price average by a good $0.50 per gallon with this stunt, too. Thanks for that, too. Read the full story...

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Not that this sad Caylee Anthony case deserves any more media attention, but this leads into one of the topics I’d wanted to start writing more in-depth stories about — my intense dislike for Homeowners Associations (HOAs). This entry was prompted by the news that in response to protesters showing up at Casey Anthony’s place to say their piece, the local HOA there is suing them to make them stop. From the article:

According to the lawsuit: “The association is seeking to reasonably limit the nuisance activities that have caused irreparable harm and damage to the quiet use and enjoyment of the residential neighborhood.” Read the full story...

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The Large Hadron Collider was successfully activated, tested, and used today. Yeah, that same LHC that quite a few paranoid, moronic wingnuts said would destroy the Earth has been successfully started and used, and we’re still here.

What now, guys? Where’s that thunderous rhetoric about the destruction of the Earth at the hands of microscopic black holes? Where’s the doomsday you were warning about?

All that silence you’re hearing? That’s the sound of thousands of very embarrassed people, hoping to slink away unnoticed to wait for the next “big, scary thing” they can hate, while the rest of us perk up and get excited about the real science being done by real physicists and real engineers … right now.

That silence will soon be replaced by cheers as the scientists doing actual work start learning more about our universe with the help of this giant machine. Feel free to openly mock anyone you know who actually parroted the “we’re going to die because of this machine!” paranoia. It’s okay to point out they were wrong. The sky isn’t falling today. Read the full story...

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Once upon a time, humanity’s prevailing belief about the Earth’s geography was that the entire world was flat, and that sailing a ship beyond the borders of the known world meant “falling off” the world, encountering dragons, and an assortment of other painful, invariably lethal oddities.

We know the world is round now, because a few people started using reason instead of fear in their explorations of the world. The first people to suggest the world is round were imprisoned and tortured to try to force them to recant. Naturally it was religious groups that did this — terrified that their “perfect” world view was going to be shattered (and that some dumbass idea from their precious bible was about to be proven wrong), they tried to suppress curiosity, exploration, and scientific endeavor. Read the full story...

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In typical government bureaucrat fashion, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters blames those stupid Americans (that’d be you and me) for driving less because gas prices are high — all as the cause for a $200 million shortfall in the federal highway trust fund. You see, we’re not buying as much gas (because we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing by driving less, and because it’s pricey these days) as we should be, and that’s running the highway coffers dry.

Sorry, everybody. Guess I fucked up the highways. Read the full story...

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