When will we just start executing militant muslims?
Permalink | July 2, 2008 by John in Current Affairs, Religion
They are just too annoying to continue using our air. ‘Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman’s hat’:
Tayside Police’s new non-emergency phone number has prompted complaints from members of the Islamic community.
The choice of image on the Tayside Police cards - a black dog sitting in a police officer’s hat - has now been raised with Chief Constable John Vine.
The advert has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually unclean and has sparked such anger that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert.
Dundee councillor Mohammed Asif said: ‘My concern was that it’s not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards.
‘It was probably a waste of resources going to these communities.
‘They (the police) should have understood. Since then, the police have explained that it was an oversight on their part, and that if they’d seen it was going to cause upset they wouldn’t have done it.’
I’ve got no tolerance for this kind of shit. And of course the police caved. They need to take a lesson from Australia: Conform or get out.
Don’t touch ME, Mr. Savior
Permalink | by John in Graphic Design, Humor, Religion
Ah, so THAT’S where those priests got THAT idea…
Creepy…
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Agnostic vs. Atheist
Permalink | June 26, 2008 by John in Jillette, Religion
From Crackle:
Interesting distinction. I like it.
Time to ReTire?
Permalink | June 24, 2008 by John in 2002 TBA, Travel
My latest thing to obsess about on my bike is whether I should replace my rear tire before or after (or Zod-forbid during) my trip to Seattle and British Columbia in July. Last year I posted that my odometer read 33931.6 miles when I put the current set of tires on. With my odometer currently reading about 40250 right now, that means I have about 6318 miles on these tires. I usually get around 8-9000 miles per rear tire, and the upcoming trip is at least 1884 miles. It’s gonna be close. I’ll have to watch that rear tire like a hawk. And I’m not riding it very much between now and the trip.
The front is no problem. Typically it lasts 50% longer than the rear.
My House, My Rules
My mother is moving in.
The irony has not escaped me. This is the first time I’ve had anyone close (family, romantic interest, whatever) live with me under a roof I pay for. Last time I lived with anyone it was with her, over 10 years ago when I first moved back to Helena (that was only for two months, hint, hint). I’m resisting the urge to create a bunch of rules, but there will definitely be boundaries.
She got a job in Helena and is in the process of moving back here from Great Falls. TEMPORARILY she will be staying with me, while she finds an apartment. I offered up my place because I feel the need to facilitate this change, for her sanity and mine. The job she just left was shit. Most of the people are shit (lawyers, duh). The upper level management is shit (bureaucrats, duh). The stress was insane. The new job should be stress free and is a little more money to boot. As a bonus, the new job is with a State organization so her pension and vacation surplus stay intact.
So, anybody know of a nice little 2 bedroom house or apartment in a quiet neighborhood?