It appears the state's only hope is that Bobby "The Exorcist" Jindal vetoes it. The Louisiana Coalition for Science is on it, and they are asking concerned parties to contact Governor Jindal about it. A most commendable initiative.

But let's be realistic for a second here. Do you see a man who's been talked about as a potential VP; or at the very least a promising up and coming figure in Republican circles, to go against a bill passed in both chambers? A bill that sadly, so very very sadly and embarrassingly, so many within his "base" is likely to support?

Doubtful.

Now, it will probably have the same fate as other states' attempts to force proven-beyond-any-trace-of-a-doubt quackery into science education. But really, what the fuck is wrong with you, Louisiana State Government?

I would like to take this opportunity to ask you: Have you accepted the Flying Spaghetti Monster as your personal lord, savior, and provider of carbohydrates?

RAmen, brothers and sisters!

To give you a taste:

8 I'd really rather you didn'ts

1. I'd really rather you didn't act like a sanctimonious holier-than-thou ass when describing my noodly goodness. If some people don't believe in me, that's okay. Really, I'm not that vain. Besides, this isn't about them so don't change the subject.
2. I'd really rather you didn't use my existence as a means to oppress, subjugate, punish, eviscerate, and/or, you know, be mean to others. I don't require sacrifices, and purity is for drinking water, not people.
3. I'd really rather you didn't judge people for the way they look, or how they dress, or the way they talk, or, well, just play nice, okay? Oh, and get this into your thick heads: woman = person. man = person. Samey = Samey. One is not better than the other, unless we're talking about fashion and I'm sorry, but I gave that to women and some guys who know the difference between teal and fuchsia.
4. I'd really rather you didn't indulge in conduct that offends yourself, or your willing, consenting partner of legal age AND mental maturity. As for anyone who might object, I think the expression is "go fuck yourself," unless they find that offensive in which case they can turn off the TV for once and go for a walk for a change.
5. I'd really rather you didn't challenge the bigoted, misogynistic, hateful ideas of others on an empty stomach. Eat, then go after the bitches.
6. I'd really rather you didn't build multi million-dollar synagogues / churches / temples / mosques / shrines to my noodly goodness when the money could be better spent (take your pick):
   1. Ending poverty
   2. Curing diseases
   3. Living in peace, loving with passion, and lowering the cost of cable
      I might be a complex-carbohydrate omniscient being, but I enjoy the simple things in life. I ought to know. I AM the creator.
7. I'd really rather you didn't go around telling people I talk to you. You're not that interesting. Get over yourself. And I told you to love your fellow man, can't you take a hint?
8. I'd really rather you didn't do unto others as you would have them do unto you if you are into, um, stuff that uses a lot of leather/lubricant/vaseline. If the other person is into it, however (pursuant to #4), then have at it, take pictures, and for the love of Mike, wear a CONDOM! Honestly, it's a piece of rubber. If I didn't want it to feel good when you did it I would have added spikes, or something.

Love this guy

Session 3 of Intro begins June 27th.  I cannot wait to meet our new group and watch as the Lord moves on their hearts and in their lives over the next 3 months.  I love my job!

El pastafarismo es una parodia de religión creada como respuesta a la decisión del Consejo de Educación del Estado de Kansas (en inglés: Kansas State Board of Education) a finales de 2005 de permitir que se enseñe el diseño inteligente como una alternativa de la teoría científica de la evolución. Dicha decisión fue revocada en agosto de 2006.

Para más información http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarismo

moar funny pictures

I made this one a few days ago:

moar funny pictures

Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him.

It is for this reason that I’m writing you today, to formally request that this alternative theory be taught in your schools, along with the other two theories. In fact, I will go so far as to say, if you do not agree to do this, we will be forced to proceed with legal action. I’m sure you see where we are coming from. If the Intelligent Design theory is not based on faith, but instead another scientific theory, as is claimed, then you must also allow our theory to be taught, as it is also based on science, not on faith.

Some find that hard to believe, so it may be helpful to tell you a little more about our beliefs. We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power. Also, you may be surprised to hear that there are over 10 million of us, and growing. We tend to be very secretive, as many people claim our beliefs are not substantiated by observable evidence. What these people don’t understand is that He built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease.

I’m sure you now realize how important it is that your students are taught this alternate theory. It is absolutely imperative that they realize that observable evidence is at the discretion of a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Furthermore, it is disrespectful to teach our beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia. I cannot stress the importance of this enough, and unfortunately cannot describe in detail why this must be done as I fear this letter is already becoming too long. The concise explanation is that He becomes angry if we don’t.

You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.

In conclusion, thank you for taking the time to hear our views and beliefs. I hope I was able to convey the importance of teaching this theory to your students. We will of course be able to train the teachers in this alternate theory. I am eagerly awaiting your response, and hope dearly that no legal action will need to be taken. I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.

Sincerely Yours,

Bobby Henderson, concerned citizen.

P.S. I have included an artistic drawing of Him creating a mountain, trees, and a midget. Remember, we are all His creatures.

Para más información visitar el excelente sitio

www.venganza.org

Ahí, con dos cojones. Voy a intenar averiguar, de forma matemática y completamente válida (como la preselección de Eurovisión, más o menos) que Dios es el más mejor Dios

El duelo será entre el Googleismo, el Pastafarismo y el culto a Cthulhu.

Hablemos de Google:

Dios, está en todos los sitios. Y Google, está en todos los sites. (salvo en los pecadores que han sido baneados, clarostá, y los sitios sin indexar, que son puros e infantiles a los ojos del señor (+1 para Google)

Dios, sabe todo lo que hacemos. y Google, también. Buscamos en google, escribimos en blogger, conversamos por GTalk, mandamos nuestros curriculums desde GMail, hacemos cuentas con Gcalculator, hacemos cambio de divisas con Google...(+1 para Google)

Dios, dice, "Amaos los unos a los otros". Y Google, nos dice, "Don't be evil".(Que no seamos malos, coño) (+ 1 para Google.)

Dios es único, Y Google... seamos francos, no es el único. La verdad que no se usan apenas, pero ahí está. Cuando fue la ultima vez que buscastes algo en ¿Terra, Yahoo, o el MSN search? En mi caso, creo que lo tenía que hacer a hurtadillas, porque a los menores de 14 no nos dejaban usar la biblioteca... Pero el caso es que ahí están esas pseudodeidades menores.  (-0.5 para Google)

Dios, no nos contesta si hablamos. Y aunque Google no nos habla exactamente, nos muestra resultados de busqueda, y muy rápido, eso sí. Así que como nos contesta...( -1 para Google.)

A Dios, lo inventaron los hombres. (es mi categórica opinión al respecto). Y a Google, también, solo que hace menos tiempo. (+1 para Google)

Hablemos ahora de Monesvol.

Dios creo el mundo en 7 días y lo único que queda de ello, es lo que se recoge en las escrituras, un texto que pasó de generación en generación. Monesvol creo el mundo en una mala borrachera, tal que un viernes. Y como estaba to pedo, penso que no sería mala idea crear vida. y hay documentos gráficos que lo avalan. (+1 para Monesvol)

Dios creo al hombre a su imagen y semejanza, con dos brazos, dos piernas, una cabeza, o dos, ... lo típico. Monesvol, también, la prueba de ello está en el cerebro humano, que tiene la apariencia de un plato de espagueti. (+1 para Monesvol)

Dios se equívoco unas cuantas veces, asi pues, ocurrió lo del diluvio universal, lo de sodoma y gomorra, lo de que Bush saliese reelecto.. Monesvol, debido a la brutal embriagez que llevaba cuando nos insufló la vida, propició que nosotros creamos en una teoría de diseño no inteligente. (+1 para Monesvol)

Dios es teóricamente, un pozo de sabiduría. Y la enseñanza de Monesvol, nos dice simplemente que no seamos malos, que podemos tener un guevo de creencias, y que se la pela lo que hagamos. Lo cual a mí, personalmente, me demuestra que es un ser, inteligente, por encima de la mente humana. Monesvol, además, odia la soberbia, y es por ello que no quiere iglesias ni ofrendas ni que lo adoren. Lo cual, me demuestra que es aún más inteligente que la gente, o que ese Dios sabio que quiere iglesias (+1 para Monesvol)

Por otra parte, Monesvol es una ración gigante de espagetti con dos trozos de almondiga, lo cual no es que sea muy descriptivo. Aunque si los cristianos asumen que sus cuerpos están hechos de barro, yo puedo aceptar eso. El caso es que para los cristianos, su dios es un tío barbudo como papa Noel, pero más viejuno. Fácil de concebir, User Friendly. (-0.5 para Monesvol.)

Y finalmente, hablemos de Cthulhu.

Cthulhu, es, por otra parte, un ser extraterrestre que habitó la tierra y la gobernó antes de que el tiempo existiese, y que ahora trata de recuperarla. A mi personalmente, Cthulhu no es que me mole como Dios, pero trataré de ser imparcial:

Cthulhu, es un engendro extradimensional, nacido en el planeta Vhoorl, que descienda del dios Nagoob y el Dios Exterior Yog-Sothoth. Dios es etereo como el radiocasete y yasta y vive en el cielo. Es más o menos parecido. (+1 para Cthulhu.)

Tiene cabeza de pulpo (con tentáculos y todo), cuerpo de dragon (con alas y todo), de piel prácticamente indestructible, y aunque se le destruya su naturaleza extraterrena podrá recoger sus pedazos y conformar un nuevo cuerpo en horas, Y eso mola. Dios se hizo carne, en cristo, se curó y todo eso, y resucito, que tambien es similar. (+1 para Cthulhu.)

Cthulhu está aletargado en la ciudad sumergida de R'lyeh en el Océano Pacífico o por ahí, y necesita de sectarios y ocultistas que le ayuden a despertar. Y estos tienen que entonar un canto que es algo así como "Ph´nglui mglw´nafh Cthulhu R´lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn", y eso no mola porque es complicado de decir. Dios hace tiempo que parece que no pisa la tierra, y tiene mogollon de curas, cantando "Osana en el cielo, osana en las alturas, bendito es el que viene en el nombre del señó". Otra coincidencia. (+1 para Cthulhu)

Sin embargo, no hay nadie en el mundo que sepa exactamente como se pronuncia "Cthulhu", y eso muy poco práctico, la verdad. Dios escogió un nombre común, Chus, el hijo de Marí y Pepe. (-1 para Cthulhu.)

Totales:

Ganador por excelencia, Monesvol. AKA FSM, o Monstruo Volador de Espagetti. ¿Acaso lo dudaste?

We are getting ready at the Hickey household to send our kids to Kansas City. I'm really wishing I could go - a few uninterrupted weeks in the prayer room would do me good - and, even after being away for 18 years, in a sense, it's still home. Thomas went down last summer to STI (now called ATC... what's with the fixation with acronyms at IHOP-KC?). ATC stands for Awakening Teen Camp but I still slip and call it STI (which, last summer, stood for Summer Teen Intensive). Now the kids correct me when I say STI... "Dad?! Hello?! STI stands for sexually transmitted infections and that's why its ATC this year." Anyhoo, his sister is going this summer as well for this annual two-week summer intensive for high school students. But the big thing we are gearing up for here is sending Caleb in 60 days to start a four year program in Apostolic Preaching under Allen Hood at FSM in KC. (See what I mean about the acronyms?)

Here is an 11 minute taste of Allen Hood preaching at the OneThing conference. You will see why I'm excited to get Caleb to FSM. And, for what its worth, this clip alone nullifies all the smack talk against IHOP-KC. This is indeed a strategic equipping center for the Kingdom of God. Any who've said they preach another gospel are simply bearing false witness (one of the Ten Commandments by the way). The evangelical seminaries I went to didn't preach this message with this boldness.

Thanks to Zack Hensley for finding this on YouTube. The video is a bit odd as the images really don't relate to the message but it's better than audio only.

RAmen.

Fa molt i molt de temps, al meu anterior blog, ja us vaig confessar que jo soc seguidor d'una religió un xic estrambòtica però que ràpidament s'està expandint pel mon: el Pastafarisme, o Esglesia del Espagueti Volador (FSM en anglès).

Aquesta religió, que és la única i veritable, va sorgir las Estats Units com a resposta a la onada d'integrisme cristià que guiats, com no, per la filosofia ultradretana del relativisme, van posar en dubte la Teoria de l'Evolució de els Espècies de Charles Darwin i van demanar que s'ensenyés en igualtat de condicions el Creacionisme (que l'origen de l'espècie humana és un pla de Deu, tal com exposa la Biblia).

A arrel d'això els pastafaris van desenvolupar aqusta nova creença basada en una paròdia irònica del cristianisme: El món i l'home han estat creats per un plat d'espaguetis a la bolonyesa (Flying Spaguetti Monster) i demanen que la seva ideologia, que té la mateixa base científica que el cristianisme, s'ensenyi també a totes les escoles.

Com a bons religiosos son relativistes i creuen que la ciència ens enganya i que en realitat cada cop que un científic fa un experiment, el resultat es manipulat per els espaguetis divins del FSM, i plantegen també la hipòtesi que el calentament global sigui un producte de la dismunució de pirates i corsaris al món, cosa que ha enfurismat de sobremanera al FSM. Els seus 8 manaments, que en realitat son suggerències, recomanen lluitar contra la pobresa, les guerres, les discriminacions de tot tipus, practicar la llibertat sexual, utilitzar el preservatiu i no creure en cap dogma de fè.

I finalment ha arribat al nostre país el pastafarisme! Aquí podeu veure la seva web. I perqué Espanya? Doncs perqué al nostre estat tenim un Concordat milionari amb el Vaticà, una emisora religiosa que vomita odi fanàtic les 24 h del dia, l'assignatura de religió católica s'imparteix en escoles públiques dins del horari escolar... I així doncs, perqué no també el FSM?  Fins i tot han presentat al Minsteri d'Educació una proposta de currículum i de progama per a l'assignaura de pastafarisme que podeu llegir aquí.

Llarga vida al Flying Spaguetti Monster! Crec que és la iniciativa amb més sentit del humor que he vist mai en defensa de la ciència davant un mòn on l'amenaçant auge del fanatisme religiós i les filosofies postmodernes estan posant en un serios perill el progrés racional i social que haviem aconseguit després d'ardues batalles contra els obscurantismes medievals que fins fa poc encara dominaven els designis polítics a casa nostre. 

And heres the vid.

Ramen brothers and sisters!

Yarrrrrr

Us recomano especialment que pareu especial atenció en la brillantor dels discursos (no us fixeu en la durada, atès allò de "lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno"), en la capacitat de convocatòria ( els plànols generals i els picats i contrapicats de les fotos i dels vídeos -abundants- ajuden a fer-se una idea precisa de les masses reunides), en la capacitat d'anàlisi extraordinàriament lúcida i preclara dels seus documents i, sobretot, en la joventut ('divino tesoro') que els segueix, garantia dels èxits espectaculars que la seva secretària confederal ens promet, amb les paraules següents:

... I no ho dubteu, la Intersindical-CSC, com a sindicat nacional i de classe, serà sindicat majoritari dels Paísos Catalans. I perqué ho serà? Per que n'estem convençuts, per que ho volem, i per que els que hi som, hi creiem...

Arguments brillants , no cal dir-ho, que m'obliguen a proclamar, als quatre vents, la meva més sincera disculpa per haver gosat qüestionar la reeixida aposta de la direcció confederal actual per convertir-se en el sindicat que l'esquerra independentista necessitava. Des de les meves darreres engrunes de "reaccionarisme", i fent ús de les darreres neurones que em queden abans de rendir-vos pleitesia, m'agradaria formular-vos una darrera pregunta: una confederació sindical, sense sindicats confederats, no és una entelèquia?

Convençut del meu greu error d'aleshores -quan encara el meu cervell funcionava-, i intuint que la victòria i l'èxit sindical ja es divisen a l'horitzó... m'admetrieu de nou en aquest brillant "sendero luminoso" en que heu sabut convertir la Intersindical-CSC? M'heu fet veure la llum!! Sé que sou el far que il·luminarà el gloriós aixecament del poble treballador català contra la tirania i la subjugació espanyola!! Vull ser, com vosaltres, un home nou!! Perdó, perdó, perdó!! Vull formar part dels mil anys de glòria que ens esperen, a la Intersindical-CSC!!

El sarcarsme del comentari va dedicat als afiliats, delegats i simpatitzants de la Intersindical-CSC que creuen, encara, que formen part d'una confederació sindical catalana i independent: il·lusos, per no tractar-los directament d'imbècils.

Dues notes finals:

Primera.- Què en sabeu del "Chuchi" Suàrez i del "Jimmy" Clotet, aquells dos alts càrrecs de la Generalitat tripartita actual, que continuen sent membres de la Comissió Confederal? O ja han plegat? Us ho dic per allò de la dona del César, que, "a més de ser honesta, havia de semblar-ho".

Segona.- Felicitats pel nomenament de la Mónica Terribas com a directora de TV3. Mai una afiliada de la Intersindical-CSC havia arribat a ocupar aquest càrrec. Per cert, i aprofitant l'avinentesa, un consell gratuït: perqué no li féu una entrevista a la Intersindical-CSC i, si no pot ser -que faria lleig, oi?- perqué no li "demaneu" que us concedeixi un programa de 10 minuts a la setmana, com ja tenen en l'actualitat la Comissió Obrera Nacional de Catalunya (CONC) i l'Unió General de Treballadors catalana (UGT). Ei, garri genc, si la idea qualla, apunta'm el tanto, eh!

Enllaços interessants:
 
<Discurs de Sergi Perelló, Secretari d'Organització, el 1r de maig de 2008> <Discurs d'Isabel Pallarés, Secretària Confederal, el 1r de maig de 2008>  < Discurs de Roger Gili, de l'Espai Jove, el 1r de maig de 2008> <Discurs de Roger Bujons, Secretari d'Organització de l'Espai Jove, el 1r de maig de 2008> <Xerrada multitudinària a Vilanova i la Geltrú, prèvia al 1r de maig de 2008. (antològica)> <Vídeo i fotos d'un acte celebrat el 8 de maig a Vilafranca del Penedés (el vídeo val la pena!)> <Fotos de la manifestació barcelonina del 1r de maig de 2008 (3.000 manifes, com a mínim!!)> <Fotos d'una concentració a Vilafranca del Penedés, el 30 d'abril (eren més les organitzacions convocants que els assistents!!)> <Crónica del 1r de maig de 2008, en la pàgina web de la Federació Sindical Mundial (internacional comunista)> <Pàgina de la Wikipèdia on s'expliquen els orígens i la historia de la Federació Sindical Mundial (més merda comunistoide)> <Pàgina de presentació de la USEC on a la secció "Qui Som" defineixen el que entenen per sindicalisme independent> <Salutació de la Intersindical-CSC al Congrés de LAB, on es reclama l'alliberament del presos... d'ETA?>
<Entrevista concedida al Sergi Perelló (patètic...)> <Crònica i vídeo d'un homenatge a Salvador Seguí, organitzat pel grup Sindicalistes per la Sobirania (compteu els assistents i contrasteu-los amb els que diu la crònica... és per morir-se de riure!!)> <Entrevista a dos "fantasmes" que es fan passar per sindicalistes... sent polítics>
 
Properament penjaré més coses interessants, per obrir els ulls a qui estigui disposat a acceptar que la realitat no és com se l'imagina, sinó com la fan alguns d'amagatotis.

Again, I am proved in my opinion that New Scientist is a tabloid for wanna-be scientists. Especially their cover stories. The issue I am talking about argues that when civilisation reaches beyond a certain complexity, its downfall will not be far away (without external interference of asteroids). They try to prove their argument by citing the breakdown of ancient civilisations and economic disasters.

There is no doubt that no civilisation lasts forever, nor can we ensure the perpertual functioning of the market. There will always be fallbacks, but to extrapolate these backsteps into the ultimate apocalypse can be barely 'scientifically' justified. The Maya civilisation vanished to give place (metaphorically) to the Incas and Aztecs.  The Roman Empire fell apart to give way to the modern Europe we know, the Chinese civilisation... is still intact, after a few dozens of centuries.

Civilisation &mdash; not any specific one, but as a general conglomerate concept to embrace all cultural achievements &mdash; is pretty much like an ecosystem, or the biosphere. It is not a static, but a dynamic sytem always adapting to whatever it has to adapt (The use of evolutionary terms might be inappropriate). As much as pretty lots of animals and plants became extinct (many of them without human cause, because there was not man then), many of civilisations died. As much as species face catastrophic disasters which they might survive or not, economic and political systems face the same. 20 years ago, the planned economy began fell apart and with it socialism. It was replaced with more or less free market economy.

The same happened to democracy in the 1920's and 30's, when due to the Great Depression fascism gained ground in Europe. But again it did not doom the world to death, not even close (but very very close for specific peoples). And democracy regained ground, as much as the Romans never really vanished. They still exist, in the gene pool, and their heritage is spread around the world.

Not doubt, that we sometimes have to step back a few steps, often with (literally) bloody consequences, but we neve break our legs so hard that we cannot step forwards. Of course, unless His Noodly Appendage decides to wipe us out.

you can learn more about my new religion here. i will be visiting your house bright and early saturday morning to witness. put the coffee on!

a bit of scripture:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 'ARRRRGH!'" - PIRATICUS 13:7

update: i really have been a member all along. i just never knew.

[...] the only way I'm ever going to see [Expelled] is if I can rent the DVD from my local store.

Rumor has it that Myers ignorantly rejects the science of Intelligent Design and the equally valid scientific theory of FSM creationism. That's fine. We can tolerate his freedom to speak stupididly. But apparently, Myers cares nothing for our planet... and people who don't care for our planet deserve public ridicule. Myers might as well go buy a fleet of Hummers and eat 3 square meals of steak every day if he's going to rent Expelled instead of waiting for it to dock into The Bay. But who is surprised by Myers' folly when he refuses to accept the evidence?

Don't fall prey to evil like Myers by paying to see Expelled. Wait for that ship to sail and help bring torrent-ial healing to our planet. Pirates are cool.

RAmen.

Este fato é um belo exemplo da interferência das novas formas de comunicação sobre a grande mídia. Na internet, a ação global do FSM tem mais destaque do que a da Rede Bobo!

Como o prof. Juremir Machado da Silva da PUCRS fala francês, fez doutorado em Paris e possui amizade e inteligência verdadeiramente sintonizadas com muitos dos franceses que vêm pronunciar-se aqui na capital da Republiqueta Reaça dos Gaudérios, ele é o jornalista mais indicado para cobrir o evento pelo CORREIO DO POVO.

A RBS, por sua vez, dá como espaço de maior visibilidade ao evento o tratamento de coluna social, pois não possui sequer um intelectual que preste capaz de diferenciar um pouquinho que seja o discurso vazio de significado proferido pela escola RBS de jornacríticos.

Pois foi nesse espaço que descobri que o grande assunto do último ciclo de debates do FRONTEIRAS foi o entrevero entre o polêmico dramaturgo GERALD THOMAS (judeu estado-unidense que viveu muito tempo no Brasil) e seu colega espanhol FERNANDO ARRABAL (supostamente franquista).

A colonista (bela expressão do PAULO HENRIQUE AMORIM) da RBS fez o papel necessário para agradar a seus patrões: postou um comunicado do presidente da Federação Israelita do RS, Zalmir Chwartzmann, condenando o fato de um judeu (THOMAS) ser contrário ao ESTADO DE ISRAEL.

Ora, vejamos: ser branco, preto, índio, árabe, israelita, católico, protestante, ateu, muçulmano, judeu, etc. não tem e nem pode ter em qualquer lugar do mundo nenhuma conotação de superioridade/inferioridade, inteligência/burrice, certo/errado, bonito/feio, trabalhador/preguiçoso e assim por diante.

No entanto, a ficha não caiu para os críticos de THOMAS que ele nunca deixou e jamais deixará de ser judeu pelo fato de criticar o sionismo, que é uma corrente radical de extrema direita que domina as finanças e a gestão de empresas e dos governos mais ricos do planeta, seja de maneira direta ou indireta. É um estilo de vida que prega a intolerância, a diferença a concentração de renda.

Foi contra isso que GERALD THOMAS se insurgiu. E assim como boa parte daqueles que simpatizam e praticam até hoje o nazismo, o fascismo, o presbiterianismo e o militarismo, o sionismo é um caminho muito perigoso e bastante parecido.

Eu adoro o Bonfim. Tenho muita vontade de conhecer Israel. Tenho uma porrada de amigos muito queridos que são judeus, assim como tenho amigos muito pobres, amigos negros e amigos índios. Mas não compactuo com nenhuma forma de política, religião, teoria social ou modelo de gestão excludente e violento.

Não pus link nenhum para as fontes porque excepcionalmente considero que nenhuma delas mereça "ibope". Pelo menos os otários endinheirados que bancaram os caros ingressos para seus funcionários e para si próprios ficaram com a impressão de terem sido lesados por causa de um debate que não houve e de uma palestrinha de apenas 20 min. de duração.

Os gênios do marketing e da administração também erram. E feio: gastaram um caminhão de dinheiro pra trazer dois caras que não são sociólogos nem filósofos e que se detestam de tal forma que não é possível conciliar a presença de ambos sob o mesmo teto.

Enquanto isso, eu dou risada. Garanto que se fosse barato, a academia estaria lá em peso. E GERALDO THOMAS teria sido mais aplaudido do que vaiado.

Ok, so I have to say, I'm really very proud of that :P. What's the world record? Anybody know?

Random facts,random facts...well, I just discovered that what I had mistakenly assumed to be the result of a sudden growth spurt in my wisdom tooth was, in fact, a tiny bit of a peanut. Also, this thing doesn't seem to have an (easily accessible, at least) Word Counter. I suppose that's not an essential feature for a blog writing software, but it's Microsoft, since when do they care if we WANT something before giving it to us?

Instead of boring facts, I'll give you some random experiments in Photoshop and ImageReady:

Miraculous image of the technicolour Flying Spaghetti Monster that appeared blessing their combat in a Morpheus-vs-Neo-in-the-training-room woodcut(or something). :D :D :D. I plan to work on this, by the way. Will put up a better version later, just created this in 15 minutes now. Note: this is not the conventional picture of the FSM, but that's ok because these miraculous visitations are always a little different from the ideal. It's all in the noodly appendages. Which, like I said, are not nearly as noodly as they should be. He looks more like an FSM-Cthuhulu cross. My apologies to any Pastafarian readers.

Me on canvas. Sadly enough, the abstracted version looks better than the real thing. Unless you think this looks bad. Does it?

I promise a new fiction post up very soon, possibly erotic; going on a little trip from next tuesday, so no blogging from then till 9 days afterwards, but on the other hand if I actually win something in Macau I guarantee there'll be a post right afterwards, and I'll make all my friends read it,too: did you know that it overtook Vegas in gambling revenues last year? It's a family trip with 4 out of 9 (that's 2 families, not just my own :) ) members below the age of 18, so I don't know how much actual gambling there will be, but if they have like an extremely low stakes poker table or something I'm sitting in. I can play poker on facebook now! Back on campus the bloody firewall somehow blocks out the Texas Hold'em app so that it doesn't load. I'm sure I can get around it somewhow: as soon as I get back, will install Tor and Vidalia, or HTTP Proxy, or just try facebook through youhide or something.

I can't seem to find a way of ending this with a bang, so this is it. Really. Adios.

Aaar!

En langage vernaculaire: des vieillards aveuglés par des années de macération dans un monde imaginaire couché sur papier par d'antiques Grecs et Hébreux viennent de déclarer, après des centaines d'années de réflexion, que les hallucinations visuelles et auditives d'une folle bien ordinaire étaient en fait d'origine divine.

Tordant ! C'est tordant ! Je me demande si dans quelques siècles, quelques patients croisés durant mon stage de psychiatrie et qui s'imaginent typiquement être en communication intime avec Dieu seront béatifiés. Peut-être le pavillon Rosemont sera-t-il, un jour, une destination prisée de pèlerinage ?

Mais cessons un peu de rire... Pour en revenir à mon aversion pour le judéo-christianisme, je dois dire que cette initiative de l'Église, bien qu'elle ait sérieusement égayé ma soirée, est incroyablement conne. Cette Église est déjà dans une position de faiblesse factuelle terrible: rien, mais RIEN ne prouve que son texte fondateur, la Bible, est fiable. Autant la physique la plus élémentaire que l'Histoire la plus permissive tendent à contredire leur livre sacré; dans un tel contexte, je m'attendrais à ce que les religieux catholiques soient sur leurs gardes devant tout ce qui peut achever leur fragile semblant de crédibilité. Mais au lieu d'être prudents et frileux, les voilà qui nous annoncent, après une enquête débile dirigée par des théologiens, qu'ils reconnaissent les visions d'une femme isolée morte il y a plus de 300 ans. Aucun témoin des événements n'a évidemment été entendu, aucun observateur neutre n'a contemplé la Sainte Vierge invitée sur Terre par la bonne femme Rencurel, aucun expert en santé mentale n'a évalué la psychotique. On se fie à du bouche-à-oreille distordu par les années et à de la vieille paperasse pour juger de la réalité d'un phénomène potentiellement transcendant et hautement exceptionnel.

Puisque l'Église ne reviendra sans doute pas en arrière, je réclame donc qu'elle continue sur sa lancée et qu'elle reconnaisse encore bien d'autres choses divines. Bon, mettons juste quelques unes, pour ne pas désorienter les gérontosaures romains... Ratzinger, en vous basant sur le livre de mythologie égyptienne qui trône dans ma bibliothèque, je réclame donc que vous reconnaissiez la nature divine de la résurrection d'Osiris ! Après tout, vos aïeux spirituels ont bêtement copié ce récit, alors pourquoi ne pas valider l'original ? Ensuite, si vous n'êtes pas complètement décérébré, exploitez votre dernier souffle: basez-vous sur l'unique et sincère témoignage de mon amie Louise Lemay, et reconnaissez la divinité du Flying Spaghetti Monster. Rome est en Italie, et le Dieu aux milles nouilles est sans doute déjà parmi vous !

Para más datos leer este completísimo informe.

Una imagen vale más que mil palabras.

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What are you saying? Evolution is wrong? Where do you think we are, 21st century América?
- House, capítulo 4x09

Traducción aproximada de la frase:

¿Qué dices? ¿La evolución está mal? ¿Dónde te crees que estamos, en la América del siglo 21?

Una crítica buenísima al creacionismo que parece triunfar mucho por esas tierras civilizadas y rebosantes de libertad.