Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University yesterday. Groups such as the National Organization of Women and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation staged large-scale protests, denouncing Iran’s deplorable human rights record with respect to women, gays and lesbians. Their numbers dwarfed those of anti-war marches scheduled to coincide with Ahmadinejad’s speech. In statements posted [...]

Bill O’Reilly is an ass.

Just received the following from a friend:
“Recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof of the existence of a new chemical element. Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving [...]

…the 9/11 Conspiracy insanity, that is. To the host of one of my favorite podcasts, the Podfather himself, Adam Curry.
Adam says that Zeitgeist is compulsory viewing.
I say that he needs to take up smoking again, as the lack of nicotine seems to have had a delitirious effect on his brain.

I envy Michael J. Totten.
I’ve been following his work since early 2003, in the months leading up to the Iraq war. I found his blog during a brief (and mostly fruitless) search for sane, pro-war liberals. As his blog became increasingly popular, he began traveling to the Middle East to get a first-hand look at [...]

Mozilla Thunderbird (my e-mail client) is smart. Really, really, smart.

I passed someone in ETSU’s Student Center Friday sporting a t-shirt which included the classic outline of Che Guevara and the title “Cli Che”. I briefly turned around and told him that I liked his shirt.
He smiled. “Heh heh… Thanks. No one ever says that.”
Of course they don’t. That’s because most people who know who [...]

A new Bin Laden video is out.
(Thanks, Mark!)

As further proof that no idea is so idiotic that it won’t be adopted and shouted from the rooftops by every wackjob with a proverbial megaphone, I caught this little nugget flying by on Digg BigSpy: CBS Anchor Said WTC 7 Collapse Resembled Demolition.
So I have a question for those who were absent from philosophy [...]

The Dissident Frogman has kindly posted an instructional video for any Agence France-Presse reporters who wish to more accurately disseminate bullshit stories about U.S. military practices in Iraq (particularly those involving boomsticks and shooty/no shooty cartridges).
Take notes, kids. This one will be on the exam.
(Absurd parodies involving burritos, ping-pong paddles and Jar-Jar Binks can [...]