2011 in Review
photo credit: FreeCat 2011 was a quiet year on Ignorant Mouth but not so in the crazy world we live in. One thing I hate about reading the news is the lack of follow-through on old stories, so I didn’t let that happen to us – we kept on the heels of sunken treasure, totally [...]
The World Needs Ignorant Mouth
We haven’t updated very much in the last year, and I was thinking about just closing down the site when I saw the headlines today: Grandmother guilty of throwing toddler off skywalk Hundreds march in LA in economic protests Court considers Ga. ban on guns in churches Man pleads guilty to offering semen-tainted yogurt A [...]
Pope: Condoms May Be Ok in Certain Situations, But Not Really
Big news from the Catholic Church – the Pope says it may be ok to use condoms in certain situations. BUT – condoms are not a good thing; they turn sexuality into something banal and soulless, encouraging its use as a self-medication rather than expression of love. It’s part of a soon-to-be-released series of interviews [...]
Obama’s Presidency Has Not Been Apocalypse for Gun Owners
photo credit: Dan4th When it became clear that Democratic candidate Obama stood good chances of winning the presidential election, gun sales surged in the United States. This is despite Obama’s campaign declarations of support for second amendment rights and promises not to impose new restrictions on gun owners. This week the Chicago Tribune published Obama [...]
Miss England, War Hero
This is a neat news story. Because of a recent controversy with the Miss England victor, Rachel Christie, involving a fight at a night club, the crown was conceded to the runner up, Katrina Hodge received it. What’s so interesting about this? Katrina Hodge, from Tunbridge Wells, is serving member of the British Army – [...]
Man Vs. Zombies
photo credit: izik Gus from Florida has been having a rough time; on December 14, 2009, he woke up and realized to his horror that the world has he knew it had come to an end in a frightening zombie apocalypse. How does Gus cope with his new reality? He Tweets it. @manvszombies is one [...]
Good Riddance 2009
Last year saw a lot of ups and downs. We started off watching the car industry with some disgust, questioning the culture of mediocrity that allowed the situation to spiral out of control. We say: Too big to fall? Too big to exist. Get on top of your credit and take control of your life. [...]
Is CCTV effective or not?
photo credit: dno1967 Funny how we are so willing to give up our privacy for such paltry reasons. Seemingly harmless information like our birth date is pure gold for marketers looking to target our age groups; the same information is useful for thieves looking to forge our identities and opening credit lines in our name. [...]
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
photo credit: Jack at Wikipedia President Obama had an interesting wake up call this Friday. Just imagine the look of groggy confusion that must have been on his face when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs woke him up just before 6am to tell him he had won the Nobel Prize. The White House had no advance [...]
The King of Pop Passes Away – Everything Else Stops?
photo credit: Current News Stories The American media in particular takes a lot of flak about it’s worship of celebrities when the rest of the world is just as obsessed (I’m thinking in particular of the tabloid journalists in the UK and their constant hounding of royalty, Lily Allen, etc). When Twitter is the most [...]
