Let's see, we hit the main cult divides this morning, didn't we? I did black/white skin. And NewAge vs. atheist thinking. But something important's left out. Oh yeah - their old buddy, religion:

"The Muslims, who are a part of an Islamic group called Seleka, bound five people and threw them into a crocodile and hippo infested river."

As you can see, nothing can happen without religion,...

 

Everybody knows - once you're "honored" - it's time for a celebration:

"Gay teen activist honored by Obama charged with sex crimes against a 14-yr-old boy"

Sigh. I'm learning to hate my memories. 

Especially while reading the news.

It occurred to me today that - if this product of foster care were honest about what traits I've observed in others as "human nature" in my lifetime - they would add up to abandonment, betrayal, cruelty, deception, delusion, evil, almost a crippling sense of insecurity (that must be covered at all times and at all costs), lying, lust (lots of lust) murder, and violence with a capital "V". They've also all been topped off with massive amounts of stupidity, piled high like "nuts" on a sundae, covering whatever brief interludes of love, and/or compassion, I've seen and received in facsimile.

Unfortunately, intelligence was what I was counting on,...

 

"I wonder if you and Sandy thought about how cruel it was to John to lead him to think that all of you were a happy (if strangely occasional) family during the years you were illicitly getting together. So now John is collateral damage. Here's a rule for cheating: Have sex with your lover, and leave the kids out of it. Instead, Sandy allowed you to be a surrogate father for her son, all the while surely thinking your emotional tie to him would draw you closer to her. You apparently were unable to imagine the likely scenario that your wife would stumble on your secret, and so promised John you would always care for him. Poor John that two such deluded people are his mother and 'father.'

Now you say your wife is the villain,..."

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The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow.

The nonbinding resolution, which passed on a voice vote, was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, a white lawmaker who represents a majority black district in Memphis, Tennessee.

While many states have apologized for slavery, it is the first time a branch of the federal government has done so, an aide to Cohen said.

In passing the resolution, the House also acknowledged the "injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow."

"Jim Crow," or Jim Crow laws, were state and local laws enacted mostly in the Southern and border states of the United States between the 1870s and 1965, when African-Americans were denied the right to vote and other civil liberties and were legally segregated from whites.

The name "Jim Crow" came from a character played by T.D. "Daddy" Rice who portrayed a slave while in blackface during the mid-1800s.

The resolution states that "the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day."

"African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow -- long after both systems were formally abolished -- through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity," the resolution states.

The House also committed itself to stopping "the occurrence of human rights violations in the future."

The resolution does not address the controversial issue of reparations...

Desperately seeking stability and fulfillment through a variety of crackpot therapies and belief systems and riven with insecurities,…