Delicious LiveJournal Links for 2-17-2009

[andrewducker]

• Founder of Islamic TV station aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes accused of beheading wife
  Epic stereotype fail!
  (tags: usa TV islam)
• Phone makers agree to universal chargers after European Commission pressure
  Bloody good thing too.
  (tags: technology electricity phones)
• Drug Erases Fearful Memories
  A common blood-pressure drug can selectively dampen fearful memories, according to research published in Nature Neuroscience.
  (tags: drugs health psychology neuroscience memory anxiety)

Comments

[broin.livejournal.com]

I'd been wondering for years if Muslims were bloodthirsty, primitive maniacs, and now I've had it all confirmed.

Probably used a scimitar too.

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

Some of them undoubtedly are, just like a proportion of the practitioners of most religions; though maybe with a higher proportion than other religions?

Unfortunately they give the rest a bad name.

[andrewducker]

Yeah - I felt slightly guilty about being amused by the story. But sometimes life seems to be written by Chuck Pahalniuk in comedy mode.

[blearyboy.livejournal.com]

It sounds a little more Brass Eye-ey to me.