Truth (Plus Lies)

I made a little Flickr slideshow comic. I recommend setting the speed to 1.5 seconds.

[Also] Fully “70 percent of white evangelical Protestants say that life has existed in its present form since the beginning of time.” 63 percent of them are “very certain” that this is true. I must say that there are times when one is rendered speechless. No educated intelligent person could possibly look at the evidence of science and say such a thing. And yet we are supposed to have a reasoned debate with these people on the matter.

I feel exactly the same way. A reasoned debate should require reason.

(And that’s not just snark, saying creationists et al. are unreasonable. In this instance, they are undeniably and purposely avoiding the use of reason.)

The Stockmarket Skirt raises and lowers its hemline, depending on a stock price.

Questions about proper Islamic conduct.

Apparently. Phew, what a relief!

More at this MeFi thread.

So, it’s out of bounds to make fun of how people look, but what about animals?

The Daily Show collects quotes from the past week of CNN.

If you like pissing in flowers.

…is exactly what you’d expect.

A woman in New Hampshire filed a complaint after a doctor told her to lose weight. This may or may not be ridiculous depending on a crucial piece on information. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the woman in the article.

He’s suing his business manager, see.