Monthly Archives: January 2015

* Franklin Graham, Charlie Hebdo and the “heckler’s veto”

January 31, 2015Audition files, National news, World media, World NewsCharlie Hebdo, Duke University, Franklin Graham, Pope Francis, Terrorism, Terrorists, The heckler's veto, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

The most recent terrorist threats we’ve seen have come not from Muslims overseas or Muslims in this country, but from Christians in this country.

On January 14, Duke University announced its plan to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from the tower of its chapel every Friday. Franklin Graham posted on Facebook, requesting that donors withhold donations to the university it reversed that decision. A firestorm of controversy followed.

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* Learning curve

January 28, 2015Clippings, Get on your feet, Homelessness, Squalor, The Way of PeaceChoosing feelings, Cornel West, Harmony, Treatment-resistantWilliam Tell

Cornel West channels Martin Luther King Jr. to criticize Obama

Friday 2014-12-26

Learning happiness can take you out of your comfort zone.

So, there can be a learning curve as one comes to tolerate and manage greater degrees of happiness and prosperity than one has been accustomed to.

Some time ago, this short, very thin Korean immigrant with shoulder-length gray hair began coming to the shelter. When he first came here, he was in bad shape; he appeared to have no resources at all.

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* ‘Sasquatch Family’ Prank Leaves Arizona Officials Laughing

January 26, 2015Clippings, Homelessness, National media, National news, National sports, Poverty, World NewsBigfoot, Crop circles, Football, Hoaxes, HuffPost, Lord's Resistance Army, Porn, RwandaWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Sasquatch • Forgotten terrorists in Africa • 9 Things You Should Have Done By The Time You’re 50 • Why did HuffPost run this? • Football or porn?

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* Doubts about Brown v. Board

January 24, 2015Audition files, Clippings, National news, OUR BEST POSTS, PovertyBriggs v. Elliott, Brown v. Board, Charles Lane, NAACP, Public schools, Race, Richard Rothstein, Supreme Court, The Homeless Blogger, Thurgood Marshall, Valerie StraussWilliam Tell

In the January 13, 2015 Washington Post, Valerie Strauss calls attention to an obscure Supreme Court case that she says may have a greater impact on the educational achievement of black children than any other case since the 1954 Brown v. Board decision.

She republishes a lengthy analysis of the situation by Richard Rothstein. She often republishes Richard Rothstein’s articles. As usual, Rothstein has assembled a mountain of data in support of his position; however, unfortunately, a mountain of data matters little if one’s premises are wrong.

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* Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Magical’ Amulet With Odd Two-Way Inscription

January 19, 2015Bible, Clippings, Homelessness, National news, ScienceAndrae Crouch, Christianity, Genetics, Marriage, Mental illness, Old Testament, Public schools, Schools, Syncretism, Vanita SundaramWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Amulet • R.I.P. Andre Crouch • Schools should teach against date rape? • Individualization in the classroom • The One Universal Secret To A Lasting Marriage • When a loved one has mental illness • A genetic predictor of breast cancer

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* “We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”

January 17, 2015Audition files, Bible, Clippings, Homelessness, National media, National news, Poverty, The William Tell ShowAtheists, Bill O'Reilly, Christmas, David Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Tayler, Salon.com, SaturnaliaWilliam Tell

My second audition file. The sound quality isn’t perfect, but I adjudged not bad enough to prevent posting here.

TRANSCRIPT

December 2014 saw a splash of anti-Christian pieces in the media.

There was Kurt Eichenwald’s January 2 Newsweek cover story, which I need not respond to; an adequate response has already been made by Albert Mohler, M-O-H-L-E-R.

There is Steve Siebold’s December 24 HuffPost article, entitled, “Don’t Just Question the 10 Commandments; Question the Entire Bible.” I may respond to that at a later date.

And then there was Jeffrey Tayler’s December 22 Salon.com piece, entitled, “Let’s Make Bill O’Reilly’s Head Explode: We Desperately Need a War on Christmas Lies;” to which I will respond now.

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* Bring back Saturnalia?

January 14, 2015UncategorizedChristmas, Jeffrey Tayler, Salon.com, SaturnaliaWilliam Tell

Saturday, I mean to publish a response to a recent Salon.com piece by Jeffrey Tayler disparaging Christmas.

In preparing that, I had to research Saturnalia, the ancient pagan festival that Christmas was meant to replace.

From my reading of the Wikipedia article, there’s a lot to be said for it.

Maybe we should bring it back!

Reblogged 2020-11-05.

* Don Lemon vs. Jesse Jackson: demonstrations vs. riots

January 12, 2015Clippings, Justice, National news, World NewsBJP, Demonstrations, Don Lemon, Ferguson MO, India, Jesse Jackson, Meaghan Ellis, Police, Race, Riots, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Demonstrations vs. riots • Police issues • India’s “religious right”

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* The emperor’s new clothes: False prophecy in the news

January 7, 2015Audition files, Bible, National media, National news, The William Tell ShowCancer, David, False prophecy, Jesus, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Nathan, Prophecy, Salon.com, Tucker CarlsonWilliam Tell

Here is my first audition file. The sound quality and performance aren’t the best, but I’ve chosen to post it anyway given the weight of the subject matter.

I need to show that I can speak off the cuff about current events, and an opportunity to do so came in the controversy over recent tweets by Maria Chappelle-Nadal.

A transcript appears below.

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o Job search update, 01/05/15

January 5, 2015Job search/Job prospectsThe Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN DECEMBER ’14:

Call Center Agent — H&S Bakery

Part Time Scanning Coordinator (#392 Canton Crossing) — Harris Teeter

Private Label Office Clerk (Front Office) — Northeast Foods

Administrative Assistant — Urban Behavioral Associates

Front Desk/Receptionist — Ophthalmology Office Specializing in Glaucoma

Administrative Assistant — Amazon.com

Administrative Assistant — Bombardier

Note 12/24/14: Passed over “Mail room clerk” with Mary Kraft, paying $10.50/hour, full time: this will not be a job for someone who lives alone. I cannot work full time and stay at the shelter. To get my own place, I need to earn $15.00/hour.