Reading Time: 4 minutes Jerry Fallwell 2, the President of the Bible college winsomely named ‘Liberty University,’ asked the doctor who runs the ‘Liberty’ health service if it would be a terrific idea to let the students return from their spring break despite the threat of COVID-19. The New York Times has details: “We’ve lost the ability to corral […]
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Abortion: GOP Virginia Candidate – Ankle Bracelets for Pregnant Women
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yup. It’s true. Just when you thought they couldn’t get more insane… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Njp_RhKwqg Rewire News reported: A Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, a hotly contested chamber in next month’s state elections, compared gun control to forcing pregnant people to wear “ankle bracelets” to prevent abortions. “How about this, contrarian? I’m going to […]
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Somebody DIED, Pat Robertson
Reading Time: 13 minutes Pat Robertson’s latest stunt merits our special attention and scorn. Dude accidentally revealed just how ineffective his magic spells are. But it gets worse. He also revealed just how little his religion has done to make him into a decent human being.
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A Church Embezzler Learns Not to Use Christianese Around a Judge (LSP #26)
Reading Time: 8 minutes Stephanie Everett found out exactly what the phrase “full responsibility” means out here in Reality-Land–and maybe you’ll find the story to be as funny–and as ultimately hope-inspiring–as I did.
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It’s the Thought That Counts, Apparently.
Reading Time: 11 minutes I was allowing myself to buy into the illusion of gourmet cooking without developing any of the skills needed to cook. I thought I’d found the angle here, the magic get-out-of-effort-free card that would let me cook just like Julia Child without owning so much as a whisk.