Fringe Christian group finds Starbucks retro logo offensive.

By , on 16 May, 2008

See that Starbucks logo to the left here? (Click to embiggen) Tell me what’s wrong with it if you can. Personally I can’t find much to be upset about, but that hasn’t stopped one fringe Christian group from throwing a hissy fit over it:

A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage . . . → Read More: Fringe Christian group finds Starbucks retro logo offensive.

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Checking in with the True Bible Decoders to see if they’ve given up yet.

By , on 15 May, 2008

It’s been about seven months now since we last checked in with the nutcases at The True Bible Code and Lord’s Witnesses website. You may recall they were predicting imminent Armageddon starting off with a terrorist attack, possibly a nuclear dirty bomb, going off someplace in New York City. To date no such explosion has . . . → Read More: Checking in with the True Bible Decoders to see if they’ve given up yet.

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Local news team goes orb hunting. Film at 11.

By , on 22 February, 2008

As I was headed to bed the other night my attention was caught by a news item on Channel 4 News (the local NBC affiliate) about some woman who believes she’s seeing the spirit of her dead daughter in the form of orbs in photographs she’s taken. “Spirit orbs” are pretty much rejected by most . . . → Read More: Local news team goes orb hunting. Film at 11.

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Say, are those True Bible Decoder people still at it?

By , on 31 October, 2007

Hey, remember how we were occasionally checking in on the fun folks over at The Lords’ Witnesses and the True Bible Code website to see how many guesses they’d make on when the U.N. was going to be blown up by a dirty bomb before they finally threw up their hands and admitted defeat? We . . . → Read More: Say, are those True Bible Decoder people still at it?

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God vs. Science.

By , on 6 September, 2007

Someone sent me a link to this blog entry at some random weblog that appears to be a new variation on the popular Evil Atheist Professor versus the True Believer student chain letter that’s been making the rounds for years. Previous versions were much shorter and attributed the student as being Albert Einstein, but this . . . → Read More: God vs. Science.

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