North, South, East, and West: Street Prophets Sunday All Day Brunch
Welcome to Sunday All Day Brunch. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you? As we all know the primary directions are north,...
View ArticleDuck Robertson Takes Another Dip in the Pond Scum
Though he told ABC News last week, “I’m as much of a homophobe as Jesus was. People who are participating in homosexual behavior — they need to know that I love them,” yesterday Phil Robertson...
View ArticleDark Money
The Election.The Corporations.The Weather.The Economy.The Population.The Culture.The War.These are some of the new reverse anthropomorphised mythological entities of American mythic history. Where...
View ArticleMay You Have a Happy Zombie Jesus Pagan God Bunny Worshiping Candy Eating Easter
The phone rings.It is my mother."Hi, Chauncey. What are you doing? Did you start your day yet?"I reply, "yes mom, I am grading papers.""What are you doing for Easter? What are you cooking?" she...
View ArticleParsing the Lingo: Holy Moles
First of all, be advised:Tale spinning runs in my blood. The correct term is: Holy Moles! Moles plural, pronounced Moh - lays, with reverence. More on the moles below:
View ArticleRight-Wing Mythology: How Obummer Lost Iraq
Right-wing articles are very entertaining. Did you know that we won the Iraq War? I didn't. At least Bush won Iraq before Obama lost Iraq. I've discovered from reading right-wing sources that Iraq...
View ArticleClimate Change is a hoax but Prayer caused Texas Floods
Says Glenn BeckThe conservative broadcaster said the devastating floods were God’s answer to Perry’s 2011 prayer proclamation to end a prolonged drought in Texas, reported Right Wing Watch. “We started...
View ArticleEastern Dragons versus Western Dragons: Street Prophets Thursday Coffee Hour
Welcome to Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. As a fantasy artist I love dragons. In addition to art I love...
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When Picking Forbidden Fruit, Choose a Laughing One
Taking ripe pomegranates from my tree, I contemplate if I'll forever be stuck spending half the year in the land of the dead. The fruit reminds me Persephone's life was forever changed by pomegranates...
View ArticleMy view of religion
My view of religiona friend asked me my religious beliefs. This was my stream of consciousness in response:I believe there is only one overriding god presence in this universe. I believe that all named...
View ArticleWomen In Fiction: Part 1 - The Fairytale in Popular Culture
To automatically get all ThisWeekInTheWarOnWomen publishing into your ActivityStream in real-time, CLICK HERE, then click on “Follow” next to the ♥. For the list of all that’s been published at this...
View ArticleF.A.S.T. -- The Future of Homeland Security? (w/poll)
In February 2009, the Ministry of Homeland security awarded a $2.6 million contract to Charles Draper Laboratories to investigate various off-body sensors and sensor systems capable of providing...
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Cadbury Castle and the Legend of King Arthur
Cadbury Castle, in Somerset, England, doesn't look like much today--just a terraced hill with some faint outlines of defensive ditch-works. But the site attracts a large number of curious tourists each...
View ArticleHarper Lee and the Myth of the Benevolent and Enlightened Elite
Harper Lee died last week. She was famous for her best-selling novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The movie based on her novel is still popular today. I read To Kill a Mockingbird when it was first...
View ArticleMyths of Black Sarah, Sarah-la-Kali, an "Icon of Love and Welcome"
I'd like to beg your attention for a moment. Do you know the story of Black Sarah? May I share it with you?Picture Iron Age Celtic Gaul (France) under Roman rule in around 40 A.D. Southeastern Gaul was...
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Bill Nye visits the newly opened Noah's Ark theme park and finds a silver lining
There is a huge Noah’s Ark theme park in Kentucky. Seriously. It’s super big.Really bigBuilt by the Answers in Genesis (AiG) and its Australian-born president, Ken Ham, the Ark Encounter only costs $40...
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DK Quilt Guild: Goddess Summit: Century XXI Quilt~ Photo Diary
DK Quilt Guild is a place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
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Language of the Night: Lilith A Romance by George MacDonald
Lilith, by George MacDonald "Off Lilith!" , the Kabbalah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I first picked up the book Lilith by George...
View ArticleBooks That Changed My Life: D'aulaire's Greek Myths
First, please allow me to apologize for not publishing a series entry last Friday. It was completely my own fault. I knew I was going on vacation last week, and figured that, since any time I had on...
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Vikings: Who the Hel Were They? Part I
Now that the election is over, it seems an appropriate time to talk about the Vikings. Why? Well, for one, like American progressives, they knew doom was coming. For the Vikings it was Ragnarok, the...
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