A few readers and a commenter noted this story about the militant anti-gay activities of one Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his flock who have taken it upon themselves to protest against the gay lifestyle in the most shameful of ways:
The satellite pictures are not pretty. Maximum sustained winds right now are at 160 mph, travelling NNW at a speed of 11 mph. Last information I heard, this category 5 hurricane is exepected to make landfall in New Orleans between 3 and 4 a.m. CT Monday. Our friend and commenter here Big Bang Hunter posted this in another thread (as I was remiss in not starting one sooner but I’m trying to make up for lost time):
What a great – but exhausting – weekend this has been on multiple fronts. I’m thismuch closer to buying my first home. As previously discussed here, the groundwork has been laid for me to purchase a home in a neighborhood that is still under construction (the neighborhood is about 65-75% done). The preliminary paperwork has been signed, and presuming the seller agrees to the incintives I’m requesting, the agreement to proceed may be a done deal by the end of the week! Slight change in plans, though.
I blogged earlier this week about the CNS News report on anti-war protesters who had positioned themselves outside of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. From that CNS article we learned:
And I don’t mean chicken legs, either!
To the king of the blogosphere, Glenn Reynolds
