Yesterday (9/11, as Americans call it), was widely touted as International Religious Tolerance Day, for reasons which should be obvious. To a first approximation, this seems like a good idea; a lot of the most unpleasant news of the past decade has been generated by the actions of the religious and intolerant, from Al Qaida to Pastor Terry Jones. But is more religious tolerance the answer? — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Writing sometime around the 10th century BC, the furious author of Psalm 14 thundered against those who say there is no God. “They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” If the denunciations of wicked atheists coming from today’s apologists for religion are any guide, the spirit of Iron Age Israel is abroad in 21st-century Britain.
In advance of the pope’s visit, clergymen and commentators are deploying every variety of bogus argument against those who advocate the superiority of secularism. Edmund Adamus, director of pastoral affairs for the Catholic diocese of Westminster, led the way when he denounced the “wasteland” secularism produced. If he had been condemning the atheist tyrannies of communism and fascism, I would have no complaint. However, Adamus was not objecting to Cuba, China or North Korea, but to the wasteland of secular, democratic Britain “with its ever-increasing commercialisation of sex, not to mention its permissive laws advancing the ‘gay’ agenda” — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dryers are notorious for shrinking and damaging clothes, but a clothesline is not always an option for those of us pressed for time (or living in small spaces, for that matter). This ‘best of both worlds’ solution combines the gentleness of line drying with the compact convenience of a traditional clothing dryer — via Dornob
It’s more like a wooden object extruded from an industrial design seminar than what you might expect from a suburban home, and it’s also gloriously retro-colourful on the inside, with a lime green kitchen and pixellated red tiles in the bathroom — via BLDGBLOG
Cleaners sweeping through a passenger jet that landed at the Philippines’ main international airport have found a newborn baby dumped in a bin in a toilet — via redwolf.newsvine.com
John’s Phones sell no-frills mobile phones that send and receive calls and pretty much nothing else (though there’s a place to keep your pen). Warren Ellis likens it to a phone from minimalist Japanese housewares/clothing company Muji.
Finally a separate unit with no frills and conditions. A simlock free phone with large keys, an address book, a pen and over three weeks time standby… John’s Phone is simple and easy for young, old, holiday, grandfathers, grandmothers, athletes, national and international business traffic.
— via boingboing
The Vatican should be treated as a kind of ”rogue state” by the rest of the world until it stops using statehood – and the ancient rules of the canon law – to protect paedophile priests.
So says Geoffrey Robertson, QC, the veteran human rights lawyer and United Nations judge, arguing that the Catholic Church is the only religion permitted under international law to claim the privileges of statehood and its leaders immunity from civil or criminal action — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The eyes of cattle may reveal signs of neurological disorders such as mad cow disease, say scientists — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Bloglines, one of the most popular web-based feed readers, will no longer be available after September 30th. InterActiveCorp, the company that acquired the service in 2005, also owns the search engine Ask.com — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via Bike EXIF
John Christofaro (aka Johngineer) spotted this awesome work by Nicole Gastonguay while gallery hopping in Chelsea NYC on Thursday. Check out the stunned crochet pickles and three-eyed robot! So awesome! Don’t miss John’s entire photoset on Flickr — via CRAFT
Fairfax will begin charging for some of its online news content within a matter of weeks when it launches its first subscription-based smartphone applications — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A “suspicious” toy pony was blown up after it was found abandoned in the middle of a cul-de-sac near an Orange County elementary school this morning — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Now you can put your iPhone into field test mode, which will allow to easily and precisely test your cell signal reception quality. You just need to follow these two easy steps:
- First, upgrade your iPhone 4—or any iPhone—to iOS 4.1
- Dial *3001#12345#* into your phone
— via Gizmodo
The RSPCA is appealing for information after the bodies of seven dogs were found at stables — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The proposed multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has hit a stumbling block over the liability of ISPs in allowing customers access to peer-to-peer file-sharing sites and the inclusion of geographic indicators — via redwolf.newsvine.com
For a trial period, customers using Circular Quay Station (Platforms 1 & 2) are now able to access free wireless internet — via redwolf.newsvine.com
[I]t’s a bit amusing to find out that the Swedish National Police may be in a bit of hot water themselves after building a national “shoe database” (Google translation from the original Swedish) for use in tracking what kinds of shoes make what kinds of tracks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
At a time where content producers are increasingly using peer-to-peer technology to distribute data, there are still Internet providers that wont allow such traffic on their networks. This type of discrimination is not limited to mobile or cellular networks either — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The $485,000 investment property of a landlord living abroad was sold without his knowledge after a Perth real estate agent was conned by scammers posing as the homeowner — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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