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...clash between gays and the keepers of Jerusalem's three faiths - in a rare display of solidarity, rabbis, priests and Muslim clerics in the holy city all united against the parade - was averted because of security fears. (Hatred of homosexuality, it seems, is the one thing that unites Islam, Judaism and Christianity in the fractious Holy City...
...basement of Pennypacker, the indie crowd mourned the loss of Reese & Ryan’s golden marriage with plenty of slam-dancing and skanking...or whatever that kind of awkward “dancing” that usually happens when one is drunk and listening to the Clash is called. FM suspects the lack of parties on Friday night was because everyone was out watching the Borat movie and not studying for midterms. High five! SATURDAY In light of events at Rebirth: the Christening of the New Currier TLR, FM feels the need to make the following announcement...
...terrorists to intelligent design's ongoing claims. Some are radicalized enough to publicly pick an ancient scab: the idea that science and religion, far from being complementary responses to the unknown, are at utter odds--or, as Yale psychologist Paul Bloom has written bluntly, "Religion and science will always clash." The market seems flooded with books by scientists describing a caged death match between science and God--with science winning, or at least chipping away at faith's underlying verities...
...previous evening. Made of flowers and seeds, food and drink, these offerings are set out for the visiting, hungry dead. These three particular ofrendas have been erected to the memory of an American, Bradley Will, the freelance documentary filmmaker shot dead on Friday as he recorded a clash between protesters and pro-government vigilantes. Further away, on the street called Cal y Canto, by a barricade, there is a more shocking ofrenda to Will's memory: one adorned with a photograph of his naked body in the morgue, framed by handwritten messages and cempazuchil, the yellow flower of the dead...
...preoccupy Mexico. The media have been rife with editorials complaining that the Fox government did not respond to the protests in Oaxaca until an American was killed. More than a dozen Mexicans had died in earlier incidents amid the protests; a 15-year-old boy was killed in another clash with the federal police on Monday. But on the streets of Oaxaca, all the dead share the same nationality, even the dead American. A 76-year-old Indian woman approaches one of Will's altars and says, "This is not about politics. Today we honor death. This poor young...