topcat
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I refuse to join a club that would have me as a member. -Groucho Marx
The Junk Drawer
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Roger A. Shrubber
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i don't think so...anything is possible, but...yeah, there are stupid nuns....probably a lot more than you would think, they're all already not only in a cult, they're all married to the leader...
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
After the schism of 1054 (the year of the Crab supernova) it all went downhill. (Crusades followed soon after, calcifying the church of Rome.) 500 years after that … even downhiller.
What fascinated me was the terminology. You put Christian Church in quote marks, and I’m curious what you mean by that.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I read a bit. A few rogue bishops. The Vatican remained studiously neutral.
DIY-HP-LED
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A guy walks into a new bar and orders a drink. He notices a large 5-gallon glass bottle at the end of the bar and it’s stuffed with $10 bills. He asks the bartender what the story is behind the jar full of money. The bartender fills him in. “Oh that’s for a running bet we have here. If you but $10 in the jar and can complete three tasks, you get all the money.” The fella is intrigued and asks, “So what are the three tasks?” “Sorry pal,” says the bartender, “you have to put the money in before I can tell you what the tasks are.” The guy thinks for a second, shrugs his shoulders and says to himself, it’s only $10, why not give it a try.
So he puts in his $10 and asks the bartender what the three tasks are. “Well the first one is you have to drink a quart of vodka straight down with no tears and you can’t throw up. The second task has to do with Clyde. He’s the alligator in the back. He has a bad tooth and you have to pull it.” The guy begins to cringe in an anticipation of what the third task could possibly be. “Your third task concerns old Sadie. She’s a “lady of the evening” and lives upstairs and is over 90 years old. She hasn’t “been” with anyone for over 50 years so you have to make love to her.”
After careful consideration the guy steels his strength and says, “Ok, give me the vodka.” He grabs the bottle and drinks it down in one continuous gulp after another. As he finishes the bottle he begins to quiver and his eyes get misty, but not a tear falls. After the successful completion of the first task they point him to the back door to take care of Clyde the alligator. When he goes out back they hear an awful commotion, yelling, screaming, bodies thumping the ground, it’s terrible. After a few minutes they’re surprised to see the guy come back through the door. He’s bloody from head to foot with cuts and scratches all over his body and he’s completely exhausted. After a few deep breaths he says, “Ok, now show me where the old prostitute is with the bad tooth.”
So he puts in his $10 and asks the bartender what the three tasks are. “Well the first one is you have to drink a quart of vodka straight down with no tears and you can’t throw up. The second task has to do with Clyde. He’s the alligator in the back. He has a bad tooth and you have to pull it.” The guy begins to cringe in an anticipation of what the third task could possibly be. “Your third task concerns old Sadie. She’s a “lady of the evening” and lives upstairs and is over 90 years old. She hasn’t “been” with anyone for over 50 years so you have to make love to her.”
After careful consideration the guy steels his strength and says, “Ok, give me the vodka.” He grabs the bottle and drinks it down in one continuous gulp after another. As he finishes the bottle he begins to quiver and his eyes get misty, but not a tear falls. After the successful completion of the first task they point him to the back door to take care of Clyde the alligator. When he goes out back they hear an awful commotion, yelling, screaming, bodies thumping the ground, it’s terrible. After a few minutes they’re surprised to see the guy come back through the door. He’s bloody from head to foot with cuts and scratches all over his body and he’s completely exhausted. After a few deep breaths he says, “Ok, now show me where the old prostitute is with the bad tooth.”
I'm talking about the scammers like the Mega Church.
Roger A. Shrubber
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they're all scammers...from the smallest chapel in a tiny village, to the biggest mega church that requires shuttles to get back and forth to your car.
the parishioners are deluded, and the preachers are crooks, control freaks, pedophiles, and worse...
i'm not an atheist, i believe in some kind of guiding intelligence to the universe...but i don't think it wants us to give one red cent to any church anywhere, ever, nor do i believe we should be taking the advice of people who can't seem to keep their hands off of children, or married parishioners...or bothering other people to "save" them...why would any kind of deity create a race of people then tell them they're doomed unless they tell him how much they love him, and promise him unwavering fealty? god is a multidimensional being, not a narcissist named trump
rkymtnman
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finally some good news
www.yahoo.com
Marijuana, hallucinogen use reach all-time high among young adults
Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults has reached a new high. Use of marijuana and hallucinogens by 19- to 30-year-olds reached their highest levels since tracking began in 1988, according to a new Monitoring the Future panel study supported by the National Institutes of Health. In...
Roger A. Shrubber
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so the guys making 1950s sci fi movies actually had the sound effects right?
that's pretty cool, actually...sounds sort of like tortured souls
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
It sounds cool, but the word sonification is a red flag. It is used when nonacoustic data are transduced to sound, so that our auditory cortex can perform its magic.
In this instance, radio information was sonified. It does sound cool.
More radio sonified.
Roger A. Shrubber
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
looks kinda like it also!
Sir Napsalot
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"Mars, the bringer of war" by Holst sounds like the soundtrack for any early Star Trek movie
Lucky Luke
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As a Tasmanian. This is awesome.
WOW! That was crazy. I recognized the sound of Earth immediately- the worlds traffic..cars, planes, trains mixed in with sounds of war.
The answer has always been with us.
www.wsj.com
As with MMJ.
Psilocybin, Psychedelic Compound in Magic Mushrooms, Shown Effective for Alcohol Addiction
Psilocybin, given in combination with psychotherapy, helped people with alcohol use disorder cut back on their drinking, a new study showed.
www.wsj.com
As with MMJ.
DIY-HP-LED
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Lucky Luke
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