This is Maundy Thursday; our podcast is the institution of the Eucharist (along with the acclamation,) from Roger Smith's album Who Shall Spread the Good News.
The French Reject Sanctions Against Downloaders
From Reuters: By a show of hands, the National Assembly rejected Thursday a bill concerning hacking on the Internet which would have enacted a "measured reaction" up to and including the suspension of internet access for the authors of illegal downloading. This dramatic turn of events was caused by the absence of deputies of the …
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Now He Tells Us: Rick Warren Bails on Proposition 8
This is really cute: California mega-church pastor and author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren says he apologized to his homosexual friends for making comments in support of California's Proposition 8, and now claims he "never once even gave an endorsement" of the marriage amendment. Monday night on CNN's Larry King Live, Pastor Rick …
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So Why, Gene Robinsion, Are You a Bishop?
He poses the problem: "Let's be honest, most of the discrimination ... has come at the hands of religious people, and the greatest single hindrance to the achievement of full civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people can be laid at the doorstep of the three Abrahamic faiths: Christianity, Judaism and Islam," Robinson …
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Cross of Shame
Today's Holy Week podcast exploration looks forward to Good Friday. It's the Kairosingers' Cross of Shame, from their album Of One Accord.
Iowa Supremes Legalise Same Sex Civil Marriage: Right Decision, Wrong Reason?
Or at least that's what University of Colorado law professor Paul Campos thinks: Decisions such as the Iowa Supreme Court’s recent announcement that the state’s constitution requires the state to make same-sex monogamous marriage legal pose a practical dilemma for those of us who support gay marriage, but oppose the more egregious varieties of legal …
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Lending to the Lord, and Getting Back
In preparation for his "Palm Sunday entry" into Jerusalem, Our Lord did the following: “When they had almost reached Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two of his disciples. “Go to the village facing you,” he said; “and, as soon as you get there, you will …
The Rule of Law, or, If You Don’t Believe in a Civilisation, It Won’t Last
Earlier I posted a quote from Charles Freeman on dollar hegemony. The source behind that is here, but he also touched on another interesting subject that no one is talking about: There's another issue that no one's paying any attention to, and that is the consequences of the erosion of the world order that we …
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The End is in View for Dollar Hegemony
From Charles Freeman, via John Ross Crooks, currency trader: “One [longer term strategic issue] is very apposite today, and that is the future of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency. At Bretton Woods, the dollar became the global reserve currency, backed by gold. A quarter century later, Nixon eliminated the gold backing for our …
Imitation Europeans and Foreign Devils, and From Dreaming About his Father to Repeating his Mistakes
The Elitist Snob discovers that the Europeans aren't on the same wavelength as he is: While President Nicolas Sarkozy of France did not repeat an earlier threat to walk out of the conference - "I just got here," he joked - he made it clear he would reject an agreement that puts off stringent new …
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