the Scott Stein
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en-us2007-01-18T23:01+00:00Umm... Holy Crap?
http://scottstein.powerblogs.com/posts/1169162528.shtml
"One day, the Sharia will be implemented in Britain. It's a matter of time."...Scott Stein2007-01-18T23:01+00:00"One day, the Sharia will be implemented in Britain. It's a matter of time."
]]>"God and Mr. Mencken"
http://scottstein.powerblogs.com/posts/1163105211.shtml
...Scott Stein2006-11-09T20:11+00:00This review of H.L. Mencken on Religion might be of interest. The book came out in 2002, but the review by Garin K. Hovannisian is from the December 2006 issue of Liberty.]]>It's Getting Harder and Harder...
http://scottstein.powerblogs.com/posts/1158674189.shtml
... to write satire. Don't believe me? Read "Turk workers urge pope's arrest" on CNN.com. The money quote:...Scott Stein2006-09-19T13:09+00:00Turk workers urge pope's arrest" on CNN.com. The money quote:
They said the pontiff had violated Turkish laws upholding freedom of belief and thought by "insulting" Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.
And really, what could a satirist, brilliant though he may be, possibly add to that?
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http://scottstein.powerblogs.com/posts/1153226084.shtml
My nephew was born eight days ago, so today is his bris. Without the benefits of anesthesia, he will be circumcised in front of 70 people he's never met before....Scott Stein2006-07-18T12:07+00:00
Then everyone will eat.]]>Somalia Just Can't Catch a Break
http://scottstein.powerblogs.com/posts/1152459423.shtml
Last week two people were killed for watching soccer. Now CNN reports that a Somalian band was beaten for playing music at a wedding....Scott Stein2006-07-09T15:07+00:00killed for watching soccer. Now CNN reports that a Somalian band was beaten for playing music at a wedding.
"We had warned the family not to include in their ceremony what is not allowed by the sharia law. This includes the mixing of men and women and playing music," Sheik Iise Salad, who heads an Islamic court in the northeastern Huriwaa District, told The Associated Press. "That is why we raided and took their equipment." (Source: CNN)
Aside from informing us that this Sheik Iise Salad must be a real dick, this story reminds us that Somalia just can't catch a break.
A long time ago, when Phil Hartman was still alive and Bill Clinton was President-Elect, Saturday Night Live had a funny sketchwith Hartman as Clinton at a McDonald's discussing the crisis in Somalia. You remember it: Hartman-Clinton kept taking the food from customers and shoving it into his mouth as he tried to explain that warlords were preventing food aid from reaching the Somalian people.