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Kafka Esq.: Jan 1, 2005; "If you ever even think about calling me anything but 'The Crab' I will go so fucking crab on your ass you won't even see what crab'd your crab" -The Crab(TM)

Dreylad posted:

I can do it, I figured you weren't posting it because there wasn't anything interesting.

A little bit of column apathy, a little bit of column boring.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:26

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# ? May 28, 2024 22:43

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

THC posted:

I wouldn't go that far. This terrifying ditch seems to keep people out well enough already. It's full of man-eating raccoons and aggressive geese and God only knows what else.

One time when I was a kid on centennial beach I accidentally walked across the border, maybe trump has the right idea

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:28

Helsing: Aug 23, 2003; DON'T POST IN THE ELECTION THREAD UNLESS YOU JOE BIDEN

Dreylad posted:

I would definitely take issue with that assertion given the legislative backlash to the Black Panthers and other black power groups, but that's beside the point.

Blame Foucault maybe? It seems like the greatest accomplishment in activism these days is change the conversation, and that is often considered to be one of the great accomplishments of Occupy Wall Street, which seems to be the apex of theatrical self-promotion in radical politics in North America. We change the conversation about income inequality, systemic racism, climate change, and things will happen. Somehow, in some way. The intense anti-institutionalism of the New Left I think has always meant that any kind of proposal for change fails - regardless of the success of the advocacy - as soon as it makes contact with the realities of existing institutions and the ways policies are crafted by government and the civil service.

Which might explain a lot of older leftists flight to neoliberalism - the government can't solve problems on its own, shackled as it is to institutional inertia and certain processes, so bring on the private sector that lacks both those restrictions and any meaningful accountability.

Foucault, Derrida and the whole post-structuralist turn in the academy probably didn't help, given that they gave theoretical covering fire to leftists who wanted to abandon any kind of concrete political commitments in favour of endlessly discussing "discourse" and "metanarratives" but even then I think they're as much a symptom as a cause, especially given that post structuralism is itself just one of the many reactions people on the left had to the failure of the 1968 uprising.

I think the deeper issue is that we live in a society of unreality and spectacle. The right is guilty of this as well, and arguably mainstream liberals are the most delusional political group out there, but those criticisms are so easy to make that they're hardly worth doing.

I just think our entire society right now is utterly unmoored from reality in a way that I'm not sure has many precedents. I know I caught flack the last time I made this comment but honestly the fact that we're a society where the main medium of communication is visual images, where the dominant stories we tell ourselves are Star Wars and The Avengers, and where very few people read for pleasure, is in my opinion right at the heart of this problem. Our entire culture is in the midst of an extended flight away from the real world and it should hardly be surprising that most politics is an expression of this unreality.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 01:03

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

CLAM DOWN posted:

One time when I was a kid on centennial beach I accidentally walked across the border, maybe trump has the right idea

I used to do that all the time. I don't think they mind as long as you stay on the beach and don't get up to anything suspicious. Some kids in my grade had a lil bonfire over there and a bunch of them got arrested and went to Blaine County court for underage drinking and pot.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 01:11

Precambrian Video Games: Aug 19, 2002

I guess nobody read this jewel from Terry Milewski?

quote:

Pity the military bureaucrat, buried in acronyms. Even the most intrepid clerk may remember his ROE and STD but forget to check his TSS/TEA with a LEGAD from the OJAG. It can happen to anyone.

Of course, all of these mysterious terms are important. The ROE are the rules of engagement, no less. And, no, an STD is not a sexually transmitted disease; it's a strategic targeting directive.

The TSS is the targeting summary sheet and, sadly, TEA no longer arrives in the afternoon. It's the Target Engagement Authority and it's not to be messed with.

For that, you'll need a LEGAD from the OJAG. You guessed it: a legal adviser from the Office of the Judge Advocate General.

It takes another few paragraphs for him to get to the goddamn point, which is about the Syrian/Iraqi/ISIS bombing campaign:

quote:

One of the few paragraphs not riddled with acronyms puts the pilots on notice: if you're not sure whether it's a civilian target or a military one, don't drop the bomb.

A section of the FRAG O guidelines describes the 'doubt rule,' instructing pilots not to bomb when unsure whether it's a civilian target or a military one. (Department of National Defence)

Plainly, an errant bomb that hits a school, a hospital or a wedding party � all of which happened with U.S. bombers in Afghanistan � is a catastrophe, and not just for the victims. It's a propaganda victory for the guys we're trying to fight.

That's the backdrop to another section of the FRAG O � showing the forest of complicated questions to be answered about every single target. Is it on the target list of the MESF? That's the allied coalition dubbed the Middle East Stabilization Force � an ambitious title if ever there was one.

But the document wants to know: Is this bombing militarily necessary? Is the damage proportional to the benefits? Has the target been approved by the coalition? By the intelligence officer? By the legal adviser? By the Targeting Engagement Authority?

Your answer had better be, yes. It's enough to make you wonder if a LEGAD clings to every falling bomb, taking notes for the mandatory post-bombing reports.

Elsewhere, the FRAG O seems to bend over backward to protect non-combatants � even if they're ISIS sympathizers. Apparently, you can spread ISIS propaganda and help to conceal ISIS movements, but as long as you're not actually fighting, you're not a legitimate target.

The Defence Department document says that a mere supporter of the enemy who is not engaged in combat is not a legitimate target.

Whereby a CBC reporter honestly laments and questions why we can't just bomb all ISIS sympathizers and non-combatants back into the stone age. :psyduck:

No wonder we're such great buddies with Israel.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 02:04

MA-Horus: Dec 3, 2006; I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

Jesus loving gently caress

So freedom of speech, much like this CBC reporter is using to spout this horseshit, only applies when it agrees with your point of view huh

I do not like ISIS one bit. But dropping a JDAM on some guy making leaflets is murder, pure and simple. That is not a military target in any way shape or form, and would be rather counterproductive

# ? Mar 8, 2016 02:16

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

Aint no freedom of speech on a BATTLEFIELD

if you wanted freedom of speech then why did you go on a BATTLEFIELD

What, your house is on the BATTLEFIELD and you've lived there for 30 years? Why didn't you leave then! BATTLEFIELD.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 02:19

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

It's amazing that milewski is such a terrible writer. Abolish the loving CBC. They're a national embarrassment

# ? Mar 8, 2016 02:50

RBC: Nov 23, 2007; IM STILL SPENDING MONEY FROM 1888

Helsing posted:

Foucault, Derrida and the whole post-structuralist turn in the academy probably didn't help, given that they gave theoretical covering fire to leftists who wanted to abandon any kind of concrete political commitments in favour of endlessly discussing "discourse" and "metanarratives" but even then I think they're as much a symptom as a cause, especially given that post structuralism is itself just one of the many reactions people on the left had to the failure of the 1968 uprising.

I think the deeper issue is that we live in a society of unreality and spectacle. The right is guilty of this as well, and arguably mainstream liberals are the most delusional political group out there, but those criticisms are so easy to make that they're hardly worth doing.

I just think our entire society right now is utterly unmoored from reality in a way that I'm not sure has many precedents. I know I caught flack the last time I made this comment but honestly the fact that we're a society where the main medium of communication is visual images, where the dominant stories we tell ourselves are Star Wars and The Avengers, and where very few people read for pleasure, is in my opinion right at the heart of this problem. Our entire culture is in the midst of an extended flight away from the real world and it should hardly be surprising that most politics is an expression of this unreality.

Most people don't work in organized workplaces anymore and are detatched from the concept of labour. When your concept of labour is sitting at a computer doing actual "work" for 2 hours and the rest of your day is watching memes it's difficult to feel radicalized or militant. Radical progressive politics requires action that is best achieved through organizing the workplace. It's not something that is especially on the rise .

# ? Mar 8, 2016 03:27

Helsing: Aug 23, 2003; DON'T POST IN THE ELECTION THREAD UNLESS YOU JOE BIDEN

RBC posted:

Most people don't work in organized workplaces anymore and are detatched from the concept of labour. When your concept of labour is sitting at a computer doing actual "work" for 2 hours and the rest of your day is watching memes it's difficult to feel radicalized or militant. Radical progressive politics requires action that is best achieved through organizing the workplace. It's not something that is especially on the rise .

I think there's a lot to what you're saying but the problem goes deeper than this because even the people who do feel radicalized (on the left and the right) have a tendency toward empty political theatrics. If you read the Lasch excerpt I posted he's not so much bemoaning the lack of radicalism as he is emphasizing the diversion of genuine radicals into pointless or ultimately self serving forms of politics.

At least in theory there should be plenty of vectors for spreading left wing ideas based on low wages, high rents, etc. But the failure of the left to rise to the challenges posed by the Great Recession is opening up space on the right in many countries. Canada so far is largely insulated from the worst shocks of the financial downturn but our turn will come.

While we're finally starting to see some shift toward concrete organizing (I doubt either Corbyn or Sanders are going to win but at least they express a slightly more pragmatic desire by the left to maybe actually kinda sorta start developing real organizational strength again at some point in the future) I suspect it's coming too late to make a difference at this point. The proper time to prepare was before the last crisis.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 03:40

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

Malaysian energy company Petronas has threatened to cancel their planned $35B LNG terminal in Prince Rupert after Trudeau's totally pointless carbon meeting with the premiers in which barely anything of substance was accomplished. BC will never have a strong economy at this rate!

# ? Mar 8, 2016 05:05

unlimited shrimp: Aug 30, 2008

Helsing posted:

I think there's a lot to what you're saying but the problem goes deeper than this because even the people who do feel radicalized (on the left and the right) have a tendency toward empty political theatrics. If you read the Lasch excerpt I posted he's not so much bemoaning the lack of radicalism as he is emphasizing the diversion of genuine radicals into pointless or ultimately self serving forms of politics.

At least in theory there should be plenty of vectors for spreading left wing ideas based on low wages, high rents, etc. But the failure of the left to rise to the challenges posed by the Great Recession is opening up space on the right in many countries. Canada so far is largely insulated from the worst shocks of the financial downturn but our turn will come.

While we're finally starting to see some shift toward concrete organizing (I doubt either Corbyn or Sanders are going to win but at least they express a slightly more pragmatic desire by the left to maybe actually kinda sorta start developing real organizational strength again at some point in the future) I suspect it's coming too late to make a difference at this point. The proper time to prepare was before the last crisis.

Maybe the world just seems too big now in an age of mass media and the internet. Your point of reference isn't the church or workplace or town hall any more, it's Ottawa and Washington D.C.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 06:03

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

TransCanada has blamed the ANDP's new carbon taxes in their cancellation of deals to buy coal power, which of course had absolutely nothing to do with any external economic circumstances. It's all the NDP's fault you see. That job-killing, high-tax NDP.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 06:09

jsoh: Mar 24, 2007; O Muhammad, I seek your intercession with my Lord for the return of my eyesight

sundance has been falling apart and haemorrhaging money for like a decade and transalta rightly wants to get rid of that poo poo heap

# ? Mar 8, 2016 06:12

Dr. Stab: Sep 12, 2010; 👨🏻‍⚕️🩺🔪🙀😱🙀

The best pornhub picture

# ? Mar 8, 2016 06:21

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

I knew it. Eskimo isn't a pejorative

# ? Mar 8, 2016 06:53

Franks Happy Place: Mar 15, 2011; It is by weed alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the dank of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by weed alone I set my mind in motion.

Cultural Imperial posted:

I knew it. Eskimo isn't a pejorative

He's got us there, guys.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 07:02

MatchaZed: Feb 14, 2010; We Can Do It!

Dr. Stab posted:

The best pornhub picture

Looks like PT6A should move to New Brunswick. He'd be popular.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 09:30

cheese sandwich: Feb 9, 2009

Dr. Stab posted:

The best pornhub picture

whoa sup nwt :stare:

or is there only like three people with unrestricted access in nwt and they're all perverts

# ? Mar 8, 2016 12:36

Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

NWT gets poo poo for being down with the hentai but SK gets a free pass for cartoon porn? I see how it is

# ? Mar 8, 2016 13:15

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Minnie Mouse getting DP'd by Hades and Jack Skelington is wholesome and good, but a lady ninja having sex with her target is disgusting and morally repugnant.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 13:32

Excelsiortothemax: Sep 9, 2006

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Minnie Mouse getting DP'd by Hades and Jack Skelington is wholesome and good, but a lady ninja having sex with her target is disgusting and morally repugnant.

Not to mention dishonourable

# ? Mar 8, 2016 13:50

Postess with the Mostest: Apr 4, 2007; Arabian nights
'neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
could fall and fall hard
out there on the dunes

Here's some hope that this whole naturopathic thing should just sort itself out in a generation or two.

quote:

A southern Alberta couple accused of allowing their meningitis-infected toddler to die four years ago tried home remedies such as olive leaf extract and whey protein rather than take him to a doctor, a Lethbridge jury heard Monday.

RCMP said at the time that the boy had been ill for a couple of weeks but his parents only called for an ambulance when he stopped breathing.

The Crown alleges the parents fed the boy supplements with an eye dropper, lay down with him and consulted a friend.

However they did not seek medical help until the toddler stopped breathing, the Crown told court.

In a bid to boost his immune system, the couple gave the boy � who was lethargic and becoming stiff � various home remedies, such as water with maple syrup, juice with frozen berries and finally a mixture of apple cider vinegar, horse radish root, hot peppers, mashed onion, garlic and ginger root as his condition deteriorated.

The family has posted on social media that they feel they are being unfairly persecuted and that their approach to health should be respected.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:11

cheese sandwich: Feb 9, 2009

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Minnie Mouse getting DP'd by Hades and Jack Skelington is wholesome and good, but a lady ninja having sex with her target is disgusting and morally repugnant.

I thought hentai was the anime porn with kids in it

If it's really just lady ninjas then anime is still dumb but happy fapping nwt I guess

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:16

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

Ikantski posted:

Here's some hope that this whole naturopathic thing should just sort itself out in a generation or two.

Look you don't get it, medicine doesn't just work. You need to respect the crazy loving ideas that patients choose to subscribe

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:22

Kenny Logins: Jan 11, 2011; EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

Dr. Stab posted:

The best pornhub picture

WilliamAnderson posted:

Looks like PT6A should move to New Brunswick. He'd be popular.

I thought it was here, yesterday, but the best hidden secret of their stats is that Quebec's second most searched relative term, after "Quebec", is also "smoking".

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:24

Nine of Eight: Apr 28, 2011; LICK IT OFF, AND PUT IT BACK IN; Dinosaur Gum

Slightly Toasted posted:

I thought hentai was the anime porn with kids in it

If it's really just lady ninjas then anime is still dumb but happy fapping nwt I guess

It's just anime porn in general. You're thinking of loli and shota which should never be entered into a search bar.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:30

Dreylad: Jun 19, 2001

Hello here is some news 4 u

quote:

Good Tuesday morning to you.

It�s International Women�s Day, a United Nations-backed worldwide event that celebrates women�s achievements � from the political to the social � while calling for gender equality. It�s been observed since the early 1900s, with this year themed around "Planet 50-50 by 2030�.

This morning, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Status of Women

Minister Patty Hajdu and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will be at Ottawa City Hall for an International Women's Day event. Tonight, Oxfam Canada's Brittany Lambert, Kate McInturff from Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nancy Peckford of Equal Voice and Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld will be part of a panel discussion on gender equality at the Delta Hotel.

Meanwhile, feminist icon Gloria Steinem will speak at the University of Calgary to mark the occasion.

UN Under-Secretary-General Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin is in Ottawa for International Women's Day and will attend the Canadian launch of the UN Population Fund Report: Shelter from the Storm: A Transformative Agenda for Women and Girls in a Crisis-Prone World. He�ll take part in a panel discussion.

Speaking to The Globe and Mail yesterday, Osotimehin, the executive director of the UN Population Fund, called on Canada to reach out to the Nigerian government to offer logistical and intelligence services to help find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2104. He said �Canada has a good opportunity to re-engage with the Nigerians, who elected a new government last year, and support a �re-energized campaign� to locate the abducted schoolgirls.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Washington tomorrow and will endorse a joint approach to combating Arctic climate change as part of a broad continental environmental strategy when he meets President Barack Obama later this week. As the Globe�s Robert Fife reports, Canadian officials say they�re going to �announce measures to protect sensitive marine areas, bring solar and wind power to remote communities dependent on diesel fuel and lay out a process for mapping of shipping lanes and commercial fishing.�

Conservative Foreign Affairs Critic Tony Clement tells our Elizabeth Thompson that Trudeau is mistaken if he thinks any climate change deal reached with Obama will accomplish anything, given that the president is nearing the end of his term. �They�ll come up with a strategy and if we�re foolish enough to believe that President Obama can deliver on that strategy and then act accordingly in our jurisdiction, I think that is a very na�ve and foolish position (on the part) of the prime minister,� the former cabinet minister says.

Here�s what else is expected on this week�s official visit.

The House of Commons vote on Canada�s retooled military and humanitarian mission against ISIS will happen this afternoon after question period. Amanda Connolly has the details.

Still with the military, Canada needs new drones and if we�re going to buy them, Gen. Jonathan Vance says we might as well buy ones that can strike as well as see. Otherwise, there�s little point.

Canada�s chief public health officer says 20 Canadians have tested positive for the Zika virus, including one pregnant woman. Appearing before the House of Commons health committee, Dr. Gregory Taylor wouldn�t say where she is in order to protect her privacy, but he did say officials expect the number of cases to increase. Our Kyle Duggan has the details.

Meanwhile, Conservative MP Rob Nicholson and Liberal Rob Oliphant have joined forces in pushing for a national strategy to deal with dementia.

--

Finally this morning, The New Yorker seems concerned that a mix of Trudeaumania and cuddly panda-monium could worsen the American refugee crisis here, while across the pond, the U.K. comedy show The Last Leg has started a �brickstarter' campaign to help fund a wall that would span the border with our southern neighbours. "I think if I was Canada, I'd be worried," said host Adam Hills.

With that, here�s to �bricking it for Canada.� Have yourself a great day.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:34

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Kenny Logins posted:

I thought it was here, yesterday, but the best hidden secret of their stats is that Quebec's second most searched relative term, after "Quebec", is also "smoking".

Going from the left it could pass for one of those maps of a country's stereotypes.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 14:41

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

Ikantski posted:

Here's some hope that this whole naturopathic thing should just sort itself out in a generation or two.

I bet they were anti-vaxxers, opted out of the vaccines, and the child got meningitis as a complication of another illness.

quote:

They run a nutritional supplements company called Truehope Nutritional Support out of Raymond, Alta.

Nevermind, send them to jail and give their children to caring families.

Risky Bisquick fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Mar 8, 2016

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:18

Reince Penis: Nov 15, 2007; by R. Guyovich

Ikantski posted:

Here's some hope that this whole ~~naturopathic~~ Alberta thing should just sort itself out in a generation or two.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:21

peter banana: Sep 2, 2008; Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

Olds next to me in the Collingwood coffee shop talking about how "Obama should pay for Trudeau's trip to Washington," and "our taxpayer dollars getting flushed away for these sorts of things." Hard to forget I'm living in one of the last Conservative ridings in Ontario

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:28

Postess with the Mostest: Apr 4, 2007; Arabian nights
'neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
could fall and fall hard
out there on the dunes

peter banana posted:

Olds next to me in the Collingwood coffee shop talking about how "Obama should pay for Trudeau's trip to Washington," and "our taxpayer dollars getting flushed away for these sorts of things." Hard to forget I'm living in one of the last Conservative ridings in Ontario

Tell them how the privy council wants $600,000 more to enhance Trudeau's instagram presence and watch their heads explode

http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/03/05/pco-wants-600000-more-to-modernize-trudeau-website.html

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:32

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

Ikantski posted:

Tell them how the privy council wants $600,000 more to enhance Trudeau's instagram presence and watch their heads explode

http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/03/05/pco-wants-600000-more-to-modernize-trudeau-website.html

At least he's not asking for 600k to make partisan videos that include deployed soldiers identities.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:42

peter banana: Sep 2, 2008; Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

they're not gonna know what an instagram is. They're already mystified by how I "learned to type so fast!" (I don't type fast)

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:48

Postess with the Mostest: Apr 4, 2007; Arabian nights
'neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
could fall and fall hard
out there on the dunes

jm20 posted:

I bet they were anti-vaxxers, opted out of the vaccines, and the child got meningitis as a complication of another illness.

You bet... wisely. Holy frig I wish I hadn't gone down this rabbit hole.

https://www.facebook.com/david.stephan.568/posts/10156505892585722

quote:

Underlying vaccine agenda that will negatively impact Canadians *Please Share*

Before going into further detail about this agenda, I would like to express our appreciation for all of the prayers, love and support that has been extended to our family throughout all of this. Even though we are going through extremely tough times, we have been blessed tremendously by many of you and for that we say thank you so much!

As stated before, the charges of �Failing to provide the necessaries of life� that have been laid against my wife and I contain an underlying motive which if achieved, will set a precedent that will negatively affect many Canadians and possibly permeate international borders. The agenda� create the legal precedent that when a child falls ill, parents who chose not to vaccinate have a greater onus to seek mainstream medical attention sooner than parents that do vaccinate, and if any harm befalls the non-vaccinated child from an illness that there was a vaccine for, the parents can be held criminally liable� bringing us one step closer to mandatory vaccinations. The apparent agenda� if you can�t force them to get vaccinated, compel them through fear of criminal prosecution.

Did the guy's haircut and baby's name also make you want to bet they're religious? It should have.

quote:

OKAY PRAYER WARRIORS!!!! THE FINAL SCAN IS IN 15 MINUTES! PRAY YOUR HEARTS OUR & LIFT YOUR VOICES! PRAY FOR THAT MIRACLE! I HAVE GREAT NEWS AS WELL! ZEKE'S blood pressure has stabilized, he is barely on any heart medication anymore, they have reduced his insulin and his head is warmer!!!! YAY GOD!!!! PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for this little MIRACLE!!!!!

quote:

I can't help but feel that a Miracle has in fact occurred!! Baby Zeke taught us about God's pure love! Zeke's spirit is made of that pure love and sweetness and I can't help but feel blessed to have been a part of this amazing boys life. He has done something so much bigger than we can imagine, he's brought the world to it's knees in faith and prayer! He's changed my life and will forever live on as love and goodness doing great things for others who have moved on as well. We feel so blessed to have people everywhere sharing their love with us! heart emoticon Thank you heart emoticon

Oh that's what it taught you eh? God's pure love? gently caress.

https://www.facebook.com/PrayersForEzekiel/

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:27

Reince Penis: Nov 15, 2007; by R. Guyovich

Ikantski posted:

You bet... wisely. Holy frig I wish I hadn't gone down this rabbit hole.

https://www.facebook.com/david.stephan.568/posts/10156505892585722

Did the guy's haircut and baby's name also make you want to bet they're religious? It should have.

Oh that's what it taught you eh? God's pure love? gently caress.

https://www.facebook.com/PrayersForEzekiel/

These people are completely nuts but to be clear I do NOT wish for them to be shot in the face.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:32

BattleMaster: Aug 14, 2000

Why does anyone expect God to give them handouts? If Christianity was the one and only true religion, then anyone who has read the Bible would see that God is the type who would strike you down just to spite you if you thought you were important enough to ask him for favours.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:35

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

BattleMaster posted:

Why does anyone expect God to give them handouts? If Christianity was the one and only true religion, then anyone who has read the Bible would see that God is the type who would strike you down just to spite you if you thought you were important enough to ask him for favours.

But the world is full of fabulously rich people, like my pastor. If you're godly and pray hard and donate money to him god will bless you with prosperity. Wealth is directly related to godliness, and all misfortune in life from poverty to illness to being a victim of a crime are all from lack of prayer, lack of faith, or not following gods plan for you (which is to pray a lot and donate a lot)

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:42

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# ? May 28, 2024 22:43

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

Ikantski posted:

Tell them how the privy council wants $600,000 more to enhance Trudeau's instagram presence and watch their heads explode

http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/03/05/pco-wants-600000-more-to-modernize-trudeau-website.html

poo poo like this just serves to fuel hardcore Conservative politics, unfortunately the Canadian brand of Conservative politics is just a loving wasteful

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:44

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