Rants

When I need to vent before I kick someone.

I’ve been known to bite, too.

Get Out There!

Quoting from this site: “While 64 percent of white conservative Christians say they are extremely likely to vote, only 49 percent of African-Americans and 47 percent of Hispanic voters are that sure,” she said. Religious conservatives form a reliable part of the Republican voter base, and black and Hispanic voters are a major part of […]

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Yeah, That Makes Sense

Quoting from this site: The Treasury Department has started drawing from the civil service pension fund to avoid hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit. The move to tap the pension fund follows last month’s decision to suspend investments in a retirement savings plan held by government employees. In a letter to Congress this week,

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WHAT????

Quoting from this site: The Supreme Court ruled that it was impossible to remove a pair of jeans “without the collaboration of the person wearing them”, and that the young woman must therefore have consented to sex. Here’s another one.  This is also the Italian Supreme Court, by the way.  Obviously made up of a

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Do They Know Any Women?

Quoting from this site: The Supreme Court in Italy has ruled the rape of a young girl was a less serious offence because she was already sexually active. Huh?

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No God in That

What does your God have to say about the murder of His children? Quoting from this site: The children were killed when a bomb exploded in central Baghdad’s bustling Fadel area near a camera shop which also sold alcohol, police Lt. Ali Mittab said. The target was unclear but religious extremists often attack stories that

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Scary

Quoting from this site: Increasing numbers of young people in Japan are feeling alienated by modern life. Several thousand are termed “hikikomori” – recluses who never leave their room, finding entertainment only on the internet.  The suicide pacts still make up a relatively small proportion of Japan’s suicides.  More than 34,000 Japanese took their own

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That's Supposed to Impress Me?

Just saw a commercial for an SUV–one of the smaller ones–and it made a huge deal of the fact that the vehicle gets thirty miles to the gallon. Umm–did I miss something?  My 1988 Corolla gets 32.  Yeah, they were talking about an SUV, but still!  In eighteen years, they haven’t managed to improve any

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