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Jonathan Willis
July 01 2011 09:11PM
Free agency is a time generally reserved for welcoming new players into the fold, as the Oilers and Canucks did, or for being excited about the possibility of signing a true difference maker, as fans of the Flames and Leafs can be tonight.
Still, it's also a time for departure, and each of the four cities in the Nation Network lost at least one player to another team today.
Adam Pardy - Signed a two year, $4.0 million contract with Dallas. Newfoundlanders in Southern Alberta (I believe there are one or two) now have one less player to cheer for, as Bonavista's Adam Pardy left the only NHL organization he's ever known. Given the dollars involved, it's probably not a bad thing the Flames let him go.
Sheldon Souray - Signed a one year, $1.65 million contract with Dallas. There was a brief spell, somewhere in between the injuries, the public complaints about management, and the later injuries, when many Oilers fans regarded Studley Wonderbomb as the future captain of the team. Now, he's one more veteran the city is all too happy to see leave.
Jim Vandermeer - Signed a one year, $1.0 million contract with San Jose. Vandermeer's time in Edmonton began inauspiciously, as he was acquired in exchange for Patrick O'Sullivan, sparing Phoenix the rouble of buying him out. He struggled early, but played well enough down the stretch that I doubt anyone would have been too upset to see him back in a depth role.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere - Signed a two year contract with Colorado. Giggy's time in Toronto began on a high note – he posted a 0.916 SV% after coming over in trade from the Ducks – but a lacklustre season and the emergence of James Reimer left him on the outside looking in. Still, while Giguere may not have had a memorable run like fellow veterans Curtis Joseph and Ed Belfour, he did manage to avoid Toskalol status.
Tim Brent - Signed a two year, $1.5 million contract with Carolina. The player so nice Anaheim drafted him twice established himself as a regular in 2010-11 after a nice run with the Marlies the previous year. A depth player, to be sure, but an honest worker and one who left no doubt that he was giving it his all – something that he got some welcome recognition for earlier this year.
Raffi Torres - Signed a two year, $3.5 million contract with Phoenix. Ah, Raffi. A Canucks-killer before he played for them, he did the same thing in Vancouver that he does everywhere else: played decent hockey, scored in wildly inconsistent bursts, and hurt things on the ice. He's now seen two game seven losses in the Stanley Cup finals and been a contributor all along the way.
Tanner Glass - Signed a one year, $750,000 contract with Winnipeg. While rationally I think most Canucks fans would admit that the loss of Glass won't mean a great deal on the ice, I still suspect that his departure was an unwelcome one for many. In talking to a pretty broad spectrum of the fanbase, and Glass is a guy that almost unanimously earned some level of respect or admiration from the fans. I'm sure he will be popular in Winnipeg.
(Sorry for the crummy start to the clip above; the bit I'm referencing is about 1:00 in.)
July 01 2011, 10:02PM
Good luck Vandy, I loved the way you threw and took punches while smiling. All the best Foster, to make good use of a hard point shot you need dangerous cycling forwards to draw attention down low: we didn't have that yet. SMac, I love you but you need to be a better hockey player. JFJ, your time has come. Zach, I dunno *shrug*. Change always brings sadness, except in this case: GO TAMBO!
July 01 2011, 10:40PM
Free Agent Frenzy
Big cash thrown around today
No overpays here.
@Oilers G- Nations Poet Laureate
Holes filled, phone silent
Tambo sighs and thinks of beer
July 01 2011, 09:13PM
what a good fist day to free agent frenzy ...
I can't believe the amount of stupid deals that were signed today. There will be a lot of Hagman-Stajan type deals by this time next year.
Congrats to Feaster and crew on not joining Stupidfest.
You should never apologize for clips of Shane. Wonderful movie, better book.
July 01 2011, 10:57PM
I can't believe the amount of stupid deals that were signed today. There will be a lot of Hagman-Stajan type deals by this time next year.
Congrats to Feaster and crew on not joining Stupidfest.
Pardon? McKenzie Story
July 01 2011, 10:59PM
Nah, you should.
EDIT: Apologize I mean.
EDIT OF THE EDIT: Apology accepted.
The Panthers make me think of the movie "Major League". I just can not believe the group of misfits they have slapped together in such a short period. Got to love that salary cap "floor"!
JW - I think the Oil have achieved addition through subtraction from your list. No issues with Vandemeer, although he was for the most part at the bottom end of the 30th place team's D. No big deal.
On an unrelated note, though, one of the interesting things that I heard a couple of the players (I think it was Belanger and Barker) talk about during their various interviews was referencing the Smitty situation and how it is critical that the Oil are building back up.
I have to say for the most part that I was a little indifferent to the Smitty from LA saga as it was unfolding – the sentimental side of me was happy for getting him back, but I didn't think that it was going to make a huge difference this year.
In retrospect, maybe this was a little bit bigger of a deal than I personally gave credit for, in the importance that other players around the league may have placed on it. We were begging for guys like Belanger, Eager and co at last year's FA Frenzy, and the team was basically shunned.
Although we are coming off another last place finish, something appears to have changed. Maybe the general positive vibes from the Smitty situation had more to do with it than we think.
Anyway - I'd be interested in your take on this, and if you got a similar sense from listening to the newcomers. Cheers.
July 02 2011, 12:46AM
i really think the oilers made themselves a better hockey club today with 5 smart signings. i couldnt help but keep my twitter on all day just refreshing continuously. september is just too far away!! i need oiler hockey now!!!
July 02 2011, 01:29AM
Lots of talk about making some more moves for a number two D and possibly a goalie. Rumour of possible trade with Coyotes for Yandle which would be great. Any word on Weber situation and would a trade be possible once arbitration is done. Still think he is the best young D in league and prob top 3 overall. Trade of Gagner and Chorney along with a high pick next year. Would even throw in Omark to make it happen. Has anyone else noticed the mess Buffalo is in? Only 5 d signed and one goalie with just over 300K cap room. Some trades to happen there yet for sure.
July 02 2011, 06:14AM
I've been hearing whispers the Oilers aren't done sticking their toes in the FA pool.... Hasn't been confirmed by a concrete source that ive seen but... Vokoun anyone?
July 02 2011, 07:11AM
I've been hearing whispers the Oilers aren't done sticking their toes in the FA pool.... Hasn't been confirmed by a concrete source that ive seen but... Vokoun anyone?
Only if ST trades re-habby(YES PLEASE!) and Vokoun won't mind being back-up aaaaannnd he's willing to make less than what habby makes.
I've been hearing whispers the Oilers aren't done sticking their toes in the FA pool.... Hasn't been confirmed by a concrete source that ive seen but... Vokoun anyone?
Volkoun would be crazy! Although the Oil should have got the deal done last night, seeing that today is Volkoun's B-day and he turns 35!!! Now that cap hit is going to follow him thru.
July 02 2011, 08:15AM
The only thing thing the Leafs and Flamers fan will feel today is more disappointment, when Richards signs with either LA or Tampa Bay. Boooooyaaa
Volkoun would be crazy! Although the Oil should have got the deal done last night, seeing that today is Volkoun's B-day and he turns 35!!! Now that cap hit is going to follow him thru.
That isnt how the age of a player is determined by NHL contracts. I cant remember the exact date, but its the age of the player on that date, not when the birthday is.
That isnt how the age of a player is determined by NHL contracts. I cant remember the exact date, but its the age of the player on that date, not when the birthday is.
Ok then Volkoun turns 35 today any contract signed by him now falls under the 35 and over catagory.
Players who sign multi-year contracts when they are age 35 or older (calculated on June 30 of the season the contract begins) count toward the cap under all circumstances, regardless of where (or if) the player is playing. The only cap relief is $100,000 from the player's cap hit if he is assigned to the minors after the first year of the contract.
CBA reference: Section 50.5 (d-i-B-5) (P. 203)
July 02 2011, 10:48AM
Studley Wonderbomb? AWESOME
A goodbye and big thanks to Jim Dandy-Meer! From your bounce pass to Eberle for his POY breakaway, to your grinning fight against the Bruins, I loved what you brought to the game (just maybe not every game). It'll be difficult to cheer against you.
And again, bye Storts. It's been excruciatingly difficult watching you try to become a hockey player while getting unmercifully beaten up(and those two might be related...). And no, that wasn't your phone ringing on July 1.
July 02 2011, 02:50PM
Jonathon, any reason Gudbranson wouldn't have been signed by now. Is this just sitting in Talons to do pile and will get done shortly, or is there a problem here with these two parties?
July 02 2011, 05:37PM
Very nice Druid
Tambo has done something right
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FERRON-Paul G. Snow age 69 of Ferron, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 at his home. Paul was born July 8, 1939 in Ferron, Utah the youngest of six children born to Perry E and Pauline Oveson Snow.
Paul grew up and attended school in Ferron, graduating from South Emery High In 1957. During his high school days Paul played the baritone. Following school Paul married Emilee Conover on July 8, 1957 in Ely, Nev., they spent 51 wonderful years together.
Paul lived most of his life in Ferron and Taylorsville, and as he got older he became a snow bird in the winter months, spending time in Beaver Dam, Ariz. Paul worked at the local power plants for 30 years before his retirement 18 years ago. He enjoyed fishing, taking his grandchildren and great-grandchildren tubing from the boat. Most of all he loved being with his family, especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Skip to comments.Saddam and Osama: The New Revelations
Posted on 04/13/2006 11:00:08 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Frontpage Interviews guest today is Thomas Joscelyn, an expert on the international terrorist network. Much of his research has focused on the role that nations such as Saddam's Iraq and the mullah's Iran have played in providing support, training and funding for terrorist entities such as al Qaeda, al Qaeda's affiliates, Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups. He has written extensively about these connections for the Weekly Standard and in several other publications. Currently, he is organizing a research project to review and translate the millions of documents captured from the fallen Iraqi regime and the Taliban.
Joscelyn: For the past several years, American forces have been collecting documents and other pieces of media from the fallen regimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of the Iraqi documents were authored by Saddams intelligence apparatus, the Mukhabarat (Iraqi Intelligence Service), while many of the documents captured in Afghanistan were authored by al Qaeda operatives or the Taliban. To date, less than 5% of the documents have been reviewed. So, out of a total of 2 million documents, only about 100,000 documents (give or take) have been reviewed.
One IIS document, in particular, has received significant attention. The document was apparently authored in early 1997 and summarizes a number of contacts between Iraqi Intelligence and Saudi oppositionist groups, including al Qaeda, during the mid 1990s. The document says that in early 1995 bin Laden requested Iraqi assistance in two ways. First, bin Laden wanted Iraqi television to carry al Qaedas anti-Saudi propaganda. Saddam agreed. Second, bin Laden requested Iraqi assistance in performing joint operations against the foreign forces in the land of Hijaz. That is, bin Laden wanted Iraqs assistance in attacking U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
Prewar Docs PING
Come on, President Bush. Get up there, make the case, and shut the traitors up. Then, send the illegals home and close the border.
Then get gas back down to $.99/gallon.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
In related news, recently declassified Iraqi account of a 1995 meeting between Osama bin Laden and a senior Iraqi envoy presents a "significant set of facts," and shows a more detailed collaboration between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It appears that the duo had jointly written a script for a TV sitcom called "Osama bin Saddamized." The plot is autobiographical and features the hijinks of a wacky terrorist and his stern, but lovable mentor who is also the president of a Middle Eastern country called Quirkistan.
read more at...
GWB absolutely does not want any restraint on our southern border. WE DO NOT HAVE A SOUTHERN BORDER!
This article is an excellent read, fills in some gaps and maybe you could use your "prewardocs" ping list.
Saddam and Osama: The New Revelations
Release/Translation of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added or removed to the ping list, please Freepmail me.
Please add the keyword prewardocs to any articles pertaining to this subject.
Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents
Documents from the Harmony Database
I should have read down; you're getting double pings, I see :-)
That's alright, because I'd rather get pinged one or more times, than not at all!
Well, we are not potted plants. Maybe there is a strategy to empowering the citizens. The Minutemen got a wink and a nod...now the docs were released to us.
Just in case you missed some of the translations
Might be useful for your column.
April 13, 2006
Coalition Forces Kill AQIZ Ambassador
al-Kurdi also had extensive ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization which spawned the modern terrorist organizations such as Egyptian Islamic Jihad, HAMAS, and al-Qaeda.
Strangely enough, it appears al-Kurdi was detained by the Kurdish Peshmerga in the spring of 2002, prior to the invasion of Iraq, and divulged connection between al-Qaeda and Ansar Al-Islam,and Saddam Hussein:
"Halabja [Northern Iraq] Local security officials in Al-Suleimaniya warn that some members of 'Ansar Al-Islam' [previously named 'Army of Islam,' i.e. Jund Al-Islam], Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban who were driven out of Afghanistan by Operation Anaconda, have now joined the battle-front in northern Iraq New information surfaces daily about ties between Ansar Al-Islam, bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. One of the security officials said that the Iraqi government has been providing secret financial support and training to Ansar Al-Islam in order to weaken the Kurdish opposition " "Some Kurdish commanders are minimizing the danger of Ansar Al-Islam " "The organization has only a few hundred fighters, but it controls several Kurdish villages in northern Iraq, close to the Iranian border and on the fringes of the area protected by the U.S."
"The information about the ties between Ansar Al-Islam and Al-Qa'ida came from Rafid Ibrahim Fattah {aka Abu Umar al-Kurdi , an Iraqi who was arrested by the forces of Jalal Al-Talabani [in northern Iraq] He had fled from Baghdad in the mid 1980's and lived in a refugee camp in Tehran "
Apparently al-Kurdi slipped the Kurdish net and was able to join al-Qaeda's terror campaign in Iraq. al-Kurdi joins the long list of experienced al-Qaeda 'middlemen' killed or captured, such as Suliman Darwish (Syrian), Abdullah al-Rashood (Saudi) and Abu Azzam and Abu Tahla (Iraqis).
By Bill Roggio | Posted April 13, 2006 |
ping to me
>>>"The information about the ties between Ansar Al-Islam and Al-Qa'ida came from Rafid Ibrahim Fattah {aka Abu Umar al-Kurdi , an Iraqi who was arrested by the forces of Jalal Al-Talabani [in northern Iraq] He had fled from Baghdad in the mid 1980's and lived in a refugee camp in Tehran "<<<
Ansar al-Islam is made up of subgroups such as: Tawhid and Sunnah Brigade and associated with Jaish Ansar al-Sunnah. Dozens of people with ties to Ansar al-Islam have been arrested and tried in Germany over the past several several years.
Saddam's Ambassador to al-Qaeda *(The Smoking Gun)*
A RECENTLY INTERCEPTED MESSAGE from Iraq-based terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi asking the al Qaeda leadership for reinforcements reignited the debate over al-Qaeda ties with Saddam Hussein's fallen Baath regime. William Safire of the New York Times called the message a "smoking gun," while the University of Michigan's Juan Cole says that Safire "offers not even one document to prove" the Saddam/al-Qaeda nexus. What you are about to read bears directly on that debate. It is based on a recent interview with Abdul Rahman al-Shamari, who served in Saddam's secret police, the Mukhabarat, from 1997 to 2002, and is currently sitting in a Kurdish prison. Al-Shamari says that he worked for a man who was Saddam's envoy to al-Qaeda.
>>>This statement echoed an independent Kurdish report from July 2002 alleging that ordnance seized from Ansar al Islam was produced by Saddam's military and a Guardian article several weeks later alleging that truckloads of arms were shipped to Ansar from areas controlled by Saddam.<<<
>>>Muhammed told Goldberg that Abu Wael was "the actual decision-maker" for Ansar al Islam and "an employee of the Mukhabarat."<<<
Al-Shamari also told me that the links between Saddam's regime and the al-Qaeda network went beyond Ansar al Islam. He explained in considerable detail that Saddam actually ordered Abu Wael to organize foreign fighters from outside Iraq to join Ansar. Al-Shamari estimated that some 150 foreign fighters were imported from al Qaeda clusters in Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, and Lebanon to fight with Ansar al Islam's Kurdish fighters.
Al-Shamari said that there was also contact with the Egyptian "Gamaat al-Jihad," which is now seen as the core of al Qaeda's leadership, as well as with the Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which bin Laden helped create in 1998 as an alternative to Algeria's Armed Islamic Group (GIA). Al-Shamari talked of Abu Wael's links with Turkey's "Jamaa al-Khilafa"--likely the group also known as the "Union of Islamic Communities" (UIC) or the "Organization of Caliphate State." This terror group, established in 1983 by Cemalettin Kaplan, reportedly met with bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1997, and later sent cadres there to train. Three years before 9/11, UIC plotted to crash a plane into Ankara's Ataturk Mausoleum on a day when hundreds of Turkish officials were present.
Al-Shamari said that importing foreign fighters to train in Iraq was part of his job in the Mukhabarat. The fighters trained in Salman Pak, a facility located some 20 miles southeast of Baghdad. He said that he had personal knowledge of 500 fighters that came through Salman Pak dating back to the late 1990s; they trained in "urban combat, explosives, and car bombs." This account agrees with a White House Background Paper on Iraq dated September 12, 2002, which cited the "highly secret terrorist training facility in Iraq known as Salman Pak, where both Iraqis and non-Iraqi Arabs receive training on hijacking planes and trains, planting explosives in cities, sabotage, and assassinations."
Zarqawi, as the prisoner explained, was al-Qaeda's link to Iraq in the same way that Abu Wael was the Iraqi link to al-Qaeda. Indeed, Zarqawi (who received medical attention in Baghdad in 2002 for wounds that he suffered from U.S. forces in Afghanistan) and Abu Wael helped Ansar al Islam prepare for the U.S. assault on its small enclave last year. According to al-Shamari, Ansar was given the plan from the top Iraqi leadership: "If the U.S. was to hit [the Ansar base], the fighters were directed to go to Ramadi, Tikrit, Mosul . . . Faluja and other places." This statement agreed with a prior prisoner interview I had with the attempted murderer of Barham Salih, prime minister of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. This second prisoner told me that "Ansar had plans to go south if the U.S. would attack."
StillProud, is this group
>>>Al-Shamari said that there was also contact with the Egyptian "Gamaat al-Jihad," which is now seen as the core of al Qaeda's leadership<<<
Related to this group?
>>>Egypt has released 950 jailed members of the militant Islamist group Gamaa Islamiya. Some of them have been in prison since the assassination of President Anwar Sadat 25 years ago.<<<
Thanks. Playing catchup mode today.
gamaat al jihad and gamaa islamiya
Security situation[1]
Tension between Egypt and Sudan increased in mid-1995 after Egypts President, Hosni Mubarak, accused Sudans military junta of complicity in the attempt on his life in Ethiopia. Following the accusation, clashes between Sudanese and Egyptian troops took place in the disputed Red Sea border region of Halaib.
In late 1999, it was estimated that Egypt had nearly one million men under arms, roughly evenly split between the armed forces and the internal security establishment. The government has been locked in a low-intensity, counter-insurgency campaign against extremist Islamic fundamentalists of the Gamaa Islamia, or Islamic Association, which seeks to topple the secular administration and establish an Islamic state.
Over the past two years the internal security situation has been improving. Fatalities due to terrorist violence in 1998 totalled 47. No attacks on tourists were recorded and no foreigners were killed. This is the lowest number of fatalities since monitoring began in 1992.
Extremist Islamists including Gamaat Islamiya and Al-Jihad have been responsible for the intensification of violence since 1992, aimed at the overthrow of the regime. A new and more targeted security policy in the aftermath of the 1997 Luxor massacre has resulted in a notable termination of violent incidents. Gamaat Islamiya announced a ceasefire in 1999, and Al-Jihad followed suit in 2000. Both now appear to have chosen to emulate the Muslim Brotherhood by supporting the formation of the Islamist Reform party and Sharia Party respectively.[2]
==spring > [X] There is widespread agitation in Egypt for the complete adoption of Islamic law. About this time, Al Jihad, Al Gamaat (also known as Gamaa Islamiya), and other extreme Islamist groups are beginning to revive.
The democrap party doesn't want any restriction on the Southern border either ... they are already counting the fraudulent ballots they will garner for 2006 and 2008. We The People are the true sovereigns of this nation but OUR elected representatives (our employees, if you will) are not doing our bidding; the pubbies want the money from industry employing illegals andc the democraps want the fraudulent votes, so we the people are being encouraged to shut up and take it, AGAIN.
Thanks for the ping, interesting article.
Thanks for the ping and the related links!!
R. Lee Emery for Press Secretary!!!!!!
That is VERY obvious- GWB is erroneously trading Republican votes from the base, from recently acquired Blacks, and from many responsible Latinos for a very few votes from illegal immigrants. They are ALL gonna vote Dem, if they vote at all, which they probably won't. So it's an idiotic position for a republican president, even if he ain't running.
Yes to your reply, and yes to your tagline. The GOP has ben hijacked.
First, I thank God Bush was chosen over Goreghoul or Kerryfairy. That said, I tend to think Bush is cuzzying up to Fox (who rules a modern feudal state) because a revolution in Mexico that installs a Chavez type leadership would be very bad for the U.S. Link that to the lobbying pressure from business to keep the supply of cheap (below American average wages) labor flowing and I don't think there is any mystery why things on illegals are in a stalemate ... it is a given that the democrap party is salivating over illegals, as a new race problem ---and the democraps have a long history of exploiting racial tension they do so much to create-- and the new source of dumbed down voters for democrats and a broad field from which to defraud votes.
The GOP has "gone astray", as far as representing "people". They now represent big corporations, and not conservative citizens. (Does that sound democrat?) I do remember the failed attempts of George Wallace and Ross Perot with their American Party/American Patriot Party/ whatever. Third parties don't fare well in this country. But, mark my words, Republicans aren't going to fare very well in Nov 06, and Nov 08, depending on the war situation, which is the great wild card.
If the democraps regain control of either branch of Congress, we can watch millions being spent on impeachment and repeal of the tax cuts accompanied by social program expansion designed to guarantee that less than fifty percent of the people pay the taxes while more than fifty percent get a dole of one kind or another. And we can forget about constuctionists on the subpreme court and throughout the federal court system. And you want to talk about illegals and porous borders along with impotence in dealing with worldwide terrorism and Islamism?
I also thank God that GWB was President on 9/11/2001 and still is for the War on Terror. Can anyone imagine a Jimmah Cahtah, or AlGore, or BJClinton or Hildebeast instead? Might as well have Michael Moore in charge. But I believe that GWB is "confused" about our border problems. But please remember, a big part of "homeland security" is border integrity, currently nonexistant.
If I were trying to get personnel and materials for terrorism into the U.S. I sure wouldn't try it at a border which is so volatile, I'd concentrate movement on the Canadian porous placid border.
Thank you.
I really am concerned about all the OTM's that are known to be crossing our southern border- from terrorist nations- I think that that should concern you as well. Maybe I don't really understand what you are disagreeing with me about?????
See #37 above.
Is that a repeating animation or actual game of Pong? It is hard to see any difference!
I think the president has grown weary.
bump to use in my article....
TS MSM MI ping
LOL! There can be only one! Give up now!
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Damn Zero you got awesome memory and on top of that knowledgeable about a lot of manga. Thanks!
I want to see that fight continue between Baam and that dude from the whale creature.
It will take some time, since he is the leader (or just the one that created it) of the 7-winged tree or something and is considered one of the most powerful beings in the tower, he is also an irregular. It's possible that they will not fight again, since technically Baam belongs to his group already, through Yuri's invitation. This will probably turn out important in order for Baam to remove the FUG's shackles.
Yes the guy in the whale is one of the top Irregulars (then again, almost every Irregular is a Top Ranker).
Tower of God Season 2 Chapter 76 A.K.A Chapter 156 is out, Enjoy!
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Hah, so the reason why the Redhead could make such a bet with Koon (even though she doesn't hold any power in FUG), is because Baam was the price the whole time, now that is a great plot twist.
Now I have to wonder if they fooled him in believing that they gave it to him after joining the FUG, or if he was always a weapon (this might mean that Baam used his Ignition power to kill that guy that tried to rape Lehel/Rachel before entering the Tower, which would explain why she is so afraid of him).
This actually might end similar to how Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver series has ended, Baam being Raziel and (blond) Prince being Kain.
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The Jews fast and confess their sins—The Levites bless and praise the Lord and recite His goodness toward Israel.
1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with
2 And the seed of Israel
3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.
4 ¶Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 Thou, even thou, art
7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose
8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a
9 And didst see the
10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a
11 And thou didst
12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy
13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good
14 And madest known unto them thy holy
15 And gavest them
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and
17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to
18 Yea, when they had made them a
19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies
20 Thou gavest also thy good
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 Their children also
24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
25 And they took strong cities, and a
26 Nevertheless they were
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
30 Yet many years didst thou
31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the
33 Howbeit thou art
34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.


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Posted on 05/03/2009 2:07:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
California's increasingly severe and largely self-inflicted economic crisis will deepen on May 19 if, as is probable and desirable, voters reject most of the ballot measures that were drafted as part of a "solution" to the state's budget deficit. They would make matters worse. ...
Under Arnold Schwarzenegger, the best governor the states contiguous to California have ever had, people and businesses have been relocating in those states. For four consecutive years, more Americans have moved out of California than have moved in. California's business costs are more than 20 percent higher than the average state's. In the last decade, net out-migration of Americans has been 1.4 million. California is exporting talent while importing Mexico's poverty. The latter is not California's fault; the former is.
If, since 1990, state spending increases had been held to the inflation rate plus population growth, the state would have a $15 billion surplus instead of a $42 billion budget deficit, which is larger than the budgets of all but 10 states. Since 1990, the number of state employees has increased by more than a third. In Schwarzenegger's less than six years as governor, per capita government spending, adjusted for inflation, has increased nearly 20 percent.
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Required by law to balance the budget, the Legislature has "solved" the problem by, among other things, increasing the income, sales, gas and vehicle taxes.
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The 'fix' is in.
The Golden Goo$e is barren.
The increase in spending has actually averaged closer to about 10% a year under the Gub.. any inflation adjustment is negligible.
The overall result tho, as the state flounders under democrat rule, is like a bad B movie script unfolding before your very eyes.
Thinking hard ~ maybe the wife's cousin who was a schoolteacher ~
Naw, she spends a lot of time outside the state these days.
The comment I heard the most on the last trip was "this time let's find someplace with water".
As a Californian here is what I find utterly amazing. NO political will to cut spending. None. Zero. Every solution involves increasing taxes, in one shape or another. Spending cut alternatives are like touching the third rail.
HINT: The budget can be balanced in some measure, rather quickly if illegal immigrants are deported. GASP! Xenophobe alert!!!!
This is because the Democrats have made this official government policy. The reason is not to improve the economic condition of the state and its inhabitants, or even to provide "social justice". The reason is to ensure that Democrats remain in power in California at both the state and nation levels. Democrats do not mind that they are destroying the economy, whatever economy is left will be theirs to control and that's their aim.
"California is exporting talent while importing Mexico's poverty...What actually ails California is centrist evasions. The state's crisis has been caused by "moderation," understood as splitting the difference between extreme liberalism and hyperliberalism, a "reasonableness" that merely moderates the speed at which the ever-expanding public sector suffocates the private sector. California has become liberalism's laboratory, in which the case for fiscal conservatism is being confirmed."
Why should they? They know they can run to D.C. with their hands out and Obama will give them anything they want. The precedent has been set with the banks and automakers. Blue states are next.
How could state employees possibly increase by 1/3 since 1990?
Many of the major areas of state government- tax calculation and collection, drivers license issuance, welfare and unemployment check cutting- are all basically clerical functions which automation and computerization have really progressed during the past 20 years and actually require fewer employees and man hours to accomplish.
California must really have either left behind the whole computer revolution, added numerous new programs or both during the period in question to "achieve" such a high rate of payroll growth.
At least GM had to face the market place. Civil servants in California are paid above market rates for their talent, face no lay-offs, and have a pension plan that would make Elvis raise from the dead for the generosity they bestow on the so called working stiffs. Alice in Wonder Land.
California is merely a microcosm of the US—export industrial base, import immigrants who hate this country and who will never assimilate. So, what else is new?
it's disgusting
I have two very wealthy brothers who live in California. Neither of them bothers to make money anymore. They have fired all their employees and are living off of their interest.
Incredibly, the public entity that I work for here in San Diego County has been sending out videos, memorandums, etc. for weeks bewailing and bemoaning about the budget crisis. We hear how dire things are and about the layoffs that are happening in increasing rapidity.
Yet, a few days ago the administration sent out a hallelujah chorus video to all employees that the dark days are seeing a glimmer of sunshine! Hussein's "economic stimulus" money is beginning to "trickle" our way!
I freakin' kid you not.
remember that employees are voters too, and a lot of those are unionized.
at both the state and federal level, who are the largest employers these days?
state and federal gubamints.
what is wrong with that picture?
Fortunately, it has handed voters some two-by-fours the initiatives. Resounding rejections of them should get Sacramento's attention.
I wouldn't count on that, George. Sacramento is a lot like Pete Puma in that famous Bugs Bunny cartoon:
After Bugs (the CA referendum process) keeps serving Pete (Sacramento) "lumps"...
..after a while Sacramento Pete just serves himself:
It's much easier for them to label those of us expecting adherence to immigration laws on the books as racists, extremists, and yes, xenophobes. Expecting those in top offices of federal, state, and city governments to obey immigration law is not tolerated by those who call themselves tolerant (they are nothing short of delusional).
Those with special interests for seeing the law broken (activist groups, attorneys, judges and politicians) see bankruptcy of states as just another means to achieve nothing less than total amnesty. It's hard times out here in the USA and about time politicians, lobbyists and activists learned first-hand what unemployment is like, just like the rest of us. If they can't perform their jobs, they should be replaced.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (D-CA)
Did those stuck on stupid legislators actually believe that we would be suckered into voting for this slate of money sucking propositions? What part of "spend less" do they not understand?
The ECO GEEKS have Killed the Goose that laid the GOLDEN EGG.
They embraced the computer revolution. California has built many failed computer networks. There was a big one some years back that cost between $100 million and $200 million that was scrapped before going online because it didn't work. There are a large number of bureaucrats who order the creation of useless computer generated reports, which in turn require an army of people to maintain. There are clerks whose sole job is to check that reports run each day, and rerun them if needed. I know someone like that, probably puts in 2 hours of honest work in a week.
Different teams of people are needed for installing fiber cable, copper cable, for asbestos abatement whenever cables are run, etc. Then it's all redone. Lots of make-work "jobs".
California promises help for Southeast Asians with gambling problem
There is no problem insignificant enough to be underserving of our tax dollars.
There are a large number of bureaucrats who order the creation of useless computer generated reports, which in turn require an army of people to maintain.
If and when job cuts come- because tax increases are unpopular, those jobs are undoubtably safe.
Any job cuts will have to come from the ranks of the police, or prison guards - or some other area which will inconvenience or endanger the public sufficiently that they will come around to accepting tax increases.
"Under Arnold Schwarzenegger, the best governor the states contiguous to California have ever had,...."
How much of the blame should go to the Governor, and how much to the legislature?
Here's another one to think about.
Once a govt. agency or whatever is funded, Ya ever hear of it getting de-funded?
I'd say about half of the govt offices and personnel are worthless and should be let go.
Most of the businesses are good to have, but most of the Californians are not. In Nevada, we have already seen a large influx of Californians, who have gone a long way toward californicating our state, by supporting the same tax, spend, and overregulate policies which destroyed the economy in their own state.
If you use the technology stupidly, you can be even less efficient than simply doing things by hand.
Yeah, the sacred cows like the more than 10,000 child support workers (State Department & local county child support agencys) plus God knows how many Welfare workers and Social workers will remain employed and funded. They are working with the Legislative Analyst's Office and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) to show their respective programs as "critical" and "cost-effective" and all those other ridiculous buzz-words these double-chinned, parasitic bureaucrats throw out there while panhandling at the capitol... Like economist Thomas Sowell wrote about, Self-Congratulations as a Basis for Social Policy! In spite of the evidence before us.
You are so right! They do not care at all about the state or its inhabitants. All they want are money and power. Our politicians are no different from the goons who ran the Soviet Union - as long as they have their special privileges, they don't care if everyone else lives in misery.
San Diego, where there is a growth in population and jobs.
Largest concentration of military in the world, largest defense contractors, major bioTech, Telecommunications, etc.
"How could state employees possibly increase by 1/3 since 1990?"
Easy. Hire anybody who applies so long as you fill a quota slot.
Ain't that the truth.
Schwartzenkennedy is about to get a surprise, a resounding second defeat on a propositions ballot. This one is going to be fun, the girlie man switched sides on the props figuring a big win the second time around, but enough ignorant, selfish, Californicatians have seen the light to defeat the sucker propositions.
Ahnold will be completely powerless, and the state will tear itself apart economically. Vultures be ready, the pickings will be good.
Outta the park!
Arnold Schwarzenegger (D-CF)
Arnold is digging the grave, not us.
They target the most visible impacts, so voters will get p*ssed off and vote for an increase. Year after year people tolerate this sh*t. How do we get them to make the same reasonable compromises that the rest of us make in a down economy?
It seems like things *miraculously* improve about the time of the next election, so people vote the idiots back in. How do we get the masses of gullible a*ses to see the big picture and change things? And how do we overwhelm the growing number of leaches sucking the government te*t that will always vote for more taxes?
It is time to organize a plan that will cause change. Somehow we need to move beyond complaining.
"California/ Tumbles into the sea/ Now that'll be the day I go back to Annandale"
"My Old School"
Everybody I know in Kali is trying to figure a way to leave.
Must suck to be you.
Do you work for the San Diego Chamber of Commerce?
If not, you should.....those are gorgeous pictures!
I've been in Texas 25 years. Most of that time my dad kept asking when I'd move back to Calif. About 3 years ago, he admitted he sure would like to "get out".
No, ret. from the legal field with the County Attys.
Many like to lump all of Calif. together. It should be
two or three seperate states.
So much is liberal but San Diego Co. over 3.2 million pop.
is the largest city in the U.S. with a Republican Mayor.
3 of our 5 congressmen are Conservative Republicans.
Yeah...well the managers of the California pension plan and the suck-up political appointees overseeing the plan need to do some major explaining for the piss-poor performance and aggressive risk exposure by CalPERS and similar state-run plans. Just my opinion, as a tax payer.
SD is very beautiful.
Yes, still a few good places in Calif.
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Photographing artwork is a sub-specialty of studio photography. Here at the Museums, we use the same equipment and techniques as photographers who produce beautiful images of cars, perfume bottles, leather couches, and the perfectly grilled steak. But instead of trying to capture the steak's sizzle or the couch's inviting warmth, we attempt to bring out the essential character of the artwork while emphasizing its sublime beauty whenever possible. When we're not doing that, we can make images that show the hard, cold details of an object in order to help conservators as they work through treating the artwork, or to help curators in their scholarly study of an object. It is this second type of photography that I want to blog about today.


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I loved the GF chicken curry but it has not been on the menu recently. On a couple occasions, they brought my burger with a bun. Seems room for improvement in education. I have gone on many other occasions however and had OK experiences. Nothing to write home about but nice to have as an option.
Waitress gave me my GF hamburger on a bun! I sent it back and she brought out a new one with non-GF fries. If you're Celiac, I'd suggest you avoid Duffy's until they educate their staff.
I was eating here occasionally because of the gf menu. Un fortunately I've gotten "glutened" every time. Last time I had the steak and arugula salad. I could feel my stomach knotting up and the tingles I get within 10 mins. I had the waitress double-check the dressing so it was probably the spices on the meat. While I appreciate their efforts, this is NOT a gf menu! If you go here, the potato skins are safe, although the risk of contamination is still there.
Wonderful chicken curry off their short but good gf menu.
3969 NE 163rd St, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
I was just happy to find a place close that had a gluten free option. They do have a dedicated GF menu; it had a fair enough options available. Let's be realistic here, we shouldn't expect a full multi-page menu. The burgers are good and Udi's bread is always a guarantee flavor. If you are expecting more from a sports bar in terms of offerings then go find a dedicated GF restaurant, but this was a good option for a bar scene on the water.
6431 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34997
They have a good gluten free menu. They have burgers on a Udis gluten free bun which was nice and moist.
1804 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
They cooked the gluten free pasta for too long and it was hard.
525 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Great atmosphere with knowledgeable staff. Good food and a great place to watch sports.
6545 Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach, FL 33437
Noisy sports bar but they do have a decent gluten free menu. I am able to go somewhere local that friends and family can enjoy also.
1750 S Federal Hwy, Delray Beach, FL 33483
So delicious! Everything I've had is so good. I love the California chicken burger. Delicious
4158 Conroy Rd, Orlando, FL 32839
Gluten free menu. Just ask the server!
4280 Northlake Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
very helpful staff & large gf menu. great place & great food
3969 NE 163rd St, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!! Yes they have a gluten free menu which is the reason I went here. The menu is very small and they list obvious items such as broccoli gluten free. After asking the woman who seated me for the gluten free menu she told me she didn't know what that meant. Finally my waitress brought it over. I ordered the cheeseburger because the menu advertised Udis gluten free buns. When the food came I had a weird feeling about it. The bun did not look gluten free but my waitress assured me twice that it's gluten free and "she has me covered" The bun was definitely not gluten free. Tasted like normal white bread and after researching pictures of Udis buns, it was definitely not Udis. I haven't had a stomach ache this bad in months and urge anyone coming here to be extremely careful. Definitely not coming back
6791 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter, FL 33458
They really seem to know about cross contamination. Also they have gluten free UDI's bread.
11935 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
pretty decent gf selection, udis gf roll so many sandwich options.
6864 Forest Hill Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33413
Have greatly improved gluten free options. haven't gotten sick yet.
1608 NW Courtyard Cir, Port St Lucie, FL 34986
I eat here a lot and never had a reaction. The grilled mahi mahi is delicious. And they have Udi's gluten free buns now, so it's nice to be able to get a burger with no worries.
401 N Federal Hwy, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
They have a dedicated gluten free menu, which basically lets you have any sandwich or buffer gluten free (Udi's bun). We ordered the mussels for an appetizer and it was served with bread, the waitress apologized and did not charge us for them which I thought showed they were seriously about gluten free.
3015 Grand Ave #250, Miami, FL 33133
American style food.Udi's buns for the burgers.Server was minimally aware and stumbled on questions.
401 N Federal Hwy, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Small, but nice GF menu. I ordered a lobster roll, and they gladly substituted a GF bun for me.
3969 NE 163rd St, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
Not many items on the menu. Good Gluten free bun for my hamburger. Waitress is a sweetheart
11588 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, FL 33408
It was good but the only reason it didn't get five stars was because there weren't many choices. But other than that it was great. I got a gf bun.
1804 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
nice selection..ribs were good
3969 NE 163rd St, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
Although not well publicized, when asked the server showed a small GF menu and said that there are GF buns for burgers too!
1804 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
ribs were great!!
4800 W Hillsboro Blvd, Coconut Creek, FL 33073
Salads are always amazingly fresh! The gf turkey burgers are the best!
6431 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34997
Get the steak tips not blackened or the ribs Or Get the lobster Cobb salad!!!!
811 S University Dr, Plantation, FL 33324
Very knowledgeable staff even made suggestions to what was the best on the menu. Friendly staff, no cross contamination issues. Wish they had a GF dessert!
21212 St Andrews Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33433
We ended up sick
6791 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter, FL 33458
Happy to find a gluten free menu! It was delicious and i had no ill side affects. I had the ribs, baked potato plain with real butter and asparagus plain no seasoning. I explained To the waiter that I actually have a gluten allergy and will be sick for 3 days if there is cross contamination and asked him to please ask the kitchen to do their best to not cross contaminate as the menu clearly states their could be contamination. Ask lots of questions before you order and remember that fewer ingredients, less steps in preparation less risk of cross contamination. I will be back :)
1700 Evans Rd, Melbourne, FL 32904
Limited menu, but good quality and tasty. The staff's knowledge on what was on their menu was poor. They had no idea what salad dressings, if any were gluten free. My daughter had the cob salad with a simple oil and vinegar dressing. Sadly she got sick a few hours later from a typical gluten reaction. In short, a great restaurant for those who do NOT have gluten allergies.
1750 S Federal Hwy, Delray Beach, FL 33483
Awesome gluten free menu! Tuna burger!
21212 St Andrews Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33433
good menu... but I got sick both times I went... both times I had a salad
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Good menu although short and could add some items on menu such as potato skins. The chicken curry is deelish! Beware the new flavored teas. They actually sweeten the mango and raz with syrup.
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Posted on 01/08/2004 5:39:03 PM PST by Jaded
Bishop: No Communion for Abortion Backers
LA CROSSE, Wis. - State and federal lawmakers who support abortion rights can no longer receive Holy Communion in the Diocese of La Crosse, Bishop Raymond Burke ordered in a decree made public Thursday.
Priests of parishes where such lawmakers attend Mass must withhold communion from them until the lawmakers publicly renounce their support of abortion rights, Burke said in the decree, posted on the diocese's Web site.
Burke also has written letters to three Roman Catholic lawmakers, telling them they risked their faith if they continued to vote for measures he termed "anti-life," including abortion and euthanasia.
Burke was named archbishop of St. Louis in December and will be installed there later this month. Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II has yet to name Burke's replacement.
State Sen. Julie Lassa, a Democrat, received a letter from Burke and has said she would not let religion decide how she serves her constituents.
Judie Brown, president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Life League, praised Burke and called his move a "historic first step forward in dealing with the problem of pro-abortion Catholic political figures."
The Diocese of La Crosse is home to more than 200,000 Catholics in 169 parishes in west-central Wisconsin, according to its Web site. ___
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Bishop Burke has issued a notification for Catholic Politicians (pdf file is linked on the right side of their web site)
But, am I the only one who sees a negative backlash coming from this action? Don't misunderstand - I am thrilled a bishop finally took a stand besides just mouthing some pro-life words.
But due in part to its own inaction on important moral issues, the Church has lost so much of its moral teaching authority in recent years. I guess I see a lot of nastiness being hurled at it by the pro-abortion politicians. I hope any backlash that comes will be of short duration.
Certainly our Church will be made stronger by this action.
Thank God!
Some will argue that this is Church interference with political matters. Generally, public policy isn't within the competence of the Church, or more accurately, within the infallible teaching authority of the Church.
But abortion as a political issue isn't comparable to other matters of public policy, like Social Security, welfare, environmental regulation and the like. These issues fall within the realm of prudential judgement, and should generally be left to statesmen to decide. Abortion is intrinsically evil, and is never morally permissible (except in the rare case where a mother's life may be endangered).
Just when you think things couldn't get better. On the other hand, it's sad to think that he's the exception rather than the rule.
Possibly. I think the most recent edition of the Catechism says that the death penalty should be avoided when it is practically possible to incarcerate prisoners for life without risking public safety. Think "supermax" prison. It would be hard for Bush to argue that that's impossible.
Whoa! That will solve the problem of poor catechisis in both the kids and the catechists. That series is phenomenal. I hope Bishop Burke and Bishop Hughes are friendly because the Ignatius Press series would solve all problems in catechetics that we have here in the USA if it was implemented in the dioceses. Plus it would be nice if we financially supported Catholic publishers instead of the secular publishers.
I thought abortion isn't even permissible under those circumstances (the life of the mother)?
Every time I see pictures of Senator Kennedy at Mass I get the creeps.
That was not a doctrinal declaration. Nor, to address other posts, does Catholic doctrine completely exclude the death penalty.
Up to 22 US bishops (sadly, not mine) are scheduled to retire this year!! (will post that story separately). Keep praying!
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Abortion is clearly and unequivocally condemned, capital punishment is not. The Church considers abortion such an egregious violation of the commandment "Thou shalt commit no murder" as to impose automatic excommunication on any who participate in it. The Church considers the death penalty legitimate in extreme cases, but many Catholics (both clergy and laity) are 'uncomfortable' with its widespread use, on prudential grounds.
There's no real traction for the leftists on the death penalty thing, whereas abortion supporting politicians could possibly be considered already excommunicated. One could consider a legislative vote in favour abortion to be participating in the commission of abortion.
"... the decree, posted on the diocese's Web site"Here's the decree:
As Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, I am bound to be "solicitous for all the faithful entrusted to [my] care" (Code of Canon Law, can. 383 Sec.1). With respect to the fundamental responsibility of safeguarding and promoting the respect for human life,it is my duty "to explain, persuade, correct and admonish those in leadership positions who contradict the Gospel of life through their action and policies" (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics [November 1998], n. 29).
His Holiness Pope John Paul II, upholding the constant teaching of the Church, has frequently reminded us that "those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a grave and clear obligation to oppose any law that attacks human life. For them, as for every Catholic, it is impossible to promote such laws or to vote for them" (Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life [November 24, 2002], n. 4 Sec.1). A Catholic legislator who supports procured abortion or euthanasia, after knowing the teaching of the Church, commits a manifestly grave sin which is a cause of most serious scandal to others. Therefore, universal Church law provides that such persons "are not to be admitted to Holy Communion" (Code of Canon Law, can. 915).
I hereby call upon Catholic legislators, who are members of the faithful of the Diocese of La Crosse, to uphold the natural and divine law regarding the inviolable dignity of all human life. To fail to do so is a grave public sin and gives scandal to all the faithful. Therefore, in accord with the norm of can. 915, Catholic legislators, who are members of the faithful of the Diocese of La Crosse and who continue to support procured abortion or euthanasia may not present themselves to receive Holy Communion. They are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, should they present themselves, until such time as they publically [sic] renounce their support of these most unjust practices.
I ask for the prayers of all the faithful of the Diocese of La Crosse and of all people of good will within the Diocese of La Crosse, that Catholic legislators who have promoted procured abortion or euthanasia, with the help and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may undergo a conversion of heart in this most grave matter, so that human life may be protected and fostered in the greatest way possible and these legislators may be admitted once more to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion.
Given at La Crosse, on the twenty-third day of November, the Solemnity of Christ the King, in the Year of the Lord 2003.
I'm pretty sure that the principle of double-effect applies, where a single action results in two effects. If the secondary effect is "less evil" than the primary effect, then the action is permissible.
So in an ectopic pregnancy, for example, the primary action of removing the baby saves the mother's life but also results in the secondary effect of killng the baby. In this case the secondary effect is "the same or less evil" than the primary action.
The mother may choose to give her life for her child in some cases (as when a mother has uterine cancer, for example). But I don't think this is necessary. It would certainly be an example of heroic virtue.
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I wonder if the wolves will leave the flock now that they've been exposed?
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Along the upper part of the scenic Illinois River, from I-80 in the north to I-72 in the south, lies the Illinois River Wine Trail. This wine trail currently features seven Central Illinois wineries, each presenting their beautiful land for your pleasure and their best vintages for your consideration. Many have year-round events, offer rental space for special occasions, and all welcome your visit!
The Ridge View Winery is located near Mt. Sterling in Brown County. Enjoy their fine red and white wines here in West Central Illinois - where Pike, Adams, and Brown Counties converge to become the outdoor wonderland referred to as "The Little Ozarks." Beautiful scenery, great entertainment, plus the best wines in Illinois!
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Looking for a peaceful getaway for the afternoon or evening? Consider Spirit Knob Winery. Location, location, location is an essential part of any successful business and Spirit Knob has the key. Upon arrival, visitors are captivated by the breathtaking panoramic view of the Mississippi River Valley. With over 140 medals, Sprit Knob is one of the most award winning wineries in the state of Illinois. The winery is a gorgeous facility, the ideal setting for wedding receptions, private parties, bridal showers, or business meetings. The winery hosts several events throughout the year such as comedy nights, dueling pianos, and live music. Their hours are 1-5 pm Wednesday through Sunday during the months of April-December. Their winter hours are 1-5 pm Friday through Saturday during the months of January-March. Spirit Knob welcomes you to wander through the vineyard, relax on the deck, or sip wine inside overlooking the beautiful view. Feel free to bring a blanket and lawn chairs and take in the sunset while enjoying a glass of wine!
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Bar & nightclub covers 3 floors and features DJs, live bands, dance floor, and comedy night. Located on the Mississippi riverfront.
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Enjoy Sprout's Inn's casual atmosphere. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with daily specials.
They are a gift shop that specializes in gifts, home decor, gift baskets & special coffees. Stop in to browse the latest in home furnishings and gifts or just kick back and relax with a cup of coffee.
Downtown Quincy restaurant featuring locally grown produce, farm fresh breakfast, house made lunch, quick carry-out, or walk in. Private VIP room, versatile event space. Open for breakfast and lunch. Hours 7am-2pm Tues-Sat. and 8am-1pm Sunday.
Located at the corner of 24TH and Lind in Quincy, Fatback's is now serving delicious smoked BBQ. Due to the overwhelming support and requests of the public during various BBQ competitions throughout the tri-states, they have decided to take their flair for BBQ public! Fatback's pit-smokes beef brisket, ribs, pulled pork, and chicken, as well as serving up home-style southern sides such as tasty baked beans, creamy slaw, and even good ole' collard greens. They are excited to give you what you've been waiting to eat...REAL southern BBQ!
Let 'em eat cake, we're gonna have Pie! Delicious fresh baked pies are our specialty. Orders welcome.
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Great food. Relaxed atmosphere. Attentive service. A casual dining spot in mid-town Quincy, Illinois where you'll enjoy new American cuisine with international influences such as French and Mediterranean. Our Executive Chef, Kelley Basinger, has realized her dream of opening her own restaurant! She combines her Le Cordon Bleu training, experience, and creative flair to present a sensational menu for lunch and dinner. We're a perfect spot for a business lunch or a romantic dinner for two. We offer a full bar, uniquely flavored homemade syrups for refreshing non-alcoholic drinks and wonderful wines. Our menu changes seasonally to take advantage of fresh ingredients. Download it to see what we're cooking up now! You're gonna love 2thirty4!
A Quincy tradition for visitors and natives alike. Famous loose meat sandwiches. The first Maid Rite restaurant was started in Quincy.
The Dock is a great place to meet friends and relax with outside seating along the Mississippi River and live entertainment on an outdoor bandstand.
Everything homemade daily including breads, pies, specials, cajun steaks and special omelettes.
Located in Quincy's historic downtown across from Washington Park. The Park Bench offers breakfast and lunch and a very creative gift shop.
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