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Friday, February 03, 20061139021700
Moonjets, Muslim Protest Babes, and more
Crazy props to the tdaxp reader who sent me this:
The lander descended the final few feet to the surface of the moon. There was a thump heard within the lander and then touchdown was announced to Mission Control. Buzz Aldrin slumped at the controls, a thin trickle of blood dribbling from the bullet hole in his temple. Neil Armstrong looked at the lunar module pilot one last time before tightening the seals on his helmet.
"I'm sorry, old friend."
He closed Aldrin's eyes with an awkward sweep of his gloved hand. The lunar module popped with escaping air and Armstrong carefully descended the ladder.
"Armstrong, you forgot the line." The voice came over his headset.
Armstrong turned to the camera mounted on the lunar module to make sure he was perfectly centered in the frame. Then he unfurled the flag and drove it into the soil of the moon. A gasp went up at Mission Control.
"I claim this world and all I survey for the empire of Armstrong."
A perfectly-timed formation of MoonJets passed overhead trailing smoke. The war for the moon had begun.
Much more below the fold....
The moonjet photo is from some Japanese blog.
In other blog news, Catholicgauze rails against evil maps. And evil geography. (Courtesy the German Propaganda Archive. )
Against the clear will of the people, in the early 1980s the most aggressive circles of Imperialism in the USA, West Germany and other NATO lands began a course of confrontation and armament. In the USA alone 199 billion dollars were spent on arms in 1982. In the 1985-1986 fiscal year the money designated for arms rose to 302.5 billion dollars.
(Compare that map with this American map of Eurasia Or even NATO maps of potential Soviet attacks...)
Elsewhere, my series on Liberal Education (I, II, III, and IV) has sparked some posts on the blogosphere. Mark of ZenPundit mentioned it twice (but his blogspot is having problems -- even worse than blogspirit's comments snafu). Meanwhile, Curtis wrote about it thrice (I, II, III). Still no mention on Amendment IX though...
Chirol from Coming Anarchy looks at the Muslim cartoon controversy (I, II) .
As the guy is supposed to me Mohammed, I assume the women are his beloved daughter Fatima and his dear wife Aisha. Fatima later died in a mysterious door accident, and her family went on to have had some trouble with other Muslims.
Lifting our hearts, Marc shows off anti-Danish Muslim protest babes.
Though I prefer the far-sexier Muslim Sisterhood. Or even asian sirens, brought to tdaxp's attention by an otherwise respectable blogger. Asian Sirens also look at the Mohammed cartoons, so I guess they're kinda respectable.
Until Tom mentioned it, I was barely aware of the Million Little Pieces bruhaha. I learned a bunch from The Smoking Gun.
From my home state, Academic diversity may come to the universities of South Dakota, while Tom Daschle runs to Iowa (and Washington?).
I saw The Rutles in All You Need is Cash two days ago. For a movie combining SNL and Monty Python, it was OK. Not great. But good enough for me to queue the sequel.
Rx of thepartyparty has a new song up: MLK (rise again). Not as good as Happy Christmas & a Whole Lotta Love, but still pretty good.
Well, last time I mentioned a new Rx song I teased a future tdaxp feature, so I will conclude by doing that again: this. this.
Ciao!
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What you need now are tdaxp cheerleaders!
Posted by: Chirol | Saturday, February 04, 2006
Those who take Islam as a joke will one day cry and cry and cry and....but alas! chance is once and thats before you die cos you live once and faith is once...so plz open your eyes and accept Islam before the weeping day the day of Judgment!
Posted by: reez | Monday, February 06, 2006
Reez,
Thanks for not threatening death upon all TDAXPers. I don't believe TDAXP thinks Islam is joke, I believe he believes a little humor is healthy. TDAXP commonly makes jokes about his own religion yet he remains committed to its beliefs. There is a saying that goes something like "God has a sense of humor, tell jokes!"
A question for you if you have the time. In Islamic theology how does Allah judge People of the Book in the Day of Judgment? Are there any special factors or does Allah merely judge People of the Book based on their actions?
God's grace be upon you and thank you for your time!
Posted by: Catholicgauze | Monday, February 06, 2006
Reez,
Catholicgauze is correct. I don't believe Islam is a joke. As St. Paul wrote in a letter (1 Corinthians 8:9,11-12) [1]
" Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ... So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ."
Paul is describing social rule-sets. [2] Islam is a rule-set, which gives love and meaning to millions. It is wrong to mock something that meaningful to so many, because one can spiritually hurt a lot that way. God does not want us to hurt each other.
At the same time, God has given us laughter, just as he as given us food and wine and wealth (Ecclesiastes 10:19) [3]
"A feast is made for laughter,
and wine makes life merry,
but money is the answer for everything."
It's wrong to use laughter, or food, or wine, or money to hurt others. But there's nothing wrong with laughing, or eating, or drinking, or spending.
But thuggery [4]... that's anther matter.
[1] http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%208;&version=31;
[2] http://tdaxp.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/04/12/controls_vertical-horizontal_strong-weak_implicit-explicit_s.html
[3] http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%2010:19;&version=31;
[4] http://www.jimriverreport.com/archive/jim_river_report_200602050005.html
Posted by: Dan tdaxp | Monday, February 06, 2006
Reez... Convert to Islam prior to the day of Judgement? It seems you believe that the path to redemption... I don't mean to disagree or start a flame war, however I do remember a wise man once saying: "I'm sorry, but the correct answer was Mormon."
Posted by: Brendan | Monday, February 06, 2006