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Archive for July, 2007

Read it all here.
And an excerpt:
After September 11, the NSA began running wiretaps on suspected al Qaeda operatives. The surveillance program was reauthorized every 45 days. In 2004, however, Justice Department officials, for the first time, raised legal objections to the scope of the program. The resulting dispute within the administration led to the famous [...]

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Pharmacists Sue State Over ‘Morning-After Pill’ Requirement
SEATTLE — Pharmacists have sued Washington state over a new regulation that requires them to sell emergency contraception, also known as the “morning-after pill.”
In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, a pharmacy owner and two pharmacists say the rule that took effect Thursday violates their civil rights by [...]

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It’s business time! 

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Heading into Internet Silence

With the last Harry Potter book coming out this weekend, and all the media hype and attention that is already gathering momentum, yours truly will be going dark internet- and television-news-wise over the next several days.  (I’ve also got to try to figure out how to construct special blinders that will shield me from newspaper/tabloid/magazine [...]

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Latin & Greek Study Groups

Wanna learn Greek and/or Latin by email, for free? Check out: Latin & Greek Study Groups.
Back in the 1999-2000 timeframe I took part in some Latin email learning. It’s great stuff. I highly recommend it.

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So says U.S Congressman Wamp:
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said Monday that he expects former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to soon join the race for the White House.
“My view is that he’ll enter the race at some point just in the coming days,” said Wamp, a key supporter of Thompson.
The lawmaker said the actor turned senator [...]

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Vocation Again

From the ochlophobist:
Tom would tell me, later in the game, that as a white male, even from appalachia, I stood very little chance of getting tenured anywhere other than an Evangelical Christian college, and that I should thus change disciplines. I wandered about, eventually getting my education in the classics of the West not at [...]

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From my liberal Baptist pastor preacher-dude friend and buddy, Tripp comes 17 rules from David Gushee about Christian leader political involvement. Keep in mind, Baptists derive historically from the Anabaptist movements. They’ve got some legitimate beef with the government.
My reactions and comments intersperse.

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So, it turns out the Pope is Roman Catholic, huh.  What a shock.  I suppose the next thing we’ll learn is that the earth is a sphere and not flat.
The media must think that Rome has never declared itself the one, and only, true Church. And, of course, they are playing up the notion of [...]

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From the OCA website:
The Placing of the Precious Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ at Moscow (1625): The Savior’s precious Robe [ Greek "himatia", literally "over-garments"] is not identically the same thing as His seamless coat [Greek "khiton", literally "under-garb tunic"]. They are clearly distinct within Holy Scripture. “Then the soldiers, when they had crucified [...]

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In last Thursday’s polling update, Rasmussen Reports noted:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) tied with former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) in an Election 2008 match-up. Both candidates attract support from 45% of voters. Given a Clinton-Thompson match-up, 5% of voters say they’d pull the lever for [...]

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Well, Cathedra Unitatis, to give him credit, did take notice of the post put up by Perry taking a cite from the 5th Ecumenical Council.  The discussion there is well underway now, with about 45 responses at the time of this post.
Relative to papal claims, why is this important? 
In summary, because it establishes, unequivocally, the [...]

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Here’s the update from the Seattle Times:
The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, a local Episcopal priest who announced she is both Muslim and Christian, will not be able to serve as a priest for a year, according to her bishop.
During that year, Redding is expected to “reflect on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation [...]

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It’s a sign of the fear a potential, undeclared presidential candidate strikes in the hearts of opposing campaigns when said campaigns put up political ads attacking said candidate. Think about it: why else attempt to cut down an undeclared campaign before it’s begun except that one perceives it to be potentially strong and one to [...]

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Which works out to about 238 or 239 pages per day.
What am I talking about? Reading the Harry Potter books (the first six) prior to the release of the final book. I normally don’t start through the books until after (sometimes well after) the release of the newest book. But given what [...]

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