There's another option for my huge-amount-of-posts....

[conuly]

At least when it comes to things like NYTimes articles which, due to the fact that I repost them here, can't be posted in any real quantity on entries...

I can post them all, but backdate them, and mention on the only non-backdated entry that there's others, with links explaining what they are. Then people can see the entries by clicking the links - they won't clog their friends pages.

Moving on! Articles from the... everything else.

Science-related links

One on the complexity of chickadee chirps.
One on the upcoming flu pandemic.
And here's an article explaining the apparent largeness of the moon at the horizon. I'm not sure I buy this explanation.

Important Things

Okay, so this isn't important. The Southern Baptists are ending their boycott of Disney, even though nothing's changed. Apparently, ending a boycott is what makes it effective. I always thought it was continuing a boycott that did that, but whatever. Don't agree with their view anyway.
And we have an article that may cheer up some of my Christian-and-sane friends. Please, please, please let the sane Christians speak louder!


The war

The "insurgency" in Iraq isn't weakening. Another edition of Connie's "HOW THE HECK IS THIS CONSIDERED NEWS???" updates!
In a vaguely war-related mention, UN investigators accused the US of stalling visits to everybody's favorite prisons.
Here we have yet another editorial on The Memo.
A less emotional article about that subject.
And a third one.

The media

Here's one accusing a journalist of deliberately lying to discredit the UN.

Civil rights

An article on Zach that you might not have seen.

Hm. I may have to store up articles longer....

Comments

[hopefulnebula]

Or you can link to them and link to bugmenot at the bottom of the post...

[conuly]

Nah, I like to make things easy for the lazy people.

[ladytabitha.livejournal.com]

Have you seen nikkinewsnet?

[conuly]

Yes

[daharja.livejournal.com]

The Christian article is wonderful. We hear too much about the religious right filling the world with hatred, and not enough about people like a friend of mine (Katherine) who is about the most generous and sincere person you could meet. And she's a devout Christian.

Enough of the hatred!

[conuly]

That's because the crazies in any group always shout the loudest. It's like judging a big city by the people who stand on street corners.

loonies

[daharja.livejournal.com]

Very true.

I remember a time my Uni choir was putting on a concert at St Paul's Cathedral (we were doing the Mozart Requiem, one of the most sacred and beautiful pieces of music there is). The Cathedral is diagonally across from the main train station, and there was this loony christian guy with a megaphone preaching 'thuh Gud Wurd'. He wouldn't shut up, despite us going and asking him nicely (and offering him a free ticket to the concert!) to tone it down a bit. It was only when a large group of us went over in interval, along with some of the audience, and complained, saying we would take it to the police if he didn't shut up (and charge him with being a public nuisance) that he backed down.

*sigh* No-one gets converted by maniacs with megaphones. People get converted by seeing others of that religion doing good things and becoming better people, or by the sheer loveliness of the sacred music.

[pne.livejournal.com]

The boycott thing sounds interesting.

[conuly]

This comment brings the comment count up to an even twelve.

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

Baptist: You know, I kinda want to go to Disney world.
Other Baptist: Yeah, I haven't been there in a while. It's too bad, you know, what with me livin' right down the block.
Baptist: Too bad about that whole Disney Boycott thing.
Other Baptist: Yeah...

Pause

Other Baptist: So, All in favor of ending the Disney Boycott?
Everyone: Aye!
Other Baptist: All opposed?

Crickets chirping

Other Baptist: Good. That's settled
Baptist: I'm glad that we've ended it. Now those heathens at Disney will know that we're serious!
Other Baptist: We've taught them!
Baptist: So, All in favor of funding an all-expenses-paid Disney world vacation this fall?

[conuly]

*giggles*

[raleighj.livejournal.com]

Whoa -- they/we finally ended the boycott? Woot! Now maybe my family will finally take a vacation to Disney World! (I've been denied a fundamental childhood rite of passage because of this stupid thing...)

Although we still bought Disney movies. It was...complicated. They probably ended it because no one stuck to the boycott anyway after the first year or so. :-)

[conuly]

Disney World is overrated. And too crowded.

[hopefulnebula]

Or you can link to them and link to bugmenot at the bottom of the post...

[conuly]

Nah, I like to make things easy for the lazy people.

[ladytabitha.livejournal.com]

Have you seen nikkinewsnet?

[conuly]

Yes

[daharja.livejournal.com]

The Christian article is wonderful. We hear too much about the religious right filling the world with hatred, and not enough about people like a friend of mine (Katherine) who is about the most generous and sincere person you could meet. And she's a devout Christian.

Enough of the hatred!

[conuly]

That's because the crazies in any group always shout the loudest. It's like judging a big city by the people who stand on street corners.

loonies

[daharja.livejournal.com]

Very true.

I remember a time my Uni choir was putting on a concert at St Paul's Cathedral (we were doing the Mozart Requiem, one of the most sacred and beautiful pieces of music there is). The Cathedral is diagonally across from the main train station, and there was this loony christian guy with a megaphone preaching 'thuh Gud Wurd'. He wouldn't shut up, despite us going and asking him nicely (and offering him a free ticket to the concert!) to tone it down a bit. It was only when a large group of us went over in interval, along with some of the audience, and complained, saying we would take it to the police if he didn't shut up (and charge him with being a public nuisance) that he backed down.

*sigh* No-one gets converted by maniacs with megaphones. People get converted by seeing others of that religion doing good things and becoming better people, or by the sheer loveliness of the sacred music.

[pne.livejournal.com]

The boycott thing sounds interesting.

[conuly]

This comment brings the comment count up to an even twelve.

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

Baptist: You know, I kinda want to go to Disney world.
Other Baptist: Yeah, I haven't been there in a while. It's too bad, you know, what with me livin' right down the block.
Baptist: Too bad about that whole Disney Boycott thing.
Other Baptist: Yeah...

Pause

Other Baptist: So, All in favor of ending the Disney Boycott?
Everyone: Aye!
Other Baptist: All opposed?

Crickets chirping

Other Baptist: Good. That's settled
Baptist: I'm glad that we've ended it. Now those heathens at Disney will know that we're serious!
Other Baptist: We've taught them!
Baptist: So, All in favor of funding an all-expenses-paid Disney world vacation this fall?

[conuly]

*giggles*

[raleighj.livejournal.com]

Whoa -- they/we finally ended the boycott? Woot! Now maybe my family will finally take a vacation to Disney World! (I've been denied a fundamental childhood rite of passage because of this stupid thing...)

Although we still bought Disney movies. It was...complicated. They probably ended it because no one stuck to the boycott anyway after the first year or so. :-)

[conuly]

Disney World is overrated. And too crowded.