"Bible prophecy" mythology is also why thieves were able to steal consumer data from 40 million Target customers this fall. That theft was easily preventable with the smart-card encryption used in most other countries, but we can't use that technology here in America because the phrase "embeddable microchips" sends tens of millions of Americans off the deep end. It's the Mark of the Beast! Read more
Drinking soda and eating hoagies makes me easy to pin down. Common cold remedies don't remedy much. What's the American Family Association comparing to "what Hitler did in Nazi Germany" this time? Business-owner helps the hungry, but other businesses put a stop to that. Richard Beck channels Garrison. And Alan Bean says Hell ain't what you think. Read more
The NABA NABA pinheads like Mona Charen aren't really trying to convince you and I that they're good people. They're trying to convince themselves. And they're failing. They know this is nonsense. They realize that their claim -- we're Not As Bad As the worst people you can think of -- is just about the saddest, flimsiest, least-impressive claim one could make. Read more
On Tuesday I posted that neat animated .gif showing the march of history toward marriage equality. And now, just six days later, that history is out of date. New Mexico I saw coming. But Utah -- Utah! -- was a surprise. Read more
Open any book you own and flip through the first few pages and you will find that book's Library of Congress number. When you see that number, remember where the Library of Congress came from. It came from a broken promise to real people. We know their names. Read more
"Do not be afraid; for see — I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." Read more
This chaotic multiplicity of variables and the inevitability of unintended consequences does not mean, of course, that we must passively do nothing. Neither melaleuca trees nor tyrants should be allowed to prosper unchallenged. But we do have a responsibility to ensure that our proposed solution does not wind up making things worse. We cannot forever continue the cycle of importing exotic species to counter the effects of the exotic species we imported. Read more
Clobber-text clobberers are the biblical equivalent of the Head-crusher from that old Kids in the Hall sketch. They imagine they're doing something powerful and meaningful, but none of it actually matters -- it's a meaningless act that has no effect on the reality it pretends to be reshaping. It's a delusion based on distorted perspective. Hold your thumb and finger right next to your eye and then squint and they'll appear huge and powerful. You can do the same thing with your clobber-text, but that's just as silly, and just as meaningless. Read more
This is simply a reminder that the world was supposed to end one year ago today in a "Mayan" apocalypse. It didn't. Read more
Instead of denouncing the hateful racist bullshit, white evangelicals rose to defend the celebrity's right to spout hateful racist bullshit without being criticized. Instead of denouncing the hateful racist bullshit, white evangelicals rallied to defend the celebrity himself because any criticism of him is a criticism of their whole tribe. Instead of denouncing the hateful racist bullshit, white evangelicals rallied to defend the hateful racist bullshit. Read more
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