Random Crap from Zeno Izen

"The Root Cause Fallacy was designed to deflect attention away from Islam, in effect to exonerate..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:59:37 -0500

“The Root Cause Fallacy was designed to deflect attention away from Islam, in effect to exonerate Islam, which, we are told, is never to blame for acts of violence.”

- CFI Releases Statement from Ibn Warraq in Response to Fort Hood Tragedy | Center for Inquiry

Caricature Map of Europe 1914

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:38:49 -0500

Caricature Map of Europe 1914

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:38:25 -0500

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Google News

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:19:45 -0500

Google News

"A McDonald’s employee said Monday the problem was caused when someone put pepper spray on a..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:41:34 -0500

“A McDonald’s employee said Monday the problem was caused when someone put pepper spray on a hand dryer in the men’s restroom. After turning the dryer on, the pepper spray spread throughout the restaurant.”

- Pepper spray prank sickens 31 at McDonald’s | BlueRidgeNow.com | Times-News Online | Hendersonville, NC

"Bear with me here. Imagine “Ghostbusters” is based on a true story. Imagine the Dude..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:21:53 -0500

“Bear with me here. Imagine “Ghostbusters” is based on a true story. Imagine the Dude from “The Big Lebowski” as a real-life U.S. Army general. All factual, right? That’s what “The Men Who Stare at Goats” sort of wants us to believe. I think I sort of do — to a small degree, sort of. “More of this is true than you would believe,” the movie announces in an opening title. I’m waiting for the review of this one in Skeptic magazine.”

- The Men Who Stare at Goats :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

"Iran’s opposition has come out in force to mount some of the biggest street protests since..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:44:23 -0500

“Iran’s opposition has come out in force to mount some of the biggest street protests since June’s disputed elections in a bid to overshadow official rallies marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Tehran.”

- Iran protesters hijack 30th anniversary of US embassy seizure | World news | guardian.co.uk

Revolutionary Road… Wed. Nov. 4— protests of the...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:31:00 -0500

Revolutionary Road…

Wed. Nov. 4— protests of the Iranian elections are happening at this moment.

"Details are sketchy, but numerous witnesses report that veteran feature editor Henry Allen punched..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:42 -0500

“Details are sketchy, but numerous witnesses report that veteran feature editor Henry Allen punched out feature writer Manuel Roig-Franzia on Friday. The fracas took place in sight of Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli’s office. Brauchli rushed to separate the two.”

- Fists Fly After Post Editor Tells Writer, “It’s the Second Worst Story I Have Seen in Style in 43 Years” - Capital Comment Blog (washingtonian.com)

"LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man who aimed a laser beam at two airliners as they approached..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:52:00 -0500

“LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man who aimed a laser beam at two airliners as they approached an airport has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for disrupting the flights.”

- The Associated Press: Calif. man gets prison for aiming laser at planes

From Reuters.com » Blog Archive » Graphic: Space hotel...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:47:58 -0500

From Reuters.com » Blog Archive » Graphic: Space hotel | Blogs |

"While naked short-selling was the weapon used to bring down both Bear and Lehman, it would be..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:23:00 -0400

“While naked short-selling was the weapon used to bring down both Bear and Lehman, it would be preposterous to argue that the practice caused the financial crisis. The most serious problems in this economy were the result of other, broader classes of financial misdeed: corruption of the ratings agencies, the use of smoke-and-mirrors like derivatives, an epidemic tulipomania called the housing boom and the overall decline of American industry, which pushed Wall Street to synthesize growth where none existed.”

- Wall Street’s Naked Swindle : Rolling Stone

"which was, like Bear, a giant bursting sausage of deadly subprime deals that didn’t need much..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:13:32 -0400

“which was, like Bear, a giant bursting sausage of deadly subprime deals that didn’t need much of a push off the cliff”

- Wall Street’s Naked Swindle : Rolling Stone

Awesome mixed metaphor, Taibbi. Still, intriguing article.

"Islam: Nothing quite like having your top prophet marry a 6-year-old to get you to pray five times a..."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:59:03 -0400

“Islam: Nothing quite like having your top prophet marry a 6-year-old to get you to pray five times a day. Seriously folks, have a BLT and a beer and chill the fuck out.”

- William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » Getting blasphemous before the UN, United States declare it a “misused freedom”

"MIAMI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Palm Beach billionaire Jeffry Picower, described as the biggest..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:52:34 -0400

“MIAMI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Palm Beach billionaire Jeffry Picower, described as the biggest beneficiary of Bernard Madoff’s fraud, died on Sunday after he was found lying at the bottom of the pool at his home, police said.”

- UPDATE 1-Madoff friend Picower dead, found in pool | Funds | News | Reuters

"Businesses that behave like neighbors will win, and advertising will look a lot better than most of..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:41:54 -0400

“Businesses that behave like neighbors will win, and advertising will look a lot better than most of what we see today.”

- Adding Value: The Future of Marketing | Small Business | Reuters

"In the center of the fray is Paul Offit. “People describe me as a vaccine advocate,” he says. “I see..."

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:03:04 -0400

“In the center of the fray is Paul Offit. “People describe me as a vaccine advocate,” he says. “I see myself as a science advocate.” But in this battle — and make no mistake, he says, it’s a pitched and heated battle — “science alone isn’t enough … People are getting hurt. The parent who reads what Jenny McCarthy says and thinks, ‘Well, maybe I shouldn’t get this vaccine,’ and their child dies of Hib meningitis,” he says, shaking his head. “It’s such a fundamental failure on our part that we haven’t convinced that parent.””

- An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All | Magazine

fortcollins_balloon_911.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:15:50 -0400

fortcollins_balloon_911.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object):

Listen to the “balloon boy” 911 call.

"NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) — Executive editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller, on Monday sent..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:49:36 -0400

“NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) — Executive editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller, on Monday sent the following letter to employees of the newspaper to announce it would cut 100 newsroom positions before the end of the year.”

- BNONews.com - First in Breaking News

Depleted Cranium » Blog Archive » How Homeopathy...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:22:43 -0400

Depleted Cranium » Blog Archive » How Homeopathy (Supposedly) Works Illustrated