Dan Arel's Blog, page 93
June 4, 2015
The Duggars lied a whole lot in their interview with Fox News
If you watched any of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly last night, you may have noticed that much of their story either changed throughout the interview or flat out did not match the previously released police reports.For starters, Kelly, and the Duggars insisted that the police report was obtained illegally and Jim Bob insisted that was a much bigger story.
So much for standing by the Duggars as Mike Huckabee removes endorsements from website
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has removed endorsements by Jim Bob Duggar, star of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, from his campaign website.
5 things I learned while watching the Duggars excuse child molestation
Last night, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were interviewed by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly about their son Josh Duggar’s sexual assaults of four of their daughters and a babysitter.The parents horrifically spent the entire hour praising Josh for coming forward and playing the victim card of such horrible media backlash over their son's crimes.
When a non-believer faces tragedy
I’m a medical anomaly, of sorts. Aside from being the most accident prone member of my family, breaking a wrist and getting sand lodged in my eye in one summer, I was also diagnosed with juvenile, type one, diabetes when I was seven. Needless to say, I was in and out of hospitals pretty regularly. [Read More...]
June 3, 2015
Duggars: Josh’s actions were ‘nothing like rape’ and ‘just inappropriate touching over the clothes.’
In an interview with Fox News tonight, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar spoke with host Megyn Kelly about the sexual molestation that took place in their home between 2002 and 2003 in their home by their son Josh Duggar.During the interview, Jim Bob went to great lengths to downplay the sexual assaults saying his son's actions were “nothing like rape,” it was “just inappropriate touching over the clothes.” However, it's worth noting that Arkansas state law defines molestation as rape.
Michelle Duggar: ‘As parents, we felt we were failures.’
In a clip released by Fox News for tonight “Kelly File” interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, Michelle told host Megyn Kelly that they had failed as parents when Josh came to them and told them about his actions. Kelly asked, “How did you respond to him? What was that like, that exchange?” Michelle [Read More...]
Richard Dawkins says Deepak Chopra style spiritualism is worse than religion
Speaking at the Skeptic Society's Conference at Caltech last week, biologist and author Richard Dawkins was asked about the recent Pew Research poll which saw a rise in religiously unaffiliated adults (also known as "nones") which increased by around 19 million people since 2007.
Louisiana is using Bibles in public school science classrooms
Recently I posted about Louisiana and other states using taxpayer dollars to teach creationism.Well, as it turns out, it's getting even worse.
June 2, 2015
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly says she won’t ask the Duggars any ‘tough’ questions
In what will predictably be a Duggar family PR moment, Fox News plans on interviewing Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar about the recent controversy surrounding their son's confession to molesting four of their daughters and one other girl.
President Obama praises Caitlyn Jenner’s ‘tremendous courage’
At a White House press briefing this morning, Josh Earnest took questions from the press that of course included questions about the president's response to the Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair cover.
