Posted in seeker, tagged web on February 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Figwit. (via desultorie). Every Lord of the Rings fan needs to know.
Israeli minister warns of Palestinian ‘holocaust’. Proving yet again that state religions are bad for states and religions.
For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in every 100 American adults is confined in a prison or jail. Incarceration is big business [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged superheroes on February 29, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This may be one of the hastiest posts I’ve made, because I have to get back to writing a story, but I just read Boingboing’s coverage of Philip Zimbardo on The Lucifer Effect in Action at TED, and I want to make some quick observations:
1. I have extremely ambivalent feelings about TED: they do cool [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged web on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Socked In The God Damned Face by Dennis Perrin nails William F. Buckley: “Buckley’s true talent: making reprehensible opinions palatable to liberal tastes.”
Black, Queer, and in Nazi Germany? by Irene Monroe. The story of a black lesbian musician.
HOPE YOU CAN’T VOTE FOR by Ted Rall. Don’t read this if you’re a devout Democrat.
Posted in seeker, tagged unitarian universalism on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Okay, it’s not. But it should be. From The Dawn of Freedom of Religion in the West:
Today is the anniversary of King John Sigismund’s Edict of Torda in 1579. It established the right of ministers to preach the gospel as they best understood it, and, as well, for congregants to reserve their own opinions in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged donations, web on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I almost titled this “Make Money Fast!” but was afraid you’d think this blog had been hijacked. It’s partly about an easy way for you to get $25 US and the Shadow Unit creators to get $10, but it’s also about a financial development on the web that science fiction writers have expected for years.
Until [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged web on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Posted in seeker, tagged dualism, Jesus on February 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about the ways angry people separate themselves from others. It may be a natural consequence of dualism: dualities only allow for us and them.
The gospels address this in two ways in four places. Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23 are identical: “He who is not with me is against me.” That’s the Jesus [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race on February 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
From William F. Buckley, dead:
“The central question that emerges…is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas where it does not predominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes—the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged web on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Election Madness by Howard Zinn.
Thanks, al-zorra!
Posted in seeker, tagged Nader on February 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Because I believe in admitting my mistakes quickly and because I prefer to find them before anyone else does, yesterday I made a post that I’ve had to delete this morning. In it, I said Mike Hersh may have caught the flaw in Al From’s claim that Nader’s presence in the 2000 race helped Gore.
But [...]
