February 2012
3 posts
“Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, ‘This is an...”
– Douglas Adams
You don't need dollar to be happy
Businessman and Greek Fisherman
A businessman took a short vacation to a small Greek coastal village. Unable to sleep he walked the pier. A small boat with just one fisherman had docked and inside the boat were several large tuna. “How long did it take you to catch them?” he asked. “Only a little while” the Greek fisherman replied. “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”...
“Can you try a more serious font here? No offense, but your font choices are...”
January 2012
8 posts
Chris Bryant in Parliament
Conservative MP for Milton Keynes South, Iain Stewart, said: “One of the most powerful things that we can be is role models […] People who might be inspired to go into politics need to be able to see that there are people like them in Parliament…”
Bryant responded: “I hope to God nobody will ever think of me as a role model in relation to anything whatsoever at any time.”
The...
Morality and God
If morality comes from God - why does it keep fucking changing? A few hundred years ago the Church was burning people at the stake. Then that was seen as probably not a great idea. A couple of hundred years ago the Church was alright with slavery. Then it was despicable and it was all “Oh, we’ve always said all mankind is equal”. Then they were silent on racism. Only later was...
Stephen Hawking
“I have had (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for practically all my adult life yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family…” This man. <3 Happy 70th, sir!
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Startup Britain Vs Startup America
Startup Britain was quite literally the most shallow piece of tech PR ever. Compare it to the Startup America project Cameron claimed it was “inspired” by. Totally INCOMPARABLE in value. One is actually useful, the other is a government-sponsored silo for crappy sites to make crappy offers you’d expect to find in the classifieds at the back of an old edition of BusinessWeek.
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Pretty sure to truly understand the bible you literally have to be a polymathic, septilingual Oxford graduate and retired theologian. Equally sure no real God would set the barrier to enlightenment quite so high. Syriac? Ugaratic? Aramaic? Classical Hebrew? Latin? Really, Lord?
The Bible is a work of man, expressing the individuals of the times’ beliefs - and should be treated as such.
My...
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“The Bible is not a scientific book; it is not a historical book; it is not...”
– Adrian Curtis, talking to my Grandad about their similar biblical beliefs - and remembering his friend John Allegro, RIP. Despite being a baptist minister and John an agnostic-atheist, they remained friends for life and my Grandad oversaw over his funeral.
December 2011
10 posts
“How many SEO experts do you need to change a lightbulb lightbulbs buy light...”
“We are not disrespectful or dishonouring of someone who is choosing and being...”
– Marcus Bachmann (good ol’ religion!)
“In a free society, no belief or set of values should remain beyond open...”
– Douglas Murray
“Hitchens went on to state such comments as “we have been rid of an...”
– Taken from Conservapedia - here you can see Sean Hanity’s brilliant intellectual argument against Christopher Hitchens’ comments on the death of Jerry Falwell.
The Hitch may have been many things, but he was never crude (always eloquent), never thoughtless (always thinking, always...
“Once upon a time, there was this little sparrow, who while flying south for the...”
– Elektra
“Due to the broad audience watching the talks, TED speakers generally take very...”
– StuffWhitePeopleLike
“Nigger is far more taboo than fuck or even cunt. I think if a politician were to...”
– #Truesay (and rightly so) via Wikipedia
November 2011
2 posts
“If you accept the idea that individuals can interpret God’s views toward...”
– <3 The Atlantic
October 2011
16 posts
“Consider the idea that nature itself is the product of design. How could this be...”
– George H. Smith in Atheism: The Case Against God
“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.”
– Albert Einstein
“My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you...”
– Larry Flint of Hustler
“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and...”
– It wasn’t a matter of leaving a fucking impression, Jerry. You acutally said it… and the fact you also said that the attacks were “probably deserved”, is, “probably” treasonous.
“Amongst many remarks over the years he is probably most known for statements...”
– on Jerry Falwell
“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the...”
– Justice Jackson, West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
When Prop 8 was first overturned in California, and Prop 8 supporters complained about violating the “will of the people,” I immediately thought of this quote. Keep it in mind as the gay marriage cases make their...
“The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all …...”
– Helen Keller
“Lots of harmless things are slightly radioactive—kitty litter, ceramic tiles,...”
– Wired
“The program succeeded in accomplishing one of President Kennedy’s goals,...”
– On Apollo
“According to Paul Buchheit, a professor with City Colleges of Chicago and...”
“If the Conservatives really cared about the East Africa Appeal, they could have...”
– Joseph Lee
September 2011
1 post
“Millions of struggling families and pensioners on middle and low incomes will...”
– Ed Balls (finally having grown a pair of his own)
July 2011
1 post
“No matter how offensive or distasteful some people may find Hustler magazine and...”
– Larry Flynt
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
2 posts
Kevin Peel on Council Cuts
“Manchester City Council is being forced to make almost £110 million of cuts in the next year, followed by £170 million in 2012/13 after the Tory-Lib Dem government announced the financial settlement for the council last week.
This amounts to a quarter of the council’s entire budget and puts Manchester in the top 5 worst hit councils in the country – despite also being one of the most...
Pettyleakz
WHY IRAN REFUSED THE US BADMINTON TEAM (WikiLeaks) Summary: A trusted contact claims he was told by a close advisor to Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran denied visas for the planned February 4, 2009 visit of the US women’s badminton because of the USG’s “bad faith” in announcing the visit earlier than Iran had requested. According to the contact, Supreme Leader...
January 2011
1 post
“In the 1930s, economic crisis led to Nazism in Germany and militarism in Japan....”
– Robert Keohane, Princeton
December 2010
3 posts
Teacher asks you to pair up with a partner for a...
ohitztyler:
Look at your friend across the room like.
In 1998, Ian McKellen visited Michael Howard to lobby against Section 28. Howard refused to change his mind but did ask him to leave an autograph for his kids. McKellen agreed, but wrote “Fuck off, I’m gay.”