SPIRITUALITY/RELIGION: Who says more antiquated things about women and families, Christian fundamentalists or Islamic fundamentalists?

Who says more antiquated things about women and families, Christian fundamentalists or Islamic fundamentalists? Here are nine stupid, backward, and often misogynistic quotes from nine different Islamic fundamentalist and Christian social conservative leaders. See if you can spot which one is which.

http://mobile.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/richard_mourdock_rape_scandal_spot_the_difference_between_the_christian.html

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Walking dead in Iowa cemetary!

IOWA – Lehigh’s Oak Grove Cemetery has turned into the Night of the Living Dead!

An Iowa man, and his wife went to visiteher relatives in Lehigh’s Oak Grove Cemetery and found find herself stepping onto the set of a horror film. “There were Zombies everywhere. They were coming out of the ground!” said Laura Wilcox of Des Moines.

http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/39792/walking-dead-in-iowa-cemetery/

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: War Of The Worlds!! Why people believed it 75 years ago. And STILL keep believing it!

This hour of Radiolab: an examination of the power of mass media to create panic.

In our very first live hour, we take a deep dive into one of the most controversial moments in broadcasting history: Orson Welles' 1938 radio play about Martians invading New Jersey. "The War of the Worlds" is believed to have fooled over a million people when it originally aired, and it's continued to fool people since--from Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador.

http://www.radiolab.org/2008/mar/24/

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

ENTERTAINMENT: Star Wars music flash mob

The WDR Symphony Orchestra brought The Force to the Wallraf Square in Cologne, Germany during their impromptu performance of the classic Star Wars theme song.

http://devour.com/video/star-wars-flash-mob/

Monday, October 22, 2012

CULTURE/SOCIETY: Advice To A Young Queer On Coming Out Day

Don't be swayed by our tshirts,
our cyberspace proclamations,
or our bullhorns - be smart.
If you live in a home with no doors,
don't set off the dynamite.
If you go to a school with more guns
than teachers,
don't paint yourself the target.

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/10/advice_to_a_young_queer_on_coming_out_day.php