Today's outrage, or What world do you live in?

[kinzel]

I thought, once upon a time, while I was growing up, that science was bringing a clearer and more accurate understanding of the world -- which would also improve lives. That's what I thought.

And so within recent memory not only do the likes of Pat Robertson prey on the ignorant via hurricane control,

but:

Magical properties of some people's bodies make them worth using as potions:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/29/tanzania.albinos/index.html

Sin causes earthquakes:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8384827.stm

And sustainable lifestyles are a threat to us all ...

"My friends, we are now facing a Gay-Green threat: Homosexual activists who also seek to limit carbon emissions and promote recycling, as well as a sustainable lifestyle! ..."

http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/green-homosexuals,-newest-threat-american-families

Some days, coffee is not enough to wash away the world.