This isn’t going to be of much interest unless you’re a progressive/liberal/God is doing a new thing Episcopalian. The Diocese of Pittsburgh, which is headed by a very conservative, “network” bishop, has settled a court case with a more liberal parish of that diocese. At issue: property, and who owns it if an entire diocese elects to remove itself from the larger, more liberal Episcopal church, but a liberal church within that diocese says “no, we’re staying and we’re keeping our church and its endowment.” The settlement is favorable to the liberal parish. As I’m a member of Holy Moly’s…
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New Storm Measures as Most Intense Ever for Atlantic Basin – New York Times Hurricane Wilma, which appeared headed toward Cancun, Mexico, and possibly the Gulf Coast of Florida by this weekend, intensified into the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean basin early this morning, with winds of 175 miles per hour. Oh, goodie. The “named” storm after this one will be Alpha, because we’ve run out of names for this cycle. They could have named it Xena if they really wanted to. I just hope we don’t get all the way to Omega, or the tinfoil…
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Okay, men will not want to read this post. It will squick you out. So just go read HULK’S DIARY THAT IS ON THE INTERNET and whistle the theme song to “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” for a few minutes.
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New Orleans ‘mourners’ bid adieu to Katrina – Yahoo! News A few denizens of the renascent Crescent City held a traditional funeral parade for that old beey*$!0tch, Katrina. That’s how you respond, everyone: grace AND HUMOR under pressure.
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Miss Alli has posted the recap for
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Researcher Takes Aim at Alien Abductions – Yahoo! News Take a look at the story above. It’s an interesting story, but the really noteworthy thing is the web advertisement for Bausch and Lomb Soflens Multi-Focal contact lenses. It’s hard to ignore, because the tagline keeps changing – one line is “Read your news. Without reading glasses.”. At least it’s in soothing colors and doesn’t cycle too fast, so it’s relatively easy to ignore. But here’s the really annoying part. When you roll your mouse pointer over the advertisement, the clear image is replaced with a much larger image that covers…
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Apparently American Girl isn’t squeaky clean enough for some conservative groups, because of their support for a respected girls-advocacy group. Chicago Tribune | Groups Threaten to Boycott American Girl NEW YORK — American Girl, manufacturer of a highly popular line of dolls and children’s books, has become the target of conservative activists threatening a boycott unless the toy maker cuts off contributions to a youth organization that supports abortion rights and acceptance of lesbians. The protest is directed at an ongoing American Girl campaign in which proceeds from sales of a special “I Can” wristband help support educational and empowerment…
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this little Iraqi girl? I ran across another essay today written by a Catholic nun, Joan Chittister. It reminded me of the story and I wondered if anything further was known, beyond the Newsweek followup a couple of months later. The original photos were taken by Chris Hondos. He has some other news stories about the Hassan family here. Remember her and her siblings. The soldiers were cleared of wrongdoing, but after they come home, will they remember, or try to forget? I don’t know – but these images should not be forgotten, ever.
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I heard this exchange on NPR this morning and looked around for a transcript. Found it at AAR: WH aide: “Capt. Kennedy are you ready?” Kennedy: “I am ready, ma’am.” WH aide: “Okay, this is for the money. We are going to time this and remember that if the President cut’s it short, if he asks more questions, if you have the microphone and he follows up with a question to you, no matter who has it, Captain Pratt if you have the microphone and the President hears something and he wants more information, you just keep that microphone and…