Archive for April, 2007



Phelps group to picket VT funerals

Certified mystical wackjob Fred Phelps and his ilk are planning to protest the upcoming funerals of slain Virginia Tech students.
Phelps is best known for traveling the country and protesting the funerals of U.S. soldiers, accusing everyone within earshot of being homosexual abominations destined for the infernal regions.
He is also probably gay himself.
Just thought you might [...]

In Memoriam

Statistically speaking…

Today, I heard a number of my fellow students express concern that “we might be next” (East Tennessee State University is not too far from Virginia Tech). As a social scientist, allow me to very briefly toss some numbers your way:
It is more likely that an American college student will die as the result of [...]

Random thought #456

Watching Nancy Grace is for me a constant reminder that even the most inept, obtuse and downright annoying among us can one day be well paid to host a TV show noone watches.
America is a great country.

Senator Patrick Leahy says that e-mails relevant to the firing of attorneys by the U.S. Department of Justice can’t be lost:
“You can’t erase e-mails, not today. They’ve gone through too many servers,” said Leahy, D-Vt. “Those e-mails are there, they just don’t want to produce them. We’ll subpoena them if necessary.”
He later added, “I’ve got [...]

Imam Leads First Prayer By Muslim Cleric On Texas Senate Floor
Sen. Dan Patrick stepped off the floor for Imam Yusuf Kavakci’s prayer, in which he recited a passage from the Koran in Arabic and read an English translation.
“I surely believe that everyone should have the right to speak, but I didn’t want my attendance on [...]






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