WE DIDN'T WIN JACK SHIT!
Powerball officials say tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to win the record the record $579.9 million jackpot. Now the hunt for the winners begins.
Early Thursday morning officials confirmed that two winning tickets had been sold.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.
A lottery official said late Wednesday that the jackpot increased to $579.9 million by the time of the drawing, making the cash option $379.8 million.
Americans went on a ticket-buying spree in recent days, the big money enticing many people who rarely, if ever, play the lottery to purchase a shot at the second-largest payout in U.S. history.
Among them was Lamar Fallie, a jobless Chicago man who said his six tickets conjured a pleasant daydream: If he wins, he plans to take care of his church, make big donations to schools and then "retire from being unemployed."
Tickets were selling at a rate of 130,000 a minute nationwide -- about six times the volume from a week ago. That pushed the jackpot even higher before the Wednesday night drawing, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The jackpot had already rolled over 16 consecutive times without a winner, but Powerball officials said earlier Wednesday they believed there was a 75 percent chance the winning combination will be drawn this time.
Some experts had predicted that if one ticket hit the right numbers, chances were good that multiple ones would. That happened in the Mega Millions drawing in March, when three ticket buyers shared a $656 million jackpot, which remains the largest lottery payout of all time. And it happened again for Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
Yvette Gavin, who sold the tickets to Fallie, is only an occasional lottery player herself, but the huge jackpot means she'll definitely play this time. As for the promises she often gets from ticket purchasers, Gavin isn't holding her breath.
"A lot of customers say if they win they will take care of me, but I will have to wait and see," she said.
Judge rules atheist court case seeking removal of Jesus statue meant as World War II memorial near Montana ski resort can continue
HELENA, Mont. – A lawsuit seeking the removal of a Jesus statue near a Montana ski resort will go on after a national group of atheists and agnostics produced a local member who says he is offended by the religious symbol whenever he swooshes down the slopes.
The Knights of Columbus and four individuals had asked a judge to throw out the legal challenge because the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation had not named anyone actually harmed by the statue on federal land next to Whitefish Mountain Resort.
Without such a person, the Knights of Columbus argued, the foundation had no right to bring the lawsuit.
So the foundation found William Cox, an atheist who lives 15 miles from the northwestern Montana resort. Cox submitted a statement that says he frequently goes to Whitefish and has skied many times past the statue, which he considers religious and offensive.
That was good enough for U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen to deny the Knights of Columbus' request Tuesday and to proceed with the lawsuit. A trial is scheduled for March.
"I could just say, `Hallelujah,"' Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said Wednesday. "It was very obliging of the judge to let it proceed."
Charlie Harball, the attorney representing the Knights of Columbus, said he had anticipated the judge's ruling but he believed the motion to dismiss had compelled the atheists to produce a person as they are required.
"If we hadn't filed the motion in the first place, we still might not have an individual named," Harball said. "It's kind of forcing people to do what they're supposed to do."
Gaylor said they did not name anyone in the original lawsuit because the foundation wanted to protect that person from any negative response from others in the community.
"We just want to deflect attention away from him. We're at least long distance. We know how heated it gets," Gaylor said.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed the lawsuit in February, arguing the U.S. Forest Service is unconstitutionally sanctioning the 57-year-old statue maintained by the Knights of Columbus. The statue was originally conceived by World War II veterans who saw similar shrines while fighting in the mountains of Europe.
Several out-of-state conservative and religious groups have pledged their support in defending the statue's existence on its 25-by-25 foot patch of land, saying it represents the history and heritage of the region.
The Forest Service initially decided last year not to reauthorize a special-use permit for the statue, but reversed that decision and said its historic nature allowed it to remain.
Attorneys for the Forest Service said in court filings they had no position on the Knights of Columbus' request to dismiss the lawsuit.
WARNING: THE LANGUAGE IN THE BELOW RANT MAY OFFEND.
I'm just going to let this flow, and if it offends you, well, don't come to the forum any more. Okay?
If you are such a little fucking pussy that a statue THAT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU, but bothers someone else (1 person) makes you take time out of your day to go to Federal Court, I think it's about time someone whips your ass.
Gaylor said they did not name anyone in the original lawsuit because the foundation wanted to protect that person from any negative response from others in the community.
PUSSY!
If you're so offended and you're going to cause all this trouble, have the balls to stand up and be fucking identified.
Do you not see and understand the incredible, insane waste of time, money and energy on these absurd - ABSURD - stances against CHRISTIANITY.
AGAIN - I would like to point out that 100% of the time it's over Christianity. IT IS NEVER OVER ANY OTHER RELIGION! EVER!
It's never Hinduism. It's never Buddhism. It's never Islam. It's never any other Religion. Why is that? Because these nut jobs know that other Religions would stand up and fight them on it. They know that in America you can pick on Christianity and no one will say anything, but if you piss off another Country, whether it's represented religion-wise here in America or not, there would be HELL to pay! YOU KNOW THAT IS TRUE!
FOR ONCE, I'd like to see the freedom from religion PUSSIES stand up against an Islamic Church and see how that goes for them. I'd like for them to tell Muslims that they can't pray in public!! HOLY SHIT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT ONE!
If you are without Religion and do not believe in God, fine. Doesn't bother me if you don't believe in anything, but YOU BELIEVE IN NOTHING - so why does everything offend you? If you don't believe in Christ, THEN WHY DOES IT BOTHER YOU SO MUCH THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO!
GET OUT OF MY WORLD YOU FUCKING DOLTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daily Dump for Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Daily Dump for Thursday, November 29th, 2012
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