Wednesday, April 2, 2008

WTF, World: Volume XIX

Have you ever been over a friend's house to eat and the food just ain't no good?
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mush, and the chicken tastes like wood.

WTF!?

Yes, a Sugarhill Gang lyric. And now for some links.
  • So, Obama's pastor goes on a rant and it's supposed to reflect badly on the presidential candidate. Meanwhile, neocons, for years, have been associating themselves with batshit crazy evangelical ministers who say things like New Orleans deserved Katrina, and, um, nothing. Please note that McCain is now also courting these people. The Republican party will probably spin this into something like "McCain has strong family values."
  • Medicine and prayer: fine. Just prayer: maybe not so much. This is one of the sadder stories I have read in some time. How anyone can allow this is beyond me.
  • More on "Expelled". PZ Myers, who was interviewed in the film, was also denied access to a local showing. However, the producers failed to remove his guest (and fellow interviewee) RICHARD DAWKINS. Here's a long analogy for you. Say someone makes a film criticizing the Basketball Hall of Fame for not inducting any handball players. They hold a premiere for the film, and try to keep any basketball players from attending. Someone spots, I don't know, Wally Szczerbiak, and promptly kicks him out. However, they fail to notice LeBron James standing next to him. That is basically what happened here.

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