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A army needs to be raised to fight the evil of Satan and his dominion, which adhere to the following traits. Self-will and denial of a need for a saviour, they use drugs and all sorts of vices to feel good. They are known to go against God's laws for one man and one woman and practice unnatural affection for their own sex...

Mike Byrd wants to know why you can’t see what he sees:

That man may last, but never lives,
Who much receives, but nothing gives;
Whom none can love, whom none can thank,
-- Creation's blot, creation's blank.

- - Thomas Gibbons

Davidson County

A roundup has begun at LP Field in which you can drop off old computers, along with many other no-longer-want ed electronic de vices.

The event will last through Saturday. Vanderbilt University is among the sponsors, along with Apple and Canon.

It's dismal how far the current congress has gone to allow and accept lawless governmental policy. When news first broke of the warrantless wiretap programs, there was much loud derision - but the congress has reversed course in no uncertain terms. What were once vices are now habits.

Reviewing the Senate's actions, Glenn Greenwald makes a crucial point:

On the Keeping of Lent
St. Benedict, in his “Rule,” Chapter 49

Whoa.

Al Swearingen loved to hang out at the Cheesebook and was impressed with my ingenuity.   It seems that The Gem and The Bella Union had cornered the market on the [bleep]s-drink-drugs-gambling vices but no one had yet thought of exploiting the cheese vice until I arrived on the scene.

Katherine is writing some great stuff. She always did, but she’s crediting the