Worthy cause of the day: “Support the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act”.
Today’s news and commentary, some of which Barry is responsible for:
- “Terrorists Executed in Egypt (1993)”
- “Perpetuating the al-Qaeda-Iraq Myth”
- “Indonesians told to plant trees before marrying”
- “McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too” (Oops.)
- “Missing Cape Cod lighthouse located in Calif.” (I cannot make something like this up.)
- “Novel bacterial species found trapped in Greenland's ice”
- “Goat Reunited With Owner After Boarding Bus”
- “The FDA drops the ball on patient rights” (No one likes internal review boards, but they are there for a good reason: humans have a nasty tendency to do cruel things to each other if there are no consequences. The last thing we need are horror stories in research.)
- “Outcry after French court rules on virginity” (The only people involved for whom I have any sympathy are the court, who had the unenviable problem of not being able to render a verdict without someone getting mad at them. The husband is hard to sympathize with because the condition he made is hard to prove, therefore liable to result in a false accusation; furthermore, he comes off sounding shallow since he comes off sounding as if he is rejecting his wife based on just one attribute which arguably is not the most important one in choosing a mate. The wife is hard to sympathize with because she lied, contracting marriage under a false pretense; yes, what she did is understandable, based on the culture, but lying to one’s spouse is a great way to cause marital problems, especially when the lie is found out. The people raising the ruckus about the whole case are hard to sympathize with, too, since 1) they are trying to force their values on other people, 2) they are making things worse for both the husband and wife, 3) if the court were to rule so as to try to make them happy, they would be promoting lying and marrying under false pretenses, and 4) they come off making it sound like premarital sex is a virtue.)
- “Self-Destructing DVDs Make a Comeback”
- “Minn. city sets reward for legendary creature”
- “Report: Palestinian textbooks portray Jews badly”
- “Canada offers cash and bicycles for scrapped cars”
- “Sudan Officials Implicated in Attacks” (You think?)
- “Yo Quiero Asthma Cure”
Aaron
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