Month: April 2009

What Values? Fundies and Torture

Who knew atheists had higher morals than fundamental Christians? Uh, a lot of us, actually, and now we have more poll results to prove it: Churchgoers more likely to back torture, survey finds WASHINGTON (CNN) — The more often...

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390 Years Minus 100 Days, Pt. 1

Many people — including the president himself — have mentioned the absurdity of judging Obama’s success at cleaning up messes that were decades in the making, based on his first 100 days in office. It’s equally...

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My Neck of the Woods – Attack on Queen Beatrix

. Deadly attack on Queen’s Day (RNW) – A car that drove straight through a crowd of people in Apeldoorn at the moment the royal family was passing by, did so deliberately. That was confirmed by the authorities at a...

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Condi goes to the Mattresses

If anyone needed one last example of what a cancer a policy of torture becomes to a society, Condoleezza Rice gave it up. It’s not just the acts of inflicting painful and psychological damage to people, or getting taxpayer...

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