Secrets of the City

freerepublic is always good for some entertainment.

Well it’s not crass capitalism I’m sure, this has everything to do with the secular war on Christmas. Today, I noticed that the Midway Target was selling some campy judaica. Surely the Freepers will be up in arms about them kowtowing to the sons and daughters of Abraham.

And the AFA is pissed at The Gap for adding “Go Chaunaka, Go Kwaza. Go Solstice” alongside “Go Christmas” in their holiday ad.

WWJD about the crass commercialization done in His name? Funny, too, that the Fundamentalists get all bent out of shape over a holiday that was appropriated from the pagan Saturnalia solstice celebration. Some Biblical archeologists astronomers say Jesus was actually born in July … or at least that was when the stars were aligned so as to produce the Star of Bethlehem. What?!

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What?! That’s blasphemy! There’s no snow in July! How can you celebrate Christmas without snow?

Ahem! There isn’t any snow, either, in Bethlehem.

And the AFA is pissed at The Gap for adding “Go Chaunaka, Go Kwaza. Go Solstice” alongside “Go Christmas” in their holiday ad.

I thought it was odd they added the solstice. But I’m more pissed at the GAP for all of their commercials, because they all suck bad.

The southern hemisphere does just fine w/o snow in December.

Gap ads do suck. And I cut through the DT Gap the other day and realized it has been a big thumbs down for at least a few years now. Not that I’m a fashion maven.

Some Japanese Christmas traditions.

Thinking of opening a retail trolly called WWJB, What Would Jesus Buy.

A menorah for Hannukah?

Festivis, for the fest of us!

I think Jesus might buy a cordless drill for his dad, some slippers for his mom, and a new hair shirt for his cousin John.

I think it’s easy to understand how these butt scappings got their view of Minneapolis and its citizens. After all, we have been the center of some nationally publicized incidents involving Muslims — from the cab drivers who threatened to refuse to transport alcohol, to the Flying Imams and the current Missing Somalians story, Minneapolis must look like Mecca in the Midwest from whatever turnip patch these weeds sprouted in.

Butt scappings?

ya know asswads, digleberrys. not to be confused with f*cksticks, douche nozzles or toss baskets.

Thinking of opening a retail trolly called WWJB, What Would Jesus Buy.

Rev. Billy & The Chruch of Life After Shopping are all about the WWJB. And he’ll be in town Friday through Sunday.

Is this as mind-blowing to you as it was to me:

We are further away, in years, from the founding of our country, in 1776, than Jesus was from the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, in 175 BCE, from which came Hanukkah.