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Official Vatican newspaper–Osservatore Romano: Washing machine has done more for liberating women than ‘the pill’ or employment out of the home.

Monday, March 9th, 2009

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The Great Emancipator
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I read it at the online INDEPENDENT.

I believe that we should expect more from the Vatican Rag.

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These little numbers certainly have given mothers extra long-term independencefrom the responsibilities of having to watch their children.

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What about men?

 
Liberation comes in many forms.
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The Papal Brewery’s flag reflects this belief.

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Images: (washing machine) answers.com […]

Posted in Toys, Womens' Issues, Vatican, Philosophy, Alcohol |

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch Is No More–Business Sheet headline

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

This statement obviously causes wavering at the question: Was It Ever?

Posted in Music, Philosophy |

Let’s put them McNuggets where the sofa was.

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Feng Shui MacDonald’s offers calm and fries
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By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles
The Daily Telegraph

Last Updated: 11:41pm GMT 17/02/2008

A McDonald’s restaurant in California has become the first in the nation to undergo a Feng Shui makeover in a bid to encourage customers to linger over their Big Macs and fries.

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Images: from biggestmenu.com; 1.cnn.net; bangkokpost.net; (waterfall) aspencountry.com

Posted in Business, California, Cuisine, Philosophy |

Saddam didn’t expect U.S. to invade Iraq, FBI agent says–Yahoo headline, January 24, 2008

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

So what?!
Stalin had not thought Hitler to have been crazy enough to open
a second front by invading the Soviet Union in 1941.
Life would be a lot more difficult if one had always to consider another party’s acting in an irrationally self-destructive manner.

Posted in Bush, World War II, Philosophy, Psychology |

Some people tour the USA by visiting ballparks, some are interstate yard sale enthusiasts and others love exploring the world’s capitals. I like monuments.

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

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Damn straight, it’s rare! As a fan of both Kierkegaard and baseball, I know whereof I speak!

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

RARE KIERKEGAARD BOOK TO BE AUCTIONED
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This photo released by Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers of Fine Art shows a rare copy of Danish philosopher Soeren Kierkegaard’s famed book ‘Either/Or,’ which will be sold at an auction later this year, a Copenhagen auction house said Tuesday Sept. 26, 200. The book, a second edition from 1849 dedicated […]

Posted in Baseball, Books, Philosophy, Denmark |

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