We are traveling in the footsteps Of those who’ve gone before But we’ll all be reunited (but if we stand reunited) On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store) Oh when the saints go marching in When the saints go marching in Oh lord I want to be in that …
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And so goes my love affair with Shackleton- (and remote, uninhabited places).. One looks at these places, the cabins, the flags, the old supplies still there- and sees over time, the unending need for “quest” and conquest of nature, yet at the same time, the undeniable love for the same these explorers have- the desire …
Even if the Sun is unseen, Do not cry too much. Now we observe holy Yule, Let that be a comfort. – Yule in hovel, Yule in town, Yule in the darkness, Yule in joy, Yule in sorrow, Yule in all hearts. Christmas Stories about, written by and read by (gasp) White People!! The download button is …
Immigration, both legal and illegal, puts huge strain on the country “Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household,” said Steven A. Camarota, author of the …
When I was a little kid, I used to like that song “Little Boxes” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boxes just because it was simple and like something kindergarten kids would like- as a woman, I don’t like it. It makes fun of suburbia, it makes fun of the “American Dream” , and in doing this, in an insidious way, it makes …
Alienating and being hostile , constantly mocking Christians does not pay -It’s just not good strategy – As far as numbers go, these groups know how to put the squeeze of political & economic pressure on – lots of their issues are our issues- and our enemies KNOW this. These groups some WNs may deem “too mainstream” or “I’m …
I’ve been interested in what has been called the “voluntary simplicity” movement for years, but am now getting harder-core where it concerns holidays and children especially, given the indoctrination and propaganda on TV- so far I have managed to convince my kids that most stuff on TV is crap, almost every commercial and most programming- http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Environment/Consumerism/ http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Lifestyle_Choices/Voluntary_Simplicity/ http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Holidays/Christmas/Opinions/Social_and_Economic/ Protests Against …
This is going to pretty pretty dry and involve numbers- if you like that stuff , you might do better than I at deciphering what these codes mean- We try to boycott certain places for political and other reasons, but it is not a guarantee when we avoid products marked with THAT code, that we …
Postcard book so incorrect and unpopular that both amazon and half.com are out of stock You Mean A Woman Can Open It?: The Woman’s Place In The Classic Age Of Advertising more photos here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=496827&in_page_id=1879
The Archdiocese of New York has apparently just released new coloring book for kids, all about how to be safe in an age of fear and predation. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2007/12/12/notes121207.DTL&o=0 Fear of this is why my oldest son never got baptized. The Roman Catholic priest wouldn’t do it when he was an infant …
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2007/12/06/2007-12-06_balduccis_offers_ham_for_chanukah.html “I just thought it was funny,” Shapiro, a self-described “unobservant Jew,” said. “I wasn’t offended in any way. I just thought, here’s somebody who knows nothing about what Jews eat.” Shapiro said that when she went back to the store Tuesday, the first night of Chanukah, the signs had vanished. A Balducci’s official was …
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/12/11/MN4ITQULT.DTL http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player/video_player.cfm?id=12653&mv=ncl Master surfer cheats death in biggest swell of season at Maverick’s Riding the Waves at Mavericks, SF coast, these guys are nuts. “Definitely the worst wipeout I’ve seen,” said photographer Frank Quirarte, whose stunning still images (more on http://www.mavsurfer.com) captured a session not even visible for fog-shrouded spectators on land. “There was a …
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2007/12/10/4716451-sun.html http://www.paulfromm.com/ http://www.canadafirst.net/ http://www.canadianheritagealliance.com/ http://www.canadianfreespeech.com/homepage.html Two of Canada’s leaders on opposite sides of the Internet hate debate — Ottawa anti-racism lawyer Richard Warman and controversial Toronto teacher Paul Fromm — plan to go toe to toe in a hearing room in Toronto. The twist: Warman just won a $30,000 libel suit against Fromm. Besides owing …
(for some reason the links aren’t ‘live’ but you can copy and paste them into your browsers address bar) You probably were aware that life sucks for Palestinians, but maybe you didn’t know it was getting worse. Occupied Palestine (AKA artificial land of Israel) denies or delays medical care , even children die just because …
Pic from movie Brothers Grimm, whose stories I will be reading/recording soon- This time, reading stories by Hans Christian Andersen, hope you enjoy http://www.savefile.com/files/1240295 Little Match Girl http://www.savefile.com/files/1240309 Children’s Prattle http://www.savefile.com/files/1240304 Delaying is not forgetting
Omar Barghouti: No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State http://www.voltairenet.org/article153536.html Excerpts from the article After September 11th, Israel became much more belligerent and now really cares little about international opinion. During the seventies and eighties, even into the nineties, Israel was extremely sensitive to western public opinion. In the twenty-first century …
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/latest-world-news/2007/12/07/kiefer-sutherland-chooses-christmas-in-jail-91466-20215905/ http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/kiefermug1.html This is your second DUI! Straighten up and fly right, K. I had a thing for Kiefer since before Lost Boys, now I find out the guy is prob an alkie. Makes me sad. As does the new movie starring his brother, described below. I have not seen it, nor do I intend to after reading …
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fIFa9RcCmI Some movies not classfied as horror actually are. The Woodsman is one of these . The title apparently stems from the Little Red Riding Hood tale, where the woodsman saves her from the big, bad wolf, but in this movie, they try to convince you the wolf can sometimes redeem himself and turn into …