That Chromebook continues to get further out of reach as our refrigerator stopped cooling. It’s about seven years old and two years ago we had to replace a computer component that cost about $360. Yesterday we learned the same component died on us again, so we are debating replacing that component or just buying a new refrigerator.
I bet I save a lot of money not being a typical guy. I don’t drink, partake of tobacco products, golf, or use cologne.
A lot of zoos, amusement parks, and even malls have a machine in which you can inset a penny and it will press it into a souvenir piece, which I thought was illegal since it defaces U.S. currency. But this link references a letter a representative at the U.S. Mint who stated, “As you are already aware, a federal statute in the criminal code of the United States (18 U.S.C. 331), indeed makes it illegal if one “fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens” any U.S. coin. However, being a criminal statute, a fraudulent intent is required for violation. Thus, the mere act of compressing coins into souvenirs is not illegal, without other factors being present.” So there you go.
That last bullet reminded me of an article about penny hoarders, people who collect penny’s older than 1982 which are 95% copper. They are hoping the U.S. law will change so they can destroy the penny and sell it for it’s copper value.
And speaking of coins, here’s an old article about how the Federal Reserve has over $1 billion in dollar coins. Lawmakers were hoping to get people to switch from the paper dollar to the coin dollar, and that didn’t happen, so these are coins that nobody wants.
I’ve been hearing a lot about a new show from the producers of ‘Breaking Bad’ called ‘Rectify‘. Per it’s website, “After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison.” It’ll air on the Sundance Channel starting on Monday April 22. Miss Farrell from ‘Mad Men’ looks to play a prominent role.
A Kansas county commissioner used the term “n-rigging” during a heated discussion with another commissioner named John Price. With a name like that, I was reminded of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, and the article and name reminded of the black hole comment brouhaha. What’s often missed, and made me chuckle, is when the commissioner changed it from a black hole to a pink hole.
Interesting interactive chart – How spending in President Obama’s 2014 budget compares with proposals from both parties and historical averages, as a share of the economy.
At the beginning of ‘The Americans’ someone said “or until we put them in a body bag” which made me think of a certain Karate Kid clip – so totally 80’s.
The Rangers aren’t the only team trying to get their fans to stop the wave, so are the Nationals. But I will admit that Texas Stadium use to get a really go wave going at times, especially when both decks were at play.
Check out Sears Outlet or Habitat For Humanity Restore. Both have great appliances at very low prices. I've bought from both. The only difference is you get a full factory warranty from Sears Outlet and it may have a scratch or be refurb. The HFH Restore appliances are brand new at a very reduced cost because they were donated and warranty is a bit more complicated. The HFH Restore purchase also helps build new homes. You have to weigh the difference in hassle vs convenience and savings.
When I was a kid the big thing was to put a penny on the railroad track and watch a train smash it. Half the time we never found the penny because it stuck to a wheel or was shot like a bullet when it got pinched. Surprisingly nobody died or lost an eye.
I ran a store in East Ft.Worth and had a several very sensitive African/American employees that always thought I was racist because of my looks. The called me "Skinhead" behind my back, but if they really took the time to know me, they would have known it was far from the truth. Can't help it if I'm white and have male pattern baldness…
Anyway, one day we were trying to get something repaired and I was getting frustrated with the results. I said "just N*****rig it and let's go!" As soon as the words left my mouth I could hear the tires screeching to a stop. I looked around and miraculously none of the people that would have taken offense were there. Pretty sure I had heart attack #2 right then.
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
…feeling ‘spirit of Jesus Christ’ I rolled my eyes at that quote. Who says that? I could see maybe in a secular sense, like going to a well decorated home in December and saying, I really feel the spirit of Christmas.
For instance I might expect a non-Christian who visited Israel to say "I really felt the Spirit of Jesus" in the same way one might say, "I really feel the spirit of George Washington" when visiting Valley Forge. At that point it's just an expression and has no real spiritual meaning.
But in this context it sound worse than that. Like someone trying to pay lip-service to the significance of the area to Christians. I get this context a few lines later in the article when Obama unwittingly echos the themes of great liberal Theologians like Schleiermacher, Bultmann and Tillich: "[it] was a reminder that the life and lessons of Jesus Christ live on through everyday actions such as comforting others."
"Yes!", says the liberal Theologian, "The IDEA of Jesus lives on! The "spirit" of Jesus lives on! We are saved by following His everyday actions! What a great man he was."
No. No. No, says, not-Liberal Theologians! The life and lessons of Jesus Christ live on… because Jesus Christ got up and lived on.- providing salvation not through his example in sacrificial death but through satisfaction of God's wrath against sin.
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
I'm not exactly sure where you read that I was surprised by his statement. Rather, I'm surprised it wasn't a bigger gaffe given his nominal upbringing and black-liberation theology background.
I've never equated the word "liberal" in the American political sense with "liberal" in the Theological sense. Your assertion that liberal politics plus Christianity equals Liberal Theology is plain wrong.
If he believes in the death and bodily resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace that makes him a liberal politician firmly in the conservative theological camp. If he believes in a figurative or spiritual resurrection and salvation through following the precepts of Jesus then that makes him a liberal politician in the liberal theological camp. Either way it doesn't make his statement less eye-rolling. "Feel the spirit of Jesus…", please.
Even the YouTube video you linked speaks to my point:
"I think also understanding that Jesus Christ dying for sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings…"
"… and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God."
What about Christ's death speaks to the humility we all have as human beings? What does that even mean? There's nothing here about the resurrection. There's nothing about grace through faith.
You see/hear Obama making obviously Christian statements, I hear pandering to an obviously Christian crowd. I'm making no statement concerning my view of his actual personal beliefs. It's the problem all politicians get into when they need make religion not offensive to everyone at the same time. I don't withhold my eye-rolling from any public figure who claims Christ yet says stupid things about Him. My eyes were killing me anytime Romney brought up Jesus.
To your last point: I don't deny that he says he's a Christian. A lot of people do.
Much of the Christian church that is charasmatic, including many predominantly black congregations, would be very comfortable saying "I feel the spirit of Jesus Christ," "I feel the spirit of Christ," I feel the spirit of Jesus," "I feel the spirit of our Lord," "I feel the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ."
A person who is not familiar with those sentiments and makes fun of said sentiments is doing a bigoted or racist thing… something that is not in sync with the spirit of Jesus Christ.
I do believe those aren't just any old shorts Adolf is modeling. Methinks they're lederhosen – traditional wear in the land of his birth.I wonder whether it's photoshopped though; the caption says it's from the 1920s, but it looks like the same ol' Hitler we knew and hated from the '30s/'40s…and some of the shadows are wrong (particularly above his knee).
Check out Sears Outlet or Habitat For Humanity Restore. Both have great appliances at very low prices. I've bought from both. The only difference is you get a full factory warranty from Sears Outlet and it may have a scratch or be refurb. The HFH Restore appliances are brand new at a very reduced cost because they were donated and warranty is a bit more complicated. The HFH Restore purchase also helps build new homes. You have to weigh the difference in hassle vs convenience and savings.
When I was a kid the big thing was to put a penny on the railroad track and watch a train smash it. Half the time we never found the penny because it stuck to a wheel or was shot like a bullet when it got pinched. Surprisingly nobody died or lost an eye.
I ran a store in East Ft.Worth and had a several very sensitive African/American employees that always thought I was racist because of my looks. The called me "Skinhead" behind my back, but if they really took the time to know me, they would have known it was far from the truth. Can't help it if I'm white and have male pattern baldness…
Anyway, one day we were trying to get something repaired and I was getting frustrated with the results. I said "just N*****rig it and let's go!" As soon as the words left my mouth I could hear the tires screeching to a stop. I looked around and miraculously none of the people that would have taken offense were there. Pretty sure I had heart attack #2 right then.
George,
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
George,
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
George,
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
George,
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
George,
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
…feeling ‘spirit of Jesus Christ’ I rolled my eyes at that quote. Who says that? I could see maybe in a secular sense, like going to a well decorated home in December and saying, I really feel the spirit of Christmas.
For instance I might expect a non-Christian who visited Israel to say "I really felt the Spirit of Jesus" in the same way one might say, "I really feel the spirit of George Washington" when visiting Valley Forge. At that point it's just an expression and has no real spiritual meaning.
But in this context it sound worse than that. Like someone trying to pay lip-service to the significance of the area to Christians. I get this context a few lines later in the article when Obama unwittingly echos the themes of great liberal Theologians like Schleiermacher, Bultmann and Tillich: "[it] was a reminder that the life and lessons of Jesus Christ live on through everyday actions such as comforting others."
"Yes!", says the liberal Theologian, "The IDEA of Jesus lives on! The "spirit" of Jesus lives on! We are saved by following His everyday actions! What a great man he was."
No. No. No, says, not-Liberal Theologians! The life and lessons of Jesus Christ live on… because Jesus Christ got up and lived on.- providing salvation not through his example in sacrificial death but through satisfaction of God's wrath against sin.
George,
I'm not sure why you're so surprised that Barack Obama's theological expression resembles liberal theology. He is, after all, a liberal Christian.
Sidenote: He does also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace. See here, for example: http://youtu.be/QOOCABMz6jg
But the larger point I'm trying to make is that, even when the man makes obviously Christian statements, Christians aren't satisfied. Your argument above basically states, "Yes, he's a Christian, but he's not MY kind of Christian." So, when he's not speaking about faith, we call him a Muslim; and when he is speaking about faith, we call him the wrong kind of Christian. We're never satisfied.
It might be helpful to remember that Barack Obama is a liberal, Christian, politician. He's not a pastor, or theologian, or a conservative. But he is a Christian. Let's at least give him that.
Nathan,
I'm not exactly sure where you read that I was surprised by his statement. Rather, I'm surprised it wasn't a bigger gaffe given his nominal upbringing and black-liberation theology background.
I've never equated the word "liberal" in the American political sense with "liberal" in the Theological sense. Your assertion that liberal politics plus Christianity equals Liberal Theology is plain wrong.
If he believes in the death and bodily resurrection of Jesus and salvation by grace that makes him a liberal politician firmly in the conservative theological camp. If he believes in a figurative or spiritual resurrection and salvation through following the precepts of Jesus then that makes him a liberal politician in the liberal theological camp. Either way it doesn't make his statement less eye-rolling. "Feel the spirit of Jesus…", please.
Even the YouTube video you linked speaks to my point:
"I think also understanding that Jesus Christ dying for sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings…"
"… and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God."
What about Christ's death speaks to the humility we all have as human beings? What does that even mean? There's nothing here about the resurrection. There's nothing about grace through faith.
You see/hear Obama making obviously Christian statements, I hear pandering to an obviously Christian crowd. I'm making no statement concerning my view of his actual personal beliefs. It's the problem all politicians get into when they need make religion not offensive to everyone at the same time. I don't withhold my eye-rolling from any public figure who claims Christ yet says stupid things about Him. My eyes were killing me anytime Romney brought up Jesus.
To your last point: I don't deny that he says he's a Christian. A lot of people do.
Much of the Christian church that is charasmatic, including many predominantly black congregations, would be very comfortable saying "I feel the spirit of Jesus Christ," "I feel the spirit of Christ," I feel the spirit of Jesus," "I feel the spirit of our Lord," "I feel the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ."
A person who is not familiar with those sentiments and makes fun of said sentiments is doing a bigoted or racist thing… something that is not in sync with the spirit of Jesus Christ.
Oops! Spelling error: charismatic. My bad.
I do believe those aren't just any old shorts Adolf is modeling. Methinks they're lederhosen – traditional wear in the land of his birth.I wonder whether it's photoshopped though; the caption says it's from the 1920s, but it looks like the same ol' Hitler we knew and hated from the '30s/'40s…and some of the shadows are wrong (particularly above his knee).