okay, this is just stupid…

i’ve seen these billboards around saying that "judgement day" is going to be may 21st, 2011. this comes from the mouth of “genuine prophet” Howard Camping, who has been an intenerant radio preacher for at least 30 years – i remember listening to him in the 1980s, when i was a cab driver – but here’s the important part:

HE ORIGINALLY PREDICTED THE WORLD WOULD END IN 1994!!

i’m as willing to let the other guy believe what he wants as the next guy, but this is ridiculous. if he wasn’t right in 1994, what on earth makes people think he would be right ABOUT ANYTHING this time? either we are all ghosts, living an imaginary life and completely unaware of the fact that the world ended 17 years ago, or this guy is demonstrably off his rocker… and that goes for the people who would put up billboards announcing it, as well…

i’m willing to let people believe what they want most times, up to and including the first time they predict the end of the world… but after that, if the world doesn’t actually end, they and their beliefs are to be laughed at.

another week closer to the eschaton…

A Teabagger fails miserably in refuting racism charge – dude… where’s my country!?

you know you’re doing it wrong when the ku klux klan posts a news release distancing themselves from you and yours… – Ku Klux Klan Distances Selves From Westboro Baptist Church, Tea Party

10 Examples That Should Convince Anyone That We No Longer Live In The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave – it’s too bad the republicans (and, to a certain extent, the democrats as well) would make things worse, in the name of the “land of the free and the home of the brave”…

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter Signs Executive Order That Will End Medicaid In His State – it’s what the people of idaho should have expected when they elected someone named “butch otter”…

When Will It Be “Enough”? – the police, regardless of how good they seem, and how helpful they are in certain circumstances, are very definitely NOT your friends, even under the best of circumstances.

The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention – my theory is that they’re going to hold him in isolation until he breaks, and then they’re going to “rehabilitate” him so that he “doesn’t remember” ever giving anything to wikileaks… it’s hypocritical of obama to condemn regiems which torture, while complicitly agreeing to torture his own, innocent countryman. 😐 President Obama speaks on Manning and the rule of law and Obama on Manning: "He Broke the Law." So Much for that Trial… – obama speaks with forked tongue. 😛

Medical marijuana seminar canceled in Highland Township and Should Cops Be Allowed to Scan Your Phone During a Traffic Stop? – once again, this seems to be appropriate…

When they took the fourth amendment,
     I was quiet because I didn’t deal drugs.
When they took the sixth amendment,
     I was quiet because I was innocent.
When they took the second amendment,
     I was quiet because I didn’t own a gun.
Now they’ve taken the first amendment,
     and I can say nothing about it.

One Year After BP Oil Spill: Communities Lead While Congress Fails, 3,200 Gulf Wells Unplugged, Unprotected and A Year After Spill, BP Gives Big Bucks To GOP Leadership – notably, only one republican has said that he won’t accept the donation. i will NEVER buy gas from BP again… among other things… 😐

Umbrella, not gun, caused mall evacuation – so, instead of going after real terrorists, they’re evacuating a mall and terrorising an innocent guy taking a walk with his umbrella… the terrorists have won, and we don’t even realise it… 😐

Obama Pushes Chinese-Style Internet ID System – “too draconian” for china, but just fine for the united states… here’s a hint, obama… it’s OUR internet, not YOUR internet…

iPhone keeps record of everywhere you go – one of the primary reasons why i don’t have an iphone…

another big reason to resist the cloud – Greenpeace spies soot lining in cloud data centers

‘Piss Christ’ Destroyed by Catholic Vandals – catholics claim to be tolerant, but when someone does something blasphemous they lose it and start destroying things… sucks to be them, i guess…