I thought pagans were the country rubes who hadn't heard the Word of God yet, and so couldn't be blamed for their sin, and heathens were those barbarians who had heard the Word and rejected it in favor of their own gods.

Etymologically, they both pretty much translate into "ignorant hick." Pagus = heath = rural countryside.

[eta: Either way "godless" is redundant, because even if the pagan/heathens did have their own gods, they weren't real gods and therefore didn't count.]

they weren't real gods and therefore didn't count

Oh right, I forgot! Silly me.

We've talked about the psychic octopus predicting the outcome of World Cup games:

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But here's something I didn't know:

Dubbed the "oracle octopus", Paul beat his rival Mani, Singapore’s psychic parakeet, who incorrectly predicted a win for Holland.

In your face, Singapore’s psychic parakeet!

Hee--Two Lumps has a summer haiku today.

Hey tommyrot, I am skippy girl and was wondering how your injury recovery is going.

You know, I really need a reminder the day of monday morning meetings that only happen once a month. I'm just not going to remember.

Hey tommyrot, I am skippy girl and was wondering how your injury recovery is going.

I'm much better. My neck still gets all stiff (like when I wake up) but applying heat and doing range of motion exercises tends to loosen things up a lot. Right now I can turn my head all the way from one side to the other in about a second, which is a huge improvement. And my bruises are fading (and I'm regretting not getting a picture of the 6" x 6" bruise on my leg when it was hella-ugly).

And I'm now trying to figure out how to get my bike to the shop for repairs (the handlebar and the post it attaches to are bent, and the steering is completely loose).

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msbelle has imploded.

Bill O’Reilly Humiliates Sarah Palin on Fox News

Sarah Palin made another rash appearance on Bill O’Reilly’s The Factor Friday night, wherein he grilled her about immigration reform. The half-term governor left the FNC program angry and humiliated as O’Reilly exposed Palin’s limited knowledge for the Fox crowd to see.

Word on the street is that if the Republicans don’t want Sarah Palin to run for President, they’re going to let Fox News and Conservative papers go after her. Uh hum. I’m assuming if they were going to let the fur fly, they’d do it on the on the No. 1 cable news show at 8 p.m. for 10 consecutive years . Uh huh. That guy doesn’t think much of herself anyway, so this is all coming together.

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O’Reilly pressed Sarah on how she would solve the immigration problem, and she answered with, “whatever it takes.” This did not amuse Bill-O who, gasp, actually wanted her to offer a policy solution, and that is where things got testy, because O’Reilly kept pushing , and Palin got angry, and revealed that her solution is to to provide steps for immigration reform, “at some point,” and “keep it simple.” Her answer was a non-answer with no specifics, and a whole lot of anger.

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Bill-O assaults the half-term governor, leaving her bleeding on the floor like he does the rest of his guests. No special treatment here. Keep an ear out for Bill-O’s “this is where it gets complicated, governor” scolding. This is just cruel. They know she’s not up to these interviews. Where are her people???? He also tells her that he is afraid of her “Mama Grizzlies”. Sigh.

And after this, he has another “panel” on with Leslie Marshall and Dana Perino (please, God, make it stop) to discuss Palin’s failure to answer, her “lack of specifics”. They pretty much finished the half-termer off....

::sits with popcorn to watch::