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  So what are you up to?

  by Xanthippe in

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  anyone else bored with religion versus atheism or is it just me?.

  i'm planning to go to greece in may.. i'm thinking about planting rocket and beetroot in my garden this year because they are getting rather expensive to buy.. this week i want to make chocolate refridgerator cakes.

  some for my daughter who is coming home from uni this weekend and some to take in to work to give away with free tea and coffee because it's national libraries day on saturday.. i just finished reading the humans by matt haig which was brilliant.

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  Well, I'm not doing much of anything. Sunny day, contemplating going into town. I'm knitting socks and a sweater. Digesting last night's Sherlock finale. Reading about lymph microcirculation, I agreed to teach a class in May so am preparing for it. I keep saying I'm retired, but a little influx of money would be a good thing. Need to buy a car.

  Anyone want to read this and discuss? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3568779/

  It's actually very interesting!

  Besides that, I'm pretty bored. Not having a car is a drag. Will get one in May, woohoo!
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  now I know why god has been AWOL

  by Hortensia in

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  letting all those kids in africa and asia starve to death or die from disease.. according to an ad i just saw on television, he's been busy running christianmingle -- so all those pretty white christians can find the mates god wants them to have.. .

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  well, as long as he has his priorities straight, eh?
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  Montana diocese declares bankruptcy while being sued by hundreds of people for abuse

  by Hortensia in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25987742.

  i hope more of them go bankrupt.

  and i hope the officials responsible for protecting pedophiles go to jail..

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  You're right BOTR -- I was confusing the two. I'd like them to go bankrupt paying out money to their victims, not declare bankruptcy to escape paying their victims.
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  This may be the year California burns down

  by Hortensia in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25996522.

  there's a photo of shasta lake near where i live -- it's very sad now to see how low the lake is.

  and governor brown is being really wimpy about it, suggesting we not flush our toilets as often as usual.

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  free2beme -- if you can see Mt. Shasta, you must not be too far from here. Do you ever get down to Mt. Shasta City? Coffee one day?

  Thanks for the interesting info about Lake Shasta, they are saying as you did that it hasn't reached its record low yet. I'm sure that will happen this year, though. Lake Siskiyou is also really low, although not yet record low, and they are saying if it drops much farther that it will no longer produce electricity in Box Canyon.
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  This may be the year California burns down

  by Hortensia in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25996522.

  there's a photo of shasta lake near where i live -- it's very sad now to see how low the lake is.

  and governor brown is being really wimpy about it, suggesting we not flush our toilets as often as usual.

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  CC - same here. Even people who ordinarily hate the snow are worried about our lack of snow this year. One snowstorm late last year, that's it. And it melted in a few days. Poor old Mt. Shasta got some snow this week, but it will be gone in a couple of days. It has been bald all winter instead of having its normal deep snow all winter.
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  This may be the year California burns down

  by Hortensia in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25996522.

  there's a photo of shasta lake near where i live -- it's very sad now to see how low the lake is.

  and governor brown is being really wimpy about it, suggesting we not flush our toilets as often as usual.

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  Designs -- I agree. I don't know why the gov. is being so wimpy about it. People shouldn't be watering their lawns or filling their pools or running their fountains or washing their cars, there are lots of things that ought to be done to conserve water right now.

  I'm pretty frugal with water anyway -- coming from San Diego and Palm Springs -- but I can see we have to do more.
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  Montana diocese declares bankruptcy while being sued by hundreds of people for abuse

  by Hortensia in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25987742.

  i hope more of them go bankrupt.

  and i hope the officials responsible for protecting pedophiles go to jail..

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  I think you're right. And declaring bankruptcy is another way to get out of their lawsuit problems. After the bakruptcy is over they can just go back to collecting money.
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  This may be the year California burns down

  by Hortensia in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25996522.

  there's a photo of shasta lake near where i live -- it's very sad now to see how low the lake is.

  and governor brown is being really wimpy about it, suggesting we not flush our toilets as often as usual.

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25996522

  There's a photo of Shasta Lake near where I live -- it's very sad now to see how low the lake is. And Governor Brown is being really wimpy about it, suggesting we not flush our toilets as often as usual. What's going to happen when 25 million people can't get water?
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  What is the world´s biggest religious fraud?

  by Bugbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  among several hundreds of candidates i have only picked 3, my question is, who of these is the world s biggest religious fraud?.

  founded by russel, claiming to have about 8 mill.

  followers, who are dedicated to give their time and money voluntary to 8 old men sitting in a golden palace, whit a number of treasure directors, investing in bonds and real estates.

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  Religion is a fraud. There are lots of versions of it, but they all suck.
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  Montana diocese declares bankruptcy while being sued by hundreds of people for abuse

  by Hortensia in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25987742.

  i hope more of them go bankrupt.

  and i hope the officials responsible for protecting pedophiles go to jail..

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25987742

  I hope more of them go bankrupt. And I hope the officials responsible for protecting pedophiles go to jail.