[mp3]http://podcast.bogosity.tv/mp3s/BogosityPodcast-2014-06-16.mp3[/mp3]
Co-Host: Tim Dyson
News of the Bogus:
- 0:27 - Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia, despite state-enforced ban http://www.salon.com/2014/06/12/atheism_explodes_in_saudi_arabia_where_just_talking_about_atheism_is_illegal_partner/
- 5:23 - Election laws that prevent elections http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/06/10/election-laws-that-prevent-elections/
- 9:17 - Islington council refuses to allow shoebox 'studio flat' to be rented out http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jun/05/tiny-apartment-taken-off-the-market-by-islington-borough-council
16:04 -
Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Ingrisano http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/06/artist-trademarks-pi-symbol-enrages-the-web.html
24:15 -
Idiot Extraordinaire: Dr. Michael J. Roberts https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140606/08401527494/high-school-principal-cancels-entire-reading-program-to-stop-students-reading-cory-doctorows-little-brother.shtml
This Week's Quote: "Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed." —Dwight D. Eisenhower
seriously, that first part is what always disturb me: the "Islamists" are hypocrites, and this drives people away, and then when they try harder to prevent this, the hypocrisy increases, and the cycle increases. don't they learn?
and yes Hawkeye, you're right: they have no faith. I have more faith than they do.
Quote from: Ibrahim90 on June 16, 2014, 12:15:34 AM
seriously, that first part is what always disturb me: the "Islamists" are hypocrites, and this drives people away, and then when they try harder to prevent this, the hypocrisy increases, and the cycle increases. don't they learn?
and yes Hawkeye, you're right: they have no faith. I have more faith than they do.
Isn't it always the case that the clergy have the least faith of anyone in any religion, and the more structured the religion the less faith the clergy tend to have? Catholic and Anglican priests, for instance, are notorious for quite often being the very nearly atheists (largely because the seminaries attempt to teach them how their sect's dogma actually works, rather than how the faithful think it works, which tends to eventually result in most of them losing their faith some time after learning that it never was what they thought it was when they decided to become clergy).
Quote from: Ibrahim90 on June 16, 2014, 12:15:34 AM
seriously, that first part is what always disturb me: the "Islamists" are hypocrites, and this drives people away, and then when they try harder to prevent this, the hypocrisy increases, and the cycle increases. don't they learn?
and yes Hawkeye, you're right: they have no faith. I have more faith than they do.
I'd love to get you on the podcast sometime when we discuss this stuff.
Quote from: MrBogosity on June 16, 2014, 10:00:58 AM
I'd love to get you on the podcast sometime when we discuss this stuff.
I've considered it, but I'm not really comfortable being involved in a podcast (I'm not a natural public speaker--Geology and Paleontology aside). doesn't help that my ability to get Skype to work is non-existent. besides, even if I were and can, the next two and a half months are going to really try my patience and skill, and I'm in no mood to be on a podcast (which is really a favor to you guys, not me). this first month should be a clue to how much frustration, anger, and outright hatred, I've accumulated:
[spoiler]I swear, it's like whack a mole: get rid of a problem, another just takes its place. first mom forgets to give me a full inventory of bills (though I reminded her), and decides to leave around the time I have to renew my registration, insurance, and inspection (that's 500 dollars). I have to leave the next day (this was on the 1st of June), so was rushing through it (and in fact, I missed the due dates). Luckily, a Palestinian was in the inspection area, and when he found out I was half-Palestinian, he decided to register me as "on time", and let the whole matter drop. I then have to go and pay mom's health insurance: end up double paying due to the messed up bill-payment system of BCBS (can't suspend health insurance due to fucking Obamacare): the guys there won't refund the money since I'm not mom.
a couple days later, I then go to renew my insurance, and making the payment online (with my account clearly labelled as the one to do the paying), I think the matter is settled. five minutes later, I get a text from Dad telling me that the amount had been withdrawn from his account instead of mine: he then calls me and we go over this (to give you an idea of his character: he was calm, and entirely OK with it: his only concern was that it would do so every month: in case you're wondering: he has even greater problems to take care of: he can't help). had to talk to GEICO about this. they *should* have resolved this, but I won't know till the end of the month.
the next day, when I go to get groceries for the trailer, I bump into another guy's car: 500 dollars to fix the bumper, and let the matter drop. then the power goes out at home, so I pay the TXU. Then the loan office from CSU fucks up the withdrawal, and sucks 400 dollars from me. This is all while we're having problems with the well I'm working on (and the company man is apparently insane). Further fuck-ups on the bank's end meant that I ended up over-drafting my account by accident, since they delayed several transactions by days (and hid the pending ones)
finally, to add insult to injury, the pets that my uncle was supposed to take care of were neglected: shit was so piled up, that the first thing that greeted me was the stench of feces (bear in mind, I hadn't slept in two days, and had just driven 600 miles). maggots were all over the place (that was before yesterday). one ferret acts like it has scabies(it escaped from the cage, and became addicted to cat food: no idea how to ween it off and have it eat ferret food), the other was comatose (in case you're wondering: my idiot baby brother bought them just a few days before he left for Jordan with his mom: yes, I was pissed). luckily, they're easy enough to nurse back to health, and I cleaned the place up thoroughly, though it meant no rest immediately after coming home.
the cats were not fed adequately, and one of the cats lost a third of its weight. So now I have to find someone who won't turn the place into the next Concentration camp. problem is, no one is available, and mom, being the stooge she is, hadn't planned for that (again, in spite of me telling her to do so--I was on tour at the time): I talk to one person who I know might help, she tells me she can't due to her children having had things to resolve, and (understandably) peeved and puzzled over mom's "over-optimistic" assessment of the situation, and her utter lack of planning. the only animal "motel" in the area won't take ferrets, and cats are expensive (18 per day, per cat). I point out to mom how she's created a fucked up situation for the poor creatures, and she grandstands like Hitler at operation Bagration and tells me my idiot baby brother will pay for it all: how the fuck that is possible when I cannot access the account, hell if I know. My other brother is trying to help, but since he joined the airforce (and Iraq is once again a war-zone), he's short on time to do so. So now I have to turn back to my negligent uncle, since all other options are now off the table (animal shelters btw overfilled, so I can't give them the pets).
on top of that, I'm unable to pay mom's car bill, and can't pay rent--since I have my own shit to worry about. mom must be a sadistic....just fuck it, I'd rather not go on. I only have to ask: how the fuck can she sleep at night, knowing her son is going through this? I'm only here, because frankly, if I have no one to talk to, I fear I'll lose what is left of my sanity.
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imagine all that, with me hollering my head off, and hands hurting from all the walls I've punched. and covered in diesel I can't remove.