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Another home run for XKCD. Check it out...as I'm sure you already have from about seventeen other sources, and as they've all likely said, read the mouse-over text. It's awesome.
Another home run for XKCD. Check it out...as I'm sure you already have from about seventeen other sources, and as they've all likely said, read the mouse-over text. It's awesome.
Take a quick look at this article. While you're reading and looking at the accompanying photo, keep in mind that it's 2011 and the story is taking place in New York city, one of the most progressive and largest cities in the world.
...the mayor (Michael Bloomberg) said that segregating men and women was “obviously not permitted” on public buses. “Private people: you can have a private bus,” he added. “Go rent a bus, and do what you want on it.”Exactly. So, you're going to fine the offending company and monitor them so they don't act in a discriminatory manner in the future, right? Right? Ok, as always, there will likely be talk, followed by the dull sound of continuing with the status quo.
Labels: Dave Matthews Band, equal rights, Hasidic, Judaism, Michael Bloomberg, misogynists, misogyny, New York, Rosa Parks, women
To the Editors of Today's Parent, in particular Deputy Editor Jacqueline Kovacs,
Labels: alternative, dilution, homeopathy, infinitesimal, magazine, nonsense, oscillococcinum, science, Today's Parent, unproven, untested, woo woo
Scientists seem to have worked out how to fix food allergies in a mouse model, giving hope to sufferers of severe peanut allergies. Check out the article here for the full deets.
T cells come in different 'flavors'. This method turns off the dangerous Th2 T cell that causes the allergy and expands the good, calming regulatory T cells. We are supposed to be able to eat peanuts. We've restored this tolerance to the immune system.How great is that? Science, bitches.
So ultra-orthodox jews can suck it.
Labels: children, eggs, feces, Girls, homosexual, idiots, Jew, jewish, morons, orthodox, protest, ringlets, rocks, tomatoes, ultra-orthodox
"(T)he second you take control of a conversation to steer it towards a desired result, you're not a person anymore - you're a salesman - and it's no longer a conversation - it's a pitch." Phil Cooper (Danny deVito) in The Big Kahuna
Labels: bible, dishonest, God, Jehovah's Witness, Jesus, JW, parent, parenting, salesman, The Watchtower
I have to make a quick comment on this story because it's so stupid and sad. There's this article from the Toronto Star which outlines the story of Faryal Bhatti, a grade 8 student in Pakistan. She is a Christian student who misspelled the word "praise" in Urdu, changing its meaning to "curse". That didn't fly in her classroom and the teacher beat her in front of the other students before sending her to the Principal.
I protest against the decision of expelling the child and transferring the mother...This action by the committee has printed a very negative image about Islam on the child’s mind, we want the people to learn about Islam, not to make them hate it.Yeah, exactly. There are far too few religious moderates willing to stick their necks out for tolerance and non-murderous behavior - mostly because they'll get fucking murdered.
Labels: beating, blasphemy, curse, evict, Faryal Bhatti, Islam, Mohammed, Muhammad, Muslim, Pakistan, Pakistani, praise, Urdu