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A Morning Thought @ 1286

Tottenham Squanderers

Anthony McIntyre ⚽ A few minutes ago, beer glass in hand, I left the living room having just watched Liverpool draw 2-2 against Spurs.Better to write about it now before the whiskey glass takes the place of the beer one. Small glasses fragmenting on the rebound from the wall leave fewer shards! Fortunately, it never gets to me that badly.I had fully expected Liverpool to win, the mournful

Reboot Earth

Join God's Department as it deals with some callers experiencing difficulty reading what it says on the tin.  

Former Boxer Defends His Anti-Vax Flight Tirade As The ‘Word Of God’

Sunday Independent ✒ Former professional boxer and amateur welterweight champion Dean Byrne has insisted that his “plandemic” tirade on a Ryanair flight last week was “holy righteous anger” and not anti-vax sentiment.Ali BrackenA video of Mr Byrne went viral after he sneaked on to a Dublin-bound Ryanair flight at Stansted Airport in London on Wednesday.Speaking to the Sunday Independent from his

Christian Lobby Groups’ Doublespeak Is A Distortion Of Human Rights

National Secular Society ✒ Evangelical activists' insistence that equality amounts to discrimination is a narcissistic approach to human rights, argues Stephen Evans.The UK is one of the 'most intolerant' countries in Europe towards Christians. That's the extraordinary claim of a report published this week by Observatory of Intolerance Against Christians in Europe (OIACE).The report identifies

Covid ✑ Forerunner Of The Antichrist

Right Wing Watch ✒ Shane Vaughn Declares That Covid-19 Is ‘The Forerunner of the Antichrist.’Kyle Mantyla Right-wing pastor Shane Vaughn used his Sunday sermon to rant about vaccines, mask mandates, and other efforts to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Vaughn said that Covid-19 is “the forerunner of the Antichrist” and a test from God for the church, declaring that if Christians will

A Morning Thought @ 1285

Sinn Féin ✑ Unsettling The Equilibrium But Not Breaking The Mould

Tommy McKearney ☭ Governments are not formed on the basis of opinion polls. Nevertheless it would be unwise to discard their findings, especially when a consistent trend is emerging.With this in mind, it is difficult to deny that Sinn Féin is gaining ground and establishing a strong, some might argue unassailable, position. Should this trend continue, there is every likelihood that the party will

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Twelve

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousChristian Group Reposts List of “Naughty” (Supposedly Anti-Christmas) RetailersUS ‘Dark Money’ Groups Behind Mississippi Abortion Case Spend Millions

Christmas Behind Bars

Alex McCrory ✒ I remember my first Christmas in the H-Blocks. It was 1979 and I had just been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. I was shocked by the severity of my punishment, especially being such a young age. Because of my youthfulness, I was remanded to St Pat's on the Glen Road; a training school for young boys. Therefore, the prospect of going to an adult prison was daunting, to say the