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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Philosophy Bites: Don Cupitt on Jesus as Philosopher
December 24, 2009
Don Cupitt on Jesus as Philosopher
Controversial theologian and philosopher Don Cupitt presents Jesus as a radical secular humanist in this interview for the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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Interesting take on Jesus as a radical humanist...
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KFC's Colonel Sanders tricks his way into UN to pose for 'official' photo
By Matthew Moore
Published: 10:11AM GMT 27 Oct 2009
Colonel Sanders with Ali Treki, president of the UN General AssemblyDressed in the fast food icon's familiar white suit and black bow tie, the actor evaded tight security to gain access to the restricted areas of the complex.
He even posed for a photograph with Ali Treki, the new president of the UN General Assembly, before the alarm was raised and he was ejected.
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A spokeswoman for Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, yesterday said that an investigation had been launched into the security breach, which was dreamed up by KFC as a promotional stunt.
"It should not have happened – that I will stress, and very strongly," Michele Montas told Canwest News Service, the Canadian news agency.
"There was some lapse in security and the individual in question was, on the initiative of one security guard, taken into the UN."
As part of its campaign to promote a new menu range, KFC is "lobbying" the UN for the fictional Grilled Nation to be accepted as a member state.
The fast food giant has written to Mr Ki-moon personally asking for grilled chicken lovers to be be represented at the assembly, in a letter dismissed by Mrs Montas as "absolutely void".
A spokesman for Dr Treki, a former Libyan foreign minister, denied that he held a meeting with the Colonel Sanders impersonator, claiming that he only shook his hand out of courtesy during the incident on Thursday.
The actor, named by KFC as Robert Thompson, also posed for photos in the main General Assembly hall beneath the UN logo.
The real Colonel Sanders died in 1980, half a century after devising the "secret recipe" of herbs and spices that is still used for cooking chicken in KFC restaurants today.
via telegraph.co.uk
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BBC: Windows sales 'please' Microsoft (other likely revelations: MS "enjoys making profit"). ( http://ping.fm/1RJiY )
Monday, October 26, 2009
Mercifully, I was left out of this story; my amateurish sign wasn't so lucky. ( http://ping.fm/W34VB )
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Did exurban sprawl and its attendant transportation costs help trigger the recession? http://ow.ly/oRx3 Makes me glad to live where I do...
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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RT @tonyyarusso The #MNStateFair people sent Conan a bust of himself out of white chocolate w/ bacon for hair. Awesome. http://ow.ly/lx8T
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Maybe it's #karma: #UMN spends $288 million on new open-air stadium, gets a rainy day to introduce it to staff. http://ow.ly/lf2Z
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"[W]hile the Chevy Volt holds promise, it will likely be too expensive to be commercially successful in the short-term." http://ping.fm/AlIcA #whatis230
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Interesting bit on Slate about possible ways that America could "end", from an aging population to "gray goo" #endofusa (http://ping.fm/8ZdcC)
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