Tag: stupid

Interfaith Relations

fracas over baptism between Mormons, Jews, and Catholics

Apparently, Mormons are allowed to perform a ritual that is intended to “baptize” dead ancestors so that those ancestors can get to heaven. This “baptism” is purely virtual, since of course the dead ancestors were not actually Mormons, and aren’t around to attend the ceremony themselves. Jewish Holocaust survivors are so alarmed about this prospect that they are demanding that the Mormons revise their religion

Praying for Money

Did you know that some Christian dingbat has dubbed today the “Day of Prayer for the World’s Economies?” Well here they are, at the Wall Street bull statue thing, praying to Jesus for money. The dingbat has explained, “We are going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask God to begin a shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the ‘Lion’s Market,’ or God’s control over the economic systems.”

oy. they haven’t even read their own “holy book” which takes a dim view on idolatry.

The Pain on Main

When McGuinness produced the foreclosure notice, however, Conrad got angry and left the room. He returned with a .38 caliber pistol and announced, “You have 2 seconds to get off my property or you will go to the hospital.”

uses of the second amendment, an ongoing series: to do something stupid when you are evicted

Commentator arms race

They don’t like firing people or eating contracts, but they loooooooove hiring people. Nothing makes a network exec happier than announcing, “We’re bringing in so-and-so!” And the sheer power of numbers makes shows feel like a bigger event than they actually are, so instead of choosing between Emmitt and Keyshawn, or Marino and Boomer, or Tiki and Bettis, they just keep both under the “bigger is better!” premise. Even if it inadvertently clogs up their shows and flies against the face of everything that has ever worked well on a Sunday pregame show. Unfortunately, cable news networks seem to be picking up this fumble and running the wrong way with it. Here’s MSNBC’s wall of experts covering the Wall Street crisis. Jon Stewart labelled it “the decabox.” Not to be outdone, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 featured 14 (14!?) people onscreen at the same time analyzing last night’s debate

aggregated douchebags are still douchebags

Godly Activist Investors

A conservative Christian pastor is urging followers to load up on Microsoft stock, to force the company to “stop financing ungodly ventures.” “We’re not trying to hurt Microsoft or their shareholders, nor are we calling for a boycott of their products. We are trying to get Christians to buy their shares.” It’s unclear what effect, if any, the initiative could have on the stock price. It would be difficult to influence company direction — just to gain a 1% stake in Microsoft, 31m people would each have to spend $104 to buy 3 shares. Microsoft has 9.36b outstanding shares, and its largest holder is Chairman Bill Gates, with 858m shares, or 9%. Capital Research and Management Co. follows with 6%.

thump the bible too much and you fail at basic math like this guy