there are two things i have to say:
MORE PLUMBING LESS LAUGHING
and
jerry falwell and i together say: blow 'em all away in the name of the lord!!!
-lady rose of hartfordshire
granted, there is some rather strong language in the article. granted, some of the descriptions go a bit over the edge. but granted, THESE PEOPLE ARE LOATHSOME
The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants.
The two companies completed the sale Sunday evening and were expected to announce the deal Monday morning. AOL will pay $315 million, $300 million of it in cash and the rest in stock. It will be the company’s largest acquisition since it was separated from Time Warner in 2009.
The deal will allow AOL to greatly expand its news gathering and original content creation, areas that its chief executive, Tim Armstrong, views as vital to reversing a decade-long decline...........
An increasingly shrill and sometimes threatening tide of Catholic online debate about the reasons for the sudden and unexpected Aug. 27, 2010 departure of Father Thomas Euteneuer from his post as president of Human Life International led to a flurry of official apologies, explanations and defenses of both Euteneuer's past behavior as not only the superstar of the international pro-life movement, but also an exorcist for the Catholic Church.
The Internet crescendo peaked in the wake of a Jan. 27th medical emergency at HLI's Front Royal, Virginia headquarters described by emergency medical responders as a "medical seizure" and by some witnesses as a "demonic possession" of a past female associate of Father Euteneuer's. Five days later, as the Catholic blogosphere exploded with theories and accusations against the priest, attacks on both the priest's critics and alleged victims, Euteneuer broke the five months of official silence with an admission of one instance of moral failing during his performance of an exorcism...............
(goddess help me when i'm rather siding with sean.........)
When Redfern Mianscum built a sweat lodge in his Cree community last October, he was hoping it would bring about spiritual healing. Instead, it brought criticism and a controversial ban on Native spirituality and sweat lodges.
Mianscum agreed last fall to build a ‘mitutsaan,’ or sweat lodge, in the backyard of a friend, Lana Wapachee, so their families would have a place to pray in the traditions of Cree spiritual teachings. “The sweat lodge helped me turn away from alcohol and things that were hurting my family,” said Miascum, who returned to Cree traditions four years ago after his family suffered the loss of a baby. “I went back to the healing methods of our ancestors, and it turned me around for the better,” he said. “I wanted to share that with my family and others who believe this way.”
A few days after the sweat lodge was constructed, Christian members of this James Bay Cree community circulated a petition, signed by about 130 people, demanding that it be torn down. “We further request that no native spirituality be allowed in our community such as pow wows and spiritual practices, and [that we] not even allow any person to come into our community to bring these kind of practices to confuse our youth,” it stated. “Our concerns are for our youth, our children and grandchildren. We have raised them with the Word of God and we will continue to do so. They know the difference between the Word of God and spiritual practices.”..............
pic:
Lana Wapachee
oh and buffy is cree (this just happens to be my favorite song of hers)
why would god then waste sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much space? why not just create the earth and that moon you're so very fond of talking about? why create EVERYthing else for kazillions of miles? why waste? really. i don't get it
the comments are disabled at the youtube video of o'wrongly. otherwise, i'd let 'em know he's right. mars doesn't have a moon. IT HAS FUCKING TWO OF THEM; Phobos and Deimos
It’s hard to believe that the U.S. Army has something known as the “Spiritual Fitness Test.” According to an NPR report, Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, director of something called “Comprehensive Soldier Fitness,” supposedly found data that “spiritual fitness has a positive impact on quality of life, on coping and on mental health.” Since that “finding,” the army has had a required survey for soldiers to assess their “spiritual fitness.” One question in the survey asks a soldier to rank herself or himself on the statement: I am a spiritual person. I believe that in some way my life is closely connected to all of humanity. I often find comfort in my religion and spiritual beliefs.” Another asks to rank herself or himself on “In difficult times, I pray or meditate.”
Obviously, atheists and other non-religious soldiers will get ”low” marks on the test. In fact, most atheists might be expected to get 100% of the questions “wrong.” A “low” mark on the test results in an assessment that:.................
Multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on soldiers: Witness the rise in suicides and other stress-related disorders. A few years ago, the Army noticed that some soldiers fared better than others, and it wondered: Why?
One reason, says Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, is that people who are inclined toward spirituality seem to be more resilient.
"Researchers have found that spiritual people have decreased odds of attempting suicide, and that spiritual fitness has a positive impact on quality of life, on coping and on mental health," says Cornum, who is director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness.......................
pic: J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, pictured here in 2008, says the Army's spiritual fitness test was developed in part because people who are inclined toward spirituality seem to be more resilient. But she says that nothing about the assessment indicates whether someone is fit to be a soldier.
pray that this creature runs for president in 2012
pray this creature who doesn't know the constitution runs. pray this creature thinks the founding fathers fought to abolish slavery, runs.
republican governors messing with teachers (bad teacher DO have to be booted, but i think they're all ruffed up because our president happened to mention teachers. they can't share and must take all of their toys out of the sandbox)
secret torture sites in iraq (supported by us troops)
faux 'news' saying obama was a marxist/socialist and more, even before he was president
fake pimps and hos at planned parenthood
charlie sheen in rehab (i don't give a flying fuck by the way)
mmmm let's just say 'all-around' dominant woman, animal lover, talker without the thinking part, nurturer, yeller, foreign movie snob, sticker-upperer for the unjustly trod upon, loads of jewelry wearing, inked, knitting, blues listening, everyday grrrl next door exotic pagan (but don't YOU call me grrrl)