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It’s not all lunacy and idiocy. Selfish entitlement, evangelical narrow-mindedness, corporate greed taking advantage of broken DHS networks, small-gov’t conservatives play full court press. #Christianity #Arkansas #Huckabee #ChristianNationalism #Religion #Politics #fascism

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Christofascist Ryan Walters vs. Public Education and Democracy

Christofascist Ryan Walters vs Public Education and Democracy

Cue scene: Oklahoma is the worst state in the country with regard to student drop-outs. It has the second-worst public school system in the United States, with factors that include instructor credentials, funding, quality, and performance. Out of 700,000 students, approximately 90 percent are in public schools. Oklahoma is also 46th in child wellbeing and health. Cut to the State Department of…

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The Cosmic Conversation

Who would be at your roundtable if you could choose anyone from beyond the mortal coil to converse with?

One hypothetical that has always captivated my attention when ensconced in the customary boredom that precedes imaginative pondering is that of a dinner roundtable with who you would invite to a dinner roundtable in the cosmic afterlife. Who would you want to engage in conversation? To ask the burning questions for which the descendants of those bygone eras and experiences are left only to grasp…

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SBC: Is Rick Warren Right About Female Pastors?

Rick Warren cherry-picks and bends verses to support his assertions that there can be female pastors. The SBC hardly has firmer ground to stand on. What a joyous mess to watch from outside the confines of southern baptist dogmas.

Did you know the Southern Baptist denomination was founded to protect the institution of slavery? In 1845, Baptists in the northern United States decided that Baptist slaveowners could not function as missionaries. Baptists in the South took that as an affront and a threat to their livelihoods – dependent upon owning other human beings – and so broke from American Baptist Churches USA. You’ll see…

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Why Are We Upset About the PGA and LIV Merger?

Only a theocratic absolute monarchy purchasing more Americans and American entities could get your humble correspondent to write about golf. Fucking bloody hell. Here we go. #LIVPGAMerger #golf #sports #Saudi #PGATour

Reaction to the announcement that LIV and PGA will be merging – a polite way of saying the Saudis will be making American golfers their bitches – has been overwhelmingly negative. Why are we surprised, though? What is to be gained by now whining about an unjust regime owning a supremely wasteful, terribly boring American sports league? Where has the outrage been through the years? Really, can we…

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The Intelligent Design of Creationist Attacks

All roads lead to #SCOTUS. The movement to teach theological arguments in science classes is no different. #intelligentdesign #creationism

You and I do not believe we live in the midst of perfection. Removal of all rational arguments, statistics, data, and sound scientific evidence for why this is the case would leave us with only the bitter fruits of our lived experiences. These are more than enough to reach such a conclusion. In the United States, we are joined in our environmental pot – slowly crescendoing to a rolling boil – by…