Monthly Archives: February 2007

Hmm...

    Genealogists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.

More, here.

Facts

As David Byrne once sang, facts all come with points of view.

For example, some see the The Theory Of Relativity thusly:

Nothing useful has even been built based on the theory of relativity. Albert Einstein's work had nothing to do with the development of the atomic bomb, contrary to popular opinion. Only one Nobel Prize has ever been given (in 1993) that relates to relativity, and the validity of that particular award is questionable.
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Just as "social Darwinism" arose from Darwinism, many seized upon the theory of relativity to apply it in a vague way to morality and social issues. "All things are relative" became popular as atheists and others used relativity to attack Christian values. There remains enormous political support for the theory of relativity that has nothing to do with physics, and Congress continues to spend billions of dollars unsuccessfully searching for particles predicted by the theory of relativity.

Hey Yobs, Stop Hating Your Lousy Selves!

Some uncivilized brute trod on the hem of Madame Wizened Irrelevancy, Lady Zillionaire of England-Not-Britain, Joan Collins' dress, and she's not happy about it. No, not she's not happy at all. In fact, she thinks it's a symptom of something much much larger - no less than the destruction of English society from within!

    We've become the 'Whatcha lookin' at?' culture. Why do young people consider it cool to be arrogant, swaggering and rude? Why do so many people in England seem so cynical and self-centred?

    I witnessed young, drunken yobs roaming the streets kicking cars, screaming insults, pushing people and even pushchairs out of their way, attacking each other viciously and then turning on the police when they tried to maintain order.

    THE WHOLE scene evoked the image of hordes of inebriated Vikings sacking devastated towns. Even during the day, feral mobs roamed the cities with absolute disregard for anyone else's property or well-being. Traditional virtues of male chivalry and female propriety were very far from view.

And so, after wasting 500 words to tell England how uncivil, disrespectful, and brutish it is, she concludes:

    It's frightful how being told that you are no good makes you hate yourself, and hate others. And it's frightful how quickly a whole country of self-loathers can be bred.

Yeah, you bunch of no-good, drunken, rampaging, horse-faced cynics, stop telling yourselves you're no good! And stay the fuck off Joan's dress! Where is your civility ??

"Now I Feel Stupid"

    A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.

    "Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in the case. "This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake."

    According to a criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning February 12, damaging the frame and lock.

    "Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. "Where is she?"

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