Playmobil Security Check Point

"I like the basic idea. I applaud Playmobile for attempting to provide us with the tools we need to teach our children to unquestioningly obey the commands of the State Security Apparatus, but unfortunately, this product falls short of doing that. There's no brown figure for little Josh to profile, taser, and detain? Where are all the frightened plastic Heartlanders pointing at the brown figure as they whisper "terrorist?" Where are the hippy couple figures being denied boarding passes? And shouldn't someone be forcing a mother figure to drink her own breast milk?" - Gen. JC Christian, patriot

HT: Redflame @ B3ta. The amazon product reviews are astoundingly brilliant, like the one quoted above :)

Sarah Palin *is* Rapture Ready

In previous posts, I've opined that Sarah Palin wasn't crazy... That her choice of church and her rapist-friendly stance on abortion were likely just political posturing. Only pathetic low-lifes with boring jobs actually believe in the rapture, I said.

It looks like I was wrong.

Pharyngula has a must-read report on a litany of Alaskan insiders lining up to dish the dirt on God's own VP candidate, including some eye-popping stuff from Salon:

"...Palin [was asked] if she truly believed in the End of Days, the doomsday scenario when the Messiah will return. "She looked in my eyes and said, 'Yes, I think I will see Jesus come back to earth in my lifetime.'"

Jesus frikkin' Christ on a bike.

There's lots more there about Palin pushing creationism, pissing off her constituents, and generally being an asshole. But don't take my word for it. Read it yourself.

Meanwhile, En Tequila point out that the lies pouring from John McCain's campaign team have gotten so blatant that even Fox News are outraged.

Wow. It really must be the End of Days.

Christians watch out! Cthulhu is coming and will eat you. Rexella Van Impe has more...



And finally... I've had quite a few hits from people looking for "what Rexella thinks of Sarah Palin". Well, I've been wondering about that myself... But as Rexella (and Jack's!) ministry is a non-profit religious outfit, and therefore forbidden from discussing politics. If anything changes and Rexella does express an opinion, you can be sure I'll report it here. For now, though, I think we can safely assume that Rexella hearts Sarah Palin.... Just as I heart Rexella :)

Denyse on Worthwhile Discussion

Denyse O'Leary writes in her new piece at Salvo Mag:

"The new atheists have inherited that unmistakable self-righteous post-Sixties vehemence which doubtless feels good to the venter and those who share the venter's views, but makes no new point and advances no worthwhile discussion."

I thought it might be useful to list some of Denyse' own "worthwhile" additions to discussions on...

1. Science

"I have no objection to origin of life research, but then I have no objection to the search for the Lost Atlantis either."

2. Economics

"I've sometimes said that Darwinism is the Enron of biology, but I hadn't realized that the Enron guys themselves were actually Darwin freaks. A friend tells me, re the Enron documentary, The Smartest Guys in the Room, Of interest to me was the unapologetically explicit philosophy of Darwinism which was prevalent at Enron from top management to commodity traders."

3. Ethics

"I wonder how many... would prefer to be... mere evolved amoeba, as long as they knew that they would not be held accountable for their own behaviour?"

4. Philosophy

"...producing... infants... is not an intellectual enterprise. So whatever is going on with the intellect, and therefore about philosophy of science, is not Darwinian, apparently."

5. Religion:

"If I weren’t so happy being a Catholic, I would be tempted to be a Jew. I wouldn’t be tempted to be an atheist/agnostic, because it doesn’t sound like anyone cares much."

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

Family Guy Jesus Compilation

Total genius. I saw the clip at 3:09 in an episode on TV the other night and nearly fell of my chair. It's all funny, 'cause it's all true.

I'm John McCain, and I am a liar..

If you ain't seen this rebuttal to McCain's attack adds, you oughta. It's all going to get much nastier before it gets nicer...



Now's not the time for me to re-hash the horrors of the US Election Campaign... Check out En Tequila Es Verdad's excellent daily coverage; the ever interesting Andrew Sullivan; and my fave stat-meisters Electoral-Vote.com.

Need another video? Here's Gina Gershon skewering everyone's favorite VP candidate hockey-mom...



Nicely done...

The Top Five Sarah Palin Songs

ZOMG! !!1!eleventy!!1!one!

Blog post of the week.

The wonderful Anorak brings us The Top Five Sarah Palin Songs.

Here's the Ballad Of Sarah Palin to be going on with...



Don't miss the other songs tho...

"Most didnt even know her name/ It doesnt matter/ Hates Choice and all those pesky Gays/ umm…Like Hillary But Better/ Has a Vag and Boobs/ Baby we cant lose/ We’re Going all the way.”

It's funny because it's true.

Jesus and his Dinosaur Buddies

Something for the weekend...



Great work from shirtlessron.

Community Organizer

It's not just Sarah Palin who hates community organizers...


Picture by Abunar at B3ta.com. Send him flowers. Or a kitten.

Dense opines on Morality

Denyse O'Leary.

On the seventh anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, she retreads the ludicrous creationist yawn that evolution equates with immorality:

"I wonder how many... would prefer to be... mere evolved amoeba, as long as they knew that they would not be held accountable for their own behaviour?

Of course, Denyse feels no fear about being held accountable for her own behaviour. She knows the baby Jebus is with her always.

She is apparently unaware of the benefits of civility, truthfulness, reciprocity, family bonds, social groups, or other such nonsensical notions. One can only presume that if it wasn't for God looking over her shoulder, she'd be out every night looting, raping and killing with all of us atheists.

What have morals and ethics ever done for us? For Denyse O'Leary, it seems, not so much.

Rexella explains the Cthulhu Rapture

Everyone loves Dr. Rexella Van Impe. Here she explains what Christians can do to prepare for the Cthulhu Rapture [New Updated Version!]...




Sarah Palin doesn't believe in "The Rapture". Her church doesn't preach it. Either does the church she went to before that, or the one before that. She's never spoken on the subject.

So why bring this up? Because this week I've had loads of visitors searching for "sarah palin rapture". It's clearly a question on peoples' minds.

As for "The Rapture" itself, if I can paraphrase Lisa Simpson, how come the people who actually do believe in it are always pathetic low-lifes with boring jobs?

"Oh, and you, dad..."

A Bunch of C*****

My close, personal, showbiz, celebrity friends Christopher Brookmyre & Billy Franks appeared together at The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, on 9 September 2008. Here they are dueting on a nice little number about politics & religion in the modern age. This is definitely NSFW...




Chris was reading from his latest comic crime caper "A Snowball In Hell", in which a serial killer takes out Z-list celebrities in his own horrific and horrifically funny "reality tv show" for the Youtube generation...

'Dazzling comic skills' The Times.. 'Sharply satirical and poignantly funny, this is a gripping and highly entertaining read.' Time Out.. 'Chris Brookmyre is a genius.' Mirror.. 'Brookmyre has no equal.' Maxim.. 'Achingly funny' Sunday Times.. 'Exhilerating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence' Scotland on Sunday


Meanwhile Billy, playing his first gig in Scotland in 20 years, talked about songwriting and his new multiple-award winning indie film "Tribute This". Here's the trailer for your delectation.



Interesting factoid: Chris Brookmyre is the first president of the Humanist Society, Scotland. Trippy or what? I'm not sure I hold with "Humanism" as a movement. I don't need a bunch of effete french intellectuals telling me what to think... ;>

Baby Preacher Abomination

GodTube's Surprise... GodTube - Find Your Purpose...

No, it’s not Christmas and it’s probably not your birthday either, but
that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a special surprise! ...

We hope you enjoyed your surprise. Now share the fun by passing it on to friends and family!



From the comments to this video at Godtube:

"This gave me chills of the very best kind... it made me truely, and strongly feel the spirit. This little one is a blessing, but we should really pay close attention. Although we may not totally understand what he is trying to say....I'm sure you would agree that the Lord is using this precious little one to reach out to us, and I feel his message is one we already know or should know. It is coming from this baby with urgency. God bless this child and his parents. Mom and dad, don't let anyone discourage you or this child in your walk with Jesus. Your child will and already doing a huge work for the Lord. This video will do for those, each indivual what the Lord chooses, it will speak to each one, whatever it is the Lord wants to say to that person. Thank you and may God continue to bless and use you." - danaswife

"Anyone who says ANYTHING negative about this specific instance makes me sick! Who EVER claimed that these people believed that this baby believes? no-one and of course they don't. What they are so excited about is that a toddler is preaching on stage. he doesn't know better, but even at this age, he is choosing to Preach the word of God!!! this should make anyone who calls themselves a believer happy and filled with the joy of the Lord! Stop making things into something they arent. all this is, is a cute video of an infant acting like his pastor. but for all of you Pharisees out there, i ask you, would you rather this child act like someone who is mimicking God? or take after his peers, his friends or anyone else in the world for that matter? Think about it..." - preacher258

"Sorry, but I think this is in very bad taste. Jesus would never yell at us and to teach this child this is aweful. Clearly they are more interested in a show instead of a feeding of the God's Spirit." - onnasue

Palin less scary, for some Dems

For some Democrats, a white woman with a gun is less scary than a black man. Period. Never mind her position on abortion or anything else.


"McCain picked Sarah Palin and the world has turned upside down! While many of us do not support her ultra-conservative views, as a lifelong democrat I support her right to have those views! I listened to John McCain's acceptance speech with tears in my eyes; he has a Harry Trumanesque quality and will truly reach across the aisle if president. Obama has divided us along racial/gender lines and with his radical associations/mentors/sponsors/who scare me more than a pro-life woman who can shoot a gun. (Obama's speech was so uninspiring that I fell asleep half way through it)."


Susan B. 09.08.08 - 2:22 pm | liberalrapture.com

Abstinence Only?

"The safest and only completely effective form of birth control is abstinence."
- Conservapedia

"...explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support." - Sarah Palin

"A comprehensive review of 115 program evaluations published in November 2007 by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy found... no strong evidence that abstinence-only programs delayed the initiation of sex, hastened the return to abstinence, or reduced the number of sexual partners." - Wikipedia

Sarah Palin: babies, guns, Jesus

"Sarah Palin: babies, guns, Jesus. Hot damn!"
- Rush Limbaugh, 29 August 2008

Denyse O'Leary as glam as Sarah Palin

The results are in... After an incredible 15 votes, we have a deat heat in PTET's first glamorous gran competition.

Congratulations to Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and to award-winning journalist and ID-provocateur Denyse O'Leary.



And thanks to all of our nominees... They are a credit to working mothers - and grandmothers - everywhere.

Is Jesus Sarah Palin's Friend?

The ever brilliant Anorak.co.uk asks, is that Sarah Palin on backing vocals for "Jesus Is My Friend"?



Meanwhile 236.com nails Sarah Palin's cross-over appeal:



Sarah Palin. Best. Internet. Meme. Eva?

Jebus Offends

I used the word "Jebus" at the absurd TheologyWeb. I got one of these:

I asked what I did to offend. The moderator replied:

"It didn't "supposedly" offend anyone, it's against policy here to allow derogatory references to Jesus."

Just how insecure are these jerks?

Tell you what, "Dr. Jack Bauer" and anyone else out there troubled by the word "Jebus".

I want you to think about the worst thing you can possibly imagine. Something horrific and disturbing. Something illegal and unnatural. The kind of image that will scar you; keep you awake at night; maybe even make you throw up in your mouth a little bit. That's good. Hold that thought...

Now imagine I'd called Jesus that.

There - all of a sudden "Jebus" doesn't seem so bad, does it?

Palin: Huckabee in a frock?

Well, maybe not quite...

HT again to Andrew Sullivan for pointing to this great piece on McCain's odd dance with the religious right (my emphasis):

"This time... McCain is collaborating with his captors. By picking Palin he knowingly guided his campaign well over hostile territory and then aimed its nose straight down. Once taken hostage, he refused to speak his captors’ propaganda, but he allowed everyone else to shout it to the rafters. He gambled, all right, but it was in the direction of orthodoxy—for Palin is a creature and an icon of the Republicans’ evangelical base, which came into full possession of the Party this week and completed the G.O.P.’s conversion to identity politics. (See my last post for more on this transformation.) No wonder Pat Buchanan was so fired up on MSNBC, while Mike Huckabee wore the look of a man who missed his train because he was given the wrong departure time."

George Packer - The New Yorker, 5 Sep 08

Huckabee himself comes across very well in this Daily Show Interview:



There's those around who think McCain wants to dump Palin at the last minute and go with his first choice, Joe Leiberman... But that would be electoral suicide, surely? McCain would lose "The Base" as a voting block... And I rather doubt the rednecks who won't vote for the black guy would be any happier turning out for a second choice, second fiddle, Jewish bloke...

Tell you what, though... I wish Scottish or even British politics was a millionth an interesting as all this.

God bless the USA :)

McCain/Palin - Selling Out Values

"Sarah Palin is like your mother, your sister, your aunt. Someone who knows what its like to work hard for a living without selling out your values." - Scott Ferrarello

"Potential U.S. first lady Cindy McCain sported about $300,000 in designer clothes and accessories at one of the GOP convention sessions, fashion experts said." - UPI

America Needs Sarah Palin!!!!

"AMERICA NEEDS SARAH PALIN!!!!"
- comment by Ralph


"GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN’S AND CINDY MCCAIN'S (RESCUING A LOST HINDU CHILD FROM SLAVES OF THE ROMAN POPE WHO HAS BEEN EXPOSED AS AN AGENT OF PIAPS!!!) ANNOINTED TESTIMONY HAS BROUGHT CONVICTION TO THOSE OF US WHO LOVE AMERICA!!!!!!!

SOUL-WINNING, MOUNTAIN-MOVING, DEVIL-KICKING, PIAPS-DEFEATING, AMERICA-STRENGTHENING, RAPTURE-READY REVIVAL ACROSS THE LAND!!!!!"

From Americaphile, Ralph's Website



"...before everyone gets all smug and self-righteous about the Palin selection, remember where you live. You live in a nation of gun owners and hunters. You live in a country where one out of three girls get pregnant before they are 20. You live in a nation of C students. Knocking Bush for being a C student only endeared him to the nation of C students. Knock Palin for having kids, for having a kid who's having a baby, for anything that is part of her normalness -- a normalness that looks very familiar to so many millions of Americans -- well, you do this at your own peril. Assuming she's still on the ticket two weeks from now, she will be a much tougher opponent than anyone expects. You live in a country that voted for Dan Quayle..."

- Random Thoughts from Michael Moore, 2 September 2008

(Pic credit: Something Awful)

Watch Sarah Palin Squirm

Sarah Palin. Steely, controlled, resolute. That's what we've been served by the RNC. That's all we've seen of her: one speech from the best writers money can by; gushing packages from Fox News; fawning from the Religious Right, falling over themselves to claim her as their own...

Wanna see her squirm?

Hat tip to the lovely Andrew Sullivan for putting me on to Mudflats, a blog on Alaskan politics for whom Christmas, Hanukkah and Duvali seem to have come all at once together. It's latest report dishes the latest dirt on the Troopergate scandal, and links to this must-see ABC item featuring some pricelessly cringe-worthy body language from T-XMrs Palin.



There's lots more of this to come I'm sure...

And in other news (Denyse O'Leary stylee)...

• McCain/Palin don't hate TEH GAYZ - wait until the whacko fundies realize that...
  
  
• Todd Palin's former business partner files an emergency motion to have his divorce papers sealed... What can this mean?
  
  
• Is Sarah Palin hiding from the media? Already!?
  
  
• Have you voted in PTET's Glamarous Gran Contest!?

...Thanks for stopping by :)

Glamorous Gran Contest

As a long-time feminist and atheist blogger, I'm often asked "which conservative matriarch do you think is hawtest"? The truth is, gentle readers, I like them all equally. However, we can't all be winners in life, and with that in mind I bring you PTET's first Glamorous Grandmother Contest.

The candidates await your verdict:

Cindy McCain
Pros: Funny, rubber face, good with knots
Cons: Plasters on the makeup like a trollop c__t


Sarah Palin
Pros: The future of the Republican Party
Cons: Almost certainly a killer robot


Denyse O'Leary
Pros: Lifetime supply of maple syrup
Cons: Peccadillo for flowery collars


Rexella Van Impe
Pros: I. Heart. Rexella.
Cons: That pesky Jack...


"Big" Mo Harris
Pros: My sister dreamt she was Mo's girlfriend
Cons: Not really a conservative matriarch


Vote now on the right side-bar poll. Use it or lose it!

HIV: A Ghibelline Plot!?

New Scientist asks, Did the Romans destroy Europe's HIV resistance?:

"The hand of history has a very long reach. It appears that the Roman Empire left a legacy that may still affect modern Europe - those living within its conquered lands are more susceptible to HIV. It could explain why a gene that confers resistance to HIV varies in frequency across the continent."

I already knew the Roman Empire was responsible for EU - and therefore the Anti-Christ, Eurovision and interfering with our bananas... But now HIV/AIDS as well?

Tis naught but a dastardly Ghibelline plot!

Sarah Palin: Right Wing Hypocrisy

Here's some unmissable John Stewart, on the staggering, breathtaking, eye-popping hypocrisy of the right wing over the Sarah Palin story...



Truly, Fox News is Satan's own network.



HT: Christopher Sisk.