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The Sinners Shall Perish June 3, 2006

Posted by Resident Egoist in : Misc, Religion , add a comment

Pat Robertson is an instrument of God — in more ways than you’d probably imagine. Apparently God doesn’t use the good old preacher only for publicity … I mean gospel-spreading. No, He enlists the man’s property as well, whenever there is need for “swift justice” … specifically his planes!

Via the Houston Chronicle:

Two pilots were killed and three passengers suffered minor injuries when a small jet owned by religious broadcast Pat Robertson crashed in Long Island Sound while flying in heavy fog. Robertson was not aboard.

The twin-engine Learjet 35 went down a half-mile short of the runway at Groton-New London Airport on Friday, and officials with the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to arrive at the airport Saturday to begin investigating why.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the jet hit at least one approach light mounted in a cove near the airport and landed upside down in about 4 to 8 feet of water.

The passengers were able to get out of the plane on their own and were taken to a hospital, state police spokesman Sgt. J. Paul Vance said.

Their names were not released, but authorities said the three were men in their 50s.

They were headed to Connecticut to attend a charity golf tournament at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, said Phil Laferrera, a tournament organizer.

Whenever the good Reverend comes to his senses, I’m sure he’ll corroborate my theory that God rightfully struck these sinners because they were mindlessly heading to the Devil’s Lair, Foxwoods Resort Casino … just as he routinely strikes Devil worshiping minions (e.g: Indian Ocean tsunami, Katrina and past hurricane season, and more recently, that massive earthquake in Indonesia).

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Announcements March 10, 2006

Posted by Resident Egoist in : Blog Stuff, Misc , 1 comment so far

I’ve had a rather very busy schedule as of late, and in light of the need to comply with the demands of my priority scale, I’ve decided to put some activities to indefinite halt: regrettably, updating this blog is one of those activities. As regular readers might have already noticed, the posting frequency around here has already gone to the dogs — so this is really just an “official” statement of sorts … to make things official explicit, to both to meself and others.

Now, in the interest of clarity: this is not an end to my blogging “career” — the venerable Goddess Gaia willing, I shall never fall victim to the scourge of unsustainable blogging. Hence, this site is not going down just as these archives will remain up, and in case something extraordinarily extraordinary happens, I may write a word or seven. Bottom line: it is my intention to come back when I get a lighter schedule; this however, I don’t expect any time soon.

Still in the interest of clarity, subscribers to my RSS feed will keep seeing a daily aggregation of links to stories that I find interesting from my del.icio.us account. You are encouraged to subscribe if you aren’t already.

That said, it’s been quite a pleasure so far, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the academy everyone who stopped by, especially the few [the very few as a matter of fact], the proud, the regular i, Egoist readers. ;).

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Now on to better news: starting this moment, I will be offering free web hosting to Objectivists who want, or need it. That is, if you want to set up a personal weblog, a community forum, a mailing list, or a simple blank HTML page, etc … and you need webspace to host it, let me know and I will see how I can help you … if I can indeed help you. Did I mention that only Objectivists [or students of Objectivism] need apply? Good.

Here’s what you get:

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Finally, as this thing is still in “beta” status, I will most likely only be taking in around 5 people. The offer is on a first-come-first-served basis. Please forward your requests (either for the service, or for clarifications) to my email address: resident[dot]egoist[at]gmail[dot]com.

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