The religious right has has had a lot more success lately with buycotts than they have with boycotts. Just look at JC Penny and Chic-fil-a for example. So now there are two more issues on the horizon that look like buycott opportunities: Enders Game and Russia.

I'm much more excited about the prospect of the former. Can you imagine the mind ( Read more... )

It is likely that Francis I is the last Pope to be installed who will be older than my parents.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio is three months older than my father, for the record. We do not, of course, discuss my mother's age.

There is significant discussion about Pope Benedict XVI's decision to take the tile of "Pope Emeritus" and continue to wear the white Papal cassock rather than revert to his, for lack of better term, Christian name, take the title "Emeritus Bishop of Rome" and go back the black garb of a Catholic Cardinal ( Read more... )

Americans are stupid. They are easily frightened. And they believe what they think they've been told (even if it's not actually what they were told ( Read more... )

My car was broken into sometime between Friday evening and Sunday morning. I say "broken into" but fortunately nothing was broken, which is why I don't lock my door.

Nothing was stolen either. It appears they went through my glove box (oh, yeah theonetruetiny, one of your inhalers is in there), found nothing of value or interest and went away, which is why I ( Read more... )

This makes me want a Christmas tree, not celebrate the holiday, just put it in my front yard.

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There are people in this world who believe that G-d is involved in the outcome of sporting events ( Read more... )

After our conversation last night, I thought theonetruetiny would find this article analyzing Tea Party Libertarianism from a Christian perspective.

After the stunning success of his lies about his 9/12 movement, Fox News infotainment host Glenn Beck is suggesting that September 28 be a observed in our country as a day of fasting and prayerOf course, many of you, like me, are already planning on spending the day fasting and in prayer as this year September 28 will be the Jewish Day of Atonement ( Read more... )

Ok, some idiot Tim Hortons store manager didn't read the brochure before agreeing to supply coffee for 250 people at a gathering that it turns out is a rally "in response to the growing need for an organized opposition to same-sex marriage in the Rhode Island state legislature" being put on by the odious National Organization for MarriageIt was ( Read more... )