Two views of Islam.

The Onion Scoops the Real News Again Church Group Offers Homosexual New Life In Closet First there was this famously prescient post that is far less funny now than it was at the time of publication. However, on a lighter note, MSNBC catches up with America's Finest News Source with this titillating article about a fundamentalist preacher who says God wants you to have hot sex, within certain limitations, of course. Also of course, the Onion beat them to it by nine years, with their classic piece about the minister of Holy Christ Almighty Lutheran church who just loves to fuck his wife. more inside

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Xena renamed Eris - thank Eris! I couldn't live with a planetoid named after a crappy tv character. Or, indeed, upon one. "The distant world whose discovery prompted leading astronomers to demote Pluto from the rank of "planet" has now been given its own official name." more inside

Clan MacDonald of Keppoch has a new chief at last. Not everyone is happy. MacDonald of Keppoch, aka MacDonnell, aka Ranald of Lochaber, is not to be confused with the larger Clan MacDonald, of which it is one branch.

I miss Monica