Check out this headine: “N.Y. Catholics: Dems Trying to Bankrupt Church.” Sounds pretty bad, right? I mean, I’m not a huge fan of some of the Church hierarchy’s decisions, but I have no hate for the Church itself or the people who benefit from its services or the people who f...

This week I was invited out to Oklahoma to speak in the University of Oklahoma’s Darwin 2009 speaker series. It was quite a trip – I got to meet the Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education, and breakfast with Richard Dawkins himself. The evolution issue is still hot in Oklahoma, and my vi...

Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she lurks on the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia with her fawn Doberman Tink, and knits. “JURORS BALK AT S...

Though she looks decidedly healthier as a result of her extended vacation in St. Lucia, Amy Winehouse still hasn’t shaken her tendency for drama.  And now she’s being charged with assault. Back in September, Amy was involved in an altercation at the End of Summer Ball in London̵...

  One of the saddest celebrity relationship stories of all-time gets worse by the day. Yesterday, a tabloid published Rihanna's personal phone number, Chris Brown obtained a reprieve and... oh no... now there are strong rumors that the two may have gotten married in secret. There must be so...

Look, let’s not dilly-dally - this is an Amy Winehouse story, so it’s either going to be about drugs or violence. Or, at a push, degenerative skin conditions. But, no, we shouldn’t toy with you - after all, stories about Amy Winehouse’s degenerative skin conditions are a rare...

In Brazil, there is a horrific story of a 9-year-old girl who was raped and impregnated (h/t Falloch’s comment).  It’s believed that the rape was committed by her step-father.  The girl was not only pregnant at that young age, but also pregnant with twins.  And so, as makes perfect se...

Chris Brown has tried all sorts - apologising, getting back with Rihanna, gleefully norking around on a jetski. But it hasn’t worked. Yesterday Chris Brown was formally charged with two felonies regarding his alleged thumping of Rihanna - assault likely to cause great bodily injury and making ...

See, kids who grew up with children's books like King & King, And Tango Makes Three, My Two Uncles, etc ... would never do dumb shit like this. Gay people live under terror in this country, have no... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

Following in the wake of the beating of a 15-year-old girl by county cops in Washington state, and adding to the growing mountain of police brutality against women I am even more disheartened to hear about another set of accusations of police violence. This time, two male cops escorted a drunk woman...