Some place between 40 and Death
Posted in jocularity, politics on 23 August 2008 - 23 אב 5768
HEN YOU Put ‘em both together you end up with this odd word:
Obamabiden
Obamabiden: clearly a Germanic word, it’s the sort of thing that the Governator said in his youth. “Ya! Ve vent down unt zaw zee Obamabiden.”
Maybe, in Germanic, “biden” means person who lives there so, in the case of an [...]
Posted in politics on 11 August 2008 - 11 אב 5768
N 1931 Japan manufactured an “incident” and used that event as an excuse to invade China. Japan claimed that she had been attacked and the resulting invasion was only to protect herself from the horrid Chinese. In fact, it was a land grab for oil and resources.
The US has recently pulled the same [...]
Posted in other paths, politics on 5 August 2008 - 5 אב 5768
CONFESS I’ve been debating the whole Tibet thing. We’re supposed to light a candle in the window for Tibet and ignore the Olympics. Not having a TV, that last bit is easy for me. But Candles?
I mean, face it: prior to the invasion of Tibet by China and the overthrow of [...]
Posted in other geekery, politics on 28 July 2008 - 26 תמוז 5768
T COMES To me today, as I’m driving up from North Carolina that the current political climate could be sketched out in Tarot cards, using both the esoteric and exoteric meanings. (This is your brain, this is your brain after 13 hours driving, any questions?) This is a work in progress…
The Fool, Barack [...]
» Civil Religion vs Political Religion
Posted in sideblog on 9 April 2008 - 5 ניסן 5768
» The sermons of cowards: more on why they hate us.
Posted in politics, rightwingers on 7 April 2008 - 3 ניסן 5768
So this AM on NPR, I heard the first twitters of a rumour I’ve been waiting to hear shouted from the housetops: Condi Rice as Vice President!!!! What a perfect balance! Punk and Condi! Now, I admit that I can’t imagine Republicans voting en mass for an African American Lesbian. But I [...]
» Not being a jerk about it...:
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- #» Priest cancels nun beauty contest. Damn. I was hoping the next stage would be the "Father What-a-Waste" Hunky Priest contest!
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 by Eamon Duffy
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