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A Little Yoke

Q: What does the pope like best about twenty eight year-olds?

A: There are twenty of them.

Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week!

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Happy 4th

From Bill in Exile:

On this 236th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain I think its important to think about what that document and those words meant when they were written.

How it set the stage for our Founders to write our Constitution and for this country to become the greatest country in the world.

A country that was constantly reinventing itself and the only country among the nations of men that had as its foundation the concept of always striving to become a better place.

And yet somewhere along the way we lost all that.

And we lost it all fairly recently.

We are no longer the greatest nation on Earth. The most powerful, yes—by far. But the greatest? No, not hardly.

We torture people and we order the execution our own citizens at the hands of our government {us} without benefit of trial or even being charged with a crime.

We invade foreign countries based upon lies perpetrated upon us by our elected officials and enabled by a compliant press and we do nothing about it.

We allow our government to spy on American citizens on American soil and we’ve militarized our law enforcement agencies. Agencies who routinely respond to peaceful and lawful protest with deadly force.

We worship the 1% of the richest among us—malefactors of great wealth who care not one wit for the common man—while at the same time holding those of us in need in deep contempt while stripping them of even the most basic of safety net protections.

We allow our elites in government and finance to commit crimes that drive the world to the brink of economic collapse and then not only do we not punish them with prison, but we reward them with free money so they can do it all again.

This while sending people to prison for the crimes of simply trying to feed their families.

We have become nothing more than a third world country with nuclear weapons and we are completely undeserving of the title “Greatest Nation on Earth.”

But because we are who we are, we’re more than capable of reclaiming that title and regaining the moral high ground and the approbation of the world that this country once enjoyed.

We simply need to remember who we are and where we came from.

And just fucking do it!

Happy Fourth.

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Would You Want to Survive the End of Civilization?

An interesting question for the five or so followers I have who actually leave comments:

Let’s say the end of the world as we know it is coming — but someone offers you a priceless spot in their guaranteed-to-be-safe bunker, so you can be one of the chosen few who rebuilds the Earth. Would you want to survive, and emerge into the post-apocalyptic wasteland? Would the positives of playing a role in a new society outweigh the loss of creature comforts? Or would you rather just go out with the  majority of the human race? (Source.)

My answer? Not just no, but hell no—especially if my loved ones were gone.

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Why Are You Still Eating at Chik-Fil-A?

Equality Matters reports:

In early 2011, Chick-fil-A came under fire for its donations and political ties to a number of anti-gay groups. Though Chick-fil-A continues to deny supporting an anti-gay agenda, the company has donated over $3 million to organizations like the Family Research Council and Exodus International between 2003 and 2009. And in 2010 alone, Chick-fil-A donated over $1.9 million to anti-gay causes, more than any other year for which public records are available.

The bulk of the 2010 donations came in a $1.2M grant to the Marriage & Family Foundation. Another $500K went to the Fellowship For Christian Athletes, who requires applicants to sign their Sexual Purity Pledge:

God desires His children to lead pure lives of holiness. The Bible is clear in teaching on sexual sin including sex outside of marriage and homosexual acts. Neither heterosexual sex outside of marriage nor any homosexual act constitute an alternate lifestyle acceptable to God. While upholding God’s standard of holiness, FCA strongly affirms God’s love and redemptive power in the individual who chooses to follow Him. FCA’s desire is to encourage individuals to trust in Jesus and turn away from any impure lifestyle.

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