Dr. George Tiller was Shot to Death today. Tiller, a Kansas physician, performed late term abortions, one of the few physician in the country to do so. He was found not guilty in March in a politically motivated trial where he was charged with 19 misdemeanors stemming from procedures he …
Henry VIII 1, Roman Catholic Church and Scientology 0, Pietasters 20.
Henry, or at least Liz, must be smiling with satisfaction from the grave over the continued recruiting success of the Anglican Church, even their bastard branch. In this case, Episcopalians get themselves a hot Latino charismatic priest with a large television fan base in Miami. Better to have a fiancée …
Wednesday Wonderings, WTF’s and Sound Bites.
The Church of Scientology is on trial in France, accused of “targeting vulnerable people for commercial gain”. I’m not an expert on Scientology, know little of it except that Greta Van Susteren — FOX news semi talking-head formerly of CNN — is one, as is her husband John Coale, a …
Everybody Knows It’s Old School Friday
The Old School Friday theme this week is “This One Is Dedicated To”… It’s almost impossible for me to think of anything for this. Not that I couldn’t dedicate songs to a number of people but I usually don’t go there and I’m not going to this time, at least …
I Me Mine
The banality of the inter webs, an increasing finding, with the thousands of bloggers starting to blog every day, all saying the same thing over and over again, not knowing that some of what they say has been said six months ago by someone else, and even then it had …
Dark Secrets, Lavena Johnson’s Story Gets Some Coverage in Australia
Lavena Johnson. I haven’t written of her case in some time because, despite all the congressional hearings late last year on the issue of sexual assault in the military, her case has never been specifically addressed, and the case has yet to be reopened. A new president was elected, and …
