In the religion news world, everyone and their dog–hell, even their cats and the family hamster–are all buzz about Mitt Romney’s Big Religion Speech this Thursday. MSNBC calls it ‘The Speech’, and most blame Huckabee (gee thanks, Huckabee). Some, like this Times of London article, hint at subtle comparisons to Kennedy’s big Catholicism speech: Mitt [...]
Prediction: Mitt Romney will not Channel JFK this Thursday
December 3rd, 2007 · by John · 1 Comment
Tags: Church and State · Mormonism · Politics
Ear and Eye Candy
December 3rd, 2007 · by John · 3 Comments
For you French Jonathan Coulton fans out there: A translation en français of that cubicle zombie classic, Re: Your Brains. (Also good for Francophone zombies.) I’m passing you on to the referring site instead of providing a direct link to the song–for therein is the eye candy, if you’re xJane (or someone with similar tastes). [...]
Tags: Music · Science Fiction and Fantasy · Undead
On Conservative Commentary on Developments in Palestine
December 3rd, 2007 · by John · 2 Comments
In an attempt to keep myself open to a range of opinion, I subscribe to a few prominent, conservative blogs. On one, I was surprised to see the above photo and to learn about the addition of EU-trained women to the Palestinian police force (link to original Yahoo news article): The first class of Palestinian [...]
Tags: Current Events · Islam · Women
The Crazy is not Exclusive
December 3rd, 2007 · by xJane · No Comments
I think I linked to this before, but I’m not certain, so I shall relink and remind people that the Governor of Georgia believes that a solution to the crisis of lack of water in his community is to pray. Never mind cutting down your water habits; never mind looking into the ways that our [...]
Tags: Atheism · Christianity · Church and State · Meditation & Prayer

