I don’t feel completely right posting this video in which a hatred-spewing ‘Christian’ pastor, Stephen L. Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church, offers his evaluation of the Orlando massacre. However, we cannot turn away from such evil ranters; …
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Politics and its Discontents: In A World Where Truth Mattered
….this might be significant. Unfortunately, the more Donald Trump lies, the more popular he seems to become with his acolytes, who laud him for his ‘authenticity’. Too bad so many Americans seem to have slipped into a parallel universe.Recommend this…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Collective Amnesia
In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, it seems that the world is about to embark on even greater military intervention in the Middle East, intervention that will undoubtedly be aided and abetted by a fog of amnesia about recent history. While I do not consider myself particularly well-versed
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Burn, Baby, Burn
Click hear to learn about pastor Rick Scarborough’s plan to defend ‘traditional marriage.’ Would it be wrong of me to offer this ‘man of God’ some waterproof matches? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Continuing With A Theme
We are frequently told that Islam is a religion of compassion and love; there are those who find that a risible assertion, given the jihadism embraced by so many terrorists. Somehow, however, many forms of Christianity get a free pass when it comes to their own acts of terror and
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Now Here’s An Unsettling Revelation
Apparently molestation runs rampant in the homes of the Christian Right: Could there be something wrong in their theology? Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Fox Apologizes?
Surely the end is nigh. In case you have the interest and the stomach, this is what the apologies were all about: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Giving The Devil His Due
I sometimes worry that I do not give sufficient coverage to my favourite crazed evangelical, Pat Robertson. A quick review of this year’s posts shows that I offered a mere nine stories on God’s anointed one during 2014. In the interests of staying on the ‘right’ side of God, or
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Parsing Darren Wilson And Robert McCullough
As indicated in my previous post, there are very legitimate reasons to believe that prosecutor Robert McCullough purposely failed to secure a grand jury indictment against Michael Brown’s killer, Officer Darren Wilson. In the following video, provided by Addicting Info, legal commentator and former prosecutor Nancy Grace eviscerates both McCullough’s
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: In Which Pat Robertson Makes Even Less Sense Than Usual
I’m completely stumped by this one from my favorite crazed evangelical: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Imagine If Our Politicians Had This Kind Of Honesty And Integrity
The Irish Senator and internationally recognized human rights activist, David Norris, delivered an eminently powerful speech concerning Gaza in the Irish Parliament on, July, 31st. In his speech Norris criticizes human rights violations of Israel carried out with the support of the United States and complacency of the international community.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How Not To Answer A Question
Texas Governor Rick Perry provides an expert technique lesson in the following video: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Friday Evening Reflection
Hmmm. I can think of some who might resist this perspective: “God reveals himself not as one who stands above and who dominates the universe, but as He who lowers himself. It means that to be like Him, we do not have to place ourselves above the others, but come
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Affluenza Judge Seems To Have A Double Standard
Now why does this not surprise me? Recommend this Post
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