That’s $50 Million, tax-free because he’s a charity.

The Santa Claus 3: The Escape Osteen

Of course mattress stores are doing more to assist people than Joel Olsteen is. Mattress stores actually sell something tangible and useful.

Somebody else on another site pointed out that Joel Olsteen looks like both Martin Short and Tim Allen at the same time. they ain’t wrong.

Also mattress stores. Once the cities and county shelters *and mattress stores* reach capacity.

“We didn’t mean OUR church!”

“We are prepared to shelter people once the cities and county shelters reach capacity.”

Mega-Churches are the biggest racket. These pastors ask for more and more money for shit like private jets and helicopters so they can “spread the word,” but they rarely do anything but fly to extravagant places where they can promote their new book. Osteen’s earned my scorn because older folks I know keep sharing his…

Readin’s for libruls.

Weird how certain circles want to shut down government programs because “churches can do the same work”, and yet its not happening.

There is no way a church that big is doing jack shit for the lives of anyone in the congregation. If your pastor doesn’t know your name, your church sucks.

I was reading that without looking at the authors and I thought to myself “I would bet the farm that this is Katie Rife.” Sure enough. It’s precisely the kind of lazy, relentlessly politicized nonsense that she spouts nonstop. Contrast that with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky’s comments that provide some genuine insight and a…

Does it?

I was sort of surprisingly moved by the Dragonpit itself, with Tyrion talking about how it must have seemed like a mockery after the dragons stopped growing large, and Jon finding the tiny dragon jawbone. That kind of shit is what keeps me coming back...along with the dragons.

I, for one, came to see what Jon’s actual name was, and I left disappointed.

“That’s the world we live in now; it’s more violent, more chaotic, and less innocent than the world of 25 years ago.”

All of this. Also literally every dumbass decision in the movie is made by a dude, and since Ellie and Lex have interactions that aren’t about men it passes the Bechdel test.

Jurassic Park has more than a seed of feminism.

Yep. Just a great movie.

I went into paleobotany because of Laura Dern’s character in Jurassic Park.