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It seems I'm wrong. Thought about this a bit more. It looks like Americans would vote for a non-believer. However, my point about thin margins above stands. Presumably the majority of this 54% are Democrats. With margins of a few percentage points, you only need a small number of the 54% to be Democrats for a Republican (and presumably non-atheist) win.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2012-07-26/athiest-poll-president/56516466/1

In any case, the point remains. I think people are overstating the religiosity of America as a whole. It has crazies just like the UK, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Norway, blah, blah, blah. Maybe more of them, but it does't mean everyone in the US is one of them.

Interesting to hear a more informed opinion than mine on this. It's slightly unescessary to refer to them as "crazies", though. There is a widely held snobbishness towards middle american christianity among the more liberal east and west coast cities, which does nothing to soften the rift and the extreme attitudes of the more religious in society, but rather deepens the rift and strengthens their bigoted views in retaliation.

I welcome your point about the majority of Americans being able to countenance an atheist president, I would not have guessed.

^ sounds like crazy talk to me. squints

93 ft east to close http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=18691

Good

Good

Yeah - it's good all those people will lose their jobs eh?

Have you been there? Have you ever worked there? Do you know the proprietors? Is there a shortage of other venues in the area?

Have you been there? Have you ever worked there? Do you know the proprietors? Is there a shortage of other venues in the area?

Not sure what's that got to do with all the bar workers losing their jobs??

Now for some music News:
Wilco Johnson is holding his farewell London gig at Koko
http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/22/wilko-johnson-announces-extra-farewell-gig-at-londons-koko-3361466/
He's dying of pancreatic cancer

Now for some music News:
Wilco Johnson is holding his farewell London gig at Koko
http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/22/wilko-johnson-announces-extra-farewell-gig-at-londons-koko-3361466/
He's dying of pancreatic cancer

I've followed Wilco around since his early Feelgood days and up until about a year ago live.
Its very sad so I'm not sure how to approach a farewell gig anywhere.
A celebration of a life I suppose ?

Dr Feelgood - She Does It Right - YouTube

I love his tutorial of that choon
Wilko Johnson She Does It Right A Lesson from the Master - YouTube

I think the point is that some people will be voting for him because he's black, with the actual politics taking a backseat. Which is discrimination based on race surely. The exact idea that these groups are against.

you don't honestly believe there are more people voting for obama simply because he's black than there are people voting against him for the same reason do you?

you don't honestly believe there are more people voting for obama simply because he's black than there are people voting against him for the same reason do you?

This is, however oversimplified, perfectly possible.

I couldn't go watch him play one last time, it would be too emotional

Norman Watt-Roy is a fantastic bassist though and well worth seeing live

I reckon the dude was on an alternate flight course, had no visibility and no information regarding new tower and melted into the jib flat out (200mph+) thinking he was safe at 800ft ceiling.

Don't replicate.

S P E C U L A T E

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21163428

(Wrong speed)

Moments before hitting the crane, his final words were: "Thanks a lot."

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A persistently amusing undercurrent of German news at the moment are the plagiarism proceedings against leading German politicians. Currently, it is none other than the Education Secretary who is facing the loss of her doctorate:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/entscheidung-der-universitaet-duesseldorf-schavan-muss-um-doktortitel-bangen-1.1580633

Previously, the former Defence Secretary was convicted of plagiarising large parts of his thesis, and other leading politicians were discovered, too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21141244

burning cheese inferno

^The repost police are gonna get you.

Security guard in T&T shoots off his own dick. Good times.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/22/trinidad-and-tobago-security-guard-accidentally-shoots-off-his-penis/

UK MP Mary Creagh says she has evidence horses treated with a drug that can cause cancer in humans may have entered the human food chain.

@BBCbreaking

Tesco! Look what you've done!

UK MP Mary Creagh says she has evidence horses treated with a drug that can cause cancer in humans may have entered the human food chain.

@BBCbreaking

The Daily Express has just gone into meltdown.

Meanwhile in Ireland
LiveLeak.com - Funny Irish News Report

No

The guy lives on Bram Stoker Close? That's a great street name.