13 January 2013

Link round-up for 13 January 2013

Here's a simple solution to global warming.

Get your copy of the Lesbian Last Supper.

Brazilian police arrest a co-conspirator in an attempted prison break.

Check out the Best Picture nominees.

An Illinois Catholic priest calls 911.

Deep in the New Mexico desert is a shrine to nuttiness.

A major California industry uses the First Amendment to oppose a government effort to destroy it.

Christian Right anti-gay activist Lisa Biron is a paragon of morality.

You can get free gasoline from these guys, but there's a catch.

Hart Williams has a book out about Ayn Rand.

Choose well.

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema sets a patriotic precedent at her swearing-in.

Rosa Rubicondior profiles a famous Christian and the man who inspired him.

Why are so few women libertarians?

Nuttiest conspiracy theory ever:  the Sandy Hook shooting was a staged event with actors.  More here.

The Bill of Rights does not apply only to 18th-century technology.

Here's the Steubenville story in detail.

Derek Shrout of Alabama didn't need a gun.

Much of the conservative media is a money-making scam.

The Bible has a lot to say about rape.

2010's wave of teabagger legislators has been focusing on just one thing.

Apple joins the trend of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US.

This isn't a conservative country any more.

Stay away from this café.

Limbaugh has lost over 2,200 sponsors.

Prominent atheist Sam Harris takes a sober look at the gun issue.

Another prominent Republican pulls an Akin.  Yes, guys, keep talking.

Violent video games aren't to blame.

The trillion-dollar coin thing won't work.

The anti-gun Journal-News, which provoked outrage by publishing a map of gun-permit holders' names and addresses, hires armed guards to protect itself.

Atheist Revolution looks at feminism and atheism.

Oddly enough, the Democrats are much better at technology than the anti-science party is. 

Outrage without action is just whining.

Sara Ege's 7-year-old son wasn't doing very well at memorizing the Koran, so she killed him (sent by Ahab).

Glasgow's Catholic Archbishop upholds his church's tradition of bigotry (found via Republic of Gilead).

Germany is leading the way in the transition to solar power.

While the rest of Europe stagnates under austerity policies, Germany's powerful unions push for major pay increases.

Guru Asaram Bapu seems to want to be the Akin of India.

Asad's threat to deploy chemical weapons produced a rare case of united international action.

Dubai is a ridiculously tacky failure.

Here's a new look at why the Vikings abandoned their Greenland colony.

Global warming is already affecting the US economy, and it will get worse.

8 Comments:

Blogger mendip said...

An excellent selection of links - thanks! And the 911 Call is wonderful!

13 January, 2013 08:06  
Blogger Ranch Chimp said...

Good link round up Infidel ... the swearing in on the Constitution thing done up by the Congresswoman is something I havent thought of, but I think it would be more appropriate to do in this nation for various swearing event's, court's or whatever ... I mean ... this is 21st century America, not BC ancient middle east, being it is part of OUR culture, eh?

Salon piece on the conservative money making movement, etc ... it's so true, and I even understand promoting economic's and such .... but what they are doing is a whole different ball game ... what I like calling "neo corporate communism". I actually like at time's doing posting's on the so called conservative politic's of today ... reason being, is because I dont have to do much work/ research with them, they are straight up in your face about their agenda ... they will tell you right out their out to "f**k" you, and even show their blueprint and proposal's of how they plan to. I am actually shocked that they get the vote's that they do, especially by life long conservative's.

13 January, 2013 08:42  
Blogger ed waldo (Hart Williams) said...

Thank you for the link, Infidel. Much appreciated.

13 January, 2013 12:56  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Thanks for the comments! RC, I agree about the use of the Constitution for swearing-in. This will become more and more of an issue as more and more non-Christians get elected to national office. One more thing for the right-wingers to go apeshit about.

14 January, 2013 06:21  
Blogger Comrade Misfit said...

Thank you for the link!

14 January, 2013 08:58  
Anonymous Blurber said...

More good links!

On the "The People Who Believe The Victims of Sandy Hook Were Actors" story the idea that Fox is doing Obama's bidding is the ultimate weird report for me.

14 January, 2013 12:23  
Blogger Shaw Kenawe said...

Great collection of links, again! The one on Dubai was especially timely for me, since someone close to me has begged me to go there for a visit, extolling all its fun and glitz.

I said I would rather spend a week on Constitution Beach in East Boston rather than visit that fake, overblown disaster in the desert. There is absolutely nothing there that attracts me. Zero.

Yes. It appears to be Las Vegas on meth.

15 January, 2013 13:04  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

CM: You made a good point.

Blurber: These nuts can get pretty nasty.

SK: Authenticity-wise, it probably makes Las Vegas look like Rome. Also, you can get arrested in Dubai for kissing in public (people have). Fun place.

15 January, 2013 18:36  

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