Obama/Osama Church Sign Causes Controversy

A sign is causing heated arguments outside of a church in Jonesville.

Pastor Roger Byrd of Jonesville Church of God put the sign up which reads “Obama Osama humm are they brothers?”

Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think.  “His name is so close to Osama I have a feeling he might be Islamic therefore he doesn’t recognize Christ,” Pastor Byrd said.

Barack attends Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Eugunia Foster is offended by the church sign.  “I’m embarrassed and hurt.  I’m surprised a small town like Jonesville still has this separation.  It is racial and hatred,” Foster said.

Pastor Byrd told News Channel 7 he would ask his congregation to vote on whether to keep the sign.  They voted unanimously to keep the sign up Sunday night.

Jonesville Church of God does not have any African American members.

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Pen and Paper

Here’s an interesting photo I received in an email [Thanks, Carl!], you can see a larger version here.

I find it interesting that not only everyone except for the person circled in this University of Missouri classroom has a laptop, but every laptop is a Mac.  I can only imagine how hard it must be for a student to pay attention to a lecture when the World Wide Web is available to his or her fingertips.

Laptops aren’t often used in the college courses that I teach, but when I do see them open, the class size and room is small enough for me to walk around.

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Oprah Boutique

A store that sells stuff that is Oprah approved. But here’s the most interesting part:

“Oprah’s Closet”- a wardrobe full of items once worn, or treasured by Oprah now available to the public. All sales from “Oprah’s Closet” benefit Oprah’s Angel Network.

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The man who was Stalin’s body double finally tells his story

The narrow, baggy eyes and droopy moustache are unmistakable – features that terrified half the world, condemned millions to a cruel death and which even today are an instant symbol of monstrous despotism.

Yet the man who so clearly has Joseph Stalin’s face upon his shoulders is not Stalin at all.

Despite the careful curve of the brows and the immaculate hair, these pictures show someone else entirely, someone who has never been supreme leader of the Soviet Republic.

This, as the Russian public has been learning, is Felix Dadaev, a dancer and juggler who, amid the desperate defence against Hitler’s invading armies, was ordered to the Kremlin to work as Stalin’s body double.

For more than half a century, Dadaev remained silent, fearing a death sentence should he dare to open his mouth.

But at the age of 88, and with the apparent approval of the Putin regime, he has finally come forward to tell a quite remarkable story.

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