Category Archives: Wacky Shit

Nashville schools sued over block on gay web sites

By thecodepounder | Published May 20, 2009

Metropolitan Nashville and Knox County school districts are being sued for blocking so-called “pro-gay” web sites. The school districts do not block so-called “anti-gay” websites.

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Plan B to be available to 17 year olds

By thecodepounder | Published April 23, 2009

Good first step an undoing Reverend Bush’s restrictions limiting the sale of the (non-abortive, sorry, but those are the facts) contraceptive to those over the age of 18.
Associated Press:
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan B” [...]

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Redmond, WA getting stimulus money to build a bridge for Microsoft

By thecodepounder | Published April 7, 2009

CBS News:
(CBS) Millions of your stimulus tax dollars are already going to work in affluent Redmond, Wash., the home of Microsoft, where unemployment is among the lowest in the nation.
The stimulus money will help build a bridge over Redmond’s only freeway, reports CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson. It’s at a spot that happens [...]

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Tony Dungy is a hell of a football coach, not much of a civil libertarian

By thecodepounder | Published April 1, 2009

Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today expressed disappointment at the Obama administration’s decision to ask former football coach Tony Dungy to serve on the president’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United’s executive director, “I am surprised and [...]

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Tennessee lawmakers seek to bring us a statewide dress code

By thecodepounder | Published March 26, 2009

In an attempt to legislate “taste”, or perhaps “style”, Tennessee Representative Joe Towns (D-Memphis), has sponsored a bill that would make criminal the public wearing of saggy pants! The Tennessean:
Under the proposal, a person could be fined as much as $1,000 for publicly wearing pants “below the person’s waistline … in a manner that exposes [...]

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La. Gov. Bobby Jindal must be getting tired of all the crow

By thecodepounder | Published March 24, 2009

As damn near anyone can tell you, it isn’t very appetizing. CBS News:
A month after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal complained about wasteful spending in President Obama’s economic stimulus package – including money he sneered was for “something called ‘volcano monitoring’” – Alaska pilots were grateful for such expenditures.
No shit.

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Pope sticks to the script in Africa, dogma more important than lives

By thecodepounder | Published March 20, 2009

On Tueday, Pope Benedict XVI, had this to say about the pervasive and widespread AIDS crisis in Africa:
“You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.”
Sweet evil Jesus! Just throw more gasoline on the fucking fire [...]

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Catholic Church’s hypocrisy nothing new, but still baffles

By thecodepounder | Published March 13, 2009

And lest I be accused of unfairly attacking Catholics, please feel free to read that headline as “Christianity’s hypocrisy nothing new”.  Feel better?
By now, of course, you’re all aware of the 9-year-old in Brazil who, raped by her own stepfather and carrying twins, was granted permission by the courts to have an abortion, upon the [...]

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Bible Park USA back to square one in Wilson County, hopefully for good

By thecodepounder | Published March 5, 2009

The Tennessean newspaper is reporting that the Lebanon City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to rescind all previous bible park legislation, due to the failure of the park’s developer to supply financials after repeated requests:
LEBANON — Developers of the proposed Bible Park USA were scrambling Wednesday to determine where the project stands after Tuesday’s surprise [...]

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More hate and prejudice in Tennessee

By thecodepounder | Published March 2, 2009

The Tennessean: Tennessee bill would ban adoptions by unwed couples.
What is wrong with these fucking legislators? The Tennessean newspaper reports that the State of Tennessee, as of the end of January 2009, has 7,184 children in some type of state care or supervision.  So, what’s the solution? Arbitrarily reduce the pool from which adoptive parents [...]

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Man shoots, kills self in California super-ultra-mega-church

By thecodepounder | Published February 19, 2009

The kicker here is that he shot himself as a volunteer just happened to be telling a group of visitors about the church’s suicide prevention programs.
Associated Press:
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – A man shot and killed himself in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday as a nearby volunteer told [...]

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Holy Shit: Sarah Palin launches political action committee (PAC)

By thecodepounder | Published January 28, 2009

Associated Press:
NEW YORK (AP) – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin launched a political action committee Tuesday to help support candidates for federal and state office.
The committee, SarahPac, is dedicated to supporting “fresh ideas and candidates who share our vision for reform and innovation,” according to its Web site.
Personally, I don’t see a return to the Dark [...]

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