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[philmophlegm]

It took Jeremy Clarkson slapping an assistant producer to get there, but I think we've now reached 'peak Guardian' with this article. I mean, surely they can't get any more ridiculous...can they?

Shocking news about fitness - "a nightmare that never ends".

The Age of Man began in 1610. Probably.

Shaming pretentious restaurants that can't bear to use plates.

Did Josef Mengele and other NAZI medical researchers produce any useful medical research?

If 200,000 christians each donate $300, then Pastor Creflo Dollar can buy "the biggest, fastest and overall best private jet money can buy". Is that not an amazingly brilliant name for this cleric? I can see an argument that says that this isn’t that different from tithes to pay for medieval churches and cathedrals, but they have rather better depreciation.

A modest proposal to reduce income inequality.

"Peter King Realises Fight With Wife Really About Disappointment in Raiders' Offseason Moves."

The minimum wage is too high, much too high.

Texan sports pundit Dale Hansen (rightly, righteously and angrily) rips into the Dallas Cowboys for signing convicted domestic abuser Greg Hardy.

Comments

[prester-scott.livejournal.com]

Re: fitness. I'm into it.

Re: modern televangelists versus medieval cathedrals.

Another important difference is that churches and cathedrals, works of sacred art, etc., are for the use, enjoyment and appreciation of everybody, and for many generations, not just for one big cheese and his posse.

Also, if it really were about Mistah Dollah needing the proper tools to spread the Gospel? There's another obvious solution: he could appoint and train disciples in every city, so then he wouldn't have to travel so much and could fly coach like the rest of us slobs.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Nice link. Well played!

And good point about churches and cathedrals.

[ertai.livejournal.com]

Regarding Greg Hardy:

I was listening to the radio this morning where the talk show hosts took a very similar view to Ray McDonald being signed to the Bears. But should the emphasis be on the team to be more moral than the NFL and society at large?

Society has supposedly handled him (or is working to in other cases). The NFL supposed punished him. Now, if society has failed, that's a much bigger issue than which NFL team employs him (since other are getting away with the same thing). If you believe that he doesn't need further legal punishment and he shouldn't get the privilege of playing in the NFL, then its an NFL rule issue. If 6 games isn't a proper punishment, then blame the NFL.