The pastor at a Florida church that planned to burn copies of the Quran added to confusion Friday over whether he intends to go ahead with the controversial event. The Rev. Terry Jones told CBS’ “The Early Show” that “we have called the event off.” Soon afterward, however, he told reporters in Florida the burning [...]
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Florida Church Pastor Causes Global Controversy Over Quran Burning
Posted: 10th September 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, ReligionTags: burning, cameras, cbs the early show, church, confusion, controversial event, Florida, global, imam mohammad, islam, islamic center, Islamic law, islamic radicals, mediator, mosque, NYC Mosque, pastor, Qu'ran, qurans, relocation, telling the truth, terry jones, thursday afternoon, truth about, typeof
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Glenn Beck Says He Became A Mormon To Have Sex
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, Religion, VideosTags: fox news, Glenn Beck, interview, john stossel, journalist, libertarian activist, Mormon, Sex
John Stossel, libertarian activist and journalist, interviewed right wing radical Fox News entertainer Glenn Beck, and asked him why he became a Mormon. Listen to Beck’s response. Need I say more?
Taliban Using Mosque Controversy to Recruit New Followers
Posted: 30th August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, ReligionTags: american muslims, burqas, car bomber, Controversy, e mail, hezbollah, innocent women, jihadi web sites, lower manhattan, mail response, mosque, Muslim, new york city, prayer room, recruit, square car, street protests, Taliban, taliban officials, Times Square, waterboarding, windfall, wire cages
Taliban officials know it’s sacrilegious to hope a mosque will not be built, but that’s exactly what they’re wishing for: the success of the fiery campaign to block the proposed Islamic cultural center and prayer room near the site of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan. “By preventing this mosque from being built, America is [...]
Angry Ron Paul Defends Ground Zero Mosque
Posted: 24th August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, VideosTags: 9/11, abortion, afghanistan, audit the fed, border security, Census 2010, Civil Liberties, defends, education, End the Mandate, global warming, gold, ground zero, H1N1, healthcare, Iran, islam, Israel, mosque, National Defense, National ID Card, new york city, NYC Mosque, Private Option, rand paul, ron paul, Ron Paul 2012, Sound Money, statue, taxes, tea party, war on drugs
Ron Paul Schools Bill O’Reilly
Posted: 24th August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, VideosTags: afghanistan, bill o reilly, Bill O'rielly, debate, Iraq, ron paul, war
Should Anyone Care If Gay Marriage Passes?
Posted: 21st August 2010 by Veritas in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: babies, belief, bigotry, California, conventions, dirty diapers, fear mongering, gay marriage, gays, happiness, heterosexuals, hot topic, infidelity, institution of marriage, justification, personal choice, piece of paper, simple answer, truth of the matter, two men
I know this is a hot topic with many people across the country. I also know I am going to piss someone off with my thoughts on the matter. In fact, I’ll probably piss off concerned parties from both sides of this issue. The simple answer is No. Now, I’m the first to admit that [...]
Jon Stewart and Glen Beck Continue the Feud
Posted: 18th August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in PoliticsTags: battle, comedy central, feud, fox news, glen beck, jon stewart
Iran Set to Execute 18-Year-Old on False Charge of Sodomy
Posted: 9th August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, Sad NewsTags: adult man, court, courtroom, death by stoning, death penalty, east azerbaijan province, execution, false charges, hamidi, homosexual assault, homosexuality in iran, human rights lawyer, imminent execution, international attention, Iran, judicial rulings, lavat, legal loophole, mohammadi, peter tatchell, secretary william, sodomy, william hague
An 18-year-old Iranian is facing imminent execution on charges of homosexuality, even though he has no legal representation. Ebrahim Hamidi, who is not gay, was sentenced to death for lavat, or sodomy, on the basis of “judge’s knowledge”, a legal loophole that allows for subjective judicial rulings where there is no conclusive evidence. Hamidi had [...]
Florida Smoke Shops Sue State Over Law Restricting Pipe Sales
Posted: 9th August 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: addictions, boca raton, bong, darryl rouson, dismal failure, Florida, glass blower, head shop, joseph abruzzo, legislative session, margate, marijuana, misdemeanor, pipe, recovering drug addict, smoke, smoke shop, smoke shops, st. petersburg, state rep, state tax revenue, tobacco shops, weed, wellington
Smoke shops throughout state are hoping a new law, regulating what they can sell, will go up in smoke. Thirty shops have sued to block enforcement of the rules, which took effect in July, and eventually to kill them. The law, passed in the last legislative session, makes it a misdemeanor for a smoke shop [...]
Apparently Politicians Drink Too Much Bud Light Lime
Posted: 5th August 2010 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: big picture, bush tax cuts, c function, c source, colbert, extern, google, GOP, hat tip, hotlink, innerhtml, lgf, log c, n style, new image, onerror, return document, sqrt, Stephen Colbert, tax shelters, visibility function
In a recent edition of his daily segment “The Word,” Stephen Colbert hilariously skewered, by turns, “trickle-down economics,” the GOP stance on the deficit and the Bush-Era tax cuts, which may repealed by Congress (Hat tip to The Big Picture).