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Source (by request): X-Men Origin: Jean Grey (2008) #1
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“I am the greatest swordsman that ever lived. Say, um, can I have some of that water?”
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In the paint booth working on this mappa burl snare.
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To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
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keep calm and carry on. (by br0-mantic)
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Unemployed librarian employs herself by collecting donated books and setting up make-shift libraries around Brooklyn. Proving that you may need a...
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“The other interesting thing about that story is that out of the 5,000 people, only two of them had thought to bring any food. So, in a way, it’s, OK, good miracle. But the other side of it is 4,998 idiots with no sense of foresight at all. And Jesus doesn’t make them learn a lesson from that. It’s all fine. “You didn’t bring any food? Of course there’s not going to be any food. Think about it. Plan next time. Judea would be better if people planned.” But, no, it always works out fine. Jesus will magic up some grub. He’s going to get crucified one day, and then what are you going to eat?”
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Hamza Kashgari, a young writer for the Saudi daily newspaper Al Bilad who fled his homeland after being charged with offending Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, was seized upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and will be sent back to Saudi Arabia to face a possible death sentence.
Kashgari took to Twitter last week, prior to the anniversary of Muhammad’s birth, and wrote down a series of seemingly innocuous reflections.
“On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more,” the 23-year-old tweeted.
The response from tens of thousands of Saudis was immediate and unequivocal: Kashgari was a blasphemer and deserved to die.
He attempted to withdraw his comments and apologize — even beg — but the damage had been done. A short while later, King Abdullah personally ordered his arrest, and Kashgari became a fugitive.
He managed to escape Saudi Arabia, but didn’t get very far. “The Malaysian authorities are coordinating with Saudi Arabia to hand Kashgari over,” the Saudi newspaper Al Youm reported.
The country’s powerful Islamic Fatwa Committee has released a statement saying Kashgari must be punished in accordance with Islamic law. In other words: Execution.
[emirates247 / dailybeast.]
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Hamza Kashgari, a young writer for the Saudi daily newspaper Al Bilad who fled his homeland after being charged with offending Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, was seized upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and will be sent back to Saudi Arabia to face a possible death sentence.
Kashgari took to Twitter last week, prior to the anniversary of Muhammad’s birth, and wrote down a series of seemingly innocuous reflections.
“On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more,” the 23-year-old tweeted.
The response from tens of thousands of Saudis was immediate and unequivocal: Kashgari was a blasphemer and deserved to die.
He attempted to withdraw his comments and apologize — even beg — but the damage had been done. A short while later, King Abdullah personally ordered his arrest, and Kashgari became a fugitive.
He managed to escape Saudi Arabia, but didn’t get very far. “The Malaysian authorities are coordinating with Saudi Arabia to hand Kashgari over,” the Saudi newspaper Al Youm reported.
The country’s powerful Islamic Fatwa Committee has released a statement saying Kashgari must be punished in accordance with Islamic law. In other words: Execution.
[emirates247 / dailybeast.]
“The group is “disappointed” that 200 million true believers weren’t lifted up to heaven on Saturday while everyone else suffered and eventually died as a series of earthquakes and famine destroyed the Earth.”
“Doomsday Prophet, Followers ‘Flabbergasted’ World Didn’t End”
My favorite comment on the whole thing, as repeated by lots of people in lots of places:
Oh, cheer up, Harold. We all make mistakes. It’s not the end of the world.
“I take authority over you in Jesus’ name.”
That sort of line always makes me think of two possible outcomes:
1) The other party cowers and looks to the sky. Then, realizing that saying, “I take authority over you in Jesus’ name” is about as powerful as saying, “I pancake you in the emoticon of monkey snot,” the other party walks away nonchalantly to do something more useful than being yelled at by an idiot.
2) Jesus actually does descend to earth from the heavens, much to the surprise of atheists everywhere (and many Christians, to boot) and, in his best money-lenders-in-the-temple impression of himself, punches this guy in the throat for blaming his totally self-righteous bitchfest on Jesus.
Either way, I’m amused, and passing amusement is pretty much the only thing I get out of religion anymore.
