Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Stuff below the fold


Spongebob Squarepants is bad for kids because it makes them ADD.

The results should be interpreted cautiously because of the study's small size, but the data seem robust and bolster the idea that media exposure is a public health issue, said Dr. Dimitri Christakis
by making it a public health issue, they will allow the government to intervene.

Presumably, Bugs Bunny and RoadRunner are okay.
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What do you call it when those from a religion that must not be criticized attack a funeral by those of another religion, and then go off to riot?

A sectarian clash.

We see similar headlines in Nigeria, and in the Philippines..

of course, the main target for the haters is innocent people from other versions of Islam or those who actually think Islam is a religion of peace...

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Al Jezeerah allowed this "editorial" linking Michelle Bachman with the 30 years war,

they fail to notice, of course, like most Norwegian Minnesotans, neither she nor her ancestors had anything to do with it.
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and NCR has instructions on anticatholic bashing for dummies.
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Factoid of the day:

the Yugas and how the ancients saw the precession of the equinoxes.

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More people attend Christian churches in China than in Europe.


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Charice performed the National Anthem at the NFL 911 tribute game,



and then sang "God Bless America" at halftime.

After the original 911, one snotty Brit sneered about why Americans seemed so eager to ask the deity to bless America.
Well, he got the idiom wrong. When someone does you a favor, a common expression is "bless you sir", which means "God bless you for what you have done for me".

The song was written by Irving Berlin, whose family fled the pogroms of Russia....

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