Author Archives: Jeff Fecke

Exodus 20:16

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

As you know, Tim Tebow — Florida Gators quarterback and the 2010 version of Eric Crouch — is going to star in a Super Bowl ad with his mom, in support of Focus on the Family. In the ad, Tebow … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Sports | 26 Comments

Burn Him!

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

As you no doubt have heard by now, President Obama is expected to announce a non-defense discretionary spending freeze in tomorrow’s State of the Union address. Given that we’re only kinda, sorta on the way to recovery — and that … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, The Obama Administration | 27 Comments

All of This Has Happened Before

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

The recently completed Battlestar Galactica was the story of the death and rebirth of humanity and its creations, a story of humans hunted by their creations to near-extinction — only to reconcile with their creations in order to start anew … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture | 9 Comments

The UN's Loss

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

It is fashionable in many quarters to bash the United Nations, and lets face it, there are many good reasons to; as an organization made up of the various governments of the world, the UN operates at the level of … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, International issues | 2 Comments

Haiti

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

There’s never much that can be said in the first few hours of a natural disaster, other than that the disaster has happened, and that help will be needed. Well, disaster has happened. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, right … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, International issues | 4 Comments

Reid and Lott

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

As you all most certainly know, an embarrassing quote from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., surfaced over the weekend. Reid apparently stated during the 2008 election that then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., would be an electable African-American candidate because he … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Race, racism and related issues, The Obama Administration | 23 Comments

Cool Needs No Excuse

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

If you’ve ever studied anything related to fractals, you’ve no doubt come across the Mandelbrot set. Named for its progenitor, mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, the image takes a simple formula, repeats it, studies how quickly or slowly results approach or escape … Continue reading →

Posted in Mind-blowing Miscellania and other Neat Stuff | 8 Comments

Thanks

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who’s wished me well over the past day. I obviously have had better days, but all things considered I’m feeling fairly positive about the outlook for the future. I’ve done a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 15 Comments

Well, I Can't Argue With That

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Fox News go-to guy on terror and long-term terrorist supporter Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., says something that is, in fact, true: The fact is while the overwhelming majority of Muslims are outstanding people, on the other hand 100% of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 4 Comments

A Point of Personal Privilege

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

So those of you who follow my twitter feed (and for those of you who don’t, you are welcome to) may have noticed that last night my tweets weren’t so much…fun. This is not because the Vikings managed to lose … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers | 33 Comments