• Episcopal

    Liberal Christian Ponders Stuff

    I haven’t been to church in weeks. Months. This is unusual, because I like going to church, singing, seeing people. My reasons are very trivial: I am responsible for the church website and it needs to be updated, but to do that I need to sit at my desk rather than recline on the couch or in bed. And I don’t want to dig into my photos, revamp stuff, and create a tutorial for how to update the church website for interested persons who don’t know anything about WordPress. At least, not right now. And I don’t want to be…

  • Mini-Posts

    Politics – Mon Aug 28 17 17:35:31 2017

    Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. Black-clad anarchists storm rally, assault at least 5 people: BERKELEY, Calif. — Black-clad anarchists on Sunday stormed into what had been a largely peaceful protest here against hate and attacked at least five people, including the leader of a politically conservative group who canceled an event a day earlier in San Francisco amid fears of violence. – Tags: politics – https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/black-clad-anarchists-storm-rally-assault-at-least-5-people/2017/08/27/57149418-8b91-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37_story.html Trump to Fully Restore Military Surplus Transfers to Police: WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to reinstate in full a program that provides local police departments with military surplus…

  • Politics, Schmolitics

    A Couple Of Wrong Uns 

    Holy shit. Meanwhile, the gumflapper in the White House remains useless. Kim Jong Un – wrong and bad Donald J Trump – wrong, bad, and completely out of his depth. They’re both “wrong ‘uns.” TOKYO — North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, public broadcaster NHK reported. The government issued an alert for residents in some prefectures to take cover. Source: North Korean missile flies over Japan, escalating tensions and prompting an angry response from Tokyo  – The Washington Post