http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dangus/ en-us Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:10:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2028919/posts One controversial translation issue is the phrase, “mia ton sabbaton.” This has traditionally been translated as “the first of the week.” Under pressure from 7th-day Adventists, however, some translations of the bible have taken to translate this “on one of the Sabbaths.” But the Adventists’ translation is based on a faulty transliteration. In the Greek, “sabbaton” is spelled with either an omicron (“small ‘o’”) or an omega (“big ‘o’”). When spelled with an omega, “sabbaton” is the genitive plural. In other words, it means “Sabbaths’.” The Adventists’ position is that “primus” means “first;” “mia” means closer to the number, one.... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2028919/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897917/posts The temperature of the ocean has cooled 0.2 degrees C in the past few of years, and is now only 0.1 degrees C warmer than it was throughout much of 1944. This data set had been showing a general warming trend since the late 1970s, (as well as a warming trend from the 1910s through the mid 1940s) with the warmest time being recorded in the El Nino year of 1998. Despite temperatures peaking in 1998, it's been reasonable to describe the temperature trend as continuing, since 1998 at the time was a flukishly hot spell. Since 1998, the "normal"... vanity based on Data from NOAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897917/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1850334/posts Bloomingdale, Jun 14, 2007 / 09:44 am (CNA).- The Apostolate for Family Consecration, an Ohio-based ministry to Catholic families, is now one of fewer than 125 organizations in the world to be granted Pontifical status by the Vatican. The granting of Pontifical status means that the ministry is now officially recognized and approved by the Holy See. While the new status sets the apostolate apart, the organization is also the first of its kind to be founded by a married American couple. By decreeing Pontifical Status on the Apostolate for Family Consecration, the Holy See is providing important impetus for... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1850334/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849038/posts RINOS could be gone in six years. For starters, Conservatives can prevent the renomination of three of the worst RINOs, with minimal danger of losing their seats to the Democrats: Sen. Chuck Hagel, although only 60, was thought to be possibly retiring at the end of this session of Congress. He has been the leading Republican supporter of surrender to Islamofascism. He was a member of the gang of Seven Republicans who opposed the use of Senate Rules to prevent a Supreme Court filibuster, as well as a champion of liberal Senator Arlen Specter. And, behind only John McCain and... Dangus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849038/posts#comment Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:18:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848730/posts The Los Angeles Times article about the Bloomberg poll it sponsored highlighted the fact that Fred Thompson is only six points behind Rudy Giuliani in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. For those watching the nomination polls, that's encouraging but hardly shocking. But many other poll results are downright surprising. For instance, the LA Times treats Republican-leaning independents as Republican primary voters, as if the rest of the nation followed California's relatively unique system of open primaries. But Giuliani leads among independents, 31-17. The category “Conservative Republicans” seems to track very closely to an estimate of the results of... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848730/posts#comment Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847143/posts As of May, 2007, the temperature at the surface of the Earth's seas reached the coolest have cooled off about .18 degrees since October, 2003. That month had been the warmest even recorded, except for in December, 1997, when an anomalously strong El Nino created the warmest seas ever recorded. Most of the cooling has occurred since November, 2006. The oceans are currently .08 degrees warmer than they were in 1944, following massive de-industrialization caused by war and economic depression, and .7 degrees warmer than they averaged in the first decade of the 20th century, before pollution controls removed particulates... Data from National Climatic Data Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847143/posts#comment Fri, 8 Jun 2007 18:22:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845822/posts Is Fred Thompson No. 2? Well, now we have the second poll released just today that says "yes." After the jump, we reproduce a memo just sent out by McLaughlin & Associates (now-confirmed pollsters for the Thompson campaign — though this poll was not done for the campaign). It breaks down as follows (change since the last time the poll was taken in April in parentheses): Rudy Giuliani: 24% (-4) Fred Thompson: 18% (+5) John McCain: 17% (+1) Mitt Romney: 7% (-1) UPDATE: A survey just released by Pew also shows Mr. Thompson second to Mr. Giuliani in how many... LatestPolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845822/posts#comment Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:16:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846341/posts Five Republicans are fighting tooth and nail to ensure the destruction of America. They are "post-nationalists," demanding open borders, free access for terrorists, and an illiterate underclass. These aren't near-sighted liberals, but fake conservatives who know full well that the havoc they will create, but they lust so badly for the blood money of a class of people who cannot wait for a slave class so poorly paid, they could not survive without massive amounts of taxpayer funds. Yes, 20 million criminals from Mexico will get free medical care and Spanish-language education instead of the Americans who paid their taxes.... Vote records from NumbersUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846341/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845000/posts CALIFORNIA RESULTS: Poll Date Giuliani McCain Romney Gingrich Thompson Spread SurveyUSA 06/01 - 06/03 28 21 11 8 21 Giuliani +7.0 SurveyUSA 05/04 - 05/06 34 21 12 9 11 Giuliani +13.0 SurveyUSA 03/03 - 03/05 41 23 8 13 -- Giuliani +18.0 In CA GOP Gold Rush, Fred Thompson leaps into 2nd-Place Tie with McCain, 7 Points Behind Giuliani: Eight months to the newly accelerated and suddenly critical California Republican Primary, the contest destabilizes and further tightens, according to a SurveyUSA poll of likely GOP Primary voters, conducted exclusively for KABC-TV Los Angeles, KPIX-TV San Francisco, and KGTV-TV San... Various, including SurveyUSA, PPP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845000/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jun 2007 05:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842025/posts "Rebuilding" is a very trying experience for baseball fans. It's what owners do when they decide that the current team is overpayed, underperforming, and irreformable. They clear out the current regulars and make room for new talent. In the meanwhile, though, fans have to suffer through a few seasons of not even hoping to win. When done well, it works. The New York Yankees found themselves paying the highest salaries year after year in the 1980s. Although they had the best winning percentage overall for that decade, they had no division titles, let alone World Series championships, to show for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842025/posts#comment Wed, 30 May 2007 18:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838232/posts It's been a long time since there was an official FR poll on this subject, and I'd like to propose certain conditions: 1. Who would you vote for, given the current field? A. Gilmore B. Giuliani C. Huckabee D. Hunter E. McCain F. Paul G. Romney H. Tancredo I. Fred Thompson J. Tommy Thompson 2. Who would you vote for, knowing that Fred Thompson and Newt Gingrich would be candidates? A. Gilmore B. Gingrich C. Giuliani D. Huckabee E. Hunter F. McCain G. Paul H. Romney I. Tancredo J. Fred Thompson K. Tommy Thompson 3. Suppose it's after New Hampshire,... None http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838232/posts#comment Wed, 23 May 2007 04:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839804/posts 1. Who would you vote for, given the current field? A. Gilmore B. Giuliani C. Huckabee D. Hunter E. McCain F. Paul G. Romney H. Tancredo I. Tommy Thompson 2. Who would you vote for, knowing that Fred Thompson and Newt Gingrich would be candidates? A. Gilmore B. Gingrich C. Giuliani D. Huckabee E. Hunter F. McCain G. Paul H. Romney I. Tancredo J. Fred Thompson K. Tommy Thompson 3. Suppose it's after New Hampshire, and most of the lesser known candidates have dropped out. Who would you vote for? (PLEASE answer this one.) A. Giuliani B. McCain C. Romney... Part 2 of Freeper Vanity Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839804/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 18:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1832194/posts (German) Reformed Church in the United States (Original) Church of God Advent Christian Church African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church Alaska Moravian Church Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference) Alliance of Baptists in the USA Amana Church Society American Association of Lutheran Churches American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. American Baptist Convention American Baptist Mississippi Convention American Ethical Union American Evangelical Christian Churches American Evangelical Lutheran Church American Lutheran Conference American Rescue Workers American Unitarian Association Anglican Orthodox Church of North America Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)... Association of Religious Data Archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1832194/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 21:04:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832120/posts Once the nation with the fewest priests per nominal Catholic, Brazil now has more seminarians than it had homegrown priests in 1980. The number of major seminarians in Brazil has increased ten-fold since 1972. The rate of increase has been even higher in Peru and Bolivia, and comparable in the rest of South America. The source of claims of a collapse in Catholic adherence comes from statistical abuse of mainstream media sources. Take the instance of Brazil. Brazil’s black and mixed-race populace was recently largely unevangelized by Catholics as well as Protestants. In 1968, there were nearly 30 million adherents... Adherents.com, cia.gov, foreign censuses, PC Latin-Am Studies Dept., etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832120/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 18:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831585/posts By February 6, the primaries should be settled, because most states will have held elections or caucuses by then. But only six states will likely make their decisions before February 5. And "front-runner" Rudy Giuliani is trailing badly in five of them. In Iowa, according to American Res. Group, John McCain leads Giuliani 26-19. Romney and Thompson are at 14 and 13 percent, each. In New Hampshire, according to Survey USA, Romney has built a sizeable lead, gaining 32% of the vote. Giuliani and McCain are virtually tied for 2nd, with 23 and 22 percent, respectively. In Nevada, Giuliani trails... Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831585/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 22:33:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827088/posts The population of college-aged Chinese is about to collapse. In the late 1960s, China's first great baby boom peaked, the product of soaring fertility rates, which soon fell dramatically under Mao's harsh repression. The number of births fell dramatically, at first, until the decreasing fertilty rates stabilized. Once the baby boomers reached child-bearing years, however, a second boom was created, not because the fertility rate rebounded, but simply because of the dramatic increase of the population of fertile women. There will be not much of a third wave. The second boom is entering their child-bearing years, but the first wave... based on data from US Dept. of Census' international database http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827088/posts#comment Wed, 2 May 2007 13:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1824012/posts The sinner does not draw himself to Christ, but it is Christ who draws the sinner to Himself. Thus, the sinner has no merit of his own when he receives Christ, whether in prayer, or in baptism; the merit is entirely Christ's, earned through the outpouring of His blood upon the cross. Any work which helps draw the sinner to salvation, or any fruitful work at all, is not the work of Man, but is work of God, merely enacted through Man, who needs only submit to God. Man because Man is totally unworthy of receiving Christ, but it is... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1824012/posts#comment Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:41:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820044/posts The following is based on observations accepted by the global-warming consensus, and does not attempt to refute or even provide contradictory evidence. Is the Earth warming? Yes. With extremely advanced statistical techniques, scientists have been able to cut through all the background noise of weather patterns and cyclical fluctuations to detect a tiny increase in temperature over the past 100 years. To be precise, there have been two warmings in the past century, each about three decades long, and each of about one third of one degree, separated by a pause of about three decades. These increases are by no... "Mainstream" information, mostly wikipedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820044/posts#comment Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:34:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819901/posts The following are ties Cho had to Islam. They are not offered as proof of anything, but merely to prompt consideration or disproof of any links. Cho’s father lived in Saudi Arabia as a young, single man. His sister works for a State Department contractor which oversees billions of dollars of aid for Iraq. Previously, she worked in Bangkok. (1) Both of Cho’s plays are about sexual abuse. (2) Bangkok is a city famous for its sex trade, which caters especially to Muslim businessmen. Cho’s rampage was on Holocaust Remembrance day. Although probably a happenstance, one of the professors he... Various links listed within http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819901/posts#comment Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818963/posts I read the following from Little Green Footballs: "Apparently, South Korean student Seung Hui Cho signed his note, “Ismail Ax,” and also wrote those words on his arm. All other signs right now point to this being a deranged individual with a history of odd behavior (not a “sudden jihadi”), but this is very curious." Hotair.com suggests that he meant only to refer to a story by an author named Ishmael: You probably already know this, but in James Fennimore Cooper’s story “The Prairie,” the settler Ishmael Bush, who is attempting to escape from civilization, sets out across the prairie... Allah Pundit, Little Green Footballs, Smoking Gun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818963/posts#comment Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1815698/posts A couple of recent posts referred to male-only congregations. It made me wonder what a Protestant, male-only service would look like. Let's see some suggestions, folks. (Many of these would be offensive to Catholic and other high-church sensibilities, but so are most uniquely Protestant practices. That said, the intention is not to bash others, or to be prurient; keep this in good fun. This is farce, not bitter satire!) Holy Water applied by Super Soaker. “The Word of the Lord” changed to, simply, “Word!” “Change my heart, O God” replaced with “Drop kick me, Jesus” Kiss of Peace handshake replaced... Silliness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1815698/posts#comment Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:28:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814991/posts Senator Obama joked with David Letterman, "I think it is possible that in that kind of situation, we might have to have a brokered convention and, Dave, we might turn to you." It's a stupid joke, but it may reveal that the prospect of a brokered convention is already on candidates' minds. And it already seems likely to some, due to a complete breakdown of the primary system. The Wall Street Journal's Brian Carney says, "The presidential primary system as we have known it for 35 years is dead. History books will record that the era that began with the... Compiled http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814991/posts#comment Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:42:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736459/posts Meet George "Sonny" Purdue, the most popular major-state Republican governor in America. In a year of devestating losses, he handily beat his Democratic challenger by a 3-to-2 margin. Gov. Purdue is a vet in two ways: He is a former Air Force Captain and a Doctor of Veterinary medicine. With his wife, Mary, he is a father of four children, and foster parent of eight. He was also a University of Georgia walk-on quarterback, and will appear as a coach in the movie, "We Are Marshall" Since his election in 2002, Georgia has improved from 50th in the nation on... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736459/posts#comment Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:11:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725618/posts One must be careful to make too much of a given Senate candidate appearing broke at the 3rd-quarter FEC filing time. After all, the national parties and major donors can rescue a strong candidate’s foundering finances. And certain costs, such as advertising, may even still have been paid up front. But when so many candidates from one party, who have been very strong, are suddenly out of cash, while the other party is cash-rich, something may be afoot. In this case, the Republicans continue to use their strategy which produced surprise wins in 2002 and 2004: They are keeping their... Analysis of FEC reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725618/posts#comment Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1722417/posts The demographic situation of the world is not simply overpopulation. In many regions of the world, it is severe underpopulation. Globally, there is a mix of both. Yet the focus has been nearly exclusively on overpopulation, to the point where underpopulated groups foolishly try to reduce their own population. This could have devestating effects. In the early 1960s, the earth's population was expanding at a rate of 2.2% per year. At that rate, it would double every 32 years. By the year 2050, the Earth's population would be over 20 billion. As recently as a decade ago, many demographers guessed... Data from US Department of Census International Database http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1722417/posts#comment Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:06:39 GMT