Just pondering what “Pastor” “Doctor” Terry Jones would do if shortly before he lights off his pile of Qurans, protestors tossed Bibles or pocket New Testaments on it to protect their fellow sacred texts? Jones would have to stop to gather them up. Repeat as needed. For best effect, the people tossing Bibles on the pile would need to be Christians, or even clergy in vestments. All different kinds. I’m not suggesting anyone of another faith throw their sacred text on the pile, just imagining how it might play out if it did. I hope that Jones backs down, and…
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Funny how a meme I saw mentioned in the comments thread at a liberal blog pops up on the Christian Science Monitor. When the Muppet fits… The GOP’s constant kneejerk rejection of economic ideas simply for the sake of Saying No has as much to do with our current malaise as anything being done wrong in the White House. The newly-minted fiscal conservatives on the Republican side of the aisle, many of whom are themselves responsible for the $3 trillion and counting Iraq War, are like the old men who heckle the Muppet Show from the balcony. Via GOP: The…
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Dispatches from the Culture Wars.
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We Americans have no idea that American labor union members in Chicago fought and died for the right to work no more than an 8-hour day, and their sacrifice is remembered the world over and commemorated on May Day. A policeman died, too – but although he may have been there to protect strikers and strikebreakers from each other, he was identified with the kind of thugs corporations send to break up labor disputes. Actually, several policement and an unknown number of workers died, all told. Utah Phillips speaking at the Haymarket Martyr’s Memorial for the 100th anniversary We Americans…
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Excellent dinner with Shelly and Leah. This week Facebook, tomorrow we conquer Twitter! #fb # Time to sing. # At least we get a bit of Bach today at @StNickEpiscopal # Not at #ChiCon kind of wish we were but staying cool today. LOVE to all #SGU #Warehouse13 #Eureka peeps. Need moar SF shows! # RT @ShowPatrol "@BrianJacobSmith says he couldnt have done what he has without support from his Ma #ChiCon #SGU" And what would Ma say now? # Time to boycott Fox "News" for their promotion of racial hatred? I think so, don't you? http://t.co/LRQ1X9p via @crooksandliars #…
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Drew Westen: What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November George Lakoff: The Cry for Democratic Moral Leadership and Effective Communication Orcinus Joseph A. Palermo: There YouTube – Right Nation 2010: State Senator Matt Murphy Glenn Beck's Carnival of Crazy is coming to town, local politician attempts to jump on board. James Lee | James Jay Lee | Savetheplanetprotest.com | Discovery | Mediaite Right wing website Mediaite probably likes the part about anchor babies. The rest is going to bring negative attention to normal enviros and even on us Childfree people. Sarah Palin the…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Beer Brat at Lucky Monk By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 4 Sep ’10, 8.10pm CDT PST
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Gratis, pro bono communitatis! Or something Latiny like that. Via: Flickr Title: Michele Bachmann’s Command Of Latin Is Impressive By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 4 Sep ’10, 2.00pm CDT PST
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Dan Brown’s scat-illogical* books are at the top of the Oxfam list of books most likely to be donated to the charity, which runs a chain of 686 second-hand bookshops. But the Top Gear presenter my husband David and I most love to hate is the first non-fiction author to make the Oxfam list of “most donated” books. The rants of Jeremy Clarkson, meanwhile, have made the Top Gear presenter the first non-fiction writer to enter the charity’s top 10 of authors most likely to be donated to its 686 shops: either his readers are notably generous, or unwilling to…
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Do you really want to elect someone to national or local office who actually believes in witches, and that angels and demons are constantly at war, kept at bay only by the actions of prayer warriors? Do you think that people with such extreme religious views should dictate whether you can marry the person you love, or whether you or your female partner should be forced carry every potential pregnancy to term, even if it’s against her will? Do you think it’s a good idea for a large number of voters to be so willfully and deliberately mal-informed, by just…