Monthly Archives: March 2011

Just a quick note to remind folks that the 19th of March 2011 is the night of the Lunar Perigee, which is the point in the moon’s eliptical orbit when it comes closest to the Earth, closer than it’s been … Continue reading

Posted on by fatemeh | 21 Comments

UF: Equal Opportunity Critics

Folks, I’ve been thinking a bit about some of the posts that the UF team has brought you recently, and it seems to me that we might have inadvertantly implied that Christians, particularly Catholics priests, are the only people who … Continue reading

Posted in Culture, Hypocrisy, Islam | 15 Comments

Exorcising the Demons of Greed

I usually laugh at the whole idea of exorcisms, but here’s one I can get behind. From The Consumerist: A group of clergy gathered together on the steps of JP Morgan Chase on Park Ave in New York City to … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Videos | 7 Comments

Fox Fooled by Pakistani Paper

Reader Brian M left a link in the forum to a new English language online newspaper out of Pakistan called Roznama Jawani. Roznama Jawani is pretty clearly a parody paper along the lines of The Onion. At the moment, the … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events, Oh the Stupidity! | 13 Comments

Vultures

There are certain reactions to a foreign disaster that you could set your watch by. Or at least your calender. As we’ve seen, some of the first to react are those who think the disaster confirms their apocalyptic theories. To … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Religion | 39 Comments

Quote of the Moment: Civics

From high school students protesting the removal of the Ten Commandments from a school display in Giles County, VA. Charming: “This is Giles County and Christ is a big, big, big part of Giles County. For those who don’t like … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events, Quotes | 14 Comments

Remember the Fifty

From the New York Times: A small crew of technicians, braving radiation and fire, became the only people remaining at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Tuesday — and perhaps Japan’s last chance of preventing a broader nuclear catastrophe. … Continue reading

Posted in Current Events | 61 Comments

Tour the Large Hadron Collider

Alright, this is cool. Take a virtual tour of the interior of the LHC. Hey, look over there, it’s a higgs boson! Just kidding! CERN CMS 4 in Europe Clicking on one of the internal arrows will take you to … Continue reading

Posted in Science, Videos | 4 Comments

BYU and Beards

Brigham Young University’s policy on beards is getting some attention thanks to Andrew Sullivan. For some reason, I find this hilarious: A student who wishes to obtain a beard exception must visit a BYU Student Health Center doctor by appointment … Continue reading

Posted in Mormonism, Weird | 26 Comments

Poe or No?

This is either a young Christian woman who is both sheltered and rather clueless, or a young woman doing some brutal parody. The text underneath the video sums it up: PRAISE GOD FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS!!! GOD ANSWERED US AFTER JUST … Continue reading

Posted in Videos, Weird | 38 Comments