protest
God Bless Sinead O’Connor, she surely was fighting a battle that others have only just begun. Remember her performance on Saturday Night Live? Once thought to be the histrionic act of a prima donna eager to shock, it now seems like nothing short of the first blow against systemic abuse by a regime that cares [...]
Bias
One of the big stories in the US political spectrum right now is the Conservatives attempts to redraft the Bible to eliminate any liberal bias. You read that correctly, to remove the liberal bias from God’s word. The results, though imbued with a chilly Orwellian double think, are nonetheless, hilarious and rich food for satire. [...]
toying with the Klan
Enjoy this excellent story of how one man’s wit, wisdom and love held off the KKK
missionary zeal
Christianity has taken many forms in its brief two thousand year history, from the sublime contemplations of Thomas Aquinas, to the barbarism of the Spanish Inquisition. Yet there is little more sickening than the crude, proud distortions of the Westboro Church in this “adaptation” of “We Are the World”. For a completely chilling illustration of [...]
A higher power
We all knew there were some very strange things going on in the Bush regime. You can’t just invade a couple of countries without alerting some of the little people to the fact that weird shit was going down. And as those involved begin to reflect on their responsibility in the catastrophic circumstances they have [...]
retreat
From The Guardian, Tenzin Palmo describes her life of solitude and contemplation,
Eventually my guru, Khamtrul Rinpoche, told me to go and practise in the mountain region of Lahaul. It was a lovely monastery, but it wasn’t always quiet. I’d heard about a nearby cave and wanted to go there, but local people said it wasn’t [...]
what about faith in reason?
evolved?
The always brilliant Doonesbury’s take on the Evangelical’s Intelligent Design theorys
Great moments in American Soap
Is this what life is like the White House now?