Whitney Houston remembered at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York last night
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Quote of the Day
“Do I think God brings judgment on a society that encourages homosexuality? I do. And since I am a pastor and God has commanded me to love everyone, I will do what it takes to love them. That does not mean I will accept that they stay the way they are. Unrepentant sin destroys you and will kill you. So if I believe the word of God, that He will bring judgment on a people, then I would be a very bad shepherd not to warn those people.”
Pastor Ken Hutcherson, in an essay published by CNN.com
In a previous message, Hutcherson said: “The only reason I played football was so I could hurt white people legally.”
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2012 Cool Springs Festival of Books – May 18 – 20, 2012 – Nashville, Tennessee
This looks like an interesting and brave venture – reading to kids. I say brave because it seems the under 20 crowd doesn’t feel complete unless they have some kind of technological device strapped to their head or body. Their idea of reading usually means a text message. This program obviously aims to change that.
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Whitney Houston Sings The National Anthem of the United States – Super Bowl XXV (1991)
Still considered by many to be the best rendition of the National Anthem.
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Supply of Crucial Leukemia Drug May Run Out in Weeks
Methotrexate, a crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within the next two weeks, leaving hundreds and perhaps thousands of children at risk of dying from a largely curable disease, federal officials and cancer doctors say.
“This is dire,” said Valerie Jensen, associate director of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug shortages program. “Supplies are just not meeting demand.”
Methotrexate treats acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, which most often strikes children between 2 and 5 years of age. It’s an unusually virulent cancer of white blood cells that are overproduced in bone marrow and invade other parts of the body.
To put this crisis in perspective, consider the U.S. spent $800 billion during the Iraq War. What would Jesus do?
Coroner Rejects Autopsy in Retired Philadelphia Cardinal’s Death
A full autopsy for Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, a key witness in a Catholic Church sex abuse trial who died last month, is unwarranted, the coroner examining the death said on Saturday. Bevilacqua, the retired archbishop of Philadelphia, died at age 88 on January 31, the day after a judge ruled he was competent to testify in an upcoming sex abuse trial involving clerics and a schoolteacher.
Yes, his sudden death is strangely coincidental. But, even if he had testified, what would he say? If, like a number of those scoundrels in the Catholic hierarchy who turned a proverbial blind eye to stories of sexual abuse within their ranks, he’d probably deny any knowledge of it. Still, I have no sympathy for him. And, as a former Catholic – an altar boy at that! – I have no regard for the Church. Its disregard for basic human rights (note the current birth control debate) makes me realize it – along with other religious institutions – serves no purpose in a progressive society.
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Picture of the Day
A man emerges from Lisi Lake in Tbilisi, Georgia. Poor guy! He went in as Igor and came out Anastasia.
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Quote of the Day
“Voters with forty years of politically correct education are ecstatic to have the first Black president. They just love the idea of it – even if we did get “Flavor Flav” instead of Thomas Sowell.”
– Ann Coulter describing President Obama at CPAC 2012
Ann’s biography is due out next month: “Meth – An American Trailer Park Tragedy.”
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Hand Carved Works of Art from the Native American Southwest
The Southwest Indian Foundation is offering hand-carved art pieces for sale. Proceeds will be directed towards Native American communities of the Southwestern U.S.
Etched Dreamcatcher pot
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Chief Writing Wolf 