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  Prayers in Restaurants....

  by caspian in

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  on bank holiday monday just gone, a dear kind older couple in the cong decided to take me and my good lady out for a slap up meal, to try to cheer us up after the recent upheaval in our life.

  somehow i ended up with the bill.. anyway, this was the local italian trattoria were we often go, and are on first names terms with the staff and quite a few of the other regulars.

  big mistake!!.

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  czarofmischief

  The native americans used to make a quick motion before they ate, raising a spoonful towards the sky in recognition of the Unseen Provider.

  I don't make the motion, but I take a moment to reflect on my position - one interuption of the food supply, one plague, one massive natural disaster, and I'm back to hunting for my food and scared that something is going to kill my family while I'm gone. Yep, I think we are all more dependent on the mercy of God than some of us are willing to admit.

  Keep praying, Yeru - I pray in my own way as well.

  Maybe the only reason ANY of us get to eat is that God keeps our society together so that we can - out of undeserved kindness. Left to our own devices, I bet we'd have all starved by now.

  CZAR
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  Transcript: Beware of the Voice of Strangers

  by Scully in

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  many thanks go to the following who made this possible:.

  nosferatu for originally acquiring the recording and uploading it for everyone to hear.. hamas for hosting it so that even more people could listen to it;.

  and finally to euphemism and odrade for their help in transcribing the entire talk with me.. without further ado, here is the transcript for the talk beware of the voice of strangers:.

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  czarofmischief

  wow... was all he could say, was... wow...

  CZAR
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  CBC TV, "THE FIFTH ESTATE" RERUNS 1 HOUR SHOW OF JW's AND CHILD ABUSE

  by needs_lots in

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  hello to all my friends, .

  the fifth estate will be rerunning their story on the problems within the jw faith on "sept 3 /03 at 9pm.".

  i know that some of you missed it last january, so now you will have a chance to see the program, they will be following it with an update on my trial and how the jw's are coming after me for costs.

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  Yep,

  I'm not a grubby freeloading Canadian, so I have no access to Socialist Television.

  But I'd like to see this film.

  CZAR
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  Which is more likely. . .

  by StinkyPantz in

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  .to happen first in the us?

  or do you think neither will ever happen?

  consider that they are both members of a majority group and a minority group.

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  czarofmischief

  I'm sorry - did somebody advance AL SHARPTON for president?

  I'm suddenly incontinent.

  Remind me of an old joke - you are in a room, have a gun with two bullets. There is also, in this room, Hitler, Stalin, and Al Sharpton. Who do you shoot?

  Answer - You shoot Al Sharpton twice to make sure he's dead.

  CZAR
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  I can't believe Amazon.com is selling this trash.

  by JeffT in

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  2. child-abuse

  have a barf bag and your blood pressure meds handy before you open this.

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003391229,00.html.

  i think we should let amazon know that promoting the abuse of young children is as bad as abusing them yourself.

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  czarofmischief

  Hm.

  Good points, rem. However, this is such a volatile topic.

  Remember the spike in the demonic possession of St. Bernards after Cujo came out?

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  If Women Ruled the World

  by iiz2cool in

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  these were just emailed to me.

  enjoy!

  walter.

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  czarofmischief

  I thought women DID rule the world.

  At least, the future Mrs. Czar rules the Scottish Castle of Czar with an iron grip! (Which ain't bad, heh heh heh)

  CZAR
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  Okay, time for cute pictures!

  by cruzanheart in

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  it's a basset puppy, by the way.

  so can anybody top this in the cute category?.

  nina

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  dammit, I've got to get a scanner. My cats are just too damn cute. Don't have any pins in their heads, either.

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  ?Re: my dad passed away

  by azaria in

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  i want to thank you for all the condolences and hugs.

  it was a very difficult time.

  not only because my dad passed away but because we had to deal with the jw org.

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  czarofmischief

  Sorry for your loss.

  Give it time, honey. Give it time.

  "Time heals all ills." Benjamin Franklin.

  CZAR
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  Perle Cites Errors in Iraq, Urges Power Transfer

  by William Penwell in

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  perle cites errors in iraq, urges power transfer

  paris (reuters) - richard perle, a leading pentagon (news - web sites) adviser and architect of the u.s. war to topple saddam hussein (news - web sites), said the united states had made mistakes in iraq (news - web sites) and that power should be handed over to the iraqis as fast as possible.

  in an interview with the le figaro daily newspaper to be published thursday, perle defended the u.s.-led war in iraq and restated his belief that france had been wrong to lead international opposition to the conflict.

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  I supported the war.

  We've made good progress - Iraq is getting close to being able to take care of itself.

  Let's get the hell out.

  CZAR
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  Disgusting: Torture of live chickens at Tyson

  by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! in

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  please look at the following link:.

  i'm not a big peta supporter - i think they too often only tell one side of the story - but if you read virgil butler's statement i think you'll find there aren't too many ways to look at the situation that would put it in a good light.

  dry ice bombs shoved up a chicken's rectum so it would blow apart, chickens scalded to death in so much pain that their eyes pop out of their heads, live chickens having their wings and legs ripped off by sadistic employees - it makes me sick.

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  czarofmischief

  Hm,

  Not a tree-hugger myself, but I do agree with the hippies that torturing animals is cruel. Why cause pain when there doesn't need to be? These chickens are sacred animals - their death, their sacrifice - gives me life. They deserve a dignified, almost reverential death, along with some kind of prayer for karmic balance - although that's me in a funny mood right now.

  When these men start behaving as though these chickens are less than what they are - one of the mainstays of our balanced diets that make our post-industrial lives possible - then they rapidly degenerate into something less than human, even less than animal.

  To pretend that war, death, sacrifice, killing is unecessary is to deny the fundamental nature of the universe that collects the very debt of death from each every creature.

  But to torture other creatures for amusement? That just reveals the inner conflict these men must be suffering.

  Dignity, dignity, dignity. We all have to die, chicken and man, but we should be able to do it in a dignified, meaningful manner. Remember, God / Mother Nature comes to slaughter each of us in our time. How do we want Him / Her to treat us?

  Karmas can be a bitch.

  CZAR