The wicked prosper. The wealthy exploit the powerless. The powerful lie and steal with impunity. "If you want a picture of the future," Orwell wrote, "imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." But at least there's this: The powerful will be mocked. Until we have justice, at least we have TBogg. Read more
It's ugly arithmetic when the total snow accumulation in inches (7) is higher than the temperature Farenheit outside (6). So as it turns out, the window between work last night and work tonight was spent shoveling, sleeping and then shoveling. Hence no Left Behind Friday post, but the driveway is clear(ish). Read more
Left Behind fans worry Rapture will come before new movie is released. Some forms of religious devotion I just don't understand. The parable of the persistent citizen. They are coming for your birth control. Fear-peddlers can't find any buyers in small Illinois town. Read more
I'm a big fan of Consumer Reports and their long advocacy of "a fair, just and safe marketplace." Those same values are at work on Consumerist, except it's ... bloggier. It's funny, snarky, irreverent -- and almost always on the side of the underdog. Read more
The otherworldly religion of white Southern Christianity cannot tolerate the Lord's Prayer. All it can offer is a single-minded focus on leaving this world behind -- a life that consists of waiting until it's over. Rechristening sloth as piety is not just sinfully disobedient, it's depressing as Hell. Read more
Phil Robertson is a creepy old man who preaches white supremacist myths defending segregation, preaches Bartonian lies endorsing sectarian government, endorses child marriage as a way of disallowing independent adulthood to women, refers to his own wife as "a vagina," and equates being gay with bestiality and terrorism. And Franklin Graham says these are "the biblical truths we stand for." Read more
1. The Jon Swift Memorial Roundup 2013. Go. Read. Discover. 2. Give credit to Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer for responding appropriately to Fox News’ “White Santa” gambit. (See also.) 3. “In 1900, Ladies’ Home Journal Publishes 28 Predictions for the Year 2000” Sure, they got a few wrong — such as that C, X and Q would disappear from the alphabet or that mosquitos would be eradicated or that Nicaragua would apply for statehood. But they also got a... Read more
Defeating the Dragons: Samantha Field is smart, insightful and courageously honest. And she's a terrific writer. You couldn't ask for a better native guide to the exotic foreign world of white Southern Christian fundamentalism. Read more
Forbes gets on board the campaign for resident-owned communities. Marriage equality "will be the law of the land in every state in the country in the near future." Bank tells employees they'll "end up working for McDonald's" unless they bully customers into bad deals. Psychics maintain their longstanding track record for accuracy. If you form a blue-ribbon panel or a study commission, you should henceforth be presumed guilty until proven innocent. Read more
Many of the people advocating this theory are religious leaders -- church people who criticize government for not "allowing" the churches room to care for the poor and the jobless through private charity. Here's their chance to put their money where their mouth is. Here's their chance to prove they've been speaking truth and not just spouting hateful anti-poor garbage. Let's see these religious leaders step up and replace federal unemployment benefits for 1.3 million families. Read more
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