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Even worse than you thought
The Islamification Mosque and Ground Zero Terrorist Recruitment Center will not only bring sharia law to the financial district of Manhattan. It will also bring ... terrorist environmentalism!
An Ecofascist Crescent Moon Near Ground Zero
By Mark Musser | September 15, 2010
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, a U.S. environmental policy consultant and one of Feisal Abdul Rauf's spokesmen for the new mosque being contemplated near Ground Zero, surprisingly announced in August that it will be the first "green mosque" in the United States. Not only will this structure comply with very strict LEED green standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), but it will also become an interfaith cultural center that will emphasize "the intricate relationships between Islamic teachings and environmentalism." As such, this new mosque will not only be built green, but it will also become an environmental Islamic community center. In fact, the project has been renamed "Park 51" to reflect this green emphasis.
In The Daily Beast, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin went on to say that "Islam calls upon people to be stewards of the earth and to treat all things in nature as sacred. The new name…invokes images of trees, creeks, and children playing. Parks are for the public. Parks are fun. Parks are green. And parks are not controversial."
Contrary to such an innocuous suggestion is that injecting environmentalism into Islam is hardly uncontroversial. In reality, it only multiplies the dangers by stuffing more flammable material into a rich concoction of explosive anti-western civilization sentiments, all in the name of green moderation. Both Islam and environmentalism loathe western financial institutions, all of which was best represented by the Twin Towers—the bastion of international free trade—before they came crashing down in flames on 9/11. Thus to suggest that a green mosque is uncontroversial is naïve at best, and in reality, completely disingenuous. New York's Ground Zero area might be better served by a typical mosque with plenty of prayer rugs on hand for its worshipers. That environmental regulations have already played a large role in stalling the rebuilding of Ground Zero is not something that should go unnoticed, especially now with a green mosque going up nearby.
Blending environmentalism with Islam can only serve to strengthen the totalitarian ideals of the green movement.
Cool! It'll be like a one-stop Islamofascist Ecofascist Liberalfascist Convention Center. I'm liking this thing more and more.
Will they sell smoothies? Because if so, then there is nothing stopping this place form becoming the new center of my world and faith.Posted by on 09/15 at 01:31 PM
I'm surprised he didn't note the "color of paradise" on the Libyan and Hamas flags etc. etc. Or maybe he did; I suffered a small stroke in the first paragraph.Posted by on 09/15 at 01:34 PM
Whoa. I thought the lengthy excerpt was one of your patented Spoofs™, Michael. And then I clicked the link and…oh, my.
Green *is* the color of Islam. The pan-Arab flag colors are green, red, white, and black. Store a first aid kit and some printer toner inside the green mosque and boom, the scheme is complete.Posted by Orange on 09/15 at 01:43 PM
Fascist smoothies, Keith. Fascist smoothies. In eight great flavors, all with extra fascism.
I suffered a small stroke in the first paragraph.
As did Mr. Musser a bit later on, to gauge by the opening sentence of graf 8, "Like a foreboding omen is that Ibrahim Abdul-Matin even touts Malcom X as an early environmentalist."Posted by on 09/15 at 01:52 PM
Could any parodist improve on:
"In an interview in February 2010, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin even went so far to say that "science and religion mix in Islam, so we're not having a debate about whether climate change is real or not." How convenient. With Allah and Al Gore running the science department together, inconvenient scientific facts can much more readily be stymied and denied by two jack boots rather than just one. Under Allah and Greenpeace, debates about what is truly scientific would become redundant and unnecessary."
Two jack boots rather than one—like ... like ... a pair of jack boots, one on Al Gore, the other on God, stomping on a scientific fact forever!
Not to mention that this guy, Mark Musser, is the proud author of "Nazi Oaks: The Green Sacrificial Offering of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust." There's no way you could write a better title than that. It can't be done.
But ... Mark Musser is a kook. The conservative movement may have elevated him to the status of, um, someone who can post on AIM's Website, but that's because they're crazy. No matter how crazy they are, no matter what the volume on the right wing puke machine, it's still a lot like laughing at the mumbling homeless guy on the streetcorner.Posted by on 09/15 at 02:12 PM
Such was the dark shade of green that characterized the holocaust, so dark in fact that the green nature of it all has been camouflaged and overlooked for many years now. Or as one German physicist acutely observed, "If you mix green with red, you will get brown."
But ... Mark Musser is a kook.
Certainly. Could he win a statewide Republican primary? Maybe. But does he *really* hate Obama, or just Nazi greens?Posted by on 09/15 at 02:29 PM
Ok, from his website-- we have ... wait for it ... Enviro-Baalism-Fascism.Posted by on 09/15 at 02:36 PM
it's still a lot like laughing at the mumbling homeless guy on the streetcorner.
OK, except that Musser is neither mumbling nor homeless. He's more like Dan Maes, I think. Who is also not mumbling and not homeless.
Just wait until these people find out that the Terror Mosque will also have a bicycle rack.
As for actually existing homeless persons, the winner of NY's GOP gubernatorial primary has a a fresh, exciting idea. It's all about the hygiene.Posted by on 09/15 at 02:56 PM
Being the enviroislamofascist that I am, I hereby hijack this thread.Posted by on 09/15 at 03:19 PM
I didn't think I could literally LOL until I followed Grant's link and read the last line of Col Mustard's post.Posted by John Protevi on 09/15 at 03:44 PM
The good professor has a point—it's totally unfeminist for Rachel Maddow to point out that O'Donnell did an anti-masturbation video in the 1990s. I blame Andrea Dworkin.
Now, back to the thread: will feminazis be welcome in the Islamofascist Ecofascist Liberalfascist Smoothieserving Cultural Center?Posted by Michael on 09/15 at 03:45 PM
"Like a foreboding omen is that Ibrahim Abdul-Matin even touts Malcom X as an early environmentalist."
it's still a lot like laughing at the mumbling homeless guy on the streetcorner.
Er, not just Maes, but O'Donnell and Paladino, suggest that there's plenty of reason to mock loudly and often. In a way, it's disappointing, because no matter how much Congressional Democrats deserve to be punished for offering us nothing more than "We're not as bad as the other guys," they're not as bad as the other guys.
Now, back to the thread: will feminazis be welcome in the Islamofascist Ecofascist Liberalfascist Smoothieserving Cultural Center?
Only if they're wearing Rachael Ray's neck scarf.Posted by on 09/15 at 03:56 PM
Only if they're wearing Rachael Ray's neck scarf.
mdsftw.Posted by on 09/15 at 04:00 PM
Somebody has been scanning the GlobalSecurityProject again, i see. A group so insecure that they put everything as a security issue, then issue alerts, that require reading their issues. Just check out the cool stuff you can buy at the US Cavalry Store, where i am most sure Markie the Muskrat shops. Somewhere amongst the morass (they still are arguing Vietnam war corruption scandals), one may find the "evidence" of a functional plot to use the Mosque as a eco-terror bomb to blow up the memorial museum, albeit because it was made of concrete and not straw bales.Posted by on 09/15 at 04:02 PM
Ok, folks, let's pack it in. There will never be anything better on the Internets than this. We have hit the fabled peak wingnut.Posted by on 09/15 at 06:04 PM
Both Islam and environmentalism loathe western financial institutions, all of which was best represented by the Twin Towers
hey, waitaminute, that's right!
And you know who else loathed western financial institutions?
yes, sure, Malcolm X, but I was thinking of Pol Pot!!!!!!Posted by on 09/15 at 06:15 PM
Sven, thanks for picking up on that. I still can't believe there are nimrods out there who believe that the World Trade Center was actually the center of, you know, world trade.
As for Grant's repeated threadjacks: Grant is clearly lobbying for a dramatic expansion of the playoff series I proposed in the earlier thread. OK, folks, it looks like we'll need two divisions. One for extraordinary wingnuttery in journalism (Stanley Kurtz, Andy McCarthy, Jack Cashill, etc.) and one for extraordinary wingnuttery in academe (William Jacobson, Donald Douglas, Dinesh "President of a Small Christian College in the Empire State Building" D'Souza). How are we going to seed this thing?
The first person who says "with the holy seed of Sasquatch Israel" is banned. The second person, too.Posted by Michael on 09/15 at 06:33 PM
When the subject is Sasquatch Israel, this seems somehow appropriate.
And you know who else loathed western financial institutions?
John Maynard Kenyans?Posted by on 09/15 at 07:08 PM
How are we going to seed this thing?
[Christine O'Donnell joke goes here]
Seriously though. Douglas has transcended these other hacks. Let's pitch a TV show: Donny walks around LA, making banal misconstructions and spinning them into surreal philippics. We'll call it "The Hermenut."Posted by on 09/15 at 07:23 PM
Ah, hell. Just remembered Roseanne Roseannadanna. Nevermind.Posted by on 09/15 at 07:27 PM
And you know who else loathed western financial institutions?
American Indians? Well except for those who actually get some of the casino earnings, but all the rest.
Two divisions of round-robin play, with two finalists from each division heading into the fabled no-limit, heads-up, playoff, loser go sniveling, and quoting DD (not Don Draper) deathmatch. Perhaps we might add another division of general election candidates, because this 2010 election is all about the sane things the candidates have to say. Just saying.
Islamofascistecoterrorist neck scarves are on sale at Target, just ask P. Gellar. Word is they don't come in green.Posted by on 09/15 at 08:15 PM
Regarding the Wingnut Bake-Off, I learned about this today from Crooked Timber. It means exactly what it says; there is no metaphorical or philosophical or poetic trick that makes the title mean anything sane.
Does it count as wingnut? Well . . . conservative, traditional, pretensions to intellectualism cum (that's Latin, Senator O'Donnell) anti-intellectualism, alternative credentials (a "PhD" in alternative "science" from a "university"). I say yes.
It certainly counts as "even worse than you thought."Posted by on 09/15 at 09:33 PM
Yes,I was amused that the blurb for the Earth-doesn't-move book that rm links to calls heliocentrism "an unproven scientific theory"—they must be copying some catch phrases from global warming denialism.
And I had to laugh at Enviro-Baalism-Fascism. Maybe next time someone asks who I work for I'll say EBF. It sounds like one of those large DC-based enviro groups.
But, again but. Even if the lunatics are running the asylum, they're still lunatics. They may not be literally mumbling, and they certainly aren't literally homeless, but come on—Enviro-Baalism-Fascism? With the Bush administration, at least they had the dignity of evil, and if you laughed at them, you were at least laughing at the powerful.Posted by on 09/15 at 10:09 PM
Yeah, was that you who linked it at CT or you who made the point about not laughing at the truly crazy? Sorry I was too lazy to check.Posted by on 09/15 at 10:34 PM
Looking at CT, I think that Quiggin linked to it, unless there were multiple links. And skimming the comment thread, I don't think anyone said that. Mostly what the comment thread (and other articles) did was remind me why I've given up on CT. Life is too short to have yet another "dialogue" with twits who push the line that the left is anti-science because they don't like nuclear power. Thankfully I can give up on CT and similar sites' dialogue fetish at about the same time as I give up on the Democratic Party, and for similar reasons.Posted by on 09/15 at 11:02 PM
Captcha: hope. Pandora's curse.Posted by on 09/15 at 11:07 PM
one for extraordinary wingnuttery in academe (William Jacobson, Donald Douglas, Dinesh "President of a Small Christian College in the Empire State Building" D'Souza).
You forgot Victor Davis Conan the Historian Hanson (h/t TBogg).Posted by on 09/15 at 11:34 PM
come on—Enviro-Baalism-Fascism?
Well, you know, Rich, this blog looks especially kindly on people who give Moloch the respect he deserves.
And Tehanu, I did indeed forget Victor Davis Thucydides Conan the Historian Hanson. I'm sure there's more distinguished wingnuttery out there than I can keep track of ... so consider this a nominations thread. If the number of nominations eventually exceeds 64, we'll just have to have a "play-in" pre-tournament first round.Posted by Michael on 09/16 at 07:51 AM
Excellent stuff here, from the "I used to be a religious pluralist, but after 9/11 I now think Queen Isabella should be a saint for expelling the Moors from Spain" school of thought.
What? You think I'm joking? What about this excellent set of proposals detailing the dangers of Muslim foot baths? "I Youstabee .... and now I'm outraged at clean feet!"
You can't make this stuff up!Posted by John Protevi on 09/16 at 09:56 AM
The problem here is how to draw a lower-bound on entries, once you get Jack Cashill or Andy Martin into the mix is anything excluded? The LaRouchies?
President Obama has conspired, and acted to carry out, through his promotion of his Hitler-modelled health-care legislation, Crimes Against Humanity, by denial of medical care, and outright murder of large segments of the U.S. population. ...President Obama's actions around the Copenhagen Climate Summit demonstrate his intention to not only endorse the international depopulation policy of the British monarchy, but to unconstitutionally commit the United States to implementing that policy.
Except for the British monarchy slip, that's almost mainstream. By
Posted by on 09/16 at 11:37 AM
The site John P. linked to is marvelous, so another vote for that, but let's not forget R. Kimball, whom we were just discussing the other day. You can't beat that combination of style and content—it's like P. G. Wodehouse having an epileptic fit. So half a dozen votes for him.Posted by Dave Maier on 09/16 at 12:19 PM
John P.'s link is indeed jaw-droppingly horrible. An especially wingnutty flavor is bestowed by the Bad Tolkien style. "Athwart two hostile Powers we stand . . . ." I don't think "athwart" was the precise word he meant. It conveys quite an image.
However, as with the Anti-Enviro-Baalist-Fascists and the LaRouchites I don't really think calling any more attention to it is a good idea. It's a tough call when to mock and when to ignore. Is this guy popular anywhere? Is he connected with Tea Party types?Posted by on 09/16 at 05:15 PM
If the number of nominations eventually exceeds 64, we'll just have to have a "play-in" pre-tournament first round.
Whatever excitement we may have in the early rounds, I don't see anything stopping Tennessee in the East bracket, or Wisconsin in the Midwest.Posted by on 09/17 at 11:20 AM
It will be Michigan all the way in the Midwest. They have all of the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/29/michigan-militia-group-preparing-anti-christ-web-site-says/">necessary elements, traits, and strengths<a> to be anti-Islamofascist Ecofascist Liberalfascist.Posted by on 09/18 at 09:28 PM
Spyder, I was thinking of the collegiate wingnut tournament, featuring the powerhouse law departments of UT and UW. The Hutarees would certainly be a strong threat if invited (and probably an even stronger threat anywhere they weren't invited), but would they meet the academic eligibility requirments?
(Capcha word: "law," believe it or not.)Posted by on 09/19 at 03:54 AM
I thought AIM was the American Indian Movement.Posted by on 09/23 at 06:00 PM
become an interfaith cultural center that will emphasize "the intricate relationships between Islamic teachings and environmentalism." As such, this new mosque will not only be built green, but it willPosted by travesti on 09/17 at 02:32 PM
From the tons of remarks on your articles, I suppose I am not the only one having all of the enjoyment here ! keep up the good work.Posted by foot bath mat on 12/28 at 12:33 AM
Terrorism is the worst part of human being and whenever i think about the ground Zero and 9/11 attack,i starting sweating.Posted by Interior Shutters on 12/30 at 04:05 AM
It has really been a great source of inspirational philosophy.Posted by best cancer hospitals in india on 03/22 at 06:01 AM
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In this section, Jesus answers the disciples' question about when the end is coming in the most vague way possbile.
- V1 – The temple was really magnificent to behold. Picture lots of marble and lots of gold catching the rays of the setting sun. My ESV says "The road from Jerusalem to Bethany, where Jesus and his disciples stay each evening, takes one alongside the Mount of Olives, which affords a spectacular view of the temple in the distance."
- V2 – More ESV notes on the fulfillment of this prophecy: "Jesus' prophecy of the destruction of the temple was fulfilled in AD 70 when the Roman army under Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. Not…one stone upon another may be intended as a metaphor for total destruction, or it may be understood as something that was literally fulfilled in the destruction of the temple building itself (but not the entire Temple Mount, some of which remains to this day)."
- V3 – "The sign of Your coming…" – At this point I don't think the disciples are thinking Jesus is going to leave earth and come back, I think they're asking when Jesus is planning on coming into power.
◊ When I ask God when He's going to do something I expect or want, the answer (and reality) may be waaaay different than my expectations.
- V4-14 – Here's another tidbit from the ESV notes: "Jesus' answer to the disciples questions apparently intertwines prophecy concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and his second coming. The near event (the destruction of Jerusalem) serves as a symbol and foreshadowing of the more distant event (the second coming)."
- V5-8 – All these things have happened and will happen from basically the beginning of man until Christ's return. They're just part of what's broken about earth and humankind will have to suffer them until Jesus returns and there is a new heaven and new earth without them. This makes for a long labor (rolling with Jesus' childbirth metaphor) but we're on God's time which is completely different than ours.
- V9-11 – These things have all happened as a result of Christ on earth, the message He preached, and people's response to it. It has also been happening since He left for heaven and will happen until He returns.
- V9-11 – Here's an interesting note from the Life Application Study Bible: "You may not be facing intense persecution now, but Christians in other parts of the world are. As you hear about Christians suffering for their faith, remember that they are your brothers and sisters in Christ. Pray for them. Ask God what you can do to help them in their troubles. When one part of the body suffers, the whole body suffers. But when all the parts join together to ease the suffering, the whole body benefits (1 Cor. 12:26)."
- V12 – Whoa! Stop and think about this one for a minute! This is us. We have become callous and numb to what should break our hearts because of our culture's slipping moral code and our increased isolation form each other's need, among other things.
◊ Father, warm my love! Help me to see people as You see them.
- V13 – To the end of the world or the end of your life, whichever comes first.
- V14 – So here's the actual answer to the disciples' question, vague though it may be.
◊ Am I doing my part in spreading the gospel to all nations?
- V15 – Here's what the ESV has to say about this one: "Daniel 9:27 tells of the abomination of desolation. SEveral times in Jewish history it was thought that this prophecy was being fulfilled – most notably during the days of the Maccabees when Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king, ordered that an altar to the Greek god Zeus be constructed in the temple (167 B.C.)… But Jesus clarifies that the complete fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy will be found in (1) the Roman destruction of the temple in A.D. 70 and (2) the image of the Antichrist being set up in the last days (cf. 2 Thess. 2:4; Rev. 13:14).
- V16-20 – Point is, wehn you see the image of the Antichrist in the temple, get the heck out of dodge and find a place to hide because things are going to get miserable.
◊ Am I taking this seriously?
- V21 – This is bad. Thnk of how many awful things people have endured from the beginning of time until now: in Jerusalem, in Germany, in Somalia, in Eastern Europe, in the Middle East, the list could go on and on – every country, every continent where there are people has a history of people doing horrific things to other people. The things that are going to go down in the end times will be worse than all of that. Check out the first sentence in v22!
◊ This is serious. I should take this seriously.
- V23 – We should always watch out for people trying to teach us the wrong things, but especially during this time of tribulation (if we're still around) we should not trust anyone who says they are Christ returned. It will be obvious to everyone on the face of the planet when Christ has returned (Mark 13:26) so if not everyone agrees that an individual who claims to be Jesus is Jesus, then it's not Jesus!
- V25 – This warning is not only for the disciples, but for us.
- V28 – Here's what the ESV has to say about this one: "It seems best not to "over-interpret" this striking proberbial expression. It probably means simply that, just as people from far away can see vultures circling high in the air, Christ's return in judgment will be visible and predictable. A similar view is that the vultures suggest the widespread death that will accompany the return of Christ to judge those who have rejected his kingdom. In either case, it will be impossible for people not to see adn recognize the return of Christ." But here's how The Message translates it: 26-28 "So if they say, 'Run to the country and see him arrive!' or, 'Quick, get downtown, see him come!' don't give them the time of day. The Arrival of the Son of Man isn't something you go to see. He comes like swift lightning to you! Whenever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it's not the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds."
Wrap up your quiet time by praying through the following questions:
- Based on this passage of Scripture, what can I thank God for?
- What do these verses tell me about God and His character?
- Based on this passage, is there anything I need to confess to God and ask forgiveness for?
- What do these verses remind me to pray for others?
- What do these verses move me to pray for myself?

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — St. Mark Catholic School, an elementary and middle school that is part of Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, opened in Huntersville in 2006.
Today, many graduates of St. Mark either commute or take the bus roughly 30 miles to Charlotte Catholic High School in Pineville.
Charlotte Catholic is the only Catholic high school in Mecklenburg County, and one of only two Catholic high schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, along with Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Kernersville.
While Charlotte Catholic does not have a waiting list, its enrollment "is at a level that, realistically, we don't want to go much higher," says Mike Ford, director of marketing for Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools.
With an influx of new residents, the Charlotte diocese is one of the fastest-growing Catholic dioceses in the United States, and its seven parishes in and around northern Mecklenburg County are home to 11,300 registered Catholic families, Ford says.
A year ago, Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools surveyed Catholic families in those seven parishes about their possible interest in a new Catholic high school in the area.
The survey supported the idea that a new high school in the region initially could enroll about 100 ninth-graders.
"There appeared to be enough demand for opening a new school," Ford says.
Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools has developed a plan to open a new high school, starting with a freshman class and possibly also a sophomore class, if enough families sign up.
To open, Ford says, the school would need commitments from at least 100 freshmen.
And it also could include a sophomore class if it had commitments from least 50 families, although it would not need a sophomore class to open.
So far, the school has commitments from 51 freshman and eight sophomores.
While tuition has not been set for next year, tuition this year at Charlotte Catholic is $7,499 for Catholic students and $10,855 for students who are not Catholic.
Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools has signed a letter of intent with the owner of a 30,000-square-foot building at 13728 Statesville Road in Huntersville that formerly housed a wholesale supply company and would serve as a temporary facility for the school for two years until a permanent school was built.
The group is looking at several sites for the permanent facility, and has received a pledge for a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor to help pay for it, Ford says.
The budget for Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools includes some funds for future growth.
Fundraising to help pay for the new high school would target the seven parishes in the region, as well as the community overall.
Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools also are in the final stages of hiring a project developer, who would oversee fundraising, development of the curriculum, and hiring faculty and staff.
The group will decide on Feb. 28, 2011, whether to go ahead with the new high school, which would open the following August and be called Christ the King Catholic High School.


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Here are a few books about theological aesthetics coming out in the next little while that I am looking forward to. Maybe if I list them here some kind book editor will send me a copy.
Bruce Ellis Benson, Liturgy as a Way of Life: Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship
I like what I have read of Bruce Ellis Benson's work, which brings a great awareness of jazz and roots music together with a keen theological perspective. For a smattering, here is an essay on theological improvisation from the Trinity Western Verge journal and another similarly themed one on the "call and response" of beauty and the sacred in the Princeton Theological Review. This book, which is due in early 2013, promises to develop some of these threads further and will be, in my opinion, a good companion piece to Jamie Smith's Desiring the Kingdom and Frank Burch Brown's Inclusive Yet Discerning as far as thinking holistically (and jazzily) about "worship." I think Benson teaches at Wheaton, and I hope our paths cross at some point.
David Jasper, The Sacred Community: Art, Sacrament, and the People of God
Here I'll just share the Amazon blurb:
Liturgical, sacramental, and historical, The Sacred Community is a masterful work of theological aesthetics. David Jasper draws upon a rich variety of texts and images from literature, art, and religious tradition to explore the liturgical community gathered around–and most fully constituted by–the moment of the Sanctus in the Eucharistic liturgy. From art and architecture to pilgrimage and politics Jasper places this community in the midst of the contemporary world.
Sounds good, no?
William Dyrness and Daniel Siedell, Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
How far we have come from H.R. Rookmaaker's exactly oppositely-named book, which saw only death and despair in modern art. Here two of my favourite evangelical art-historian types team up to re-write the Rookmaaker/Schaeffer version of art history – and the accepted "secular" version of twentieth-century art history as well. Looking forward to digging into this.
Various Authors, Art as Spiritual Perception: Essays in Honour of E. John Walford
The contributors to this collection read like a who's who of "theology and art" types: Calvin Seerveld, William Dyrness, Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker, and then from the younger generation people like Matthew Milliner (Wheaton) and Jim Watkins (St. Andrew's). Worth a look!


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Dec 02, 2016
Saracens Women Run In Eight Tries To Overcome Richmond
A second half master class from Saracens Women, with six unanswered tries, secured a bonus point win away from home over the reigning champions at Richmond Athletic Ground.
A faultless display from flyhalf Zoe Harrison – who collected 24 points – plus tries from Claire Allan, skipper Sonia Green and a brace from Bryony Cleall and Nina Vistisen saw off a determined Richmond side as Saracens move into the top four of the Women's Premiership after round nine.
Number eight Bryony Cleall picked up the Player of the Match award with the powerful backrow crashing over for two scores and making a number of bulldozing breaks which caused havoc for the home side all afternoon.
It was Richmond who started brightest on a chilly day in West London, patiently playing the phases as they edged towards the Sarries line. Strong carries from Laura Kapo and the impressive Alex Matthews put them on the front foot however the visitor's impressive line speed forced multiple knock-ons to extinguish Richmond's attacking opportunities. The Saracens defence was finally breached after 17 minutes as second row Rowena Burnfield burrowed over from a well worked catch and drive off the lineout.
Saracens responded with a solid maul of their own following a lineout from a penalty; captain Sonia Green on the end of it to score. Harrison converted.
The second Sarries try of the afternoon came courtesy of Claire Allan. The ball was worked well through the hands with Rio 7s team mate Emily Scott delivering a beautiful pass for the winger to finish out wide.
Following a lengthy break as Richmond flanker Sam McCarthy was stretchered off the pitch following a nasty injury, the home side struck again on half time as Saracens were caught napping and found themselves pinned on the line. Richmond took advantage of the lapse in concentration to power over from close range and narrow the gap to two points going into half time.
It proved to be a game of two halves as Saracens found a second gear and dominated the second forty minutes. A confident take from Green off the kick off and searing break by Harrison took Sarries deep into Richmond territory. An infringement by the home side allowed Saracens to kick for the corner but the resulting drive was held up over the line. Solid work from the Sarries pack piled on the pressure upfront as Richmond were penalised at scrum time allowing Cleall to tap and go over for her first of the afternoon.
The visitors struck again scoring two quick-fire tries in four minutes to wrap up the bonus point. Nina Vistisen found herself on the end of a Claire Allan break to score, before Zoe Harrison added the fifth of the game. Stellar work from the Sarries pack forced the scrum turnover and Zoe Harrison spotted the gap to waltz through the Richmond defence for an outstanding score from halfway.
Saracens next try again came courtesy of some fine set piece work lead upfront by Karlee Walters, Geri Thomas and Kerrie-Ann Craddock as the pack bullied Richmond over the line for Cleall to notch up her second.
Despite Richmond having a numerical advantage as Saracens winger Emma Uren was shown a yellow card for a high tackle at 65 minutes, they were starved of possession and unable to capitalise and it was the visitors who struck again through Harrison. The flyhalf was instrumental in the build up to the try, threading through a probing kick which was chased down and turned over by fullback Emily Scott. Harrison finishing the move with some fine footwork to score.
Saracens centre Nina Vistisen had the final say of the match with a superb solo effort; a chip and chase bouncing up perfectly for her to gather and dive over the whitewash. Harrison added the extras to wrap up an eight try bonus point win for the away side.
Speaking after the match, head coach Rob Cain said: "Today was a great performance from the girls and each week we grow a bit taller and get a bit wiser. It was a huge defensive effort by all the players in that first half. Their character and ability to soak up pressure really showed. The forward pack did a solid job stopping Richmond's driving maul and this stamped out their ability to build momentum. With the ball we look more dangerous each week and we are starting to not only recognise mismatches but we're also creating them. We will enjoy this one today, come back into training and build again for another big game away to Worcester next Sunday."
Final Score: Richmond Ladies 10 Saracens Women 52
Saracens Women
Tries: Green (23); Allan (27); Cleall (42,56); Vistisen (45,75); Harrison (49,70)
Cons: Harrison 6/8
Replacements used: Craddock for Perry (24); Galligan for Cleall (58); Peedle for Barras (60); Ryan for Brown (60); Blindell for Walters (62)
Yellow cards: Uren (65)


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After a bit of a break last week, music mayhem is back, just in time for the unofficial start of the summer season! Here's this week's list of songs, see if you can guess the theme. I'll give you the answer tomorrow.
Live Like You Were Dying — Kris Allen
If I Can't Have You — Kelly Clarkson
Cowboy Cassanova — Carrie Underwood
Spotlight — Jennifer Hudson
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Rick Scott appoints conservative Justice to Florida Supreme CourtDecember 16th, 2016 by Mike Vasilinda
Governor Rick Scott this morning appointed his first state Supreme Court Justice since taking office in 2011. Scott named Alan Lawson to the high court. Lawson is a Tallahassee native and graduate of the FSU College of Law. He is currently the chief judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
In making his first Supreme Court appointment, Governor Rick Scott made it clear he wanted someone who would not legislate from the bench.
"Judges should not be passing laws on their own." Scott told reporters. "They should not be creating law. they get to interpret the law, enforce the law. they should not be creating new law."
When the newly appointed Justice was asked if there were high court decisions he disagreed with, he responded "No."
But Justice Lawson also made it clear, he understands the Governors Concerns.
"Those who're critical of opinions just think courts and judges have moved away from whats clearly laid out and precedent that's not really liberal or conservative" says Lawson.
Sticking points for Scott have been the High Courts declaration that the new, 10-2 death sentencing scheme was unconstitutional. The court also threw out the workers comp statute because it restricted access to attorneys, and the court twice ruled against lawmakers in redrawing political boundaries.
Lawson's appointment will shift the philosophical leaning of the court from a five two majority to a four three."
When Justice Lawson was asked who he admired on the court, his named the most conservative justices. "Charles Canady is a dear friend, as is Ricky Polston."
Canady and Polston were the lone dissenters in the death and workers comp rulings.
Under Florida's constitution, Lawson does not need to be confirmed. He will take office next year as Justice James Perry faces mandatory retirement at the age of 70.
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Iceland 2016 (part 2)
The next day we got up early as it was a big day for us! The Golden Circle! Instead of being trapped on a tour bus, we decided to rent a car and drive ourselves. So glad we did. Only a minor issue trying to find rental car place, but then we were off. We headed north and east out of Reykjavik heading for Pingvellir. The sun had some out and while it was a bit cold, it wasn't that bad at all. As we left Reykjavik behind, there were fewer and fewer cars on the road and we were driving through a snowy wonderland. It really was cool. Again the snow covered landscape was barren but still pretty. I think we made Pingvellir in about an hour.
Pingvellir is important from both a historic perspective and from a geological perspective. Pingvellir means "Parliament Fields" and is where the Icelandic parliament first convened in 930 AD. So Iceland actually had the oldest democratic government in the world. But Pingvellir is actually in a Rift Valley with cliffs on either side. Pingvellir is where two tectonic plates meet and they are actually moving apat, so the valley is slowly growing bigger, but also lower. The cliffs were very cool and we stopped for photos and to walk a bit. If you are so inclined, you can scuba dive in the lake and see the tectonic plates. But that sounded a bit too cold for us. The views from the cliffs were good enough for us.
After Pingvellir, we headed to Geysir. Or Geyser, as in a collection of hot springs and geysers. We walked around the various geysers and hot springs for a bit. The sulfur smell was strong, but we did get to see a couple of geysers erupt sending water a good 20-30 feet in the air. From Geysir, it was off to Gullfoss. Gullfoss is this amazing waterfall. We parked and then followed the crown over the rope that said "closed" down a muddy and slipper trail to get to the head of Gullfoss. The falls were amazing. So much water rushing by and with snow and icicles along the ledges it was quite magical. The sound of the water crashing into the rocks below was deafening, but it was just awesome. As we made our way back to Reykjavik, we stopped at the Kerid Crater which is this small, but perfectly shaped crater. We got out and walked around the crater and it was totally worth it. But then we needed to hurry back to Reykjavik as we had plans for the evening.


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Arthur J Elsley 'Spring Time'
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September 27, 2012
WHY ON THIS FLIGHT: Unfortunately for work
BUCKET LIST: Hawaii, Hawaii & Hawaii!
GUILTY PLEASURE: Spending a weekend playing and just hanging out with my daughter with absolutely NO work.
*MY TWO CENTS*: With all the places he has been to all over the world, it is amazing that he picked somewhere in the U.S. I love the fact that there are so many wonderful & beautiful places right here in the USA and I get to see so many of them with this job. I am truly blessed!
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Federation of American Scientists put North Korean nuclear test into perspective
VP of Strategic Security, Ivan Oelrich provides a technical assessment of
Last Sunday,
There is no question that the political and security implications of the test are huge and almost entirely negative. The technical implications are more mixed; the technical significance of the test is somewhat less than meets the eye.
There was early confusion about how large the explosion actually was, with U.S., French, and South Korean seismologists reporting a yield equivalent to about 500 tons of high explosive, that is half a kiloton, while the Russians reported that the yield was in the range of 10 to 15 kilotons, or twenty to thirty times larger. From the beginning, the source of this huge discrepancy was difficult to understand. Soon, the Russian seismic data were released and it became clear that even their own data did not support the Russian claim. Most reports as of yesterday had settled on the lower yield figure of about half a kiloton.
The assumption is that the low yield indicates a major failure of the test. It is actually easier to build a medium-sized nuclear weapon than a small one. The simplest Manhattan Project style weapons will naturally have yields in the ten to twenty kiloton range. It is quite difficult to design and build a nuclear weapon that reliably produces a limited yield. Sophisticated nuclear powers have done it, with some bombs and nuclear artillery shells, for example, having yields of a fraction of a kiloton. That was most likely not the aim of
So how has the situation changed with this test? From a technical perspective, less that we might first think. The outside world knew that the North Koreans had plutonium available from fuel rods that had been removed from the reactor at Yongbyon. We knew that at least some of the plutonium had been separated out of the fuel rods and, since separation is a fairly straightforward process, it was a fair assumption that most or all of the plutonium had been separated. So we knew about their plutonium supply (and the test tells us nothing more about that except that now they have a little less), but another key question remained: Could they fashion the plutonium into a bomb? We did not know, although the
There are two basic routes to a nuclear weapon, either using plutonium or enriched uranium. Enriching bomb-grade uranium is more difficult than producing plutonium in a simple nuclear reactor (although this is becoming less true with the continuing developments of gas centrifuges). Once a bomb-builder has the uranium, however, the construction of the simplest uranium bomb, a so-called "gun-assembled" bomb, is relatively easy. Plutonium is the opposite: producing the material is the easier step (especially if one does not worry about radioactive environmental contamination) but plutonium demands a more sophisticated and challenging bomb design, an "implosion" bomb. The Iranians seem to be on the uranium route (like
Before the test, we did not know whether the North Koreans could build an implosion bomb or not. Had the test been successful, we would now know that they could, although we would still not know how close they were to a useable weapon; their test device might have weighed tons and been a once off, rigged up, laboratory experiment. But the test was not successful, so we still don't know whether the North Koreans can build a workable implosion bomb. Presumably the North Koreans learned something from the test so the probability of the next test being successful is somewhat higher than the probability that the first test would have been successful. This is not much of difference, leaving us in pretty much the same position we were in before the test. So the political implications of the test are huge but the technical implications are quite limited.
Why might the test have failed? An implosion bomb uses conventional high explosives to compress plutonium until it becomes "critical," that is, it will sustain a run-away chain reaction. The pressure from the conventional explosives has to be carefully controlled, for example, it must be symmetric or else it is like squeezing a ball of putty in your hand: pressure on one side doesn't compress the plutonium, it just squirts it out the other side. The most likely reason for the failure is some problem with the compression and there is any number of reasons why the compression might not be adequate. Assuming the test was carefully instrumented (and given North Korean technology, this is not certain), the North Koreans should be able to narrow down the cause, which will give them a much improved chance for success with their next test.
We might be able to learn something ourselves about the test if radioactive debris escaped from the test site. It is not easy to completely contain an underground nuclear explosion. Russian tests often leaked. The
What does this mean about possible responses? First of all, there is something to be accomplished by responding. When the North Koreans broke out of the safeguards on their reactor, making several bombs' worth of plutonium available, it was a disaster for the control of their weapon program. The outside world could keep an eye on the reactor and account for the materials there but once the material left the site, trying to track it was hopeless; the volume of the plutonium is small, any of thousands of buildings could house it. But there was one remaining important hurdle that would generate a clear signal if jumped by the North Koreans: a test. Had the test been successful, then the cat really would be out of the bag. There would be no way to track some uncertain quantities of plutonium and the North Koreas would have a design that, in principle, could be replicated to produce more bombs in any of hundreds of nondescript light industrial facilities. (I say "in principle" because a more sophisticated nuclear power would require more than one test, but the North Koreans may have substantially lower reliability and confidence requirements.)
But the test was not successful. The North Koreans no doubt learned a great deal from their test but they have not proven to themselves, or the world, that they have a design that works. If the first test were successful, the marginal value of subsequent tests would have been relatively much smaller but with an unsuccessful test, the value of the next test will be as great or greater than the last test. We should not give up and say this is now a lost cause. There is much to be gained by using threats of sanctions and other tools to stop follow-on tests.
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Friday, 28 December 2012
Is Mancini the right man for City?
Now I have to admit I have a few problems with Mancini myself, so I wouldn't be surprised if the players have as well.
For me it started right at the beginning of the season, getting rid of Craig Bellamy was one of the most ridiculous decisions I have seen. He is one of our best players and for good reason, we all know what he is capable of and letting such a sought after player leave, I thought made us look arrogant. I'm not sure how Mancini justified spending so much money on new players whilst at the same time getting rid of one of the Premier Leagues most consistent players, but obviously he did. Oh and before anyone mentions the supposed rift between the two being the catalyst behind Bellamy's move, I am not taking that as a valid reason. Grown men should be able to sit down, talk it out and push it to one side. I honestly think once Mancini does not like someone then that's it and I don't like that attitude when it could cost us on the pitch.
The second player I wasn't impressed with being allowed to leave on loan is Nedum Onuoha, now while he isn't as influential as Bellamy, he is a player that I believe should be in our squad. When Nedum was allowed to leave I was quite surprised, you could see us being short in defence if we were to have an injury crisis, or you could also consider that the new defenders may not have adjusted to the Premier League. Well, the injury concern that I had has been proven correct because Mancini has had to play Dedryck Boyata. I am a massive Boyata fan so don't think I am criticising him, it's just that I don't think he is ready for starting Premier League games just yet. Mancini would certainly have been better off keeping Nedum in my opinion.
So two players have been allowed to leave that I think should have stayed but those disappointments ended up being really minor to me after seeing the way Mancini is setting the team up. One up front! That has really been annoying me, at times it has worked because Tevez is pulling it off but why should he have to keep putting in the work of two strikers considering the kind of quality that City have in the squad. It is really disappointing to see Tevez dropping off into midfield to collect the ball because he hasn't got a second striker to link up with, as well as that in the long run it will take its toll on Carlos and he will end up burnt out. Mancini needs to follow through on his comment about preferring two up top and do it a lot more often.
It isn't just the one up top thing that I have a problem with as far as the tactics are concerned, the midfield area is a sore point for me as is playing people out of position. At times we have Milner, De Jong, Barry and Toure on the same pitch, why? The latter three like to sit in the middle and are far too similar to have on the pitch at the same time, then you have Milner who goes forward but likes to get in the thick of the action in the middle of the park as well. It packs the midfield out far too much and if Mancini had the guts it would be Yaya Toure that would be long gone for me because he has been awful.
Leading on from that, Milner who I mentioned likes to go forward, really does just not on the left hand side by the looks of things. It is obvious he is far more comfortable on the right why can Mancini not see that, just like he can't see that Boateng has to keep coming on to his right foot whilst playing at left back.
There are other things I could mention but I won't otherwise I will be typing for a while, all I know is the problems we have when isolated are all quite minor in the grand scheme of things but collectively they are spoiling our performances and that includes when we win games.
I would probably not care to much if Mancini left City apart from the fact it would mean yet another managerial change. I do also have a little bit of faith in Roberto coming through and being a good manager but I stress only a little at this moment in time. I think we should give him his chance to get people back from injury so that he has a full team to choose from and if he still isn't doing the business when that happens, maybe then it should be time to worry about what should happen to him.
Is Mancini the right man in your opinion?
P.S. I'm sorry for blurting that out, I have been frustrated with City lately as well as itching to get my first post since returning out of the way.
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- Anonymous1 November 2010 at 21:54
Why don't we just sack him?ReplyDelete
Seems to me this policy has worked perfectly well for the past 34 years.
Whilst I'm at it, why aren't we letting the players rule the roost. Surely they should be? Right?
After all, we are due a down period. Let some other team win something for once.
I am not sure about Mancini either, but I'd hate to have change managers again so soon. Hopefully, we can start getting some better results.ReplyDelete
Don't sack him...back himReplyDelete
Otherwise we just start again...and spend another fortune ridding Mancini's players
If we are progressing after 3 yrs in charge then blog an article on amking a change
- Anonymous1 November 2010 at 22:19
Mancini is a proven winner so I say let him prove it, give him time he will do us proud!ReplyDelete
I totally agree with the first comment. Sacking Mancini would be the wrong thing to do. We simply must put our faith in him -- he is a proven winner. If some of the players aren't happy then tough luck; they should be transfer listed.ReplyDelete
Hi Gary n welcome back, fella.ReplyDelete
I agree with everything you said n feel the same... but... we can't sack him n start afresh cos we all know that's not the way.
If they did, I wouldn't be arsed though, as the amount of times (already) he's really annoyed me with his team selection n tactics is getting beyond a joke. Three holding players should be one n Johnson should be the first name on the sheet (Grrr... that's me trying not to swear). Yaya is very poor. Milner has also been disappointing. The team chosen to play a tricky cup tie at West Brom was a giveaway. Given shouldn't be completely frozen out. Bellamy (GRRR...!) should still be here FF's sake! Who had his place... Santa Cruz? Well, that makes sense Mancini dunnit?! Jeez... I could go on... in fact, writing this I've changed my mind.... sack him. :)
Ps. Change yer photo, bud.
- Anonymous1 November 2010 at 22:42
Ask me after the derby next week.ReplyDelete
9th, 5th, 4th what's the problem.We were fighting relegation 3 years ago. Back him.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2 November 2010 at 07:39
TOTALLY agree regarding Bellamy, it is a fooking disgrace how he was elbowed out by Mancini. Replaced by big time charly Balotelli, NOT FOR ME MATE !ReplyDelete
Too negative in our play with 3 defensive midfielders and no attacking threat in games. Manicini can get to fook for me me
- Anonymous2 November 2010 at 08:30
This is a ridiculous article. Just over a week ago City were 2nd in the league, talks of putting pressure on Chelsea. And now 2 games later we are talking about sacking them. This is the problem with City supporters, you listen to the papers and start to panic. This has all been whipped up by the media, because we make an interesting story. All managers make mistakes, including Wenger, Ancelotti, and Red Nose.ReplyDelete
Shut and get behind our team. Stop thinking we should be grander than we are. Top 4 is our target, and top 4 is where are. Let's realistic....
- Anonymous2 November 2010 at 12:19
Agree with the Bellamy sentiments, why on earth would you let you best player go and replace with a dog turd like Balotelli. Also agree far too negative style of play peeing off the fans and no goal threat.ReplyDelete
Just read Gary Owen saying Mancini is a tactical genius, must be the drugs!
Taxi for Mancini !
- Anonymous2 November 2010 at 13:04
I will pay the taxi fare myself, any room for lazyboyour & bridge ?ReplyDelete
The article was not wrote as a call for Mancini to be sacked, as you should be able to see. It is however highlighting what Mancini is doing wrong and giving people the chance to say what they think as we are entitled to do.ReplyDelete
You don't keep the pressure on teams like Chelsea playing the way we have in games this season either by the way, I can totally accept not being good enough and that top four is a good target for us, but not trying to be good enough I will not accept.


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Do You Ever Get Tired
Of all the false positivity posts that are more than abundant on social media sites? Ever verbally denounce or scoff at someone's ridiculous post about how life can be awesome if you just relax and breathe and think good thoughts?
Well I do. And if you don't that's fine too but if do you probably won't want to read this post. Perhaps you should go elsewhere. No really. Just go. You're still here? Well okay then, enjoy. Or not.
All animosity aside there are days when the crap I see posted on Facebook makes me want to throw things. I mean really. You've got posts that proclaim that "everything is energy" to shocking videos of some rather socially challenged Wal-Mart shoppers to non-profits wanting you to sign petitions to prevent animal abuse or deforestation, to the latest cutesy cat video to some guy crashing a plane killing everyone on board.
And yet in the same downward scroll of your news feed someone else is telling you how simple it is to raise your energetic vibration so that your positive state can heal the world and everyone around you.
Um what? Have you seen what I just read? Violations of human rights, animal cruelty in China, crazy people shopping at Wal-Mart, a random but failed arson attempt in my home town, and you expect me to believe that by just being positive I can change all that?
Who are you people and what are you smoking?
I agree that everyone has the ability to affect positive change to some degree regardless of where they are in life or where they are in the world. But.
Based on daily news and daily atrocities committed in the world, a few handfuls of people practicing positive change is not enough for what ails the human population today. And posts proclaiming otherwise make me question your sanity, especially if you're also going to "teach me how in 3 easy steps," for the "one time low payment of $300."
So even though you're saying I can affect change, you're going to make a profit off the secret to how I can do that? Isn't that part of the problem though? Or am I just missing the point of positive change on that I should profit from the solution to how I personally can affect positive change?
Wow. If that's the case then perhaps those who promote this bs are nothing more than profiteers who are no more adding beneficial contributions to humanity than the people who have or will ever contribute nothing.
How about this for inspiring positive change in your world: Don't read fantastical posts on Facebook, stop surfing social media sites, turn off your computer and put your phone on silent.
Go outside for a walk in nature, volunteer at your favorite non-profit, host a block party, adopt an endangered animal (through financial contributions), recycle, don't pollute, meet your friends and family for dinner, better yet invite them over for a backyard bbq, go out for dinner with your family once a month, spend time with all the people you care about regularly (that means at least once a month), and lastly do work that you enjoy for a company or business that does not go against your morals and ethics.
Easy right? Best of all, free and no Facebook required.
Supernatural and Fan Fiction
So what makes a television show like Supernatural popular? What creates a fandom, a following and/or dedicated sites run by fans for any form of popular culture? Fan fiction always springs from fans (stating the obvious here), but it makes me wonder why. What inspires anyone to write fiction based on an established popular fiction that already exists with its' own canonical history. It's not as though these writers are likely to get noticed or gain popularity or even make a living from it. Writing is hard and writing takes time but one caveat regarding fan fiction is that for good writing to work, you have to be passionate about your subject. Which obviously is in big supply if you're already a fan of your subject matter. As a fan, passion is what drives you to watch every episode (TV), see every movie your object of interest has a role in, or play every game your favorite character appears in. That's passion, but writing fan fiction goes beyond simple fandom. It takes time, work, effort, dedication and likely a lot of research as well, which in my opinion seems just a little bit obsessive.
I don't have anything against writers of fan fiction, far from it. What I do have against fan fiction is when fans take the next bizarre step that veers way off the beaten track of established canon for any work of fiction. When Supernatural aired it's 200th episdode, Fan Fiction, they covered some fan fiction that's not canon and, in my humble opinion should never be explored or even written down. Part of this non-canonical fan fiction was mentioned in a previous episode of Supernatural, during Season 4, Episode 18 The Monster at the End of this Book, when Sam and Dean discovered a series of books called Supernatural, that somehow chronologues their lives. Dean mentions that he is "full frontal" in one book and on the fan website that Sam has found, the following conversation occcurs:
Dean: There are "Sam girls" and "Dean girls" and – what's a "slash fan"?
Sam: As in… Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
Dean: Like, together together?
Sam: Yeah.
Dean: They do know we're brothers, right?
Sam: Doesn't seem to matter.
Dean: Oh, come on. That… That's just sick. (he shuts the laptop in disgust)
I have to agree with Dean's assessment on this one. Some things should just never be explored or expressed. It is a work of fiction people. Now as if that wasn't going too far already, apparently fans have taken this non-canon fandom to an all new level of just plain wrong. As mentioned in the episode Fan Fiction, the second act of the play that (thankfully) is never shown, Dean is told that the second act explores the "subtext" of the relationships between Sam, Dean and Castiel, which is elaborated on by the director when she says that you can't spell subtext without s-e-x.
Now I understand that fantasy s-e-x is something nearly everyone likes to explore, but in my opinion taking existing fictional characters that have no business engaging in sex with each other is just plain wrong. I don't care how attractive, sexy or "hot" a fantasy might be, there are just some things that are best kept to yourself. I'm not against any form of sexual preference of any kind, but taking fictional characters that have no business becoming romantic interests to one another, (especially when canon has already firmly established that the basis of their relationship is the strong family bond the main characters have for each other), no one (and I don't care who you are unless you're the original creator of the work), has any business creating connections that don't exist.
Fan fiction writers and other types of fans can be downright scary when you dare to dip your toe into a world of fandom you have only looked at from the outside. I'm a fan, but I'm not scary about it. A few weeks ago, I caught a tweet request from Misha Collins that I happened to be in the right place and time to respond to but within minutes of posting my @ reply, was slammed by an uber fan who felt it necessary to point out my error… which, by the way was not an error, but knowing what I know of uber fans felt it best to let it slide. I mean seriously people, it's not as though Misha was going to respond to either of us Twitter fans so who really cares who got there first? It's nice to think that a celebrity you admire will like what you have to say but realistically, if I was the one with over a million followers I would not ever make it a habit to respond to individual messages from people I don't know. More than likely I would live to regret that one time of reaching out to a fan tweet only to have my Twitter account crash as a result (or some other equally unpleasant repercussion).
Bottom line, if you want to write fan fiction don't let anything stop you. But if you do, think long and hard about writing anything that isn't canon. If characters are related by blood, they shouldn't be sleeping together, period. If established characters are not in any way romantically involved and are never intended to be, don't create fictional romantic connections where they don't exist and never will. In my honest opinion that's just crapping all over someone else's hard work involving character development and plot lines and in the words of my man Dean, "that's just sick." (And wrong).
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Television and Supernatural: Who Decides?
So the popular tv show Supernatural recently surpassed its 200th episode. In the world of television, this mark is something that writers, actors and producers can only dream about.
To put this in perspective, in today's fragmented television landscape the only other show to reach this mark in the past decade is The Simpsons. In the science fiction landscape, The X Files reached 201 episodes and Dr. Who has surpassed this and is currently in it's 8th season with over 800 episodes to date.
That being said, there are a few things that bother me. For one, for a show that has reached a milestone like this, why is it not bigger news or for that matter why is it still struggling to reach a mainstream audience? Is science fiction/horror just not that interesting? As a gamer I find that very hard to believe. The most popular video games involve a lot of nudity, graphic violence, foul language and at times apocalyptic monsters. How is this different from a television show that has some of these basic elements but never crosses the line into adult or restricted ESRB ratings? Is it because it delves into religious beliefs, both christian and pagan? Does it just not reach the geographical areas that are against philosophical comments/discussions regarding beliefs?
If any of these are part of the issue, then I would have to ask why? Why in today's day and age is this still an issue? Does The CW (the company that produces this show), have investors or owners that prohibit its distribution to areas that don't focus test approval of the show's content? Makes you wonder who's guiding or deciding who gets to see this show or any other show for that matter, and who decides where it gets broadcast.
As an aside, Supernatural used to air in Canada on the popular Space channel and I was an avid fan, until one day a few years ago it just up and disappeared from the listings. No announcements, no explanations, just gone. Which is a real pain in the ass considering that the entire show has always been filmed and produced in Vancouver, BC, Canada. So why was it dropped from Canadian television? Seems very wrong that a show produced here in Canada is not offered to Canadian viewers before being aired in the United States.
Who decides these things and how is it that no one seems to care?


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Private Jets & Bodyguards: The Amazing Demands Kylian Mbappe Made To Sign For PSG
The PSG striker Kylian Mbappe is one of the world's most valued athletes, with the €180m price tag that he commanded in his 2017 move to the French capital almost looking like good business as he continues to collect silverware and his worth on the market continues to rise.
The precocious talent, who is now a World Cup winner at just 19, appears to be very well aware of just what his status as a global superstar is, judging by the contents of today's Der Spiegel article detailing the demands he made to the Parisian club during the process of his transfer from Monaco.
In mid-August of 2017, Mbappe and his father Wilfrid sat down with the PSG hierarchy and laid out what they wanted to have Kylian move back to his home city to play. The German outlet, basing their reports off documents made available to them by Football Leaks, claim that a basic salary demand of €50m over five years was made, as well as a €5m signing-on bonus, both of which were after-tax figures. The club agreed.
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One of those demands, which was accepted, was for the provision of a €30,000 monthly allowance with which he can pay his personal staff, which include: "a caretaker, a driver and a bodyguard."
Some even more outlandish demands, including the club making a private jet available to him for 50 hours per year, and permission for his father to be granted access to training sessions, were turned down.
A proposed clause that would see the World Cup winner usurp Neymar as the club's top earner should he win a Ballon d'Or was batted away, too.
The prospect of financial compensation in the event of PSG being banned from the Champions League due to breaches of Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulation, was brought up by the Mbappe camp, too, in what must be one of the most bold set of pay demands ever made by a teenager during contract talks with a potential employer.
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