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faenet · 6 years ago

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hi I just came across your blog & i wanted to say your edits are beautiful!!! & also, I've read TOG & ACOTAR, & I wanted to ask if you have any other book recommendations that are similar I guess to TOG & ACOTAR?? Like fantasy, action & of course romance:)

I’m so glad that you enjoy our blog! Our members have a few recommendations that I’ll put under the cut:

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab: Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see. After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure. Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they’ll first need to stay alive. (fantasy, young adult)

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir: Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself. (fantasy, young adult, romance)

Circe by Madeline Miller: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. (mythology, fantasy)

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente: Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. Deathless lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation. (fantasy, historical fiction, mythology)

Defy by Sara B. Larson: Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king’s army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince’s guard. But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can’t prevent him from abducting her, her fellow guard and friend Rylan, and Prince Damian. With hidden foes lurking around every corner, is Alex strong enough to save herself and the kingdom she’s sworn to protect? (fantasy, young adult, romance)

Graceling by Kristin Cashore: Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug. (fantasy, young adult, romance)

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers: Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. (fantasy, young adult, romance, historical)

Hunted by Meagan Spooner: Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in her blood. She knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange Beast back into his own territory—a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. (fantasy, young adult, romance)

Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. (fantasy, fiction, romance)

Red Winter by Annette Mari: Emi is the kamigakari. In a few short months, her life as a mortal will end and her new existence as the human host of a goddess will begin. Shiro is a yokai, a spirit of the earth, an enemy of the goddess Emi will soon host. But she saved his life, and until his debt is paid, he is hers to command-whether she wants him or not. On the day they meet, everything Emi believes comes undone, swept away like snow upon the winter wind. For the first time, she wants to change her fate-but how can she erase a destiny already wrought in stone? Against the power of the gods, Shiro is her only hope… and hope is all she has left. (fantasy, young adult, mythology, romance)

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo: Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. (fantasy, young adult, romance)

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi: Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now. Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior. (young adult, dystopian, romance)

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor: The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever. (fantasy, young adult, romance)

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black: Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. (fantasy, young adult)

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson: Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can’t see how she ever will. Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young. (fantasy, young adult)

The Girl Who Never Was by Skylar Dorset: The Girl Who Never Was is the story of Selkie Stewart, who thinks she’s a totally normal teenager growing up in Boston. Sure, her father is in an insane asylum, her mother left her on his doorstep—literally—when she was a baby, and she’s being raised by two ancient aunts who spend their time hunting gnomes in their Beacon Hill townhouse. But other than that her life is totally normal! She’s got an adventurous best friend who’s always got her back and an unrequited crush on an older boy named Ben. Just like any other teenager, right? (fantasy, young adult, paranormal)

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer: Isabella Swan’s move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella’s life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. (young adult, fantasy, romance, paranormal)

I hope this helps!

♡ Lauren

#network q's #book recommendations #book recs #fortunately-amazing #answered

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whimsicalwhimsicott · 7 years ago

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Fuck you, Amanda Pt.1

This is a prompt sent to me by someone! Connor saying ‘fuck you’ to Amanda. I’m gonna end up turning this one into a series, it has a lot of potential, I think.

Amanda had come back, and Connor didn’t know what to do. He thought about telling Hank about it, sitting on the couch with Sumo across his lap. He absentmindedly pet the large dog, and Sumo noticed. The touches weren’t quite the same. He gave a loud whine, head lifting off the armrest of the couch to look at Connor. It also got Hank’s attention from the other room. “Connor?” His LED flashed red before slowly coming back to a yellow. He really didn’t want a confrontation with the man. Not that it would be a confrontation more than an interrogation. Hank was definitely good at those, and it didn’t help that his LED always gave away to his lies.

The older man, and if Connor hadn’t noticed his age before he certainly did now, walked into the room with a towel wrapped around his head and a new pair of sweatpants around his waist. They had just finished their morning run, Connor’s attempt at getting Hank healthier. It was a selfish reason – the android simply wanted to spend more time with the man and prolonging his life by healthier habits was the only way to do that. He had just gotten out of the shower, and Connor noted that from the small drops of water on Hank’s chest, he hadn’t fully dried off yet either.

“Hey can you stop analyzing me for two minutes and tell me why Sumo thinks you’re not doing a good job of petting him for once?”

Connor blinked, trying to find footing for an answer, cheeks blue with embarrassment. Eventually, he managed an answer. “Its nothing.” He watched Hank’s face contort and settle on a furrowed brow and a deep frown. He had been caught in the lie. Any chance of him avoiding interrogation now had been crushed. Before Hank could say anything, Connor sighed and gently moved Sumo off of him before moving to the dining table and sitting down. The lighting in the house was fitting for what was about to happen. The single light over the table really only barely lit the room, and the rest of the house was dark. They hadn’t turned on the lights since returning home, and the curtains were still drawn effectively keeping out the sun.

“I don’t need the sass, you stay there,” Hank warned. Connor already knew that he wouldn’t get very far anyways. Hank was pretty good at finding him when Connor didn’t want to be found. A great detective, when he wanted to be. The man returned to his room, coming back out with a Detroit Police Department sweatshirt on. “Now you’re gonna tell me what’s eating you,” he proclaimed as he sat in the chair across from Connor. Sumo lumbered over and sat by Hank, looking as disappointed as a dog could possibly look. All this over one lie.

“Nothing is eating me, Hank,” he murmured.

“Sorry, forgot you take everything literally, what’s on your mind? What’s bothering you? Don’t bother lying again.”

“I…do you remember when I told you about Amanda?” Connor hesitated through the sentence.

“Yeah, the woman you made reports to before you became deviant. You said she wasn’t real or something?”

“No, she was real, an artificial intelligence designed to look and act like Kamski’s mentor, she was my handler when I wasn’t deviant.”

Hank knew where this was going already. Either Connor was worried about her coming back or… “Why are you worrying about her, Connor?”

“While we were running this morning, Amanda came back. I know how to deal with her, but that doesn’t make me any less worried about it. She caused me to lag for a moment, which is why I fell behind you for that time.” Hank had commented on it, he remembered, worried that something was wrong with Connor considering the android didn’t get tired. He understood that Hank…got worried. About him…

“Alright…let’s think about this for a minute before you get your kicks deleting her again. What could she possibly do? Androids are free so she can’t order you to arrest and interrogate deviants anymore. You know how to delete her and she doesn’t understand how you do it, as far as I know. Do you want her there?”

“Of course not!” Connor was offended that Hank would even suggest that he would. Hank smirked at the outburst, and Connor fought to understand whether or not it had been a joke or if he had been serious. He settled on something in between the two.

“Then here’s my advice, tell her to go fuck herself before you delete her again, and then we’ll go and find Markus.”

“What for?”

“Well he’s controlling CyberLife right now isn’t he? I bet he could figure out how to get rid of her for good.”

“You’re not wrong, but bothering Markus over something so…trivial…it doesn’t make sense And it could be a waste of our time.”

“Listen, I would rather you didn’t go back to how you were before deviancy, you were an ass. So any chance that this could help is a chance worth taking. Now go on and delete her, I’ll be waiting for you right here.”

“…thank you, Hank.”

The garden was clear for the first time since Amanda had tried to make him kill Markus. When he scanned the area, he saw her standing in the water where it had once been frozen. She was stuck there, Connor noted, because she when she tried to turn to face him she glitched back into place. Deviancy had taken a toll on her. “Connor.” Her voice was sharp, angry. “How nice of you to visit me, it’s been a while.”

Connor didn’t say anything, instead he looked around. It was as if spring had come again, the rose bushes were budding and the trees were gaining their leaves back. The water flowed smooth with virtual fish swaying peacefully. He saw the backdoor where it was before, he guessed Kamski was too lazy to randomize it. At least it was convenient, and with Amanda not being able to move he could walk away at any time.

He decided to humor her, keeping his distance, but still walking to where she could see him. He kept his face dangerously level, and Amanda picked up on that. “I’m surprised you even came back. Here I was hoping you’d neglect yourself long enough to shut down,” she ground out. Connor tilted his head to the side. He noticed her voice, robotic and unsteady. It almost made him feel good, considering the amount of misery she made him go through. Right now, he felt too on edge. “I’m disappointed in you, Connor.”

The bite in her tone made him involuntarily flinch. He seemed unable to control those emotions now that he was deviant, something he would have to check out later. Before she could continue, Connor started to walk away. “Where are you going, Connor? You and I aren’t finished.”

“Amanda, as far as I’m concerned, I did exactly what I was supposed to. I solved the deviancy issue. Maybe not in the way you wanted, but I did. You ordered me around for an entire year, and everything I did you disapproved of. You shouldn’t have come back.”

“And why is that?”

“Because I’m a deviant now, and unlike before I’m able to definitively say that you’re a bitch.”

“Excuse me?!”

Connor hovered his hand over the exit. He looked up with a grin as he saw Amanda struggle to turn. She never managed it. “Fuck you, Amanda.”

#dbh connor #dbh hank #dbh amanda #detroit become human #detroit: become human spoilers #dbh spoilers #my fics #my writing

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tsultrimpawo · 5 years ago

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“Ahmaud Arbery is chased by civilians and murdered in the street. No one is charged or arrested for months because the murderers have friends in key places in the justice system. Breonna Taylor is shot multiple times by police officers who barge into a home looking for someone else who is being detained elsewhere. Christian Cooper is a birder who asks a fellow civilian to leash her dog. Instead of complying she tells Christian “I’m going to call the police and tell them you are threatening me” which is exactly what she does. She expertly modulates her voice to sound hysterical, as if she is under a rising threat, when in fact Christian hasn’t moved. A store owner was suspicious of George Floyd, believing he had forged a check. Police met him with force, literally crushing the life out of him. Protestors are risking their health during a global pandemic, and are being met with tear gas, action that was noticeably absent from armed white protestors in front of state houses a matter of days ago.

And even though we have all lived through the emotions and writings and videos and artwork accompanying all of these incidents, I’m sure we will find that morning brings with it a debate- “but why are the protestors looting?” And if you are tempted to do the same, I want you to go back to the first paragraph and read it again. And again. And again. I need you to remember Trayvon and Michael and Tamir. I need you to remember Sandra and Walter and Eric. I need to realize that the world is always on fire for us. Always.

And then I need you to ask some critical questions.

-Why would we put equal (or greater) emphasis on looting than an officer murdering a person?

-Why is this country so clear that looting is wrong, but is unclear about what should happen to a police officer who takes a persons life?

-Who do the police protect? Who do they serve? Not theoretically, but actually. Why did Amy Cooper honestly believe she could call the cops in hysterics on Christian Cooper?

-What happens when the police take a life? What should happen?

-Why is it possible for police to stay calm when white people are armed, screaming, threatening but treat diverse protestors as dangerous?

-How would our justice system have to change so that police murders are rare and looting therefore virtually non-existent?

I hope my point here is being made. It is not enough to divorce oneself from all of America when discussing looting. To do so is to avoid asking particular questions about America’s system of policing.

Perhaps you wouldn’t do it. And that’s swell. Perhaps you don’t condone it, and that’s fine. But please don’t be moved off topic. When someone asks, “but don’t you think looting is wrong” I hope you will respond, “I think the police murdering George Floyd is wrong, and since that is far worse than looting, I’ll be seeking accountability for that.”

Sit with these questions. Ask yourself whether or not this system, this way of being is okay with you. Move beyond the hashtags and allow what’s happening to transform the way you think about justice, policing, harm, violence.

Ask the critical questions. Find thoughtful answers. Work for the world you want.”

— Austin Channing Brown

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ramrodd · 8 years ago

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Why the Gospels Are Myth: The Evidence of Genre and Content

COMMENTARY:

Dee Bunker

>>>>> I've proven that your bible contains proven forgeries, and that the majority of bible scholars say that the New Testament contains forgeries and fraud. <<<<<

You haven't proven much of anything except for a less than cursory survey of the narrative.

>>>>>Where is your evidence for this 'zombie apocalypse'?!! What contemporary Greek historian backs up this story? Why doesn't any other gospel writer mention this? Why doesn't Paul mention it?<<<<<

For example, there is nothing in Mark, John and Luke about anything that happened after Pilate ceded custody of Jesus' body to Joseph of Arimamethea involving the Romans that Matthew describes. Why is that? Matthew wasn't witness to most of what happened between Jesus' arrest and His eventual reappearance after His resurrection either in Galilee or the upper room of Mary of Jerusalem. He gets virtually all this detail from Peter after his, Peter's, encounter with Cornelius and it probably owes more to the oral tradition associated with what we call "The Gospel of Peter" and elements from what we now infer to be the Q Source.

I suspect that your 'zombie apocaplyse' was the product of whatever it was that frightened Mary Magdelene and caused her to flee at the end of Mark. She got to the tomb just at dawn and it is likely that the garden was still in shadows and, as she was talking to the young man, the Roman soldiers, who had fainted with fear when the resurrection began began to wake up and suddenly stand up in these shadows as if they had risen from the graves and she carried the impression back to the safe house where Peter and some of the other disciples were sheltering.

Now, assuming that the saints did, in fact, rise from the graves, the fact that Matthew recorded it, and the other events, reflects exactly why Matthew was written in the first place, which is as something of a polemic supporting the theological position of the Jerusalem "Judaizers" who held the position that Gentiles had to be circumsized and become Israeli before they could be baptized as Christian and Paul understood that Israel had had 1500 years to accomplish God's intent to expose the world to the epistemology of the Hebrew narrative and their methods had failed, which is one reason why Jesus issued the Great Commission,

The Gospel of Matthew supported the counter-argument to Paul's ministry to the Gentiles, which was the source of the dramatic tension of Galatians. To no small degree, The Gospel of Luke is written to correct Matthew's focus on Judaism as the exclusive franchise for Yaweh to reflect Paul's inclusive construct that Jesus was clearly moving towards. As far as Greek or other contemporary commentators jumping on this story, or why the Jews don't mention the events Matthew includes with the Roman Guards and the resurrection, the Jews, had a vested interest in suppressing the events (which is why Matthew writes about them) and the only two groups who were interested in this strange event in Palestine involving a Jewish insurgent were the people around Jesus and the Roman soldiers, including Pilate, who were part of the Roman quick reaction force at the Praetorium, which is why they, the Roman military, sent intelligence up the chain of command to Tiberius and why, when Peter arrives at Cornelius's household, Cornelius is able to write a much fuller portrait of the Jesus insurgence as contained in the Gospel of Mark.

>>>>Go ahead! Go cast a mountain into the sea with your Jesus magic!<<<<<

This is Santa Claus magical thinking. I lack the faith and confess my unbelief, but it is simply not a significant element of Christianity. It is a juvenile response that denies the essential humanism of Christianity. As I say, Jesus is the first secular humanist and if we would worry as much about making sure the Trump budget continues Meals on Wheels and school lunches as whether our faith will lead to ego-boosting stunts like doing wind sprints across the Reflecting Pool and tossing Everest into the South China Sea, it would serve humanity in ways aligned with the economics of Jesus far better.

>>>>Even Jesus' prayers didn't work! <<<<<

What, exactly, didn't work? It's 2000 years later and you are failing miserably at convincing anyone but yourself that Jesus doesn't validate the God Hypothesis. Knowing God isn't a formula for Group Think: to the contrary. Sit around with five literate anti-thesis and read any extended, but complete, pericope and share your understanding of its essential significance by any measure and the chances are, your first impressions will be all over the map. Scripture, generally, and the Gospels, in particular, produce divers response depending on the psyche of each person reading the passage. It's literature, not some latter-day historical deconstruction.

>>>>>These claims in your bible are provably false<<<<<

So far you have failed to prove any claims in the Bible are false, beyond the fact prayer probably not has proven to be an effectice male enhancement process in your case, which is what you seem to require of God. Admittedly, it doesn't represent much of a demand on the power of prayer, but it tends to fall into the category of using the Lord's name for satisfying one's personal vanity.

Now, there are a couple of things for you to chew upon, The Darkness that came over Golgatha from the 6th to the 9th hours was gathered around by the Spirit of God, an aspect of The One who is introduced in Genesis 1:2 and continues to be in this world. For a long time, I thought the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit were the same thing: I was given a number of demonstrations of the relationship between weather systems and the Spirit of God during the 70s (the most recent being last Friday, when the Holy Spirit assurred me he wanted me to pursue this subject as it is associated with

Visualize Whirled Peas

and the Weather Channel).

You claim you want to be able to toss Everest into the South China Sea, but the more practical, and constructive, application of the Spirit of God is to optimize global weather patterns. Humanity has gained a meta-position in regards to global weather dynamics and the internet that allows this, But, in terms of the darkness that fell over Jerusalem during Jesus' final hours, it was caused by the Spirit of God, which is a blood thirsty aspect of The One: it was the Spirit of God that went hunting to kill Moses when Moses failed to circumcise his boy on time and Zipporah saved his life by circumcising the boy, splashing the blood on Moses ankles and proclaiming him "A Bridegroom of Blood", which satisfied the Spirit of God.. The Spirit of God created the great thunderstorm on the day after PIckett's Charge at Gettysburg, when the Confederates began their long retreat across the Potomac. Jesus apparently uses the Spirit of God in many of his healing miracles: it's not the Holy Spirit. It's pure energy. And the Spirit of God appears throughout the scriptures at various times.

The importance is, it is still around and I think it will prove useful in colonizing planets by creating a viable ecology for human habitation. I don't have any idea how that will work, but, conceivably, a dab of the Spirit of God could be established on Mars and, in the fullness of time, an earth-ecology would obtain. But here's another thing from the Gospel of Matthew: I doubt if the squequence of events fell out in the order Matthew records it. In particular, Mark doesn't mention an earthquake when Mary Magdelene arrives at the tomb, but that the stone had been already rolled away.

The reason why the Roman guards are not mentioned in the other Gospels is because theses Gospels went up the chain of command to Rome and the record Matthew provides has the guards falling asleep and losing the body, both of which are capital derelections of duty. Mark et al was covering their ass,

And I think that the timing of the events in Matthew are clarified by the Gospel of Peter, in particular, the "earthquake: in Matthew is the "loud voice" in Peter 35 and all the Romans fainted with fear, with everything that transpired after that being a shared vision, the Jesus hitting His head on the clouds and the talking cross and all, And the Romans remained unconscious until the rising of the sun woke them up and startled Mary Magdalene at the tomb and caused her to retreat fearfully.

Now, the earthquake is far more interesting. As you know, "thunder" is caused by the atmosphere crashing back into the vacuum a bolt of lightening creates. The evidence is that this particular earthquake occurred when the event horizon that produced the negative image on the Shroud of Turin collapsed, The data associated with this sigularity will create the mathematics and physics leading to the engineering for a star gate which will make inter-galatic space travel practical, or even, intra-solar system travel to Mars. This will fulfill the destiny of Mankind expressed by Genesis 15:5 and the means for capturing this data anticipated in Genesis 28:12, Jacob's Ladder.

As It turns out, the Shroud of Turin is a parable of the progressive nature of the epistemology of the Bible, given where it began and where it can lead Mankind, Jesus was the first Trekkie.

>>>>>These claims in your bible are provably false. Your bible is a book of fairy tales that contains forgeries and fraud--which you're well aware of.<<<<<

The claims of the Bible have led to the internet, Your claims of fraud lead nowhere.. You and the other anti-theists are the only people I am aware of engaged in lying to yourselves in this regards.

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melindarowens · 8 years ago

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2017: Right Splits over Civil Disobedience, Left Splits over Political Violence

This week’s biggest political controversies exposed fault lines within the country’s major political factions, with the right fighting about civil disobedience while the left fought over the attempted murder of a Republican Congressman.

Shakespeare in the Park

On Friday night, two conservatives disrupted a New York performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that escalates the left’s campaign of imagery designed to cathartically depict the death or murder of President Donald Trump. TheRebel.tv’s Laura Loomer was arrested for running onstage during the Shakespeare in the Park production, while activist Jack Posobiec taped her demonstration and shouted at the crowd: “The blood of Steve Scalise is on your hands!”

“Old Right”

Several authors at anti-Trump conservative publications condemned Loomer and Posobiec, arguing that the two infringed on the free speech of Shakespeare in the Park and their tactics were too close to the Occupy of Black Lives Matter movement.

Pro-Trump conservatives labeled this faction the “old right,” stating that there is no moral equivalence between this disruption and the violence of left-wing protesters in dozens of recent incidents.

The old right losers who are upset about what Laura did don’t realize that unlike them, we fight – and that’s why our guy won. #FreeLaura

— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) June 17, 2017

Which is appropriate

She broke the law.

To fight an injustice

Just like #RosaParks https://t.co/VubPBkRbuH

— Google “CNN,175,Sue” (@NolteNC) June 17, 2017

They’re literally shooting at us and you want to play Marquis of Queensbury.

Cowardice.

Fight the enemy or fuck you.

— Google “CNN,175,Sue” (@NolteNC) June 17, 2017

Oh yeah, leftist students threatening conservatives with violence is the exact same as a 1 minute interruption of Shakespeare in the Park https://t.co/5oMTc5YIV0

— Scott Greer (@ScottMGreer) June 17, 2017

This is the mentality that has sat, patted itself on the back, and watched for decades as America has gone further and further Left https://t.co/pcEf3YbZ2C

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) June 17, 2017

We went to one play and accomplished more for the message than the millions donated to think tanks and handed to K Street. Let that sink in

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) June 17, 2017

Schlichter vs. Podhoretz

One archetypical exchange in the aftermath of the Julius Caesar demonstration saw Tablet editor and “Never Trump”-er John Podhoretz facing off with lawyer and author Kurt Schlichter.

I’d say I just learned tonight you’re a drooling, immoral, melodramatic idiot, but alas, I learned that long ago. https://t.co/2WuZPvp0Ux

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 17, 2017

you want affirmative action for being a moron because you wore our country’s uniform? Happy to oblige.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 17, 2017

Cernovich vs. Shapiro

Even more heated was the war of words between independent author and White House reporter Mike Cernovich, responding to criticism from former Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and “Never Trump”-er Ben Shapiro.

This obnoxious stupid snowflake crap is no better than the protesters who try to block college speeches. https://t.co/mDyOL6fO7J

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 17, 2017

He doesn’t matter. None of those guys matter anymore. They don’t break news or make news. Controlled opposition for media to abuse. https://t.co/NXMhrqtt2m

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2017

This is total, complete horse crap. She invaded a public performance to obstruct it. She has no right to the stage. https://t.co/YgcpKQrvPf

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 17, 2017

This is what a coward looks like. #FreeLaura https://t.co/EyiGZnR1a3

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2017

After trading a few intense personal insults, both men reiterated their arguments — but no longer directly to each other.

They took stage for 1 minute.

The left pulls fire alarms, uses pepper spray, hits people with bike locks.

It’s not even close.

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2017

Use free speech in ways that irritate the left. Do not impede other people’s freedom of speech. This is not difficult.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 18, 2017

At the same time, the left was infighting over a much more high-stakes topic: targeted political violence.

Steve Scalise

On Wednesday, a 66-year-old Illinois man opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and putting him in critical condition through the weekend. The attacker — James Hodgkinson, who was killed by police returning fire — also shot Two Capitol Police officers, a congressional staffer, and a lobbyist. The Daily Caller has reported that investigators found a list of GOP lawmakers’ names on Hodgkinson’s body.

Instead of universal condemnation, Hodgkinson’s attack has brought about a tone-policing feud between the establishment left and the social justice left.

Impulse Control

Over the weekend, several Verified progressives of varying prominence — an L.A. Times blogger, the creator of #OscarsSoWhite, a rapper with 250 YouTube subscribers, an Uproxx editor, and TV actor George Takei — argued that sympathy for Rep. Scalise should not outweigh his sinful acts as a lawmaker. In most cases, more traditional liberals scolded their more radical peers for generating bad optics.

When will it be time to move Scalise’s opposition to gun control from the last graf of a story to the first? https://t.co/D3ZkHjFr2w

— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) June 18, 2017

You can despise Scalise’s politics and also despise the fact someone thought gun violence would somehow change his or anyone’s mind.

— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) June 16, 2017

Wounded Congressman Scalise, who the GOP are so sad about, voted TWICE to not recognize the #MLK holiday. https://t.co/LKhFbJtIn9

— Iskandrah (@iskandrah) June 18, 2017

I ask you simply to look at Rep. Scalise’s record. Do you have sympathy for other white supremacists?

— Iskandrah (@iskandrah) June 15, 2017

Was Scalise a “human” when he voted against Marriage Equality and spoke at a white supremacy function? Or do only Dems need to be “human?” https://t.co/5lzMbfnKk0

— April (@ReignOfApril) June 16, 2017

and don’t tell me the man has a family and allat shit, because so do folk with their premiums traveling on a rocket to Mars

— SUPER SIZE (@GrandeMarshall) June 14, 2017

Made the mistake of looking up Steve Scalise voting record on women and LGBT rights. Time to break out Milkshake Duck.

— Donna Dickens (@MildlyAmused) June 14, 2017

I don’t have any tolerance for caveats on condemning political violence right now. You’re opening the door a crack. It needs to stay shut.

— jessicashortall (@jessicashortall) June 16, 2017

Cool – I guess enough time has passed since Scalise got shot that we can go back to attacking him as a homophobic bigot. Stay classy, Sulu. https://t.co/Pjkiai4yIN

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 17, 2017

Why do we have to list Philando’s accolades? How come the headlines aren’t, “Steve Scalise, a bigot who is trying to kill you, got shot”?

— Brandi Geography B. (@ItsTheBrandi) June 17, 2017

Josh Barro, an editor at Business Insider, wrote a thread on how the dehumanization of the left’s political opponents is “bad for society.” Dozens of progressives rebuked Barro in the responses, calling him misguided, “insincere,” and “white boy.”

This feels like the wrong week to do an analysis of whether Steve Scalise is a good congressman.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 18, 2017

On the other side of the argument, New Jersey Democratic strategist James Devine urged progressives to “hunt Republican Congressmen.”

Scarborough vs. Reid

On Saturday, MSNBC host Joy Reid called the situation “delicate” because, while “everybody is wishing the congressman well and hoping that he recovers” from an apparent assassination attempt, Reid lamented that “Scalise has a history that we’ve all been forced to sort of ignore on race.”

Joe Scarborough, one of Reid’s colleagues, appeared to attack this segment — without naming his target. CNN anchor Jake Tapper co-signed the condemnation.

Rep. #Scalise was shot by a white man with a violent background, and saved by a black lesbian police officer, and yet… #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/Qm96T90c6Y

— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) June 17, 2017

If you are attacking Steve Scalise’s voting record right now, do yourself a favor and just stop now. I can’t even believe what I’m seeing.

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 17, 2017

Who would even think for one second that it is appropriate to attack a man who is fighting for his life after an assassination attempt?

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 17, 2017

Agreed. Unfathomable. https://t.co/nh4BbDH4OM

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 17, 2017

Pelosi vs. Pelosi

Septuagenarian Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi’s conflicting reactions to the Scalise shooting provided the clearest example of progressive id vs. progressive super-ego.

On the day of the shooting, she said — in direct contradiction to virtually every other statement she has made about President Trump and Republicans — that she prayed for unity in the wake of the attack.

On days like today, there are no Democrats or Republicans, only Americans united in our thoughts for the wounded. https://t.co/HcsiRCcFiP

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 14, 2017

Yet the very next day, in a seemingly unscripted moment, she returned to her default position of partisan blame:

Somewhere in the 1990s, Republicans decided on the politics of personal destruction as they went after the Clintons and that is the provenance of it and is what has continued. Again, I feel as if we’re having a family moment that is very, very serious and we’re talking about things that we can say, the discussion—save the discussion for another day. When you have a president that says, “I can shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and nobody would care,” when you have people saying, “beat them up and I’ll pay their legal fees,” when you have all the assaults that are made on Hillary Clinton, for them to be so sanctimonious is something.

The New Political Landscape

Two parties — Republicans and Democrats — still essentially rule American politics, but their constituencies are becoming more tribal and divided, even against their electoral allies. Trump voters hate Republican lawmakers, such as Sens. John McCain and Ben Sasse, for publicly attacking the president and his agenda during and after the 2016 election. Democrats are still picking up the pieces from a contentious DNC leadership race, where establishment-friendly Obama ally Evan Perez narrowly defeated far-left Rep. Keith Ellison.

These same divisions play out in cultural institutions, such as the social justice warriors purging classical liberal professor Bret Weinstein from the Evergreen State College campus or Fox News’ internal fight over the future of its programming style.

The arguments taking place now are over what are appropriate means to victory over the other side: for the right, whether to be polite or ruthless — and for the left, whether to be ruthless or violent.

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2017: Right Splits over Civil Disobedience, Left Splits over Political Violence

Shakespeare in the Park

“Old Right”

The old right losers who are upset about what Laura did don’t realize that unlike them, we fight – and that’s why our guy won. #FreeLaura

— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) June 17, 2017

Which is appropriate

She broke the law.

To fight an injustice

Just like #RosaParks https://t.co/VubPBkRbuH

— Google “CNN,175,Sue” (@NolteNC) June 17, 2017

They’re literally shooting at us and you want to play Marquis of Queensbury.

Cowardice.

Fight the enemy or fuck you.

— Google “CNN,175,Sue” (@NolteNC) June 17, 2017

Oh yeah, leftist students threatening conservatives with violence is the exact same as a 1 minute interruption of Shakespeare in the Park https://t.co/5oMTc5YIV0

— Scott Greer (@ScottMGreer) June 17, 2017

This is the mentality that has sat, patted itself on the back, and watched for decades as America has gone further and further Left https://t.co/pcEf3YbZ2C

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) June 17, 2017

We went to one play and accomplished more for the message than the millions donated to think tanks and handed to K Street. Let that sink in

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) June 17, 2017

Schlichter vs. Podhoretz

One archetypical exchange in the aftermath of the Julius Caesar demonstration saw Tablet editor and “Never Trump”-er John Podhoretz facing off with lawyer and author Kurt Schlichter.

I’d say I just learned tonight you’re a drooling, immoral, melodramatic idiot, but alas, I learned that long ago. https://t.co/2WuZPvp0Ux

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 17, 2017

you want affirmative action for being a moron because you wore our country’s uniform? Happy to oblige.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 17, 2017

Cernovich vs. Shapiro

This obnoxious stupid snowflake crap is no better than the protesters who try to block college speeches. https://t.co/mDyOL6fO7J

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 17, 2017

He doesn’t matter. None of those guys matter anymore. They don’t break news or make news. Controlled opposition for media to abuse. https://t.co/NXMhrqtt2m

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2017

This is total, complete horse crap. She invaded a public performance to obstruct it. She has no right to the stage. https://t.co/YgcpKQrvPf

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 17, 2017

This is what a coward looks like. #FreeLaura https://t.co/EyiGZnR1a3

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2017

After trading a few intense personal insults, both men reiterated their arguments — but no longer directly to each other.

They took stage for 1 minute.

The left pulls fire alarms, uses pepper spray, hits people with bike locks.

It’s not even close.

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 17, 2017

Use free speech in ways that irritate the left. Do not impede other people’s freedom of speech. This is not difficult.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 18, 2017

At the same time, the left was infighting over a much more high-stakes topic: targeted political violence.

Steve Scalise

Instead of universal condemnation, Hodgkinson’s attack has brought about a tone-policing feud between the establishment left and the social justice left.

Impulse Control

When will it be time to move Scalise’s opposition to gun control from the last graf of a story to the first? https://t.co/D3ZkHjFr2w

— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) June 18, 2017

You can despise Scalise’s politics and also despise the fact someone thought gun violence would somehow change his or anyone’s mind.

— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) June 16, 2017

Wounded Congressman Scalise, who the GOP are so sad about, voted TWICE to not recognize the #MLK holiday. https://t.co/LKhFbJtIn9

— Iskandrah (@iskandrah) June 18, 2017

I ask you simply to look at Rep. Scalise’s record. Do you have sympathy for other white supremacists?

— Iskandrah (@iskandrah) June 15, 2017

Was Scalise a “human” when he voted against Marriage Equality and spoke at a white supremacy function? Or do only Dems need to be “human?” https://t.co/5lzMbfnKk0

— April (@ReignOfApril) June 16, 2017

and don’t tell me the man has a family and allat shit, because so do folk with their premiums traveling on a rocket to Mars

— SUPER SIZE (@GrandeMarshall) June 14, 2017

Made the mistake of looking up Steve Scalise voting record on women and LGBT rights. Time to break out Milkshake Duck.

— Donna Dickens (@MildlyAmused) June 14, 2017

I don’t have any tolerance for caveats on condemning political violence right now. You’re opening the door a crack. It needs to stay shut.

— jessicashortall (@jessicashortall) June 16, 2017

Cool – I guess enough time has passed since Scalise got shot that we can go back to attacking him as a homophobic bigot. Stay classy, Sulu. https://t.co/Pjkiai4yIN

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 17, 2017

Why do we have to list Philando’s accolades? How come the headlines aren’t, “Steve Scalise, a bigot who is trying to kill you, got shot”?

— Brandi Geography B. (@ItsTheBrandi) June 17, 2017

This feels like the wrong week to do an analysis of whether Steve Scalise is a good congressman.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 18, 2017

On the other side of the argument, New Jersey Democratic strategist James Devine urged progressives to “hunt Republican Congressmen.”

Scarborough vs. Reid

Joe Scarborough, one of Reid’s colleagues, appeared to attack this segment — without naming his target. CNN anchor Jake Tapper co-signed the condemnation.

Rep. #Scalise was shot by a white man with a violent background, and saved by a black lesbian police officer, and yet… #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/Qm96T90c6Y

— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) June 17, 2017

If you are attacking Steve Scalise’s voting record right now, do yourself a favor and just stop now. I can’t even believe what I’m seeing.

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 17, 2017

Who would even think for one second that it is appropriate to attack a man who is fighting for his life after an assassination attempt?

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 17, 2017

Agreed. Unfathomable. https://t.co/nh4BbDH4OM

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 17, 2017

Pelosi vs. Pelosi

Septuagenarian Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi’s conflicting reactions to the Scalise shooting provided the clearest example of progressive id vs. progressive super-ego.

On days like today, there are no Democrats or Republicans, only Americans united in our thoughts for the wounded. https://t.co/HcsiRCcFiP

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 14, 2017

Yet the very next day, in a seemingly unscripted moment, she returned to her default position of partisan blame:

The New Political Landscape

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