Archive for November 14th, 2008
Selling A Church For Scrap
by Ron Gold on Nov.14, 2008, under Religulous
Some Russians were able to find a practical use for a nearby church:
. . . Orthodox officials in a central Russian region say an abandoned church building that was to be put back into use has been stolen by local villagers.
Orthodox priest Vitaly of the Ivanovo-Voskresenskaya diocese said officials last saw the two-story Church of Resurrection intact in late July. Sometime in early October, however, people from the nearby village of Komarovo, northeast of Moscow, dismantled the building, he said.
Villagers apparently sold it to a local businessman, one ruble (about 4 cents) per brick, Vitaly said. Orthodox priests use only one name.
It’s sort of sad, considering the church was 200-years-old, and it’s likely that the thieves will use the money to buy booze and drugs. Still, you have to admire their confidence that there is no hell.
The Daily Dose
by DSTroy on Nov.14, 2008, under Daily Dose
US election loser Sarah Palin is being lined up to star in Desperate Housewives. This can’t be true? I knew she was desperate??
Priest threatens reporter during interview
5000 year-old pelvis suggests that Homo erectus females were much shorter than the males and gave birth to big-brained babies. In other news, creationists are small-brained babies. - Fark quote, here’s link - Fossil Pelvis Shows Early Human Babies Had Big Brains…
ASU Student Refuses to Hand Over Laptop to Intruder - About time! Watch this, considering the size difference, I’m not too surprised but if you are passive in general; aggression can take time to build.
A bit premature?? Bone Marrow Transplant Appears to Cure AIDS
