One would assume it was for good reasons- his stance on abortion or his support of gay marriage. But do you want to know the real reason why evangelical fuckwitted christians won't vote for Barack Obama? I guarantee this will make your brain bleed out your nose.
(formatted for legibility but not for stupidity, grammar, or spelling)
How long is the beast allowed to have authority in Revelation?
.....Revelation Chapter 13 tells us it is 42 months, and you know what that is. Almost a four-year term of a Presidency.
According to The Book of Revelation the Anti-Christ is:
....The Anti-Christ will be a man, in his 40's, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal.
The prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything.
Do we recognize this description?? Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend I refuse to take a chance on this unknown candidate who came out
of nowhere.
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From: Dr. John Tisdale Dear
Friends, As I was listening to a news program last night, I watched in horror as Barack Obama
made the statement with pride. . .'we are no longer a Christian nation; we are now a nation of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, . . .' As with so many other statements I've heard him (and his wife) make, I never thought I'd see the day that I'd hear something like that from a presidential candidate in this nation.
To think our forefathers fought and died for the right for our nation to be a Christian nation--and to have this man say with pride that we are no longer that. How far this nation has come from what our founding fathers intended it to be.
I hope that each of you will do what I'm doing now--send your concerns, written simply and sincerely, to the Christians on your email list. With God's help, and He is still in control of this nation and all else, we can show this man and the world in November that we are, indeed, still a Christian nation!
Please pray for our nation!
All I can say is 'Lord, Have mercy on us!'
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Vote Obama and piss off the fundies!!!!!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Daylight Savings Time
I missed it. Didn't notice the time difference on my mobile until 5:45pm or rather... 4:45 pm and I was wondering why the school room clock differed so markedly from the one on my phone.
This post by XO is brilliant (as per usual) and I'm resposting it here. Because it's funny, true, and a great read. Copying the pictures and uploading them was a real bitch, but worth it.
And now I give you Xavier Onassis Guest Blogger Extraordinaire.
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Daylight Savings Time They Have
It Exactly Ass Backwards
This illogical, poorly reasoned pustule of a subject has been festering within me for a long time (you're already scared to read anymore, aitcha?).
The final straw came when my friend Satyavati incredulously pasted a post from some Arkansas chucklehead who said the following:
Daylight exacerbates warning (sic)
You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.
~ CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs
I was as stunned by the sheer idiocy of these comments as Satyavati was.
Ms. Meskimen's "reasoning" is ridiculous.
We all know the number of daylight hours vs. nighttime hours doesn't change because of the way we set our clocks. It is governed by earth's orbit around the sun and the tilt of earth's axis.
No legislation can change that.
However.
I have long contended that the economic justifications for daylight savings time are completely bogus and the result is exactly the opposite of what was intended.
Stick with me here.
The original justification for "extending" the daylight hours by moving the clock forward an hour was to save energy costs.
"In general, energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV.
In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day.
Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.
Daylight Saving Time "makes" the sun "set" one hour later and therefore reduces the period between sunset and bedtime by one hour. This means that less electricity would be used for lighting and appliances late in the day. We may use a bit more electricity in the morning because it is darker when we rise, but that is usually offset by the energy savings in the evening.
We also use less electricity because we are home fewer hours during the "longer" days of spring and summer. Most people plan outdoor activities in the extra daylight hours. When we are not at home, we don't turn on the appliances and lights. A poll done by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because "there is more light in the evenings / can do more in the evenings."
Bull. Fucking. Shit.
This line of reasoning assumes that the majority of Americans think "OH, I'm off work and it's as bright as a fucking laser shining directly in my eyes! It's hotter than a goddamned white dwarf star! It's as humid as Satan's crotch in a pair of leather pants! I don't want to go home and relax after a torturous day of taking un-lubed dick up the ass for some else's enrichment! I'm not anxious to brush and gargle the taste of corporate cock out of my mouth, have a couple of drinks and watch some mindless HDTV. Let me get out there and engage in activities with large crowds of closely packed, smelly, sweaty people I don't know and DO STUFF! It's summer! Yippee!"
That's ridiculous.
That's just stupid!
For people like me, that means that I am hunkered down at home with the AC cranked to the max, lights on, watching TV all evening until it cools down enough to go outside and do something without sweating like a whore in church! Under the fascist daylight savings time regime, that's around 9:30pm!
If it started getting dark and cooling off an hour earlier, at 8:30 like a hypothetical, non-existent, god intended, I would be shutting that stuff off and getting out of the house an hour earlier.
So instead of sheltering from the heat at maximum AC for 4 hours after work, I'd only be doing it for 3 hours.
THAT would save energy and money!
I think they have it exactly backwards.
In the winter, on regular time, it's getting dark by 5:30pm. You are barely home from work and it's night time. That's depressing.
They should move the clocks forward in the winter! That would help equalize the drastic difference between summer and winter.
Instead of a four hour differential (5:30/9:30) between the onset of darkness between the seasons, there would only be a two hour differential (6:30/8:30).
Doesn't that make more sense than adding emphasis to the cold, dark depression of winter and the endless, blazing heat and humidity of summer?
Seriously, people.
Isn't reducing holiday season suicides in the dead of winter more important than giving pop-collared douche bags more time to ogle tits-gone-wild at the party cove during the summer?
Christ, I just re-read that last sentence. Of course it isn't! Duh! What the fuck was I thinking?
Never mind.
Who wants beads? WOO HOO! FREE BIRD! FREE BIRD!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you XO!!
And now back to our regularly scheduled blogging.
This post by XO is brilliant (as per usual) and I'm resposting it here. Because it's funny, true, and a great read. Copying the pictures and uploading them was a real bitch, but worth it.
And now I give you Xavier Onassis Guest Blogger Extraordinaire.
~~~~~~~
It Exactly Ass Backwards
This illogical, poorly reasoned pustule of a subject has been festering within me for a long time (you're already scared to read anymore, aitcha?).
The final straw came when my friend Satyavati incredulously pasted a post from some Arkansas chucklehead who said the following:
Daylight exacerbates warning (sic)
You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.
~ CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs
I was as stunned by the sheer idiocy of these comments as Satyavati was.
Ms. Meskimen's "reasoning" is ridiculous.
We all know the number of daylight hours vs. nighttime hours doesn't change because of the way we set our clocks. It is governed by earth's orbit around the sun and the tilt of earth's axis.
No legislation can change that.
However.
I have long contended that the economic justifications for daylight savings time are completely bogus and the result is exactly the opposite of what was intended.
Stick with me here.
The original justification for "extending" the daylight hours by moving the clock forward an hour was to save energy costs.
"In general, energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV.
In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day.
Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.
Daylight Saving Time "makes" the sun "set" one hour later and therefore reduces the period between sunset and bedtime by one hour. This means that less electricity would be used for lighting and appliances late in the day. We may use a bit more electricity in the morning because it is darker when we rise, but that is usually offset by the energy savings in the evening.
We also use less electricity because we are home fewer hours during the "longer" days of spring and summer. Most people plan outdoor activities in the extra daylight hours. When we are not at home, we don't turn on the appliances and lights. A poll done by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because "there is more light in the evenings / can do more in the evenings."
Bull. Fucking. Shit.
This line of reasoning assumes that the majority of Americans think "OH, I'm off work and it's as bright as a fucking laser shining directly in my eyes! It's hotter than a goddamned white dwarf star! It's as humid as Satan's crotch in a pair of leather pants! I don't want to go home and relax after a torturous day of taking un-lubed dick up the ass for some else's enrichment! I'm not anxious to brush and gargle the taste of corporate cock out of my mouth, have a couple of drinks and watch some mindless HDTV. Let me get out there and engage in activities with large crowds of closely packed, smelly, sweaty people I don't know and DO STUFF! It's summer! Yippee!"
That's ridiculous.
That's just stupid!
For people like me, that means that I am hunkered down at home with the AC cranked to the max, lights on, watching TV all evening until it cools down enough to go outside and do something without sweating like a whore in church! Under the fascist daylight savings time regime, that's around 9:30pm!
If it started getting dark and cooling off an hour earlier, at 8:30 like a hypothetical, non-existent, god intended, I would be shutting that stuff off and getting out of the house an hour earlier.
So instead of sheltering from the heat at maximum AC for 4 hours after work, I'd only be doing it for 3 hours.
THAT would save energy and money!
I think they have it exactly backwards.
In the winter, on regular time, it's getting dark by 5:30pm. You are barely home from work and it's night time. That's depressing.
They should move the clocks forward in the winter! That would help equalize the drastic difference between summer and winter.
Instead of a four hour differential (5:30/9:30) between the onset of darkness between the seasons, there would only be a two hour differential (6:30/8:30).
Doesn't that make more sense than adding emphasis to the cold, dark depression of winter and the endless, blazing heat and humidity of summer?
Seriously, people.
Isn't reducing holiday season suicides in the dead of winter more important than giving pop-collared douche bags more time to ogle tits-gone-wild at the party cove during the summer?
Christ, I just re-read that last sentence. Of course it isn't! Duh! What the fuck was I thinking?
Never mind.
Who wants beads? WOO HOO! FREE BIRD! FREE BIRD!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you XO!!
And now back to our regularly scheduled blogging.
Sarah Palin prank call
by Les Justiciers Masques
Not that pwning Palin is a shock or much of a challenge even (there being so much material to work with) but this group went the extra measure.
Palin hoaxed by comedy prank call
November 2, 2008, 8:59 am
Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin on Saturday was the victim of a prank phone call by a French-Canadian comedian impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
After Palin realised the call was a hoax, her campaign staff admitted she was "mildly amused".
The prank tag-team from Quebec, "Justicia masques", who have previously targeted heads of state and celebrities, posted the conversation on their website (www.justiciers.tv).
In the recording, John McCain's running mate enthusiastically takes the fake Sarkozy's call.
"It's so good to hear you, thank you for calling us ... we have such great respect for you, John McCain and I, we love you!" Palin said.
She appeared unfazed by the fake president's thick French accent and some outrageous comments.
At one point the impersonator, comedian Sebastien Trudel, told the Alaskan governor he is following the US elections closely along with his special American adviser Johnny Hallyday - a famous French rock'n'roll singer.
When the fake president told Palin his wife Carla Bruni is "hot in bed", the governor chuckled and complimented him for his "beautiful family".
Palin also proffered to continue relations if she reaches the White House.
"We should go hunting together," Palin said.
Palin laughed in response to Trudel's comment: "I just love killing those animals ... take away life, that is so fun!"
The governor, who is making a whistle-stop tour through key states in the last weekend before the November 4 election, told the fake president that she is "very confident" about the Republican ticket's chances, and said she thought "the race is tightening" ahead of Tuesday's general election.
"I see you as a president one day, too," said the comedian.
"Maybe in eight years," replied Palin.
The comedy duo have previously used their Sarkozy impersonation to target former French president Jacques Chirac, celebrities Mick Jagger and Britney Spears, and Sarkozy himself.
"This was our most explosive coup so far," comedian Marc Antoine Audette told AFP, adding that it was "difficult" for his accomplice Trudel to get their request for a phone conversation past Palin's entourage and her Secret Service detail.
The McCain campaign later released a statement about the phone call.
"Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy, and other celebrities in being targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie."
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Open Forum 19
It's like a do it yourself FAQ post.
You ask, I'll answer.
Curiosity killed the cat
but satisfaction brought him back. :)
You ask, I'll answer.
Curiosity killed the cat
but satisfaction brought him back. :)
Islam is Fucked part 6
Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death
November 2, 2008, 7:03 am
A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group says.
Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death October 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses. The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.
Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.
"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement.
Somalia is among the world's most violent and impoverished countries. The nation of eight million people has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991 then turned on each other.
A quarter of Somali children die before age five; nearly every public institution has collapsed. Fighting is a daily occurrence, with violent deaths reported almost daily.
Islamic militants with ties to al-Qaeda have been battling the government and its Ethiopian allies since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks of being driven out, the Islamists launched an insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.
In recent months, the militants appear to be gaining strength. The group has taken over the port of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, and dismantled pro-government roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.
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"Religion of Peace" my fucking ARSE!!!
I can't tell if this is the same woman referred to in part 4 of this series or not. If it is, then I owe the poor child an apology as I called her a fuckwit for chosing Sharia law. But if she was 13 then there was no "choosing".
And the fact that they filled a stadium with 1000's of spectators for this child's death is an utter abomination.
November 2, 2008, 7:03 am
A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group says.
Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death October 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses. The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.
Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.
"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement.
Somalia is among the world's most violent and impoverished countries. The nation of eight million people has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991 then turned on each other.
A quarter of Somali children die before age five; nearly every public institution has collapsed. Fighting is a daily occurrence, with violent deaths reported almost daily.
Islamic militants with ties to al-Qaeda have been battling the government and its Ethiopian allies since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks of being driven out, the Islamists launched an insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.
In recent months, the militants appear to be gaining strength. The group has taken over the port of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, and dismantled pro-government roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.
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"Religion of Peace" my fucking ARSE!!!
I can't tell if this is the same woman referred to in part 4 of this series or not. If it is, then I owe the poor child an apology as I called her a fuckwit for chosing Sharia law. But if she was 13 then there was no "choosing".
And the fact that they filled a stadium with 1000's of spectators for this child's death is an utter abomination.
Why do Muslims hate us?
Because they believe the behavior on the left is an abomination.
And the behavior on the right should be forced upon the world with a sword.
FUCK THAT!!!!!!
And the behavior on the right should be forced upon the world with a sword.
FUCK THAT!!!!!!
Islam is Fucked Part 5
Thanks to Protium for the heads up on this one.
*Disclaimer*
Brane wil hurtz if watches hole thing!
And get a load of this bullshit. Fucking weirdos!!!!!!
Pakistani police raid child wedding/
November 1, 2008, 7:46 am
Police raided a wedding between a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl in Pakistan's largest city, arresting the Muslim cleric officiating at the ceremony and the children's parents, a senior officer said.
The cleric had not yet begun the ceremony in Karachi , which was attended by 100 guests, said deputy superintendent of police Malik Mazhar.
Pakistan law forbids marriage below the age of 18, but some Muslim scholars say it is permissible if the bride and groom have reached puberty.
TV footage showed both children in traditional wedding clothes in the laps of policemen after the raid, the girl with tears running down her cheeks.
The parents said the wedding had been arranged to end an eight-year feud between the two families, according to a report on Express News TV.
Mazhar said he had heard about similar cases in rural areas but "it is shocking to have this right in the centre of the city".
The parents would be brought before a court, he said.
A Pakistan Human Rights Commission official, Hina Gillani, said the maximum possible punishment for the parents was one month in jail and a fine of just over $US10 ($A15).
- Settling a family feud by marrying children? What ever happened to betrothing them for a few years. Like Europeans did... back in the MIDDLE FUCKING AGES!!!!!!!!!!!
- The kids were sitting in the policemen's laps???? THEIR LAPS????? I don't really care if they were, but writing about it in this context made it seem creepy. Maybe the kids found it comforting be held on stranger's laps, I don't know. I doubt mine would. In fact both of my kids (11 and 15) would be freaked out at being held on armed strangers with the power of life and death over them. But then... they're homeschooled so....
...
ok... time to stop adding to blog posts after only 3 hours sleep.
Smell ya later!
*Disclaimer*
Brane wil hurtz if watches hole thing!
And get a load of this bullshit. Fucking weirdos!!!!!!
Pakistani police raid child wedding/
November 1, 2008, 7:46 am
Police raided a wedding between a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl in Pakistan's largest city, arresting the Muslim cleric officiating at the ceremony and the children's parents, a senior officer said.
The cleric had not yet begun the ceremony in Karachi , which was attended by 100 guests, said deputy superintendent of police Malik Mazhar.
Pakistan law forbids marriage below the age of 18, but some Muslim scholars say it is permissible if the bride and groom have reached puberty.
TV footage showed both children in traditional wedding clothes in the laps of policemen after the raid, the girl with tears running down her cheeks.
The parents said the wedding had been arranged to end an eight-year feud between the two families, according to a report on Express News TV.
Mazhar said he had heard about similar cases in rural areas but "it is shocking to have this right in the centre of the city".
The parents would be brought before a court, he said.
A Pakistan Human Rights Commission official, Hina Gillani, said the maximum possible punishment for the parents was one month in jail and a fine of just over $US10 ($A15).
- Settling a family feud by marrying children? What ever happened to betrothing them for a few years. Like Europeans did... back in the MIDDLE FUCKING AGES!!!!!!!!!!!
- The kids were sitting in the policemen's laps???? THEIR LAPS????? I don't really care if they were, but writing about it in this context made it seem creepy. Maybe the kids found it comforting be held on stranger's laps, I don't know. I doubt mine would. In fact both of my kids (11 and 15) would be freaked out at being held on armed strangers with the power of life and death over them. But then... they're homeschooled so....
...
ok... time to stop adding to blog posts after only 3 hours sleep.
Smell ya later!
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