Well, here’s the headline that did the best at catching my attention today: But we really did: In the past 12 years, the U.S. has spent more than $1.4 billion funding abstinence programs in Africa. They’re part of a larger program — called the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — aimed at stopping the spread of HIV around the world. … When President George W. Bush proposed PEPFAR in 2003, it was an unprecedented plan. The program would give... Read more
Russell Moore, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission recently posted a video to facebook titled “Is America A Christian Nation?” Plot twist: he concludes that it isn’t: “If what you mean by that, is that a nation in which most of the people profess to be Christians, then, certainly, the United States of America was – and is – a Christian nation, based upon that sociological definition of a ‘Christian nation,'” Moore said in... Read more
New York’s Stonewall Inn was the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots, which many historians believed was the very first spark of the modern gay rights movement. Now President Obama plans to make the night club the first national monument honoring the history of LGBT people in the United States: New York’s iconic Stonewall Inn, where the modern gay rights movement took root, will become the first national monument honoring the history of gays and lesbians in the U.S. under... Read more
I worked under Lyz Liddell in my time with the SSA. She is one of the most brilliant, hardest-working, kind, and fair-minded people I have ever encountered. Any project involving her is a damn good investment. That group will be the Center For Inquiry and that project will be Openly Secular. Via press release: The Center for Inquiry is excited to announce that Lyz Liddell, current executive director of the 2016 Reason Rally, will join the staff of CFI in... Read more
Hey guys, there are showings in the house today up til noon, so I’m trying to get the house spruced up and get out of it. But here’s a real quick update on the Jessieville story. The school has responded to neither myself or the FFRF. They have, however, taken down their facebook page entirely [EDIT: it’s now back up after the church event]. There’s also this story: “It’s a national observance, its not just a religious thing, it’s not... Read more
The Hill reports: John Kasich is suspending his bid for the White House, NBC News is reporting. He will make an announcement about his campaign at 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, his campaign said. The Ohio governor had long been mathematically eliminated from securing enough delegates to win the nomination on first ballot. But with many in the GOP strongly opposed to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Kasich forged ahead, hoping he could emerge from the ashes of a... Read more
What a busy morning! I gave a Skype voice lesson to an old friend wanting to learn to sing (we actually incorporated a condom into the lesson, which supports the claim I once made to my wife that I can make a voice lesson out of anything). I’ve also been trying to stay on top of the developing situation in Jessieville, AR. So finally, here’s your morning happiness. Yesterday the wife’s grandmother died (they weren’t particularly close, but the circumstances... Read more
Well, the morning happiness post is going to have to wait. I woke up to see this screenshot in a facebook group I’m in for Arkansas freethinkers: Um, voluntary or not, that’s not legal. Like, not even close to legal. I checked the Jessieville School District’s page myself and this entry is still there as of this post (as of 10:24am Central Time it has been removed. I’ve still not heard from the principal or the superintendent in response to... Read more
Damn, I’ve been out of the house all day (pics tomorrow). Hopefully somebody will decide to buy the house. I arrive back home to see that Trump absolutely crushed in Indiana: Though the real-estate mogul won’t secure the 1,237 delegates he needs to formally claim the nomination until June, his Indiana triumph makes it almost impossible to stop him. Following his decisive wins in New York and other East Coast states, the Indiana victory could put Trump within 200 delegates... Read more
Hey guys. Our realtor wants to do an open house today from 10:30am – 1:30pm, and I also just got notice of a showing at 9am (it’s about 8:30am). I have to be out of the house for all of this. 🙁 Oh, and the wife’s grandmother passed away this morning, so she took the day off work. Gonna go buy her an omelet or something. Be back this afternoon. Read more
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