Breakfast of Champions, East Timor, Nutty Theologians

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Cocktail party on Friday night was a smashing success. Special kudos to casca_2u whom I met in RL for the first time, Sydney-visitor v3nu5 and, of course, imajica_lj for provision of music. Many, many martinis were drunk, "the breakfast of champions". First toast of the evening was valedictions to the very recently deceased Kurt Vonnegut Jnr. My personal favourite of his books is Mother Night; his 2004 essay "Cold Turkey" pretty much explains his left-humanist point-of-view.

East Timor has had a Presidential election. Based on the first round results, it is indeed difficult to determine who will win the overall majority, although Ramos-Horta must be the favourite. The three front runners (Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres, Jose Ramos Horta, Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo) are all good candidates; especially compared to the calibre we seem to have in Australia (Alan Jones wins support of Rudd and Howard).

Religious fundamentalists, once again, are breaking my brain. Apart from the musueum in Kentucky, where "Tyrannosaurus rex was a strict vegetarian, and lived with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden". usekh reports that Jerry Falwell claims that global warming is a lie spread by Satan!. With more Fawell goodness watch Bill Nye engage in a bit of education on the origin of species. Turkey's secular state is being challenged by a leading presidential candidate; socialists led the nation's largest protests in history.

Comments

[the-shadow298.livejournal.com]

That Intelligent Design/Creationist Museum in Kentucky is fucking wrong!

Nothing but propaganda to discredit Darwin and Science in general.

It's actually run and owned by an ex-Queenslander.
That is scary enough.

As for Falwell:
Is he actually still around?

Thought that he fell from Grace a long time ago.

Oh, well.

If not, he's about due. :)

Cheers for the links. :)

[ser-pounce.livejournal.com]

Sorry we missed the party!! Stupid cold.

Have to catch up soon :)

[imajica-lj.livejournal.com]

Dear Mr Lev and Ms Erica.
My remaining brain cells thank you for the wonderful party.
Are you guys doing anything Tuesday night?

[angel80.livejournal.com]

The ACMA ruling is interesting because it focuses on the weight and meaning of comments rather than the literal speech as the key. There's no doubt at all that Jones promotes racial hatred, however he tries to disguise it.

Assuming that there is a run-off between Lu Olo and Horta, which way do you think the Araujo supporters will go?

[amazinggoatgirl.livejournal.com]

Heehee. Jerry Falwell comes to us out of Lynchburg.

I lurve Bill Nye. I think I learned more from him than I did from grade school.

[madame-mage.livejournal.com]

oohhh cold turkey was tongue-in-cheek thought provoking, through the use of satire greater truths are revealed and quicker than simple information.

Fundies are idiots! enough said.