Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Krugman: Tax Farming. The US is privatizing tax collection. Because robber barons believe their thugs should get a piece of the action. Yes, the Bushite role models are Prince John and Caesar.
At least now we know what George thought “WWJCD?” meant. Praise Julius!
later: How foolish is this? Well, privatization always means less money for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Gospel Upends Bible
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Okay, this post should have a more serious title, something like I hate all Iranians, US aide tells MPs. But, seriously, after you click that link, don’t you think she looks like someone who wants to build the Fourth Reich? I mean, I don’t want to belittle the creepiness of a Pentagon official saying, “I [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged Bible, race on September 30, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I am done for now with the subject of race, but I have a related obsession: How did people see each other before the modern idea of race developed in the 18th century?
I thought the Bible would have useful things to say about how skin color was seen in older times. Until this morning, I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Click here to watch “…the most aggravating question during the Dartmouth debate, both in its implication and in sheer unconstitutional glory. Moderator Tim Russert asks the Democratic presidential contenders to name their favorite Bible verse.”
Edwards and Kucinich handled it best. Biden’s answer about the Pharisees is a mess if you know anything about history [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged history, race on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
From here:
With features as conspicuously Negroid as they were reputed to be by her contemporaries, it is no wonder that the black community, both in the U.S. and throughout the British Commonwealth, have rallied around pictures of Queen Charlotte for generations. They have pointed out the physiological traits that so obviously identify the ethnic strain [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
From here:
Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic. … Terence’s ethnonym Afer suggests he lived in Carthage prior to being brought to Rome as a slave[3]. The term was used in two different ways during the republican era: during Terence’s lifetime, it was used to refer to anyone [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | No Comments »
From here:
Despite the many portraits of this 16th century Italian Renaissance figure, his African heritage is rarely, if ever, mentioned. … Alessandro wielded great power as the first duke of Florence. He was the patron of some of the leading artists of the era and is one of the two Medici princes whose remains are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Morales on Daily Show. I want his jacket.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | 16 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about Blackwater and the privatizing of war. Capitalism thrives on war: what other enterprise creates more demand for product?
And when you remember that the point of capitalism is profit, the wars of the world make much more sense. For example, I just added a short note to yesterday’s Israel post after noticing [...]
