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Haggling about the Price

My latest at the Catholic Weekly, in which we discover that “prolife” apologists for nuclear incineration of babies in the womb have just a teeny tiny inconsistency in their outlook: Burning civilian populations alive didn’t suddenly become immoral in 1965. It always was. It is the liars who call Vatican II a novelty who are, […]

Dangerous Imbeciles

North Korea and the US are both headed by dangerous unstable idiots. Our unstable idiot just vowed, “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen,” said Trump, in a statement that is unclear about whether he means Korea’s threats or Korea actually attacking. The problem with putting cowards who […]

Sinclair Propaganda Corp

…is filling your head with Right Wing Noise Machine lies called “news”. John Oliver gives you the NSFW facts: Go here to find out which TV stations in your area are feeding you crap disguised as news. Kudos to KOMO, here in Seattle for trying to fight back.

Mike Flynn can break your heart

…with the story of his broken heart and Dennis, his younger brother, who still lives in it long after July 22, 1964. Mike is one of my favorite writers, part hard sci fi, part Irish bard with the sense of a good yarn, a droll sense of humor, an appreciation for the brokenness of people, […]

Wow to you rich…

…for if we believe in our hearts that Mammon is Lord and confess with our lips that it shall raise us from poverty, we shall be saved.  But cursed are you poor, for you are lazy and it is all your fault and we owe you nothing but scoldings. This is the message Republican Rite [Read More...]

Gospell…

…in which Yr Obdt Svt contemplates the mysteries of English orthography before an audience of Australians who spell things all weird and wrong and who think I spell things weird and wrong: Some comedian once remarked that when he was a child, television led him to believe that quicksand was going to be a much [Read More...]

The Supposed Horror of Demographic Winter

…and the utter incoherence of the Christian prolife witness is on full display with the Party of Trump’s new move to strangle legal immigration. Recall that a few years ago, full of paranoia about our Kenyan Muslim President and the War on Terror and all that, the Right was freaking out about Demographic Winter. The [Read More...]

Last Week, the President of the United States Urged Cops to be More Brutal

…in a speech so stupid and irresponsible the DEA chief had to publicly reject Trump’s calls for more violence from cops. Mr. Trump, they have that down. Here are some cops torturing a kid with a stun gun: This horror went on for three hours. What we need are guardian cops who protect the community, [Read More...]

US citizens can be held for three years on the basis of nothing whatsoever…

…and then be denied compensation by Appeal Courts. All they have to do is breathe oxygen while being brown and it’s perfectly fine for the state to do that: Davino Watson told the immigration officers that he was a U.S. citizen. He told jail officials that he was a U.S. citizen. He told a judge. [Read More...]

It’s our birthday, precioussss!

And we wants Cut In Half Man to entertain usss with trickses. Sadly, he won’t be appearing at my festivities, for I will be at Lake Ballinger today, cooling off from the August flames of the sun. (If you live in the area and have been cooking alive in this week’s heat wave, feel free [Read More...]