WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Spanish matador Julio Aparicio needed two operations after he was horrifically gored through the throat during a bullfight in Madrid. The half-ton bull, called Opiparo, struck after Julio Aparicio lost his footing and stumbled while carrying out a pass with is red cape in a packed Las Ventas bullring. One of the animal’s horns tore into his throat and punched through the bottom of his mouth as the crowd screamed in horror at the bullfight last night. Impaled: Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio is gored through the throat during a packed bullfight at Las Ventas in Madrid The … Continue reading Matador escapes death by the skin of his teeth after horrific goring in Madrid bullfight

http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/evils/kookhate/X0001_Gary_Bauer_Expo.html Dear Stang: At last, something you think is funny. As you may know, Gary Bauer is the head of our favorite social policy group, the Family Research Council. This is the group that claims 48.4% of all downloads from “adult” commercial services are “child porn.” The group is also preoccupied with homosexuality. Interestingly, Bauer himself has long been suspected of being gay, and the following essay claims that he is. As a morealibertarian and sexual devo-ant myself, I don’t care one way or the other, but I think that our friend Gary should come to terms with himself. Don’t … Continue reading Gary Bauer US Christian fanatic – Homosexual?

Terror Comes Home At least 25 American citizens have faced serious terrorism offenses in the past 18 months, a pattern that has counterintelligence officials concerned. PHOTOS The Enemy Within 25 American Citizens Charged in Terrorism Cases in the Past 18 Months By Mark Hosenball | Newsweek Web Exclusive In the years following the September 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials were focused primarily on tracking down terrorists abroad. But in recent years their targets have been increasingly closer to home. At least 25 American citizens—both born and naturalized—have been charged with serious federal terrorism violations since the beginning of 2009, according to … Continue reading 25 American citizen terrorists

Texas Cooks the Textbooks NEWSWEEK’s guide to the 10 silliest changes that will likely be in the new Texas textbook curriculum. PHOTOS Texas Stands Alone 165 years after it joined the U.S., Texas remains forever ruggedly individualistic By Barrett Sheridan | Newsweek Web Exclusive Who says school is boring? The Texas State Board of Education will make a final vote today on a long list of controversial changes to its textbook standards. The 15-person board, dominated by 10 Republicans, is expected to approve many alterations that give a conservative slant to the study of U.S. history and economics. Fittingly, today’s … Continue reading Al Qaida in Texas – Its Christian battalion?

We need more than small talk Tariq Ramadan and Hamza Yusuf must tackle Islamic reform head-on in Oxford next week Yahya Birt The Guardian Next week in Oxford, two of western Islam‘s leading religious thinkers – Hamza Yusuf and Tariq Ramadan – will come together for the first time to discuss the hotly debated topic of Islamic reform. Does it matter? And why should we pay attention to what they have to say? For the generation of western-born Muslims who came of age in Europe and North America in the 90s, Yusuf and Ramadan are leading figureheads in Islamic revivalism … Continue reading Tariq Ramadan and Hamza Yusuf must tackle Islamic reform head-on in Oxford next week

loonwatch.com Yesterday, May 20th was the Draw Muhammed Day which is extending into today, ostensibly put together to defend freedom of expression/speech. The original creators of the day have backed out, including Molly Norris, due to the tremendous amounts of bigotry and hate that it engendered, but others continued with the campaign. Taking a glance at the Facebook page, most of the freedumb expressions are hateful and bigoted depictions of Muhammad meant to anger Muslims. Is it a coincidence that the ones who are reveling most in this day are racists and Islamophobes? Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller have both … Continue reading Draw Muhammad Day Predictably Descends into Hate Fest

loonwatch.com My Take: Everyone Chalk Mohammed By Greg Epstein, Special to CNN If I told you groups of atheist and Muslim students around the country have been breaking out boxing gloves, and the outlines of bodies have been marked in chalk on the ground, you’d worry, right? And you should, though fortunately it doesn’t mean anyone has been physically hurt yet. Rather, it means the latest in a series of controversies over drawing the Prophet Mohammed has arrived: “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” scheduled for Thursday, May 20, has gained tens of thousands of online followers, riling fears and anger on … Continue reading My Take: Everyone Chalk Mohammed

A British policeman has won an international award for his database of UFO sightings by UK police officers. telegraph.co.uk Previous 2 of 2 Images Next Gary Heseltine has won an international award for his database of UFO sightings by UK police officers A UFO sighting Photo: ALAMY Gary Heseltine’s fascination with the unexplained in British skies began at the age of 15, when he spotted a mysterious bright light while walking his first girlfriend home. The 49-year-old father-of-two picked up the 2010 Disclosures Award in Washington for his website, prufospolicedatabase.co.uk, which he launched in 2002. He said: “Winning the award was a total … Continue reading British policeman wins UFO investigation award