CNN.commentary :)

[skreidle]

Yellowstone snowmobile ban overturned: It would hurt business! (Always more important than environmental and noise pollution.)

Atkins' widow criticizes report of husband's obesity: "Shh! You're not supposed to have that information!"

Microsoft warns of hacker-friendly flaw: Uh-huh.

Swimmer drives for help with shark attached to leg: "There's nothing in our procedure manual for that type of thing!"

Sea lion leaves ocean for 65-mile trip inland: "Maybe he was going after fish, and there are far fewer sea lions to compete with in the delta." True that.

Pornographer to sell Whitehouse.com: Sure, it's to protect your kid from taunting, nothing to do with the new misleading-URL law.

Woman drops Jackson lawsuit: Made her point, she says. Right--that she's a freaking idiot an overly sensitive and repressed git?

China 'won't meddle' with Taiwan: Nope, no meddling, but "Chen cannot conceal his evil intention of using [the referendum] to pave the way for future referendums on Taiwan independence." Eeeevil!

Chocolate sweet for heart, science shows: Huzzah!

Coalition: Diplomas losing meaning: And we're surprised?

France backs head scarf ban: Offensive to some, sure, but 70% of polled French, including over half of the polled French Muslims, support the ban.

Love school: The country's first certification course for matchmakers: Specialists for every niche of every niche.

"Pizzagra": Plans are underway to unveil the world's sexiest ... pizza?: Just when you thought pizza couldn't get any better..

Comments

[weeping-angel.livejournal.com]

and every Muslim I know thinks it's a slap in the face to Muslims world wide. funny that.

Re:

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure where I stand on the issue. On the one hand, it's banning a symbol that will single out particular people, be it for good or ill, like banning gang paraphernalia, or dress codes that either mandate a particular uniform or disallow things that "could be disruptive," or disallowing clothing that would assist concealment of identity--like the Florida driver's license case. On the other hand, it's banning something that's viewed by many to be a religious mandate.