Mr Deity

Been busy lately, but I could not resist Mr. Deity. There’s a bunch more where that came from.

From Crackle: Mr. Deity and the Evil - Season 1, Ep 1

May I please have another?

AFP quotes Obama:
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
WTF?!
I suppose it will become the role of the President of the United States to ask other [...]

Faith. Hope. Change.

For years we have all heard the bleating from the left. The religious right is gonna git you. Falwell this, Baker that. The Christianist theocrats are scheming to take away women’s rights, and to kill the gays. They’re gonna reprogram your children. They’re going to launch crusades, nuke the whales, put an end to rock [...]

Crazy.

I was surfing YouTube tunes again. Thought you might enjoy this one, featuring Diana Krall, Willie Nelson, and Elvis Costello.

Promises, promises.

That’s not true. They’re both offering to lose the war in Iraq. Better late than never, eh?

Crime and punishment

Many claim that capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to crime. This overlooks the obvious: the executed criminal does not return to a life of crime. What brought this to mind was this story of a convicted rapist who murdered a 14 year old girl. I don’t understand why this man [...]