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I’ll keep this short and sweet.  This is probably the best comic book/super hero movie ever made.  And Heath Ledger is actually that fucking good.  Seriously.

See it.

Actually there’s not much to post about the final chapters of Genesis; it comes in strong but it really goes out with a whimper.  There’s a great story in chapter 34 about Dinah, daughter of Jacob, being “violated” and her brothers end up revenge killing every male in the city, but only after they trick them into being circumcised and are all then in too much pain to defend themselves.  Seriously, that’s the story.  Anyway, they take all the women and children and plunder the city.  Awesome.

In chapter 37 Joseph, son of Jacob, is sold by his brothers into slavery.  Then in chapter 38 a guy named Judah …read more »

Psalms 14:1

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”  They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

This is the basis for this little montage below.  I’ve already mentioned this before but I thought this video expanded on it a bit.  Get ready for a bit of enlightenment.

I didn’t follow Jesse Helms much, probably because he was a bit before my time and already half-dead, but it appears he’s finally ready to take his dirt nap.  I’d like to reference a few of the more meaningful “advances” Helms made before he decided to call it a day.

• In 1950, Helms became an unofficial researcher for United States Senate candidate Willis Smith. Smith was a conservative Democratic lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association. While working on the primary campaign against Frank Porter Graham, Helms helped create an ad that read, “White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors

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So, for ye of little faith, I’m back with another installment of my Bible Study Project.  I’d wanted to get all the way through Genesis and then post but I’ve been running low on spare time so I figured I’d post what I’ve read and then get back to the rest later.  It might be a while before I get back into it; this book is just so damn boring.

That said, here we go back into the bad old days.

First, in 10:8, we read about Nimrod.  I found it ironic that the name of a “mighty hunter” such as Nimrod would eventually become associated with idiocy.  I also like the Forrest Gumpish sound of this line in 10:9:

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

Genius.

In 11:1-8 we learn of the tower of Babel.  In this story man all speaks the same language and decides to build a tower to God.  God doesn’t want this because working together man can do anything.  So he makes them all speak different languages and transplants them all over the world.  I guess I’m supposed to believe this actually happened.  Why would God be afraid of man?  Aren’t we his creations?  Can’t he just snap is fingers and just make us stop?

In 12:10-20 we have more pimping.  Abram pimps his wife Sarai …read more »

I love this asshole; I can’t get enough!

Grissom, White, and Chaffee

I’ve been watching this excellent show on Discovery chronicling the NASA space flight missions.  It sparked my interest in the Mercury 7 and subsequent Apollo missions and compelled me to do a bit of reading.  I quickly began to see parallels between the ill-fated Everest climb of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine and the fatal Apollo 1 tragedy that took the lives of astronauts Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom.

I further drew more distinct parallels between Gus Grissom and George Mallory.  I’ve written about the Mallory and Irvine tragedy in detail but I’ll summarize again here.  George Mallory died in 1924, along with his young climbing partner Andrew Irvine, attempting to be the first to reach the peak of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.  There is much speculation they made it to the top but died on the descent; however, the generally acknowledged opinion is that they died on the ascent, having never reached the top.  Part of why their story is famous is because of the possibility they might have actually reached the top first (a missing camera might hold photographic proof).  The pair, particularly George Mallory …read more »

Looks like James Dobson is the only one “qualified” to cherry pick the Bible for his own agenda…

I found some dope shit on GodTube…check it!

I don’t know about you but this kinda reminds me of the Legend of Bilbo Baggins.