Commenting on the Gizmodo post where this seminal image first appeared, a self-labeled “radical libertarian” has outlined why Net Neutrality is actually, beneath its freedom-promoting veneer, an affront to the rights, sacred honor, and quiet dignity of all the world’s freedom-loving peoples. Mind you, to see this, one must don libertarian goggles, which are to idiotic arguments what beer goggles are to regrettable one-night-stands: Here’s how it would likely play out: First, we should acknowledge that the cheaper service options will probably appeal to some people
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Net Neutrality and Why "Radical Libertarians" Are Hilarious
Long ago, when I was the religion-beat reporter and columnist for the Rocky Mountain News (please pause for a moment of silence), I thought that one of the most interesting stories in town was the growth of the local congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church. This was the 1980s and AIDS was a topic that dominated the news and bled over into all kinds of different subjects, including — obviously — religion
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Chip off the old mainline?
Extra TV Julia Roberts on Botox and Hinduism Extra TV Actress Julia Roberts would like to set the record straight on rumors that she's had Botox, and on her connection to Hinduism .
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Julia Roberts on Botox and Hinduism – Extra TV
It’s a tough category, to be sure, but Lona O’Connor wins the prize for the worst story I’ve ever seen about female, non-Roman Catholic priests. It ran in the Palm Beach Post and it’s just absolutely embarrassing from top to bottom. Here’s the lede, which I do not believe is satire: Like the first Christians, they are outcasts
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Serving outrage soup for female priests
SUMMERVILLE — Supporters say the request was benign enough: Open a town meeting room for an hour each week so a group can pray for the community, its government and its churches.
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Request for prayer site stirs debate
We’re taking a break from polemics for a real treat. Here is a true story from a new friend of ours here at ABD, who is going by the name of “Ray.” He wants to share his story with you in the hopes that you will find something to relate to, that you might be strengthened and come to share in his hope in the love of Jesus Christ
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Reader Testimonies — Ray
Every August I receive many, many emails from nervous, anxious, frustrated mothers trying to make decisions about this year’s homeschool plans. Some are deciding to homeschool, some are deciding on teaching approaches, some are deciding on curriculum. The common thread is fear of making the wrong decision.
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An Easy Way to Make Homeschool Decisions
For the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and their children, the past and the future of Jewish culture are inextricably linked. Since mass extermination is an inescapable fact of history, genocide looms forever as a threat on the horizon.
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Family's quest is Holocaust education
When North Charleston Baptist Church was founded in 1920, and its fortress-like brick building first rose at Crawford and Cherry streets just south of Montague Avenue, the area consisted of tracts of woodland and decaying plantations along the Cooper River and tidal creeks.
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Tenacious church holds out hope in its changing North Charleston neighborhood
I did a post at Laced with Grace about our precious poochy, Shasta, and the results of her DNA testing. Her results were not at all what we expected! Click here to read about her Doggy DNA. Have a wonderful weekend and if you hav e a pet, think of the ways that little critter is a gift from God
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Weekend Devo — Doggy DNA