Category Archives: Internet

Internet Magic

May 10, 2012 – 4:47 pm

The Catholic Church hated witches. The Protestants weren’t much better. Believers in the Old Ways were burned at the stake by the tens of thousands. Twenty-eight people were hung or killed in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. The last such case to come before a court was the 1878 American civil trial in Ipswich, Massachusetts, [...]

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The 10 Unanswerables

March 25, 2012 – 7:15 pm

According to the Old Testament Moses descended from Mount Sinai with two stone tablets inscribed with 17 Commandments and although the adopted son of the pharoah was the only man in the crowd who could read, Yahweh deigned not to write in Egyptian, so there could have been a thousand commandments for all Moses or [...]

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Defense Of The First Amendment

March 16, 2012 – 1:12 pm

“Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful…It’s made for the losers.” The writer Rita Mae Brown found an unexpected ally in the fight against pornography this week, when GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum declared war on Internet Pornography. “America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography.” This declaration of future hostility against [...]

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Thai Police Dthok Jai

February 21, 2012 – 5:02 pm

Last week the Thai internet was flooded by photos of naked women rolling dice in what appeared to be a Thai casino. No one knows where this paradise of earth is, but the Thai police are searching for the guilty with their usual diligence. In the meanwhile Bangkok Deputy PC doubted in the photos were [...]

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God Is Dog

February 21, 2012 – 12:02 pm

Back in the last century condensation formed on a window at my hometown’s hospital. A devout Christian spotted the face of Jesus in the opaque dew and the faithful gathered to pray beneath the mirage. The miracle vanished with the sun breaking through the clouds and a local fundamentalist preacher claimed the Son of God [...]

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