December 2009
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Jennifer Knapp (24)
Collective Soul (2)
John Michael Talbot (1)
Goo Goo Dolls (1)
Jason Robert Brown (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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goldenrat1o:
John Mayer - Stop This Train
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The Democrats declared healthcare a right and not...
You keep using that word. I no think it means what you think it means.
GMH →
davereed:
givesmehope:
22 years ago, a 16 year old girl was pregnant with a baby of rape. Understanding the circumstances, her parents told her to abort or be disowned. Her best friend-her 18 year old neighbor-although he was not the father, stepped into the father figures shoes. They got married 2 years later. Mom and dad, your love for me and each other GMH.
un:...
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“Clandestine Christian Side-Hugs Behind Closed Doors… now there’s a band name. Or...”
– Daniel Holter
I’m starting a band with that name. Anyone wanna join?
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Forget E-Books: The Future of the Book Is Far More... →
hilker:
“Instead of stagnant words on a page we will layer video throughout the text, add photos, hyperlink material, engage social networks of readers who will add their own videos, photos, and wikified information so that these multimedia books become living, breathing, works of art. They will exist on the Web and be ported over to any and all mobil devices that can handle multimedia,...
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My Out Of Office Reply
“I’ll be out of the office for the remainder of the year celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. I will be back in the office January 2. If you celebrate differently, then may God have mercy on your soul.”
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“On President Obama’s third day in office he began a rollback of...”
– White House Rollback: WORLD Mag
But wait! He’s moderate on abortion, right? Obama wants to find common ground!
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“Ray Comfort realized that On the Origin of Species was in the public domain,...”
– WORLD Magazine
Were Darwin alive today, he probably wouldn’t be a darwinist.
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“From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the...”
– Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue | LiveScience (via ayjay)
Those fetuses are remarkably human-like in the womb.
“I screamed, but there was nothing to hear.”
– Rom Houben, a quadriplegic Belgian man, on being conscious but unable to communicate for 23 years. Doctors assumed he was in a persistent vegetative state until three years ago, when new brain scanning methods showed that Houben’s cerebral cortex was still active. He is now able to communicate...
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“An assistant professor of electrical engineering, using about $10 worth of parts...”
– WORLD Magazine
Very cool.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Bruce Hornsby (3)
Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken (1)
David Mead (1)
The Lonesome Travelers (1)
All Star United (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Granted, Reagan had some small share in the collapse of the Soviet Union, in...”
– robot-heart-politics
Reagan as a minimal, historical footnote to the end of the USSR? I find that hard to buy.
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squashed:
Is prosperity theology even Christianity? Or is it something else? The dark underside of “Jesus wants you to be rich” is that if somebody isn’t rich they must be doing something wrong. You’ve abdicated any responsibility for the poor. Can you still call yourself Christian if you jettison the teachings of Christ?
And did prosperity theology cause the crash?...
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“Abraham Maslow said that the fully realized person transcends his local group...”
– George Carlin (via marco)
Riiiight. Remember that celebration a few weeks ago of the Berlin Wall coming down? Chalk up a point for the “absurd” Reagan.
Exhibit A for why I don’t look for serious discussion from comedians who write bits about the naughty words you can’t say...
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“The widespread support for Polanski shows the liberal cultural elite at its...”
– Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends. Like Andrew Sullivan, I missed this when it came out. (via ayjay)
Whoa.
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“Silent Night” - by sds.tumblr.com
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“This is what I don’t understand: The President outlined parameters for what he...”
– Jeff Miller: Pinning Blame
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“What we have here is the modern executive state. And the tale of how so powerful...”
– Executive Omnipotence in Copenhagen | Roger Pilon | Cato Institute: Commentary (via hilker)
Every president since FDR, regardless of party, has been unable to resist expanding his executive power. Congress is power-hungry in general as well. But the left has an ideological bent toward government...
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“Several years ago, I happened to be visiting my parents when a longtime friend...”
– Peter Leithart (in Against Christianity) (via wesleyhill)
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President Obama: Federal Government 'Will Go... →
hilker:
“President Obama told ABC News’ Charles Gibson in an interview that if Congress does not pass health care legislation that will bring down costs, the federal government “will go bankrupt.”
The president laid out a dire scenario of what will happen if his health care reform effort fails.
“If we don’t pass it, here’s the guarantee….your premiums will go up, your employers are going to...
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http://www.sarabmusic.com →
sarabareillesoverload:
Go get your FREE EP as a Thank You Holiday Gift from Sara Bareilles!!
This Live EP from Sara’s Gravity Tour includes new arrangements, a new cover, and a new song!
I am unashamedly a Sarah Bareilles fan.
“In New York City, the Bowery Mission tossed away a batch of fried chicken...”
– A Bunch of Chickens - Daily Brickbats : Reason Magazine
I do not understand this country anymore. I really don’t.
(via jeffmiller)
I understand it perfectly. This is the sort of thing that happens when liberal Democrats get in power. The nanny state will ban trans fats and inadvertently...
“Of some thoughts one stands perplexed — especially at the sight of men’s sin—and...”
– Dostoyevsky (via azspot) (via danielholter)
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Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as his North Pole... →
hilker:
“In his speech, Mr Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.”
However, the climatologist whose work Mr Gore was relying upon dropped the former Vice-President in the...
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Bruce Hornsby - “Every Little Kiss”
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David Mead - “Reminded #1”
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Steven Hayward: Scientists Behaving Badly →
If you haven’t yet read Hayward’s cover story on the global warming emails, do so. It’s serious journalism and very enlightening.
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David Mead - “Hallelujah, I Was Wrong”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Shawn Colvin (7)
Andrew Osenga (5)
Dr. Stan Hill (1)
David Mead (1)
Priscilla Ahn (1)
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Winner: Best Headline of the Day →
(click through; the permalink text isn’t it)
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“If anything, I’m just embarrassed I didn’t see this coming. I’m embarrassed I...”
– Matt Langer (via marco)