Some more articles (and another random icon!)

First, read this article on 'sovereign citizens'

Now read THIS article on the creepily-blond AFA's reasoning behind opposing any and all mosques in the US ever.

SOMEbody wants to overthrow the US government, anyway. (Hey, kids! If a government derives its powers from the just consent of the governed, which it does, and very nearly everybody in a country consents to it, which they do, doesn't this mean that these folks don't have a leg to stand on? Morally speaking, that is. I mean, even if our government really was based on a big lie (let's not even get into that), does it really matter if we all agree it doesn't matter?)

I have more links on the sovereign citizens (it's disturbingly fascinating, or perhaps fascinatingly disturbing), but before I do, first - teen sex might not affect your grades in school!

And baaaack to the sovereign citizens!

Here's an article on a black person using that excuse of being a sovereign citizen. It's mentioned that this is NOT the usual way of things (most of the people trying this are white racists), but funnily enough, if you search for "sovereign citizen black" on google you come up with a bunch of posts talking about how it's something done by stupid black people - I mean "Negroes" (which gives you an idea what sort of people are writing these things) - who deserve to be killed in any number of creatively violent ways.

And another, longer article.

Night all!

Oh, I almost forgot!

In the comments to this article (which I already linked to) there is this line:

Second- as others have noted, there does seem to be a strain in most religions to spend a great deal of money on meaningless stuff. The vatican is a virtual mecca of conspicuous spending. There lots of garish mega churches in poor neighborhoods.

I'm not sure if the poster intended to mix that metaphor or not, but I LOL'd.

It's that time again....

What the hell am I reading to the nieces? I need to pick a chapter book, TODAY!

There's just too many books....

(And yet, and yet, and yet there's also never ENOUGH books. Funny how that works out. Any suggestions?)

Two articles

One, a cheerful one about the kindness spy version of Improv Everywhere.

And one about a woman who got kicked out of Starbucks after throwing a hissy fit.

Now, it's one thing to talk about small, medium, or large coffees - although I suggest that if you don't like using their stupid terms you go somewhere else - but this is absurd.

She wanted a "plain multigrain bagel". That is to say, a multigrain bagel with nothing on it. And when the cashier asked if she wanted butter or cheese, she threw a tantrum like a baby. How hard would it have been to say "No, thank you!" rather than to repeat your statement? (Having read the posts at Not Always Right, and at Customerssuck, I think it's safe to say that plenty of people ask for a "bagel" and then get upset if you don't psychically know they mean one with butter. Or cream cheese. Or whatever damn thing they want.)

"If you don't use their language, they refuse to serve you. They don't understand what a plain multigrain bagel is."

Sweetie, I hate to break it to you, but *I* do not know what a "plain multigrain bagel" is. I mean, I do, but only because I know you're wrong.

It's either a plain bagel or a multigrain bagel (which is an abomination unto the world of bagels, though not as bad as cinnamon raisin ick). Plain has to do with what the bagel is made of - you can have plain, onion, poppyseed, everything, and I guess multigrain if you insist. And any of those bagels can come with cream cheese or butter or whatever else you like. But then they're a whatever bagel with nothing on them, or possibly you just say, like a civilized individual, "Oh, no thank you!" when asked if you want butter or cream cheese with them. It's really not that hard. (Actually, I guess you can say it if you want, but once you bring your bad manners into it I'll tell you how wrong you are. That's fair.)

(Don't read the comments, btw.)