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It's simple common sense Alice... For most of us, i guess...
LOL yes I have thank you very much :)
it's funny with the internet - that I ask a question and it's now just so easily answers with just so much information - great - and once a person knows it's there, the internet is always ready to be searched and found again....
it gives lots of confidence to a debate to have the backing of evidence.
Did you find the re-buttles you were looking for Alice? The good book is amuck with them... Best-seller I hear... hehehhe
cool - I have a look at it :) thanks
No Alice. We don't care where you are from- Were all Atheists together :)
Thanks Earl - you really do highlight the totally ridiculous and unbelievably silly 'logic' that simply doesn't add up - when you put it like that.....
I've confronted those of faith before on their believes and I am much more subtle than this - but they always go to saying that I have misinterpreted the bible, mis quoted or mis understood the meaning..... interesting arguments! LOL
I'll check out that website :)
Does it count that I live in Australia?
Sorry Alice, I couldn't get much more involved in answering your question on 'intelligent design' yesterday... I was busy...
Religionists are resorting to 'intelligent design' to stave off the science of the fable, thst the book of genesis really is... Come on!!! The Earth is only 6000 years old? We know through scientific studies that the Earth has been traceable for billions of years.
My earlier comments about adam and eve were to focus on the inherent absurdities in the theory of genesis. Mainly evolution...
Religionists jumped on the 'intelligent design bandwagon' because they were hemorrhaging slaves\ err congregation... Think where where we would be today if the church had not persecuted those scholars of science in the dark ages.
Sure in primitive human history, when the sky rumbled- and they knew not why- god filled the gap... How pathetic of our ancestors...
My point specifically on genesis was, if the human cell was created by god- NOT EVOLUTION- then there was no need for the book of genesis. IT\god did not create dinosaurs- yet we have empirical evidence they were on this planet, then we just popped into existence hence 'intelligent design'... Negating the need of adam-eve, original sin, therefor making the book of genesis moot, and jesus christ- no original sin, no need for christ... The church made up original sin to protect it's placement in the sociopathic minds of religious sheep... Look what the catholic church did to the Templars, once they gained so much power... MURDERED every one they could find... That's where we get Friday the 13th... The day of the edict...
If you don't mind brutal honesty, I suggest you also join American Atheists.
I am Sorrow there... Hope I helped a little... Great luck!!!
bother - I accidentally deleted my post - anyone got an email copy - please paste up - I was trying to correct a mistake in the wording..... :)
@ Loren Miller's comment... He is VERY right... It is a bit confusing to find what you are looking for, if you don't know your way around the bible, or even able to navigate the bullshit... It is a good read and should be bookmarked... Thank you for bringing up such a good page Mr. Miller...
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23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
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30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let's get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father."
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I slept with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father." 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[g]; he is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[h]; he is the father of the Ammonites[i] of today.
Genesis 19:14 Or were married to
Genesis 19:18 Or No, Lord; or No, my lord
Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
Genesis 19:19 The Hebrew is singular.
Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.
Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.
Genesis 19:38 Ben-Ammi means son of my father's people.
Genesis 19:38 Hebrew Bene-Ammon
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Washington (CNN) - Americans for Prosperity is adding Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado to their list of Democratic senators facing tough re-elections this year that the conservative group is targeting.
The group, backed by the deep pockets of the billionaire industrialist brothers, David and Charles Koch, says it's going to spend just under $1 million starting Monday to run a TV commercial that criticizes Udall for his support of the health care law.
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"Millions have lost their health insurance, millions can't see their own doctors, and millions are paying more and getting less," says a women who narrates the AFP spot. "Obamacare doesn't work. It just doesn't work. Tell Senator Udall to stop thinking about politics and start thinking about people."
Republicans have been fiercely attacking President Barack Obama and Democrats over insurance polices dropped due to new standards in the Affordable Care Act. Neither the government nor the insurance industry catalogs how many people have lost their policies.
The AFP ad comes just a few weeks after GOP Rep. Cory Gardener announced he would challenge Udall, potentially making the first term senator's re-election much more challenging. Two other Republicans running for the Senate nomination dropped their bids after Gardener jumped in.
The group says it's spending $700,000 to run the same spot against another Democratic senator facing a difficult re-election, Mary Landrieu of Lousiana.
AFP has been the biggest spender to date this election cycle, shelling out around $30 million since October to run ads, most of them focused on health care, that attack Democrats and praise Republicans.
"Cory Gardner's special interest out of state allies are dumping their millions into Colorado because they know he will push an agenda in Washington that's good for billionaires like the Kochs but bad for Colorado's middle class," Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Press Secretary Justin Barasky told CNN. "Gardner is counting on millions in out of state money to attack Mark Udall because he desperately wants to hide just how out of step he is with mainstream Coloradans."
Democrats hold a 55-45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up in November, with half of those Democratic-held seats in red or purple states, like Louisiana and Colorado
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has repeatedly attacked the Koch brothers as being "un-American" and having "no conscience," and he's argued that the "vast majority" of the AFP ads are untrue.
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For those of you who don't read the news, the Koch brothers just donated 100 million for a hospital in New York. Tom Steyer, a billionaire leftist, is giving 100 million this year to support Democrats.
Do the math: which is the greater figure?
$100 million for a hospital, $1 billion to keep Americans away from affordable health care. Really? You don't get that?
Enough is Enough
"You gotta love the Right. They define their patriotism with hatred of our government and President with fairytales"
Progressive ignorance is astounding. Can you pay attention just a little bit?
I think he is paying attention because he's right. People watched, listened and learned from the 2012 Republican Presidential debates. Hatred of government and Pres. Obama is what was on display. Didn't you catch the recent CPAC conference? Case closed.
@Rudy- Who do you thinks funds most of the liberal/progressive groups in the US. George Soros! This guy throws all sorts of money into political battles, no difference between him and the Koch Bros.
Soros funds most of the liberal/progressive groups in the U.S.?
Do you have any facts? No. Or is it just a rigtht wing talking point? Yes.
Fun fact (wikipedia): Fred Koch, the Koch's father is a founding member of the John Birch Society and is heavily connected to the Radical Christian Theocracy movement.
Too much money in the political process CORRUPTS it. It does not matter if it is left, right or middle. Money is the root of evil in our political process and elsewhere. Money does not equal speech, as the supreme court ruled. It equals corruption. Period. Our entire political process is as corrupt as anywhere on earth, Russia included.
rs-So what George Soros doing is not the same as the Koch Bros. because he has given as much money. Gimmie a break.
@Anonymous-Revamp the electoral college system, one state one vote. No more political tv or internet ads would be a good start also.
Revamping the electoral college won't stop Super PACs, but I do think your idea of getting rid of political tv and internet ads is a gem.
Cue the "George Soros spent a gazillion dollars" utterly false equivalency posts.
the only way the GOP can win any election is to buy it............
rs-So what George Soros doing is not the same as the Koch Bros. because he has given as much money. Gimmie a break.
At least Soros isn't afraid for his name to be known and doesn't hide behind a shill.
God bless you, Pam. Thanks a bunch.
Rudy-Google George Soros funded groups and enjoy.
Men who want to control your government are not your friends, but vote for their minions anyway. How bad does your life have to get before you get informed? The gop are stereotyped the way they are for a reason, if your not rich, you have absolutely no reason to vote gop, you just don't. They want you to believe BS, they don't think for a minute lower taxes on the rich creates jobs, or that keystone will bring us energy independence, its what their being told to sell you. They sound like the preacher on TV that told me I must give him money, and he guaranteed I would get back my money ten fold, if I didn't, I was asking the devil into my life.
@smith No.
Soros is poverty stricken compared to the Koch crime family. But leave to the empty bobbleheads at Faux Gnus to con the easily led with another ridiculous myth.


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The Roland Emmerich-directed film, which Sony bought last year in one of the biggest sales to date ($3 million), was written by James Vanderbuilt and tells the story of a Secret Service agent (Tatum) forced into action to defend the U.S. president (Foxx) after a string of deadly attacks in Washington. Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods and Richard Jenkins co-star.
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Christina Georgina wrote:Interested to hear your thoughts on modifications to the turkey Bolognese sauce, Jenise.
I've been thinking about a turkey tonnato and I've already decided to have a heavy hand on the poaching broth and a very easy hand on the heat and cooking time and a very long cool in the broth but I am worried that the taste and texture will just not be right. Not that I want it to turn out "just like the real thing". It should be different but just not sure how to alter the flavors of the poach and sauce for a seamless meld. I just don't cook with turkey except at Thanksgiving
I use ground turkey in meatballs, either 100% or blended with other meats, and its the one place where turkey improves texture and is the best meat regardless of any health considerations. I also love it for taco filling. It's those items that got me thinking, why not a Bolognese? Well, the texture was just wrong. It never tenderizes the way beef does, it just seemed like pulverized cardboard, and it doesn't develop in flavor. I had to boost the flavor somewhat by adding and reducing with beef broth, and in the end it still seemed a bit flat so I threw in a generous amount of Penzey's French basil, chile flakes, and dollops of olive oil and cream--IOW, I had to add back fat. The final dish was tasty, but whatever advantages I was trying to realize by using turkey instead of red meat were for naught in light of the additives.
A tonnato could be interesting. For best flavor AND texture I would tend to want to roast instead of poach, but then I've never poached turkey. I presume you'd roll and tie the breast for that?


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We recently wrote about the emergence of NSA-like spying platforms for mobile devices. Ostensibly designed and marketed for worried mothers and/or employers to monitor their children and/or employees, reports instead indicate a more nefarious use employed by jealous men and women looking to spy on their would-be significant others. In other words, technology somewhat similar to what the NSA employs generally is being used quite specifically by the unhinged, who appear to have taken our spy agencies' example to heart.
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I'm not sure, but the way this technology is progressing and the price at which it is offered likely means that stories for this kind of thing are in their infancy stages.
Mobile phone spyware costs as little as $6 a month and needs to be installed physically on a phone once for it to operate without the owner's knowledge. Shane Johnson, a spokesman for Sydney company Spousebusters, said it sold ''hundreds'' of GPS trackers, hidden cameras, listening bugs and spyware programs a year. The company asks no questions of purchasers and takes no responsibility for people using legal products to commit illegal acts.And the perps can claim all along they're only following the NSA's example? Oh, this should work out well...
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KANSAS CITY -- Pop quiz: What is the bullpen's best friend?
How about it, Greg Holland? It took him just two seconds.
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The Royals got their first two of the season -- by Jeremy Guthrie on Thursday night at Arizona and by James Shields on Saturday night against San Francisco.
"For one, a day off," Holland said. "But looking down the road, that makes you that much more fresh for that September playoff push -- when you've got guys that are well-rested, not dragging, not tired. That's to your benefit."
It's not just the very occasional complete game that helps, of course. It's those starters who go seven or more innings, too.
"I don't know how many complete games we've thrown, but our starters have gone into the seventh and eighth innings almost on a nightly basis so, all in all, we're pretty fresh down there and I think it's going to help us," Holland said.
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John Shuff of Kings Beach tried to drum up support for his "North Tahoe Waterbug" at a meeting Thursday of the North Tahoe Transportation Management Association.
Plans call for the nine-passenger diesel boat to conduct 24 daily runs between Kings Beach and Tahoe City on Lake Tahoe's north shore and the west shore, with four daily runs between Tahoe City and the south shore.
Billed as a way to reduce traffic congestion around the lake, the water taxi would be available between June 12 and Oct. 10 at fares of $7.50 per north shore stop and $22.50 for a one-way ride to the south shore.
"Hopefully, in my lifetime we'll have little boats riding all around the lake and a big boat or two running across the lake," Shuff said.
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Carl Hasty, manager of the Tahoe Transportation District, said his agency has been investigating a way to connect the north and south shores for years, and Shuff's proposal is one option its board is considering.
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I just made a character for a new game and picked up gravity control. The power level is 8, so he has gravity control at 8. Now in the rules it says it is a ranged power that effects a area equil to rank x 5 feet area.
1: A friend who is usually the GM for M&M (not this time though) said that since it is a ranged power I have to roll to hit then if I miss or others in the area get a reflex save to half the effect (thus a rank 4 gravity effect). My question is, is this correct? It does not seem right to me as gravity in an area is being affected and people in that area would be immune to the power if they could lift enough weight or they get a strength check to still take a half action, seems like a double save to me.
2: I wanted to make it so that the power would not effect me if I did not want it to, thanking about taking immunity 1, own powers. Thus I could hit the area around me and not effect myself. The same friend said that since immunity is constant I could not effect myself with the power at all, I would not be able to ever effect my character with my power. He suggested getting the selectable extra for gravity control so I could choose what it effects and what it does not. Does the power have the "does not effect controler if he does not want it to" built in? Does immunity to own powers make you unable to turn off the immunity?
3: If I target an area, say a piece of pavement, instead of a character would they be affected by the power if they are in the area of the affect and thus I could avoid the roll to hit, and again they would not get a reflex save to suffer half effect. Mostly I am asking if an area effect power that is ranged makes you roll to hit or it just causes the effect in the area? And either way does it (specifically gravity control) allow a reflex save to half the effect of the power?
4: Lets say I add the selectable extra to gravity control, thus I can target specific things with the gravity and others not. Would it be possible to say target a tire on a car with the increased gravity and not the rest of the car? This may not seem that important but it could be. If I target a car so that I can put enough weight on it to stop it, the occupants would be crushed. At rank 8 I am adding 6400 pounds to the car, over 3 tons on the roof of a car would crush it and probably kill the occupants even if I do not select them to have that weight applied to them.
5: In the power decription it says that if I reduce gravity for someone and I reduce it enough to pick them up it would be like they were thrown by some one who has strength equil to rank x 5. Yet in the example there is one where a rank 14 character lowers the gravity and it says he would shoot to the top of the area of effect and hover there. If someone with that big of a strength threw someone else they would go higher and not just stop at the edge of the effect. They should count as a thrown object for distance they would go before comming back down, correct?
The GM changed the point cost for the power to 3, mostly because of the area effect. I have no problem with this as he is the GM, but if I have to make a strike, and then allow them a reflex save for 1/2 effect, and then a strength check to be able to do stuff anyway. That seems way to costly for the power. I have a way I would run the power (which would favor me of course) but I want "official" answers so I can show them to the GM and the power can be used they way it was intended.
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On September 16, 1999, after decades of talks and two previously unsuccessful attempts, the City of Tracy Fire Department merged with the Tracy Rural Fire Protection District forming the South County Fire Authority (SCFA). The SCFA was created to provide fire protection services to the entire jurisdictional area of both the corporate city limits and surrounding rural community. Employees of the Tracy Rural Fire District became employees of the City of Tracy with the City of Tracy maintaining day to day administrative control of the department.
Leading up to the merger, the city was experiencing rapid growth and development, creating a need to construct new fire stations in order to meet response times. At the same time, rural firefighters found themselves having to respond to several emergency calls by driving through the city limits, frequently passing right in front of city fire stations along the way. It was obvious that a consolidation could significantly lower response times, eliminate the duplication of resources and provide better overall services. It was apparent that having improved staffing levels and a "streamlined" organization would benefit both sides, and more importantly, those residing in the communities of Tracy.
South County Fire Authority
Both Tracy Rural and the City of Tracy contract with the SCFA to receive fire protection services. The SCFA in turn contracts with the City of Tracy to provide employees and administrative services.
The SCFA is directed by a four person Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Board. This board is comprised of two members appointed by the Tracy Rural Fire District Board and two members appointed by the Tracy City Council. Meetings of the SCFA are typically held on a quarterly basis or as the Authority directs. The Chief Executive Officer of the SCFA is the City Manager of Tracy while the Controller/Treasurer is the City's Finance Director. The SCFA has the power to enter into contracts, retain consultants, incur debt, receive grants, invest and carry out all provisions of the fire services agreement.
The consolidation of fire services in our area has proven to be a success. Since 1999 the entire community has been served by the closest available unit to their emergency. No longer do boundaries prohibit the customer from receiving the best service possible. The commitment to quality fire protection services remains the priority of the member agencies of the South County Fire Authority. This commitment is shared by the men and women of the department who have the privilege of providing these services.


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Barry Robson stole the headlines with his penalty winner against San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday, but just as impressive was the performance of winger Dane Richards.
The speedy winger was named the 'Budweiser Man of the Match' for his energetic display down the right flank, which included the game's opening goal – and his first as a member of Vancouver Whitecaps FC – in the club's 2-1 win.
GOAL: Richards blast into net
For his goal, Richards got in behind Earthquakes fullback Justin Morrow and ran onto a through ball from Young-Pyo Lee before blasting a powerful shot past Jon Busch from a tight angle.
"I think we can build his confidence more and we can work with him more," head coach Martin Rennie said of Richards' performance. "We already have worked with him a little bit – the movement that he scored the goal from was something that we worked on this week, so it was great to see him taking that on board and getting the result and the benefit of that. He was worthy of the Man of the Match performance and I hope he'll get many more for us."
Just as Robson's goal and the controversy surrounding the awarding of that penalty took some of the spotlight off Richards on Sunday, his short time in Vancouver has in some ways been overshadowed by the high-profile arrivals of Robson and Kenny Miller.
But regardless of the press, or lack thereof, Rennie was happy to talk about his new signing's almost immediate impact following the win.
"I like how fast he [Richards] is," Rennie said. "He can score goals, he can create goals. He puts teams on the back foot. He's the profile of the kind of wide player we've been looking for. We've not been able to get him until now. I think he could be a star here – he's getting the crowd on their feet when he gets the ball in a wide area."
The addition of Richards is part of a wider change of increased speed throughout the team.
It's clear that rookie Darren Mattocks is one of the pacier players in the league, and while new signing Miller hinted during his introductory press conference that he might not be as quick as he once was, his reputation was largely made as a speedster. The Scotsman showed during his brief spell on the pitch that he still has that breakaway acceleration, as he managed to get himself into a one-on-one situation just seconds after stepping onto the pitch.
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"Finally, when I speed up the line, there's somebody I can look across (at) and they're beside me," Richards joked post-match. "Normally, I'm all alone when I speed up there. It was really good. All of my teammates are really good and that's why I'm so comfortable here – I just try to express myself."
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Considered the smallest country in the world, the Vatican is a must-see when visiting the magnificent city of Rome. It's not often that you'll have the chance to see the Pope in person at St. Peter's Square, riding around in his "Popemobile" not 50 meters away from you! Don't hesitate to venture into the papal crypt to reflect by the graves of Popes past. You can even visit the tomb of St. Peter, located in a catacomb more than 150 meters below St. Peter's Basilica.
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The phrase that serves as the latter half of the title to this entry is a lyric and repeated chorus at the end of the song by Sting, "Englishman in New York". Sitting at my desk in the office listening to these words as I worked between research and email, I thought of what I would write for the Library Day in the Life Round 5. My last entry was a warmly regarded hand written entry; it's hard to know where to go from there. But when I heard the lyric, I knew just what to I wanted to write.
Librarians by their very nature are agents of change. Even in the most basic of libraries, the collection is being updated with new titles, periodicals, and other materials. The real question that lays ahead for the profession is "What is change, anyway?" There are any numbers of answers to the question based on external forces (e.g. technology, web content, computer access, patron preferences) and internal forces (e.g. community served, library type, collection size, budget). And, naturally, there are people who promote some answers as the right answer, the only answer, and anything less is an problem.
In bringing this back to the refrain, it is a matter of letting libraries "be themselves". If the best fit for the community served is to be an internet cafe or quiet reading space or community center, then go for it. Patrons just want story times and book discussion groups and a place to meet with a librarian one on one? Do it. The change that happens should be a reflection of the surrounding community. There are very few absolutes when it comes to libraries; beyond our principles and beliefs, everything else from design to materials to furniture to services is up for grabs.
This notion that if the library is not doing something (like being on Facebook or Twitter, having e-books, having a computer center, providing job training space, and so forth) that they are wrong or ancient is ridiculous. It would be like going from Vermont to Florida and saying Miami residents were not current since they don't have any snowmobile retailers. If your patrons aren't on Twitter or Facebook or have e-readers, then there is no need to provide content via those channels. Libraries, just like all politics, are local.
(Now, if you wanted to debate on the breadth of the disconnect between libraries and their patrons, that's a whole different post.)
Coming back to the refrain again, it is my sincere wish that my professional colleagues would "be [themselves], no matter what they say". This paragraph is dedicated to my friends in particular, for I've heard some stories of their work related struggles. Whether it is a coworker, supervisor, fellow librarian, or the outside world placing the pressure, I believe that at the end of the day what matters is being true to yourself and the approach you take to librarianship. You'll be happier when you go to bed at night, the library world as a whole benefits, and you leave your distinct mark on this incredible profession. Let the refrain be a comfort from a friend, may it give you the confidence to tackle the issues, and ignore the naysayers.
Be yourself no matter what they say.
Be yourself no matter what they say.
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Chant Publications (Updated 14/2/2008)
The standard text-book on Gregorian Chant is now Western Plainchant , by David Hiley, former Director of Music of the Association.
Chant Notation for Computers
The Gregorian Association was founded in 1870 (as The London Gregorian Choral Association) to promote the singing of Gregorian Chant to English texts, and to overcome the prejudice which existed against doing so. This purpose is still part of the work of the Association, but more recently its policy has increased in scope, so that the it is now fully oecumenical, and promotes and uses the chant in Latin as well as Modern English and that of the Book of Common Prayer. The Association is now 130 years old; during this time it has sung and taught the chant as a living witness to the enduring value and beauty of the "true music of the church". Directors of Music have included Sir John Stainer, Francis Burgess, Arthur Clarke and Professor David Hiley.
The chant is music of great variety, from simple recitation to complex, melismatic melodies requiring the vocal skills of trained cantors. Much of the chant repertory continues to be sung by monastic communities, who have no special musical training, and is easily within the capabilities of parish choirs today, especially when limited numbers preclude singing in harmony. It is functional music, designed to serve the needs of the Church's liturgy; it is also widely regarded for its 'timeless' character. The Gregorian Association works to educate the public about this vast treasury of song for the enrichment of worship. It is not permanently based anywhere, but rather its members meet in different places throughout the year for a variety of events.
Help with the Notation and Performance of the Chant
The Association provides opportunity for the study of the whole range of the Gregorian repertory, particularly through its evening classes and special study days. Performances are informed by the most recent studies of the earliest music notation, and, to this end, there are opportunities to learn to sing chant from the Graduale Triplex.
If you cannot reach any of our events, try Mary Berry's guides, Cantors: A Collection of Gregorian Chants (Cambridge University Press), and Plainchant for Everyone (Royal School of Church Music Catalogue ref. B520: Order from the RSCM ).
For a basic on-line introduction to Gregorian notation, there is a Gregorian Chant Notation page.
The Gregorian Chant repertory was developed for Latin texts in Charlemagne's (AD 768-814) Frankish kingdom, which encompassed modern France, Switzerland and Germany. We know little of the Church singing used in these areas before this time, because no modern Western system of music writing had yet been invented. Charlemagne wished the music of the Church in his kingdom to be sung as in Rome. In the absence of written music, this may have caused some difficulty, since it would have had to be learned orally, as a folk music tradition. There survives another repertory of chant from Rome for the same liturgical texts, whose melodies are related to, though variants of, the Frankish "Gregorian" chant, rather as two different variants of "the same" folk song. This repertory is known as " Old Roman ", and is thought to be related to the Roman tradition from which cantors in the Frankish kingdom learned the Roman Chant. This "Old Roman" version continued to be used in Rome for some centuries before being replaced by the "Frankish-Roman" or "Gregorian" version. The Frankish chant is thought to have received the name "Gregorian" after one of the Popes of that name, in order to give it greater authority, and to ease its reception in the Frankish Kingdom. Surviving books which contain complete written repertories of the chant with music do not appear before the tenth century, and are well established in the eleventh. Some of the earlier notations give rhythmic details, but most do not give exact pitches, and must be used as an aide-mémoire, in conjunction with a knowledge of the oral tradition. Pitch-defined manuscripts begin to appear in the eleventh century, and are well-established by the twelfth. In these, the pitches can be read without a knowledge of the oral tradition, but the rhythmic details cease to be recorded.
From the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century until the nineteenth century, there was much re-editing of the chant . Notation began to record a new kind of measured rhythm, akin to modern crotchets, quavers and dotted crotchets. Both rhythm and a revised text-underlay were co-opted into ensuring that accented syllables received greater musical weight, and unaccented less. This applied also to chant adapted into vernacular languages in churches of the Reformation (see also below, under "The Chant in English"). France went further, so that "Gregorian" chants were often replaced by modern imitations, known as "Neo-Gallican" chants. During this period both Gregorian and Neo-Gallican chants were frequently accompanied by musical instruments, especially by the serpent. In the nineteenth century, there was a return to the Gregorian melodies, at first by reissuing the seventeenth century approach, in the form of the "Mechlin" (Malines) and "Ratisbon" (Regensburg) editions. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the Solesmes monks began to study the early sources again, and restored the melodies to their pre-seventeenth century form. In the early twentieth century, the "restored" Editions of Solesmes became the official versions of the chant used by the modern catholic church. At first, Dom Joseph Pothier (1835-1923) advocated an "equalist" system, in which all notes were sung at more-or-less the same speed. Soon after, Dom André Mocquereau (1849-1930) worked out a rhythmic system which was added to the official Roman chant books, which understood the melodies in terms of rhythmic groups of two or three notes, and in which some notes were doubled in length. This system has been criticised for ignoring some of the early manuscripts' rhythmic indications, and inserting others not present in the manuscripts. Many of the most popular chant records, including the earlier recordings of Solesmes under Dom. Gajard , and those of the monks of Santo Domingo de Silos , were recorded using this system. Some have suggested that the earliest chant notation (of the post-Carolingian period) implies a "measured" system of Gregorian rhythm (rather like modern crotchets and quavers). The most detailed of these theories (based much more closely upon the written notation than Mocquereau's theory) was that of J. W. A. Vollaerts (1901-56, published posthumously 1958-60). R. John Blackley in America has recorded chant in accordance with this system, and in the past The Deller Consort recorded chant in this style. In the 1960s, another monk of Solesmes, Dom Eugène Cardine, studied the earliest notation, but disagreed with Vollaerts, preferring to conceive of the longer and shorter notes as rhythmic "nuances". Nonetheless, Cardine's theories have served as the starting point for many different sorts of performance, including some of great rhythmic complexity (for example those of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois , in which the contrast between longer and shorter sounds is so great that the word "nuance" hardly seems to provide an apt description).
Since the Second Vatican Council, the liturgical use of Gregorian Chant has been challenged. The "received view" of liturgical history held by liturgists and clergy assumes that liturgical singing was originally simple, and that "art music" later took over. This "received view" is largely derived from the writings of Père Joseph Gélineau. The degree to which his views represent objective history, or are mere polemic, is a matter of dispute, affecting views of the history of Gregorian Chant. Thus the late chant scholar Helmut Hucke, supporting Gélineau's ideas, regarded the florid graduals sung between the readings at Mass as a "new" song form which "replaced" the ancient, simple responsorial psalm. On the other hand, Peter Jeffery would maintain that we know little about what early liturgical singing was like, so that it is equally possible that there is at least a continuity of development between early psalm-singing and the Gregorian graduals. There are many "folk" and "popular" musical cultures which involve solo performance to an audience, and whose melodic styles might be described as ornate. Moreover, Eastern European scholars of both chant and folk music (for example László Dobszay) have claimed to find links between the chant and the older forms of folksong which survive in Eastern Europe. It is therefore possible that ornate and soloistic, as well as simple singing styles were used in early times, and it would seem unlikely that the presence of what we may perceive as ornate melodic lines would have made liturgical music seem remote from the people - indeed, such an argument probably reflects entirely modern concerns, about the distinction between "popular" and "art" music, a modern idea of the difference between "singing" and "saying", an assumption that liturgical "dialogue" is necessarily only between clergy and people, and that everything sung must be sung by all. The last is of doubtful modern relevance, since the modern musical scene is perhaps to a greater extent than ever before about listening to pre-packaged musical products, as opposed to practical music-making.
Supporters of the chant have generally defended it by appealing to "musica sacra", a concept which suggests that the chant is artistically superior to simple, "pastoral" music. Opponents of the chant, wishing to replace it with more popular styles of music, have based their opposition upon the same grounds. Commentaries on the "meaning" of chant, which accompany the earlier commercial recordings of the chant made by the monks of Solesmes, suggest that it is perceived through the prism of the nineteenth century Romantic movement, as a kind of "programme music"; it is seen as a "Great Work of Art" alongside the high tradition of 19th century art music. Another (perhaps more appropriate) way of seeing the chant, however, is to suggest that the chant was intended to be neither art nor popular, but simply a "cultic" music suited to a particular purpose. Because the sound of the chant had always been associated exclusively with its liturgical purpose, the music semiotically suggested that purpose. That much of the repertory cannot be sung by everyone is not necessarily an argument against its use, since it may well be the case that the musical elements developed during the formative years of the Christian liturgy were not all congregational; if this is so, active participation is not always required by the whole assembly, and so the important question concerns whether people in the present day are capable of responding to it in such a way that they may use it devotionally.
In recent times, "exotic" musics from all over the world have become freely available on commercial recordings in the Western world; the dramatic increase of interest in non-Western musics has even led to the invention of a new category of popular music, known as "World Music". The interest in traditions of ritual music, disseminated through mechanical recording, has made them familiar to people who have little knowledge of their original context. That Gregorian Chant could have found a place within this musical melting-pot would have been unimaginable at the time of the Second Vatican Council. Many are now responding to the chant through very different routes, such as the classical music broadcasting and record market, and the "ambient" music associated with modern youth dance-club culture. Whether one approves of such developments or not, it does suggest that a wider cross-section of people might be receptive to musical traditions like the chant. This "mix and match" approach to cultural traditions is typical of what is called "postmodern". The assumption of the liturgical modernisers of the 1960s and 1970s, that the chant is necessarily irrelevant, may be already dated. It might therefore be suggested that the (largely clerical) rejection of the chant in recent years was premature, stemming from a reductionist analysis of the possible range of meanings in the liturgy and its traditional music.
Exposure outside the liturgy has not necessarily been beneficial to the position of the chant within the liturgy. Those who wish to preserve the liturgical use of the chant, as well as many of those hostile to its liturgical use, are not necessarily impressed by its having recently gained a positive reception outside the church; in essence, such reception of the chant is seen as either sacrilegious or trivial. Sometimes, those in the Roman church hostile to the new liturgy see the chant almost as if it contained a semantic, dogmatic content; the chant forms part of a rigorist theological mentality, which is unsympathetic both to the reception of the chant out of its proper context, and also hostile to styles of chant performance other than that introduced by the monks of Solesmes at the beginning of the 20th century (whether styles older than that of Solesmes, or subsequent developments), or to any modification of its use, such as adaptation to vernacular languages. Modernisers may see the chant as too closely associated with traditional theology. Modern church politics, then, can conspire against the chant. However, the chant has not always and everywhere occupied this particular political position. The hierarchy of the church did not interfere with chant traditions or chant books until the second half of the nineteenth century. The chant has also had some presence in the churches of the Reformation. The year 2006 saw the centenary of the Church of England's English Hymnal, a book which contained much chant. It was part of a movement which wished to reintroduce Catholic liturgical practice into the Church of England. This movement was a reaction against the previously dominant evangelical ethos of the church; in place of plainness and drabness, it wished to reintroduce ritual and beauty; in place of a rather ferocious Puritan judgementalism, it wished to be more inclusive.
There is every sign that Pope Benedict will be sympathetic to the chant. It may be that this will result in a greater use of chant in the Roman Catholic church, at least in the more important ecclesiastical foundations. Whether support from this quarter will impress those who do not wish to be seen as "traditionalist" remains to be seen. Now that permission to celebrate the Tridentine Mass is easier to obtain, the church may become more polarised: on the one hand, the new rite and its theology, in vernacular languages, performed perhaps with little ceremonial, and accompanied by musical styles far removed from the chant; on the other, the old rite and its theology, in Latin, accompanied by its traditional music and ceremonial.
An alternative vision for the chant, perfectly consistent with the intentions of the Second Vatican Council (as opposed to what actually happened in its wake), would be that it might develop, as it often had in the past, and adapt. This is perfectly consistent with the history of the Gregorian Association, which was founded to sing the chant in the context of a vernacular liturgy. The policy of the Vatican appears to be in the contrary direction: on the one hand, the Latin chant must be preserved in stone; no new chants may be added to the Carolingian repertory (despite the fact that new composition has always been a not inconsiderable part of the history of the chant); on the other, there seems little appetite for ensuring the preservation of the chant tradition in the vernacular liturgy which most people attend.
There are two different kinds of service for which chant has traditionally been provided: The Mass and The Divine Office:
The music of the Mass consists of two main groups of pieces; the Ordinary (the texts sung at each service), and the Proper (those which change according to the season or saint being celebrated). The repeated use of the texts of the Ordinary chants at every Mass suggests that they may have been the original people's part. Of the melodies for these texts that have come down to us, some are simple enough to serve this purpose, and others are more ornate. The pieces which constitute the Ordinary are:
The Chants of the Proper are:
These chants suggest performance by different groups of people. The Introits and Communions may have been sung by a choir, whereas the Graduals, Alleluias and Tracts (sung between the Readings), together with the Offertories, are melodically the most ornate part of the repertory for the Mass, and were perhaps intended to be sung by soloists or by a small group. Apart from these two main groups of sung pieces, other parts of the service are also chanted to simple inflexions (also known as cantillation): the prayers, the readings and the Eucharistic Prayer. The Lord's Prayer is always sung to a simple melody (formerly by the priest alone) which is suitable for congregational use.
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The Divine Office consists of the following services:
Mattins were traditionally sung in the early morning before daybreak (hence their other name of "Vigils"). In their new form, the Office of Readings, they can be performed at any time of day. (Their "Great Responsories" are melodically the most ornate part of the repertory of chants for the Office, and often resemble the style of the Graduals of the Mass.) Prime is no longer used outside monasteries, where it is sometimes retained. Terce, Sext and None can now be amalgamated into one "Middle Hour", or Prayer during the Day. The chant repertory for the Divine Office consists of the following musical forms:
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Finally, there are various "unofficial" additions to be mentioned. Gregorian Chant was essentially a variant of the Roman chant, a foreign import subjected to local variation. However, there were more explicit attempts to preserve pre-Gregorian local chant styles in the Frankish kingdom. Longer texts were added to ornate, melismatic Gregorian melodies, resulting in pieces of simpler, syllabic style - known as "Prosulæ". New texts commenting rhetorically on the official chant texts, set to their own music, were interpolated between the phrases of the official chant - called "Tropes". Long melismatic replacement-melodies were sometimes added to the end of alleluias - known as "Sequences". These could sometimes be texted - the results were known variously as "Sequences" or (more helpfully) "Proses". The Prose/Sequence came to be independent of the alleluia and its replacement-melody. (Many of the well-known songs by abbess Hildegard of Bingen are a highly individual variety of this genre.) None of these additions remains in use, with the exception of a few of the later Proses.
Other uses for Gregorian Chant are in Liturgical Processions and Drama. An important part of mediæval liturgical life, processions have recently fallen into desuetude, apart from the Palm Sunday procession, which is retained as part of the re-enactment of Christ's Passion during Holy Week. Liturgical processions are usually enacted in association with another liturgical event, e.g. after a celebration of Divine Office, or before a Mass. Similar genres of chant are used as for other liturgical celebrations: Antiphons, Great Responsories, Hymns, Proses. Processional antiphons are often more ornate than those sung in conjunction with psalms and canticles at the Divine Office. Processions have not altogether disappeared. The Solesmes monks found it worthwhile as recently as 1983 to reissue the Processionale Monasticum of 1893.
The term "liturgical drama" encompasses several different strands. The simplest dramata are simply short ceremonies performed in choir by clergy as an elaboration of, or insertion into, the Mass or Divine Office e.g. the Visitatio Sepulcri, which is a re-enactment of the visit to the tomb of the Marys, and of their dialogue with an angel. Others seem to be an elaboration of a liturgical procession, e.g. the Epiphany play of The Three Kings. Finally, there are other plays which bear less relation to the chant and to the liturgy e.g. The Play of Daniel, which may have arisen as an attempt by reformers to curb the horseplay which had become customary during the Christmas liturgy in Cathedral cities in the later Middle Ages.
The chant had been in existence for many centuries before the first vernacular liturgies. At the English Reformation, there is evidence that at first people made their own adaptations of the pre-Reformation Salisbury chant to the new English text of the Booke of Common Praier (1549), although only one attempt was ever published: Merbecke's Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550). Merbecke's work departs from the chant to a greater extent than the other extant adaptations, and may be a more radical attempt to provide the kind of specifically English chant called for by the more extreme reformers. Nonetheless, although some of Merbecke's work was newly composed, some was direct adaptation of Gregorian Chant. Shortly after its appearance, however, The Booke of Common Praier was revised (in 1552), and Merbecke's work remained unused until the Catholic revival of the Oxford Movement.
For the most part, the only adaptations of Gregorian chants which continued to be used were for the preces, responses and psalmody of the Divine Office. It soon became the normal practice that they should be harmonised. Nearly all psalm-settings used in collegiate churches and cathedrals, from the time of the First English Prayer Book until the civil war and the temporary suppression of Anglican liturgy, were harmonised plainchant. (In Parish churches the liturgy was usually spoken, the only singing being metrical psalmody employing Geneva-style tunes, though this singing was most probably extra-liturgical; follow this link to the West Gallery Music Association, which promotes the music used for metrical psalm singing in the 18th and 19th centuries. ) All adapted plainchant melodies reflect the fact that during the period when they were made (from the Reformation and Counter Reformation to the nineteenth century) simple, syllabic chants in Latin had began to be notated rhythmically, with longer notes on accented syllables than unaccented ones; the notation recorded a binary rhythmic relation between long and short notes, producing rhythmic configurations similar to modern crotchets, quavers, and dotted crotchets followed by quavers. At the restoration after the civil war, the tradition had been interrupted, and there was a need for instruction books in liturgical music. Even at this late date, most psalm chants found in such books were plainchant derived. It is only after this time that composers began to write new "Anglican" chants. However, the performance of Anglican Chant continued to be influenced by the same rhythmic performance style until the twentieth century, when equalist rhythm was adopted in the wake of the influence of the monks of Solesmes.
During the mid-19th century in continental Europe, "Cecilian" organisations were promoting the abandonment of new chants of the "baroque" period, in favour of a return to the use of "Gregorian" melodies. In 1870, the Vatican gave its official blessing to the revival of the "Medicean" Gradual of the early 17th century, which contained only "Gregorian" melodies, but in the reworked and "measured" style referred to above. At the same, the Gregorian Association was founded in England, which promoted the use in the Church of England of chant books in English with a similar musical style, especially Thomas Helmore's The Psalter Noted and The Hymnal Noted, by the same author with translations by J. M. Neale (of "Good King Wenceslas" fame). These were used for early performances by the London Gregorian Choral Association in S. Paul's Cathedral (1877) where the chant was accompanied, in the pre-Solesmes manner, by a variety of instruments. In a similar style were arrangements of chant and of Merbecke's music for the Eucharist made in the 1880s by Sir John Stainer, one-time Director of Music of the Association. By the turn of the century, however, English adaptations began to be informed by the chant scholarship of the Solesmes monks in France, and, as a consequence, measured values were abandoned in favour of equal rhythm, which eventually also changed the performance style of Anglican Chant. At this time, the Oxford Movement brought about the revival of the belief that the Eucharist (or Mass, or Holy Communion) should be the main focus of Christian worship. This led to the revival of singing at the Eucharist in the Anglican Church for the first time since the Reformation, which paved the way for the revival of Gregorian Chants for the Mass as well as for the Divine Office. In some parts of the Anglican Church, it became customary to use an English translation of the Roman Missal in preference to the rite of the Book of Common Prayer. In the twentieth century, three bodies in particular have been responsible for the production of English adaptations of the chant: The Plainchant Publications Committee, The Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society, and S. Mary's Press, Wantage. The Gregorian Association was at the forefront in encouraging the use of Gregorian melodies to English texts, both for the Mass and also for Anglican versions of the Divine Office.
The use of chant has been controversial in the Catholic Church only since the Second Vatican Council. The nineteenth to twentieth century chant revival has been controversial in the Church of England, partly because of its association in the minds of protestants with "popery". It is perhaps ironic that the group of Christians who have traditionally held scripture in the highest regard should not wish to use the chant for worship (although most of the chant is simply a musical setting of unaltered Biblical texts), but instead prefer to sing metrical hymns of recent composition. It was to overcome prejudice against the chant that the Association was founded. The history of the Association has reflected Anglican controversies. There have been numerous disputes within and without the Association in the course of its history, concerning the use of interpolated "Roman" chant forms within Anglican rites (for example, the use of antiphons was disputed in the 1870s), the use of different rites, the use of Latin and various English translations, and different ways of adapting the chant into English.
In more recent times a new flexibility has emerged: An oecumenical membership has been encouraged; the Association has been promoting the use of Latin and of ICET modern English texts as well as services from the Book of Common Prayer, the aim being to demonstrate the use of chant melodies to whatever versions of the liturgical texts are normally used in any church to which its services are offered; recent collaboration with The Royal School of Church Music has brought the work of the Association to a wider cross-section of people, including upon occasion choirs from the Free Churches.
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A useful introduction to the chant can be found on Richard Lee's Chant Links Page , which will direct you to recordings and images of chant notation on the Web, amongst much other useful information.
Gregorian Chant Home Page , a resource run by Peter Jeffery at Princeton University, USA.
Cantus , an on-line database developed at the Catholic University of America in Washington, under the auspices of Ruth Steiner, now housed at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Professor David Hiley, a former Director of Music of the Gregorian Association, hosts the Cantus Planus Archive at the University of Regensburg in Germany, which contains a variety of resources, amongst which is a downloadable catalogue of antiphons and invitatories, with complete texts of the items, which I created in order to research the chant for Vespers at Westminster Cathedral.
View some of the earliest manuscripts rich in rhythmic signs: the "St Gall" manuscripts, available to view in their entirety online, free of charge:
The Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena has chant information in German , and is the home of the the Liturgischer Singkreis Jena .
The German speaking section of the AISCGre ( Associazione Internazionale Studi di Canto Gregoriano ) has prepared a homepage in German language.


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Grape Cupcake Man says, "I love grape cupcakes!" Grape Cupcake Man also says, "I need you to lick the Muscat wine whipped cream frosting off of my grape cupcake face – it's blocking my eyes!"
When I first made Grape Cupcake Man, my in-house food photographer refused to take the photo: "It's just too weird." Perhaps I did go a bit overboard, but I wanted to use the whipped cream and I didn't want to hide the grapes like I did here:
Clearly, Grape Cupcake Man was the only choice.
Regardless of how you frost the grape cupcakes (or if you frost them at all), these grape cupcakes are a perfect choice to serve while sitting outside with a bottle of wine, grapes, cheese, and nuts. Enjoy!
Grape Cupcake Topped with Wine Whipped Cream Recipe
I found a most appetizing recipe for a grape cake on the Desert Candy blog and decided to convert it to grape cupcakes. I have included the recipe with my modifications below. The main change I made was to add some ginger and pineapple flavor to replicate the tastes found in my recent punch recipe.
Grape Cupcakes Topped with Wine Whipped Cream
Grape Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 1/2 C all-purpose flour
- 1 t baking powder
- 1/2 t ground ginger
- 1/4 t baking soda
- 1/2 C Muscat wine
- 1/2 C pineapple juice
- 3/4 C sugar
- 4 T 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 4 T 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 C red seedless grapes
Muscat Wine Whipped Cream Frosting* Ingredients
- 1 C Muscat wine
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1 C heavy whipping cream
Grape Cupcake Instructions
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and ginger into a medium-sized bowl.
- Combine wine and pineapple juice in a small bowl.
- Whisk 3/4 cup sugar, butter, and olive oil in a large bowl until smooth.
- Whisk in eggs.
- Add flour mixture alternately with wine/juice in 3 additions each, whisking just until smooth after each addition.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
- Sprinkle grapes over batter.
- Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes or until top gets slightly brown.
Muscat Wine Whipped Cream Frosting
- Bring wine and sugar to a boil in a heavy-bottomed sauce pan.
- Reduce heat to medium and let simmer for about thirty minutes.
- Remove from heat and bring to room temperature.
- Whip heavy whipping cream until it looks like whipped cream.
- Add 1/3 C of the muscat wine syrup you just made.


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Many of you have written to ask about recommendations when travelling. For a while now we've been thinking of a Smutty Travel section to the site. That will happen eventually. Until then, from time to time, we'll post suggestions from different destinations. Keep sending your questions and I'll try to get them covered as much as possible. Full Story


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Tat-Scribbled Liar? 8 BIGGEST Lil' Wayne Lies
Tat-Scribbled Liar? 8 BIGGEST Lil' Wayne Lies
There were many who believed Lil Wayne was the best rapper alive during his legendary "Dedication" mixtape run before he shriveled into a drug-damaged, condom-allergic, hosiery-wearing weirdo. Mostly hated for his cringe-worthy punchlines and blatant lies, he's the gleefully-dysfunctional face of the YOLO movement.
Here are Weezy F. Baby's 8 biggest Lies. Take a look.
"Weezy F. Baby and the 'F' is for PHENOMENAL" – "Yes"
Rick Ross hang glides through exotic mountains without crashing. Hov was in the White House next to Hillary Clinton smelling like dank. The 'F' in Weezy F. Baby is for "Phenomenal." Rappers be lyin.
"My ultimate intention is to uplift rather than degrade our community" – apology letter to Emmitt Till's family.
The spiritually-uplifting line "Beautiful black woman, I bet that b*tch look better red" ("Right Above It") couldn't possibly be degrading to women in our community.
WHY would a filthy slore give Weezy mouf for some Trukfit (sold at a TJ Maxx near you) if it's a MENS-ONLY clothing line? No one (on Earth) knows because it's a slimy Gremlin-faced lie.
"I feel like a woman should be respected at all times" – explanation for pulling Nicki Minaj from last year's Summer Jam concert after Hot 97′s DJ Peter Rosenberg "disrespected" her.
"Uplifting" anthems like "Every Girl in the World" and "B*tches Love Me" and "Steady Mobbin" and "Rack City" and "Stupid Ho" prove that Weezy (and his entire Young Money roster) genuinely respect women.
Remember when Weezy died but didn't really die because of "stress, no rest, overworking" and not guzzling sizzurp like Simply Lemonade? We all do.
According to Weezy, his epilepsy acted up and caused the seizures, not the insane amounts of sizzurp reportedly pumped from his body the night he fake-died.
Weezy is the only 30-year-old father-kissing skateboarder (in the history of forever) to be a Blood AND Crip in the same lifetime. All that SooWooptyWop gangbangery he raps about? LIES.
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Weezy famously claimed that the NBA had banned him from all events because of his "beef" with the Miami Heat.
Response from NBA Senior Director of Basketball Communications Mark Broussard: "No truth at all."
That awkward moment when Birdman claims to be 24 and Weezy, 15, in 1999. Birdman's date of birth: February 15, 1969. Weezy's date of birth: September 27, 1982. Do the math. (Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjgX1sXcOWE)
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