What a shock. Next thing you know, they'll be telling us bears do what bears do in the woods:
VIENNA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict rejected the concept that abortion could be considered a human right on Friday and urged European leaders to do everything possible to raise birth rates and make their countries more child-friendly.
Perhaps I don't understand the meaning of "impotent":
WASHINGTON -- Seemingly taunting Osama bin Laden, President Bush's homeland security adviser said Sunday the fugitive al-Qaida leader is "virtually impotent" beyond his ability to hide away and spread anti-American propaganda.
When journalists, like this AP writer, write about the singularity, they tend to focus too much on specific possible outcomes, like cell-size robots circulating through our bloodstreams and increasing our brain power a hundred-fold or being able to upload our consciousnesses into a computer -- so it sounds more like crazy science fiction than an actual possibility:
I think it's a kind of mental illness:
Steve Fossett's wealth made his epic adventures possible, but his relentless willingness to take risks is shared by other on-the-edge thrill-seekers whose exploits and setbacks have long fascinated psychologists as well as the public at large.
Ha. The Indiana and Ohio bottle and can Mafia are running their contraband into Michigan and costing the state a bundle:
LANSING
The fashion police of Southwest Airlines try to kick a passenger off the plane for apparel that is "lewd, obscene or patently offensive” to ensure the comfort of children and “adults with heightened sensitivities.” Her outrageous clothing? A miniskirt:
If you've gotten over Restless Leg Syndrome, you can now concentrate on worrying about "popcorn lung," the name given to breathing difficulties thought to be caused by exposure to the fumes from the agent giving microwave popcorn its buttery flavor:
Remember this old joke?
"I have good news and bad news," the doctor says. "Which do you want first?"
"Give me the bad news."
"You have a terminal illness."
"What in the world could the good news be?"
"You also have Alzheimer's."
Yeah, I know, cruel. But real life also has a way of adding insult to injury:
Much has been written about the hypocricy of rich and famous greens who use "carbon offsets" as a way to live the good life while lecturing the rest of us on the need to scale back. In some cases, it seems to be much worse than that:
Guess this is why Notre Dame got stomped. Instead of paying attention to the prayers of the football players, God was messing around with politics:
Sioux City, Ia. - God's will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here Monday.
