yayyyyyy God

[Esau.]

[Kanada Kev]

Crucimickey?

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/11/crucimickey-in-an-up.html

[Kanada Kev]

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

This says an awful lot.

"Ground Zero Mosque" Protest Ends Up, Predictably, with Racially Motivated Hatred

There was a protest yesterday, attended by various wingnuts, racists, riled-up nativists, and terrified fools, of the supposed "Ground Zero mosque." (It will not be at Ground Zero, and it will actually be a community center that will include a mosque. But still.)

While national conservatives have picked up the ball, what local opposition there is to the proposed community center has been ginned up by Rupert Murdoch's New York Post -- mainly via perpetually outraged columnist Andrea Peyser, whose anti-mosque columns are regularly teased on the front page.

The entire anti-mosque campaign isn't about anything other than pure, paranoid Islamophobia. A Peyser column a few weeks ago was entirely about people in Sheepshead Bay -- some miles from Ground Zero -- protesting a proposed mosque solely because they're scared of Muslims.

Anyway, they had their protest yesterday. Mike Kelly of the Bergen (New Jersey) Record reported this heartwarming incident:

At one point, a portion of the crowd menacingly surrounded two Egyptian men who were speaking Arabic and were thought to be Muslims.

"Go home," several shouted from the crowd.

"Get out," others shouted.

In fact, the two men – Joseph Nassralla and Karam El Masry — were not Muslims at all. They turned out to be Egyptian Coptic Christians who work for a California-based Christian satellite TV station called "The Way." Both said they had come to protest the mosque.

"I'm a Christian," Nassralla shouted to the crowd, his eyes bulging and beads of sweat rolling down his face.

But it was no use. The protesters had become so angry at what they thought were Muslims that New York City police officers had to rush in and pull Nassralla and El Masry to safety.

"I flew nine hours in an airplane to come here," a frustrated Nassralla said afterward.

But don't you dare call these people bigots!

[Kanada Kev]

good grief :\

[Kanada Kev]

[Kanada Kev]

Gotta love some of these signs out to extinguish the Westboro asswipes outside the Comic Con:

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/

[Kanada Kev]

Edited August 12, 2010 by Guest

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Churchgoers, Strippers Protest One Another

Monday, August 9, 2010 02:54 AM

By Holly Zachariah

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

WARSAW, Ohio -- Strip-club owner Tommy George rolled up to the church in his grabber-orange Dodge Challenger, drinking a Mountain Dew at 9 in the morning and smoking a cigarette he had just rolled himself.

Pastor Bill Dunfee stepped out of a tan Nissan Murano, clutching a Bible in one hand and his sermon in the other, a touch of spray holding his perfectly coiffed 'do in place.

Inside the New Beginnings Ministries church, Dunfee's worshippers wore polyester and pearls.

Outside, George's strippers wore bikinis and belly rings.

Both men agree it is classic sinners vs. saints. But George says it is up to America to decide which is which and who is who.

Dunfee says God already has chosen.

"Tom George is a parasite, a man without judgment," Dunfee said. "The word of Jesus Christ says you cannot share territory with the devil."

The battle that has heretofore played out in the parking lot of George's strip club - the Foxhole, a run-down, garage-like building at a Coshocton County crossroads called Newcastle - has shifted 7 miles east to Church Street.

Every weekend for the last four years, Dunfee and members of his ministry have stood watch over George's joint, taking up residence in the right of way with signs, video cameras and bullhorns in hand. They videotape customers' license plates and post them online, and they try to save the souls of anyone who comes and goes.

Now, the dancers have turned the tables, so to speak. Fed up with the tactics of Dunfee and his flock, they say they have finally accepted his constant invitation to come to church.

It's just that they've come wearing see-through shorts and toting Super Soakers.

They bring lawn chairs and - yesterday, anyway - grilled hamburgers, Monster energy drinks and corn on the cob.

They sat in front of the church and waved at passing cars but largely ignored the congregation behind them.

Likewise, the churchgoers largely ignored the dancers. Except for Stan Braxton. He stopped and held hands with Lola, a 42-year-old dancer who made $200 on her Saturday night shift, and prayed for her salvation.

Lola, who wouldn't give her last name, said she was grateful for Braxton's prayers and his time.

The women don't come here, after all, without their own version of religion. They bring signs with Scriptures written in neon colors:

Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing

Revelations 22:11: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still

Greg Flaig is executive director of the Ohio Owners Coalition, a group of showbar and club owners. He called the women's protest extraordinary, saying he's never heard of anything like it in the country.

George said the protest has been a long time coming. He sued the church in federal court several years ago, claiming a violation of his constitutional rights, but he lost. Now, he said, turnabout is fair play.

"When these morons go away, we'll go away," George said. "The great thing about this country is that everyone has a right to believe what they want."

He said his club operates within the law. Dunfee said it does not, that it must close at midnight instead of its regular 2 or 3 a.m. Coshocton County Prosecutor Bob Batchelor said Friday only that he, the sheriff and the city prosecutor are "aware of the situation."

Gina Hughes spent the morning soaking up the sun in her striped bikini, mostly oblivious to the fire and brimstone being preached in the tidy church building.

The 30-year-old married mother of six said she has danced at the Foxhole for a decade and holds the title of "house mom." That means that even though she still dances, she also watches out for the six other women who work there.

She said she makes $2,000 a week.

"These church people say horrible things about us," Hughes said. "They say we're homewreckers and whores. The fact of the matter is, we're working to keep our own homes together, to give our kids what they need."

Dunfee said it's not that simple. He said he consistently offers the women help, a chance at redemption.

"I tell them, 'I will put a roof over your heads, and your bills will be paid, and your children's bellies will be full,'" he said. Yet they don't come inside.

The first few weeks, Dunfee piped the sermon outside. But that "agitated" them, he said, and made them dance in the streets.

He said their presence has united his church members and reinvigorated their mission to shut down the club.

"They have now seen the evil firsthand," Dunfee said. "This has just made us stronger."

George laughed at that notion.

"They're just mad," he said, "because their wives won't let them come to my club."

[Thorgnor]

Edited August 16, 2010 by Guest

[Kanada Kev]

Jesus, will you look at those!

[Kanada Kev]

Get the kids/dogs up for a listen!

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Amnesty says Saudi Arabia may paralyze man as punishment

Sun Aug 22, 9:47 AM

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A court in Saudi Arabia is considering deliberately paralyzing a man as punishment after he was convicted of severing the spinal cord of another person with a cleaver during a fight, Amnesty International said on Sunday.

Amnesty said a court in the northwest province of Tabuk had approached a number of hospitals about the possibility of cutting the man's spinal cord in a medical setting, after the victim requested such a punishment.

"It is reported that one hospital said that it could be done by a special medical center. As Amnesty International we have appealed to the Ministry of Justice," Amnesty spokesman Lamri Chirous told Reuters by telephone from London.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson could not be immediately reached to comment on the Amnesty report.

Saudi Arabia, a close U.S. ally, follows an austere version of Sunni Islam that includes floggings for some offences, amputations for thieves, and public beheadings for crimes including murder, rape and drug smuggling.

Human rights activists say that while Islamic law stipulates like-for-like punishments, victims or their surviving family members can often be persuaded to forgive an attacker, often in exchange for monetary compensation.

"This is written in the Koran, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and a soul for a soul... Islam calls for forgiveness but if the victim insists then it is his right," said Ahmed Almobi, an Islamic scholar and writer in Saudi Arabia.

Amnesty, which said the man lacked legal assistance during his trial, urged the government not to carry out the punishment. It said the court had the option to instead sentence the man to jail, flogging or a financial penalty.

"While those guilty of a crime should be held accountable, intentionally paralyzing a man in this way would constitute torture," Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, acting director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, said in a statement.

(Reporting by Asma Alsharif; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

[Kanada Kev]

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

That's awesome .

[Kanada Kev]

Fantastic questioning of some Westboro Baptist fucktards:

[Kanada Kev]

[Kanada Kev]

[bradm]

It looks like the burning has been cancelled.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/09/09/united-states-obama-quran-burning-florida-church.html

Terry Jones, head of the Dove World Outreach Center of Gainesville, Fla., said after praying on the issue, he is calling off his plan to burn Qur'ans on Saturday.

More to come

Aloha,

Brad

[bradm]

We are canceling the event because they have agreed to move the ground zero mosque

The problem is that

I am glad that Pastor Jones has decided not to burn any Qurans. However, I have not spoken to Pastor Jones or Imam Musri. I am surprised by their announcement. We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.

It is untrue that the community center known as Park51 in lower Manhattan is being moved. The project will proceed as planned. What is being reported in the media today is a falsehood.

* The religious leader behind the planned center.

** Developer of Park51.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/09/florida.quran.burning/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Aloha,

Brad

[Kanada Kev]

[Kanada Kev]

[phorbesie]

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Yeah, that one's a keeper .