I really didn’t care for Emanuel’s tactics during the 2006 race – the progressive blogs were complaining about this very stuff back then, and it irked the hell out of me. I was watching Tammy Duckworth‘s primary race at the time, and fuming about how she was getting lackluster support from the DCCC, probably because of her position against the war (and how striking she was in military uniform and prosthetic legs in campaign photos while campaigning on the issue). She’s doing good work for veterans now, but she could have been so much more effective in Congress. I hope…
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David reported a problem from the nether regions of the house, a frightening space where anarchy and chaos reign. The agitator on the washer wasn’t agitating, much as an aging Yippie slows down, plants wine grapes and mellows out. So we went looking online for help, and found several intriguing but daunting methods for fixing the washer. Even with the helpful step-by-step photos I found, it seemed a little beyond our maximum allowable levels of patience and frustration. So then we wondered if it was worth running around trying to find the agitator/cam dog repair kit our diagnostics indicated, and…
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Zimbabwe Archbishop Resigns – New York Times Government sex sting forces Mugabe opponent to resign. Bad Anglican Bishop of Harare not a target. (tags: Zimbabwe Catholic Archbishop Ncube)
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Via: Flickr Title: Joy of waiting By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 11 Sep ’07, 2.13pm CDT PST
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the anglican centrist: African Schism Led by Mugabe Allies in Zimbabwe (tags: BadBishop Harare Zimbabwe Kunonga Africa)
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More news on the “Episcopalian/Anglican schism” front: a local church held its final service as an Episcopalian congregation Sunday, and after the service they walked their cross, altar, and vestments down the street to a new facility, to reopen as an Anglican parish under the authority of the Church of Uganda. It was splashed all over the Sun-Times, and the images included lots of children waving banners, and young men bearing an altar cross with a very large crown of thorns. The thing is, this particular church has apparently been split before, as there are TWO churches named “Resurrection” in…
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Fake firefighter showed up at disasters – Yahoo! News (tags: Fake Firefighter) Radner/Peterson Memo to Bishop WinterowdTo: Ephraim Radner was Missioner to Sangre de Cristo District in Colorado? Boundary jumping abounded? Isn’t he in the IRD? The ACI? Yep. (tags: EphraimRadner, IRD, Anglican schism)
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The hell with humans – what about our beloved little cat Riley? He’s chipped, though the studies seem to have been just on mice and not on cats or dogs. Is he at risk? I’ve just fired off a query to Avid, the manufacturer for clarification or comment. Their email address was not easy to find, but turned out to be on their online ordering page. It’s info@avidmicrochip.com Also, near the bottom of the news article is a long section detailing former HHS secretary Tommy Thompson’s business relationship with the VeriChip corporation, and wondering whether he had anything to do…
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Could there be a psychological or neurological reason why some people tend to be conservative, while others tend to be liberal? Possibly; and it might extend to how people think about new scientific ideas, political concepts, and even matters of faith. This might explain a lot about the current divide between the liberal and conservative wings of various Protestant churches, including my own. The “persistent in their judgements” sure sounds familiar. So does the “structured” model versus “anything goes, you adorable herd of cat-nuns” model. Their brains are different from our brains! Their zombies won’t eat our brainsssss, and our…
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From the ongoing discussion at Father Jake’s regarding the protest of border-crossing Bishop Akinola in Wheaton: a commenter has posted a press release from Changing Attitudes Nigeria director Davis Mac-Iyalla, the gay Anglican activist from Nigeria who is now living in exile in Togo. He regrets that he probably won’t be able to arrange a visa and funds for travel in time to walk the picket line. Father Jake Stops the World: Protest Against Abp. Akinola on September 23 Changing Attitude Nigeria fully supports the plans of peaceful demonstration against our homophobic Archbishop Peter Akinola. Archbishop Peter Akinola keeps refusing…