A lovely rant

A lovely rant.

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A new Labour genius of self-parody: Tony McNulty

From The Register and others:

"We are not knocking down doors at four in the morning with people booted and suited in riot gear. Most of the removals occur around half five, half six, seven in the morning."

Well that's a relief, isn't it?

The Register's comment:

So presumably the borderline between free democracy and police state lies somewhere between the hours of 4am and 5.30am. Does freedom get a longer lie-in at weekends?

The crack squirrels of Brixton (allegedly)

Squirrels in south London could have become addicted to crack cocaine, say residents of Brixton, who suggest the rodents have dug up drugs buried by dealers or nibbled residues of crack on pipes and vials discarded by addicts.

Sloths!

Buttercup, Lily the biter, Mogli and Mogwai and Millie.

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The Christian Paradox

From an article in Harper's Magazine:

85 percent of US people polled say they are Christian, yet only 40 percent can name more than four of the Ten Commandments.

Twelve percent believe Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.

Three quarters of Americans believe the Bible teaches that “God helps those who help themselves”. Not only is the Bible not the source of the quote, it has the opposite message.

Too Christian for CBS and NBC

It's old news, but two of the major US networks (CBS and NBC) have refused to show an advert for the United Church of Christ, seemingly because the church is too Christian.

The debut 30-second commercial features two muscle-bound "bouncers" standing guard outside a symbolic, picturesque church and selecting which persons are permitted to attend Sunday services. Written text interrupts the scene, announcing, "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we." A narrator then proclaims the United Church of Christ's commitment to Jesus' extravagant welcome: "No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here."

The pissing sculptures of Prague

Two animated bronze sculptures pee into their oddly-shaped enclosure.

Pub Games

Traditional pub games from the Online Guide to Traditional Games