More articles...

One on a war shrine in Japan.

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And another article about a Muslim group...

Clicky.

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And another depressing article...

About the rape of several children in a Chinese school.

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Finally, an article about homeschooling and using public school resources.

Here.

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After years of encouragement, I finally bit the bullet...

And started (belatedly) watching Babylon 5.

*taps foot*

People, you all said it was good. And it is. But I never would've started watching it if I'd realized how paranoid it'd make me! I mean, I was cynical before, but after watching seasons one and two in a little under a week, I'm starting to think that the government is full of massive conspiracies, that the world is full of small, petty-minded people willing to sell us out for a tiny bit of personal profit, that the forces of darkness are infecting everyone alive and I need to HIDEHIDEHIDE.

Well. I mean, I thought that before, but now it's worse. It does end well, right?

Edit: A couple of questions. Are we really expected to believe that any organization would unironically call itself the Ministry of Peace? I mean, it hasn't been that long, only a few hundred years. So either everyone has forgotten about 1984, in which case the odds of an organization actually calling itself the Ministry of Peace, with the precise nickname "Minipax" are slim, or people haven't forgotten 1984, in which case the odds are even slimmer.

I mean, I can believe that people would unintentionally echo Chamberlain and not realize how thoughtless the words are, but I find it hard to believe that they'd accidentally stumble upon the words from one of the most influential books of only a couple of hundred years earlier.

Kinda like every sci-fi series eventually has an episode (or sometimes several unrelated episodes) where one jingoistic species has people talking about Final Solution. Guys! We get the Holocaust references even without the key phrases. We really don't need to have it hammered into our skulls!

*shakes head*

I have to laugh. It's not even funny, but otherwise I'd be crying right now. I've long since realized that the vast majority of my patriotic sensibilities were pretty much entirely tied up in the concept of freedom of speech, including freedom of the press. And every time I think that's taken a blow, it hurts. It really does.

Just yesterday, I read an article about how in polls, the fear Americans had of terrorist attacks was the lowest it's been since 9/11. I thought about posting about it, decided not to because I figured I'd spammed youse guys all enough :)

And today, I go to CNN to look up some stuff that woodface had been talking about, and what's on the front page?

High risk of attacks with WMDs within a decade. Most likely a nuclear attack by terrorists.
A special report on terrorism.
A video on security fears on the Mississippi, a popup on "the nuclear club".

Maybe they just got the news now. *shrugs* Of course, my inborn cynic tells me that it's probably more like they're trying to make people scared again. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid again.

An article on the most recent proposal to ban flag-burning...

Commentary as soon as I eat.

( Have eaten )

Of course, if people want to keep chasing after mercury, I'm hardly going to stop them.

Though I really fail to see how not spending all your money on an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment makes you the stupid one.

I like the quote here.

"The problem is that doctors keep telling people that autism is not caused by mercury to cover their asses. They screwed up by giving our kids way too much mercury. Those of us who know this don’t like seeing unknowing parents allowing their kids to rot in the abyss of autism. Wake up and smell the coffee is approprite. Anyone who is not chelating to get rid of the mercury is guilty of child abuse. Every doctor who is not telling their patients to chelate is guilty of malpractice. There was no autism until Eli Lilly started putting mercury in vaccines. Aside from fragile X which some say is not really autism, it is all caused by mercury. Any parent who listens to the doctors tell them that there is no known cause or cure for autism is too damn stupid to have kids.

Rot in the abyss of autism. That has a rather nice ring to it. *glances down* Rot in the abyss... you'd think I'd see more flesh falling off if I were rotting... *shrugs* Rot in the abyss... like a zombie?

I can see the headlines now:

It came from... the abyss. The beast that stalks your children... the terror that flaps in the night. It is... THE ROTTING ZOMBIE AUTIE! Coming soon to a theater near you!

*lurches away awkwardly*

*lurches back with arms extended*

Remember the Salon article about autism I posted recently? Lo, the rebuttal!

Bunch of articles from Buzzflash...

Bush is restricting science. And, again I ask: This is news?
More on the Air Force Academy.
One on the flag. Um. Isn't it against the fucking flag code to wear flags as clothing? And aren't those the Baby Bushes? Argh.
Hey, maybe if they pass that amendment some good will come of it. We can arrest Shrubboy for desecration.
One on caskets... comments are interesting.

Three unrelated articles from the NYTimes...

One on Powwows of New York.

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One on Star Wars.

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One on solar sails in space.

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