Presented without (much) comment: The latest measles outbreak is in Texas, where the virus has sickened 25 people, most of whom are members or visitors of a church led by the daughter of televangelist Kenneth Copeland. Fifteen of the measles cases are centered around Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, whose senior pastor, Terri …
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Apparently Their God Has a Sense of Humor
Morans: A leap of faith that sent an Arizona family bound for the South Pacific in a sailboat has returned them in an airplane after a harrowing ordeal at sea that saw them adrift and nearly out of food in one of the remotest stretches of ocean on the planet. Hannah Gastonguay, 26, and her …
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Monday Evening Open Thread: Citizens Against Sex Toys
John Dolan at NSFWCorp interviews Ian “David Koch” Murphy about his recent incarceration: Ian Murphy, notorious reporter and artist for The Buffalo Beast, just got out of the Erie County jail after being sentenced to 15 days for “disturbing a religious service,” the prosecutor’s dubious term for disorderly conduct/obscenity at an anti-gay demonstration. His real …
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Criminal Enterprise Hiding Assets
A Prince, of the Church: Roman Catholic Church officials in Milwaukee vigorously shielded pedophile priests and protected church funds from lawsuits during a decades-long sex abuse scandal, according to hundreds of newly released documents. The documents include letters and deposition testimony from Cardinal and Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan who, during his time as …
Late Night Open Thread: Again, with the Projection
Courtesy of several commentors, Americablog shares “the most unfortunate anti-gay logo and slogan in the history of politics“: It’s official: Either their ad agency really hates them, or these guys just can’t stop thinking about gay sexual innuendo. Maybe both! Details & video at the link (I’d almost managed to put the 2M4M campaign out …
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Jokeline strikes again
This week’s Time magazine cover story, Can Service Save Us? written by Joe Klein is about voluntary service organizations, and particularly the ones that are made up primarily of recent Veterans like Team Rubicon and The Mission Continues. These organizations seek to assist recently returned Veterans to find a sense of purpose–something that some Vets, …
Open Thread: “Supernatural” Wealth Transfer
Ed Kilgore, looking for the lighter side, links to a National Review report on a 2008 book by E.W. Jackson, now running for lieutenant governor in Virginia on the GOP ticket: “We live in the most interesting times in human history. These are the days spoken of in Scripture, the days of fulfillment. This is …
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