Month: December 2013
Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden!
Recently we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance watching everything we do. Great Britain’s George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information. The types of collection in the book — microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us — are nothing compared to what we have available today.
— Edward Snowden, in an “alternative Christmas message” broadcast on U.K. television.
A Ten-Month Truce
Say so long to cold Black Friday.
Say good riddance to Cyber Monday.
Though we haven’t won,
At least the fighting’s done,
And the War on Xmas can take a holiday.
Tweets from Iran? Merry Christmas to the Pope and Happy Birthday, Jesus
Felicitations to @Pontifex on birthday of Christ, Prophet of love, mercy & friendship. Hoping for new year filled with peace & prosperity.
May Jesus Christ, Prophet of love & peace, bless us all on this day. Wishing Merry #Christmas to those celebrating, esp Iranian Christians.
@HassanRouhani — Iran’s president, in stunning tweets on Christmas day to the pope and all Christians.
What’s Wrong With Colorado? Stepfather Shoots 14-Year-Old Stepdaughter Sneaking Back Into House
Here’s the thing, gun users. Be sure someone is trying to hurt you personally before you shoot. That way you’ll have a chance to notice if it’s your daughter and not a burglar. Especially before the third shot.
And there are way too many shootings in Colorado.
Earth Rights Itself on Its Axis as Cracker Barrel Reinstates Duck Dynasty Merch
If you have not had the misfortune to dine on the meaty, greasy, and yet somehow completely flavorless fare at a Cracker Barrel, you will not know that in order to get to the chow, you must first bob and weave through the world’s most annoying gift shop. It’s filled with overpriced America-esque junk, from made in China pewter cross pendants to made in China sock monkeys.
If you’ve never been there, you will also not have been shocked when Cracker Barrel announced, after GQ published an interview with one Phil Robertson, of Duck Dynasty fame, quoting him thusly, that it was pulling DD merchandise from its stores.
