Twitter Updates for 2010-03-09
- Rogue Dead Guy for dinner. http://twitpic.com/17g7bd #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-08
- Little donught factory in hilliard has an Oreo donught. They also sell out of everything by noon. http://twitpic.com/176vm6 #
- It's time to pop over to the underground kitten fighting ring and drop some green on a match or two. #
Twitter Updates for 2010-03-07
- Pre show warm up. Beer. Whiskey. My fantastic new pink shirt. #
Twitter Updates for 2010-03-06
- Night shots of NYC and Las Vegas http://bit.ly/a92bUe #
- This Saturday at the Treehouse Electric Grandmother CD Release Show! It's going to be a great time! #
Disturbing trend
This story was haunting for a number of reasons.
Now Pray is both a Birther and a Truther. He believes he is following an illegitimate, foreign-born president in a war on terror launched by a government plot—9/11. He admires soldiers like Army reservist Major Stefan Frederick Cook, who volunteered for a deployment last May and then sued to avoid it—claiming that Obama is not a natural-born citizen and is thus unfit for command. Pray himself had been eager to go to Iraq when his own unit deployed last June, but he smashed both knees falling from a crane rig and the injuries kept him stateside. In September, he was demoted from specialist to private first class—he’d been written up for bullshit infractions, he claims, after seeking help for a drinking problem. His job on base involves operating and maintaining heavy machinery; the day before we met, he and his fellow “undeployables” had attached a snowplow to a Humvee, their biggest assignment in a while. He spends idle hours at the now-quiet base researching the New World Order and conspiracies about swine flu quarantine camps—and doing his best to “wake up” other soldiers.
Mother Jones – Oath Keepers and the Are of Treason
I know there are people out there like this, people that believe the world is ending and that the government is laying plans to enslave us all. That’s been around and it will continue to be around. What really bothers me is that these extreme fringe groups are getting interviewed and written about in large mainstream publications as more than just interesting looks at obscure beliefs. The journalists writing about groups like these, in a misguided attempt to be completely objective, put groups like the Oath Keepers on equal footing as respectable groups. By reporting things like this as just another point of view id gives them a legitimacy they would have never been able to get on their own.
Twitter Updates for 2010-03-05
- Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. #
- New Zealand decided to give up thinking about this whole "body image" thing. Weight Watchers' endorsement of McDonald's http://bit.ly/cnm2O4 #
- Everything in this article makes me happy http://bit.ly/b2TF28 #
Reverend B. Joseph Schmidt: Demonologist
This is too good to pass up. A clearly reputable and sane exorcist claims there is satanic influence in the Vatican
“A renowned exorcist in Rome recently released a book of memoirs in which he declares to know of the existence of Satanic sects in the Vatican where participation reaches all the way to the College of Cardinals.”
Any article that begins like that has my full and undivided attention. If the article then goes on to use words like “demonologist” and “exorcist” without a hint of irony it can be assured to find a special place in my heart.
In a book of memoirs released in February, the noted Italian exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth affirmed that “Yes, also in the Vatican there are members of Satanic sects.” When asked if members of the clergy are involved or if this is within the lay community, he responded, “There are priests, monsignors and also cardinals!”
The story goes on to tell about a second “young buck” ghostfighter that takes up the task of defending the Vatican against the baseless and obviously crazy accusation that demons are roaming it’s halls.
After reading reports of Fr. Amorth’s accusations pointing a finger at members of the clergy, including cardinals, Fr. Fortea declared that it is a “duty of justice” to speak out in their defense.
Whenever I read about demon hunters and ghostfighters and real honest-to-goodness-I-can’t-believe-they-get-paid-to-do-this demonologists, I’m confronted with the simple fact that I chose the wrong career.
Twitter Updates for 2010-03-04
- Visualize/analyze your Last.fm listening habits http://bit.ly/ak6qPy #
- Hard to tell if this is intended to be humorous or instructional http://bit.ly/dfdzBD #
- Hard to watch, what with a soundtrack composed entirely of the sound of dreams dying. Lost Landscapes of Detroit 2010 http://bit.ly/caO8bl #
Ayn Rand wants to eat your eyes
The weird resurgence of Ayn Rand and the popularity of libertarianism among the ASD internet crowd has brought about an almost predictable erosion of the idea of individuality and what it means to be a member of a community, both local and regional. This article talking about the Tea Bag movement as an embodiment of this resonated with me.
“The biggest problem is that this foolish tea party ignorance is having the effect of normalizing the adolescent ‘individualism’ of the Ayn Rand cult beyond the boardrooms and estates of the Master of the Universe. The “parasites” are now anyone who has the misfortune to lose his or her job in the worst recession since the 1930s — a recession that was caused by millionaire con men who are reaping big bonuses these days.”
Religious leaflets
Oh, religious leaflets, you never ending source of mock supprise and legitimate outrage. Will your well never run dry?
It continues with one essential theme: The sins of men are, in part, the fault of women, specifically women in tight-fitting clothing. Yates was annoyed. Then she got to a section on page two:
“Scripture tells us that when a man looks on a woman to lust for her he has already committed adultery in his heart. If you are dressed in a way that tempts a men to do this secret (or not so secret) sin, you are a participant in the sin,” the leaflet states. “By the way, some rape victims would not have been raped if they had dressed properly. So can we really say they were innocent victims?”