i got tired of presidential politics today

10/11/2008

but there was nothing to link to that didnt touch on that subject :(

here are some subjects i came up with that i could write about in the future:

my religious history

butch and femme in the gay world

sergius and bachuss

arab christianity

and as i type them out i imagine all of them would be terribly boring to most folks, but to me they are of interest, so write about them i will ----- eventually. interspersed, hopefully, with humour and satire.

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The Charter of Privledges, granted by muhammed to the monks of the mount sinai monestery

it dates to 655AD and the monks of the monastery of Saint Catherine maintain that muhammed himself signed the document. if i were working for the American government to win the hearts and minds of muslims in the middle east i would make good use of this document. for full text and intro from wikipedia click below (photo - Orthodox Cleric hanging out with bedouin muslims who protect the monastery):

The Charter of Privileges is a historic document, granted by the Prophet Muhammad to the monks of Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. It was from the year 628CE, and consisted of several clauses covering certain aspects of human rights including such topics as the protection of Christians living under Islamic rule, freedom of worship and movement, freedom to appoint their own judges and to own and maintain their property, exemption from military service, and the right to protection in war.

Here is an english translation of the entire text:

This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.

Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.

No compulsion is to be on them.

Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.

No one is to destroy a house of their religion church, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses.

Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.

No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.

The Muslims are to fight for them.

If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.

Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.

No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day of the world."

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SNLs take on the second presidential debate.

10/10/2008

Sarah Palin's connection with the Alaska Independence Party, that wants to secede from the United States

10/09/2008

the Alaska secessionist party supported Sarah Palin's run for Governor of Alaska, Todd Palin joined the anti-American Alaska Independence Party and Sarah Palin attended the party's convention and made a speech to their convention. Could you imagine how the media would be all over this if someone like, oh i dunno, Obama, had been so cozy with a party whose platform is this explicitly anti-American?

I had started to wonder who the supporters still sticking with Mccain were - now i know

*update - finally one of them speaks up:

"Mcain snatched the microphone out of the hands of a woman who began her question with, "I'm scared of Barack Obama... he's an Arab terrorist..." "No, no ma'am," he interrupted. "He's a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements."


"I think McCain is down to seeds and stems," - Rick Hertzberg.


meet the seeds and the stems:

supporters at a Palin rally tell us what they think of the "terrorist" running for president.


The Sidewalk to Nowhere, McCain Supporters in Bethlehem, PA


"we aint votin for no fuckin black."


and as a final treat, note the intellectual prowess demonstrated by the spelling on the political sign below:
"If you're drowning and someone throws you a lifeline--you don't care about the color of his skin." Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell

Mccain makes freudian slip call us "my fellow prisoners"

hopefully we will be liberated some time soon.

Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do.

10/08/2008

Take On Me: Literal Video Version

the 8 phases of dating


Handy Latin Phrases

from here.

Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.
It's not the heat, it's the humidity.

Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
The designated hitter rule has got to go.

Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
I think some people in togas are plotting against me.

Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar.

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

(At a barbeque)
Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?
Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face?

Sona si Latine loqueris.
Honk if you speak Latin.

Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
If you can read this you're over-educated

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Undecided Racists

from Andrew:

Ben Smith gets an e-mail:

An Obama supporter, who canvassed for the candidate in the working-class, white Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown recently, sends over an account that, in various forms, I've heard a lot in recent weeks.

"What's crazy is this," he writes. "I was blown away by the outright racism, but these folks are f***ing undecided. They would call him a n----r and mention how they don't know what to do because of the economy."

Coates said it best yesterday: "Racism is a luxury that, at this point, a lot of white voters can ill-afford. I think a crucial number of them know that."

how many people has God killed?

10/06/2008

i think it's a legitimate question:

here is an estimate from http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com :



God drowns everyone on earth (except Noah and his family) Genesis 7:23, BT 30,000,000? 30,000,000
God rains fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah, killing everyone. Gen.19:24, BT 1000? 30,001,000
Lot’s wife for looking back Gen.19:26, BT 1 30,001,001
Er who was “wicked in the sight of the Lord” Gen.38:7, BT 1 30,001,002
Onan for spilling his seed Gen.38:10, BT 1 30,001,003
7th Egyptian Plague: Hail Exodus 9:25, BT 30,000? 30,031,003
God kills every Egyptian firstborn child. Ex.12:29-30, BT 500,000? 30,531,003
God drowns Egyptian army Ex.14:28, BT 1000? 30,532,003
God and Moses help Joshua kill the Amalekites Ex.17:13, BT 1000? 30,533,003
For dancing naked around Aaron’s golden calf Ex.32:27-28, 35, BT 3000 30,536,003
Aaron’s sons for offering strange fire before the Lord Lev.10:1-3, Num.3:4, 26:61, BT 2 30,536,005
A blasphemer Lev.24:10-23, BT 1 30,536,006
God burned to death an unknown number for complaining Numbers 11:1, BT 100? 30,536,106
God sent “a very great plague” for complaining about the food. Num.11:33, BT 10,000? 30,546,106
God killed those who murmured with a plague. Num.14:35-36, BT 100? 30,546,206
A man who picked up sticks on the Sabbath Num.15:32-36, BT 1 30,546,207
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (and their families) Num.16:27, BT 12+ 30,546,219
Burned to death for offering incense Num.16:35, 26:10, BT 250 30,546,469
For complaining Num.16:49, BT 14,700 30,561,169
Massacre of the Aradites Num.21:1-3, BT 3000? 30,564,169
For complaining about the lack of food and water, God sent fiery serpents to bite the people, and many of them died. Num.21:6, BT 100? 30,564,269
God delivers the Bashanites into Moses’ hands and Moses kills everyone “until there was none left alive.” Num.21:34-35, BT 1000? 30,565,269
For “committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab” Num.25:9, BT 24,000 30,589,269
Midianite massacre (32,000 virgins were kept alive) Num.31:1-35, BT 90,000+ 30,679,269
The slaughter of the Anakim, the childen of Esau, and the Horim Deuteronomy 2:21-22 5000? 30,684,269
God hardened the king of Heshbon’s heart so that the Israelites could massacre his people. (included several cities) Dt.2:33-34, BT 3000? 30,687,269
God delievered the king of Bashan so that the Israelites could massacre his people. Dt.3:3-6 60,000? 30,747,269
Massacre of Jericho Joshua 6:21, BT 1000? 30,748,269
God tells Joshua to stoned to death Achan (and his family) for taking the accursed thing. Joshua 7:10-12, 24-26, BT 5+ 30,748,274
God tells Joshua to attack Ai and do what he did to Jericho (kill everyone). Joshua 8:1-25, BT 12,000 30,760,274
God slaughters the Amorites and even chases them “along the way” as they try to escape. Joshua 10:10-11, BT 1000? 30,761,274
Joshua kills 5 kings and hangs their dead bodies on trees Joshua 10:24-26, BT 5 30,761,279
Massacre of 7 cities Joshua 10:28-42, BT 7000? 30,768,279
God delivers the Hazorites. Joshua 11:8-12, BT 1000? 30,769,279
Massacre of the Anakim Joshua 11:20-21, BT 1000? 30,770,279
God delivered Canaanites and Perizzites Judges 1:4, BT 10,000 30,780,279
Ehud delivers a message from God: a knife into the king’s belly Jg.3:15-22, BT 1 30,780,280
God delivered Moabites Jg.3:28-29, BT 10,000 30,790,280
Massacre of the Canaanites Jg.4:15, BT 1000? 30,791,280
God forces Midianite soldiers to kill each other. Jg.7:2-22, 8:10, BT 120,000 30,911,280
God delivered the Ammonites to Jephthah to slaughter. Jg.11:32-33, BT 1000? 30,912,280
The Spirit of the Lord comes on Samson Jg.14:19, BT 30 30,912,310
The Spirit of the Lord comes mightily on Samson Jg.15:14-15, BT 1000 30,913,310
Samson’s God-assisted act of terrorism Jg.16:27-30, BT 3000 30,916,310
“The Lord smote Benjamin” Jg.20:35-37, BT 25,100 30,941,410
More Benjamites Jg.20:44-46 25,000 30,966,410
For looking into the ark of the Lord 1 Sam.6:19, BT 50,070 31,016,480
God delivered Philistines 1 Sam.14:12, BT 20 31,016,500
God forces the Philistine soldiers to kill each other. 1 Sam.14:20, BT 1000? 31,017,500
God orders Saul to kill every Amalekite man, women, and child. 1 Sam.15:2-3, BT 1000? 31,018,500
Samuel (at God’s command) hacks Agag to death 1 Sam.15:32-33, BT 1 31,018,501
God delivers the Philistines. 1 Sam.23:2-5 1000? 31,019,501
“The Lord smote Nabal.” 1 Sam.25:38 1 31,019,502
God delivers the Philistines to David (again). 2 Sam.5:19, 25 1000? 31,020,502
Uzzah for trying to keep the ark from falling 2 Sam.6:6-7, 1 Chr.13:9-10 1 31,020,503
David and Bathsheba’s baby boy 2 Samuel 12:14-18 1 31,020,504
God sent a three-year famine because of something Saul did. 2 Sam.21:1 5000? 31,025,504
Seven sons of Saul hung up before the Lord 2 Sam.21:6-9 7 31,025,511
From plague as punishment for David’s census (men only; probably 200,000 if including women and children) 2 Sam.24:13, 1 Chr.21:7 70,000+ 31,095,511
A prophet for believing another prophet’s lie 1 Kg.13:1-24 1 31,095,512
Baasha killed everyone in the house of Jeroboam “according to the saying of the Lord.” 1 Kings 15:29 1000? 31,096,512
Zimri killed everyone in the house of Baasha “according to the word of the Lord.” 1 Kg.16:11-12 1000? 31,097,512
God delivers the Syrians into the Israelites’ hands 1 Kg.20:28-29 100,000 31,197,512
God makes a wall fall on Syrian soldiers 1 Kg.20:30 27,000 31,224,512
God sent a lion to eat a man for not killing a prophet 1 Kg.20:35-36 1 31,224,513
Ahaziah is killed for talking to the wrong god. 2 Kings 1:2-4, 17, 2 Chr.22:7-9 1 31,224,514
Burned to death by God 2 Kg.1:9-12 102 31,224,616
God sends two bears to kill children for making fun of Elisha’s bald head 2 Kg.2:23-24 42 31,224,658
Trampled to death for disbelieving Elijah 2 Kg.7:17-20 1 31,224,659
God calls for a seven year famine. 2 Kg.8:1 10,000? 31,234,659
Jezebel 2 Kg.9:33-37 1 31,234,660
God sent lions to kill “some” foreigners 2 Kg.17:25-26 3+ 31,234,663
Sleeping Assyrian soldiers 2 Kg.19:35, 2 Chr.32:21, Is.37:36 185,000 31,419,663
Saul 1 Chronicles 10:14 1 31,419,664
God delivers Israel into the hands of Judah 2 Chronicles 13:15-17 500,000 31,919,664
Jeroboam 2 Chr.13:20 1 31,919,665
“The Lord smote the Ethiopians.” 2 Chr.14:9-14 1,000,000 32,919,665
God kills Jehoram by making his bowels fall out 2 Chr.21:14-19 1 32,919,666
God delivered the Israelites into the hand of the Chaldeans. 2 Chr.36:16-17 1000? 32,920,666
Ezekiel’s wife Ezekiel 24:15-18 1 32,920,667
Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1-10 2 32,920,669
Herod Acts 12:23, BT 1 32,920,670

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iron penis competitions - it's an asian thing mostly at this point....


nothing i would EVER want to do - doesn't gravity and age take care of that itself?




"On October 29, 2000, an unbelievable qigong stunt caught the world’s attention. Three men dragged a truck loaded with 100 passengers a meter across a Taipei parking lot. While towing a meter isn’t very far (even with a 10-ton load) the size didn’t matter as much as the method. They pulled it with their penises. That’s right - read that again if you must - three men hauled 10 tons of truck and passengers by roping their penises to the truck fender and pulling backwards. These men practice the most forbidden qigong kungfu of all - they train their genitals. "


relevant articles listed below:

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home decorating - i know it's - again, a limited interest subject but it's one of my interests....












Zohreh's Anti-Depressant Color

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the "Come help a Nigger get elected" post brought a quick comment - this is in response - niggers and faggots and ... poor dorothy, o my!

i thot this comment should get it's own space since it is, in the end a whole new subject:

the comment linked to the below video about African Americans and the "n-word":

(i dont like that the faggot video at the bottom starts automatically and tried to look in the code to see if i could disable that but i didn't see it :( sorry about that - what if every vid on here started automatically?! it would be complete chaos!) so hurry down and push pause on the second video below then watch in the correct order....

Gay video from AfterElton.com


matt says : i have heard the word faggot at least once a month from the time i could understand english i'm sure. it totally doesn't bug me and i am one of the momos who have used the word as a "term of endearment" for other momos. i also dont usually blink when i hear it. it's something i hear so very often even now - it's sort of along the lines of the word "retard" - lot's of teens call each other that, as well as call each other fags. i don't think clamming up about will really help either. everyone gets tired really quickly when a group declares a word "of limits". it starts to fall under the heading of "politically correct" and that tends to make the more rebellious folks amongst us want to use it even more - gay or straight. well, i do agree with his end statement - "if you're going to be obscene, at least know what it means" :)

final thot - if you watched both vids... "well, some of us do act like... N at times..." "well, some of us DO act like faggots at times!" another difference is that many (not all) homos can "pass" for straight. some Americans of African descent have also "passed" but it is much more difficult because it does not just involve behavior (which is the number one give-away as to who is a homo) it also comes down to a simple issue of racial features that are easily perceived by the eye no matter how one were to act.

faggot is usually used to disparage any male who acts in a way that society, at this time, demes feminine - and i know we gays often do! and i think what some gay people want to transmit about using the word faggot is - "so - what's wrong with that?"! of course that would bring us into a whole new post about femme and butch gays... but alas that will be for another time. though it has entered onto my list of future posts ;)

and fag-hag, i stopped using because NO fag hag uses it in reference to any other fag-hag, and it is not appreciated by anyone... a lesson hard learned.

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Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

or not!

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT BUSH...10/04/08, 10/05/08

these people ARE STILL OUT THERE!

Pray for President Bush - Day - 2945 Pray for McCain/Palin - Day - 39

how to effectively handle negative attack ads

10 Creepiest Old Ads

10 Creepiest Old Ads


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"hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan"

all from here: http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/today_in_geography.php

Three days after a mostly gaffe-free debate performance, the Alaska governor fumbled during a speech in which she praised U.S. soldiers for “fighting terrorism and protecting us and our democratic values”.

“They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan,” she told several hundred supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco.

There’s some speculation that she meant that Afghanistan neighbors Iraq. But, of course, it doesn’t. Here’s a map to help clear things up:

afghanistanmap.png

Here’s a previous map I made about McCain’s belief that Iraq is adjacent to Pakistan.

The intellectual brilliance and subtle nuance just shines through! "C.H.A.N.G.E. = Come Help A Nigger Get Elected."

While some parents and community activists were outraged by the actions of Greg Howard, Jackson County NAACP officials want to gather more facts before the group considers taking action. But some parents feel Howard should be fired.

Larry Moore, deputy superintendent for the Jackson County School District, said school officials determined Howard wrote an acronym with an explanation on a dry-erase board in his class Sept. 26 at Marianna Middle School.

It said, "C.H.A.N.G.E. — Come Help A Nigger Get Elected."


full article.

almost an hour of 1970s tv commercials - and yes, the crying indian is in there

10/05/2008


70s TV Ads

i started watching this collection of commercials from the 1970s and i actually sort of tranced out on it and watched the whole hour of it!part of it was basic nostalgia i guess since they cover - roughly - my first ten years on earth, but there was a little more. i thought about a few different things while i zombied out on these ads.

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now i know how palin spent that debate preperation time - watching this - Betty Boop for president



she even gets the wink down right!

Interesting article on `sworn virgins', a traditional ancient gender alternative in Albania


(also if u want more info :The social role of the "sworn virgin" in the Balkans from wikipedia)

Oct 5th, 2008 | SHKODRA, Albania -- Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.

She pledged to forgo sex and marriage for the rest of her life, and declared herself a man.

That was six decades ago. Now 85, with close-cropped white hair, dressed in a man's blue striped shirt and black trousers, she greets visitors with a manly handshake. The way she walks, her confident gestures, everything about her is masculine.

Only her voice — soft and feminine — reveals her to be one of the last sworn virgins in Albania: Women who dress, act and are treated as men.

"I am happier like this," she says. "I don't regret it at all. Not a hair on my head does."

In this strongly patriarchal society where for centuries women had virtually no standing, sworn virgins enjoyed the same rights and respect as men. They could inherit property, work for a living and sit on the village council, although without the right to vote.


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OMG a wheelbarrow full of baby orangutans!

Science Buzz And they are orphans. Click the first image for the whole sad story.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen Latifah as debate moderator Gwen Ifill

Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen Latifah as debate moderator Gwen Ifill, as well as Tina Fey, reprising her role as Governor Sarah Palin.

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