tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1032554224489173412..comments2024-03-19T05:29:47.524-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Debit Cards: Can the Government Do Anything Right?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56830955298154007432011-04-06T11:24:27.441-04:002011-04-06T11:24:27.441-04:00http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/no_exit.htm...http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/no_exit.html<br /><br />No Exit<br /><br />good article and commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31213135820929552672011-04-06T10:58:18.119-04:002011-04-06T10:58:18.119-04:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gellhorn
Mart...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gellhorn<br /><br />Martha Gellhorn, an interesting life<br /><br />free wampum day<br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19822889147118172742011-04-06T10:56:09.877-04:002011-04-06T10:56:09.877-04:00Ernie's third wife was Martha Gellhorn, part J...Ernie's third wife was Martha Gellhorn, part Jewish I think, made a reputation for herself as a war correspondent, even covered the Vietnam war in her elder years. She wrote an article about the Muslims once that I read long ago, that I'm trying to find. Good article, about how damned hateful they are; it seems things don't change much in that regard.<br /><br />After four years she up and left Ernie, not wanting to live any longer under the shade of the great man, and not being able to stand all the wine bottles and general confusion in which he was living down there in Cuba, partying all night with the locals.<br />She liked to write, and was a good writer, winning some prizes and stuff, and said once of herself, "I'm the worst lay on five continents."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45756318480152056562011-04-06T10:27:14.858-04:002011-04-06T10:27:14.858-04:00Since I'm not only a heretic but also have alw...Since I'm not only a heretic but also have always been intrigued by the idea of counterfeiting, though never done it, I guess I've had it. I'm also intrigued by the idea of ripping off a casino somehow. Never figured out how to do that either. Same with the credit card companies. Any good ideas? :)<br /><br />Still raining, talked to a farmer from Genesee, the ducks are having a great time of it.<br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28006318705498882512011-04-06T09:48:21.816-04:002011-04-06T09:48:21.816-04:00.
No, this is the worst of Christian teaching:
I....<br /><br /><i>No, this is the worst of Christian teaching:</i><br /><br />If you confine it to Christian teaching, I'll admit it is right up there. But probably not the worst. <br /><br />Not when you compare it to the nonsense spouted by most religions (Christian or not)in "defense of the faith". There are examples throughout history as you've pointed out or you can just look around today.<br /><br />No, the worst of Christian teaching as with that of most religions is the arrogance to believe that they are sole repository of "The Truth", in Pfeffer's words, that they are "The Religion".<br /><br />Every other abuse follows and is justified (rationalized?) to the true believer.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71915095527729309832011-04-06T09:44:18.617-04:002011-04-06T09:44:18.617-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13592515517141041672011-04-06T07:17:43.563-04:002011-04-06T07:17:43.563-04:00Bob: It's the worst of Christian teaching to t...Bob: <i>It's the worst of Christian teaching to tell the kids the pets won't met them in heaven.</i><br /><br />No, this is the worst of Christian teaching: <br /><br />"As for heretics their sin deserves banishment, not only from the Church by excommunication, but also from this world by death. To corrupt the faith, whereby the soul lives, is much graver than to counterfeit money, which supports temporal life. Since forgers and other malefactors are summarily condemned to death by the civil authorities, with much more reason may heretics as soon as they are convicted of heresy be not only excommunicated, but also justly be put to death." <b>(St. Thomas Aquinas)</b>Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58274282782142146632011-04-06T02:16:40.522-04:002011-04-06T02:16:40.522-04:00When Stefan and Erika Svanstrom of Stockholm set o...<i>When Stefan and Erika Svanstrom of Stockholm set out on their four-month-long honeymoon with their baby daughter on December 6, they said they got more than they bargained for - immediately they were stranded in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms.<br /><br />...<br /><br />"I know marriages have to endure some trials, but I think we have been through most of them," Mr Svanstrom said.<br /><br />For newlyweds "we've certainly experienced more than our fair share of catastrophes in a marriage, but the most important thing is that we're still going strong", he added.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/storms-cyclones-and-quakes-the-earth-really-moved--on-the-honeymoon-from-hell-20110406-1d3kv.html?from=age_ft" rel="nofollow">Honeymoon From Hell</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37831832934424056682011-04-06T00:18:14.332-04:002011-04-06T00:18:14.332-04:00:) heh
Just nuke it and call it a day. If the win...:) heh<br /><br />Just nuke it and call it a day. If the winds are right all the radioactivity would land on Hawaii and the Japanese would finally have gotten their revenge.<br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16449407780054698642011-04-06T00:11:16.729-04:002011-04-06T00:11:16.729-04:00Some people were undaunted. At Sushizanmai, a sush...<i>Some people were undaunted. At Sushizanmai, a sushi bar just outside Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market, customers were still eating Japan's famed raw fish delicacies Tuesday night.<br /><br />But chef Seiichiro Ogawa said the fuss over radiation could hurt business. His restaurant is trying to get more fish from the western part of Japan, which has not been affected by the nuclear crisis.<br /><br />"Japanese customers are especially sensitive to this kind of thing, so I'm worried they'll stop eating sushi," said Ogawa, who has already seen his business drop 50 percent after foreigners stopped visiting the city after the quake. "We need this nuclear problem to be resolved."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42446210" rel="nofollow">Radioactive Leak</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1302454381410918892011-04-06T00:04:19.870-04:002011-04-06T00:04:19.870-04:00Should just nuke it and be done with it.Should just nuke it and be done with it.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75316181755052852972011-04-06T00:02:39.705-04:002011-04-06T00:02:39.705-04:00Just read that whole thing. That is a mess.Just read that whole thing. That is a mess.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9789013443788583832011-04-05T23:29:50.733-04:002011-04-05T23:29:50.733-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/asia/06nuc...http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/asia/06nuclear.html?_r=2&hp<br /><br />What a hell of a mess. Our guys say the Japanese can't pump seawater in there indefinitely, too many problems. Few solutions.<br /><br />Sleep tight.<br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33877955718027154342011-04-05T23:14:34.231-04:002011-04-05T23:14:34.231-04:00Going easy on the muslims today, I've been rea...Going easy on the muslims today, I've been reading <i>The Garden of Truth - The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition</i> by one Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a follower of the masters.<br /><br />What it is is the old perennial philosophy in koranic garb, dang near word for word, image for image. If they were all Sufis we might be able to get somewhere, alas about 95% aren't.<br /><br />They see an image of some pastor burning a koran on tv and they riot and kill all the place.<br /><br />It's really bizarre.<br /><br />It's like in Iran there for awhile. "Death to the Mullahs! Death to Israel! Death to the USA! Death to England! Death to France!"<br /><br />When one generation earlier it was "Death to the Shah! Death to Israel! Death to the USA! Death to England! Death to France!"<br /><br />Really really bizarre.<br /><br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37607471595358835752011-04-05T22:38:57.913-04:002011-04-05T22:38:57.913-04:00Quirk should incorporate that Feng Shui into his P...Quirk should incorporate that Feng Shui into his Products and Services line.<br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37118543451375971552011-04-05T22:36:37.469-04:002011-04-05T22:36:37.469-04:00That Skidboot's got soul.
It's the worst ...That Skidboot's got <i>soul.</i><br /><br />It's the worst of Christian teaching to tell the kids the pets won't met them in heaven.<br /><br /><i>All</i> things are made new.<br /><br />a/bakadwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163624359711104882011-04-05T22:33:25.164-04:002011-04-05T22:33:25.164-04:00Whit that was a nice story. I've never heard ...Whit that was a nice story. I've never heard of him before.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86193679531493185792011-04-05T22:30:14.420-04:002011-04-05T22:30:14.420-04:00Meanwhile fighting has stopped in Abidjan after st...<i>Meanwhile fighting has stopped in Abidjan after strongman Gbagbo's camp called for a ceasefire as he negotiates an exit, but sporadic fire continued from groups of youths, the UN mission in the city said on Tuesday.<br /><br />'Fighting has stopped but there is sporadic shooting by groups of youths who are not members of the FDS (Pro-Gbagbo army) or the Republican forces (of Alassane Ouattara),' UN mission spokesman Hamadoun Toure told AFP.<br /><br />He said this was in relation to 'housebreaking, vehicle theft or aggression against people. Very soon we will be confronted with the problem of keeping order.'</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=597975" rel="nofollow">Rival Leader</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3137736934137217022011-04-05T22:23:01.776-04:002011-04-05T22:23:01.776-04:00Do you REALLY need to de-clutter? Spring cleaning...<a href="http://omtimes.com/" rel="nofollow">Do you REALLY need to de-clutter? Spring cleaning Feng Shui</a>MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87332574170368782212011-04-05T22:09:37.742-04:002011-04-05T22:09:37.742-04:00Get out your hankies<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BfzUIBy9A" rel="nofollow">Get out your hankies</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58733696140877344322011-04-05T21:47:37.292-04:002011-04-05T21:47:37.292-04:00I'm not liking the Paul Ryan budget. Getting ...I'm not liking the Paul Ryan budget. Getting rid of the mortgage tax deduction is a tax increase by any other name.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78696118311434199482011-04-05T21:35:38.587-04:002011-04-05T21:35:38.587-04:00What El Baradei is now proposing as the new declar...<i>What El Baradei is now proposing as the new declaratory policy of the Egyptian government (even if they don’t act on it) could fundamentally change Egypt’s role in the region and dramatically increase tensions in an already brittle situation. The only reason Israel would attack Gaza is if Hamas attacks Israeli civilians in large numbers, as occurred before Operation Cast Lead at the end of 2008.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Violent crises such as what we see in Libya have major consequences, but changes in declaratory policy can be just as devastating. The posture that El Baradei promises to assume if elected would be highly destabilizing to the balance of the power in the Middle East, and threatens to tilt the ground under the U.S. position there.<br /><br />The Obama administration should reach out to the Egyptian military and make it clear to them that threatening to declare war on Israel in case of conflict with Gaza is incompatible with Egypt’s obligations under the Camp David Accords, is deeply damaging to the vital U.S. interest in maintaining peace and stability, and will have unavoidably painful consequences for everybody involved — including them. Maybe someone in Egypt’s military can prevail on El Baradei to think a little more before the next time he opens his mouth.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/263956/el-baradeis-dumb-and-dangerous-threat-declare-war-israel-mario-loyola" rel="nofollow">War On Israel</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53797392457030223842011-04-05T19:56:36.683-04:002011-04-05T19:56:36.683-04:00T - "From now on, the State of Israel doesn&#...T - "From now on, the State of Israel doesn't exist to me."<br /><br />Something has changed?<br /><br />Messrs. ElBaradei and Gaddafi are counting on it, too.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21211412401525032172011-04-05T19:55:03.595-04:002011-04-05T19:55:03.595-04:0021.05 Laurent Gbagbo has claimed the Ivorian army ...<i>21.05 Laurent Gbagbo has claimed the Ivorian army has called for a ceasefire but he denied reports he was ready to surrender and reiterated that he considered himself the winner of last November's elections in a telephone interview with France's LCI television:<br /><br />Quote The army has called for the suspension of hostilities ... and it is currently discussing the conditions of a ceasefire with the other forces on the ground, but on a political level no decision has yet been taken.<br /><br />22.05 The EU's chief diplomat and the head of the African Union Commission have said "recovery and reconciliation" in the Ivory Coast is only possible if Laurent Gbagbo accepts Alassane Ouattara as the legitimate president. Catherine Ashton and Jean Ping said in a statement:<br /><br />Quote We agreed that Laurent Gbagbo had to step down as the only way out of the current crisis, and that work should now start to promote recovery and reconciliation, under the leadership of the democratically elected President Alassane Ouattara</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83142079710781165442011-04-05T19:51:34.162-04:002011-04-05T19:51:34.162-04:00The shootings came as rioting, which has claimed o...<i>The shootings came as rioting, which has claimed over 20 lives and left 150 injured, continued across Afghanistan.<br /><br />In the eastern city of Jalalabad, up to a thousand protesters blocked the main highway to Kabul and set alight effigies of Terry Jones, the evangelical preacher who supervised the burning of a copy of the Koran in Florda last month.<br /><br />Protesters in Lashkar Gah, in the southern province of Helmand, dispersed after shots were fired by police, killing two suicide bombers who were attempting to infiltrate the demonstration.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8426970/Rogue-policeman-shoots-dead-two-US-soldiers-as-Koran-riots-rage-across-Afghanistan.html" rel="nofollow">Across Afghanistan</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com