A Swedish church has decided to invest in tiny, electronic bibles to drop, via drones, over ISIS-occupied territory: A major evangelical free church in Sweden is preparing to use drones to drop thousands of Bibles into areas of Iraq controlled by Islamic State. The Livets Ord (Word of Life) church in Uppsala in the north of Sweden has said it will use drones flying at high altitude to release thousands of small, electronic Bibles into Iraq. “The Bibles are the size of... Read more
I just watched Trump’s North Carolina speech. Something he’s good at is stoking the imaginations of his most fevered followers without directly saying what he wants them to imagine. He knows they will do all the work for him. An example from today was when Trump said, “And Hillary’s email server. She deleted 33,000 emails! You know why she did it.” To people who care to be informed, yes, we know why she did it. She wanted privacy, just like... Read more
I’ve read articles all week about the pro-Roy Moore protesters outside the courthouse in Montgomery. I can see them in my head, tiny bunches of general, but especially legal, ignorance packed into the finest stars and stripes frippery the local Wal-Mart had on sale. There they are, hoping the legal experts in that hall will likewise confuse impotent anger at not getting their way with a passion for justice (a justice they wish to subvert because the recipient hates gay people... Read more
Someone has finally gotten to the bottom of Trump’s lies, and he exposes him with the best words: The man lies as casually as he breathes. Read more
So, this happened in Charlotte today: It’s worth noting that the Charlotte City Council is out of the equation now since the state government overturned their ordinance (and is going to lose a lawsuit over it). It’s pretty much the standard trope of threatening bad things unless somebody (in this case, the government) kowtows to their religion. If a Muslim does it, it’s a terrorist threat to people like Benham. But when he does it? Hell, he’s just a good... Read more
Today Monmouth university released a poll that paints an unpleasant picture for Donald Trump: Currently, 46% of registered voters support Clinton and 34% back Trump, with 7% supporting Libertarian Gary Johnson, and 2% backing Jill Stein of the Green Party. Support among likely voters stands at 50% Clinton, 37% Trump, 7% Johnson, and 2% Stein. In a poll taken days before the Republican convention in mid-July, Clinton held a narrow 43% to 40% lead among registered voters and a 45%... Read more
The Watuauga police department in Texas recently got handed a voicemail recording by a local mosque from an anonymous “veteran and a Christian.” It’s…colorful: Police in Watauga, Texas were working with the FBI to investigate a voicemail message left at a local mosque by a man who identified as a veteran and threatened to decapitate attendees. “F*** you, f*** Muhammad, f*** Islam. This is America. If you don’t like the way we do s***, get the f*** out,” the man... Read more
It’s a weird thing about the internet, that articles from years ago sometimes pop up. Such was an article I began reading today — an opinion piece in The Guardian by Dr. Ali Selim from 2014 titled Blasphemy offence is vital to our peaceful co-existence, but which made it to the front page of atheism reddit this morning. It’s hard for me to judge, sometimes I’ve failed to check the date myself. However, I kept reading because these arguments about blasphemy... Read more
My throat is still trying to kill me. Here’s a fluffy puppy: This fluff wins the fluff award Read more
Oh man, if only hypocrisy cured strep throat, I’d be a regular spring chicken right now. Ok, Anthony Silva is the hardcore anti-gay Republican mayor of Stockton, CA. Last year Stockton gave the key to the city to god. Welp, it turns out Silva may just have a thing for men. Sorry, I said men, I meant young boys: Reading some articles this morning, it seems Silva found just the right attorney: “We’re hearing that there was multiple adults present,... Read more
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