Not every deeply-religious person with political leanings is an insane slavering fascist monster. But no matter how well-intentioned someone is and how leftist and progressive they might otherwise be, every, and I mean every time someone tries to blend religion and politics you end up with insanely stupid juxtapositions like this:
I believe that America is facing a culture crisis. Our national soul has been infected with a virus of selfishness. This selfishness takes on many forms, most commonly greed, extreme materialism, and instant gratification.
So far, so good. But then...
But it is not the obvious individual cases (Tyco’s Kozlowski, Bush’s Executive Privelege, internet pornography) that cause our national ills but rather the fact that they each are outgrowths of a culture that has lost its commitment to the common good.
Ding! That’s right. This progressive Democrat just jumped the crazy shark by equating the President’s lawbreaking, torture, lies, ...
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Taylor Polynomials in Global DiplomacyFrom: koschei.net
Post Date: 2008-05-16 17:52:24
Theorem: Taylor polynomials have the power to end all war.
Proof: Replace the world with its first Taylor polynomial. Since this is linear, its second derivative is identically zero. Since the second derivative measures acceleration, to a first approximation the world can not accelerate.
By Newton’s Second Law, since the acceleration of the world is zero, so is the net force exerted on it. In other words, the world experiences no force.
It is well-known in the literature that war is...
more An Oracle for NPFrom: koschei.net
Post Date: 2008-03-02 12:04:40
A delightful and morally-instructive little tale for our time, by the One Called Rebecca of Hitherby Dragons. A taste...
The nuclear device is going to go off in less than four hours," says Brad.
"And we don’t even have a suspect," sighs Steve.
They look gloomily at the dingy gray wall of their lab.
"Would it help? I mean, at this point?" Brad says.
"We could torture them," says Steve. "And find out where the device is. Then we could evacuate people and save thousands of lives."
"P...
more These People are EvilFrom: koschei.net
Post Date: 2008-01-22 19:59:02
From The Guardian...
Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato told
Ian Traynor in Brussels
Tuesday January 22, 2008
The Guardian
The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the "imminent" spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new Nato by five of the west’s most senior military officers and strategists.
See if you can follow the logic here...
To prevent the first use of nuclear weapon...
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