Posts Tagged ‘Communism’
35 Years Ago Today
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 85 Comments › )Filed under Communism, History, Military, Politics at April 30th, 2010 - 11:00 pm
April Fools Day in Россия = Lenin Fart Day
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 90 Comments › )Filed under Communism, Humor, Open thread, Politics, Russia, World at March 31st, 2010 - 9:00 pm
Apparently there’s a tradition in Russia that involves decorating/desecrating/mocking the ubiquitous statues of Lenin on April Fools Day, and this one in particular is in a class by itself. From the excellent website English Russia:
And so, on April Fool’s Day they made Lenin Fart Day, with putting 300 gram TNT explosives inside the monument that was located in very busy city square of seven million population Russian city.
Then at designated hour they heard a boom. Be sure it was heard by hundreds or even thousands of passers by as this unfortunate Lenin statue was right in front of St. Petersburg’s railway station.
The consequences might be very rough for the ones who made this happen, but it is still unclear have they been found or not.
Other examples of anti-Lenin pranks can be found here.
Oh yeah. This is a shamelessly open thread.
The Feasts of St. Joseph
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 240 Comments › )Filed under Christianity, Communism, Democratic Party, Healthcare, Politics, Progressives, Religion at March 20th, 2010 - 8:00 pm
On Friday 19 March 2010, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi invoked a prayer to St. Joseph for help in passing the Health Care debacle. Not being Catholic, I couldn’t remember who he was the patron saint of besides children’s aspirin, so I decided to check Wikipuddlia.
Here’s the entry for St. Joseph:
Further down, under Sainthood, we find this:
Here’s the pertinent paragraph enlarged.
Now click on that image. It’s on Wikipedia, so it’s got to be true… heh. My initial reaction was that some wag edited the Wiki for fun, BUT WAIT! IT’S TRUE!
From The Washington Times:
Seeking to shore up support for her embattled health bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced it was the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, adding “We pray to Saint Joseph to benefit the workers of America which is what our health bill would do.”
Problem is, March 19 is indeed the feast day of Saint Joseph, foster-father of Jesus. But the actual feast of St. Joseph the Worker (same man, two ways of commemorating him) comes in six weeks. Set for May 1, it was introduced by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to counteract May Day, the high holiday for communist and socialist workers.
So, Wikipedia is right, Nancy blew it twice in one fell swoop, and Joe Biden’s disease is contagious.
[Crossposted here.]
Update 3:42PM: This doesn’t look good.
[Source for Odds of Healthcare Passage as of 20 March 2010 here.]
