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Eric Scheske

Real Relief for the Rest of Us

Funny and interesting and a relief: > Sex Pistols singer John Lydon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rotten] isn't impressed with Bono's political activism. The aging anarchist snarled to gigwise.com: "Every time I see Bono in those big fly glasses and tight leather

Anti-PETA Billboard

We've expressed concerns about corporate farming practices and the inhumane treatment of animals, but we're not vegetarians and PETA disgusts us. So we found this quite humorous:

Get Out the Philco

The fantasy writer who influenced G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and many others, George MacDonald, is coming to radio: > W. H. Auden wrote, "To me, George MacDonald's most extraordinary, and precious, gift is his ability, in all his stories, to create an atmosphere of goodness

Eclectic Team

The Boston Red Sox put themselves at the front of the homosexuality-is-normal movement (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1216/]), but they also have the largest number of evangelical Christians. Did they quietly stay away during the Red Sox homosexuality antics? If they objected, did Red Sox management decide to

More Fodder for the Anti-American Muslims

The Mohawk has become mainstream, according to this NYT piece. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/fashion/thursdaystyles/01mohawk.html?adxnnl=1&8hpib=&adxnnlx=1125568901-aEKgXCKvKDuShpshThhHkA] . Excerpt: > Some are curly and extend down the back into mullets or are gently buzzed along the sides. The

Why the Shock? . . .

. . . It's not like PP has a conscience. When you're absolutely correct and have all the answers, there's no such thing as a qualm. > Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas has offered to provide free birth control pills at its Houston clinics to

Blurring It Down

WaPo does its best to nuance the sin out of looting. Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102681_pf.html] . Excerpt: > But, as we are also learning from the post-Katrina chaos, what we think of as looting may be more complicated than

And a Whimper Goes Up from Eric Scheske

Seven in eleven years. Not enough? > Pope Benedict XVI told Catholics to have more babies "for the good of society," saying that some countries were being sapped of energy because of low birth rates. > "Having children is a gift that brings life and well-being

Cathedral of Salisbury, England

Gorgeous: > Salisbury is one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. It is the mother church of the Salisbury Diocese, an area which covers most of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. > Started in 1220 it was completed by 1258, with the Spire, the tallest in England (123m/

Odd Consumer News

> To persuade hipster fools to spend $200 on a pair of jeans, Levi's has enlisted the help of Andy Warhol [http://65.61.159.201/culture/Andy-Warhol-Transubstantiating-the-Culture.cfm], the granddaddy of all things hip. Called "Warhol Factory X Levi's,"