Monthly Archives: March 2007

Seven years for pushing teacher’s aid

By probabilityZero | March 31, 2007

(April 1st): Shaquanda is now free. Read about it on her blog.
In Paris, Texas, a town once famous for public lynchings, a recent sentencing of a fourteen year old black girl to seven years in prison for pushing a teacher’s aid is making news all over the Internet. The girl had no previous arrest record, [...]

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Two-cow politics

By probabilityZero | March 27, 2007

Variations of this have been floating around teh interwebs, so you’ve probably seen something like this before. I gathered some of my favorites here:
REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?
DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You vote people into office who tax your income from milk sales then [...]

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Verizon screws Vonage

By probabilityZero | March 23, 2007

Judge Claude Hilton issued a permanent injunction against Vonage with the purpose of disallowing their customers to make calls to standard phone lines. The argument is that Vonage is infringing on patents held by Verizon.
This could have permanent and serious consequences for VoIP, since nearly every VoIP service uses the technology that Verizon claims as [...]

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First openly atheistic congressmen

By probabilityZero | March 20, 2007

It’s official: Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark, D-California, is the first atheistic congressmen. Well, first to admit it.
He made the announcement on March 12 (yeah I’m late, but I’ve been busy).

I look forward to working with the Secular Coalition to stop the promotion of narrow religious beliefs in science, marriage contracts, the military and the provision [...]

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What type of atheist are you?

By probabilityZero | March 14, 2007

I found this online quiz with stumbleupon, and this is my result:

You scored as Scientific Atheist.

These guys rule. I’m not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with [...]

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Hypocrisy (noun): see Newt Gingrich

By probabilityZero | March 12, 2007

hy·poc·ri·sy (noun): a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
Remember that whole thing with former President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky? And how former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich was leading the charge against him? Well, it turns out Gingrich was having [...]

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Libby found guilty

By probabilityZero | March 10, 2007

Libby was found guilty on four out of five counts in the CIA leak case. Dick Cheney’s former aid lied to government investigators about what happened in the build-up to the war in Iraq.
In 2003, Ambassador Joseph Wilson revealed that the Bush administration had exaggerated the Iraq threat in his New York Times op-ed entitled [...]

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Democrats advocate Iraq pullout in ‘08

By probabilityZero | March 10, 2007

The New York Times reports that prominent Democratic leaders are beginning a new legislative push for withdrawal of US troops in Iraq.
In addition to setting a timetable, this bill prevents Bush from invading Iran without Congressional approval, it sets aside resources for fighting terrorists in Afghanistan, and it provides for a quickening of the pullout [...]

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Kiss Hank’s Ass

By probabilityZero | March 6, 2007

I just watched this video version of the classic Kissing Hank’s Ass story, and I laughed my holy ass off. It’s an elaborate and hilarious satire of religion and theism, with pretty much all the bases covered. It’s worth a watch, and you might even want to pass it on to a few of your [...]

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Commander of Walter Reed fired

By probabilityZero | March 3, 2007

The commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was finally fired.
I’m sure by now you’ve heard all the controversy surrounding the outpatient treatment of wounded Iraq veterans, and now it looks like the army is finally doing something. It’s not perfect, since the replacement (Kevin C. Kiley) had reportedly known about the conditions as well [...]

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