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| Denmark and Welfare: Lesson Learned
“In the past, people never asked for help unless they needed it. My grandmother was offered a pension and she was offended. She did not need it.
But now people do not have that mentality. They think of these benefits as their rights. The rights have just ...
| Philosophy |
| Jimmy Hoffa
The latest search for Jimmy Hoffa has been called off. The FBI now says they called off the search because the NSA said it would be too difficult to find Jimmy Hoffa because he hasn't made a phone call since 1975.
-- Jay Leno
| Humor |
| June 22nd, 1939
On this day in 1939, American boxer Joe Louis gave Adolph Hitler's 3rd Reich a punch in the nose when he defeated Max Schmeling in 124 seconds. So much for Aryan superiority; unfortunately, it would be 6 more years before the lesson was fully driven home. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Sarai's Maid With Child
Genesis 16:4-5
3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his second wife.
4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, Hagar began ...
| Bible |
| The Worst Tyranny
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
-- Robert Heinlein
| Philosophy |
| Backwards Running
Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets celebrated his 100th home run by running the bases backwards. Some of Piersall's other stunts include, walking up to bat wearing a Beatles wig, talking to the monument of Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, and climbing a grandstand ...
| Sports Facts |
| Miami Heat Jokes Rebutted
The Miami Heat won their 2nd consecutive NBA championship, making these once-cutting jibes all but a thing of the past....
Q: What does an Miami Heat fan do after his team wins the NBA Finals?
A: He turns off the PlayStation.
Q: What's the difference ...
| Humor |
| Sarai's Mistake with Abram and Hagar
Genesis 16:1-2
1 Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
2 She said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed ...
| Bible |
| The Rain
The rain ... falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's affairs. No, I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust outdoors I would drown him.
-- Mark ...
| Philosophy |
| 2013 NBA Finals
Tim Duncan is in line to be the first NBA player to win a championship in three decades if the Spurs manage to dethrone the Heat.
There are four Final MVP’s participating in this series, with two each representing the West and East champions: Tony Parker ...
| Sports Facts |
| On Discernment
Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, there will be foul weather, for the sky is red and lowering. You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but can you not discern the signs of the times?
| Bible |
| Kat's Limerick
There was a young girl named Kat,
who had triplets: Nat, Pat and Tat.
It was fun in the breeding,
but hell in the feeding,
when Kat found she had no tit for Tat.
| Humor |
| Capitalism's Virtue
Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering, and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.
-- Walter E. Williams
| Philosophy |
| June 19th, 2000
It seems like a long time ago, but it was on this day in 2000 that Tiger Woods won the 100th US Open Championship at Pebble Beach with a final four-round score of 12-under-par, the first player in US Open history to finish the tournament at double-digits under-par. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Do Not Boast
Jeremiah 9:23-24
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that ...
| Bible |
| New Restaurant
Q: Did you here about the Jewish-Japanese restaurant in town?
A: It's called So Sume.
| Humor |
| Olympic Tug-of-War
Never heard of it? Actually, tug-of-war actually had a decent run at the Olympics, debuting at the 1900 Summer Games in Paris (a mixed team of Swedes and Danes took gold that year) and reappearing in the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis (the U.S. walked away ...
| Sports Facts |
| God's Plans
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
| Bible |
| Lines With Which to Pick Up a Nerdy Girl
1: Your mouth says, ‘Shields up!’, but your eyes say, ‘A hull breach is imminent'.
2: I less than three you.
3: If I was an enzyme, I’d be helicase so I could unzip your genes.
| Humor |
| What to Fear
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
-- Bertolt Brecht
| Philosophy |
| Judging Influences in Our Lives
1 John 4:1-3
1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2/3 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges ...
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| U.S. Open Winners
Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus hold the record for the most U.S. Open victories, with four victories each. Hale Irwin is the oldest winner of the U.S. Open at 45 years and 15 days in 1990, while the youngest winner of the U.S. Open ...
| Sports Facts |
| Blonde and the Fence
Q: Why did the blonde scale the chain-link fence?
A: To see what was on the other side.
| Humor |
| What Should not be Heard
What should not be heard by little ears should not be said by big mouths!
-- Unknown
| Philosophy |
| June 16th, 1909
On this day, Jim Thorpe made his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount of the Eastern Carolina League with 4-2 win. His brief baseball career later caused him to forfeit the Olympic gold medals he won in the 1912 for the pentathlon and decathlon.
Apparently ...
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