from the tv show penn & teller’s bullshit comes this short clip talking about which biblical commandments so-called fundamentalist christians will pick and choose from. while they make some good points, and i completely agree, two things occur to me: (1) that they’re trying to reason with people who will not be reasoned with, and (2) that they come ( Read more... )

continuing the dialogue about marriage rights for same-sex couples and the repercussions from california’s proposition 8 vote this last week… please take a moment to watch this, and pass it on to anyone you know who should see it. -h

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the post above was cross-posted from http://stephenh.net/aytch/2008/11/11/do-unto-others-part-2/
the dude abides.

…as you would have them do unto you means the church gets what it has coming to it. for some weird reason, the mormon and catholic churches are acting all shocked and offended that there’s a massive outcry against them for their bigotry in supporting california’s prop 8.

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take a look at the following interview with independent journalist nir rosen, and check out his article how we lost the war we won on rollingstone.com. it’s an insightful look at the wars in afghanistan and iraq that you won’t see on most tv news broadcasts… -h

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the post above was cross-posted from http://stephenh.net/aytch/2008/10/18/how-we-lost- ( Read more... )

check out the trailer below for the movie call + response, which exposes the growing industry of worldwide human slave trade, including that of children.

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the movie is currently playing here in downtown portland at the living room theaters, and they even have a special running today for $5 tickets all day(i’m planning on checking it out later, ( Read more... )

this season, the blazers welcome a few great new players, namely greg oden, rudy fernandez, jerryd bayless, among others, on top of keeping their strongmen from last year like brandon roy, lamarcus aldridge, steve blake, martell webster, travis outlaw, joel pryzbilla, and channing frye. i for one could not be more excited!

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i encourage everyone who is capable of voting this year to check out barack obama… even if you think you know him, if only from the soundbites on television[which are often very misleading], please take one more good honest look at him. check out his website at barackobama.com and find out more about his campaign.

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