Bag of Randomness

  • I test drove a Toyota Prius yesterday.  When I excited the dealership I made sure there was no traffic, but wanted to punch the pedal to see what kind of acceleration I could get with a total of four people in the car.  I guess I was going pretty slow because some dude in a Grand Am passed me and flipped me the bird.  I later used the higher performance option and that seemed to make it work much better.
  • Overall I really liked the car.  Other than the styling being a bit blah and sacrificing power for fuel economy, one major drawback are some blind spots in the back.
  • I noticed all the sticker prices were removed from all the Prius(s), which makes me think they are inflating the price.
  • I keep coming back to the Hyundai Sonata, and would actually like to test drive their hybrid version.
  • The doctor tells me I’ve got a slight case of bronchitis.
  • The use of “bucket list” annoys me.
  • PETA: Don’t call animals ‘it’ in the Bible
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Muslim Desecrates Bible in Pakistan to ‘Avenge’ Quran Burning

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A 24-year-old Muslim man desecrated the Bible at the gates of Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Lahore on Friday in order to “avenge” extremist American preacher Terry Jones’ desecration of the Quran in Florida last month.

Police arrested the man, identified as Akhtar Hussain, a resident of the neighboring district of Kasur, and registered a case against him under Section 295-A of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Section 295-A states: “Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the ‘religious feelings of any class of the citizens of Pakistan, by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representations insults the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both.”

According to police sources, Hussain had first tried to force entry into the church where a large number of Christians were attending a special mass, whereupon security guards at the gates stopped him and asked for identification

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