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11:15 am
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"Hokey Pokey" a Religious Hate Song
Here's a curious item I picked up from the fine folks at the Dogma Free America Podcast; seems some Catholics in Scotland think singing the Hokey Pokey may constitute an act of religious hatred.
A spokesman for the leader of the church in Scotland said the song had disturbing origins.
Critics claim that Puritans composed the song in the 18th century in an attempt to mock the actions and language of priests leading the Latin mass.
I searched around and found a wikipedia article and a second reference, but it seems this interpretation of the history of the song is in dispute.
I think the idea that the Hokey Pokey originated as a mockery of the Catholic Church is a fascinating and funny idea. I enjoy mocking religion, and the thought that some groups hundreds of years ago were mocking each others rituals is just funnee.
Regardless of the origins of the song, clearly the modern singing of the song has nothing to do with what some 18th century shaker thought about the church.
This sounds like another case of the Streisand Effect. Now that they've brought up the idea that it pisses off Catholics then sure people will start to do it to piss off the Catholics whereas before it was just a silly song to sing to your football rivals.
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood:  confused
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #017 - track 3-Tranceportal.org
Tags: freelink, funnee, idiots on the loose
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08:45 pm
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More Great TV!
Here's another proof that American TV greatly lags behind the rest of the world.
In this Japanese show, the challenge is for an oiled up middle aged guy to slide across as many oiled up girls in bikinis as he can. Is that a great show idea or what??!!!
Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood:  amused
Tags: funnee, good stuffe
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04:56 pm
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TV I Would Watch!
I don't watch much TV, but I think I'd start turning on the tube if we had more shows like this!
Via Live Leak
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Dount Touch Too Much (Feat Paul French Original Version)-Benassi Bros.
Tags: cool
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06:00 pm
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Special Idiot Muslim Comments Double Issue!
A good man can do good things without religion. And a bad man can do bad things with religion. But to be really stoopid it takes religion.
Saudi Cleric Calls for 'One-Eyed' Niqabs
An older story (from Oct 3), but still hilariously stoopid.
Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive.
But even better!
'Scientific' Proof that Women Cannot Talk and Remember Simultaneously
"Two areas in a woman's brain are activated when she talks. As we can see, there are many centers of speech in a woman's brain. There is a center in each lobe, while in the case of a man, there is only one center, here. The opposite center does not operate during speech, because it is busy remembering."
"When a Woman Talks, She Might Use the Part of the Brain Containing the Memory for Talking – And That's It, The Data is Lost"
Be careful reading these stories, the stoopid, it hurts...
Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: stupified
Tags: freelink, idiots on the loose
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01:53 pm
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Security Theater
Today's episode of Security Theater
Here's a disturbing little blurb: Apparently as recently as 2007 all you needed to bring a gun on a plane was a basic government ID and a "Flying While Armed" form...
It took them until 2007 to tighten marshal rules to require advance authorization and increased screening of IDs.
You've really got to wonder if anyone with any brains even bothered to think about these things when they were making up the rules.
Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood:  annoyed
Tags: idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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07:39 am
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RIP Betty Page :-(
The original poster girl died yesterday in LA. She was 85.
http://www.vampress.net/bettie/photos.html
Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood:  sad
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10:00 pm
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Victory for the good guys
South Carolina Residents Will Have To Settle For Bumper Stickers
I can't find the earlier link, but I've commented before on the utterly ridiculous "I Believe" license plates that were enacted in South Carolina. Well, luckily someone actually noticed that the plates were blatantly Christian and were patently unconstitutional.
What really makes the whole thing sick is that the idiots who proposed the law are openly and unabashedly admitting that they don't care that the law was unconstitutional
Asked by a reporter if he would support a license plate for Islam, Rep. Bill Sandifer replied, “Absolutely and positively no…. I would not because of my personal belief, and because I believe that wouldn’t be the wish of the majority of the constituency in this house district.”
via The Daily Profaner
Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: glad
Tags: freelink, idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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12:09 pm
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Funne Advertisement: Don't Eat Kitten
http://adage.com/brightcove/single.php?bcpid=1370868150&bctid=4021508001
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #050 - track 3-Tranceportal.org
Tags: funnee
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10:32 am
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Pointless Bureaucracy
Ok, so its about time for Wubling #1 to get his driver's permit (which in-of-itself is a scary thing).
In order to get his permit, he has to have a birth certificate and his SS card.
Well, I can't find his SS card so wubwife goes to the SS office to get a new one.
In order to get his SS card, we need his birth certificate (which she brought along), and one form of "identification" which could be a school or activity ID or even a report card.
That is just pointlessly stoopid. We already have his birth certificate which has lots of security features to prevent duplication or forging, but it would take about 10 minutes with a word processor to make up a believable report card because it's not like the SS office would have any clue if the report card is real or not. And they would accept all kinds of "activity ID"s, so that would take just a few more minutes to fake.
Yet more useless "feel good" regulations that annoy more than they could possibly help. :-/
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #042 - Part 6-Tranceportal.org
Tags: idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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11:39 am
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The 7 Dumbest Things Ever Done by Airport Security
Here's a good list from Cracked:
The 7 Dumbest Things Ever Done by Airport Security.
There may be more dumb things done, as well as more dangerous things done, but this list does hit on some of the best of the dumbest.
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Burst Generator-The Chemical Brothers
Tags: idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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09:28 am
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Quick Note: ACLU is not anti-Christian
(tho most of my blog entries are quick notes anyway :-)
Ran across this post on the ACLU blog: Just for Jesus.
This information needs to spread to help arm people to counter the common claim that the ACLU is anti-religious/anti-Christian when really nothing could be further from the truth.
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #052 - Part 7-Tranceportal.org
Tags: freelink
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05:36 pm
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"Religion of Peace" = Pure Barbarism
In this clip from a popular Saudi talk show, the host and guests calmly discuss the proper way to beat your wife according to Allah's will. They even compare how to treat your wife with how one might treat your donkey or other animals.
It's just sad and sick.
Current Location: cumfy chair
Current Mood: disgusted
Tags: freelink, idiots on the loose
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11:13 am
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The "Broken Window" theory of crime
The "Broken Window" theory of crime says that minor "nuisance" crimes like littering and graffiti lead to more crime, its been a staple of anti-crime efforts for the last few decades, but now its been demonstrated under control conditions.
Economist article
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: curious
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #017 - track 5-Tranceportal.org
Tags: interesting
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11:15 am
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TSA Translation
I ran across the following on the TSA's Website:
TSA Week at a Glance (November 10, 2008 - November 16, 2008)
* 11 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
* 35 firearms found at checkpoints
* 2 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
* 12 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
As a service to you, I'm going to translate that into English:
* 11 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
2 people questioned why they had to take off their shoes at the scanners
1 person made idle jokes in the long lines
3 people smudged food their boarding passes
1 paraplegic refused to get out of their wheelchair
4 people spoke english with a middle-eastern accent
* 35 firearms found at checkpoints
35 idiots forgot to unpack their guns
* 2 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
2 people forgot a pair of tweezers at the bottom of their purse
* 12 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
12 bottles of water spilled on the floor.
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Trance Tuesday #022 - track 1-Tranceportal.org
Tags: idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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07:33 pm
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observation
surfing and posting via iPhone while drunk is not easy. But it is easy enuf that posting while drunk can be dangerous :-)
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02:47 pm
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The Power of Christ Impales You!!!
Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Get loose-Benny Benassi presents The Biz
Tags: wtf?
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11:56 am
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Religion
(source unknown)
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: amused
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02:40 pm
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Oooohhh! A Congress-Being calls me back!
I just got a call from a Congress-Being (well, one of the Congress-Being's minions).
The call was about an email I had sent earlier this year. She dug into the info more and gave me a few updates on the issue as well as a link to the USDA site.
The USDA [not the FDA! dumb mistake on my part there] regularly inspects dead cows at meat packing plants for mad cow. Using some statistical gamesmanship, they determine the whole supply is ok for US consumption based on sampling some small percentage (what they call a "statistically valid" sample size).
The Creekstone Farms Premium Beef in Kansas wanted to test all its cows rather than some small percentage as an extra stamp of assurance. This kind of "going the extra mile" is a normal part of the ways businesses try to distinguish themselves from their competitors. Its why people think paying lots more for a Mercedes is better than paying less for an "equivalent" Ford. (In particular, Creekstone wanted to try and sell the meat overseas, and overseas markets are very nervous about mad cow these days.)
To do the testing, the USDA has these very expensive tests. Creekstone offered to buy the tests and do the testing itself in-house but the USDA said no. And a district court agreed with the government.
The USDA's claim is that 1) Creekstone's people weren't qualified to do the testing and 2) the tests would give a false assurance of safety...
Errrr... this is all well-and-good, but if the people aren't qualified to do the testing then the USDA should make a way for them to get qualified and/or offer to do the tests for a certain amount and then let Creekstone decide if they wanted to pay. The testing is done by contractors anyway, so why can't Creekstone just hire the same contractors to do more testing of its meat?
But the second point bothers me more. If the tests would give a false assurance of safety, then why are we using the same tests to give US citizens assurance that our meat is safe?
So while the call was great, and its nice that occasionally someone in DC listens to their emails, the problem still is there that the USDA should not be in the business of setting a maximum level of safety if the company wants to go that extra mile.
Here are some links from the USDA on mad cow...
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: grumpy
Current Music: Trance Rotation #13 - 6-DJ Addison
Tags: corruption, idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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03:16 pm
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More screwed up laws...
This situation is weird to start with, but not at all surprising.
An 8th grade girl sends nude pics of herself to a boy and the boy is now being charged with child pornography!
The laws are majorly fucked up here.
First off, the boy didn't take the pic and may not have asked for the pic or in any way invited the girl to send the pic. He may have not even been aware or interested in the girl. But the law still treats the girl as the "innocent victim" and the male as the automatic perpetrator of the crime.
Secondly, and more importantly, there _are_ kids who are sexually active in middle school. IMHO, most kids that young are too young for this kind of stuff, but that does not mean all kids that age are too young.
It is stoopid to think that sexually active kids won't do the same basic things that sexually active adults do, namely send nude pics of themselves to potential or current mates. And it is simply idiotic to attempt to apply laws meant to target adults with problems (real pedophiles) with such a broad brush like in this case. A 13 year old sexually active kid having a sexual relationship with a peer should not be a crime.
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Name of The Game-The Crystal Method
Tags: idiots on the loose, stoopidity
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02:36 pm
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Really amazing tilt-shift movies
This guy took time lapse tilt-shift images and created amazing movies that look like animated miniatures. Enjoy.
Current Location: wurk
Current Mood: inspired
Current Music: Live @ Ultra 7 - Part 2-Paul Van Dyk
Tags: cool
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