More proof that anything large and powerful is going to go bad: How We All Pay For the Huge Tax Privileges Granted to Religion — It’s Time to Tax the Church. See also Fleecing the flock: The big business of swindling people who trust you.
I’ve wondered if Assad is hanging on the way he is because he reckons the world will pretty much forget about Syria and focus on Iran once war is declared. Then he can suppress as violently as he likes.
Why Singapore Has the Cleanest Government Money Can Buy. We know that at some point, any more money doesn’t add any more motivation to do a good job. [tongue firmly in cheek]So clearly the government has found the sweet spot.[/tongue firmly in cheek]
And someone has giggled at me for not wanting a fancy smartphone — Invasion of the phone snatchers: iPhones a target for thieves on bikes. I have a smartphone, and so does Neil; they’re just not the type people want (read: old, not Apple, not touchscreen).
I am now up to four pairs of jeans that no longer fit. This is very uncool.
We now have (some possible) proof that men are entirely controlled by their unmentionables.
Social media, you have so much to answer for. Via RIFuture.org, via Chris Myrick.
Yay, reason prevails. Teach creationism all you want, but only in religious studies classes. Creationism / intelligent design cannot be empirically tested. Hence, it is neither science nor a theory.
Well, at least it’s kind of funny: Ron Paul’s campaign music: Darth Vader’s ‘Imperial March’.
I bought a scale. I’ve put on 2.5kg — seemingly in the normal range for this stage.
I’m sorry, what? Graduate suing over ‘forced labour’ needs a reality check. For starters, why wasn’t her voluntary work at the museum counted? Second, if she chooses to volunteer at a museum rather than get some other (less-than-ideal but paying) job, does she really need unemployment benefits?
I know I can be a bit pedantic about grammar, but I’m not so bad that I dread a comma splice. It all depends on the impact of the sentence(s).
Oh man. The price to buy a vote for Scottish independence is just £500? Bloody hell.
Another day, another pair of jeans that won’t do up comfortably. If I had a scale I’d weigh myself.
Oh please — unnatural abstinence and forbidding the use of contraceptives that help prevent sexually transmitted disease is the real threat to humanity’s future.
No one tell my sister- or mother-in-law this: Drug shields lungs from smoking damage.