It seems like only yesterday that Saudi Arabia was telling the UN that it was leading the way in human rights. In reality, it was just last year. Welp, they’re back at it again: The delegate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Ambassador Faisal Trad stressed the fundamentals of the kingdom as being proud in applying the provisions of the tolerant Islamic Sharia which ensures justice, rights and duties for all equally without any discrimination, adding... Read more
Even Republican-friendly publication The Hill acknowledges polling that shows 77% of Americans (including 62% of Republicans) think Senate Republicans are playing politics with the vacant Supreme Court seat. Yeah, no shit? Whatever could’ve given people that idea? Maybe stuff like this: McConnell offered this unusual view of the confirmation process during an interview with Fox News Sunday. In response to a question from host Chris Wallace, who asked if Senate Republicans would consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the... Read more
New research out of San Diego State confirms that Americans have hit an all-time low in praying: The percentage of Americans who prayed or believed in God reached an all-time low in 2014, according to new research led by San Diego State University psychology professor Jean M. Twenge. A research team that included Ryne Sherman from Florida Atlantic University and Julie J. Exline and Joshua B. Grubbs from Case Western Reserve University analyzed data from 58,893 respondents to the General... Read more
Er…afternoon happiness? Meh, whatevs. So the weekend comes to a conclusion. It was a good time. I only get to see my oldest friends (some from high school) once or twice a year and it’s always magical when we all get together. And damn, we’re getting old. We were in Colorado to celebrate the 40th birthdays of two guys in our group. Still…we all feel pretty young. Colorado was beautiful. Our cabin overlooked the mountain range. Every day I sat... Read more
Hey everybody! I’m back in the land of the living and playing catch up. Will blog some this afternoon, just be patient with me. Read more
Even across the country from my wife there is no escape. Read more
We went out to grab groceries and get lunch at which time I encountered this man (and took about the worst picture of myself in history just to deliver it to you all): This man is fully committed. Read more
The mayor of Richmond, VA, Dwight C. Jones, is in a bit of hot water for cronyism in hiring multiple people from his church for important city jobs and for subsequently using his public office to benefit the church at which he is the pastor. Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring is running the investigation (which just got approval from a grand jury, a necessary step to investigating a government official in Virginia): Herring said the decision to seek authorization for... Read more
The owner of a website which charged people for prayers is going to wind up paying almost $8 million in restitution: A Seattle man accused of deceiving people with online Christian websites has agreed to pay consumers $7.8 million. The Washington State Attorney General says the Christian Prayer Center website, where you had to pay to receive prayers, was one of three deceptive online schemes devised by Benjamin Rogovy. “He used deceptive tactics to lure people in to pay their... Read more
I wrote a couple weeks ago about what an FBI investigation had turned up with regard to a Philadelphia diocese: hundreds of children being raped and the leaders sweeping it under the rug to save face. The full report, which ought to be read, details the full breadth of what went down including documentation of the cover up: … numerous files for priests accused of sexual misconduct. As the grand jury noted in its report, boxes and filing cabinets were filled... Read more
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