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God in Your Pocket: Temple to Launch Divination App for Faithful

By on October 22, 2012 in News 1

Because your Ouija Board won’t fit in your pocket and the Magic Eight Ball makes it look like you have Elephantitis:

A temple in southern Taiwan is to launch a smartphone app that allows the faithful to seek advice from the heavens while on the move, reports said Saturday.

“With the increasing popularity of smartphones, we will launch our own divination app next year,” said Hung Yang-chen, website designer for Jhen Hai Temple in Pingtung county, according to Central News Agency.

The temple launched a website in 2005 offering online divination services, enabling Internet users to ask heavenly advice about what action to take, whether in love or commerce.

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Rep. Todd Akin: Write a Check if You Want My Attention

By on September 26, 2012 in News 6

Via Raw Story:

When it comes to politics, money talks and bullshit walks…right into public office. Most politicians aren’t nearly as upfront about the connection between receiving loads of money and their willingness to pay attention to their constituents. Then again, most politicians aren’t Rep. Todd Akin, currently running for senate in Missouri. Akin was perhaps a little too candid for his own good at a Kansas City Fair Tax meeting in May when he answered a question about the best way to contact a member of congress. The campaign to re-elect his opponent, Sen. Claire McCaskill, uploaded the audio just a couple of days ago:

“I’m in a three way primary for the U.S. Senate. I’ve gone to people and asked for their support, their help, or their endorsement and some people say yes. They write me a decent check. I remember that… You remember who’s helping you. That’s one way that people get to know Congressmen and Senators.”

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