Cal Thomas is a conservative opinion writer whose diatribes often appear in the Omaha World Herald. He's one of the most consistently funny (in the laugh at, not with sense of the word) writers in terms of sheer amount of illogic he manages to contain within 600-800 words. One might even begin to think that Cal Thomas is in fact a masterful satirist because he takes his articles so deep into the crazy. His latest column perfectly displays this mastery of logical fallacies.  read more »

From the Wall Street Journal:

But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.  read more »

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So says Michael Savage:

Michael Savage, the incendiary radio host who last week characterized nearly every child with autism as “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” said in a telephone interview on Monday that he stood by his remarks and had no intention of apologizing to those advocates and parents who have called for his firing over the matter.  read more »

Approximately 14,700 students did not graduate from Oklahoma’s high
schools in 2007; the lost lifetime earnings in Oklahoma for that class of drop-
outs alone are more than $3.8 billion.

Oklahoma would save more than $137.6 million in health care costs over the
lifetimes of each class of dropouts had they earned their diplomas.

If Oklahoma’s high schools graduated all students ready for college, the state
would save almost $39.5 million a year in community college remediation
costs and lost earnings.  read more »

That reason is that atheists are insane:  read more »

August 1, 2008  read more »

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Afghans are dying from bombs, missiles, explosive devices, police fire, beheadings, domestic violence... and the list goes on.  read more »