The Truth Behind The Rapture

Looks like it was a pretty close call, but thankfully the folks at Overcompensating saved the day:



To prevent further stupidity of this sort in the future, please spay and neuter any xtians you see, or as a less violent option, please support one of the few secular or atheist organizations that exist.

Musical Rapture

Seems that Friday is a popular day for posting links to various videos and/or musical hijinx and etc. and such as. WTF, why not?

This is the album I just listened to from one of my favorite Portland acts. You need to crank it right the fuck UP for the proper feel of this song:



Now that I think about it, the title actually works for all the rapture idiots -- it'll be Bad Days Ahead for the dumbasses that fell for it, again.

May your Friday rock as much as this song.

Seriously?

So, the Navy might name a new cargo ship after Cesar Chavez. Cue the right-wing freakout.

Chavez was a U.S. citizen, born in the country. And not in some exotic Muslimy place like Hawaii, in the vast liberal mecca that is... Arizona.

He was actually in the Navy, so unlike most wingers, actually served in the military.

Oh, and he fought against illegal immigration. The wingnuts just hate that shit.

But he was a labor organizer, and y'know, his name sounds all furrin' like. So let's flip right the fuck out!

Fucking idiots.

Good riddance

After hearing the big news last night, I truly hoped that there would not be the (unfortunately) completely predictable right-wing freak out that Obama managed to "get" OBL, after Teh Shrub dropped the ball. As they say, "sadly, no."

You'd think the rabid war-porn aficionados would be happy, but I guess the only way this could've been done to their satisfaction would have been some sort of hideous medieval public torture spectacle. Only if it occurred under a Republican administration, of course.

Reminder

Reminder: the Teabaggers aren't racist, they're just strict conservatives that really hate big government and socialism.

Related

While the whole "meme" thing is beyond me, I must admit this struck a chord with me for some unknown reason.

Forgotten

With all the fake uproar over the deficit and birthers and all that, it's easy to forget that there are a few wars on.

As everybody (except our feckless press) knew would happen, our latest adventure in killing brown peopleliberation is ramping up toward the seemingly inevitable long-term ground war.

Iraq continues to be a complete cluster fuck that nobody wants to talk about.

And the original forgotten war, rages on.

You'll note all those links go to The Guardian in the UK. That's obviously because the US press is moronic, inane, and vacuous.

Thankfully, there are exceptions. Believe it or not, McSweeney's has been running a great series on Afghanistan written by a US service member serving there. It paints a mostly bleak picture, but is an amazing read. Check it out: In These Deserts.