Atheist Sees Image of Big Bang in Piece of Toast More trouble with new Mosque building For Immediate Release: Miracle Toast? (ACPA-London) Excitement is growing in the Northern England town of Huddersfield following news that local atheist Donald Chapman saw an image of the Big-Bang in a piece of toast. In an exclusive interview with "The Huddersfield Express" Chapman, 36, explained that he was sitting down to eat breakfast when an unusual toast pattern caught his eye. "I was just about to spread the butter when I noticed a small hole in the middle of the bread surrounded by a burnt black ring," said Chapman. "Then the direction and splatter pattern of the crumbs caught my eye - they were flowing outward from the center of the black hole and their shades were changing as distance from the center grew. Ever since news of the discovery made national headlines, local hoteliers have been overwhelmed by an influx of atheists from all over the country who have flocked to Huddersfield to catch a glimpse of the scientific relic.
Sorry Media, This Election Won't be About the Economy and Jobs By: Jason Easley June 1st, 2012 see more posts by Jason Easley The mainstream media has constructed a storyline that the 2012 election is all about the economy and jobs, but what if it isn’t? Today’s news that the unemployment rate has ticked up to 8.2% has brought about the usual media howls about how this is total and comprehensive doom for Obama. Mitt Romney put out his usual daily statement about the president being a failure, and Republicans blamed Democrats, while Democrats blamed Republicans, but beneath all of this back and forth is an unproven premise that this election is all about the economy and jobs. The problem is that this election probably won’t be about the economy and jobs, and the whole ball of wax is based on something that doesn’t exist. All of this chaos and courtship is designed to target a myth which dates back to the founding of our nation, the myth of the rational voter. Republicans win elections not by informing voters, but by confusing them.
Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany - Medievalists.net – June 2, 2011Posted in: Articles Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany By Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012) Abstract: How persistent are cultural traits? Introduction: A growing theoretical literature argues that cultural norms are powerful determinants of individual behavior and that they can persist over long periods. This article analyzes the historical roots of anti-Semitism in interwar Germany. Click here to read this article from Oxford Journals Click here to read an early version of this article from the Social Sciences Research Network
Florida Concocts Signature Test to Purge Democratic Voters By: Adalia Woodbury May 30th, 2012 see more posts by Adalia Woodbury While voter suppression is nothing new, Rick Scott has taken it to the extreme with a variety of measures ranging from restricting registration, to voter purging and a signatures please law. Among the people, the people on Scott’s list of ineligible voters is a World War II veteran. The restrictions on voter registration have clearly had the results Rick Scott wants. As NPR reports: Because of those rules, and their potential penalties, the League of Women Voters and some other groups have stopped conducting voter registration drives in Florida. The purpose of the voter purge is to eliminate non-citizens from the voter rolls to solve the non-existent problem of voter fraud. Many citizens under Florida’s voter suppression laws have been erroneously identified as Non-Citizens based on the very issues that excluded people erroneously tagged as felons in 2004. - Of that group, - Another Maureen Russo was born in Akron, Ohio.
Wanderlust drove our female ancestors far from the home cave | Science Ancient forerunners of modern men stayed close to where they were born but paired up with females from far beyond their local stomping grounds, a new study claims. The research provides a rare insight into the social behaviour of primitive "hominins" that appears to match closely that seen in chimpanzees and bonobos today. Scientists analysed fossilised remains around cave networks near Johannesburg in South Africa and found that while 90% of males appeared to have spent their whole lives in the area, at least half the females had come from farther afield. The work suggests that males regularly stayed with the community they were born into, with females roaming into new territories as they reached sexual maturity, the scientists report in the journal, Nature. The team reached their conclusions after studying remnants of fossilised teeth belonging to two extinct species that lived in the region more than a million years ago.
Have a Very Liberal Memorial Day (video) Memorial Day is about remembering the soldiers who fought for American values. There is a somber aspect to Memorial Day when we remember that people sacrificed their lives in the name of the freedoms that the far right mocks in its quest to establish an America that would have the Founding Fathers rolling in their graves. At the same time, Memorial Day is a celebration of those very freedoms which the paranoid right wing mocks. This video makes the point so very well. Courtesy of lipstickliberalnet on youtube. Enjoy! Thanks redway! Image from Upper Valley Moms
Peaceful Protest against the Preacher Who Wants Concentration Camps for Gays and Lesbians Earlier this week, I wrote an article for politicususa about Charles Worley, a pastor in North Carolina who called for putting gays and lesbians in concentration camp during one of his sermons. His “sermon” was in response to the President’s recent announcement that he supports same sex marriage. The content of his “sermon” was pretty graphic. But, if you want to confirm that this is for real and you have a very strong stomach, you can check out the video of Worley’s sermon here. What sort of person could possibly listen to the sort of rhetoric that is reminiscent of Nazi Germany, minus the pink triangles? Well, there is one and Anderson Cooper found her. This woman is an example why inbreeding should be forbidden, people. According to her logic, the Pastor didn’t mean he wanted a concentration camp for Gays and Lesbians. Obviously, she isn’t the only one who supports these ideas. It’s one thing to believe that homosexuality is wrong and oppose social recognition of their relationships.
The Mitt Romney Ken Doll Interview Strategy: Look Good, Say Nothing If you haven’t already read Mark Halperin’s lengthy interview with Mitt Romney in the recent issue of Time magazine, you really should. I do believe a Ken doll could have given more substantive answers to Halperin’s questions, but then maybe that’s Romney’s intent. Maybe he’s counting on an American electorate whom he perceives to be remarkably stupid with memories the size of an amoeba. Just keep looking good and saying nothing. That’ll work. I know, I know. Then there is the Huffington Post’s 2012 Election Dashboard, which breaks the race down to who is most likely to win which states, and how many electoral votes are assigned to each of those states. In the interview with Halperin, there is more than enough nutrition-free meat to chew on for Romney opponents, but one of my favorite exchanges between interviewer and interviewee has to be the following (bold emphasis mine except for names of who is speaking): Halperin: But you welcome scrutiny of your business record, is that right?
Satan Ate My Government! The Fundamentalist Addiction to Satan Dominionist Rick Joyner of MorningStar Ministries and the Oak Initiative in all his prophetic wisdom is worried about his imaginary friend Satan using “useful idiots” to destroy America. I’m more concerned about useless idiots, to be quite honest, and fundamentalist Christians have proven time and again they don’t need any super(stitious) powers to screw things up; they’re quite capable of doing that on their own with very mundane levels of human intelligence, and I mean VERY mundane. Watch the video from Right Wing Watch: This obsession with Satan is really unhealthy. Or how about that other useless idiot, James Dobson, who blames environmentalism on Satan? Satan complex much? And of course for dominionists, probably the most idiotic of idiots, government, the economy and the media are all occupied by Satan. I’m no shrink but I really think it’s a sort of Satan-envy they’re dealing with here. Oh! And boy does Satan hate Sarah Palin! Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick!
What? Media Bias Sunday is back again? And by “media bias” I mean GOP. | | The Political CarnivalThe Political Carnival Hey kids! Tomorrow is Media Bias Sunday! Or as I like to call it, Librul Media My Ass Sunday. Let’s take a sneak preview of what’s coming up on the Big Sunday Talker Line-Up, per The Seattle Times, okay? Okay. This is not a complete list; Paddy provides that to you tomorrow. And as you may have noticed, ClusterFox is not included, because, well come on, what’s the point? ABC’s “This Week” – John Boehner (R); Nancy Pelosi (D). NBC’s “Meet the Press” - Dick Durbin (D); Paul Ryan (R). CBS’ “Face the Nation” – Mitch McConnell (R); Mark Warner ( D); Lindsey Graham (R). CNN’s “State of the Union” – Barbara Boxer (D); Kay Bailey Hutchison (R); David Axelrod (D); Reince Priebus (R); Anders Fogh Rasmussenm, NATO Secretary-General. It’s time to do the math: Red Rs + Red Rs, carry the pi, divided by D, times Bias, minus even-handedness… calculating… Total: 6 Rs, 5 Ds. There it is: Your librul media at work.
Arizona Chases Birtherism While Ignoring Republican Voter Fraud Arizona wants you to know that the Papers Please law is not racist, also, release the birth certificate! Birtherism is alive and well in Arizona, where Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says President Obama may be left off their November ballot because he can’t validate the birth certificate. Ken, who is toying with the idea of running for Governor of Arizona (and honestly, who better to fill Jan’s trample-on-the-Constitution shoes?), says he is not a birther, but… The SOS Bennett told KFYI host Mike Broomhead yesterday, “I’m not playing to the birthers. Oh, goody for Ken, he managed to get in that omnipresent “If the President says he isn’t a Muslim terrorist, then I take him at his word but there’s no harm in askin’ questions….” Watch here if you are still operating under the misinformed idea that Republicans have something worthwhile to say about the economy: It warms the heart. About Sarah Jones (2,398 Posts) Connect with Sarah Jones