How many people do you have to kill before you’re not pro life anymore? Trump and his puppet Republicans in Congress were well warned that his cuts to the National Weather Service would result in tragedy. Prominent meteorologists and news outlets spoke out against Trump’s cuts to the National Weather Service and NOAA while the cuts were happening four months ago. They warned him in a very public way that people would die because of what he was doing. Now... Read more
Repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes the truth. Joseph Goebbels. I got mine. Did you get yours? I’m talking about the lying “official” email from Social Security that evidently went out to millions of people yesterday. This email was rolled out like something that was put in the pipe days in advance. It also correlates with the lies I’m seeing on right wing cable news. It has all the earmarks of a prepared media campaign of lies that was... Read more
How many people do you have to kill before you’re not pro life anymore? Texas got hit with flash flooding yesterday. Twenty-seven people died, including 9 children.. Local authorities are blaming faulty flood warnings that were issued by the National Weather Service for the deaths. News reports are linking this failure directly to the cuts that Trump has made to the weather service. Trump has also cut FEMA, the disaster aid program that helps devastated communities get back on track... Read more
How many people do you have to kill before you’re not pro life anymore? How many people do you have to kill before you’re not pro life anymore? That’s not a rhetorical question. I’m serious. How many? If I offer you $50 to go shoot some random man on the street and you do it, but you quote Bible verses and wear a shiny cross and loudly proclaim how much you support the unborn, are you pro life? Or, are... Read more
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. 14th Amendment, Section 1, Constitution of the United States of America The Supreme Court just handed down what is almost certainly the most destructive and downright stupid ruling in its 250 year history. Donald Trump wants to repeal birthright citizenship, which is clearly spelled out in the Constitution. This is not a... Read more
The Persecuted Church. Fridays. Persecution in America I’ve decided to revive my series of Friday posts on Christian persecution. I will post this on Friday for what I think is an obvious reason. Our Lord was murdered on a Friday. He is still being murdered, tortured, raped and unjustly imprisoned today in the guise of his persecuted followers. Totalitarian regimes seek to control the religious faith of their citizens. Dictators, whether they are fascists or communists, want the church under... Read more
You may be anti-vax to the max. But make an exception to your hatred of vaccines. Make sure your kids get tetanus shots. Tetanus, even with massive medical intervention, has a mortality rate of 20% among people who have never been vaccinated. The mortality rate declines if the victim has had at least one shot at some point during their lives. But the lowest mortality rate for those who contract tetanus is still around a whopping 15%. Up to date... Read more
My sister died a month ago and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. I stood next to her bed while she died. I stayed while the nurses washed her body and covered it with sheets. I peeked under the sheets and saw what was left of her mortal remains; eyes wide and fixed, mouth dropped open, so very dead and not really recognizable as my sister. I sat by her dead body for hours, waiting for the... Read more
My sister died a few days ago. She suffered greatly for months. I still don’t feel like writing blog posts, but I do have a brief comment I want to make. I have had cancer. I wouldn’t wish cancer on anyone, including Donald J Trump and his whole indecent posse of cruel, bottom-dwelling thugs. I remember when Trump made fun of a disabled man by mocking him, and his crowd of MAGA cheered. I have heard my self-righteous fellow... Read more
Anybody can make mistakes. I’ve made them myself, and I know, no matter how hard I try to source things I write and get them straight, I will continue to make mistakes. The only honest thing to do when that happens is to go back and correct the mistake. If it’s a big mistake, one that attacks a person incorrectly, or misleads people into harm, I must acknowledge the mistake, apologize and correct it. Anything else would turn an honest... Read more
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