Click the thumbnail pictures to check out this fancy ad in last week’s Newsweek. Honorable son Eric was the first to spot this unintentionally powerful print media slip-up.
The ad has a cardboard cover with some cut-outs. The picture on the left shows the ad with the cover opened. But look what appears on the other side through the cut-outs when the page is turned.
Stephen Colbert comments on a Christian doctor who refuses to treat people who aren’t to his liking, even if the person isn’t the patient, but the parent of a sick child. This seems so totally un-Christian to me. Here’s a link to the TV story Colbert mentions.
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I admit that I didn’t watch the show closely, but every time I glanced at it I heard the word “could” repeated, as in:
Yesterday, I said An Inconvenient Truth presents a compelling case for its assertions. Tonight, in The Lost Tomb of Jesus, what I heard was pure speculation, based on some shaky assumptions.
The tone of the show reminded me of “In Search Of…”, the 70’s TV series narrated by Leonard Nimoy. The presentation is a lot slicker today, of course, but as far as I’m concerned James Cameron and his associates may as well be asking, “Could we be descended from alien astronauts, who came to Earth millions of years ago?”
It’s the same, old tactic that’s employed by Fox news when the facts aren’t there to support the assertion. “Hey, we’re just asking the questions. You decide for yourself.”
The best thing that could have happened to these guys was having the chamber sealed up, as shown in the video clip. I wouldn’t be surprised if they staged the scene where they were told to stop. Because now it seems there’s talk about opening the chamber to the public. Could the Lost Tomb of Jesus be a tourist attraction? Click here.
Stephen Colbert has won some totally meaningless award. But if it makes him happy, I won’t knock it.
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Does Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth live up to the hype? Well, y’know, now that I’ve seen it I don’t think the buzz can be called hype.
I’ll put it this way. Nothing I heard four years ago from the Bush administration about the alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was convincing, let alone compelling. Not a single word of any of it rang true.
But everything in “An Inconvenient Truth” is compelling. There are a few moments when the story is about Al Gore, but they always lead back to the topic of global warming.
Frankly, I was doubtful that Al Gore, the stuffed shirt, could come across as personable and persuasive as I had been told he is in An Inconvenient Truth. But he pulls it off masterfully, and George Bush looks positively pitiful by comparison.
Previously, I pointed out this place that offers figures of Jesus playing sports with kids. But, wait! There is a newer and better line of Jesus action figures, targeted for an older audience, available here. I like the figure of Jesus surfing — but why would He need to use a board? Note: Site is 100% Flash
