March 2012
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KONY 2012 v. Trayvon Martin
The social media blast a couple weeks ago about KONY 2012 and Invisible Children was an unprecedented social justice awareness campaign. Good or bad, KONY 2012 was plastered all over my facebook newsfeed, twitter, etc. and raised a lot of interesting discussions regarding activism and awareness campaigns.
This past week, with the outcry of the Trayvon Martin shooting erupting in many parts of...
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Regarding Anti-Gay Marriage Petition on my...
There are many exegetical debates about whether homosexuality as we know it is ever condemned as “abominable before the Lord.” What really should be understood is that many of the laws of the Jews in the Old Testament were in order to function as a society and, in essence, propagate the Jewish people. If you take a close look, any type of non-procreative sex is banned in the OT, which...
Disaster Movies: Lessons Learned →
jtotheizzoe:
The CDC has put together a great list of how characters in disaster movies should have reacted. From Twister to Dante’s Peak, it’s full of life-saving, completely obvious tips.
My favorite comes from Independence Day:
After downing an alien fighter plane that has separated from the mother ship, Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) foolishly approaches the downed plane, unarmed,...
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Who Said It? Rick Santorum or the Ayatollah...
politicalprof:
From Foreign Policy, a fun little diversion:
Guess who said what? Rick Santorum or the Ayatollah Khameini, Iran’s spiritual head? I did well. But not perfectly.
Click here to begin.
ht: EE
This is awesome.
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Watchthedailywhat:
Too Cruel For School of the Day: Bullying of gay teens at high schools across the country is a serious problem. But what do you do when the biggest anti-gay bully at the school is the principal?
Dorothy Bond, head of Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tennessee, has stirred controversy in her community for allegedly telling gay students at the school they are going to hell.
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