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"And this isn't my nose - it's a false one!"

"This preposterous idea, that things must pay their way or be dispensed with, is perhaps the most intractable legacy of the Thatcher years, so much so that it has become received wisdom even among many liberals. But when you think about it even for a nanosecond, it is perfectly obvious that most worthwhile things don't begin to pay for themselves ( Read more... )

In case you're wondering what to get me for my birthday this year:


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I've got a friend who constantly bugs me about Lady Gaga. Specifically, she continues to insist that Lady Gaga is a great performer, that her lyrics are "full of depth," that she is "innovative," etc., etc. And I continue to insist that I think her music sucks and her performances aren't anything interesting. But I do admit, and have always ( Read more... )

So if you can be arrested for this:

"For each evil spirit that was supposedly around me, she told me a certain number of thousand of dollars that I needed to bring to her [...] She told me if I didn't give her more and more money, that something terrible would befall my mother."

...I'm assuming the Catholic church is next, right?

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So...let me get this straight. A long, long time ago, the all-powerful, all-knowing Magic Sky Fairy decided to knock up a human woman with himself (he and the blastocyst, embryo, fetus, whatever, are simultaneously him but somehow different), and this son-of-the-Magic-Sky-Fairy (who is still also the Magic Sky Fairy) grew up among humans, was " ( Read more... )

If this is the basis for hauling a religious practitioner into court for scamming people:

An alleged bogus faith healer accused of conning Black Country people out of thousands of pounds told a jury he has a gift passed down through generations.

Niem Mohammed sat on the floor of the courtroom at Wolverhampton Crown Court and assembled a miniature ( Read more... )

Descartes' philosophy might not be very good (his dualism is a crock), but he somehow managed to serve as inspiration for two of my favorite philosophy quips:

1) Descartes walks into a bar. "The usual, Mr. Descartes?" inquires the bartender. Wanting something different, Descartes says "I think not..." and - *POOF* - promptly disappears.

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This is a stunningly bad decision by the Ninth Circuit. The dissenting opinion lays it out better than I could:

Here is what happened to Malaika Brooks, a pregnant mother, as she was driving her son to school one day: Two, soon three, police officers surrounded her. The officers thought she was speeding in a school zone; she says she was not. ( Read more... )

Someone I know is starting a small business and looking for a web hosting service for their website ( Read more... )