Catholic Word of the Day: FOURTH CRUSADE, 05-25-12
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Featured Term (selected at random):FOURTH CRUSADE Considered the most important of the Crusades in terms of lasting results (1202-4). The crusade was preached by Pope Innocent III. Its political effect was to conquer Constantinople, but only at the cost of embittering the Eastern Christians. They mistakenly charged the pope with responsibility for the pillage of churches and massacre of the people by the Venetian-paid crusaders' army. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission. |
Throw out the cliches
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Political writing tends to be bad writing, noted George Orwell in his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language.” Too often it's a tool for deception and obfuscation rather than clear communication. Orwell criticizes particularly those who rely on political catch phrases devised by others, throwing their minds open and “letting the ready-made phrases come crowding in.” It's an easy way of avoiding the hard work good writing demands, says Orwell. Catch phrases “will construct your sentences for you - even think your thoughts for you, to a certain extent - and at need they will perform the important service... |
The American West, 150 Years Ago
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| In the 1860s and 70s, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan created some of the best-known images in American History. After covering the U.S. Civil War, (many of his photos appear in this earlier series), O'Sullivan joined a number of expeditions organized by the federal government to help document the new frontiers in the American West. The teams were comprised of soldiers, scientists, artists, and photographers, and tasked with discovering the best ways to take advantage of the region's untapped natural resources. O'Sullivan brought an amazing eye and work ethic, composing photographs that evoked the vastness of the West. He also documented the... |
200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| NEW ORLEANS – An oil company exploration crew's chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say it's one of the most well-preserved old wrecks ever found in the Gulf. "When we saw it we were all just astonished because it was beautifully preserved, and by that I mean for a 200-year-old shipwreck," said Jack Irion, maritime archaeologist with the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in New Orleans. Video shows muskets and gin bottles littering the Gulf bottom, along... |
Great Moments In Presidential History With Obama
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| It was recently discovered that at whitehouse.gov Obama found a way to insert his name into the presidential bios of every president from Coolidge to now, the only exception being Gerald Ford.I so I thought I'd do a series of what it would look like if Obama injected himself into the photos of some of his predecessors... |
(-:(-:(-:THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD:-):-):-)
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Obama In History World Changing Events You Didn't Know Obama Played A Part In Obama Guest Lecturing With Einstein Obama: The Hidden Genius Behind Microsoft Obama And Nixon Meet Elvis Obama With The Beatles On The Ed Sullivan Show Obama Launching The Bay Of Pigs Obama At The Fall Of The Berlin Wall Obama Leading The Troops Across The Delaware Obama At Stonehenge Obama Witnessing The Surrender Of Japan On The USS Missouri Obama Attending Napoleon's Coronation Obama With Roosevelt's Rough Riders Obama Landing In The New World With Columbus Obama Celebrating V-J Day In Times Square Obama Aiding... |
Making History: WH Ridiculed on Twitter for Altering Presidential Biography Pages
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| It was reported yesterday that the White House has “amended” the biography of nearly every U.S. president of the past century, adding a “Did you know?” section at the end where they tied former presidents’ accomplishments to those of president Obama. At the bottom of Reagan’s biography, for instance, the White House tried to plug the “Buffett Rule.” Did you know, it asks, that “In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with... |
Atheist Communists slaughtered more than 100 Million people in the last century
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Harold Eberle: "Christianity Unshackled: Are You A Truth Seeker," Destiny Image Publishers, 2009 Stalin was responsible for about 20 million deaths and Mao Zedong's regime for approximately 70 million. Pol Pot, who led the Communist Party faction known as the Khmer Rouge, killed over 1.5 million of his own Cambodian people.6 Add to these numbers the atrocities committed by Soviet dictators like Lenin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev. Also add atheists like Fidel Castro and Kim Jong-il. All total, atheistic regimes have slaughtered more than 100 million people within the last 100 years. That averages to more than 1 million people per year.... |
Top 10 Obama ties to history
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Earlier this week it was discovered that on the White House website, President Barack Obama had been inserted into each and every presidential biography dating back to Calvin Coolidge with the curious exception of Gerald Ford. For instance, the White House biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt notes, “On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Today the Obama administration continues to protect seniors and ensure Social Security will be there for future generations.” The Daily Caller has since discovered other historical sketches the president has been written into. Here are the 10 best: 10.) In 1941, Standard... |
President Diva
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| According to President Obama, he's a historic figure. That's no figure of speech. This week, journalist Seth Mandel discovered that President Obama had authorized his staff to add his name to the biographies of former presidents from Calvin Coolidge to George W. Bush on the White House website. For example, Calvin Coolidge, it now states at WhiteHouse.gov, created the Federal Radio Commission; President Obama "became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, etc." Franklin D. Roosevelt created Social Security; President Obama says FDR's biography "continues to protect seniors and ensure Social... |
Banning Crosses, Erasing History
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| A simmering controversy surrounding the "Ground Zero Cross" exposes the intolerance and absolutism behind ongoing battles over religious symbols on public property. Contrary to popular belief, it's not Christian conservatives who normally start these bitter disputes. It's more often atheist activists who seek to alter the long-standing status quo by scrubbing the landscape of the most visible signs of the nation's religious heritage. American Atheists, an organization representing the civil liberties of agnostics, filed suit in 2011 to block display of the Ground Zero Cross anywhere on the grounds of the new memorial museum planned for the World Trade... |
Top 10: Obama in History jokes on Twitter
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| According to reports, someone at the White House has used the biographies of past U.S. presidents to promote the current president. (Read the Examiner's Philip Klein: Obama vandalizes WH presidential biographies for more context) That led several conservatives to post jokes on Twitter making it a Trending Topic nationally. Here are our top 10 favorites. 10. @bradcundiff George Washington cut down the cherry tree but Obama was there to catch it. #ObamaInHistory |
1012-2012 = millenium to Islamic oppression, al-Hakim
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| 1012 Beginning of al—Hakim's oppressive decrees against Jews and Christians http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/11/the_truth_about_islamic_crusad.html Fustat on the Nile: the Jewish elite in medieval Egypt - Page 2 Elinoar Bareket - 1999 - 295 pages ... repression and the edicts issued by al-Hakim against the Christians ( starting from about 1007 AD), and against the Jews (evidently beginning in 1012 AD), but also against other Muslims. These acts of oppression reached their climax ... http://books.google.com/books?id=yRhWOPGV_WIC&pg=PA2 Documents of the Jewish pious foundations from the Cairo Geniza - Page 9 Moshe  Gil - Brill Archive, 1976 - 611 pages That the period was one of reconstruction... |
Patriot's History TV/video now in development
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| We have begun development of a TV series based on my "Patriot's History of the United States." Here is the "vision trailer" that gives a taste of the entire series. http://vimeo.com/40949423 password: rockin Long way to go, lots of funding to raise, and so far, I have to say, we have not received anything but good wishes from ANY of the conservative organizations (who shall remain nameless :) If you're interested in helping, please Freepmail me. |
Part One — The Fiction and Non-Fiction of Obama (decent primer with video)
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| *snip* With this in mind, Glenn Beck dedicated his Thursday evening broadcast to reviewing the staggering array of inconsistencies, embellishments and “manufactured lies” perpetuated by the president over the course of his political career. “His life is complete fiction,” Beck said. Let’s review the non-fiction version before we go any further: (video appears) In Part II of this report, we will briefly profile some of the president’s more questionable deeds, but in order to provide proper context, consider the following cast of characters who helped to shape Obama’s life and mindset. Dreams from an anti-colonialist father It is difficult to... |
Do You Know Anybody Like Obama? Beck’s Latest Exposé Could Go Down in History
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Thursday evening’s episode of the Glenn Beck Program will likely go down in the history books as one of the very few (if not only) recorded instances of another human being exposing President Obama’s myriad personal and professional inconsistencies in such a detailed and profound way. In fact, viewers might even consider burning themselves a DVD copy to serve as a record of what historians will one day prove. On Friday, The Blaze will provide more details on the president’s past deeds and associations, along with an additional clip from Beck‘s Thursday’s broadcast. Until then, ask yourself the following question:... |
Video: What a history lesson can do for an Occupier
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| The irony here, of course, is that the history lesson of democracy gets delivered by a former refugee from the former Soviet Union, but the history lesson doesn’t just end with the USA. One young man tried to pass an “Occupy Wall Street Journal” to two men observing the protests, and ended up gaining an education in history, politics, economics, and statecraft. Give the young Occupier credit, as Joe Schoffstall says — he was at least willing to listen. I’m not sure he was actually convinced, but he at least knew better than to keep arguing: |
NOI angry at ACT's research on Islamic slavery; Muhammad's massacre of Medina Innocent Jews
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Some young Muslim, at Nation of Islam's " FinalCall,' just published a childish "reply" to a thorough research by B Gabrielle's ACT for America. It's so silly I am too lazy to copy/paste it here. I am glad he publicizes ACT further. http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/Perspectives_1/article_8817.shtml ------ For research on Muhammad's anger of Medina Native Jews because they refused to change their religion and take him as a "Prophet" one can also see: This is from 1912, before the modern PC language: The Jewish Encyclopedia, by I Singer, C. Adler, 1912, p. 423 .. He first summoned them to accept his religion, and... |
What Killed Lenin? Poison Called Possibility
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, contradicting a popular theory that a sexually transmitted disease debilitated the Soviet Union’s founder, a UCLA neurologist said. Dr. Harry Vinters and Russian historian Lev Lurie reviewed Lenin’s records Friday for an annual University of Maryland School of Medicine conference that examines the deaths of famous figures. The conference is held yearly at the school, where researchers in the past have re-examined the diagnoses of figures including King Tut, Christopher Columbus, Simon Bolivar and Abraham Lincoln. |
Civil War shipwreck creates hurdle for government's $653M plan
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Before government engineers can deepen one of the nation's busiest seaports to accommodate future trade, they first need to remove a $14 million obstacle from the past -- a Confederate warship rotting on the Savannah River bottom for nearly 150 years. Confederate troops scuttled the ironclad CSS Georgia to prevent its capture by Gen. William T. Sherman when his Union troops took Savannah in December 1864. It's been on the river bottom ever since. Now, the Civil War shipwreck sits in the way of a government agency's $653 million plan to deepen the waterway that links the nation's fourth-busiest container... |
Rewriting History: Alwyn Ruddock and John Cabot
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Alwyn Ruddock, an 89-year-old historian, had all her notes & research materials detailing perhaps tremendous discoveries relating to John Cabot's voyages to the New World in the late 1490s posthumously destroyed. This article, Rewriting History: Alwyn Ruddock and John Cabot, gives a lengthy retelling of that tale. From what I can tell, it looks as though our good friend "Peer Review" or its relatives, well-known to us from the phony Global Warming money scam, is mostly responsible for the destruction of her astonishing research on Cabot and his predecessors. Dr Evan Jones and his research partner, Margaret Condon, have set... |
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient Phoenician Port City [ Tel Achziv ]
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| The ruins of the site rest atop a sandstone hill, hugging the far northern coast of the current State of Israel near the border with Lebanon. One can see later-period standing structures that provide the backdrop for what is now a national park and beach resort. But below the surface, and beneath the ocean waves, lie the remains of an ancient harbor town that reach back in history to as long ago as Chalcolithic times (4500 -3200 BC)... Known today as Tel Achziv, its remnants have been explored and excavated before, by Moshe Prausnitz from 1963 through 1964 and, in... |
Researchers say they have new clue to Lost Colony
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the late 16th century. Experts from the First Colony Foundation and the British Museum in London discussed their findings Thursday at a scholarly meeting on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their focus: the "Virginea Pars" map of Virginia and North Carolina created by explorer John White in the 1580s and owned by the British Museum since 1866. "We believe that this evidence provides conclusive proof... |
Essays for Lent/Easter: Divination
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| Divinationby Sebastian R. Fama Ouija Boards, psychic hotlines, Tarot Cards and ESP are some of the more common forms of Divination. Many think of occult practices as being harmless entertainment while others see them as a source of comfort. Few seem to realize that such acts can produce serious consequences. But some will ask, "How can that be? What’s wrong with letting people know that a deceased relative or friend is happy and in a better place? Isn’t the ability to see the future a gift from God? And what about ESP? Surely that’s a gift from God."Actually none of... |
Registry didn’t work before, doesn’t work now(Canada)
Monday 28th of May 2012 05:35:33 PM
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| I hold in my hand a very important piece of paper dated at Welland, July 15, 1942 signed by a corporal in the local police force. This piece of paper gave Don Augustine permission to lend two shotguns to Frank Templain for the purpose of hunting. As the heading on the top of the form explained: INDIVIDUAL PERMIT TO SELL, LEND, BARTER, TRANSFER-POSSESSION OR PURCHASE A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN. This form is an example from the original long gun registry that I showed to Liberal organizers when they were promoting the second long gun registry for all Canadians. My point... |
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