• Apparently the Iranians just heard about the guy who wanted to burn the Quran. Maybe by next week they will hear that he did not.
• A man of the cloth will talk to a bunch of children today. Sounds fishy, doesn't it?
• The mighty Jon Stewart and (the almost as good) Steve Colbert will be holding rallies in DC this October.

• Another earthquake, this time in China, kills 400 in remote area
• Toyota stops selling Lexus SUV deemed "unsafe" by Consumer Reports
• Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens want to arrest the pope

So, big fat fucking surprise (not) seems the pope, back when he was but a mere archbishop, had a big hand in allowing at least two known pedophilic priests to continue “serving” the people. One of these dudes, the good Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy, had a special taste for diddling deaf boys, to the tune of at least 200 of these children molested in Wisconsin. And now, a quote from the New York Times: The internal correspondence from bishops in Wisconsin directly to Cardinal Ratzinger, the future pope, shows that while church officials tussled over whether the priest should be dismissed, their highest priority was protecting the church from scandal. Usually, when I have an urge to shoot fish in a barrel, I aim my sights on nut jobs like Sarah Palin. And pardon me if I bore you by pointing out what a piece of shit the Catholic church is, but this being Holy Week and all, I can’t help myself from getting riled up anew by the warped and traumatizing doctrine of an institution that has wielded disgusting power for countless centuries. Mind you, I’m not just spouting commentary from the nosebleed section. Having personally been manhandled by a priest, I’m reporting back from a ringside seat. more ›

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