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    News Flash: FOX Just Realizes Jesus Was A Pinko Wino, Parents Understandably Upset

    So this is why the Jesus Christianists hate Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed” so much. Hat tip to @stopbeck for mentioning the effort to ban it, which goes back years but has a consistent Christian-Right taint. “It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality and the need for a hike in the minimum wage. But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to…

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    Linkdump: December 3rd – December 6th

    Feast of St. Nicholas: With voices loud and joyous | Seven whole days Speaking to the Soul Quidditch coming to Elmhurst College – Chicago Tribune Padre Mickey’s Dance Party: Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra BBC News – Spain prime minister ‘stopped’ Rolls-Royce contract Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide Editorial | Creationist tourism | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal Are Mennonites Taking Over the World? – Sheldon C. Good – God’s Politics Blog

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    Linkdump: November 28th – December 2nd

    Qantas begins legal action regarding Rolls-Royce A380 engines – USATODAY.com Nixon with Lipstick | Crooks and Liars Chaplain to be ordained priest in hospital she serves Creepy Christian Patriarchy Movement Shackles Daughters to Their Fathers and Homes | Reproductive Justice | AlterNet Two words: Cree, and pee. Events — Schaumburg news, photos and events — TribLocal.com

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    Save the Date: Rapture May 21 2011, Next Day Will Be BAU

    As in “business as usual.” The world ends 21OCT, but at least the annoying Xtianists will be gone WELL before then. Prediction of my own: the billboards will quietly disappear, or be humorously “updated.” The fans of Family Radio Inc., a Christian radio network, have sponsored dozens of different billboards in select cities around the country proclaiming the exact date when Jesus is coming back. May 21st, 2011. You know, just like the Bible “predicted.” Via Friendly Atheist

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    Linkdump: November 8th – November 25th

    Facebook remains thick with malware: report – CSMonitor.com Pam’s House Blend:: Ranker: Top 12 Most Invasive TSA Sexual Harassment Cases (So Far) Junk Man Kate Middleton & Prince William royal wedding: How will I cope with this jamboree? | Mail Online BBC News – Student Martine Vik Magnussen unlawfully killed Monster Lance Corporal Ram and his daughter greet Prince Harry You're wearing Skins to meet the Prince on the Field of Remembrance? Must be a story, the Brits are usually such sticklers for attire. t r u t h o u t | Bill Moyers: "Welcome to the Plutocracy!"