Archive for December 2007
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“History, they say, doesn’t repeat –but it does echo. Looking back at other situations, other republics and empires, one is tempted to draw parallels between then and now. The parallel drawn most often is the decline of the British Empire .In the end America will follow its own unique path. All Republics end, and so do all Empires.” 4 for pause.
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“Americans today are seeing the same sheepish submissiveness that characterized Germany after the burning of the Reichstag.” Is democracy slowly disappearing? Hitler and Franco did it in Germany and Spain. Is Bush doing it in the USA?
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The law offices of the ACLU are right now officially being protested by Brother Nathanael, dressed in a black cowl and brandishing a “ACLU GAYS ARE ANTI-CHRIST” sign. The interview with him is awesome. This apparently is something of a career for Brother Nathanael, who has been previously sighted in Boston, around Colorado, and elsewhere.
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The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism. Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult. They have introduced courses for priests to combat what they call the most extreme form of “Godlessness.” Each bishop is to be told to have in his diocese a number of priests trained to fight demonic possession.
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Prosecutors in Russia say they are studying a complaint accusing Coca-Cola of insulting Orthodox Christian beliefs in an advertising campaign.
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New chat bots can be added to translate Google Talk chats in real time. As we expected, Google’s automated translation yields mixed results, but it’s a big step in the right direction.
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Windows users won’t be the only ones enjoying those craptastic programs from the BBC. Full support is expected to be introduced at some point in 2008, and the official launch of the iPlayer is expected for Christmas day of this year. I can’t wait to miss it!
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With donations coming in from the Tea Party ‘07 fund raising event, Ron Paul’s campaign has raised over $1 Million so far on Dec. 16th. $1 Million in contributions was reached at 5:30 am EST. The Ron Paul campaign started the day with $11.55 Million in contributions and now have over $12.55 Million in contributions.
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Over 50 years ago, Liu, was a 19 years-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu. At the time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.
To avoid the market gossips, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing area.
Liu began, and continue for 50 years, to hand carve steps into the mountain side so that his wife could easily decent from the cave.
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China is a vast country with many areas left untouched by modernization. There are many towns with naturally stunning landscapes. Here is a list of easily accessible, picturesque border towns. Quiet and secluded, these towns present some antique architecture which make these communities charming and simple.
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Is the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or the United States of America (USA) more communist when it comes to socialized government services for the people? The answer may surprise you!
Putting my dugg stories at 疯狂漫谈::东正教教会学习 (http://nstanosheck.blogspot.com) was a big mistake I think. It quickly buried (Digg pun not intended) the stories about my personal life, which is why people go there in the first place, I believe. So I am moving my dugg stories back to “This Too Was Dugg By…“, here at https://nstanosheck.wordpress.com
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