A woman walks past a foreign exchange store in Cairo on Sunday. The Egyptian pound has dropped to around 6.4 pounds to the dollar, a record low. (AFP)[...]
Archive for February, 2013
February 11th, 2013 - 11:57 am § in Misc.
BREAKIG NEWS: POPE TO RESIGN
Pope to resign Feb. 28, says he’s too infirm VATICAN CITY (AP) – Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 – becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclav[...]
February 11th, 2013 - 8:29 am § in Uncategorized
IMMIGRATION: Those other brown folk
Washington, Jan 29 – Even as President Barack Obama is set to announce an immigration reform plan, a bipartisan group of US senators have unveiled their own scheme offering millions of undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. The compromise plan proposed Monday by a bipartisan group of e[...]
February 10th, 2013 - 10:46 pm § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: is the end nigh?
Black hole blasts 3.8 billion light year beam at Earth Research led by astronomers at the University of Warwick has confirmed that the flash from one of the biggest and brightest bangs yet recorded by astronomers comes from a massive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy. The black hole appe[...]
February 10th, 2013 - 10:46 pm § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Money sin worse than sex sin.
More Americans say financial misconduct by elected officials is a very serious moral problem than say sexual misconduct The new PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey finds that significantly more Americans say financial misconduct by elected officials is a very serious moral problem than say sexual miscondu[...]
February 10th, 2013 - 10:15 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: Why is today “sun” day?
Naming Sunday – Sun’s Day The English word Sunday is derived from Old English. Middle English – Sone(n)day or Sun(nen)day Latin – dies solis – “Day of the sun” Old English – Sunnandæg – “day of the sun” Old Norse – Sunnundagr Ancient Greek – hemera heli(o)u – “da[...]
February 10th, 2013 - 6:38 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: St. Karl and St. Luke
Luke 12:48 “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Karl Marx “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Two cites from David Goldstein’s Bible [...]
February 10th, 2013 - 6:08 am § in Misc.
Thr AVE Challenge: Whatsit?
a. First mosque built in British Columbia, 1856 b. Historic Russian church in Kamchatka c. Celestial observatory at UW d. Falafel restaurant in Sequim e. Guest house at Paul Allen’s Lopez retreat,[...]
February 10th, 2013 - 4:46 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: Fatwa of the day
Emoticons are illegal.[...]