Stuff you just couldn't make up
 

Emphasis added by me.

Tell us a better one than that!

I can't verify this, but I heard that there was assigned a Y2K minister in Netherlands when the millennium changed. He was responsible of taking care of the situation if the Y2K bug caused any damages. Somehow, I find that quite hilarious.

CNN gets jiggy wit it
 

Of course they're more likely to be infected. People are afraid to tell them about sex. They learn it on their own anyway, and don't know how to be safe.

This is what you get for "protecting" your children from sex.

*WARNING* wanders far afield
 

I'm all about being honest with kids about sex. I would suggest, however, that after the first abortion the kid should be pretty aware of the facts. This is where social pressure should come in. Apparently kids can have abortions without addressing any question of ethics. I hate to come off as the conservative on this one but the reality of this is that our desire to be non-judgemental can lead to patterns of behavior that are appalling no matter where we stand on the choice issue.

What made western civilization different was an increase in respect for the individuals life no matter his station. I don't want to get into the pointless arguement about whether fetus=individual but I would point out that making life cheap, and this includes the life of the poor 12 year old, is an enormous step backward. It helps sanction individual and government violence from sex (usually initiated by an older male) and street crimes to the drug and oil wars easing us back toward a society where people become the playthings of their physical or political masters and force becomes a value.

Tastes just like chicken ...
 

Army Soldier Tried to Fake Death
Police Say Fort Bragg Soldier Hatched Plan to Fake His Own Death, Sought Lookalike to Kill

Broomstick test tells grooms whether bride is a witch

meanwhile ...witches everywhere are getting off on an exciting new broom

Hahaha... I got one of the best reactions of all time when I showed the Harry Potter brrom listing on Amazon to my wife.... it went something like this... "Yeah, so what? Oh. OHHHHHHHH....."
:cool:

Bill Clinton is sending the happy couple a box of cigars.

There's all kinds of goodies out there today.

The Way to Start 2003
 

Artist Eats Baby
Tue Dec 31,10:09 AM ET


LONDON (Reuters) - A British television station defended a show in which a Chinese performance artist apparently eats a dead baby, calling it a "thought-provoking film about extreme art in China."

Channel 4, which upset viewers with a dissection of a human corpse last month, plans to air the documentary in which artist Zhu Yu shows off photographs of himself washing a dead stillborn baby in a sink and putting its dismembered parts in his mouth.

Politicians and media critics have condemned the plans but the Broadcasting Standards Commission said it could not address a program before it was shown.

In a preview provided to Reuters, Zhu is also shown having a piece of his own body grafted onto a pig. He describes his work as expressing his Christian faith, saying: "Jesus is always related to death, blood, wounds, etc."

The show's presenter, a Sunday Times newspaper art critic, calls the work "suffering for your art on a messianic scale."

He added: "I expected to be horrified by him, but I found him peaceful, monastic and even charming. When the cameras were switched off he admitted he'd vomited twice before going through his baby performance. But it was crucial to do it, so he forced himself."

The presenter, who interviews the artist in his apartment, calls him "China's most notorious contemporary cannibal," and says he actually ate the baby's flesh.

A spokesman for Channel 4 said the program, which airs on Thursday at 11 p.m., will carry warnings that viewers may be alarmed and noted the hour complies with rules banning material unsuitable for children before 9 p.m.

"The images appear in the context of an intelligent and thought-provoking film about extreme art in China," he said.

:eek:

Re: The Way to Start 2003
 

I think that because of the relative unavailability of Bibles in China, they must have a somewhat different understanding of Christianity than the rest of the world.

I don't remember where the pigs come in ... oh wait, I think I remember something about a miracle in which Jesus banished the demons from some dude during an exorcism into a handy nearby herd of pigs.

That must be it.

I just don't have a fine enough appreciation of art.