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2010-02-09T05:45:57-05:00

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Iran’s February 11 surprise

Last updated on: February 9, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Iranian leaders are promising something that will stun the world on February 11: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a “punch” that will stun world powers during this week’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. “The Iranian nation, with its unity and God’s grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned,” Khamenei, who is also Iran's commander-in-chief, told... Read more

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2010-02-09T05:30:23-05:00

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No snow for the Winter Olympics?

Last updated on: February 9, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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The Winter Olympics start in four days, but Vancouver, Canada, where the games are scheduled is experiencing a warm spell and there is no snow! They are hauling it in and manufacturing it, and venues up in the mountains should have it. But Vancouver, with its Olympic village and all of that, looks to be brown. See this. Vancouver, you can have some of ours! Down in Virginia, we have two to three feet on the ground, and tomorrow we... Read more

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2010-02-09T05:00:50-05:00

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Preaching Law, Gospel, & Vocation

Last updated on: February 9, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Pastor Douthwaite preached a fine sermon on the callings of Isaiah and Peter on Sunday, a model of how to preach the Law, the Gospel, and Vocation. A sampling: For while Isaiah was indeed unclean, he was not lost. For in the depth of his sin and fear, “one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this... Read more

2010-02-08T06:05:45-05:00

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Digging out

Last updated on: February 8, 2010 at 6:05 am By Gene Veith

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OK, as I said before, I enjoyed getting snowed in. But I had failed to factor into my delight the necessity of shoveling off our driveway. When we moved down South, I let my snowblower go with the house in Wisconsin. Our driveway is about 130 feet long and 10 feet wide, and we had 2 feet of snow. Multiply that out and it comes to 2600 cubic feet of snow that had to be removed. An internet search revealed... Read more

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2010-02-08T06:02:11-05:00

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Super Bowl post-mortem

Last updated on: February 8, 2010 at 6:02 am By Gene Veith

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Well, I was surprised. Comment here on the game, the commercials, the half-time show, or what it all means. Read more

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Super Bowl XLIV

2010-02-08T06:00:57-05:00

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The four ways liberals think about conservatives

Last updated on: February 8, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Gerard Alexander, associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia, has studied the phenomenon of how the left has a habit of simply dismissing conservatives–not taking their ideas seriously even when they are presented with factual evidence, condescending to non-liberal voters, and refusing to learn from conservative successes. He found that the liberal worldview is governed by four narratives that determine their assumptions and rhetoric about conservatives The first is the “vast right-wing conspiracy,” a narrative made famous by... Read more

2010-02-08T05:00:29-05:00

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The military will stock the morning-after pill

Last updated on: February 8, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The military will start making available the morning-after pill, which prevents the fertilized egg from attaching to the womb, thus killing the embryo: The Department of Defense will begin making the morning-after pill Plan B available at all of its hospitals and health clinics around the world, officials announced Thursday. The decision came after a recommendation by the Pentagon’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, an advisory panel that voted in November to include Plan B and the generic Next Choice on... Read more

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2010-02-06T06:00:01-05:00

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Safe topic

Last updated on: February 6, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Snowed in this weekend. Again. We are supposed to get from 20 to 30 or more inches here around your nation’s capital. Last weekend we had 6 inches or so, and a few weeks before that we had 12 inches. Just before it hit, a book I had ordered came in from Amazon. We are all stocked with provisions. We brought in a big supply of wood for the fireplace. We are all set. I will do nothing and not... Read more

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2010-02-06T05:53:24-05:00

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Stephen Colbert’s shocking ancestry

Last updated on: February 6, 2010 at 5:53 am By Gene Veith

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The family secret that reduced the star of the Colbert Report to tears: Oh, the horrors! Uber-Catholic Stephen Colbert had an emotional upset after finding out that – wait for it – his family descends from Lutherans. The funny guy got the oh-so-shocking news while filming an episode of PBS’s upcoming “Faces of America,” a four-part documentary that focuses on the lineage of celebrities. “This one was kind of unexpected, but when the big bad Catholic Stephen Colbert found out... Read more

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2010-02-06T05:31:30-05:00

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Church advertisement on the Super Bowl

Last updated on: February 6, 2010 at 5:31 am By Gene Veith

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A church might have a commercial on the Super Bowl. No, nothing like the pro-life ad from Focus on the Family. Nor a creative or moving proclamation of the Gospel. Rather, the church will be pitching Doritos: Gabe Trevino found it funny that his grandpa wanted to be buried with beer and cigarettes. So Trevino, who attends Pasadena’s Mosaic Church service on Sundays, had a good start when he sat down to write a commercial to be produced by Mosaic’s... Read more

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