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Entries from November 2008

Curious facts of life

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Barack Obama and I have something in common. We both use Macs.
On a side-note:
Clinton sent a grand total of 2 emails while in the White House - which was two more than Bush.

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Tags: Apple

Another minority persecuted by religion

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The Diocese of Bath and Wells has banned garden gnomes from their cemeteries.
A spokesman for the Diocese of Bath and Wells said: “There is no such thing as a real gnome so why should we have such unnatural creatures in churchyards?”
Uhm. And what about the unnatural creatures that stock the interior of the churches?

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The Mayans were right…

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

…the world will end in 2012.

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Tags: Politics

Incomprehensibility

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

A 13 year old girl was stoned to death for adultery in Somalia.
What’s especially appalling is that the murderers weren’t driven by a fundamental human need. They didn’t kill her because they were defending themselves, or because they were starving, or because she had some real power that could harm them.
She was killed because she [...]

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Tags: Religion