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	Always Choose Love! Campaign Against Discrimination and Prop. 8! By Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM August 25, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Dear Friends: Gay marriage is legal in California, thanks to a recent California Supreme Court ruling. But it might not be for long. The Forces of Intolerance have gathered to place a measure on the November ballot – Prop. 8. Their goal: To deny gays and lesbians the right to marry the person they love. Their method: amend California’s constitution to define marriage as being solely the union between a man and a woman. read
	I Don’t Like It! Don’t Do It! Or, How to Assassinate Characters By Frederik Sisa @ 11:00 AM August 18, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Morality often consists of telling other people not to do something you don’t like. Don’t approve of what a person is wearing? Ban it. Offended by nekkid people? Make clothes mandatory...but only the clothes you approve of. Someone not having sex in the missionary position? Call them pervy and shame them. Wait…someone’s having sex? By George (yes, that one), it’s time to call on the government to intervene. read
	Flyer, Flyer, Pants on Fire! By Frederik Sisa @ 4:00 PM August 11, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist “Don’t Let Sacramento Politicians Remove Products From Your Grocery Bag,” says a flyer I received in the mail. Apparently, Sacramento wants to ban something called BPA, a material used in plastic food packaging and other plastic products. And that would be bad. But here’s a suspicious statement: “Banning Materials That Keep Our Food Fresh And Safe Is A Terrible Idea.” What a strange thing to write. Why would Sacramento want to ban something that keeps our food fresh and safe? Maybe it’s a “liberal” thing – because, don’t you know, a ban a day keeps liberal displeasure at bay. No reason necessary, right? Forget about it; there has to be some justification for proposing a ban, and there is: BPA allegedly poses a health hazard. read
	The Economist Has No Clothes – and No Legs By Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM August 04, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist While the kids are fighting over who is king of the sandbox, the economy burns. And the games number-shufflers play to find new ways of pulling money out the air (and other places) are only part of the problem; the rest might very well lie with the field of economics itself. read
	It’s the Stupid Economy By Frederik Sisa @ 9:00 AM July 28, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Some people say it’s the economy, stupid. I think it’s the stupid economy and that there’s nothing surprising about not understanding what’s going on. How can we, when we even the eminence grises in the ivory tower have to resort to seemingly magical actions like adjusting interest rates in the hope of influencing the economy’s health? Adjusting interest rates? It seems like there’s this whole other parallel world of economics. A world in which interest rates set by the Federal Reserve affect how money is loaned and borrowed. A world in which arcane economic/legal constructs founded on other such constructs allow for “creative” ways to make money. read
	McCain and the Dreaded ‘S’ Word By Frederik Sisa @ 11:00 AM July 21, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Don’t do it. Seriously. Don’t do it. Just. Don’t. Do. It. Don’t even think about doing it. It’s all in your head, don’t you know. So don’t. Okay? Just don’t. Don’t whine. Don’t complain. It’s a mental recession, see? Get it? You’re mind is receding. So stop whining and go spend the money you don’t have on things that are too expensive – like food or gas. And if you can’t, well, stop whining anyway. You’re liable to upset McCain’s top economic policy advisor, Phil Gramm. He thinks the U.S. is already too much of a whining nation. http://www.washtimes.com/news read
	Change or Bust By Frederik Sisa @ 12:00 PM July 14, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Don’t do it. Seriously. Don’t do it. Just. Don’t. Do. It. Don’t even think about doing it. It’s all in your head, don’t you know. So don’t. Okay? Just don’t. Don’t whine. Don’t complain. It’s a mental recession, see? Get it? You’re mind is receding. So stop whining and go spend the money you don’t have on things that are too expensive – like food or gas. And if you can’t, well, stop whining anyway. You’re liable to upset McCain’s top economic policy advisor, Phil Gramm. He thinks the U.S. is already too much of a whining nation. http://www.washtimes.com/news read
	Olympic Fever? Turn Up the Heat! By Frederik Sisa @ 12:00 PM July 07, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Part II Last week, I ended by asking whether or not China really deserves to host the Olympics. The reason is simple: the Olympics bring along more than good sportsmanship and a fuzzy feeling of international camaraderie. If money were manna and it fell from the sky, one could light a torch in honour of the Olympics. In other words, the Olympics are a reward. It is fame and fortune for the lucky host country. But what, exactly, are we rewarding? read
	Olympic Fever… Kinda-Sorta… By Frederik Sisa @ 12:00 PM June 30, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist I’m not one for sports. Ask me about golf, and I’ll tell you about a B.C. strip I once saw in which B.C. explains the rules of golf to the Cute Chick – the fewest swings the better – only to get asked, why play at all? And when it comes to football, I still can’t quite understand the appeal of a giant time-out with a few moments of gaming in between. read
	Global Warming: Science, Not Faith By Frederik Sisa @ 9:00 AM June 23, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist When I asked global warming skeptics what it would take to make the case for global warming, what standard of evidence would be satisfying, I was being perfectly sincere. I’d really like to know what the threshold of evidence is for answering the question as to whether or not global warming is real and whether or not we are the cause. It’s like a game, in a way. You win when you achieve the winning conditions defined by a set of rules. So, what rules would satisfy global warming skeptics? What are the winning conditions? read

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