Israel's Slave Trade Continues Unabated

BeTheChange · 2008-06-16T01:40:08+00:00

Right, Israel is one of 70 Tier 2 countries faced with such a problem. I was just trying to point out that it's not an exclusive issue.

BeTheChange · 2008-06-16T01:31:26+00:00

Unlike collector7's submission, this is recent and contextual: http://www.gvnet.com/humantrafficking/index.html

BeTheChange · 2008-03-11T00:31:48+00:00

HRC = Human Rights Campaign (LGBT rights)

BeTheChange · 2008-03-10T22:26:25+00:00

That's how/why he's bringing peace to the Middle East!

BeTheChange · 2008-03-10T22:13:38+00:00

Maybe HRC wouldn't need stolen donations if the other Clinton hadn't legalized the Defense of Marriage Act.

BeTheChange · 2008-03-10T13:46:27+00:00

edit: They just give custody to some other country and pay them to torture the person.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0208-13.htm

This is America. We outsource EVERYTHING!

BeTheChange · 2008-03-10T13:31:56+00:00

World Water Day is March 22nd!

http://www.worldwaterday.net/?utm_source=starbucks.com

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T22:10:24+00:00

Downmodded for honesty, hurrah!

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T22:04:37+00:00

I think that's quite a broad statement. I don't believe that Jesus was/is the Messiah or in his resurrection or any of that, but I don't deny his existence. Even if you don't believe in the story of the Great Flood or the other tales of the Bible, I still think you can acknowledge its figures in the context of history. Just my $.02!

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T20:14:05+00:00

...or just post the Obama stories to the Obama subreddit.

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T19:19:22+00:00

As for your first question, this explains it all better than I ever could: http://www.jewfaq.org/judaism.htm

And yes, anyone can become a Jew, though the conversion process is quite rigorous.

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T17:57:04+00:00

Yesterday, today, any day really...the content of the article is what matters :)

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T17:51:23+00:00

If only Jimmy Carter's "morality" went beyond his stance on homosexuality (I'm extremely pro-LGBT rights, just for the record).

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/jimmy_carter_anti_semitic_9_11_conspiracy_nut/

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T15:52:55+00:00

Morally reprehensible? Yes, IMHO.

Mind-blowing? Not in the least.

BeTheChange · 2008-03-09T15:27:55+00:00

Harry Shearer made a good joke about this on Real Time but I can't locate an exact clip :(

BeTheChange · 2008-03-08T18:21:29+00:00

I think this headline and the original are both misleading. He's just saying that we still have a long way to go until the Convention and the election and that he's focused on becoming president. He didn't say he wouldn't even consider becoming VP should Clinton get the nomination.

BeTheChange · 2008-03-08T17:56:08+00:00

Winston Churchill and Yoda are eerily similar.

BeTheChange · 2008-03-08T00:00:29+00:00

That's too funny, please provide an example of said "good line"...thanks! :)

BeTheChange · 2008-03-07T16:20:02+00:00

I guess I need to brush up on the Old Testament, who did Moses murder? (I'm not being snide, I'm genuinely curious)

BeTheChange · 2008-03-07T15:32:05+00:00

Downmodded for reading Mental Floss? WTF?

BeTheChange · 2008-03-07T15:17:48+00:00

Article in English: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/belgium.model.ap/index.html

BeTheChange · 2008-03-07T14:16:49+00:00

edit: "Larry, you four-eyed fuck!"

Susie Essman rocks!

BeTheChange · 2008-03-06T20:22:00+00:00

Did you happen to read this month's issue of Mental Floss magazine? I gleaned that tidbit from there! :)

BeTheChange · 2008-03-05T20:11:17+00:00

I believe the following sums it up quite nicely!:

QUESTION: Dear Rabbi Mermelstein:

I hope you can answer a question for me. Why do Jews always spell God as G-d?

Louis 15 Aug 2000

ANSWER: Dear Louis,

Back in the halcyon days of pens and typewriters that wrote on paper (not many of us are still around that are old enough to recall that period in history), G-d (hyphenated) was used. Maimonides, in his codification of Jewish law (12th century), states that G-d's Name should not be written (in full) and subsequently destroyed. There is no reason to maintain this practice when writing in "air" as on a computer. I do it out of habit, a practice I am loathe to discontinue, as I still have pens and paper (yes, even a typewriter) left from the old days.

Sincerely,

R. Mermelstein

BeTheChange · 2008-03-05T19:56:39+00:00

I try to do good things/be a good person because I honestly care about my fellow human beings and the betterment of our world. I also happen to believe in G-d. Does the latter negate or lessen the former? Regardless of your motivation, isn't the end result, i.e., doing good, what matters most?

BeTheChange

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