Posts under ‘Politics & Religion’

The weather around here really went to crap in May. Those of us who ride motorcycles were able to get out early thanks to some warmer weather in April, but most of this month has been dreary, cold, and rainy with the occasional storm. We could have toughed it out (and I spotted a few [...]

According to an Iranian religious leader, promiscuous women cause earthquakes. Too many girls tramp it up and hit the town? God puts His foot down.
Uh huh. Guess I better start speaking to some people about that Illinois earthquake a couple months back, and tell the school board they better set up a burkha budget before [...]

I just watched the following video called The Story of Bottled Water, discovered at Boing Boing:

I try to limit my bottled water consumption anyway. With rare exceptions, I only buy cases because I can get 24 bottles for less than $3.00 versus the $1.00-$1.50 gas stations and supermarkets charge for single bottles. We filter our [...]

This is the planned layout of a new US Embassy building in London:
Writer Warren Ellis has some good thoughts about what this layout and design is actually saying about US post-9/11 policy, but in looking at the architecture itself, I’m wondering where the engineers pulled their inspiration from.
Could it be:
Or maybe they’re Star Trek geeks:
Either [...]

The Postal Service is in big trouble. The quantity of mail they push through is dropping like a rock, and they’re bleeding cash. They now owe the government over $10 billion dollars and it’s only going to get worse.
It’s not hard to figure out why: they’re facing the double whammy of the Internet (email replacing [...]

Wind Farm
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri
I drive past this wind farm when I visit my folks in Indiana, and every time I see it I get just a little jealous.
There are three separate wind farms in the works around here, but every one of them is under fire from locals who don’t want anything to do [...]

In today’s entry, I learned that a Saudi family is suing a genie that has been harassing them.
I honestly don’t know where to begin. It’s in a Sharia court, so that tells us why the case even made it that far.
My next question is how do they prove the genie is there, much less get [...]

There’s a lot of debate over the cause or source of homosexuality, mostly involving nature vs. nurture, biology vs. desire, and so on. We can all agree, however, that it’s not caused by demonic possession.
Or so I thought.
It stuns me that these things still happen. Most people of faith can reconcile science and psychology with [...]

An alien showed up in Pakistan, and what do they do? Kill it.

“Look, an alien! Let’s kill it, cook it up, and show it off on a dinner plate so his friends get really pissed!”
Thanks, Pakistan! Guess we best start preparing for the invasion.
At least they’re tiny and likely have tiny ships. Maybe we can [...]

I watched Planet Forward this evening, and it only made me more pissed at the NIMBYs stalling a local wind farm at every turn.
Planet Forward featured some great conversations on the future of energy in the United States, from generation to electric cars. They discussed the pros and cons of nuclear power, the pitfalls of [...]