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A little perspective on religious fascism
Christofacisism - A term older than “Islamofascism”.
From Tom Faw Driver, Prof. Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary: “We fear christofascism, which we see as the political direction of
all attempts to place Christ at the center of social life and history”….”Much of the churches’ teaching about Christ has turned into
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*pantpantpantpant*
Death and Taxes: 2009 - a visual representation of where America’s tax dollars go
Ack! Even more marvelous cool! I can’t take it anymooooorrrrre! ;)
Originally published at *Transcendental *Logic. You can comment here or there.
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Warding off some Stinkeye
"The press appears ready to make up for letting Bush get away with 95
months of criminality by holding Obama accountable for any crime
committed within a 400 mile radius. Mr. al-Zaidi needs more shoes." - The Poor Man Institute
All the while, Obama keeps showing that not only is he not shaping up to be "too inexperienced", but rather he might ( Read more... ) -
It is Icky and You Suck for Writing It BUT
If you’re interested in Freedom of Speech issues at all, DON’T miss Neil Gaiman’s post on the topic. He does the flat-out best plain-language explanation ever of why defending freedom of speech means defending ALL speech, even speech we find actively icky.
I was complaining the other day about Twilight (as I often do), for being hideously written ( Read more... ) -
Things that people ought to be allowed to go off on their own in Pakistan and try, if they want to
The American state of Kentucky, combining an F-you to the Constitution with the kind of critical thinking that rightfully leads to extinction via Darwinian smackdown, has decided that this is a reasonable legislation:
The 2006 law organizing the state Office of
Homeland Security lists its initial duty as “stressing the dependence
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A post so important I interrupted “Mr Vampire” for it
Okay, so all last week my sleep-schedule was like, b-b-b-b-WAAAAAAAUGhominahomina-pfft-SPLAT.
I kid you not.
However, this resulted in the Finishing of the Room and the Actual Moving In of my honest-to-compost Dream Roommate, so although there are still some yawns and kinks, life is definitely good overall. A good chunk of the East Coast is ( Read more... )
