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What Religion is God

The question has been asked before, What religion is God?

Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam.  It is a once in a life time requirement of every able-bodied Muslim. The pilgrimage must take place during the second week of the Islamic month, Dhul Hijjah.  During the Hajj, there are many rituals to be observed in a short period of time. One is the Stoning of the Devil, a reenactment of the Devil tempting Abraham three times as he prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
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I have been disfranchised.

I’ve voted in every national election, as well as most local elections, since 1972s Nixon vs. McGovern.  I am seriously considering not voting this time.  Why? Because I have been disfranchised.  Never mind the various amendments guaranteeing voting privileges; the current system negates individual votes.

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Disney Orgy

Orignally in The Realist in 1967 as black and white.  It was so successful they made a colorized version and sold it as a poster.

Paul Krassner passed away in 2019 and his website is no longer active.  SO I have not found anywhere to buy this poster except for big bucks on various sites like eBay. Oh well.

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Word of the Day – Quisling

  •  Noun: Quisling
    1. a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country
  • Synonyms:
    1. collaborator
    2. sympathizer
    3. traitor
    4. turncoat
    5. Judas
  • Usage:

“His biggest concern seems to be that after he dies, China will select a new pet Dalai Lama who may act as a quisling to help the Chinese control Tibet and to give legitimacy to their policies there.”

  • Encountered:

Nicholas Kristof column in New York Times – Dalai Lama Gets Mischievous

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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter

jimmycarter“We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes — and we must.”  ~ Jimmy Carter, Nobel Lecture

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Word of the Day – Malaprop / Malapropism

  • Noun:  Malaprop / malapropism
    1. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco )..
  •  Synonyms:
    1. wrong word
    2. solecism
    3. misuse
    4. misapplication
    5. infelicity
    6. Freudian slip
    7. blunder
  • Usage:

Oh, I just love the kind of woman who can walk over a man
I mean like a god damn marching band
She says, like literally, music is the air she breathes
And the malaprops make me want to fucking scream
I wonder if she even knows what that word means
Well, it’s literally not that
~~ “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment” by Father John Misty.

  • Encountered:
    • While listening to a song on KDHX

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Word of the Day – Literally

  • Adverb:  Literally
    1. in a literal sense or manner : actually <took the remark literally> <was literally insane>
    2. used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true
  • Usage Discussion of LITERALLY from m-w.com
    • since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary.
  • Synonyms:
    1. exactly
    2. actually
    3. completely
    4. directly
    5. plainly
    6. precisely
    7. really
    8. simply
    9. truly
  • Usage:

Oh, I just love the kind of woman who can walk over a man
I mean like a god damn marching band
She says, like literally, music is the air she breathes
And the malaprops make me want to fucking scream
I wonder if she even knows what that word means
Well, it’s literally not that
~~ “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment” by Father John Misty.

  • Encountered:
    • While listening to a song on KDHX

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Word of the Day – Alacrity

  • Noun:  Alacrity
    1. a quick and cheerful readiness to do something
  • Synonyms:
    1. Eagerness
    2. Willingness
    3. Readiness
  • Usage:
    • From there on, flat setups began crashing into flubbed punchlines with the alacrity of a drunk sailor inviting the entire pub to have a go if they think they’re hard enough.
  • Encountered:
    • Reading an article on the BBC website about the Oscars

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