This story, about the Mormon bishop who disguised himself as a homeless beggar to see how his ward members would react, has already created quite a stir.       (more…)

In as much as you have done it unto the least of these…

Is the urge to self-righteous pontifications.     (more…)

It’s Adam’s theme, and he does it well. But I hope you all will indulge me in a little sweetness of my own.       (more…)

While I have other less visible ways of bearing the Cross of Christ than wearing a crucifix,  it is profoundly disturbing to see a major Western government declare that Christians have no right to wear a cross or crucifix at work.

What makes the great ones of the earth so attentive of a little piece of jewelry?

The Government’s refusal to say that Christians have a right to display the symbol of their faith at work emerged after its plans to legalise same-sex marriages were attacked by the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain.

Is not yet a complete aesthetic wasteland.

I read an interesting story about an alleged mob and CIA connection to the JFK assassination. It’s in the book “Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America”, ISBN 1602397783, authored by Chuck Giancana (brother to mob boss Sam Giancana) and Chuck’s son Samuel. In the past, the book was on sale as a Kindle edition for only $.99, but the Kindle edition is now $10.99. Hardcover and paperback copies can be had for $.01 plus $3.99 shipping/handling.

In essence, it was a mob hit. Oswald was the patsy. Same deal with RFK, a mob hit and Sirhan was the patsy. Motivations are clearly spelled out.

The real interesting part of the story is that it essentially ties up all the loose ends or mysteries concerning those two deaths, and Marilyn Monroe’s.

Gender-neutral bicycle bells.       (more…)

Buddhist Extremist Cell Vows To Unleash Tranquility On West

“In a 45-minute video posted on Tibetan websites Thursday, Tsuglag Rinpoche, leader of the Buddhist extremist group Kamma??h?na, threatened to soon inflict a wave of peace and tranquility on the West.”

The words were not Lincoln’s. They predated him by almost five centuries.

Which doesn’t make the Gettysburg Address any less marvellous. Quite the contrary.

The quality of our bureaucrats is way down.

Lack of sanitization is no joke, even if the U.N. is.     I imagine modern sanitation has done more than anything except abundant food supply to increase life expectancy. (more…)

It’s what mormons do.
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Photographs of nude protest in San Francisco. Oddly, probably safe for work.

Via Clayton Cramer, who draws an apt contrast. And when Cramer is comparing you unfavorably to Chicago, you know you’re in a world of hurt.

Man dies after opening Pandora’s Box.