Thursday, February 7, 2002

Morons in the News: Please Don't Make Us Use Computers!!. A Tennessee school is asking lawmakers to exempt their students from receiving computer training as required for graduation, as computers are the work of the dev-vill... [Morons Dot Org] I see there are still people living in the dark ages 11:11:22 PM    Comments []

14559 » February 7 9:18 AM. Attempted hijack of United Airlines flight to Argentina... A passenger was seized by cabin crew today as he attempted to enter the cockpit on an American Airlines flight from the US to Argentina today... I don't think this is anything al-Quaida related, but I thought it was worth the post. [MetaFilter] This points out exactly how everyone has gone nuts since 9-11. The same kind of incidents have always happend, but before now they weren't considered newsworthy. I really don't believe that things are more dangerous now than they were before 9-11. All it did was wake us up to dangers that were there all along but we chose to ignore. 1:20:08 PM    Comments []

Falwell tells West Palm Baptists that God loves the Taliban. "You know, God even loves the Taliban and today, if we're going to impress God, we've got to get the Gospel out to everyone,'' Falwell told about 800 people Wednesday at Berean Baptist Church in suburban West Palm Beach. "If the church had been awake and performing that duty, I can tell you that we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today,'' he said. Days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Falwell publicly blamed the tragedy on pagans, abortionists, feminists, homosexuals, the American Civil Liberties Union and the People for the American Way because he said they tried to secularize America. On Wednesday night, Falwell also encouraged parents to send their children to Liberty University, the Christian school he founded in Lynchburg, Va., to protect them from a "godless university where the professors don't believe in the Bible.'' Proving once again that he truly is America's Taliban 9:41:44 AM    Comments []

The Conservative Nightmare. In a study released in July 2001, dream researcher Kelly Bulkeley revealed that right-leaning conservatives have nearly three times as many nightmares as left-leaning liberals. [kuro5hin.org] 9:37:53 AM    Comments []

14551 » February 7 1:15 AM. Harry Potter fans warn against dangerous effects of Bible A number of concerned British Harry Potter fans have spoken out against the Bible, claiming that the holy text of the Christian Church can cause serious damage to children. [MetaFilter] :-) 9:36:55 AM    Comments []