The Now Reading Thread

[powerslave_85]

Originally Posted by CNN article

After the family and Aziz were taken for questioning, the remaining 95 passengers were taken off of the plane and rescreened, along with the crew and the baggage, AirTran said.

So not only did a bunch of xenophobic dipshits get these innocent people thrown off the plane, they completely inconvienienced everyone else as well. Fucking morons.

[ChildrenofSodom]

This picture speaks volumes.



Funeral for a Pakistani immigrant who came to America when he was 8, became a citizen at 16, and died as a US Army Officer in Afghanistan.

[zgodt]

Finished Black Swan Green by David Mitchell. Fucking excellent novel.

Also finished Bad Monkeys by Mike Ruff, and a Tick graphic novel and a Thor graphic novel.

Next up: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science by Mary Roach, and Hot Popsicles by Charles Harper Webb. Oh, and flipping through a little book called 101 Things You Didn't Know About Shakespeare.

[powerslave_85]

Originally Posted by zgodt

Next up: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science by Mary Roach

Let me know how that is.

[overkiller]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Mountain



Read the whole first paragraph.

[SomewhereInTime72]

Originally Posted by overkiller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Mountain



Read the whole first paragraph.

LOL

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by overkiller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Mountain



Read the whole first paragraph.

I knew I should have seen it coming.

[zgodt]

Originally Posted by powerslave_85

Let me know how that is.

It's good. In the balance between information and entertainment, she tends to err on the side of entertainment... so when the science/history is sometimes lightweight, she makes up for it by being hysterically funny.

Two chapters worth of graphic descriptions of penis surgery, though. That I did NOT need.

[ChildrenofSodom]

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Trying to cut into my library, starting with the smallest books first.

[DethMaiden]

Twelve reasons gay marriage is wrong:

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. Also apparently those homosexual animals have picked up some unnatural behavior.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

11) Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.

12) Civil Unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.