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- A US-led coalition rescued a doctor that was abducted by the Taliban. - Stephen Baldwin, born again Christian, apparently doesn't think his Higher Power cares about taxes. He was arrested in New York for failing to pay them for three years, owing the IRS more than $350,000. - A remote-controlled bomb went off in Nairobi, wounding nine. This, most likely, is the work of al-Qaeda. - Looking for the perfect gift for your crazed evangelical relatives? You can do worse than the TVGuardian, a device that mutes the TV whenever cuss words like “fuck,” “Jesus Christ,” or “goddamn” are uttered. The sordid and disturbingly filthy example the creators of the product use in their ad? That terrifyingly foul-mouthed classic E.T. - Despite the Indiana congress already deciding that it's probably not the best idea to teach creationism in their state's schools, Senator Dennis Kruse is trying to back-door that kind of behavior by promoting a “truth in education” bill that will allow students to demand proof from a teacher to “prove” the “fact” they're teaching. A fun theoretical example: Students can force their teacher to prove the moon landing wasn't faked. - Afghanistan's head of intelligence, Asadullah Khalid, survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban. - One Million Moms, the anti-gay rights group, have called a boycott of JCPenney because Ellen Degeneres is in one of their commercials. Also fun: The National Organization of Marriage, another anti-gay rights group, announced that a campaign of theirs called “Dump Starbucks” caused the pro-gay rights coffee franchise to get hit where it hurts, right in the ol' pocketbook. Hit them so hard, in fact, they're opening another 1,500 stores in the US over the next five years.
- In Pakistan, a senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a drone strike. - The American Freedom Defense Initiative apparently believes the best use of their money is putting up a bunch of anti-Islam ads in New York subway stations that use images from 9/11 to incite rage. - Want to solve the whole Israeli/Palestine situation? The Atlantic has an interactive map that allows users to figure it all out. - Hey, everyone! Pope's on the Twitters now!- An Israeli basketball player decided to trash talk a Swedish-Israeli opponent by calling him a “German Nazi,” wishing him to get brain cancer, and hoping that his father would die. On the flip side of that, students at Boston College really don't like Jewish folk.- Since a church in Pasadena decided to host the Muslim Public Affairs Council, meant to inspire positive Muslim-Christian relations, it's received plenty of hate mail that accuses them of “consorting with the enemy.” - Kim Kardashian went to Bahrain in order to open a milkshake franchise. Islamist fundamentalists, who don't enjoy her “bad reputation,” started protesting her like-a-crazy. - The Indian state of Bihar, a predominantly Muslim area, has banned the use of cell phones by women. Their excuse? The phones were “debasing the social atmosphere.” If caught with a phone, an offending female will be fined about $180 bucks. - And Our Person of the Week: Jon Stewart and everyone at The Daily Show, who spent a lot of Monday's show detailing exactly what's so idiotic about the ongoing War on Christmas that the right-wingers (i.e. Fox News) continue to trot out on an annual basis. Respond to your stupid relatives forwards about the attack of Jesus's birth by atheists with a link to this sucker. Previously - The Half-Man's Dilemma
