Kitschy religious items for Xmas
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French Ban on Religious Items Passes
Test (AP)
French Ban on Religious Items Passes
Test (AP)
02/10/2004 12:00 PMAP - France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted
overwhelmingly to ban students from wearing Islamic head scarves and
other religious apparel in public schools.
Virtually every religious faction is
laying claim to the Bill Murray classic
as a relevant religious allegory
Virtually every religious faction is
laying claim to the Bill Murray classic
as a relevant religious allegory
12/08/2003 09:16 AMOne film unites all religions .. Groundhog Almighty .. New York
Times
nytimes.com/2003/12/07/fashion/07HOG.html
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"The Religious Policeman: ?A Saudi man?s
diary of life in the ?Magic Kingdom?,
where the Religious Police ensure that
everything remains as it was in the
Middle Ages?"
"The Religious Policeman: ?A Saudi man?s
diary of life in the ?Magic Kingdom?,
where the Religious Police ensure that
everything remains as it was in the
Middle Ages?"
04/21/2004 03:41 PMMore kitschy Star Wars holiday vinyl
More kitschy Star Wars holiday vinyl
12/26/2004 01:14 PM
Xeni Jardin:
Following up on this
previous BoingBoing post, reader Sewer Urchin says,
The Rebel Force Band isn't the only rare Star Wars music out there. As
scary as it may sound, there was a Star Wars Christmas album, and as
you will hear, it's probably the worst holiday music ever recorded.
With songs like "What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He
Already Owns A Comb?)" and "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
performed by a pre-fame Bon Jovi, your ears will be begging for mercy.
The force was definitely not with the creators of this album.
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"No Sex Please, We're Religious "
"No Sex Please, We're Religious "
05/22/2004 03:49 AMYet Another Religious War
Yet Another Religious War
04/08/2005 04:59 AMCool, yet another Mac-verus-PC religious war is breaking out, this
time over the behavior of Finder/Explorer in rep
lacing/merging folders.
Religious
Religious
04/15/2005 10:02 AMTranslating to English
The Religious Policeman
The Religious Policeman
04/20/2004 03:19 PMThe Religious Policeman (Saudi!) .. written from inside Saudi
Arabia
muttawa.blogspot.com
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The religious right dance in NYC
The religious right dance in NYC
08/31/2004 10:21 PMReligious Liberty
Religious Liberty
05/13/2004 09:25 PMThe Alliance Defense Fund, which describes itself as a legal alliance
of more than 700 attorneys defending religious liberty, announced
Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Jose and Mayor
Ron Gonzales in an effort to...
UK ban on religious jokes
UK ban on religious jokes
06/22/2005 02:20 AMIndependant: "As MPs vote on whether to go ahead with a Bill that
could outlaw religious jokes, we celebrate comedy's...
Religious coverage
Religious coverage
07/17/2004 12:51 PMJay Rosen: Puzzling through the convention story, because I'm heading
right for it, made me to realize that journalism's contempt for
ritual—and if "contempt" is too strong, then the difficulty the
press has in understanding the conventions as ritual—was deeply
involved here. Ritual is newsless; therefore it must be meaningless.
But is that really true? And that's what leads me to the forum now
happening at The Revealer ... If a religion writer covered the
presidential campaign, would campaign coverage be any different? My
reasons for asking this months ago, when we started planning the
forum, were vague. Now they're...
No Neonode N1 by Xmas
No Neonode N1 by Xmas
12/11/2003 01:16 PM Here's a shocker: Neonode says that their N1 smartphone, the one
running Windows CD .NET that has been delayed over and over again,
won't...
Dalek Xmas
Dalek Xmas
12/16/2003 11:12 AM
A little holiday spirit: Daleks eating Christmas dinner.
Link
(
Thanks, David!)
Xmas Tree
Xmas Tree
12/26/2003 06:36 AM ¬§¨ ¨§ 4 ͺ§ § §§¨ ͺ
§ ¨§ .. Christmas
tree from a $1.00 bill .. particularly appropriate .. all-american
xmas tree .. build your own
members.cox.net/crandall11/money/tree
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"Xmas Tree"
"Xmas Tree"
12/26/2003 09:03 PMPulp Xmas
Pulp Xmas
12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin:
Video mashup of
Pulp Fiction with
vintage
Rankin-Ba
ss holiday animation.
Link
(
Thanks, Perry E.
Metzger, also spotted on Adam
Fields)
"American religious experience"
"American religious experience"
12/31/2003 09:35 AMSharon looks to religious parties
Sharon looks to religious parties
07/13/2004 08:50 AMIsraeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly asks two religious parties to
discuss joining his coalition.
Novell gets religious about Linux
Novell gets religious about Linux
04/09/2004 04:02 PMBob Mims, business writer for the "Salt Lake Tribune," called it
"Brother Jack's Operating System Salvation Show," likening this year's
BrainShare to an old-time revival tent meeting with Jack Messman
calling out the hallelujahs for the Linux operating system and open
source software.
Airborne Religious Experience
Airborne Religious Experience
03/06/2004 01:55 AMJames Derk writes in the Evansville Courier & Press, I travel a lot
and I have to say that an iPod full of tunes and Bose Quiet Comfort 2
noise-canceling headphones on my head is as close to a religious
experience I have ever had in an aircraft. [Mar 1]
Non-religious RE lessons idea
Non-religious RE lessons idea
02/14/2004 08:03 PMReligious education in England should include discussion of
non-religious beliefs, a think tank suggests.
Avenging angel of the religious right
Avenging angel of the religious right
01/07/2004 05:36 PMQuirky millionaire Howard Ahmanson Jr. is on a mission from God to
stop gay marriage, fight evolution, defeat "liberal" churches -- and
reelect George W. Bush.
Life Everlasting-the religious right and
the right to die
Life Everlasting-the religious right and
the right to die
03/29/2005 08:54 AM
Does the
right to life trump the right to die? In an increasingly
hysterical debate surrounding Terry Schiavo, Garret Keizer provides a
thought-provoking analysis of who should decide when and how a person
dies:
"The alarms raised in Americaβs ongoing right-to-die debate
have always been characterized by a curious selectivity. You will
notice, for example, how the fear of playing God operates exclusively
on one side of the medical playground. Thus to help a patient end his
or her life βprematurelyβ is playing God, while extending it in
ways and under conditions that no God lacking horns and a cloven hoof
could ever have intended is the mandate of βour Judeo-Christian
heritageβ and the Hippocratic oath."
American religious experience
American religious experience
12/30/2003 02:57 PMWhat the hell happened .. "The National Creed." .. David Brooks notes
.. op-ed page
nytimes.com/2003/12/30/opinion/30BROO.html
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Religious Man Wants to Rename Mt. Diablo
(AP)
Religious Man Wants to Rename Mt. Diablo
(AP)
04/14/2005 03:55 PMAP - An Oakley man has asked the federal government to rename Mount
Diablo, saying the current name, which means devil in Spanish, is
offensive to his religious sensibilities.
BOFH's Xmas Xperience
BOFH's Xmas Xperience
12/09/2003 09:45 AMEpisode 30 Bonuses, bosses and... BOOZE
U.S. Says Terror Threat Serious in
Run-Up to Xmas
U.S. Says Terror Threat Serious in
Run-Up to Xmas
12/24/2003 01:53 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 0:42AM ET
Rocking xmas tune
Rocking xmas tune
12/12/2003 10:03 PMWhile browsing through hours of free music (with an intent to buy)
at Magnatune, I came across
the electro sitar stylings of Anup. He's got that
whole "sitars over beats" thing down that all the club kids are nuts
for these days. But for a seasonal gem, listen to his take on Jingle Bells (mp3).
Listening to the song makes me want to go door-to-door in my
neighborhood and perform Bollywood musicals to it.
Intelforums Xmas Giveaway!
Intelforums Xmas Giveaway!
12/02/2003 12:38 AMOne-In-Six Xmas iPods Sold In UK
One-In-Six Xmas iPods Sold In UK
01/16/2004 11:04 AMIt appears that in the region of 125,000 iPods were sold in the UK --
the largest market for the product in Europe. By Jonny Evans (Macworld
UK via MyAppleMenu)
750,000 mobiles dumped this Xmas
750,000 mobiles dumped this Xmas
01/06/2004 11:59 AMOh, oh, oh
Bumper web shopping Xmas
Bumper web shopping Xmas
12/30/2003 06:31 PMHoliday sales rising
US goes on Xmas e-spending orgy
US goes on Xmas e-spending orgy
01/06/2005 07:19 AMSanta blows $23.2bn online
Techie Xmas list
Techie Xmas list
12/02/2003 01:40 AMDan Gillmor's put together a list of geeky Xmas prezzies that I quite
like:
Inexpensive:
# Free software. OK, almost nothing is truly free. But free
open-source software comes pretty close. I'm running the Mozilla
Firebird Web browser on my everyday personal computer, for example.
It's fast, capable and reliable. Isn't that enough these days?
On the Web, meanwhile, are vast numbers of excellent utilities such as
the Google Toolbar, which works only with Windows and recent versions
of Internet Explorer.
# USB plug-ins. Once entrepreneurs glommed onto the fact that USB
ports on computers offer elecrical power in addition to data
connectivity, they came up with a raft of cool stuff.
I use the Zip-LINQ retractable cables from Keyspan to charge my phone
and make connections with several other devices. They cost $15 to $25
or so, but mean fewer power bricks to lug around. A colleague at Hong
Kong University, where I'm teaching part time this month, also just
brought to work a USB cable that connects to a sleeve you slide around
your coffee cup. I haven't been able to discover if anyone in the U.S.
is selling NewMotion's $6 "Cup Warmer" (but I'm planning to bring
several home).
LinkReligious Americans look on the Internet
for answers
Religious Americans look on the Internet
for answers
05/25/2004 02:49 PMChicago Tribune May 25 2004 7:21PM GMT
Religious Gadget Thursday: The E-Meter
Religious Gadget Thursday: The E-Meter
06/24/2005 04:02 PM
Over a ball-breaking glass of Fantome
Brise-Bonbons at Blind
Tiger last night, I made a stunning revelation: I'm totally
entranced by this Tom
Cruise and Katie Holmes experiment. It has everything I
could ever want from a news story: Potential
brainwashing, aliens, ninjas (well, Tom was a samurai once, which
is like a ninja with a bamboo fetish), and gadgets. One in
particular: the 'e-meter,' or 'Electro-psychometer,' a "pastoral
counseling device" used by the Church of Scientology to detect, among
other things, the emotional state and
thoughts of those attached to the device.
The original device was developed by Volney Mathison, a
chiropractor, as an aid
to psychotherapy, ironic considering the vehemence held by
Scientologists against conventional
psychiatric therapy. At heart, the e-Meters are based on the
simple circuitry of the Wh
eatstone Bridge, which measures resistance to current passed
through a human body (or anything else that can be connected to the
'can' electrode probes, including vegetables). Scientology founder and
principal prophet L. Ron Hubbard introduced the original e-meter in
the '50s [pictured above], leading up to the 'Mark V,' which was the
e-Meter of choice for the religion until the 'Mark VI' was released in
the 80s, powered by an Intel 8051 microprocessor.
Find out more about the only electronic gadget that is also an
official 'rel
igious artifact' after the jump.
The Mark V was not the very first e-Meter, but certainly
enjoyed a long period of use. These models may still be found and
purchased for a relatively inexpensive $200 or so, although to be used
in official Church procedures, must undergo a yearly $150 certification
process. E-Meters previous to the Mark V had been
seized by the FDA.
Developed in 1979, the Mark VI was the first major upgrade
since the Mark V and was in use heavily, despite occasional technical
inadequacies that caused some machines to break down. This e-Meter has
a built-in clock.
The
Super VII, developed in the late 80s, was reported to be much more
reliable than the Mark VII, and featured the 'technical' precision to
perform 'upper level auditing.' These units are no longer produced by
Hubbard's Church, but can be found occasionally on eBay for between
$300 and $900. Like all in-service e-meters, the Super VII must be
sent in for an annual certification.
The Cadillac of current official offerings, the Quantum Super
VII is the ultimate in e-meter artifacts, priced at over $4,500 new.
From e-meter.org.uk's
Quantum Super VII page, which may or may not be an official outlet of
the Church: "Using the meter, the auditor ensures the process covers
the correct area in order to discharge the harmful energy connected
with that portion of the preclear’s reactive mind. When charge
lessens, the person heightens his ability to think clearly in the area
being addressed and his survival potential increases proportionately.
As a result, the preclear discovers things about himself and his life
– new realizations about existence, the milestones that mark
his gains."
Since the design of the e-meter itself is relatively simple from an
electronic standpoint, many third-party manufacturers have built
generic models, including models that connect to PCs or PDAs for
statistics monitoring and tracking. If you'd like to get more details
about the variety of e-meters and e-meter clones available, check out
Clearbird's fantasticly comprehensive All Meters: The E-Meter
Supersite. For more information about the e-Meter's history and
use, the Secrets of
Scientology page by David S. Touretzky is equally thorough. The
Church's official site is here.
And yes, this is probably the last 'Religious Gadget Thursday,'
since, well, that's it.
Religious pray for quake victims
Religious pray for quake victims
01/02/2005 06:13 AMScotland's faith communities will gather to pray for the victims of
the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Religious hate law revolt fails
Religious hate law revolt fails
06/22/2005 01:59 AMThe government survives a backbench revolt over plans for a law to ban
the incitement to religious hatred.
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Kitschy religious items for Xmas
The 12 Days of Kitschmas is a gallery of twelve utterly tasteless (and
apparently sincere and unironic) items of religious paraphenalia.
Don't miss the five-inch-nail-Xmas-ornament, a $8.99 remembrance of
the crucifiction for your tree.