The Atheist's Preach

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24000 people.

Take a moment to consider that number.

24000 die every day from hunger.

You can help without paying a single dime. "How?" you may ask skeptically. By going to this site, and clicking on the unavoidable big yellow button.

Advertisers pay about 0.5 pence per click (if my sources are to be trusted) to feed someone dying of hunger.

You don't need to spend a single cent.

After clicking, you will see similar sites are also located at the bottom half of the page. Make sure you check out other causes you can support.

Be compassionate.

If you can't even do this simple task, and if you are religious to boot, I suggest taking a well deserved stroll to the North Pole to keep that cold-as-ice heart of yours from melting.

Now, onwards to another issue.

Recently, some quarters, ahem, Msiuc Cnocuuil of Mylasaia, have suggested a blanket levy on all CD-Rs to be sold in our beloved country.

They claim, uh, actually I don't care what they claim. They are just being greedy.

Just a reminder, you can do your own research to confirm this, the manufacturing cost of a CD is significantly lower than that of a cassette's.

Yet the industry charges more for CDs.

That's because music on CDs will sound like music (although Ashlee Simpson and other pop-singer wannabes might not qualify for this category) while audio from cassettes will eventually sound like Edward Scissorhands trying to write on the blackboard.

The smart people up there know we will pay more for a cheap product if it's better than the more expensive junk sold cheaply.

That's it for now, I'll end today's show with a quote from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Global Edition -
"every time someone says 'Happy Holidays', an angel gets AIDS. "