Seven Psychopaths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"That's Hans, man.  He's a proper Christian. 

You know, proper old-time Christian. 

Not like these Fox News fucks."

`~(Billy)~

"Well, as Gandhi said..."

~(Hans)~

"Oh, you two.  If it ain't Gandhi, it's Jesus Christ."

~(Billy)~

" 'An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.'

I believe that wholeheartedly."

~(Hans)~

"No, it doesn't. 

There'll be one guy left with one eye. 

How's the last blind guy gonna take out the eye

of

the last guy left who's still got one eye?"

 

"All that guy has to do is run away and hide behind a bush." 

"Gandhi was wrong. 

It's just that nobody's got the balls to come right out and say it."

~(Billy)~

Seven Psychopaths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Seven Psychopaths is a 2012 British black comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Martin McDonagh. It stars Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits, and Christopher Walken. The film marks the second collaboration between McDonagh and Farrell, following 2008's In Bruges.

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised the performances of the main cast members, he stated: "As creatively bankrupt Marty, Farrell is in subdued mode here, his performance largely defined by the endless expressivity of his eyebrows. He serves as an excellent foil for Rockwell, whose line readings continually dance between knowingness and idiocy, and Walken, who ventures as far into deadpan as you can go while remaining conscious. And Harrelson has fun contrasting his devotion to Bonny with his contempt for humanity." He wrote about the film that "while it's way behind the Pulp Fiction curve, Seven Psychopaths can be terrifically entertaining."

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Loved, how in the end, Bonny the Shih Tzu showed lack of loyalty by extending her paw to Billy the dog kidnapper instead of running back to her owner when called; Bonny's passiveness throughout the whole movie.

Once had a friend who was having trouble deciding when to put his pet down.

Woodrow, his Maine Coon cat/surrogate child, was suffering from untreatable oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Having just received an email in which my friend claimed he was all set to take Woodrow in to be euthanized one day...

but changed his mind as Woodrow was having a good day.

I wrote back:

Try hard not to read too much into a good day; 
they don't see them the same way we do.

For they know not tomorrow

nor

why we (their owners) are even here today.

 

James Edward Avery, DVM
knew it would be something his friend was not going to appreciate hearing.

(see the halo?)

(eat your heart out Saint Bob)

Find it interesting,
that the only two photos I have taken of me at work....
I'm holding a Shih Tzu?

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Puppies Over Pills: Pfizer Spinoff Zoetis Shines In Biggest IPO Since Facebook

Wall Street gave a warm greeting to Pfizer‘s animal health business Friday, as Zoetis got a big lift in its first day of trading.

Pfizer’s Chairman and CEO Ian Read said the Zoetis IPO creates the “largest standalone company fully devoted to animal health medicines and vaccines,” and leaves the pharmaceutical giant “better positioned to focus on our core business,” by unlocking the value in Zoetis and returning it to the parent’s shareholders. Pfizer was up 1.1% at $27.59 Friday morning.

Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What do you get when you cross

an Atheist

with

Jehovah's Witnesses?

Amber & Allison

Children who ring your doorbell

and

just stand there.

Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Jehovah's Witnesses emphasize use of God's biblical name, represented in the original texts by the Tetragrammaton, and in English they prefer to use the name, Jehovah. They believe that Jehovah is the only true God, the creator of all things, and the "Universal Sovereign". They believe that all worship should be directed toward him, and that he is not part of a Trinity;  consequently, the religion places more emphasis on God than on Christ. They believe that the holy spirit is God's power or "active force" rather than a person.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's only direct creation, that everything else was created by means of Christ, and that the initial unassisted act of creation uniquely identifies Jesus as God's "only-begotten Son".  Jesus served as a redeemer and a ransom sacrifice to pay for the sins of mankind.  They believe Jesus died on a single upright torture stake rather than the traditional cross.  They believe that references in the Bible to the Archangel Michael, Abaddon (Apollyon), and the Word all refer to Jesus.  Jesus is considered to be the only intercessor and high priest between God and mankind, and appointed by God as the king and judge of his kingdom.  His role as a mediator (referred to in 1 Timothy 2:5) is applied to the 'anointed' class, though the 'other sheep' are said to also benefit from the arrangement.

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I asked Amber and Allison how they would answer the question:

Did God have Mary's permission having that child?

Amber answered:

"Yes.  God blessed Mary with his child; agreed to be God's slave/servant."

Then we disagreed over the definition of "slave" and "servant."

That topic ending with no answer when I then asked:

"Do you believe women should be subservient to their husbands?"

Allison asked if she could come back Thursday for us to discuss this more?

I said, "sure."  

Honestly don't think she's going to show?

Leaves of Grass (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Socrates recognized what every philosopher and religion, for that matter in the history of the world, from Plato to Aristotle from Epicurus to the Stoics from the Judeo-Christians to the Buddhists have all observed, which is that the balance needed for a happy life is illusory."
 

"And as soon as in our gorgeously flawed human way we think that we've attained it we're pretending divinity and we're gonna crash."

"Like Icarus, flaming into the sea."

~(Bill Kincaid)~

"What's your version of proper grammar?"

~(Daisy)~

 

 

"Rhythm, maybe."

~(Brady Kincaid)~

Leaves of Grass (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Leaves of Grass is an American black comedy/drama film written and directed by, and featuring, Tim Blake Nelson. It also stars Edward Norton, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Lynskey and Keri Russell.

Critical reception

"Leaves of Grass has the structure and the elements of a classical Greek drama: There's treachery, mistaken identity, deadly plots, and ambition; that it takes place in the middle of Oklahoma is almost irrelevant", said Paul Constant.  Leaves of Grass received mixed-to-positive reviews from film critics, with unanimous praise given to Norton's dual performance. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 63% of 35 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 5.6/10, and the critical consensus being that "Edward Norton delivers one of his finest performances in Leaves of Grass, but he's overpowered by the movie's many jarring tonal shifts."

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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death.

 

This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass (particularly the first edition) exalted the body and the material world. Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises nature and the individual human's role in it. However, much like Emerson, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise.

The title Leaves of Grass was a pun. "Grass" was a term given by publishers to works of minor value and "leaves" is another name for the pages on which they were printed.

American Atheists Legal Philosophy | American Atheists

 

 

American Atheists Legal Philosophy | American Atheists: There are methods of appeal from the ruling of judges to higher courts. Each state has its own appellant system; the courts of the United States have another, both ending at the United States Supreme Court. One does not, despite their bravado, “take the case all the way to the Supreme Court.” No one “takes” a case to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). One petitions SCOTUS to hear a case, and the odds are several thousand to one against a given case being granted review. If the high court does take a care, and makes a ruling, whether the case comes up through the federal or state system, the holdings of the court make legal rulings that become “precedents” that are binding in every court of the United States. A ruling of SCOTUS may not be correct, but it is final.

The scope of a given court ruling depends on the “jurisdiction” of the court, or the area over which that court has power. A city court ruling might only affect the city in which it is made, and a state court holding, or a federal opinion, affects only the area served by that court. The appeal courts have a wider net. The Supreme Court of a state can make precedents that bind all courts of that state. A federal court usually covers a specific geographical portion of a state. A United States Court of Appeal covers several states. If, by way of example, a bad decision is made in a federal court in Louisville, Kentucky, it only has binding application in about half of the state of Kentucky. If that horribly bad holding is appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers all of the states of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, and that bad ruling should be affirmed, the party taking the appeal has thereby managed to expand a horror story from their own back yard into bad law for four states. If SCOTUS should take the case, and affirm the bad ruling, then a major legal disaster has occurred that affects the way the law will be decided in the future throughout the entire United States and in every court therein. If one has any concern for the future of our freedoms, one should proceed with caution. This is not a suitable sport for amateurs.

Bad facts make bad law. It should be considered an act of legal negligence for one to take a case to a higher court where it is completely predestined that the court will rule against a meritorious cause, and thereby make bad law not only in that case, in that region of the country, but, depending on which appellate court is chosen, make bad law for a much wider area, where the bad ruling will be the law until the case in question is ultimately, if ever, overruled. By building on bad precedents, in time the very concept of separation of religion and government could be destroyed. The religious right understands this. We would be well advised to understand it as well.

God Bless America (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"No, you know what?

I'm gonna tear the cock off that giant purple gorilla 

and 

shove that up your ass!"

God Bless America (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: God Bless America is a 2011 dark comedy film that combines elements of political satire with black humor. The film was written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, and stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr.

Critical reception

Based on 88 reviews, God Bless America received positive reviews from 67% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

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BLACK REBEL

MOTORCYCLE CLUB

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes - BrainyQuote

The ultimate measure of a man

is

not where he stands in moments

of

comfort and convenience,

but

where he stands at times

of

challenge and controversy.

~(Martin Luther King, Jr.)~

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes - BrainyQuote:

He who passively accepts evil
is
as much involved in it
as
he who helps to perpetrate it.
 
He who accepts evil without protesting against it
is
really cooperating with it.

~(Martin Luther King, Jr.)~

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Barrel of Monkeys:  Genesis in Reverse

http://www.anattemptathumility.blogspot.com/p/you-cant-be-neutral-on-moving-train.html

Right or wrong, spoken or unspoken, opinions are not just collections of idle thoughts.  
They have consequences.  
They are windows to one's soul.

By conventional standards, I am not a success story. To my peers, nothing to brag about, career or relationship wise. I am, however, financially secure enough to live a comfortable "quiet" lifestyle. 

But, 
to be quiet would require pretending, 
I didn't see it, I didn't hear it, I didn't have something I needed to say;
where injustice doesn't concern me, 
I don't get involved.

Tragic Vision of Humankind

Ship of State

by

Charles Bragg

Charles Bragg (born 1931) is an American sculptor, painter, artist and author. He is known best for his satirical work and unique style. He is known as America's "Foremost social satire artist."

As he started using his own creativity and imagination, he started becoming successful. His works satirized the nature of the society he viewed. His success came from the humor and satirical style of his work. His political beliefs and opinions are very prevalent in his work. He has often referred to himself as a "devoted student of the human race" and an "observer."

Manatee Nebula: Celestial Wonder Looks Uncannily Like a Sea Creature | Space.com

Manatee Nebula: Celestial Wonder Looks Uncannily Like a Sea Creature | Space.com: A watery-looking nebula in deep space is being renamed after the sea creature it strongly resembles: a manatee.

The nebula is the leftovers from a star that died in a supernova explosion about 20,000 years ago. Before it died, the giant star puffed out its outer gaseous layers, which now swirl in green-and-blue clouds around the dead hulk of the star, which has collapsed into a black hole.
 

The new photo shows the manatee nebula seemingly mimicking a trademark pose of the animal, which is often seen floating on its back, with flippers crossed over belly.

Obama’s Campaign Organization Turns to Gun Control - ABC News

 

“unless the American people demand it”

 

 

“Say you stand

with

President Obama in tackling this critical issue”

 

 

Obama’s Campaign Organization Turns to Gun Control - ABC News: President Obama said Wednesday that his plan to curb gun violence would not come to fruition “unless the American people demand it.” And today, he began mobilizing his still-active presidential campaign apparatus to do just that.

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina is leading the charge, tapping the president’s coveted 4 million-strong email list to share details of the White House gun plan and launch a new online petition calling for action on gun reform: “Say you stand with President Obama in tackling this critical issue,” Messina wrote.

Later, tweeting for the first time since Election Day, Messina wrote: “Whoa. Early response to gun violence petition this morning very strong. Thousands of signers already.”

Vox populi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The voice of the people

[is]

the voice of God?"

Vox populi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Often quoted as, Vox populi, vox Dei, "The voice of the people [is] the voice of God", is an old proverb often erroneously attributed to William of Malmesbury in the twelfth century.

Another early reference to the expression is in a letter from Alcuin to Charlemagne in 798, although it is believed to have been in earlier use. The full quotation from Alcuin reads:

Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.

English translation:

And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.

The usage indicates that the phrase had long since become an aphorism of common political wisdom by Alcuin and Charlemagne's time.

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'the

voice of God is over the waters, 

the

God of Glory thunders'

This homily was given by Joanna Moffett-Levy , a final year ordinand, at Evening Prayer on Monday 9th May 2011;

There is a theme in today's readings and that theme is awe, awe at God's overwhelming greatness. First, in Psalm 29 'the voice of God is over the waters, the God of Glory thunders.' God's voice shatters the greatest of the trees and makes the wilderness shake.

In the reading from Exodus, God prepared Moses and the people of Israel for the giving of the law on Mount Sinai. The people needed to be pure to receive God's words and the mountain was so holy that no creature might touch it. Thunder and lightning, thick cloud and smoke were all around when the people met at the foot of the mountain. God's presence was like the loud blast of a trumpet, like an earthquake, like a violent storm. In the next chapter we will hear that they asked Moses to speak to God for them – they were afraid that if God spoke directly to them they would die.

We are shown in these readings that God's power is overwhelming, like a terrifying natural phenomenon; we human beings cannot look at God, cannot survive in God's presence – we need a go-between like Moses or the angel Gabriel. Our response, our right response, is awe and fear.

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PNP 7916

Died laughing when I opened my mail to find, 

instead of a new sticker to place over the old one on my current license plate, 

a completely new license plate altogether.

2.	PnP
	Seen most often in the gay community, slang for Party n' Play. Party refers to drug use- most often meth (tina, ice, crank) but sometimes ecstasy (E, XTC, Adam) cocaine (coke, blow, ski, snow), or poppers as well(though the latter is not generally considered a PnP item. Play refers to sex. PnP is considered a scene in itself- sex and drugs. U into PnP?  Na, man, I don't touch that shit.

Coincidence or joke?

Even the "7916" 

so eerily similar 

to

"~(6!9)~"

5.	!
	Suggests juxtaposition of two things; one of them is usually a person or character. The word preceeding the exclamation point is never something daily. It's always a costume or disguise or new personality or something.  Originated in the fanfiction community, specifically among the AU (alternate universe) crowd. The best part about going to the rodeo was seeing Cowboy!Todd in his outfit.  I don't know what's been up with you lately, but Bitch!Lacey needs to be fragged.

I once said:

"Why is it I feel 

MY

Yin keeps catching it's Yang in bed with 

OTHER

 people's Karma?"

I have never denied being guilty of all seven sins.

That would complete the circle of life...

wouldn' it?

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DMV wants "ICUHAJI" license plate back: wavy.com

First Casualty of Traffic Calming Devices

Trouble with the Curve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Nervous?"

~(Mickey)~

"No, ma'am.

It's just a game."

~(Rigoberto Sanchez)~

"You're right, Rigo.  It's just a game."

~(Mickey)~

Trouble with the Curve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Trouble with the Curve is a 2012 sports-drama film starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, Matthew Lillard, and John Goodman. The film revolves around a retiring baseball scout who brings his daughter on his final trip.

Plot

An aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout named Gus Lobel (Eastwood) is given one last assignment to prove his worth to the organization, who sees him as unable to adapt to changes in the business. His boss and friend Pete (Goodman), who does not want to see him let go, asks Gus's daughter Mickey (Adams) to join him on the trip to make sure he's okay, against Gus's wishes. Together they scout a top new prospect in North Carolina, where Mickey begins to take an active role in her father's work to make up for his failing vision, which he has hidden from his bosses. Along the way Gus reconnects with Johnny (Timberlake), a rival team's scout who has a friendly history with Gus, as Gus was the man who scouted him when he was a baseball player, and who also takes an interest in Mickey.

Reception

Trouble with the Curve has received mixed reviews. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 51% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 169 reviews, with a rating average of 5.7 out of 10. The consensus reads, "Though predictable and somewhat dramatically underwhelming, Trouble with the Curve benefits from Clint Eastwood's grizzled charisma and his easy chemistry with a charming Amy Adams."

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"I am not better than anyone else

just

because I play football."

~(Tim Tebow)~

All this talk about Tebow's work ethics and Tebow believing God had given him a platform to take advantage of?

"You just try to be nice to everybody

and

treat them all the same.

Treat them how

you

would want to be treated."

~(Tim Tebow)~

First Alliance Church on North Druid Hills Road near where I live even had a sign out front once reading:

"Dare to Tebow"

What I would like to know:

"When does football ever

stop

being 'just a game' and becoming 'work ethics'?"

If Tebow wants to believe God has given him a "platform" to take advantage of...

fine then...

God has given me a platform to take advantage of as well.

"Bend him over boys.

I'll fuck it!"

Believe that's fair enough

considering his Superbowl Ad
was
sponsored

by

FOCUS ON FAMILY,
an orgainazation well known for it's activism against gay civil rights issues.

"Can't be neutral on a moving train!"

~(Howard_Zinn)~

Simply Jim:
One Pearl,
Total Pig,
Anti-Christ.

~(6!9)~

Historical Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Historical Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: John P. Meier's portrait of Jesus as the Marginal Jew is built on the view that Jesus knowingly marginalized himself in a number of ways, first by abandoning his profession as a carpenter and becoming a preacher with no means of support, then arguing against the teachings and traditions of the time while he had no formal rabbinic training.

Ted (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Some of these jokes hit, some jokes miss."

Ted (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Critical reception

Ted has received generally favorable reviews, with critics praising Seth MacFarlane's comic performance, as well as Mark Wahlberg's portrayal of John Bennett. The film currently has a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 194 reviews, with an average score of 6.4/10, and the site's consensus saying: "Ted's 'romance versus bromance' plot is familiar, but the film's held aloft by the high-concept central premise and a very funny (albeit inconsistent) script."  Based on the "Top Critics", the film holds a 67% "Fresh" rating based on 12 reviews, with an average score of 6.9/10. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 62, based on 37 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".  Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, citing the film as "the best comedy screenplay so far [this year]," also praising the film on the fact that it "doesn't run out of steam."

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the film a "B" grade.  Brent McNight of Beyond Hollywood commented on the jokes: "Some of these jokes hit, some jokes miss."  On the other hand, A. O. Scott of The New York Times called Ted "boring, lazy and wildly unoriginal."

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