Does that really what atheist extremists do ? Talk about space, aliens or parallel worlds and stuff ? or this is clearly a manipulation ? and Hey check out PKK please :) The idea behind this organization is practically based on marksism & leninism so that makes them atheist as well, right ? correct me if I'm wrong. So what they do? They bomb and kill innocent people in Turkey , does not even matter if they are babies, youngsters or women.
- mcd
Seems if this was a equal opportunity parody, the Aethists would be bombing nativity scenes and Christmas trees ;)
- Johnny
from iPhone
Except I haven't heard of atheists bombing either of those things.
- ronin
I think they just throw barbed wit and strongly worded missives.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Atheists are too busy doing important things like scrubbing blessings off of highways.
- Akiva
Rene, PKK does not represent all Kurdish community in Turkey and yes, most of the kurdish people are not atheist, I agree with that and I sort of agree with the second part too, the way those govs threated kurdish people was all wrong. However, kurdish people is not my main point here, what I was trying to say and honestly I admit it seems that I am not intellectual enough to do that...
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- mcd
"The data show that there is little connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, or any one of the world's religions." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Why would other forms of violence be any different?
- Bruce Lewis
friendfeed'i ecnebinin kullanıyor olduğuna inanamıyorum. herkes bir kişi için ingilizce konuşuyor olabilir.
- otisaga
PKK is an islamist organisation AFAIK
- Onur Yalazı
tudor, hello, how are you? are they paying you well in friendfeed? will friendfeed close down? can you save my data for me? can you give me op?
- otisaga
"SALINA, KS—Local man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the entire Muslim world. Gentries, 48, said he had absolutely no interest in exposing himself to further knowledge of Islamic civilization or putting his sweeping opinions into a broader context of any kind, and confirmed he was "perfectly happy" to make a handful of emotionally charged words the basis of his mistrust toward all members of the world's second-largest religion. "I learned all that really matters about the Muslim faith on 9/11," Gentries said in reference to the terrorist attacks on the United States undertaken by 19 of Islam's approximately 1.6 billion practitioners. "What more do I need to know to stigmatize Muslims everywhere as inherently violent radicals?""
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"I almost gave in and listened to that guy defend Islam with words I didn't want to hear," Gentries said. "But then I remembered how much easier it is to live in a world of black-and-white in which I can assign the label of 'other' to someone and use him as a vessel for all my fears and insecurities." Added Gentries, "That really put things back into perspective."
- Paul Buchheit
"Acclaimed novelist Iain Banks has left the literary world and legions of fans in shock after revealing he has terminal cancer and may just have months to live."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
This is sad; I was looking forward to reading more Culture books.
- Tudor Bosman
"Manhattanhenge – sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice – is a circumstance which occurs twice a year, during which the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The neologism is derived from Stonehenge, where the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices with a similarly dramatic effect."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"Fucking is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the German border. Despite having a population of only 104, the village has become famous for its name in the English-speaking world. Its road signs are a popular visitor attraction, and were often stolen by souvenir-hunting tourists until 2005, when they were modified to be theft-resistant."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
Danny Healy-Rae’s Co Kerry ‘drunk driving’ legislation slammed as “ridiculous” and “dangerous” | Irish News | IrishCentral - http://www.irishcentral.com/news...
"Kerry County Councillor Danny Healy-Rae has put forth new legislation that would grant people in isolated areas in Ireland special permits that would allow them to drive after consuming some alcohol."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
“A lot of these people are living in isolated rural areas where there’s no public transport of any kind, and they end up at home looking at the four walls, night in and night out, because they don’t want to take the risk of losing their licence.”
- Tudor Bosman
"A cross-dressing Catholic priest, who had been suspended by church officials after he was found to be having sex with men in the rectory, was arrested by police for allegedly dealing crystal meth."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"At one point, Wallin was selling upwards of $9,000 of meth a week, according to his indictment. In his post-priesthood, Wallin, 61, bought an adult specialty and video store in North Haven called Land of Oz that sells sex toys and X-rated DVDs. Investigators believe the shop helped him launder thousands of dollars in weekly profits." - http://www.sfgate.com/local...
- Andrew C (✓)
"Beginning in late September 2012, an undercover officer with the Statewide Narcotics Task Force began buying meth from Wallin. During one of their meetings in Wallin's Waterbury apartment -- where he was later arrested -- the affidavit states the undercover officer saw a gallon-size plastic bag filled with crystal meth."
- Andrew C (✓)
"It can take a site a while to figure out that there's a problem with their 'report a bug' form."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
OH about Glenn Beck's planned libertarian utopia (http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry...): "The community will generate electricity and fertilize its crops with 100% locally produced batshit."
"I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and upfront, I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops. I am also sorry that I helped to start the anti-GM movement back in the mid 1990s, and that I thereby assisted in demonising an important technological option which can be used to benefit the environment. As an environmentalist, and someone who believes that everyone in this world has a right to a healthy and nutritious diet of their choosing, I could not have chosen a more counter-productive path. I now regret it completely. So I guess you’ll be wondering – what happened between 1995 and now that made me not only change my mind but come here and admit it? Well, the answer is fairly simple: I discovered science, and in the process I hope I became a better environmentalist."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
Read this, from one of the founders of the anti-GM foods movement. This is very good, and it unsurprisingly praises the work of Norman Borlaug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...), whom I consider to be one of the great unsung heroes of the 20th century.
- Tudor Bosman
"For her project Sworn Virgins of Albania, photographer Jill Peters visited to the mountain villages of northern Albania to capture portraits of “burneshas,” or females who have lived their lives as men for reasons related to their culture and society. Many of the women assumed their male identities from an early age as a way to avoid the old codes that governed the tribal clans, which stated that women were the property of their husbands."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"In America, if the word “control” is anywhere near a social policy issue, then to your left will be its unwitting executor: psychiatry. “They already decide financial benefits, criminal responsibility and who gets more time on tests, so why not mandate a psychiatric clearance for gun owners!” Because it’s madness. Of course I’m not opposed to this in theory, because in theory is the only place where it would be conceivably valid or reliable. In practice you will have a guy judge you based on his own prejudices, or his fear of lawsuits, or on the negotiated fee. Why not have a gypsy run some tarot cards? At least when it all goes bad you can blame the cards. Which is the whole point: the system is designed to fail in specific and predictable ways, because a tragedy that is the result of a failure of the system is much easier to live with than a tragedy that happens for no reason, even though they are equally common and equally dead."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
Surely total prohibition is the answer. We need a new Constitutional Amendment to repeal the 2nd Amendment.
- Gabe
Alcohol prohibition didn't work, organized crime made millions selling the stuff to willing patrons in speakeasys. What in the hell makes anyone think prohibition for guns will work? It won't because the only people that will have guns ARE THE CRIMINALS! It doesn't matter if the 2nd Amendment is repealed or not. The only people that would effect are law abiding citizens. Go ahead and trust your local police dept. and let me know how well that works for you.
- John Blanton
Well, of course alcohol prohibition was a total failure. It was repealed in barely a decade! The federal drug prohibition, on the other hand, has lasted for most of a century. Surely that's not a failure, right?
- Gabe
Louis had to /and/ freely said that because Guido is Dictator /and/ Benevolent.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
From a Facebook friend: "I have my annual eye check up tomorrow (dilated pupils, etc.). Should the world end, I can say in all honesty that I did not see it coming."
"SHE'S got purple highlights in her hair and bright blue fingernails, but to doctors at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Demi-Lee Brennan is a one-in-6 billion miracle. The 15-year-old liver transplant patient is the first person in the world to take on the immune system and blood type of her donor, negating the need to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
Melly: that is what the article says: "Demi-Lee, who has now been off all immuno-suppressants for 3½ years, is playing sport and working towards her school certificate."
- Tudor Bosman
Politics used to mean debate (sometimes reasonable, more often not), name-calling, yelling, scandals, and that was all fine. But can we stop playing chicken with the future of the United States, please?
This is what we chose as a collective. But I'm sure they will come to consensus just in the nick of time as all but one involved want to be reelected. And I'm sure the president is worried about his legacy, so this will work out.
- Dario Gomez
"In his first post since joining social networking site Twitter early this week, Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted a picture of himself spending time with the Lord Our God, Divine Creator of the Universe. “Feelin real blessed today to be hangin out wit @therealHeavenlyFather today!” the pope wrote to his nearly 500,000 Twitter followers, attaching a link to a Twitpic photo of himself in which he is seen relaxing on his papal yacht with God."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"Intrepid explorer Graham Hughes can certainly never be accused of having his head in the clouds. That’s because the 33-year-old has set an astonishing new world record by becoming the first person to visit all 201 countries of the world - without flying. It’s taken 1,426 days, or four years of his life, cost him his job and his long-term girlfriend, but on Monday he was officially stamped into South Sudan to complete his amazing quest."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
Stephen: from the article: “I guess it’s time for a small break now. But I’m sure I’ll have another idea soon. I’m thinking of a trip where I visit all the different festivals around the world....”
- Tudor Bosman
There's also the International Space Station; reaching that without flying would definitely be a first :)
- Tudor Bosman
He's going to create a lot of new countries to visit.
- Todd Hoff
He's going to create a lot of new countries to visit. - Todd Hoff
- Ahmet Yükseltürk
"The Liverpool man was thrown in jail in Cape Verde after being mistaken for an illegal immigrant and was also put behind bars in Congo when they wrongly thought he was a spy."
- Ahmet Yükseltürk
I might be late to the party, but the series "Sherlock" (the BBC adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman) is so good.
TIL: earwigs do not, in fact, climb into people's ears and burrow -- it's a commonly held (but false) myth. Makes me feel a bit better about finding one in the house last night.
"In a recent Iwata Asks interview about the Wii U Miiverse social network, director Yoshiomi Kurisu and his team discuss how difficult it was to create auto-detection of penis drawings."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"Kurisu-san suggested we study different types of penises in order to create figure out the relative shape and size people would draw. We spent a week doing that before we realized that we should have been looking at drawings of penises rather than real-life pictures. (laughs) We were very embarrassed about that."
- Tudor Bosman
There's a NSFW (but funny) image if you click through.
- Tudor Bosman
"In the wake of this cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter "kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser!'""
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet