Andymatic

Month: June 2004

  • Catholic Church Outsources Prayers to India

    (via BoingBoing via Zed) With Roman Catholic clergy in short supply in the US, prests in India are now picking up some of the work of saying special-purpose Mass for North American churches.

  • Misreading Islam?

    Commentary on the beheading of Paul Johnson and reaction to radical Islam representing all Islam. I despise Islam. It is the Uncle Waldo, the pedophile, of organized religions. I suspect I’m supposed to feel sorry for the women in chadors, and burkhas, who are assumed to be against this jihad shit, who will be beaten […]

  • Along Came Polly

    Along Came Polly was a lot better than I suspected it to be. I remained a hardened realist in the face of romantic media and the notion that I’m not complete until I find the perfect, one-and-only soulmate to make me reach rapture. I think that’s foisted on us to support Hallmark greeting card sales. […]

  • Torture Is Not Torture

    If the President is not bound by the aggreements and laws of the national he is governing then what is the fucking point of having a Geneva Convention? This latest bullshit that Bushes lawyers investigated how to scoot around torture laws and regulations – this is not a few dumb shit kicks in Abu Ghraib […]

  • Michael Moore had Abu Gharib Footage – Didn't Release It

    Apparently, Michael Moore had footage of tortures in Abu Gharib but decided not to release in the upcoming Fahrenheit 911. Though it seems to me that if he had put the footage in there he’d be accused of a publiticy stunt. So either way Moore looks less than forthcoming. He does need a wrangler – […]

  • Michael Moore had Abu Gharib Footage – Didn't Release It

    Apparently, Michael Moore had footage of tortures in Abu Gharib but decided not to release in the upcoming Fahrenheit 911. Though it seems to me that if he had put the footage in there he’d be accused of a publiticy stunt. So either way Moore looks less than forthcoming. He does need a wrangler – […]

  • Fucking, Austria

    Residents of an Austrian village called Fucking, have voted against changing the name. (via MeFI) Everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking – and it`s going to stay Fucking – even though the signs keep getting stolen.

  • Y'allbonics

    Myke has a real gem: Not to be outdone by Ebonics in California, the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools is requesting billions of federal dollars to teach “Y’allbonics” in all classrooms south of the Mason-Dixon line. Vocabulary includes: HIRE YEW: (complete sentence) Remainder of greeting. Usage: “Heidi, hire yew?” FARN: (adjective) Not domestic. Usage: […]

  • Imelda

    Imelda Marcos is a supremely delusional woman. Imelda (website), a new documentary covers the life of the controversial first lady of the Phillipines from her childhood in a rural province to ascending with her husband to President of the Phillines, to his installation as dictator, they’re eventual ouster by Corazon Aquino and exile – and […]

  • Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

    Ron loves romantic comedies. He gets that familiar glaze of ‘aw shucks’ whenever hilarity ensues as two people find out what they were looking for has been right in front of them all the time. And so I knew he would love Win a Date with Tad Hamilton. I had been struck when seeing stills […]