In Memphis, Jihad Costs Only $100

On Friday, Memphis resident Muhammad Ibrahim entered seven businesses and informed them that if they didn’t close, he would blow them up. Then, when the police pull him over, they discover that he has been telling people that he wants to conduct jihad in Memphis. The police arrest him, and he kicks out the back [...]

Exploding Chewing Gum Blows Off College Student’s Jaw

A chemistry student in the Ukraine was found dead with his jaw blown off by what is believed to be exploding chewing gum, according to reports.

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The student apparently had a bizarre habit of chewing gum after dipping it into citric acid, Russian news agency Ria Novosti said.

Officers found both citric acid packets and a similar-looking [...]

ISLAMIC MILITANTS In Somalia BAN BRAS

This would be funny if women were’nt being severely punished, once again, because of someone else’s craziness and stupidity. A HARDLINE Islamist group in Somalia is publicly whipping women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting a “deception”. Gunmen from al Shabaab have been rounding up any women with a “firm bust” and [...]

Court Says Katrina Victims Can Sue Over Global Warming Damages

I’m going to have to remember to take this to my business law class on Thursday so we can discuss this in the portion of the class the professor leaves open for us to talk about legal issues that either effect us or that we’re interested in. This definitely gets filed under ridiculous, to say [...]

Blind Man Harassed Off Bus Because Of His Guide Dog

A driver told a blind cancer sufferer to get off his bus when a woman and her children became hysterical at the sight of his guide dog. George Herridge,
71, told how the mother flew into a rage and shouted at him in a foreign language. A passenger explained she wanted him to get off the [...]

disrespecting The Dead

File this under the following:

How not to win friends and influence people
Ways to have your reliigious message rejected
Illustrations of extreme idiocy
Ways to make yourself and your co-religionists look bad

I’m sure there are probably other categories for this but they aren’t coming to mind at this minute. This is the sort of thing that makes me [...]

What Would Jesus Pack?

A Louisville, KY pastor is encouraging his congregation to bring fire arms to church on June 27th, in celebration of the 4th of July and the second amendment. This is the sort of thing that transforms simple patriotism into Americanism, the idolatry of preference of some of those who would call themselvves conservatives. Look, I’m [...]