Doom & Gloom

[Colleen Thomas]

It seems that nowadays, the only given in the news is doom.

Liberals are casting another term of GWB as the Gehenna. Conservatives tout gay marriage as the end of the world. Everyone sees terrorists behind every turban and in every mosque. Enviormentalists cry global warming while others scream fossil fuels will be exhausted soon. Churches from Bangore Maine to the heart of the bible belt are predicting the rapture. Everywhere I turn, I get a heafty dose of fear with the commentary.

It seems the only people on earth who are happy are Boston Red Sox fans.

I can't remember a time, since I became cognizant of the world being larger than my hometown, mom & dad, that everything has been so permeated with fear and hopelessness.

Anyone have any good news? Something uplifiting? Hopeful? I could really use it if you feel like sharing.

-Colly

 

[AngeloMichael]

If the BoSox win the WS I know of no clearer sign that the Apocalypse is upon us.

GO SOX!!!

 

[matriarch]

French gays hail new "Pink TV" channel
By Kerstin Gehmlich


PARIS (Reuters) - Gays across France are celebrating the launch of the country's first television channel for homosexuals, anticipating a pink mixture of fashion, travel, talk, cult movies, music and soap operas.

The launch of "Pink TV" comes as gays in France are already making headlines with a controversial push to legalise same-sex marriages and calls to enhance the fiscal rights of gay couples.

"The gay wave," Le Parisien daily said on Monday in big letters on its front page on top of a rainbow flag.

But the creators of Pink TV say they also want to cater for heterosexuals.

"Pink will not be a ghetto channel, but one to assert gay identity," its president, Pascal Houzelot, told Le Parisien. "We want to accompany a positive development in society but remain watchful of movements going the opposite way."

Houzelot estimated some 3.5 million people in France are gay, some seven percent of the population, and hoped to attract at least 180,000 subscribers to the private channel.

For nine euros (6.3 pounds) a month, viewers will be able to cheer gay comedians, enter debates on gay rights, enjoy classic films or watch porn movies late at night.

Gay rights activists say the channel could help make homosexuality more acceptable in France, where the conservative government has taken a strong stance against legalising gay weddings or allowing gays to adopt children.

"The gay channel helps to show homosexuality is something normal, which is a good thing," said Alain Piriou from the Inter-LGBT gay rights group. "It can highlight that gays are just another part of society with their own interests."

But Piriou said Pink TV, whose launch has caused little controversy so far, would be unlikely to play a major role in the struggle to improve gay rights.

"In our campaign to legalise gay weddings, for example, we seek to address as broad an audience as possible. Promoting this demand on the gay channel -- to ourselves basically -- doesn't really serve this interest," he said.

The debate about same-sex marriages gained steam after a maverick mayor performed France's first gay wedding in June. Although a court subsequently annulled it, many gay couples have vowed to tie the knot.

Some politicians from the Socialist opposition are promising to push for legalising gay marriage, but conservatives oppose it as an attack on the sanctity of marriage.

 

[Just-Legal]

*loans you her fiance*

I came home from work yesterday in one of my worst depressive funks ever. He has a rather original way of distracting me *wink* and I have had a biiiig silly grin on my face all day.

Smile. Even if you don't feel like it. Its infectious

 

[Couture]

It's still legal to read porn stories! 5 days to nanowrimo!

If the world ends, I'm sure the fireworks will be fantastic - No matter if it's from the fires of hell or hot gay sex.

 

[matriarch]

British military enlists first Satanist

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Armed Forces have enlisted their first Satanist after a naval technician serving on a frigate was granted permission to practice his beliefs while at sea, the Ministry of Defence says.

Defending the decision to allow a Satanist among the Royal Navy's ranks, a ministry spokesman said on Sunday it was an "equal opportunities employer" and did not discriminate against specific religious beliefs.

"He went to his commanding officer with a request to practice his beliefs on board his ship and it was granted ... We believe he is the first avowed Satanist to serve in the military, but there is no official register of beliefs," the spokesman said.

The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said Chris Cranmer, 24, from Edinburgh would be allowed to have a funeral carried out by the Church of Satan should he be killed in action.

The Church of Satan was founded in the 1960s, but Satanism can refer to a diverse set of practices that include viewing Satan as a force of nature.

Members of the church, which rejects Christian ideas of God and the Devil, follow 11 Satanic Rules of the Earth.

The belief system has been condemned as a cult by some religious groups and at least one opposition politician expressed dismay after Cranmer won permission to practice Satanism aboard a Royal Navy ship.

"I am utterly shocked by this," said Conservative parliamentarian Anne Widdecombe. of course she is. This is a woman who joined the Roman Catholic church once the church of england voted to ordain women deacons to full priesthood.

"Satanism is wrong. Obviously the private beliefs of individuals anywhere including the armed forces are their own affair but I hope it doesn't spread," she said.

 

[Guest]

 

[rgraham666]

I turned 49 today.

I don't know about you, but I feel great about that. Almost didn't make it to 39.

 

[matriarch]

SOMETHING TO TAKE YOUR MIND OF THE RED SOX

Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.

British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow

The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the US scientists for suggestions.

NASA responded with a one-line memo:

"Defrost the chicken."

(True Story )

 

[rgraham666]

*BIG HUG*

Remember, in a week, the pissing contest will be over.

And then the fun really starts.

 

[TheEarl]

"I am utterly shocked by this," said Conservative parliamentarian Anne Widdecombe. of course she is. This is a woman who joined the Roman Catholic church once the church of england voted to ordain women deacons to full priesthood.

Conservative with a small c, definitely.

The Earl

 

[Colleen Thomas]

SOMETHING TO TAKE YOUR MIND OF THE RED SOX

Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.

British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow

The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the US scientists for suggestions.

NASA responded with a one-line memo:

"Defrost the chicken."

(True Story )

Rofl, thanks Mats.

Our newest weapon in the war on terror, the frozen chicken gun!

What a hoot

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I turned 49 today.

I don't know about you, but I feel great about that. Almost didn't make it to 39.

Grats RG

*HUGS*

 

[Colleen Thomas]

*BIG HUG*

Remember, in a week, the pissing contest will be over.

Hopefully that will put an end to some of it.

 

[matriarch]

Rofl, thanks Mats.

Our newest weapon in the war on terror, the frozen chicken gun!

What a hoot

*Big happy grin*.
I can now go to bed satisfied.
I made Colly smile........laugh even.

Job done.

Night night

 

[fogbank]

(True Story )

At the risk of being labelled a killjoy, probably not:

http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.htm

That said, it makes me laugh every time I hear it.



On the subject of hopeful news, I'm going engagement ring shopping after work today.

 

[rgraham666]

At the risk of being labelled a killjoy, probably not:

http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.htm

That said, it makes me laugh every time I hear it.



On the subject of hopeful news, I'm going engagement ring shopping after work today.

It's silly enough to be true.

And congratulations.

 

[Guest]

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smooches from Perdita

 

[Colleen Thomas]

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smooches from Perdita

LOL, thank you dita

*HUGS*

 

[Wholemanz]

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[minsue]

Daylight saving time ends in 5 days.

(I know. That ain't much. I just got home. I'll come up with something better after I've gotten some food into me. )

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Just be glad you're not in Oklahoma:

The race for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma (to succeed the retiring Don Nickles) was described in the press in September as so close that independent, former Green Party candidate Sheila Bilyeu, might take enough votes away from one or the other leading candidate as to influence the outcome. Bilyeu has gained notoriety in the last two decades by filing numerous lawsuits against the federal government (all eventually dismissed) demanding the removal of a radio-like device the military allegedly planted in her head in the 1970s. The device, she said, mostly sends her messages that are highly critical of her. She added in a later lawsuit that President Clinton had ordered her gassed and had stolen her dog. [KOCO-TV (Oklahoma City)-AP, 9-6-04]

 

[cantdog]

Happy birthday, rg. You should hang around another 49 at least. You're one of the good ones.

cantdog

PS I notice in my neighborhood the up side to every election year. They have at least been fixing the roads!

c

 

[Colleen Thomas]

The only upside to this election year that I can see, is that peoplew ill hopefull be so burned out on politics that no one will feel like talking about it till after christmas. That is at least, my hope.

-Colly

 

[KarenAM]

Remember Hee-Haw? This little ditty is so over the top it always cheered me up:

"Doom despair and agony on me,
Deep dark depression, incessant misery,
If it weren't for bad luck,
I'd have no luck at all.
Doom despair and agony on me."

And of course the ladies' song:

"Now, we're not ones to go round spreadin' rumors
Why really, we're just not the gossipy kind!
Oh, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip!

So you'd better be sure and listen close the first time!"

Good times... Good times...