7 ’Av

Greetings.

Jewish date:  7 ’Av 5769.

Today’s holidays:  The Nine Days, Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time.

Today’s quasi-holidays:  National Drive-Thru Day, Singing Telegram Day.

Worthy cause of the day:  “Tell Your Senators Why America Needs a Strong Climate Bill”.

Relevant to Divine Misconceptions:

1. “Tron Legacy exposed”:  Yes, they are making a sequel to Tron.  There is now hope that my unanswered theological questions about the first movie will be answered!
   
2. More religious oppression:  “Half a million Vietnamese Catholics march through the streets against police violence”, “North Korea 'executes Christians'”, and “Nigeria Islamists torch church, police HQ: witnesses”

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Dangerously Obsessed with Celebrities”
  
• This Modern World 2009-07-27
  
• “There Goes the Neighborhood”
  
• “Transparent Aluminum Is ‘New State Of Matter’”:  I cannot make up something like this.
  
• “How Old Mattresses Can Be Recycled”
  
• “Senator Tom Harkin and Representative Darrell Issa declare war on science-based medicine”
  

Weird things will resume after the Nine Days.  Peace.

Aaron