elfs | Mar. 25th, 2008

John Gorenfeld compares Jeremiah Wright with Sun Myung Moon, noting carefully that Moon has the ear of a hell of a lot more Republicans than Wright does Democrats.

John McCain has so much media cred he can get away with a "senior moment," revealing that he doesn't know the difference between Shia and Sunni, or between al-Qaeda and the al-Sadr Militia, without being called on it. If Clinton made such a gaffe, it would be nightly news for the next two weeks. George Will said McCain's mistake-- which he made on five separate occasions-- will not hurt him because "it's a given that this man knows what he's talking about." It should not be a given anymore!

I mean why isn't McCain's BFF John Hagee's statements like "Catholics worship the great whore of Satan" being put to this much scrunity?

"I would much rather export gays from the United States than import them." Ah, feel the good, Christian love™.

The Bush Administration announces cuts to Spirit and Opportunity. They're going to shut down at least one of the rovers. Total savings? About 15 minutes worth of war funding. For the price of three days of warfare we could repeat the whole damn mission: construction, launch, landing, and four years of research!

Atheist does not die due to black magic. The leader of India's "rationalist" movement challenged India's best black magician to kill him with, well, we'd call it voudou. It was a bit of a giggle all around.

Ten reasons to have sex. Stress relief, a better immune system, exercise, better sleep are just four. Oddly, because it's fun and feels good not on the list.

And because it is so sweet (and NSFW!), I must echo