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January 6th, 2009
news
[cj_news]
 | 11:45 am - LJ going down?
As some of you already know, SUP/Fabrik, the owner of LiveJournal, has laid of a significant number of their American-based workers.
People are panicking that LiveJournal will fold soon. With that in mind, it might be a good time to let your friends know about CommieJournal. At the very least, they can back their journals up to an account here using LJ Sec.
We aren't going anywhere!
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dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Bum Bum
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2551-bum-bum.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2551 Location: Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
This is Bum Bum. He has now gone away. It’s so sad. He was a really cute kitten, and we loved him sooooooooo much. Hope you’ll be back, Bum Bum.
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January 5th, 2009
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Cecep a.k.a Ken-chan
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2547-cecep-aka-ken-chan.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2547 Location: Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
This is Cecap, a.k.a. Ken-chan. This cute kitten has a silver paw on his left foot.
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January 4th, 2009
wrens_nest
| 03:30 pm - Religious Freedom 2009: Living With Our Deepest Differences
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20303 Let’s ring in the New Year with some good news about our country: Despite bitter culture wars, outbreaks of nativism, and pockets of intolerance, the United States begins 2009 as the boldest and most successful experiment in living with religious differences the world has ever known.
This is no small achievement in a world torn by religious hatred and sectarian violence. Christian vs. Muslim in
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wrens_nest
| 03:30 pm - Mother's Colorful Memorial To Her Son Has Both Fans And Critics
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20302 As the coroner zipped her son into a body bag, Susan "Willow" Schroeder looked at his blood on the concrete next to her home. She saw colors, all sorts of them, and resolved to replace the gruesome stain with something beautiful.
So she began to paint.
That night, near the door to his apartment, she wrote, "Heart of my heart, love will never die." The next morning, over the bloodstain in fro
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dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Draca
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2544-draca.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2544 Location: Acworth, Georgia, USA
Draca is a six week old bundle of joy that has recently joined my family. She has a wonderful personality and has fit in perfectly with me and my one year old Maltese baby. Draca loves attacking mommy’s feet and pouncing on her doggie sister when she least expects it.
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January 3rd, 2009
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Scooter, Skittles, and Snickers
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2541-scooter-skittles-and-snickers.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2541 Location: Phoenix, Oregon, USA
These three charmers, a handful to be sure, were brought into the Jackson Co. Animal Shelter, along with their beautiful calico mother. Scooter and Skittles were adopted to good homes, and so was the mom, Roxy. Snickers currently has a job socializing a timid kitten in a foster home. He is a good worker, and the timid kitten is coming around! When Snickers’ job is done, he and the kitten will be brought back to the Shelter to be adopted. These were some of the cutest, funniest kittens at the Shelter, bouncing around and playing and chasing and having a great time. We really enjoyed having them, but are, of course, even happier that they are getting furever homes!
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January 2nd, 2009
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Button
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2536-button.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2536 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Button is the sweetest, most loving cat. Nothing ever gets in the way of his playful happy attitude and he purrs his way through every situation, even visits to the vet. He’s a playful one too, and quite aerodynamic, able to leap off high surfaces with no notice & always eager for an impromptu snuggle.
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January 1st, 2009
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Oliver
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2532-oliver-5.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2532 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Oliver’s mom was a scrap yard cat. We chose him because he was the runt and was much quieter than his sisters. He loves to cuddle and chase his new brother and sister around the house.
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December 31st, 2008
wrens_nest
| 11:30 am - Supreme Court Asked To Review Exorcism Case
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20301 Lawyers for a former Colleyville woman who accused her fellow church members of abuse during a forced exorcism in 1996 when she was a teen have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case.
Laura Schubert alleged that members of the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God held her down, bruising her wrists and leaving carpet burns on her back when she was 17 and then known as Laura Pearson.
This s
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wrens_nest
| 11:30 am - U.S. Group Wants Religion Pulled From Obama's Inauguration Ceremony
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20300 A group of atheists is taking legal action in hopes of having all religious references removed from U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony in January.
A lawsuit filed in Federal Court is trying to prevent having the phrase "So help me God" included in the oath of office. It also wants to prevent inaugural prayers from being delivered at the event.
"We're hoping to stop pra
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dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Tina Marie Bear
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2527-tina-marie-bear.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2527 Location: Aptos, California, USA
This is Tina Marie Bear. She is a Scottish Fold and a very lovely lady, although she prefers to eat her dinner while lying down. We fear she may become quite a large cat. She joins her older brother Mr. Pumpkin Pants in Aptos, CA. We love her very much.
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December 30th, 2008
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Leo
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2524-leo-4.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2524 Location: Berlin, Germany
This is my kitten Leo, only a couple of days after he moved in with me. You can’t actually see it here, but he was quite skeletal (he weighed only 10 ounces!) and very sick. I nursed him back to health and in spite of everything he had to go through, he always remained incredibly friendly, cuddly and playful. He hasn’t hurt me once in his life. Now, he totally cracks me up every day. He just has very particular ways of doing things…
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December 29th, 2008
news
[cj_news]
| 04:53 pm - CJ Account Features
Here are the features for the different types of accounts.
Basic account:
Maximum friends: 500
User pics: 100
To-do list
Can search
Friends/Friends page view
Links list
Can use S2 styles
Paid account - all of the above, plus:
Maximum friends: 1000
User pics: 500
CJ email address (only for year-long and subscription accounts; not available for monthly paid)
Text messaging via cell
Can create mood themes
Can create polls
Can be tracked on weblogs.com
Can create S2 styles, maximum of 25 with 55 layers
Can create syndicated feeds
Permanent account - all of the above, plus:
Maximum friends: 20000
User pics: 600
Can create S2 styles with a maximum of 50 with 100 layers
The CommieJournal Store
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wrens_nest
| 05:30 pm - Need A Pagan Pick-Me-Up?
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20299 Churches have been decked with holly and ivy for Christmas, but few people pause to consider the heathen origins of those plants that feature so prominently at this time of year.
Ivy is associated with Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, fertility and licentiousness, whose crown and garlands were composed of intertwined ivy and vines. It was considered important by the followers of Bacchus because
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wrens_nest
| 05:30 pm - Why We Get Fired Up For The New Year
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20298 As Scotland Gears Up For Its Biggest Annual Bash, We Look At The Roots Of Hogmanay - And The Many Traditions Associated With It
While New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world, Scotland has a long and rich heritage associated with the event that we call Hogmanay.
It is often assumed that the Scots invented the name "Hogmanay". However, there are many conflicting theories about the origin
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wrens_nest
| 05:30 pm - Renewing The World
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20297 Happy New Year! As we greet family and friends with this seasonal blessing, what a joy it can be to know we are part of a global tradition both ancient and ongoing. The history of humankind reveals a basic need to celebrate the changing of the seasons. For many cultures, the “return” of the sun at the Winter Solstice has marked the beginning of the New Year. With the gradual increase of daylight c
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dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Tigro
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2521-tigro.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2521 Location: Pizzighettone, Italy
This lovely cat was born three years ago. He has two brothers and they live together in the beautiful Italian countryside.
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December 28th, 2008
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Simba
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2517-simba-3.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2517 Location: Sydney, Australia
I’m Simba. I’m nine weeks old and I’m pooped! I just did a gym workout!
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December 27th, 2008
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Chuck
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2512-chuck.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2512 Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Here is Angie’s brother, Chuck. He is just two months old in this picture, the very first one I took of him. He came from a kitty crowded apartment, seven adult cats and a litter of kittens! He and his sister love to thunder around the apartment and knock stuff off the kitchen table. If there’s the slightest hint that you might start petting him, he’ll start purrrrrrrrring. He’s quite the cuddle bug. He and Angie are now seven months old.
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December 26th, 2008
dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Jax & Hammy
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2508-jax-hammy.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2508 Location: Gainesville, Florida, USA
My roommate and her friend were coming home from a Tool concert in Jacksonville, FL when they found these two little babies covered in mud during a rainstorm. They brought them back to Gainesville, and we fostered them for a few days. We weren’t sure what to do because they were so small, but luckily one of our friends is studying to be a vet. We bottle fed them and had them sleep on a heating pad. Now they live in Orlando, FL and are very happy and healthy!
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December 25th, 2008
dailykittencom
| 02:07 pm - Cloudy Boy
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2109-cloudy-boy.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2109 Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
This is Cloudy Boy. My husband and I adopted him the the humane society in Tampa, Florida. My husband was not a huge fan of cats and told me before we got married that we would never ever ever get a cat. Ever! So, one day after work he had me jump in his car because he said he had a surprise for me. He drove me to the humane society and I got so excited because I thought we were going to adopt a little puppy, because a few days earlier we had gone to a pet store to look at puppies. We walked up to the counter and the lady asked us if we were there for puppies or kittens, and my husband said, ” a little kitty!” I was so ecstatic - Cloudy Boy was the first kitty I saw and I knew he was mine! Cloudy Boy loves to play with his little toy mice and loves blueberry muffins.
Merry Christmas from The Daily Kitten.
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December 24th, 2008
wrens_nest
| 10:30 am - DFW International Airport To Host 26-Foot-Tall Anubis Statue In Celebration Of King Tut Exhibit
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20296 DFW International Airport welcomed the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis, guide and protector of the dead, to the Airport's popular Founders' Plaza today, celebrating the successful conclusion of the "Year of the International Traveler."
The 10-ton, 26-foot-tall statue, which will "deck the skyways" with a giant candy cane staff, will be on display to celebrate the "Tutankhamun and the
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dailykittencom
| 03:07 pm - Eli
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/2505-eli.html http://www.dailykitten.com/?p=2505 Location: St Loius, Missouri, USA
Eli is a little kitten I helped take care of for a little while. In this picture he has canned cat food all over his face and is begging for more!
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wrens_nest
| 09:30 am - The Great Lansing Elf Visit Of 1998
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20295 For the purposes of this story, it would be important to point out that there's a difference between standard elves and Christmas elfs. Elves, according to Wikipedia, are fantastical creatures with roots in German folklore. Christmas elfs (do you see the difference in the spelling there?) specifically make toys, have pointy shoes and ears and wear shiny, red and green-colored clothes. One could as
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wrens_nest
| 09:30 am - Ho, Ho, No: Toymakers Say Lead Law Harms Workshops
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20294 Worries over lead paint in mass-market toys made the holidays a little brighter for handcrafted toy makers last year, but now the federal government's response to the scare has some workshops fearful that this Christmas might be their last.
Without changes to strict new safety rules, they say, mom-and-pop toy makers and retailers could be forced to conduct testing and labeling they can't afford
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wrens_nest
| 09:30 am - Priest 'Ruins Christmas' For Kids
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20293 A Catholic priest has been criticised by parents in a city in northern Italy for telling their children that Father Christmas does not really exist.
Father Dino Bottino, the parish priest of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Novara, let out the secret at a children's mass earlier this month.
A local paper published complaints from dozens of parents. "You've ruined my children's Christmas,"
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wrens_nest
| 09:30 am - Celebrating The Magic Of Christmas
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20292 As the world gets into the Christmas spirit buying the Christmas tree, and the mistletoe, it is being debated that these traditions have very little to do with Christianity.
Most of these are associated with Winter Solstice, celebrated by the ancient religions and cultures and later adopted by Christianity when they decided to place the birth of Christ in the midst of this festive season.
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wrens_nest
| 09:30 am - Witches' Daggers Seized By Customs
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20291 Christmas for some Masterton witches has been caught up in a cut-and-thrust customs war over imported ceremonial knives.
Dave Hannay, owner of Napier retail outlet King of Knives, said he has battled for a year with customs officers over a consignment of 230 fake knives and swords that were in part bound for covens in Masterton as well as freemasons across New Zealand.
Mr Hannay said some of
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