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Pope Benedict XVI’s full speech
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“Here I would like to pause to acknowledge the shame which we have all felt as a result of the sexual abuse of minors by some clergy and religious in this country.
“Indeed I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured and I assure them that, as their pastor, I too share in their suffering.
“These misdeeds, which constitute so grave a betrayal of trust, deserve unequivocal condemnation. They have caused great pain and have damaged the Church’s witness.
“I ask all of you to support and assist your bishops, and to work together with them in combating this evil. Victims should receive compassion and care, and those responsible for these evils must be brought to justice.
I worry about his phrasing in the first sentence…. “in this country”…
I know this speech is a big thing, and an important step for the church, but it still gives me the impression all abused people outside Australia can just go fuck themselves…
A Look At ACTA Wish Lists For RIAA, BSA, Others
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“While the ACTA itself is not public, the US Trade Representative has at least released the ACTA comments. While many of them are to be expected, such as the RIAA & co. wanting copyright filters, one item on the BSA’s wish list really stands out: ‘In a number of European countries one of the biggest impediments to efforts by rights holder to enforce their IP rights on the Internet is the overbroad interpretation of privacy laws by some European authorities.’ They want ACTA to ‘fix’ that by neutering the privacy laws. Given the BSA’s other questionable activities, it couldn’t hurt to tell their member companies what you think of their participation. After all, organizations like the BSA exist in part to shield their members from bad PR.”
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McCain says Obama trip to Iraq soon
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.
The Obama campaign has tried to cloak the Illinois senator’s trip in some measure of secrecy for security reasons. The White House, State Department and Pentagon do not announce senior officials’ visits to Iraq in advance.
“I believe that either today or tomorrow — and I’m not privy to his schedule — Sen. Obama will be landing in Iraq with some other senators” who make up a congressional delegation, McCain told a campaign fund-raising luncheon.
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As a knowledgeable insider notes …
If it is true that Obama is going to Iraq this weekend, it is a very serious mistake for McCain to have disclosed it publically. Even for run-of-the-mill CODELs the military gives guidance like, “Please strongly discourage Congressional offices from issuing press releases prior to their trips which mention their intent to travel to the AOR and/or the dates of that travel or their scheduled meetings. Such releases are a serious compromise to OPSEC.” If Obama is going to Iraq this weekend, I can not begin to imagine how much this is complicating the security planning for the trip.
In fact, McCain was furious when the press reported on his son serving in Iraq — he feared the coverage would make him a target.
Ready for the Next Mini-Maelstrom?
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Dan Rather, on Morning Joe, just said something a handful of minutes ago that will dominate a lot of chatter today and will have implications for the race going forward. Asked by Tiki Barber about his take on Fox News’ release of the Jesse Jackson off-camera video, Rather premised his take by noting that in today’s 24/7 news media culture, you had better be ready for anything you say to be on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow, after being all over TV the day before.
Rather then proceeded to talk about his respect for Jesse Jackson, who had certainly “paved the way for Osama bin Laden.” (Yes, the whole name.) Nobody reacted or said a word, and Rather did not notice. To drive the irony point home, he then finished by referring back to the “front page of the newspaper” a 2d time.
Svarthöfði á vegum félagsmanna í Vantrú
Remember the picture of the priests with Darth Vader behind them? Here’s the picture from another angle:
It was a spoof by the Vantrú, an associtation of agnostics here in Iceland http://www.vantru.is (Icelandic only) at the local annual priest conference.
Okay, time for some religious jokes then…
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· When I was a kid, I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised, the Lord doesn’t work that way. So I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me … and I got it!
· So I’m at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon.”
· A Mormon told me that they don’t drink coffee. I said, “A cup of coffee every day gives you wonderful benefits.” He said, “Like what?” I said, “Well, it keeps you from being Mormon …”
What’s wrong with mainstream media
Donner wil onderzoek naar doorwerken tot 70 jaar
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Het verhogen van de pensioenleeftijd naar 67 jaar is onvoldoende om de kosten van de vergrijzing op te vangen. Daarom moet worden onderzocht of jonge werknemers kunnen doorwerken tot hun zeventigste.
En nog steeds verstrekken pensioenfondsen jaarlijks overzichten waarin uitgerekend staat hoe hoog het pensioen is als je met 63 met pensioen gaat. Wordt ‘t niet ‘s tijd om de leugenaars te dwingen gewoon eerlijk te zijn?
Ubisoft pirates game fix from pirates
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Companies that take an iron fist approach to fighting software piracy are generally best served by not lifting a pirate group’s code themselves to fix their own product.
Ubisoft, the French video game developer and publisher, was recently caught with its pants down, releasing a pirated hack as an official fix.
GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election
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Spoonamore is one of the most prominent cyber-security experts in the country. He has appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs and ABC’s World News Tonight, and has security clearances from his work with the intelligence community and other government agencies, as well as the Department of Defense, and is one of the world’s leading authorities on hacking and cyber-espionage.
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Spoonamore received the Diebold patch from a whistleblower close to the office of Cathy Cox, Georgia’s then-Secretary of State. In discussions with RAW STORY, the whistleblower — who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation — said that he became suspicious of Diebold’s actions in Georgia for two reasons. The first red flag went up when the computer patch was installed in person by Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich, who flew in from Texas and applied it in just two counties, DeKalb and Fulton, both Democratic strongholds. The source states that Cox was not privy to these changes until after the election and that she became particularly concerned over the patch being installed in just those two counties.
The whistleblower said another flag went up when it became apparent that the patch installed by Urosevich had failed to fix a problem with the computer clock, which employees from Diebold and the Georgia Secretary of State’s office had been told the patch was designed specifically to address.
Some critics of electronic voting raised questions about the 2002 Georgia race even at the time. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, who was five percentage points ahead of Republican challenger Saxby Chambliss in polls taken a week before the vote, lost 53% to 46%. Incumbent Democratic Governor Roy Barnes, who led challenger Sonny Perdue in the polls by eleven points, lost 51% to 46%. However, because the Diebold machines used throughout the state provided no paper trail, it was impossible to ask for a recount in either case.
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Individuals close to Arnebeck’s office said Spoonamore confirmed that the patch included nothing to repair a clock problem. Instead, he identified two parallel programs, both having the full software code and even the same audio instructions for the deaf. Spoonamore said he could not understand the need for a second copy of the exact same program — and without access to the machine for which the patch was designed, he could not learn more. Instead, he said he took the evidence to the Cyber-Security Division of the Department of Justice and reported the series of events to authorities. The Justice Department has not yet acted on his report.
“go fuck themselves?” Clearly you are not a Christian, the Christian thing is to help them.
Jan-Mark: the “go fuck themselves” was hinted by the Pope. You know, by explicitly stating that he is talking only about australians.
John is worried about this, and just translated the message of the Pope.
I recommend you to read the whole sentence. Like the “still gives me the impression” part.
Roland, I know Jan-Mark, the comment was a joke
To be honest, it’s sometimes hard to tell, you get similar comments from serious meaning people, too
Well, then I do apologize Jan-Mark.
Roland: no worries mate! It was a feeble attempt at being cynical. I first had “… help them, so they won’t have to do it them selves.” but I thought it might be too crude. Maybe in trying to vent my anger in a less crude way, I obscured my intent too much. For the record, I think the papacy should have been abolished in 1378. And yes, there are extremists out there that utter such I-am-so-superior statements. (Did you see the documentary Jesus Camp?) For the record, I don’t mind people believing what ever they want, I do mind if it causes wars, famine, abuse, slavery, etc.
You mean after the death of Gregory XI on april 9, the election of Clement VII in avignon on September 20th? I think you mean the first, because he Western Schism didn’t end until 1418 after the Council of Constance.. Personally, I think they should have called it quits in 1054.
Not sure that Jesus meant it this way at all. Maybe should not have started it at all.