McFatty | November 30, 2007
The Associated Press: Pope Criticizes Atheism in Encyclical VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI strongly criticized atheism in a major document released Friday, saying it had led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” ever known. In his second encyclical, Benedict also critically questioned modern Christianity, saying its focus [...]
McFatty | November 29, 2007
TV, film and game violence seen as a threat – Yahoo News “NEW YORK (Reuters) – Violence depicted on television, in films and video games raises the risk of aggressive behavior in adults and young viewers and poses a serious threat to public health, according to a new study. After reviewing more than 50 years [...]
McFatty | November 28, 2007
Slashdot | U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat “The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 1955) last month, by a vote of 404 to 6, that says the Internet is a terrorist tool and that Congress needs to develop and implement methods to combat it.”
McFatty | November 26, 2007
CGFI: The Environmental Safety and Benefits of Growth Enhancing Pharmaceutical Technologies in Beef Production “Comparing conventional beef production to an alternative grass-based beef production system using an economic/production model created by scientists at Iowa State University shows that growth promoting hormones and ionophores decrease the land required to produce a pound of beef by two [...]
McFatty | November 22, 2007
CANOE Money – News – Macleans: Why useless bosses always hire idiots Why useless bosses always hire idiots Insecure bosses create office ‘pods of incompetence’
McFatty | November 20, 2007
The 25 Most Baffling Toys From Around the World | Cracked.com ” These are weirdest, most ill-conceived toys from around the globe. If you’re about to say that they’re “weird” only because of our own xenophobic ignorance of other cultures, well, we have two words for you: Poop toys. You’ll see. ” My favourite is [...]
McFatty | November 18, 2007
Race, genes, and intelligence. – By William Saletan – Slate Magazine “Last month, James Watson, the legendary biologist, was condemned and forced into retirement after claiming that African intelligence wasn’t “the same as ours.” “Racist, vicious and unsupported by science,” said the Federation of American Scientists. “Utterly unsupported by scientific evidence,” declared the U.S. government’s supervisor [...]
McFatty | November 16, 2007
Serious Eats: Bacon-Wrapped Turkey: You Know You Want It Bacon-Wrapped Turkey: You Know You Want It
McFatty | November 16, 2007
THE WHITEST KIDS U’ KNOW ON IFC. UNCUT & UNCENSORED A great sketch comedy show I’ve been watching, available online. I highly recommend the Alcoholics Anonymous sketch.
McFatty | November 16, 2007
Viceland – STUFF LIKE THAT – PART 1 – Conclusive Proof – That There Is No God and Humans Are Essentially Evil “Vice: So tell us about Pony. Michelle Desilets [Director of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation]: Pony is an orangutan from a prostitute village in Borneo. We found her chained to a wall, lying [...]
McFatty | November 14, 2007
Another reason why men like curves – Telegraph It is already known that curvaceous women live longer and that men find them more attractive but the new research suggests that they are also cleverer. Thanks to Uncle Gwen for this link.
McFatty | November 14, 2007
YouTube – Helpin’ People Is Cool ( Go G-Hog )
McFatty | November 14, 2007
Last night Amanda went outside for a minute, and came back in to tell me someone had a car accident outside our house. I came outside to have a look, and this is what I saw: Kinda hard to see, because its so dark, but the girl driving (in a 50 zone), somehow managed to fly off the road, into a ditch on my property, go up on two wheels, and then flip completely [...]
McFatty | November 13, 2007
Grimby says (11:35 AM): stop stealing my chicken McFatty says (11:40 AM): the chicken left you, face it Grimby says (11:47 AM): the chicken loves me you bastard! McFatty says (11:50 AM): the chicken is having my baby Grimby says (11:51 AM): you raped my chicken McFatty says (11:52 AM): it was asking for it [...]
McFatty | November 13, 2007
Your Creation Museum Report ON THE CREATION MUSEUM By John Scalzi “Here’s how to understand the Creation Museum: First, imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit. And we’re not talking just your average load of horseshit; no, we’re talking colossal load of horsehit. An epic load of horseshit.”
