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I feel like a woman!
2008-02-10 16:53:00 Oh, wait. Now I don’t and its your fault Mr. Surgeon that I don’t have my pee-pee anymore. Take a look at about minute 02:00 of ‘Sex Change Surgery Regret‘ and here an MTF then FTM transexual assert that the ultimate responsibility for his– um, now ‘his’… again– decision to have a sex change operation lies ... More About: Woman , Sexuality , Feel , A Woman
Morality made me do it
2008-02-05 17:02:00 There are a couple of things going on here that get under my skin. First, what kind of ass wanders around with a camera trying to catch people having sex? Honestly, the terms ‘pervert’ and ‘peeping tom’ come mind. Second, watch the film through to the end. Lewd behavior too close to a church is a ... More About: Morality , Made , Sexuality
February: This is not my Country
2008-02-04 15:13:00 Welcome to the February 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country. I am slammed with work in the non-blog world and have been for a month or more, so here is this edition in its raw glory. I hope to catch up by the time next edition rolls around. 200motels presents The Texas Wine ... More About: Country
Epistemological backwardity
2008-01-28 22:47:00 The following was written for an environmental ethics class I completed in fall. The class was led by Holmes Rolston III, hence the frequent reference. I’ll get a proper citation up later today. Rolston’s epistemological problems stem, according to Christopher Preston, from a failure to recognize any of a series of post-modern theses. In his words ...
Oh? well if science says so?
2008-01-07 23:10:00 I’ve spent a tremendous amount of energy picking Christians, mostly creationists, for their mutilation of science. Now it is time to spread the love. Here is wee interview with Dr. Abd Al-Baset Sayyid of the Egyptian National Research Center. I have to say up front that I do not speak Arabic so I am basing this ... More About: Science
DeSmogBlog?s Warming Awards
2008-01-05 23:52:00 DeSmogBlog has an interesting string of ‘awards’ right now. Obama headlines with “Obama named SmogMaker of 2007″. The charge is that Obama “has presented himself as someone who can overcome the Bush legacy of inaction on climate change”, but is nonetheless “campaigning on a greenhouse gas reduction ?target? that the U.S. won?t have to meet ... More About: Global Warming , Awards , Armin
More Persecuting Christians
2008-01-04 19:50:00 There is an interesting set of videos on YouTube. They seem to center around the following. YouTube is not quite censoring but certainly limiting atheist content? Well, that is the question. There is quite a string of videos related to the topic. I took a look at YouTube Censors Atheists: Here’s the Proof, Youtube: Promoting Bullshit ... More About: Christians
This is not my country, but it is 2008
2008-01-01 18:30:00 Welcome to the January 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country, but with elections coming I am hopeful, marginally, that I may be able to reclaim some of that pie in the sky affection I had for the country in my youth. It isn’t that I’ve lost my love of the principles in ... More About: Country
Human evolution on the upswing
2007-12-31 19:52:00 I found this article rather fascinating mostly because I’ve long thought that “our technological and medical advances have removed most of the selection pressures acting upon us”. That such is not the case makes for interesting possibilities. Human evolution is speeding up. Around 40,000 years ago our genes began to evolve much faster. By 5000 years ... More About: Evolution
A Homeopathy Grab Bag
2007-12-29 19:31:00 Not long ago, I did a little piece on homeopathy. That post did not flatter the… ahem… medical science of homeopathy. Not surprisingly, my honesty and integrity were called into question– repeatedly. I was accused of rejecting homeopathy because I don’t understand science and because I have a prejudice against it. I was asked not ... More About: Homeopathy , Grab , Path
But I paid for it!
2007-12-28 18:17:00 I’ve been thinking a lot about grade inflation over the past few months, mostly because I am on the front lines of it. That is, I’ve been grading papers– a lot of them. I’ve been through 500 or so pages of freshman, mostly, attempts at writing philosophy… well, let me rephrase that… attempts at thinking ... More About: Paid
Friendly Fire
2007-12-26 20:39:00 This piece from Salon has been in my “must get to” pile for a several weeks, though it dates from March ‘07. It has been gnawing on my brain. I have talked to more than 20 female veterans of the Iraq war in the past few months, interviewing them for up to 10 hours each for ... More About: Society , War , Fire , Friendly
Hate Crime == Thought Crime
2007-12-22 17:36:00 We seem to be eating ourselves alive. A WorldNetDaily article from March describes the concerns some US religious groups have over a particular piece of ‘hate crime’ legislation. The Bill in question this time around is H.R. 254. The concern is that the legislation “could be used to make criminals of those whose religious faith doesn’t ... More About: Society , Crime , Hate , Thought , Hate Crime
Who exactly are the nice guys?
2007-12-20 18:22:00 A post at TruthinContext got me thinking about a pattern I’ve noticed and I’d like to beg that it stop. The following snippet is what did it. The quote is out of context, I admit, and the snippet I’m quoting isn’t really key to the post. It is peripheral. Nonetheless, this bit is what ... More About: Guys , Nice
A Generation of Damned Relativists
2007-12-17 19:13:00 Honestly, it is the first round of freshman, mostly, college papers I’ve seen in years. The subject is relativism. Of the papers I’ve seen so far, easily one in ten argue… No. Much too generous. Start over. Of the papers I’ve seen so far easily one in ten contains assertions in support of ethical relativism. ... More About: Society , Generation
Heading out for Revival
2007-12-13 17:00:00 As a kid– no kidding– I hit tent revivals hosted by most of the major players in the evangelical community of the time. I had my head anointed with holy jesus oil by big names like Oral Roberts and Jimmy Swaggart and good old Billy Graham. I sat through several filmings of Jim Bakker’s TV ... More About: Viva , Revival , Heading
Holier than thou? God-Damnit!
2007-12-12 17:11:00 Holier because I’ve traveled the Holy Highway more times than I can count. Members of Christian groups along the I-35 corridor said the highway was mentioned in the Bible, and in order to fulfill a prophecy, it needs a little saving first. … Christians said the Old Testament’s book of Isaiah prophesizes I-35 will be the United ...
An Open Letter to Blogger Bloggers
2007-12-09 18:14:00 Blogger bloggers please don’t make me login with my Google/Blogger account in order to post a comment. I realize that this is spam control, but find some other solution– like, oh, migrate to WordPress :). Sincerely, though, you are losing traffic. Why? Every time I want to post on a Blogger blog and I have ... More About: Blogger , General , Open , Letter , Bloggers
Health Class for Jesus
2007-12-09 17:22:00 A teacher in North Dakota ran a video in health class about “some kid who dies and writes a letter to his friend before he is sent to Hell bitching about how his friend didn’t expose him to Jesus before he died. The teacher’s reason? It was to show the dangers of drunk driving.” CapoKT picked ... More About: Religion , Education , Health , Class
Antilia
2007-12-08 18:29:00 I’m not sure that this is the future, but I kinda hope that it is. We are animals, but our environments are species poor. Part of this hope, I admit, comes from a childhood fascination that I refuse to relinquish. There is a real connection between the two, though. There is a connection between that building ...
It doesn?t get any more clear
2007-12-07 18:06:00 Clarity. Clarity is good. It is good to find some peace, some contentment. I found a story of one man’s path to just that. I have finally arrived at a place where both my heart and head can agree. I see life through new lenses. I see people with a new respect, I see the ... More About: Clear
Homeoidiocy
2007-12-06 17:27:00 What makes you sick? Well, whatever it is put some of it in solution and dilute it 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times. That will make you better. Never mind that “the laws of chemistry state that there is a limit to the dilution that can be made without losing the original substance altogether” and that Hahnemann, homeopathy’s founder, ...
Maybe we can?t make ?em wear belts
2007-12-06 16:47:00 Not too long ago, I posted on the war on indecency and wrote that “apparently, saggy pants, like Socrates, are corrupting the youth and the collapse of civilization is nigh”. You see, exposing underwear in public is bad. See what I mean? Isn’t that horrible? Now, not surprisingly, its crossed some minds that baggy pants bans might just ... More About: Make , Wear , Belts
This is a ?stress position?
2007-12-05 17:42:00 Fair warning: This post is video heavy. Do not follow the link to the full post unless you have a high speed connection and/or patience. From the video’s description: “Out of the excruciating pain, the girl said “..aah..I killed him..I killed him..I killed him”. The police officer was very calm undisturbed by seeing the girl suffering. ... More About: Stress , Torture , Position
Nothing is quite so beautiful
2007-12-04 22:47:00 As watching Bush back away from World War III. But almost as beautiful will be the backlash from his bloodthirsty supporters. And explode is what the hawks in and outside the Administration are about to do. They were counting on Bush being the one President prepared to take on Iran. As recently as last month, Bush ... More About: Beautiful
Back when we used to starve
2007-12-03 17:48:00 There was a time not too long ago when we could count on drought or famine, or drought caused famine, to put the lid on human fertility. We could count on losing a few kids to diarrhea, whooping cough, some pox or other, malaria, black plague, or maybe just an infected toe. We could count ... More About: Back
Rape ?em While They?re Drunk
2007-12-02 18:28:00 Then they can’t testify. On the second day of a five-day trial Philip Andrews, defending, said that the 14-year-old’s account of events could not be relied upon because she had been drinking heavily. Cross examining the alleged victim he said: “Your memory of the events could clearly be at fault because of your drinking. “You weren’t sure what ... More About: Drunk , Rape
I hate to read this stuff?
2007-12-02 00:28:00 … but I’d hate more to ignore it. The latest Carnival Against Sexual Violence 36 is up at Abyss2Hope. More About: Hate , Stuff , Read
This is Not My Country: Last one of the Year
2007-12-01 23:18:00 December 1, 2007: No, this is not the Christmas edition. There won’t be a Christmas edition. This is ‘Hell’s Handmaiden’ not ‘Celebrating Jesus’ Birthday on the Wrong Day’. It is a large edition, though, and it is full of Christmas Cheer. And on that note… Annual Rerun: Why We Skip The Holidays Altogether from Wenchypoo ... More About: Country , Year
The Good, the Bad, the Panty Flinging
More articles from this author:2007-11-30 18:11:00 Panty flinging has always seemed like a power enhancer to me. It kinda ramps my up, really, when girls throw their fundies at me. Of course, I’m not superstitious junta leader. Women in several countries have begun sending their panties to Myanmar embassies in a culturally insulting gesture of protest against the recent brutal crackdown ... More About: Good , The Good , The Go , The G 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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