What Would JT Do?
There is literally nothing exciting in my reader for today, and I’m sure you guys are getting enough fiscal cliff drama to make you puke elsewhere, so I’m not going to do any of that today. So here are some pictures. Read more
There is literally nothing exciting in my reader for today, and I’m sure you guys are getting enough fiscal cliff drama to make you puke elsewhere, so I’m not going to do any of that today. So here are some pictures. Read more
We’ve all had those conversations with believers, where we cite scientific and historical fact as supported by mounds of evidence and they respond with trotting out scripture, as if scripture carried more (or any) weight to us. My father just watched this happen in a thread and made the following comment. I just do not understand why, in the midst of a discussion, Christians quote scripture at non-Christians. Surely they know that since I am not a Christian that their... Read more
Most people, when choosing their favorite news network, expect their anchors and reporters to be, y’know, right more often than not. Ordinarily this doesn’t seem to bother the watchers of FOX News, who seem to prefer being told what they want to hear. However, after assuring his audience that Obama would lose the election, despite all of the evidence to the contrary, many of Sean Hannity’s viewers have migrated elsewhere. In a fitting coda to 2012, we’ve learned that the... Read more
2012 was the best year of my life. In 2012 I became a writer full-time, I got engaged, and I discovered Teemo. 2013 can’t make any of that happen all over again, so it has its work cut out for it. I got my kiss as the ball dropped. It was pretty swell. I’m going to take New Year’s Day and do some more celebrating with the family. I’ll be back to ranting and raving tomorrow. Take care, everybody. 🙂 Read more
Michaelyn is back in Arkansas for the New Year and staying throughout the week. So my strategy for tonight is to play lots of poker, watch bowl games, and drink copious amounts of alcohol with my fiancee and my family. I also plan to get my first ever New Year’s kiss (from Michaelyn, not my family…insert joke about Arkansas here). This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while. It’s one of those little things in life that probably... Read more
The owners of Hobby Lobby are saying they shouldn’t have to abide by America’s healthcare laws because of their religious convictions. This makes them the most recent entry to the long list of religious groups/people who have argued that their belief in a guy rising from the dead should allow them to skirt the law. Thankfully, so far Hobby Lobby is being met with the same judicial disdain as a person citing their religious beliefs to argue that they shouldn’t... Read more
Right now, PACs and many big political donors are allowed to remain anonymous. This breed of donor significantly alters the landscape of elections. This election year, secret money played a bigger role than in any other presidential campaign since Richard Nixon’s. The nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation says secretly funded groups spent well over $200 million. And four-fifths of it helped Republicans. So it’s not surprising that conservatives want to keep donors’ identities secret. They say it’s essential to safeguard donors from... Read more
Happy New Year’s Eve! Remember, if someone says “Happy Holidays” to you, it’s important to be insulted by someone wishing you well and to remind them that the New Year is the reason for the holiday. That is, if you want to look like a hollow shell of a person. Anyway, just in case you were about to crack a smile before watching the ball drop, here’s a reminder that lots of people still think morality is synonymous with admiring... Read more
ThinkProgress just put out the eponymous list for this post. There’s some impressive lunacy in there, but my favorites are #4 and #5: defining life at conception followed immediately by legalizing shooting at police officers. Keith Lowell Jensen couldn’t even write material like that. Read more
I thought this was a joke. An American church is promising gay men they will be cured of their homosexuality if they stroke horses. The Cowboy Church of Virginia, led by chief pastor Raymond Bell, believes homosexuality and other ‘addictions’ can be cured by Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. Horse therapy, in the right hands, can be used to help overcome fears, develop communication skills, and is generally beneficial to mental health. But Bell says the horses in his church, a cowboy... Read more
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