So this is why the Jesus Christianists hate Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed” so much. Hat tip to @stopbeck for mentioning the effort to ban it, which goes back years but has a consistent Christian-Right taint. “It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality and the need for a hike in the minimum wage. But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to…
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Feast of St. Nicholas: With voices loud and joyous | Seven whole days Speaking to the Soul Quidditch coming to Elmhurst College – Chicago Tribune Padre Mickey’s Dance Party: Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra BBC News – Spain prime minister ‘stopped’ Rolls-Royce contract Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide Editorial | Creationist tourism | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal Are Mennonites Taking Over the World? – Sheldon C. Good – God’s Politics Blog
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The Very Revd Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark Cathedral in London, died last week and his funeral service was today in the cathedral. The sermon was given by Dr Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans, who was formerly the Theologian at Southwark, was nominated as Bishop, and in a scandalous turn, the nomination was rescinded because conservatives objected to John’s homosexuality. He noted that Slee said to him in the weeks before his death how “surprisingly un-scared” he was. I wish I’d known him; on my recent visit to London with David we actually walked past his house, where I…
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UPDATE: Hey, there was CANDY in my shoes after church (thoughtfully packed in an odor-proof Ziplock ™ bag. Thank you, St Nicholas! Via: Flickr Title: Shoes Off For St Nicholas By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 5 Dec ’10, 10.56am CST PST
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Something from the collect for St Nicholas, particularly apt at this time of year.
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What is that… STUFF floating on the wind? Not rain? Not mist? Too floaty… Like snn… Like snnnnn…. Like ssNNNOOOOOOOOW FFFFUUUUUU… # RT @rpeete "RT @wendilynnmakeup: ON THIS DAY:1955 Rosa Parks refused 2 give up her seat 2 a white man & was arrested…" #rememberRosa # Well done you! # Be Like Nick: @StNickEpiscopal 's toy drive this Sunday for the Feast of St Nicholas on TribLocal http://is.gd/i3UKr # .@petersagal Mike Rowe?!? ZOMG awesome w00tness. Must see if tickets available. Caution: there will be poop, edit accordingly. # I just used #Shazam to discover Head Full Of Doubt Road Full…
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Qantas begins legal action regarding Rolls-Royce A380 engines – USATODAY.com Nixon with Lipstick | Crooks and Liars Chaplain to be ordained priest in hospital she serves Creepy Christian Patriarchy Movement Shackles Daughters to Their Fathers and Homes | Reproductive Justice | AlterNet Two words: Cree, and pee. Events — Schaumburg news, photos and events — TribLocal.com
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The atheists should declare May 22 “Freedom From Religious Nutbars Day” and October 22 “Just Another Lousy Day.”
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Updated iPhone last night after getting new iPad (W00T!) and now the official app sucks again. Screen bounces from bottom to top with every character typed. Using Express for WordPress app again although have doubts that it doesn’t hit the feed right. UPDATE: It DOES hit the feed okay, at least.
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As in “business as usual.” The world ends 21OCT, but at least the annoying Xtianists will be gone WELL before then. Prediction of my own: the billboards will quietly disappear, or be humorously “updated.” The fans of Family Radio Inc., a Christian radio network, have sponsored dozens of different billboards in select cities around the country proclaiming the exact date when Jesus is coming back. May 21st, 2011. You know, just like the Bible “predicted.†Via Friendly Atheist