Ten years ago
Qana, Thursday April 18, 1996:
In the bloodiest attack by far on this eighth day of Israeli aggression, over 105 civilians were massacred after Israeli artillery pounded a UNIFIL warehouse packed with refugees. The hundreds of men, women and children were seeking shelter from Israeli bombardment with the U.N. in the village of Qana. U.N. spokesman Timur Goksel said the U.N. station, manned by Fijian troops, came under fierce attack this afternoon. The U.N. is airlifting by helicopter the dead and injured to hospitals in nearby Tyre and further up the coast to Sidon. Details remain sketchy because U.N. officials at the main administrative offices at Naqora are reporting communication problems with their Fijian battalion and the road in the area is closed because of heavy Israeli shelling. Once again, over 100 Lebanese civilians are dead tonight as a result of Israeli missile attacks on a refugee center at a United Nations' peace keeping base in the village of Qana, southeast of Tyre.
Foreign Minister Ehud Barak has said Israel would continue the bombardment despite the massacre.
Today:
Red Cross: At least 56 killed in Qana strike
Beirut, July. 30 (AP): An Israeli strike that devastated a building in Qana killed at least 56 people, including at least 34 children, putting the total Lebanese death toll from the Israeli campaign at more than 500, the Lebanese Red Cross said.
Health Minister Muhammad Jawad Khalifeh said more than 750 Lebanese were believed dead, including more than 200 people buried in the rubble of buildings around the south or reported missing.
Israeli missiles hit a building where families had been taking refuge during the night in the southern town of Qana, making it the deadliest single strike in the Israeli campaign.
A Red Cross official said 56 bodies had been found so dar, including 34 children. Lebanese security officials put the toll at 57 - including 16 adult women - but could rise since digging was still continuing.
Security officials said 18 people from two families were found in a single room of the building.
The strike brings the total death toll from 18 days of Israeli-Hezbollah fighting to at least 514. Besides the Qana deaths, that number includes 403 civilians reported on Saturday by the Health Ministry, as well as 20 Lebanese soldiers and 35 guerrillas reported by the military and Hezbollah.
The abused kick downwards. Welcome world to Holocaust II. Fuck Israel.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Doodles in the sand - Fat Fucks
No you bunch of mental midgets, don't be fooled by the title. The Evil Atheist does not indulge in pseudo-philosophical ramblings about the purpose of life or the reason for existence. Go fucking read Ingersoll or something.
The BBC recently heralded that there is now a "New way to treat obesity" Don't you think it's fucking stupid to classify "obesity" as a fucking disease? These bastards aren't sick! They are just fat. Most of them just fucking can't stop eating. Fuck them. That is not a "disorder"! It's called "being a fat fuck". It is not a disease! It's simply eating like a fucking rutting pig. You want to give them treatment? Get them to a fucking gym and lock them up for a week or ten. Better still, let them watch a bunch of starving kids devour a plate of beef jerky. They don't get any fucking sympathy from me.
The article mentions that fatter people tend to have lower levels of a hormone and therefore cannot recognise when they are full. No shit, Sherlock? I would have thought that having finished off a twenty course mid-morning snack would have given them a clue? Or for that matter the fact that they haven't seen their dicks in twenty goddamned years? What other fucking excuses are we going to find for these wastes of protoplasm?! We already bend over backwards accomodating these oversized motherfuckers in public transport systems. Hospitals in the US have special beds to cater to their fucking bulbous asses, and now they have this new excuse for their size.
"Boofuckinghoo! I don't want to eat thirty fucking Big Macs in a row! It's just my hormones! I need help!" Fucking douchebags. Dude, if you can't see your dick, stop eating.
The "treatment" incidentally involves hormonal additions which help to "curb appetite". What the fuck for? What the fuck happened to good old fashioned self control? These fat fucks can't even be bothered to take responsibility for their own dietary choices that perfectly good research time has to be spent trying to save these fucks from eating everyone else out of house and home. Fuck them and their fucking clogged arteries. These bastards should pay for this research out of their own fucking pockets rather than expect society to fund "treatment" for something as stupid as shoveling food down one's throat. That money is better used for cancer cures or rehabilitating drug addicts. We should treat these bastards with more condemnation than smokers. At least smokers for the most part damage only their bodies. These fucks make less food available for kids in fucking Ethiopia or something. Fuck them to hell.
We are such a fucking politically correct society these days that you can't even call these fucks out for depleting the earth's resources any more. Soon they will be finding a way to try and treat fucking stupidity.
The BBC recently heralded that there is now a "New way to treat obesity" Don't you think it's fucking stupid to classify "obesity" as a fucking disease? These bastards aren't sick! They are just fat. Most of them just fucking can't stop eating. Fuck them. That is not a "disorder"! It's called "being a fat fuck". It is not a disease! It's simply eating like a fucking rutting pig. You want to give them treatment? Get them to a fucking gym and lock them up for a week or ten. Better still, let them watch a bunch of starving kids devour a plate of beef jerky. They don't get any fucking sympathy from me.
The article mentions that fatter people tend to have lower levels of a hormone and therefore cannot recognise when they are full. No shit, Sherlock? I would have thought that having finished off a twenty course mid-morning snack would have given them a clue? Or for that matter the fact that they haven't seen their dicks in twenty goddamned years? What other fucking excuses are we going to find for these wastes of protoplasm?! We already bend over backwards accomodating these oversized motherfuckers in public transport systems. Hospitals in the US have special beds to cater to their fucking bulbous asses, and now they have this new excuse for their size.
"Boofuckinghoo! I don't want to eat thirty fucking Big Macs in a row! It's just my hormones! I need help!" Fucking douchebags. Dude, if you can't see your dick, stop eating.
The "treatment" incidentally involves hormonal additions which help to "curb appetite". What the fuck for? What the fuck happened to good old fashioned self control? These fat fucks can't even be bothered to take responsibility for their own dietary choices that perfectly good research time has to be spent trying to save these fucks from eating everyone else out of house and home. Fuck them and their fucking clogged arteries. These bastards should pay for this research out of their own fucking pockets rather than expect society to fund "treatment" for something as stupid as shoveling food down one's throat. That money is better used for cancer cures or rehabilitating drug addicts. We should treat these bastards with more condemnation than smokers. At least smokers for the most part damage only their bodies. These fucks make less food available for kids in fucking Ethiopia or something. Fuck them to hell.
We are such a fucking politically correct society these days that you can't even call these fucks out for depleting the earth's resources any more. Soon they will be finding a way to try and treat fucking stupidity.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Stupid
You know, it's almost too easy to pick on Americans under their Dear Leader. It's like fucking beating up a cripple, or stealing candy from a baby. But just like these two pastimes, occasional indulgence in it is rather therapeutic and is recommended by me as an alternative cure for fucking nose cancer.
So, here goes (fuck, I don't have nose cancer but I figured, why take chances eh?)
Their Dear Leader continues to be a source of inspiration for all dim bulbs everywhere. I am sure there is some kid, sitting at the back of tenth grade with colouring books looking at this waste of space and going "golly! Maybe one day I can be prez-o-dent!", and then drooling all over his colouring book because he's fucking retarded. The man, along with Singapore's own national embarrassment of shit flinging monkeys, are irrefutable proof that in a democracy (or even a fake one) ANYBODY, literally any fucking body (hell a dead body) can be a president (or prime minister).
Bush as Dear Leader is also known recently shit himself twice. First, when he vetoed a bill 75% Americans were for (Apparently the remaining 25% were still trying to decide if rocks were edible and couldn't make their point of view known). This bill would have made more money available for research into stem cells, the next big thing since antibiotics as far as medicine is concerned. Majority of Americans supported it and those who didn't were the usual religious wingnuts who would rather cure leprosy by dipping a bird in the blood of another dead bird (Read it! It's in the fucking Bible, book of Leviticus).
Bush went on to appear like a complete doofus in Europe, not realising his mike was on, ordering his roadie Blair to tell Hezbollah to "stop this shit" and then telling him to get him a double shot bourbon on the rocks. Okay I made the bourbon part up, but could you tell?! A university of Texas professor made the understatement of the year by saying "Internationally, he is not seen a man of great nuance and complexity"! Err, no dipshit. Internationally he's seen as a violent, drunk fratboy with all the intellect of deceased livestock. Why do they even bother making excuses for the guy? Shit, Americans should just come out and say it: We elected this idiot because we want to show the world that we are a violent, ignorant and apathetic populace, numbed by American Idol and Budweiser, lulled into a false sense of greatness by propaganda and kept stupid while the super rich run off with all the fucking money.
(Blair, being the obedient and slightly smarter stooge, turned off Bush's microphone.)
Sometimes I wonder what it must be like to be a complete idiot like this man. How must it feel to have absolutely no fucking thought in that skull? How can one live with a constant buzzing between the ears? No wonder the guy was drunk most his life. That was the only way he could be assured of intelligent conversation with himself. Fuck, after a few shots of Macallan in me I am fucking Albert Einstein in my eyes.
This man who calls himself the "Decider" shouldn't be left in charge of a fucking pair of shoes much less a country with nuclear weapons. But true to form, Americans were stupid enough to vote him (TWICE!) and thirty percent of those sheepfuckers still support this guy, so I say they deserve all they get, including fucking nose cancer. Guilty by association, the lot of them.
But Americans count yourself lucky. It could have been worse. You could have had Lee the Son as your president. You think your president is stupid, holy fucking jackshit wait till you see the Leedership we have here.
I will leave you all here. I need to go to the toilet to take a Leedership.
So, here goes (fuck, I don't have nose cancer but I figured, why take chances eh?)
Their Dear Leader continues to be a source of inspiration for all dim bulbs everywhere. I am sure there is some kid, sitting at the back of tenth grade with colouring books looking at this waste of space and going "golly! Maybe one day I can be prez-o-dent!", and then drooling all over his colouring book because he's fucking retarded. The man, along with Singapore's own national embarrassment of shit flinging monkeys, are irrefutable proof that in a democracy (or even a fake one) ANYBODY, literally any fucking body (hell a dead body) can be a president (or prime minister).
Bush as Dear Leader is also known recently shit himself twice. First, when he vetoed a bill 75% Americans were for (Apparently the remaining 25% were still trying to decide if rocks were edible and couldn't make their point of view known). This bill would have made more money available for research into stem cells, the next big thing since antibiotics as far as medicine is concerned. Majority of Americans supported it and those who didn't were the usual religious wingnuts who would rather cure leprosy by dipping a bird in the blood of another dead bird (Read it! It's in the fucking Bible, book of Leviticus).
Bush went on to appear like a complete doofus in Europe, not realising his mike was on, ordering his roadie Blair to tell Hezbollah to "stop this shit" and then telling him to get him a double shot bourbon on the rocks. Okay I made the bourbon part up, but could you tell?! A university of Texas professor made the understatement of the year by saying "Internationally, he is not seen a man of great nuance and complexity"! Err, no dipshit. Internationally he's seen as a violent, drunk fratboy with all the intellect of deceased livestock. Why do they even bother making excuses for the guy? Shit, Americans should just come out and say it: We elected this idiot because we want to show the world that we are a violent, ignorant and apathetic populace, numbed by American Idol and Budweiser, lulled into a false sense of greatness by propaganda and kept stupid while the super rich run off with all the fucking money.
(Blair, being the obedient and slightly smarter stooge, turned off Bush's microphone.)
Sometimes I wonder what it must be like to be a complete idiot like this man. How must it feel to have absolutely no fucking thought in that skull? How can one live with a constant buzzing between the ears? No wonder the guy was drunk most his life. That was the only way he could be assured of intelligent conversation with himself. Fuck, after a few shots of Macallan in me I am fucking Albert Einstein in my eyes.
This man who calls himself the "Decider" shouldn't be left in charge of a fucking pair of shoes much less a country with nuclear weapons. But true to form, Americans were stupid enough to vote him (TWICE!) and thirty percent of those sheepfuckers still support this guy, so I say they deserve all they get, including fucking nose cancer. Guilty by association, the lot of them.
But Americans count yourself lucky. It could have been worse. You could have had Lee the Son as your president. You think your president is stupid, holy fucking jackshit wait till you see the Leedership we have here.
I will leave you all here. I need to go to the toilet to take a Leedership.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
What the Fuck is going on in the Middle East?!
Holy jumpin' Jesus...
What the fuck is wrong with the damned Middle East?! At first it was just the stupid Americans stumbling like a blind man through a mine field through Iraq. After that, Iran started sabre rattling, and then Syria and Lebanon and now the stupid Israelis, suddenly feeling irrelevant, go postal on some dirt poor country with rocks as missile systems. Not wanting to be left out of the action, the Iraqis take a novel approach, attempting to win freedom from the Americans by bombing themselves.
The Middle East has been called the Holy Land for two fucking long. Fuck, those idiots have been fighting since godknowswhen over which invisible man to worship. Let's call it the Unholy Land and then we'll see which idiot now decides to support these fuckers.
What the fuck is the whole shit about man? I mean Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli army guys. I repeat this.. SO FUCKING WHAT?!
Does the kidnapping of two unranked idiots justify what can possibly lead to WW3?! Besides, Israel seems to be hitting everything else but terrorist cells. So far they have sent their missiles into hospitals, refugee camps, civilian trucks, schools and probably even a titty bar or two. In other words everywhere else but where these fuckers are held hostage. What the fuck does Israel hope to achieve? Right now it has probably pissed off every muslim nation from Afghanistan to fucking Zaire. People are probably queuing up to sign up at the next Al Qaeda recruitment drive (Coming soon to a fucking Madrassah near you). I hope for the sake of the rest of the world Israel gets stuck in a good, long quagmire like the US in Iraq. Fucking Jews have been running around fucking things up in the Middle East whole-sale. It is high time someone served them a good helping of whoopass with a large spoon. If it has to be a violent, bigoted, ultra fundamentalist organisation, then so be it. At least now maybe they'll think twice before letting automatic weapons loose at kids flinging rocks.
I actually had some hope in that right-bastard Olmert. He appeared to be a real peace negotiator, effectively moving out of the Gaza strip but it turns out he was just another warmonger who made Ariel Sharon look like fucking Gandhi in comparison. He is proof of the old saying "be careful what you wish for". The bastard managed to out-Sharon fucking Sharon and bomb the crap out of Lebanese town after Lebanese town, flattening everything in sight and suddenly claiming to be a fucking humanitarian by claiming that at least they haven't invaded that damn country with infantry and tanks.
What the fuck is the world doing about this? Well, the European chapter of NAMBLA at the Vatican promptly swung into action, praying for peace. Yeah, real effective, Ratzinger! If only global hunger could be solved so easily. But I guess one shouldn't be too hard on them. Their action had more balls than the action of the entire non muslim world combined. The Americans just used it as an excuse to brush over the ongoing fuckups in Iraq (notice how suddenly the numbers killed in Iraq disappeared from the front page of CNN?), the EU immediately began talking about imposing sanctions against Iran while the Japanese just sat their with their thumbs up their asses, digging their noses. These buttpirates have no fucking balls man. No fucking balls whatsoever. Why the fuck is Israel important to the world? What does it contribute to the world apart from fucking violin players? Why is the global community so scared of pissing off this little piece-of-shit land with no other right to exist than a silly ancient prophecy and the fucking Brits' policies of divide and rule? These bastards treat Palestinians like shit. They treat Palestinians as second class in their own fucking country, and these fucks are not above playing the "poor innocent victim" whenever some ragtag muslim fuck blows himself up in front of a schoolbus in fucking Tel Aviv. So tell me again why is it that Israel is treated so damn special? Why can't the fucking leaders of the world get together and tell these bunch of Jew-camel-fuckers to back the fuck off?
Not one fucking country had the balls to tell a bunch of Zionist racist fucks to quit the bombing or else they would fucking go nuclear on their ass. Come on. Ten fucking countries have the bomb and not one of them dared to tell Israel, "stop this shit or I'll fucking nuke your ass?" Maybe the North Koreans would have but Dear Leader it seems was watching his fifth Rerun of Elvis Presley movies and couldn't be disturbed under any circumstances.
What the fuck is wrong with the damned Middle East?! At first it was just the stupid Americans stumbling like a blind man through a mine field through Iraq. After that, Iran started sabre rattling, and then Syria and Lebanon and now the stupid Israelis, suddenly feeling irrelevant, go postal on some dirt poor country with rocks as missile systems. Not wanting to be left out of the action, the Iraqis take a novel approach, attempting to win freedom from the Americans by bombing themselves.
The Middle East has been called the Holy Land for two fucking long. Fuck, those idiots have been fighting since godknowswhen over which invisible man to worship. Let's call it the Unholy Land and then we'll see which idiot now decides to support these fuckers.
What the fuck is the whole shit about man? I mean Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli army guys. I repeat this.. SO FUCKING WHAT?!
Does the kidnapping of two unranked idiots justify what can possibly lead to WW3?! Besides, Israel seems to be hitting everything else but terrorist cells. So far they have sent their missiles into hospitals, refugee camps, civilian trucks, schools and probably even a titty bar or two. In other words everywhere else but where these fuckers are held hostage. What the fuck does Israel hope to achieve? Right now it has probably pissed off every muslim nation from Afghanistan to fucking Zaire. People are probably queuing up to sign up at the next Al Qaeda recruitment drive (Coming soon to a fucking Madrassah near you). I hope for the sake of the rest of the world Israel gets stuck in a good, long quagmire like the US in Iraq. Fucking Jews have been running around fucking things up in the Middle East whole-sale. It is high time someone served them a good helping of whoopass with a large spoon. If it has to be a violent, bigoted, ultra fundamentalist organisation, then so be it. At least now maybe they'll think twice before letting automatic weapons loose at kids flinging rocks.
I actually had some hope in that right-bastard Olmert. He appeared to be a real peace negotiator, effectively moving out of the Gaza strip but it turns out he was just another warmonger who made Ariel Sharon look like fucking Gandhi in comparison. He is proof of the old saying "be careful what you wish for". The bastard managed to out-Sharon fucking Sharon and bomb the crap out of Lebanese town after Lebanese town, flattening everything in sight and suddenly claiming to be a fucking humanitarian by claiming that at least they haven't invaded that damn country with infantry and tanks.
What the fuck is the world doing about this? Well, the European chapter of NAMBLA at the Vatican promptly swung into action, praying for peace. Yeah, real effective, Ratzinger! If only global hunger could be solved so easily. But I guess one shouldn't be too hard on them. Their action had more balls than the action of the entire non muslim world combined. The Americans just used it as an excuse to brush over the ongoing fuckups in Iraq (notice how suddenly the numbers killed in Iraq disappeared from the front page of CNN?), the EU immediately began talking about imposing sanctions against Iran while the Japanese just sat their with their thumbs up their asses, digging their noses. These buttpirates have no fucking balls man. No fucking balls whatsoever. Why the fuck is Israel important to the world? What does it contribute to the world apart from fucking violin players? Why is the global community so scared of pissing off this little piece-of-shit land with no other right to exist than a silly ancient prophecy and the fucking Brits' policies of divide and rule? These bastards treat Palestinians like shit. They treat Palestinians as second class in their own fucking country, and these fucks are not above playing the "poor innocent victim" whenever some ragtag muslim fuck blows himself up in front of a schoolbus in fucking Tel Aviv. So tell me again why is it that Israel is treated so damn special? Why can't the fucking leaders of the world get together and tell these bunch of Jew-camel-fuckers to back the fuck off?
Not one fucking country had the balls to tell a bunch of Zionist racist fucks to quit the bombing or else they would fucking go nuclear on their ass. Come on. Ten fucking countries have the bomb and not one of them dared to tell Israel, "stop this shit or I'll fucking nuke your ass?" Maybe the North Koreans would have but Dear Leader it seems was watching his fifth Rerun of Elvis Presley movies and couldn't be disturbed under any circumstances.
Fuck this
Folks,
Many of you have in the past asked me to tone down my language so that I would express myself better. I have been compromising here and there, trying to make the Evil Atheist sound more like a mature, smart leftist-libertarian than an angry, rebellious foul mouthed yob, all in deference to many of your wishes. I have tried to keep most of my rants free of needless expletives while trying to put forth a cogent argument without the need to turn to gutter language to emphasise my point. For the most part I think I have done rather well considering the old Evil Atheist was someone who would probably say "fuck" at least three fucking times in a fucking sentence and end it with fuck.
Just yesterday I read some of my "cleaner" rants. For the most part they were clean, argumentative and hell, some even a little thought provoking.
Well, Fuck That.
The Evil Atheist will, henceforth, go back to the angry, foul-mouthed, hate-filled rant spewer.
Why?
Because the Evil Atheist sees no need to censor himself, especially since he lives in a country where self-censorship has been the way of life ever since 1965.
Because the Evil Atheist sees himself as a ray of fucking bitter sunshine in a world dominated by people who talk about their ingrown fucking toenails.
Because the Evil Atheist has come to realise that a large section of his audience is made of compulsive mouth breathers who can't fathom an expression of a thought that is made of more than four words.
Because the Evil Atheist feels that there is nothing he can say that is not more hate-filled and bigoted than what a clegyman says every Sunday.
Because the Evil Atheist knows the power of words and that like John Maynard Keynes once said, they must be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking (Thanks Chris).
Because the Evil Atheist is not out to educate microcephalic spawn of cousin-fuckers on the benefits of thinking. He is out to beat them on the head repeatedly with the club of logic, spiked with the barbs of colourful language, regardless of collateral damage.
The Evil Atheist is pissed off.
So for those who have been clamouring for the old Evil Atheist (you know who you are), I am back.
For those who wish for clean rants on topics I write about, go to The Chronicles of the Beast . His shit is clean and he has a whole team of fine writers to write about a whole range of issues, and since the Evil Atheist is promoting it, it is obviously very very good. Don't say I never did anything for you fuckers.
Many of you have in the past asked me to tone down my language so that I would express myself better. I have been compromising here and there, trying to make the Evil Atheist sound more like a mature, smart leftist-libertarian than an angry, rebellious foul mouthed yob, all in deference to many of your wishes. I have tried to keep most of my rants free of needless expletives while trying to put forth a cogent argument without the need to turn to gutter language to emphasise my point. For the most part I think I have done rather well considering the old Evil Atheist was someone who would probably say "fuck" at least three fucking times in a fucking sentence and end it with fuck.
Just yesterday I read some of my "cleaner" rants. For the most part they were clean, argumentative and hell, some even a little thought provoking.
Well, Fuck That.
The Evil Atheist will, henceforth, go back to the angry, foul-mouthed, hate-filled rant spewer.
Why?
Because the Evil Atheist sees no need to censor himself, especially since he lives in a country where self-censorship has been the way of life ever since 1965.
Because the Evil Atheist sees himself as a ray of fucking bitter sunshine in a world dominated by people who talk about their ingrown fucking toenails.
Because the Evil Atheist has come to realise that a large section of his audience is made of compulsive mouth breathers who can't fathom an expression of a thought that is made of more than four words.
Because the Evil Atheist feels that there is nothing he can say that is not more hate-filled and bigoted than what a clegyman says every Sunday.
Because the Evil Atheist knows the power of words and that like John Maynard Keynes once said, they must be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking (Thanks Chris).
Because the Evil Atheist is not out to educate microcephalic spawn of cousin-fuckers on the benefits of thinking. He is out to beat them on the head repeatedly with the club of logic, spiked with the barbs of colourful language, regardless of collateral damage.
The Evil Atheist is pissed off.
So for those who have been clamouring for the old Evil Atheist (you know who you are), I am back.
For those who wish for clean rants on topics I write about, go to The Chronicles of the Beast . His shit is clean and he has a whole team of fine writers to write about a whole range of issues, and since the Evil Atheist is promoting it, it is obviously very very good. Don't say I never did anything for you fuckers.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Build a temple for the Red Cross
Folks,
This morning I heard a prayer. It went like this.
"Dear god, bless the victims of the recent tsunami in Indonesia, who lost their loved ones and belongings. Bring them comfort and hope that comes from knowing you. Bless the tsunami early warning system, which might ensure a reduction in future death tolls"
These guys just don't get it.
Why doesn't someone ask them these questions:
Why the hell did this "god" create that tsunami?
What the fuck does "god" know about tsunami early warning systems?!
Can anyone come up with a reasonable answer that also reconciles god's "goodness"?
What, god decided to do some interior designing and change the decor in JAva a little bit? That fucking island has been hit by two tsunamis, earthquakes and a fucking volcano within two years. A fucking trifecta of death if there ever was one. All it needs is a bloody meteorite and it would just sink into the damned Indian Ocean. What the fuck was this "god" of theirs doing?
Maybe this "god" doesn't exist. Maybe this god doesn't give a shit. HEll, maybe god was sick of so many people fucking up the planet that he went postal on some poor schmucks who just probably happened to piss him off extra that day.
Why the hell are we looking for anything but abuse from "god"? We build huge altars and places of worship for a being that can't even cure a fucking toothache. Fuck that. Let's get together and congratulate and worship the brave souls who went in there time and again after god's aborted little hissy-fits to clean up. Let us build temples for the fearless men and women who saved countless lives without counting the cost. It would be a much more worthwhile endeavour than building some altar for an imaginary creature with a strange blood-lust.
Let us support the engineers who come up with better warning systems, who are sick of trusting god with as much as a headache cure, much less a mammoth endeavour like an Indo-Pacific tsunami early warning system.
We need hands that help, not mouths that pray.
Human progress is only possible when we rely less on godly pipe-dreams and more on our own efforts and ingenuity.
This morning I heard a prayer. It went like this.
"Dear god, bless the victims of the recent tsunami in Indonesia, who lost their loved ones and belongings. Bring them comfort and hope that comes from knowing you. Bless the tsunami early warning system, which might ensure a reduction in future death tolls"
These guys just don't get it.
Why doesn't someone ask them these questions:
Why the hell did this "god" create that tsunami?
What the fuck does "god" know about tsunami early warning systems?!
Can anyone come up with a reasonable answer that also reconciles god's "goodness"?
What, god decided to do some interior designing and change the decor in JAva a little bit? That fucking island has been hit by two tsunamis, earthquakes and a fucking volcano within two years. A fucking trifecta of death if there ever was one. All it needs is a bloody meteorite and it would just sink into the damned Indian Ocean. What the fuck was this "god" of theirs doing?
Maybe this "god" doesn't exist. Maybe this god doesn't give a shit. HEll, maybe god was sick of so many people fucking up the planet that he went postal on some poor schmucks who just probably happened to piss him off extra that day.
Why the hell are we looking for anything but abuse from "god"? We build huge altars and places of worship for a being that can't even cure a fucking toothache. Fuck that. Let's get together and congratulate and worship the brave souls who went in there time and again after god's aborted little hissy-fits to clean up. Let us build temples for the fearless men and women who saved countless lives without counting the cost. It would be a much more worthwhile endeavour than building some altar for an imaginary creature with a strange blood-lust.
Let us support the engineers who come up with better warning systems, who are sick of trusting god with as much as a headache cure, much less a mammoth endeavour like an Indo-Pacific tsunami early warning system.
We need hands that help, not mouths that pray.
Human progress is only possible when we rely less on godly pipe-dreams and more on our own efforts and ingenuity.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Why can't the government leave me be?
Holy Jesus H. Christ on a pogostick..
I just finish declaring that I am going to lay off ranting about the Lee FamiLEE and the rest of the shit-flinging monkeys that form the Singapore government when they do something so damn stupid it has to be mentioned, lest I be accused of slipping into irrelevance.
The thing happened about two weeks ago, a local blogger under the nickname, mr brown (Apparently the caps in his keyboard is broken) came up with an article in one of the local newsletters named TODAY. His article, found here, titled "Singaporeans are fed up with Progress" was a light hearted look at how the government here can be clueless enough to say that things are looking up when a third of the population saw real incomes shrink. It also took potshots at what the Progress Package was supposed to be. From what I recall it was a way of "sharing Singapore's surpluses with Singaporeans", suddenly it has now become, according to MICA's press release, "a way to help lower income Singaporeans cope with higher costs of living." Now what is this? A rethink?
Now, ladies and germs, knowing the legendary status Singapore enjoys when it comes to freedom of expression, what did you think happened?
A> Did the government ignore the article and refuse to give it unnecessary publicity?
B> Did the government admit that the progress package was not as it had claimed, a way of sharing Singapore's wealth with the people but a cross between a bad attempt at bribery, and chump change to withstand the onslaughts of price hikes that was to follow?
C> Did the government change its views on means testing and agree with mr brown that it needed a relook?0
D> Did the government issue a completely worthless non-answer reply, and then had him fired from his newspaper job?
If you said D, congratulations. You have a brain.
I am not a big fan of mr brown. I mean, he writes very well but his brand of humour is too mild and inoffensive. How the hell could anything he write inflame these monkeys this much? Can't these idiots take a joke?!
But all this is old news, right? I mean the government is not exactly the paragon of virtue as far as rights of the individual are concerned. Hell this is the only country that still charges people under sedition laws.
What struck me about mr brown's article was his reference to this thing called "means testing". What this basically means is that if you're using a government service (like fixing a broken nose in a government hospital because you fell down a), you pay what the government thinks you can afford. How does the government arrive at this figure? Oh, quite easily it seems. They just add your total income and divide it by the number of dependents. So if you earn more, the government assumes, you must spend more for things like your health. Sounds fair? Well, the problem in this whole thing is one assumes that the government got the figures right. The government estimates that people with a per capita monthly income of S$1000 and above not eligible for subsidies. Have these people ever lived on a grand a month?! Which world are these people living in? Healthcare in Singapore is ridiculously expensive and the social safety net is a joke.
So brownie boy raised an issue with the fact that means testing means that he now has to pay more than double what he used to get some proper education for his autistic child. Why? because apparently just because you make more than $X you only deserve little help from the government (whose ministers, with their sprawling bungalow houses, obscene pay, free cars, free holidays have the gall to tell you to not depend on the government for anything). In order to get any level of proper subsidy from the government you have to make less than $300 a month, and even then it's not free. You still have to fork out 25% of your bill from your pocket. First world government indeed. And for using sarcasm to highlight this he was anally ravaged by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Arts. (Only in Singapore is a retired army general in the right place and frame of mind to frame policies on what can be considered art).
Anyway, I hope you Singaporeans have fun with this current lot in parliament.
How are you spending your Progress Package eh?
I just finish declaring that I am going to lay off ranting about the Lee FamiLEE and the rest of the shit-flinging monkeys that form the Singapore government when they do something so damn stupid it has to be mentioned, lest I be accused of slipping into irrelevance.
The thing happened about two weeks ago, a local blogger under the nickname, mr brown (Apparently the caps in his keyboard is broken) came up with an article in one of the local newsletters named TODAY. His article, found here, titled "Singaporeans are fed up with Progress" was a light hearted look at how the government here can be clueless enough to say that things are looking up when a third of the population saw real incomes shrink. It also took potshots at what the Progress Package was supposed to be. From what I recall it was a way of "sharing Singapore's surpluses with Singaporeans", suddenly it has now become, according to MICA's press release, "a way to help lower income Singaporeans cope with higher costs of living." Now what is this? A rethink?
Now, ladies and germs, knowing the legendary status Singapore enjoys when it comes to freedom of expression, what did you think happened?
A> Did the government ignore the article and refuse to give it unnecessary publicity?
B> Did the government admit that the progress package was not as it had claimed, a way of sharing Singapore's wealth with the people but a cross between a bad attempt at bribery, and chump change to withstand the onslaughts of price hikes that was to follow?
C> Did the government change its views on means testing and agree with mr brown that it needed a relook?0
D> Did the government issue a completely worthless non-answer reply, and then had him fired from his newspaper job?
If you said D, congratulations. You have a brain.
I am not a big fan of mr brown. I mean, he writes very well but his brand of humour is too mild and inoffensive. How the hell could anything he write inflame these monkeys this much? Can't these idiots take a joke?!
But all this is old news, right? I mean the government is not exactly the paragon of virtue as far as rights of the individual are concerned. Hell this is the only country that still charges people under sedition laws.
What struck me about mr brown's article was his reference to this thing called "means testing". What this basically means is that if you're using a government service (like fixing a broken nose in a government hospital because you fell down a), you pay what the government thinks you can afford. How does the government arrive at this figure? Oh, quite easily it seems. They just add your total income and divide it by the number of dependents. So if you earn more, the government assumes, you must spend more for things like your health. Sounds fair? Well, the problem in this whole thing is one assumes that the government got the figures right. The government estimates that people with a per capita monthly income of S$1000 and above not eligible for subsidies. Have these people ever lived on a grand a month?! Which world are these people living in? Healthcare in Singapore is ridiculously expensive and the social safety net is a joke.
So brownie boy raised an issue with the fact that means testing means that he now has to pay more than double what he used to get some proper education for his autistic child. Why? because apparently just because you make more than $X you only deserve little help from the government (whose ministers, with their sprawling bungalow houses, obscene pay, free cars, free holidays have the gall to tell you to not depend on the government for anything). In order to get any level of proper subsidy from the government you have to make less than $300 a month, and even then it's not free. You still have to fork out 25% of your bill from your pocket. First world government indeed. And for using sarcasm to highlight this he was anally ravaged by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Arts. (Only in Singapore is a retired army general in the right place and frame of mind to frame policies on what can be considered art).
Anyway, I hope you Singaporeans have fun with this current lot in parliament.
How are you spending your Progress Package eh?
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
I am back! (Post World Cup Special)
Folks,
Sorry but my attention was captured by the carnival of football that happens every four years, the World Cup.
My quick capsule review: The Azzurri won and they deserved it.
Come on, they played good football and Zidane was the perfect chump, headbutting Materazzi in a style that would make Hulk Hogan proud. Damn, all he had to do was monkey-stomp him in the nutsack and we would have ourselves a great new wrestler. "The Masked Zizou!" His trademark finisher can be a flying headbutt.
Speaking of headbutts, what the fuck is Zidane's head made of, man? Rock?! Materazzi fell like he'd been hit by a fucking bullet train. Since all professional wrestling is fake, he could be a great wrestler too. These men have talent.
Anyway, I loved this world cup for a few reasons.
This was the first worldcup in which, apart from the headbutt we saw a nutsack-stomp (that kid Rooney landing his foot on some Portuguese guy's cojones), a nose job (some Italian guy punched this American in the face), and hell, even a couple of free-for-all's (Holland-Portugal and Argentina-Germany). If only there were a few chokeslams and Figure Four Leglocks thrown around! All in all, a very colourful world cup and I was glad to see that finally, the Italians pulled off a great victory.
Speaking of Rooney, am I the only guy who thinks he looks inbred? I mean come on. The slack jaws, blank stare and the narrow pupils. I am sure there is some genetic swill in his gene-pool. I almost expect him to go "ugh.. me Rooney" everytime he opens his mouth, or like that South Park Character Timmy, just keep yelling his name over and over (ROONAAAAYYYY just doesn't cut it though).
Another bone I have to pick is the fickleness of the footballing audience with respect to one Christiano Ronaldo. The poor bastard was the idol of all semi-retarded teen freaks who like men who look like girls one day and the next day, the most hated figure in world football. For what? Appealing to a referee for a ball-stomp?! The poor motherfucker had his ass booed out every time he touched a ball. Damn, spare the kid, assholes! Fucking stupid Brits.
On and speaking of Brits, I was reading some of the forums from the BBC to see how the Brits reacted to their loss and then subsequently Italy's win (yes at times I do venture there). Damn they are a sorry pack of losers. If the quality of the average soccer fan is this bad no wonder there are issues with hooligans.
The Brits built a team round a bunch of chicken-farmers whose pathetic attempts at winning matches made me almost want to fucking root for South Korea or Iran as the next world cup champions. Their captain deserves nothing less than painful, brutal death for being the biggest load the team has had to carry. Shut the fuck up with the free kicks bullshit. If all he can do is kick a static ball, he has no business running around being captain of a national team. Isn't it high time some civic minded British citizen put a bullet through his head (and that wife of his)? But the Brits never had any spunk in them, which is probably why they are still taking orders from an inbred monarch and her half-wit son. This is the team the Brits touted as the next world champions who will "bring the cup home". The English soccer team is like the Indian cricket team. All hype, no quality. Note to Brits: Come back when you have players of the same calibre as C. Ronaldo (yes, that one), Cannavaro, Zidane or Ronaldinho. Till then, quit bitching. Oh and that premier league of yours? How fucking full of shit is it?! Gosh, 45% of all your players are foreign.
On a related note, the Aussies seemed to show some spark of life qualifying for the second round when their dream run ended against the Italians. First of all, to all Aussies who think you should have won, shut up. I mean, yes it was a good run and the team played well but come on. Cut your hopes down a little. You guys just aren't that good yet. Come back to me after you regularly even fucking qualify for the cup and we'll talk. It's good enough you made it this far. Be happy and quit whining, Fuckeroos.
Last of all, the Americans. These fuckers went all the way to the quarterfinals last world cup thanks to it being the stupidest worldcup in history. They rightfully got their asses kicked this time round by better sides. What do you think they did? They started complaining about what a pussy sport soccer is. But hey, this is a country that considers professional wrestling as sport so I shall treat their cries with the contempt they deserve. These fucks play three sports which no one else in the world plays and they want to comment on what is by far the most popular sport in the world. Fuck them. Besides, they are fucking stupid anyway. How much of the foot is used in "American football"?. I rest my case.
I was hoping Argentina would win but Italy weren't too bad. They actually made watching defence interesting. The final was dramatic and for once the guys didn't choke the penalty shootout. 5 out of 5 in in a world cup final, would go a long way in erasing the ghosts of the past.
Good job, Azzurri. You deserve the cup.
Sorry but my attention was captured by the carnival of football that happens every four years, the World Cup.
My quick capsule review: The Azzurri won and they deserved it.
Come on, they played good football and Zidane was the perfect chump, headbutting Materazzi in a style that would make Hulk Hogan proud. Damn, all he had to do was monkey-stomp him in the nutsack and we would have ourselves a great new wrestler. "The Masked Zizou!" His trademark finisher can be a flying headbutt.
Speaking of headbutts, what the fuck is Zidane's head made of, man? Rock?! Materazzi fell like he'd been hit by a fucking bullet train. Since all professional wrestling is fake, he could be a great wrestler too. These men have talent.
Anyway, I loved this world cup for a few reasons.
This was the first worldcup in which, apart from the headbutt we saw a nutsack-stomp (that kid Rooney landing his foot on some Portuguese guy's cojones), a nose job (some Italian guy punched this American in the face), and hell, even a couple of free-for-all's (Holland-Portugal and Argentina-Germany). If only there were a few chokeslams and Figure Four Leglocks thrown around! All in all, a very colourful world cup and I was glad to see that finally, the Italians pulled off a great victory.
Speaking of Rooney, am I the only guy who thinks he looks inbred? I mean come on. The slack jaws, blank stare and the narrow pupils. I am sure there is some genetic swill in his gene-pool. I almost expect him to go "ugh.. me Rooney" everytime he opens his mouth, or like that South Park Character Timmy, just keep yelling his name over and over (ROONAAAAYYYY just doesn't cut it though).
Another bone I have to pick is the fickleness of the footballing audience with respect to one Christiano Ronaldo. The poor bastard was the idol of all semi-retarded teen freaks who like men who look like girls one day and the next day, the most hated figure in world football. For what? Appealing to a referee for a ball-stomp?! The poor motherfucker had his ass booed out every time he touched a ball. Damn, spare the kid, assholes! Fucking stupid Brits.
On and speaking of Brits, I was reading some of the forums from the BBC to see how the Brits reacted to their loss and then subsequently Italy's win (yes at times I do venture there). Damn they are a sorry pack of losers. If the quality of the average soccer fan is this bad no wonder there are issues with hooligans.
The Brits built a team round a bunch of chicken-farmers whose pathetic attempts at winning matches made me almost want to fucking root for South Korea or Iran as the next world cup champions. Their captain deserves nothing less than painful, brutal death for being the biggest load the team has had to carry. Shut the fuck up with the free kicks bullshit. If all he can do is kick a static ball, he has no business running around being captain of a national team. Isn't it high time some civic minded British citizen put a bullet through his head (and that wife of his)? But the Brits never had any spunk in them, which is probably why they are still taking orders from an inbred monarch and her half-wit son. This is the team the Brits touted as the next world champions who will "bring the cup home". The English soccer team is like the Indian cricket team. All hype, no quality. Note to Brits: Come back when you have players of the same calibre as C. Ronaldo (yes, that one), Cannavaro, Zidane or Ronaldinho. Till then, quit bitching. Oh and that premier league of yours? How fucking full of shit is it?! Gosh, 45% of all your players are foreign.
On a related note, the Aussies seemed to show some spark of life qualifying for the second round when their dream run ended against the Italians. First of all, to all Aussies who think you should have won, shut up. I mean, yes it was a good run and the team played well but come on. Cut your hopes down a little. You guys just aren't that good yet. Come back to me after you regularly even fucking qualify for the cup and we'll talk. It's good enough you made it this far. Be happy and quit whining, Fuckeroos.
Last of all, the Americans. These fuckers went all the way to the quarterfinals last world cup thanks to it being the stupidest worldcup in history. They rightfully got their asses kicked this time round by better sides. What do you think they did? They started complaining about what a pussy sport soccer is. But hey, this is a country that considers professional wrestling as sport so I shall treat their cries with the contempt they deserve. These fucks play three sports which no one else in the world plays and they want to comment on what is by far the most popular sport in the world. Fuck them. Besides, they are fucking stupid anyway. How much of the foot is used in "American football"?. I rest my case.
I was hoping Argentina would win but Italy weren't too bad. They actually made watching defence interesting. The final was dramatic and for once the guys didn't choke the penalty shootout. 5 out of 5 in in a world cup final, would go a long way in erasing the ghosts of the past.
Good job, Azzurri. You deserve the cup.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Updates
Dear Misfits,
I hope you have all been fine doing whatever depraved activity you choose to do. Fortunately for you, I have decided to renew my subscription to evilatheist.com for another year.
I haven't added any entries because I am too busy at the moment. Watch this space for more information.
If you have read this far, congratulations. We might induct you into the human race soon.
I hope you have all been fine doing whatever depraved activity you choose to do. Fortunately for you, I have decided to renew my subscription to evilatheist.com for another year.
I haven't added any entries because I am too busy at the moment. Watch this space for more information.
If you have read this far, congratulations. We might induct you into the human race soon.
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