Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL] on the Eschaton and the Postdiluvian Period

[lennybound]

During a meeting of the US House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment that was focusing on contemporary findings concerning global climate change, Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL] drew a parallel between rising sea levels and the biblical flood. He stated that since God promised to never again flood the earth, we have nothing to fear concerning man-made

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[autodidacticphd]

That another human being can be so fantastically stupid is already enough to make me want to denounce my species... that so many people agree with this lunacy as to elect that person to higher office makes me think that the universe would be better off if we just had a full nuclear exchange.

[bruisesilkensky]

Shit, man. I just discovered that my entire body is made up of a man's rib!!