Keith Olbermann’s Countdown is one of my favorite news programs. Between the nightly “Worst Person in the World” and some excellent guests (e.g. Bill Maher) and special comments, it’s pretty entertaining. And right now, they’re doing “The Keithies: The 1st Annual Best of the Stuff We Found on the Internets Awards”.

Here are the categories:

• Stuff That You Missed on the TVs that the Internets Made Famous
• Everyday Idiot
• Internet Superstar (Non-Porn)
• Greatest Animal on All the Internets

Pop in, waste your time, cast your vote.

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This movie is better than its reviews. It’s definitely worth a rental. The writer clearly was influenced by Robert Anton Wilson (duh), and the plot is reminds me of The King in Yellow something fierce. But, despite those clear influences, it managed to remain a very original show.

The reviews are the pretty much universally harsh. I really don’t know why. Jim Carrey does an excellent job (screw the “miscast” stuff in reviews). The story is good, the plot is good, and it’s definitely worth the rental. Particularly if you’re 23-disposed by too much exposure to Robert Anton Wilson and other cranks.

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While they last…

God’s Gunna Cut You Down

Hurt

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Traditional Observance Freemasonry (whitepaper) — where were you when I was joining?

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I just had to share something. Christians are very often attacked for being judgemental, and the religion of the Christ is ridiculed being full of self-hatred. And those attacks come from a lot of people who feel personally wounded by people who call themselves “Christian”. As far as I can tell, those who call themselves Christian but unrepentently hurt others are using the Lord’s name in vain every time they self-identify as a Christian. And this happens a lot — so much so that sometime it’s even hard for me to associate with them.

But, every once in a long while, an person commits an act of Spirit-motivated grace which is really astounding. Ben Witherington III, a very prominant New Testament scholar, is now one of those people. He has become a lightning rod representing opposition to the Jesus tomb, and he took additional flak from other people (like me) who disregard the James ossuary. And things got really, really heated. And then he did this.

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