Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week

[youdontknowme]

Damn, maybe those Islamic governments have more common sense than I thought.

don't kid yourself

 

[MasterOLightning]

Eh, internet users don't have the right to get whatever they want for free.

 

[genocide roach]

http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=111108&catid=337

Retired barber promotes Christian salt instead of kosher salt

Retired barber Joe Godlewski says he was inspired by television chefs who repeatedly recommended kosher salt in recipes.

"I said, 'What the heck's the matter with Christian salt?'" Godlewski said, sipping a beer in the living room of his home in unincorporated Cresaptown, a western Maryland mountain community.

By next week, his trademarked Blessed Christians Salt will be available at http://www.memphi.net, the Web site of Memphis, Tenn.-based seasonings manufacturer Ingredients Corporation of America.

It's sea salt that's been blessed by an Episcopal priest, ICA President Damon S. Arney said Wednesday. He said the company also hopes to market the salt through Christian bookstores and as a fundraising tool for religious groups.

Arney and Godlewski, 73, said a share of the proceeds will be donated to Christian charities, but neither would specify a percentage.

Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, kosher administrator for the Chicago Rabbinical Council, said marketing Christian salt as an alternative to kosher salt reflects, at best, ignorance about Jewish dietary laws. He said all salt is inherently kosher because it occurs naturally and requires little or no processing.

Certified kosher foods are not blessed by rabbis but examined by them to ensure that the food and its processing conform with Biblical passages regarding food preparation and consumption, Fishbane said.

He said coarse-grained kosher salt is named for the way in which it was traditionally used - to draw blood from freshly butchered meat, because Jewish law prohibits consuming blood. Chefs often favor kosher salt because it's crunchy and easy to pinch.

Godlewski said his salt, packaged in containers bearing bright red crosses, has at least as much flavor and beneficial minerals as kosher salt - and it's for a good cause.

"The fact is, it helps Christians and Christian charities," he said. "This is about keeping Christianity in front of the public so that it doesn't die. I want to keep Christianity on the table, in the household, however I can do it."

A one-time Catholic who now holds Bible studies in his home, Godlewski is a longtime entrepreneur. In 1998, he founded a kielbasa sausage business now run by a nephew. In 2000, he introduced the Stretch & Catch, a fishing gizmo that he says was copied and buried by foreign competitors.

If the salt takes off, Godlewski plans an entire line of Christian-branded foods, including rye bread, bagels and pickles.

Food industry consultant Richard Hohman, of Tampa, Fla., said Christian branding is a clever idea that could do well in the Bible Belt.

Christine Johnson, managing editor of the trade journal Christian Retailing in Lake Mary, Fla., said marketing channels are limited. Although Christian scripture candy and Christian fortune cookies have won shelf space in some Christian bookstores, "there's a very, very small market for Christian-type foods," she said.

"As far as there being a market for salt, I cannot really see it" in Christian bookstores, Johnson said.

Rabbi Fishbane said he doesn't blame Godlewski for seizing a business opportunity, even one that plays on public misconceptions about kosher products.

However, "if it comes from a lack of knowledge on his end or, even worse, anti-Semitism, then I have an issue with that," Fishbane said. "I can't see anything good coming out of something like that."

Godlewski makes his aim clear: "There's no anti-Semitism. I love Jesus Christ and he was a Jew."

so is regular salt agnostic/athiest salt?
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Eh, internet users don't have the right to get whatever they want for free.

btw this will never work even if it gets instated. Filesharing is IMPOSSIBLE to stop.

 

[genocide roach]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_antichrist_1

Honduran Congress: Ban 'Antichrist' sect building

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduran lawmakers have asked authorities to stop a religious group led by a man calling himself the "Antichrist" from constructing a spiritual center in the country's capital.

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is banned from entering Honduras, but his Growing in Grace Church has 20 offices in the Central American nation.

The Puerto Rican native has "666" tattooed on his forearm and preaches that sin and the devil do not exist.

The Honduran Congress unanimously voted Tuesday to ask authorities to prohibit the sect from constructing the center in Tegucigalpa.

Miranda founded Growing in Grace in 1986 and claims to have 2 million followers in 35 nations — most in Miami, where he lives, and Colombia.

~gR~

 

[Dak]

Space storm could destroy life as we know it.

NASA "fear mongering" or something we should prepare for? YOU DECIDE!

 

[XSASweet]

ISP disconnects for File Sharing in the future?

Potentially a really bad turn of events.

all it's talking about is torrents, really. it's not like you can ban rapidshare or megaupload

 

[Cythraul]

Space storm could destroy life as we know it.

NASA "fear mongering" or something we should prepare for? YOU DECIDE!

Or a clever way to get more funding? YOU DECIDE!

 

[Dak]

Well techinically the majority of the funding wouldn't go to NASA but would go to redesigning our power/utility systems.

All NASA needs is one little satellite and a way to get it into solar orbit.

 

[genocide roach]

One step closer to global heresy laws...
http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8...TSW9KSmRYUXBHM2tQclJPMkxXTW5XVEFEOTc1VE9LMDA=

UN body OKs call to curb religious criticism

By FRANK JORDANS – 8 hours ago

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human-rights body approved a proposal by Muslims nations Thursday urging passage of laws around the world to protect religion from criticism.


The proposal put forward by Pakistan on behalf of Islamic countries — with the backing of Belarus and Venezuela — had drawn strong criticism from free-speech campaigners and liberal democracies.


A simple majority of 23 members of the 47-nation Human Rights Council voted in favor of the resolution. Eleven nations, mostly Western, opposed the resolution, and 13 countries abstained.


The resolution urges states to provide "protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions and incitement to religious hatred in general.
"

"Defamation of religions is the cause that leads to incitement to hatred, discrimination and violence toward their followers," Pakistan's ambassador Zamir Akram said.


"It is important to deal with the cause, rather than with the effects alone," he said.


Muslim nations have argued that religions, in particular Islam, must be shielded from criticism in the media and other areas of public life. They cited cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as an example of unacceptable free speech.


"Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism," the resolution said.


Opponents of the resolution included Canada, all European Union countries, Switzerland, Ukraine and Chile.


"It is individuals who have rights and not religions," Canadian diplomat Terry Cormier said.


India, which normally votes along with the council's majority of developing nations, abstained in protest at the fact that Islam was the only religion specifically named as deserving protection.


India's Ambassador Gopinathan Achamkulangare said the resolution "inappropriately" linked religious criticism to racism.


The council is dominated by Muslim and African countries. Its resolutions are not binding, but are meant to act as recommendations for U.N. member states on issues of human rights.


Earlier, a coalition of more than 100 secular and faith groups had called on governments to oppose the resolution, warning that it could lead to accusations of defamation among different faiths.


The United States did not vote on the resolution because it is not a member of the council. The Bush administration announced it was virtually giving up on the body and would participate in debates only if absolutely necessary because of the Geneva body's anti-Israel statements and its failure to act on abuses in Sudan and elsewhere.


U.S. diplomats resumed their observer role in the council after President Barack Obama took office, though it is unclear whether Washington will stand for one of the 18 council seats up for election in May.


Esther Brimmer, Obama's nominee for the job of Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizational Affairs, told a Senate hearing Tuesday that the council was a "major disappointment, diverted from its mission by states with some of the worst human rights records.
"

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

~gR~

 

[cookiecutter]

The council is dominated by Muslim and African countries. Its resolutions are not binding, but are meant to act as recommendations for U.N. member states on issues of human rights.


Don't worry bro

 

[Dak]

Anti-Stimulus Blogger Summoned to White House

 

[mutantllama]

Found this off another forum.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0327092sham1.html

MARCH 27--Meet Vince Shlomi. He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers. Shlomi, 44, was arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room. According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miami Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently retired with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she "propositioned him for straight sex." Shlomi said that when he kissed Harris, she suddenly "bit his tongue and would not let go." Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue. The affidavit, a copy of which you'll find here, notes that during the 4 AM fight Harris sustained facial fractures and lacerations all over her face (she is pictured here in mug shots snapped following busts in 2008 and 2005). After freeing his tongue, a bleeding Shlomi ran to the Setai lobby, where security summoned cops. Harris refused to cooperate with officers, who recovered $930 from her purse. "Both parties had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from their persons," police reported. In a brief telephone interview, Harris declined to answer TSG questions about her run-in with Shlomi, though she did say she is considering a lawsuit against the pitchman. Asked if she worked as a hooker, Harris declined comment. As seen in the below mug shot, Shlomi was also injured during the fracas and, court records show, was treated at Mount Sinai Medical Center. While Shlomi and Harris were both arrested for felony aggravated battery, prosecutors this month declined to file formal charges against the combatants. Police records list Shlomi's occupation as "Marketing," but make no mention of his affiliation with the ShamWow or the Slap Chop, both of which sell for $19.95

 

[genocide roach]

The council is dominated by Muslim and African countries. Its resolutions are not binding, but are meant to act as recommendations for U.N. member states on issues of human rights.


Don't worry bro

you gotta get to the end some how. this is just one step. soon someone will make a compelling argument that attracts the evangelicals in the west and then its all over...
~gR~

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

yep, give an inch and they take a mile.

 

[Dak]

Cartel Heavy-Firepower from South America, not US

The Feb. 21 attack on police headquarters in coastal Zihuatanejo, which injured four people, fit a disturbing trend of Mexico's drug wars. Traffickers have escalated their arms race, acquiring military-grade weapons, including hand grenades, grenade launchers, armor-piercing munitions and antitank rockets with firepower far beyond the assault rifles and pistols that have dominated their arsenals.

Most of these weapons are being smuggled from Central American countries or by sea, eluding U.S. and Mexican monitors who are focused on the smuggling of semiauto- matic and conventional weapons purchased from dealers in the U.S. border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I like how you reword the title of the article to make it sound as if the U.S. has absolutely no role in the weapons smuggling issue. You should work for Fox News.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Ironically he "hates" them and all mainstream media, BECAUSE THEY SPIN THINGS. DAKRYN, STOP POSTING (at least in social plz).

 

[Dak]

I like how you reword the title of the article to make it sound as if the U.S. has absolutely no role in the weapons smuggling issue. You should work for Fox News.

I said heavy firepower because thats what I meant. Obviously small arms are coming in through the US. The problem is the spin where the average person thinks that if we just banned guns in the US all violent crime everywhere (or at least here and in Mexico) would cease.

I don't understand the problem with posting news in the news thread. It's not like I am running all over the boards posting news/political stuff in every thread.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I loved how they said 90% of the cartel weapons came from the US. fucking lol and completely not true.