OMG! It’s like some bad dream! A low-talent, mostly sex-selling, Rhyme Talker closes her short-message account!
Like, the world is, like, so f- over!
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Finally! Sensible truce declared in wars of Christmas
The truest expression of America is not the exclusion of all ideas for “safety’s” sake, it’s the inclusion of all ideas.
The holiday displays that previously have competed for attention on the state’s Capitol campus are now coexisting peacefully.
via No holiday arguments for displays at Capitol | Seattle Times Newspaper.
Traditional Christmas is just as whacked
Every year at this time you can find the dominant religion in America losing its tiny, closed mind over Christmas.
Having been mixed with paganism and European tradition for a thousand years, suddenly the holiday is deemed to be under attack by the dominant religion’s imaginary evil nemesis.
In these times, faced with ignorant yahoos defending pagan conifers and scenes of their deity’s birth in the same breath, I like to turn to that bastion of wholesome American west cowboyness, Gene Autry, The Singing Cowboy.
Gene put out what is one of the most beloved Christmas albums of all time back in the 1950′s and he’s always been associated with making Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer famous.
You just can’t get any more “right” than old Gene.
With his words, I’d like to remind the overwrought Right that their holiday has been like this for a long, long time.
So let’s do as Gene Autry would have us do in another of his holiday hits and, “Let’s give thanks to the Lord above ’cause Santa Claus comes tonight.”
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Do beggars work?
There’s a fellow who has taken up shop right outside of a.Starbucks that I frequent. I see him and his dog there every day, in all temperatures and weather conditions. He holds the same sign saying, “Any kindness helps.”
I’ve taken to giving him coffee and a snack now and then. I bought a box of Milk Bone dog biscuits on discount and today I gave a few of them to his dog.
People sneer at guys like him. He’s younger than I am but I don’t know his story. He might be mentally ill, legitimately out of a job and on the streets, or he could be a meth head.
I can’t tell from the limited contact I have with him but he doesn’t turn down food or coffee so he’s not deeply addicted to anything. If he was, he’d demand cash. I’ve seen that kind of street begging before.
So let’s ask the question in the title of this post right here: do beggars work? This guy shows up every day and stays for hours in all kinds of weather. He doesn’t hassle anyone and he takes anything he’s given.
Does he have a job? Is this it?
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Elderly women object to security search
“Our officers are committed to treating every passenger with dignity and respect,” the agency said in a statement.
The statement went on to say, “Hahahahaha!”
via Travel | Two elderly women object to security search at JFK | Seattle Times Newspaper.
Burn in hell, Johnny Depp! – a loving Christian
Well, that’s it, Mr. Depp. You’ve angered the telepathic minions of the Invisible Sky Daddy. They officially hate you now but don’t worry, it’s Holy Hate™
Lee Douglas of The Christian Coalition adds, “I’m sure he thinks he’s being very funny but he’s simply a disgrace. One day, Johnny Depp and his cronies will face the judgment of our Lord and they will burn in hell for this filth.”
via Christians take aim at Depp for Christmas song | Celebrities | Entertainment | Toronto Sun.
Fox outraged at the poor having access to coffee
Another typical FOX affiliate hatchet-job on the poor, this story is much smoke with little heat.
While we can all agree that supplemental food income should be restricted from $5 coffee beverages, NO WHERE does FOX quantify this practice.
FOX12 in Oregon? How many people spend $5 of their small food income on these drinks? Do you have a number? Is it in the hundreds? Thousands? Is it six?
What FOX really wants is for its under-brained viewers to equate ability with action. Just because poor people CAN waste $5 of their food budget on these drinks doesn’t mean they DO.
Food stamps are for boring, inexpensive things — like bread and milk and apples. The subsidized tokens certainly aren’t for buying expensive coffee beverages that come in cheerful holiday cups.
via Food stamps for Starbucks? Outrage ensues | Seattle’s Big Blog – seattlepi.com.
