Just For The Funk of It
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Liberal Media Conspiracies, Politics, Religion | Leave a Comment
I’m a sucker for the Universal Newsreels youtube channel. Always amusing to get my daily dose of propoganda 50+ years ex post facto. So it’s with a smidgen of curmudgeonly delight that I revel in viewing this recitation of the pledge of allegiance in 1941 before the “under God” clause was added1 in 1954. Which [...]
Read More..>>You Got Served
Posted on February 10, 2009 - Filed Under Crime, Music, Politics, Religion | Leave a Comment
I feel compelled to post items in the case of Ernie Chambers v God as they continue to trickle through the Omaha World-Herald’s RSS feed. In today’s installment, former Senator Chambers’ response to a judge’s dismissal of the suit on the technicality that God had never been served properly.
A God who is “all-knowing” would realize [...]
Stagnance: Addendum
Posted on November 12, 2008 - Filed Under Politics, Race, Religion | Leave a Comment
Further and final note on the sliver of America voting redder than ever:
Half of McCain voters believe Obama is or was Muslim, with 31.7% saying “He used to be Muslim and still has too many connections to Islam.”
(Source)
ipso facto*
Posted on November 10, 2008 - Filed Under Crime, Religion, Turf Wars | 1 Comment
(according to a Slate commenter1): implications of Nebraskan judge dismissing suit against God:
1. God is not present in Nebraska, nor expected there anytime soon.
2. God does not have a house in Nebraska.
3. God has never done anything in Nebraska.
4. No one in Nebraska is authorized to speak or act in God’s name, and all of [...]
even from Frisco, still my Homaha
Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Crime, Religion, Stickin' It To The Man, Turf Wars | 1 Comment
Okay, maybe the only time I’ve heard the term “Homaha” is in a facebook group, but a few links from the interwebs caught my eyes lately.
Jonathan Segura, in support of his novel Occupational Hazards, blogs about Omaha at Powell’s, including a nod to the “miraculously” alive Dave Sink at The Antiquarium (which last I head [...]
hail hail
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under Music, Religion | Leave a Comment
If I end up as a blogger who does nothing more than post “fail” photos & mountain goats songs…
worse things could happen.
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton
Read More..>>“continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling”
Posted on August 3, 2007 - Filed Under Ask The Internet, Philosophy, Religion | 2 Comments
A little Kierkegaard for a frame of reference:
When a self becomes lost in possibility…it is not merely because of a lack of energy…. What is missing is essentially the power to obey, to submit to the necessity in one’s life, to what may be called one’s limitations. Therefore, the tragedy is not that such a [...]
where was i again?
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Language, Music, Now Reading, Personal Victories, Religion | Leave a Comment
In the last couple of years, I’ve started a few books that I was thoroughly enjoying but for various reasons1 I did not finish. Of these, there are 3 that I am going to try and finish. In sequence of the amount I was enjoying them when last put down:
The Recognitions
Underworld
Infinite Jest
I am pretty sure [...]
Read More..>>upon this rock, i don’t build my church
Posted on March 9, 2007 - Filed Under Music, Religion | Leave a Comment
Cardinal Ratzinger couldn’t keep JP 2.0 from seeing the Conor Oberst of the future, Bob Dylan:
Pope Benedict, who has labelled rock “the work of the Devil”, said: “I had reasons to be sceptical and still am. I doubted whether it was in good taste to allow such a performance in front of the Pope.”
with crosses made of pipes and planks
Posted on March 8, 2007 - Filed Under Kids These Days, Money, Religion | 1 Comment
I may have to swing by: “Christian graffiti artists and hip-hop evangelists will perform.”.
Read More..>>No word on pork bellies
Posted on February 21, 2007 - Filed Under Money, Religion | Leave a Comment
“One ounce, which can bless 250 people, typically sells for $3.50.”
Read More..>>Putting Ass In The Bible? *
Posted on December 12, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Religion | Leave a Comment
Still looking for a Christmas gift for the modern believer in your life? The New Yorker has a slideshow sampling today’s editions of the Bible found by Daniel Radosh.
* Contrary to common belief, Ass IS in the bible.
Read More..>>What I Want For Christmas
Posted on December 4, 2006 - Filed Under Race, Religion, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Amazon’s plot synopsis of A Time for Burning:
In the mid-1960s, 1200 White people attend Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Nearby, Negro Lutherans worship at Hope Lutheran Church. Reverend Bill Youngdahl, Augustana’s pastor, proposes that ten couples visit ten Negro families from Hope. It’s a controversial idea; within weeks, Youngdahl resigns. The camera observes: Augustana [...]
Scapegoats
Posted on November 20, 2006 - Filed Under Radio, Religion | Leave a Comment
It seems like everyone is blaming the Ipod for something…
Mushroom-hunting
Public nuisance offences
Both emanating shrill and tactical individuation
But Jihad is pushing it just a tad, no?
Clicks and Hisses
Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under Books, Death, Film, Music, Religion | Leave a Comment
The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn in an interview at the Star Tribune:
being a Saul Bellow fan, I was drawn to the fact that Bellow called him [John Berryman] America’s greatest writer,” Finn said. “He became Minneapolis’ most famous suicide. He also had converted to Catholicism before his death. In my mind, all that added up [...]
What’s your favorite commandment?
Posted on September 1, 2006 - Filed Under Religion, Sex, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Playing the fiddle today, came across this Woody Allen interview of Billy Graham. God bless Youtube.
Read More..>>Truly, this man wasn’t the son of god
Posted on June 22, 2006 - Filed Under Politics, Religion | Leave a Comment
{via Moorish Girl}
Read More..>>Lorem Ipsum Christ-em
Posted on June 16, 2006 - Filed Under Faith, Language, Religion, Theology | 1 Comment
It looks like the big wheels are turning to reword some prayers, chants and such for US Catholic masses. For example, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you” becomes “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof”, to which The Almighty responds, “Do you wanna take this outside?”. Whatever, it’s [...]
Read More..>>You didn’t think they could hate you
Posted on May 10, 2006 - Filed Under Religion, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
There will be a conference to lay some ground rules for how Christians should go about converting people of other/no faiths.
The Vatican and the WCC plan a conference Friday near Rome to start work on the “code of conduct.” Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and representatives of other faiths will be present.
The biggest absence will be evangelicals, [...]
Oh, and Condoms
Posted on March 7, 2006 - Filed Under Movies, Religion, Sex, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
Nirmala George of the AP reports that the Catholic church has produced a Bollywood-style movie for an HIV-prevention campaign in India.
Increasingly concerned about changing values in Indian society, especially among young people, the Catholic Church is hoping to reinforce the message that long-term relationships and commitment can curb the spread of HIV.
Thrown in for good [...]
