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Following Christ?
Somehow, I think He wouldn’t want this kind of follower.
Misia and Size Acceptance
misia, aka Hanne Blank, is featured answering Big Fat Blog’s “Three Quick Questions” this week. How did you come to fat acceptance and fat rights? I’m fat, smart, opinionated, and politically active, and have been all these things since I…
QOTD: Thomas Pynchon
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers. –Thomas Pynchon, writer (1937- ) Lots of political relevance there.
Bush and “per speciale Mandatum Domini Regis”
The modern institution of civil and human rights, and particularly the writ of habeas corpus, began in June of 1215 when King John was forced by the feudal lords to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede. Although that document mostly…
Rumsfeld Cancels Trip for Fear of Arrest for War Crimes
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit to Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) has learned. The Center for Constitutional Rights’ complaint is available as…
Another Loss
Shirley Chisholm is gone.
How About We Just Bring Back the Whole Jim Crow Thing?
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I realize that the survey wasn’t of a statistically significant population, but I find the whole thing horribly disturbing. America: Land of the Free. Well, sometimes. Some of us. The right kind of people, you know? In U.S., 44 Percent Say…
Election Analysis
The Democrats’ mistake was in thinking that a disastrous war and national bankruptcy would be of concern to the electorate. The Republicans correctly saw that the chief concern of the electorate was to keep gay couples from having an abortion.…
NBC & CBS Refuse to Air Church’s Ad Because It’s Too Inclusive
Via d2leddy United Church of Christ ad highlighting Jesus’ extravagant welcome called ‘too controversial’ According to a written explanation from CBS, the United Church of Christ is being denied network access because its ad implies acceptance of gay and lesbian…