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"You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in." — Arlo Guthrie

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Why are southern Masons still racially segregated?

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W. Bro. Elliot Burns, who runs the American Mason website, recently posted this letter from a new Mason , along with his response to the let...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Freemasons, Rotarians, Lions on al-Qaida hit lists

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Did you know that the Rotary Club was originally purely intended to be a social club, and that some early Rotary Clubs (in the 1910s-20s) re...
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Put a Smile on your face!

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Ever wonder what the backside of a Smiley Face looks like? Click here to find out. Thanks to Cindy Broeker for the smiles. Smile | Smiley ...
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Who built the Moon?

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Reprinted from New Dawn magazine Many New Dawn readers will know of British writer Christopher Knight from his first book The Hiram Key , w...
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The Masonic Compact

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To celebrate the 225th Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of New York, this Masonic Compact was created. I like it. I wish these sentiments and ...
Monday, July 10, 2006

Old Tiler's Talk: Book on the Altar

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The Old Tiler is a character in a series of short vignettes by Bro. Carl H. Claudy, written between 1921 and the late 1940s. The story usual...
Friday, July 07, 2006

Shriners caught off guard by Sandy Frost allegations

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Investigative reporter Sandy Frost has recently published parts 4, 5 and 6 of her investigation into the Shriners' questionable financia...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Georgia Grand Lodge pressures Order of Eastern Star to ban membership in Co-Masonry, reports say

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According to Bro. Simpson at The Modern Freemasonic Journal , the Grand Lodge of Georgia has pressured the Georgia Order of the Eastern Star...
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Let there be light... an eerie, glowing radioactive cloud sort of light

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Rodney Hoffman submitted this to Boing Boing recently: In the early 1950s, several above-ground atom bomb tests at the Nevada Proving Groun...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Floating Entered Apprentices, or, "Has anyone seen our candidate?"

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The following short piece was originally published in W. Bro. Harry Bruno's Sunday Masonic Newsletter , and then reprinted in the Masoni...
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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Would you pass the American citizenship test?

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Among other requirements, people who apply for American citizenship must pass a test about U.S. history and the American constitutional syst...
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GrouchoGandhi asks: Who has the biggest Dick?

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The movie A Scanner Darkly opens on July 7, and to celebrate, GrouchoGandhi wants to show you his Dick. A Scanner Darkly is not the first...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Small Town Freemasonry — Part 4: Masonic Coverups, Collusion and Cronyism

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In September, 2005 I was refused re-entry into a Masonic meeting (though I was an officer) while an “acting” Worshipful Master led a discuss...
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Ideas are like fishing, and desire is the bait

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David Lynch | Ideas | Desire | Cinema | Film | Movies | BurningTaper.com | Burning Taper
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Masonic decline: "We discourage enterprise and imagination"

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W. Bro. Tim Bryce's recent article Masonic Membership: Quantity vs. Quality , was published on many sites and generated more comments th...
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Sunday, June 25, 2006

Planet of the Crazy Apes

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In a parallel universe, seven-year-old Myles Rees will grow up to be an accomplished British Shakespearean stage actor, then move to New Yor...
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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Humans "lack the light to show the way. For this reason I have sent them you, my only son."

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Reprinted from Born Jesus . Is Superman a Christ figure? Well, duh! An Associated Press story today asks that question. Director Bryan Sing...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

No cash? No card? Just give 'em the finger!

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A convenience store has installed Florida's first bioemetric payment system. Just stick in your finger to pay. No cards, no PINS. It...
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Have a great summer!

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Today is the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere. The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun i...
Monday, June 19, 2006

Inside the Masons

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The magazine U.S. News and World Report presented an interesting article last September called "Inside the Masons." The article ...

Grand Lodge vs. Blue Lodge: Who serves who?

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Grand Lodge vs. Blue Lodge: Who Serves Who? by W:.Tim Bryce, PM, MPS Masons have been meeting upon the level and parting on the square well ...
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