Come With Me If You Want To Live

Avedon at Sideshow links to an excellent post on Obama by Ian Welsh, and adds:Obama had the power to do many, many good things, and he refused every opportunity to do them. He refused to even attempt the most basic steps of negotiation with the opposition, asking not for a higher goal than what we really needed, but a lower goal as a pre-compromise, thus lowering the bar further still. He

Come With Me If You Want To Live

Avedon at Sideshow links to an excellent post on Obama by Ian Welsh, and adds:Obama had the power to do many, many good things, and he refused every opportunity to do them. He refused to even attempt the most basic steps of negotiation with the opposition, asking not for a higher goal than what we really needed, but a lower goal as a pre-compromise, thus lowering the bar further still. He

REELING THROUGH AN ENDLESS FALL.

It seems like literally everyone is losing their shit for the latest Cee Lo Green single "Fuck You", but for us it's all about its predecessor, his amazing cover of Band of Horses' "No One's Gonna Love You" that surfaced earlier this summer as a teaser single for Green's forthcoming new album Lady Killer. Dripping with all the desperate desire of the original, Green emotes over a backdrop of epic

Science vs. Religion

This is cute, but it's not really a good antithesis. How about "Science lets you bomb civilians from the sky without any danger to you"? Or "Science lets you shred unarmed civilians with machine-gun fire via video in your attack helicopter"? Or "Science lets you kill children with remote-control drones from thousands of miles away"? Or "Science lets you cull the human race of inferior losers

Science vs. Religion

This is cute, but it's not really a good antithesis. How about "Science lets you bomb civilians from the sky without any danger to you"? Or "Science lets you shred unarmed civilians with machine-gun fire via video in your attack helicopter"? Or "Science lets you kill children with remote-control drones from thousands of miles away"? Or "Science lets you cull the human race of inferior losers

Mount Sinabung Volcano Erupts Again

Sinabung Mountain located in the Karo district, North Sumatra erupted twice, overnight. Residents of 14 villages around the volcano were evacuated.Previously, the community Sinabung did not expect the mountain will erupt as it gets information from officers Climatology Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), that the mountain is still in a safe condition. But suddenly erupts.Sinabung having an

Remember, Remember, It's Almost September

September is historically the worst month for the stock market. The stock market

Sarah Palin and Barack Obama Are Gay Lovers!

Got your attention, did I? When that title occurred to me today, I didn't know when I'd find a use for it. And then I logged onto Facebook and found this Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, linked by a right-wing acquaintance of mine. The subhead crows, "In 2008 liberals proclaimed the collapse of Reaganism. Two years later the idea of limited government is back in vogue." Of course, I'm not a

Sarah Palin and Barack Obama Are Gay Lovers!

Got your attention, did I? When that title occurred to me today, I didn't know when I'd find a use for it. And then I logged onto Facebook and found this Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, linked by a right-wing acquaintance of mine. The subhead crows, "In 2008 liberals proclaimed the collapse of Reaganism. Two years later the idea of limited government is back in vogue." Of course, I'm not a

The Killing of Sister Georgy Girl

WARNING: Here There Be SpoylersIf you haven't seen this movie but want your first viewing to take place in blissful ignorance of its content, read no further. Georgy Girl isn't really plot-driven, and you can probably enjoy it just fine if you know the story in advance, but if you care, I'm interested in raising questions about it that assume the reader has also seen it (and maybe read the book

The Killing of Sister Georgy Girl

WARNING: Here There Be SpoylersIf you haven't seen this movie but want your first viewing to take place in blissful ignorance of its content, read no further. Georgy Girl isn't really plot-driven, and you can probably enjoy it just fine if you know the story in advance, but if you care, I'm interested in raising questions about it that assume the reader has also seen it (and maybe read the book

The Trouble With Normal

From PopEater.com:Katherine Jackson -- who has custody of Michael's three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, 8 -- has been working hard to provide the kids with a more normal upbringing since their father's tragic passing. In June, Jackson's kids were spotted going door-to-door as Jehovah's Witnesses.I'm the last person to stump for normality, but I'm experiencing some cognitive dissonance

The Trouble With Normal

From PopEater.com:Katherine Jackson -- who has custody of Michael's three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, 8 -- has been working hard to provide the kids with a more normal upbringing since their father's tragic passing. In June, Jackson's kids were spotted going door-to-door as Jehovah's Witnesses.I'm the last person to stump for normality, but I'm experiencing some cognitive dissonance

ELLIE GOULDING HITS NYC.

At long last the time has come, friends. Ellie Goulding finally hits our fair shores next month, playing her debut US shows at The Roxy in LA and New York City's Hiro Ballroom. We're thrilled to be putting on the latter, going down on September 30th and presented in conjunction with Bowery Presents. And as if Ellie's first US show wasn't exciting enough as is, we've also got our main man Penguin

NEVER LOOK BACK.

Russ Chimes upcoming Midnight Club EP and its accompanying short films have us besides ourselves with excitement, and now that the first installment has dropped we're pleased to report it doesn't disappoint. Brilliant non-linear filmmaking from director Saman Keshavarz set to another absolute burner from Monsieur Chimes. We seriously can't wait for parts two and three to arrive in the coming

For Goodness' Sake

So I went back to the beginning of Frank Schaeffer's Patience With God. He says that when he plays with his five-month-old granddaughter Lucy,I find myself praying, "Lord, may none but loving arms ever hold her." This prayer has nothing to do with theology. I'd pray it whether I believed there is a God or not, for the same reason that when I'm looking at the view of the river that flows past

For Goodness' Sake

So I went back to the beginning of Frank Schaeffer's Patience With God. He says that when he plays with his five-month-old granddaughter Lucy,I find myself praying, "Lord, may none but loving arms ever hold her." This prayer has nothing to do with theology. I'd pray it whether I believed there is a God or not, for the same reason that when I'm looking at the view of the river that flows past

Secular Chart Porn - The View From the Top of the World

The global equity market world, that is, using the Dow Jones World Stock Index ($DJW) as

ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE SUN.

Jakwob first burst onto the scene and melted minds with his empire-toppling mix of Ellie Goulding's "Starry Eyed" back in early 2009, and he's since established himself as one of the most sought after remixers in the game via a slew of immense official mixes for everyone from Robyn to Kid Sister. Late last year he sent us a crop of seriously exciting demos that hinted at a young producer on the

Nikkei Breaks Down

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We'll Have A.I. in the Sky When We Die, Part 2

(continued from yesterday)I'M SORRY, DAVE ... I CAN'T DO THATBehaviorism is a 20th-century scientific fad whose biggest self-promoter, the late B. F. Skinner, made a career of playing a caricature of the 19th-century materialist crank who declares dogmatically that if it can't be measured, weighed, etc., it's just superstitious nonsense. Behavioral psychology lives on, exploiting the principle

We'll Have A.I. in the Sky When We Die, Part 2

(continued from yesterday)I'M SORRY, DAVE ... I CAN'T DO THATBehaviorism is a 20th-century scientific fad whose biggest self-promoter, the late B. F. Skinner, made a career of playing a caricature of the 19th-century materialist crank who declares dogmatically that if it can't be measured, weighed, etc., it's just superstitious nonsense. Behavioral psychology lives on, exploiting the principle

We'll Have A.I. in the Sky When We Die, Part 1

(I wrote this back in the 90s, and while Artificial Intelligence no longer seems as trendy as it was then, I think a lot of the issues I talk about here are still very much with us.)In the 1990s, or so we were assured when I was a lad, everyone would have his own personal helicopter, powered by its own clean, safe, and inexhaustible nuclear power pack. (Automobiles would be obsolete!) The skies

We'll Have A.I. in the Sky When We Die, Part 1

(I wrote this back in the 90s, and while Artificial Intelligence no longer seems as trendy as it was then, I think a lot of the issues I talk about here are still very much with us.)In the 1990s, or so we were assured when I was a lad, everyone would have his own personal helicopter, powered by its own clean, safe, and inexhaustible nuclear power pack. (Automobiles would be obsolete!) The skies

YOU WERE MY FAVOURITE GHOST.

We dropped the first official offering from the rather amazing Clare Maguire in the form of "Strangest Thing" last month, and now we've got an official Bloodshy & Avant remix courtesy of our friends at NME Radar. We doubt this was originally conceived as a remix given how well it works as an alternate single version of the track, but regardless we're pretty enamored with it. With an instrumental

Eating Crow

The Crow's Eye has an interesting post on the Faggot Question.It begins with a video game, an entertainment I allow myself from time to time, slaying animated pixels with aging fingers dancing in keystrokes. We lose a match, and the avatar of an anonymous nobody types, all caps and exclamation point, "FAGS!!!!!!!faggotsFAgs!" Which prompts me to reply, "Do you mean to imply that the other

Eating Crow

The Crow's Eye has an interesting post on the Faggot Question.It begins with a video game, an entertainment I allow myself from time to time, slaying animated pixels with aging fingers dancing in keystrokes. We lose a match, and the avatar of an anonymous nobody types, all caps and exclamation point, "FAGS!!!!!!!faggotsFAgs!" Which prompts me to reply, "Do you mean to imply that the other

Don't Mess with Mr. In-between

I'm about 60 pages into Emma Donoghue's new book Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature (Knopf, 2010), and enjoying it a great deal. Donoghue is best known as a novelist, but she's a scholar too, and a good one. Her earlier Passions Between Women (HarperCollins, 1995) not only taught me a lot but encouraged my own take on the history of sexuality.In her chapter on inseparable romantic

Don't Mess with Mr. In-between

I'm about 60 pages into Emma Donoghue's new book Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature (Knopf, 2010), and enjoying it a great deal. Donoghue is best known as a novelist, but she's a scholar too, and a good one. Her earlier Passions Between Women (HarperCollins, 1995) not only taught me a lot but encouraged my own take on the history of sexuality.In her chapter on inseparable romantic

The Person from the Past

The other day I noticed a copy of Monica Sone's Nisei Daughter on display at the public library. Originally published by Little, Brown & Company in 1953, it was reissued in 1979 by the University of Washington Press and is still in print. It turned out to be a loving re-creation of the author's Seattle childhood and early adulthood, including her family's internment in an Idaho concentration

The Person from the Past

The other day I noticed a copy of Monica Sone's Nisei Daughter on display at the public library. Originally published by Little, Brown & Company in 1953, it was reissued in 1979 by the University of Washington Press and is still in print. It turned out to be a loving re-creation of the author's Seattle childhood and early adulthood, including her family's internment in an Idaho concentration

Ireland - First PIIG to Break Down

As the disintegration of paper continues, leaving shiny Gold holders with their wealth

I Still Do Not Like Your Christ

... and I'm not wild about your "moderate" Christians either. This was posted in a lively comment thread today (doesn't matter where, doesn't matter who -- it's the thought that counts):Holy Moley! What great conversations!!!! Enjoyed every one of them...thank you...the point is, folks, there are many different religions practiced all over the world. We should be respecting each one of

I Still Do Not Like Your Christ

... and I'm not wild about your "moderate" Christians either. This was posted in a lively comment thread today (doesn't matter where, doesn't matter who -- it's the thought that counts):Holy Moley! What great conversations!!!! Enjoyed every one of them...thank you...the point is, folks, there are many different religions practiced all over the world. We should be respecting each one of

GOLD019: THE NAKED + FAMOUS

Last month we pulled back the curtain on our favorite track of the year and quite possibly the biggest single we've ever released, so we're pleased to announce that the Young Blood 7" from The Naked & Famous is now available for preorder from the Neon Gold Shop and our friends at Puregroove. Like Passion Pit if they fucked with guitars and had an anthem-of-a-generation like "Kids" or "Sweet

DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS.

Our girl Alex Winston has been cartwheeling around our heads in stereophonic technicolor all summer with her debut single "Choice Notes" (out now on HeavyRoc Music), but it's thunderstealing AA-side "Medicine" that's slowly but surely been creeping up on us as our sleeper favorite from Detroit's finest new export. It's quintessential Winston, her ethereal vocals drifting across a melange of

Believing In Them Just Encourages Them

From Monsieur l'IOZ, one of the few other atheists on the Intertoobz I can read anymore without (most of the time) nausea:As for the argument from popularity, an odd conceit of a man plainly much-steeped in democracy, that Truth proceeds from the number of voters pulling the Yes lever, it would certainly dismay the early Christians scratching their little fishies in the sand. It did remind me

Believing In Them Just Encourages Them

From Monsieur l'IOZ, one of the few other atheists on the Intertoobz I can read anymore without (most of the time) nausea:As for the argument from popularity, an odd conceit of a man plainly much-steeped in democracy, that Truth proceeds from the number of voters pulling the Yes lever, it would certainly dismay the early Christians scratching their little fishies in the sand. It did remind me

YOU CAN MAKE IT BETTER.

It's a rainy day on the coast, so what better time to cast a spotlight on the dark, ominous tones of London's own Stylus Dust. Working under his previous moniker Lull, the remix maestro was responsible for some truly amazing reworks of everyone from Bloc Party to I Was A Cub Scout, including a truly masterful take on the Gotye anthem "Heart's A Mess" that remains one of our all time most

Only You Can Prevent John Boehner

I hadn't particularly noticed Glenn Greenwald attacking "moderate" Democrats, only right-wing ones. It's Robert Gibbs who attacked moderate Democrats, but that doesn't seem to bother Alter, a booster of Bush's war on terror and an advocate of torture even before it was clear that the Bush regime was using it. (He's since tried to cover up his support of torture, but he lies.) No wonder he

Only You Can Prevent John Boehner

I hadn't particularly noticed Glenn Greenwald attacking "moderate" Democrats, only right-wing ones. It's Robert Gibbs who attacked moderate Democrats, but that doesn't seem to bother Alter, a booster of Bush's war on terror and an advocate of torture even before it was clear that the Bush regime was using it. (He's since tried to cover up his support of torture, but he lies.) No wonder he

I WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

In the spring of 2009 we put on the debut London show of a then-unknown band called Egyptian Hip Hop. Barely out of high school at the time, it was seriously early days for the Mancunian four piece but there was no denying the ridiculous potential on display. Now just over a year on, they still have the best name in the game and have put out their debut single with our friends at Hit Club,

The Evil Boyar Leads the Little Father Astray Yet Again

On the other hand, Representative Alan Grayson appeared on CNN and, more in sorrow than in anger, declared that Robert Gibbs knows Fox Talking Points and little else.One commenter at Joe.My.God lent support to an earlier suspicion of mine when he complained that Grayson is "always, always in frothing at the mouth attack mode, and that kind of constant over the top response wears thin after awhile

The Evil Boyar Leads the Little Father Astray Yet Again

On the other hand, Representative Alan Grayson appeared on CNN and, more in sorrow than in anger, declared that Robert Gibbs knows Fox Talking Points and little else.One commenter at Joe.My.God lent support to an earlier suspicion of mine when he complained that Grayson is "always, always in frothing at the mouth attack mode, and that kind of constant over the top response wears thin after awhile

Heaven for Me, But Not for Thee

I don't get it:If there is one thing many fundamentalist Christians are known for, it is their blatant hypocrisy. I have heard liberal Christians and even some moderates say that they believe virtually everyone will go to some sort of heaven as long as they are not terrible people who commit serious crimes. Not so for the fundamentalists. For them, the only path to heaven is through Jesus.

Heaven for Me, But Not for Thee

I don't get it:If there is one thing many fundamentalist Christians are known for, it is their blatant hypocrisy. I have heard liberal Christians and even some moderates say that they believe virtually everyone will go to some sort of heaven as long as they are not terrible people who commit serious crimes. Not so for the fundamentalists. For them, the only path to heaven is through Jesus.

The Check Is In The Mail

Watching this cozy exchange between Moore and Olberman, I began wondering just what audience Robert Gibbs thought he was addressing when he threw his tantrum for The Hill. Was it the Beltway, the Democratic insiders known as the Village? If so, they approved: the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, for example, wrote that "Gibbs has, in the space of just a few weeks, twice committed the

The Check Is In The Mail

Watching this cozy exchange between Moore and Olberman, I began wondering just what audience Robert Gibbs thought he was addressing when he threw his tantrum for The Hill. Was it the Beltway, the Democratic insiders known as the Village? If so, they approved: the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, for example, wrote that "Gibbs has, in the space of just a few weeks, twice committed the

Gold in a Bull Market, Stocks in a Bear Market

To me, the title is stating the obvious. To many, such talk is ridiculous. To paperbugs,

The Word "Duh" Comes to Mind

By Daniel Gross at Slate:Employers shouldn't be surprised that Americans won't take their crummy, low-wage jobs.At "Mechanical Devices, which supplies parts for earthmovers and other heavy equipment to manufacturers such as Caterpillar Inc., part owner Mark Sperry says he has been looking for $13-an-hour machinists since early last year," the Journal reports. Thirteen dollars an hour, 40

The Word "Duh" Comes to Mind

By Daniel Gross at Slate:Employers shouldn't be surprised that Americans won't take their crummy, low-wage jobs.At "Mechanical Devices, which supplies parts for earthmovers and other heavy equipment to manufacturers such as Caterpillar Inc., part owner Mark Sperry says he has been looking for $13-an-hour machinists since early last year," the Journal reports. Thirteen dollars an hour, 40

NIGHTS LIKE THIS.

We were out of the game for a minute there at Lollapalooza, and during our absence our boy Samuel released his debut video for "I Heart NY", and while we're kind of late to the party we've still got to show it some love because it's kind of really fucking great. It's a creative treatment executed flawlessly and shot beautifully by director Austin Peters, in which our hero cruises through his

The Summation Index RSI Indicator

Trading is difficult and the odds are stacked against you. Any edge you can get when

Missed Oz, Back to Kansas

(image from Bartcop, via Sideshow)I corrected the verb in the first sentence of yesterday's post, because Gibbs's performance was clearly put-on, planned, prepared. (For those of you who wish Obama would, like, show some emotion -- this is what it would look like. Let's leave these distasteful performances to his underlings, shall we?)A lot of the liberal/prog blogosphere is indeed having

Missed Oz, Back to Kansas

(image from Bartcop, via Sideshow)I corrected the verb in the first sentence of yesterday's post, because Gibbs's performance was clearly put-on, planned, prepared. (For those of you who wish Obama would, like, show some emotion -- this is what it would look like. Let's leave these distasteful performances to his underlings, shall we?)A lot of the liberal/prog blogosphere is indeed having

I'm a Loser

President Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs staged a meltdown (via) in the West Wing the other day. He spluttered to an interviewer,“I hear these people saying he’s like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested,” Gibbs said. “I mean, it’s crazy.”The press secretary dismissed the “professional left” in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right,

I'm a Loser

President Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs staged a meltdown (via) in the West Wing the other day. He spluttered to an interviewer,“I hear these people saying he’s like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested,” Gibbs said. “I mean, it’s crazy.”The press secretary dismissed the “professional left” in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right,

GOLD018: DOM

Dom has been burning up our stereo all summer long with his star-spangled banger "Living In America", and with the buzz around him beginning to carry overseas, we're thrilled to announce the band as the latest addition to the Neon Gold team. In association with Burning Mill Records - who released Dom's amazing debut Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP from which the two tracks on the 7" are culled - we'll

Calling the Top in Global Equities

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The Golden Mean

My sentiments exactly:Anne Rice, Frank Schaeffer, Chris Hedges, and all your apologists, this cartoonist has your number.

The Golden Mean

My sentiments exactly:Anne Rice, Frank Schaeffer, Chris Hedges, and all your apologists, this cartoonist has your number.

THE LOVING THAT YOU'VE WASTED.

It was a little over year ago that we sent out a wake up call to industry A&R's to get wise to the fresh sound of Harlem's finest lady MC Azealia Banks, and shortly thereafter XL snatched her up and locked her away to get to work on her debut album. Since then it's been all but radio silence from the one they now call Miss Banks (save for a recent feature on the new Major Lazer EP), until this

The Unshakable Faith in Magic Market Wizards

I see what I think is the same faulty herd mentality developing in financial markets that

Great Expectations

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Great Expectations

John Caruso has a good almost-new post on Obama's record. (Good intentions are all very well as pavement for the road to hell, but actions speak louder than words. Obama has a lot of words.) When it comes to "accountability for torture, detention of terrorism suspects, and use of lethal force against civilians," concern for poor people's access to water, the US educational system, Obama's "

Gold and Bond Prices Up - Must Be a Kondratieff Wave Winter

I am a Gold bull. I believe we are in a Kondratieff Winter or secular credit contraction.

Museum Bahari The National Maritime Museum in Jakarta

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And Even Thee's a Little Diverse

Along with my coworkers, I went to a training session on diversity on Thursday. Both of the presenters (a man and a woman) were gay, which may be why they spent so much time on sexual orientation and "gender." That wasn't such a good idea, because those issues were the ones they were most confused about. (Not only those, I admit: the male presenter claimed that Sunni and Shi'a are "ethnicities

And Even Thee's a Little Diverse

Along with my coworkers, I went to a training session on diversity on Thursday. Both of the presenters (a man and a woman) were gay, which may be why they spent so much time on sexual orientation and "gender." That wasn't such a good idea, because those issues were the ones they were most confused about. (Not only those, I admit: the male presenter claimed that Sunni and Shi'a are "ethnicities

The God Who Cried "Wolf!"

I got quite a nice e-mail message about Monday's post, from a reader who identified himself as a Catholic priest. He made an observation that gave me a lot of ideas:Permit me to offer, however, that the real problem with Christians is that we don’t truly believe in the end-times, we use it as code and cover for other political agendas. If we truly believed in the apocalypse we would not be so

The God Who Cried "Wolf!"

I got quite a nice e-mail message about Monday's post, from a reader who identified himself as a Catholic priest. He made an observation that gave me a lot of ideas:Permit me to offer, however, that the real problem with Christians is that we don’t truly believe in the end-times, we use it as code and cover for other political agendas. If we truly believed in the apocalypse we would not be so

Bank Rakyat Indonesia BRI The Oldest Bank in Indonesia

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China Goes for Gold

China Goes for GoldGold demand will continue to increase as China's central bank supports an expansion of the gold market. Don Dion currently Holds IAU and GDXWed 08/04/10 06:00 AM EST -- Don DionStocks in this video: GDXJ | KGC | IAU | GDX

Air Asia Mega Sale! (Book from 2 August 2010 - 10 August 2010)

Promotion from Air Asia for all travel bugs!!Add to your 2011 traveling plan!

Investing In Gold with Tom OBrien

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.................... Bangkok Day 3: Sky still blue and not falling apart.....Last night, Lee and i had a discussion about an idea Joe gave us night before. He said something like:"If you both have to pay over 300 baht each which is equal 600 baht why don't you rent an apartment room near mine? its only 600 baht per day?"We thought it was a good idea. For me i had no problem with that as i never

I, Uh, I Forgot What I Was Gonna Say, Man!

This video clip shows informer Adrian Lamo on the BBC, justifying his decision to turn in Bradley Manning for allegedly delivering material to Wikileaks, and -- holy shit, man, what is Lamo on? He reminds me of a pothead character in an old Cheech and Chong skit. I'm not sure I agree with Glenn Greenwald, whose latest column pointed me to the clip, that I've "never seen someone behave quite

I, Uh, I Forgot What I Was Gonna Say, Man!

This video clip shows informer Adrian Lamo on the BBC, justifying his decision to turn in Bradley Manning for allegedly delivering material to Wikileaks, and -- holy shit, man, what is Lamo on? He reminds me of a pothead character in an old Cheech and Chong skit. I'm not sure I agree with Glenn Greenwald, whose latest column pointed me to the clip, that I've "never seen someone behave quite

I Do Not Like Your Christ. I Like (Some of) Your Christians.

I just picked Frank Schaeffer's latest book off the shelf at the public library: Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism). Schaeffer is the son of Francis Schaeffer, a Presbyterian pastor who left the US in 1948 to bring the gospel to the European heathen. The father cultivated a chin beard and founded a retreat in Switzerland, where some of his disciples

I Do Not Like Your Christ. I Like (Some of) Your Christians.

I just picked Frank Schaeffer's latest book off the shelf at the public library: Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism). Schaeffer is the son of Francis Schaeffer, a Presbyterian pastor who left the US in 1948 to bring the gospel to the European heathen. The father cultivated a chin beard and founded a retreat in Switzerland, where some of his disciples

HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER.

Things have been kind of quiet on the Penguin Prison remix front while dude's been hard at work finishing up his debut album - which y'all should be warned is sounding completely and utterly amazing - but now he's back with a fiery new remix of our beloved Neon Gold alumni Passion Pit. Putting to bed any concerns that his remix muscles might have atrophied over the past few months, the track is a

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Jakarta is the biggest city in Indonesia and become capital city. Jakarta located in Pulau Jawa Island, at the west java side. Jakarta now have 14 million people population, so you can imagine how much head in this city. Many population have many problem that not easy to resolve. The government now have thingking how to resolve many problem by million citizen.Traffic jams in Jakarta are now a hot

The "How Many Times Have I Heard That One Before?" Department

From the Daily Beast, via Antemedius, via Sideshow:The US is apparently convinced that whistleblower Bradley Manning, who was arrested two weeks ago, did indeed hand over 260,000 US diplomatic cables concerning the Middle East over to Wikileaks....American officials would not discuss the methods being used to find Assange, nor would they say if they had information to suggest where he is now.

The "How Many Times Have I Heard That One Before?" Department

From the Daily Beast, via Antemedius, via Sideshow:The US is apparently convinced that whistleblower Bradley Manning, who was arrested two weeks ago, did indeed hand over 260,000 US diplomatic cables concerning the Middle East over to Wikileaks....American officials would not discuss the methods being used to find Assange, nor would they say if they had information to suggest where he is now.