The Political Carnival
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Category Archives: Blog
Climate Change Denial and the Far Right
Climate change is real. We’re watching it affect our planet on a near-daily basis. US research agencies, along with independent scientists here and abroad, agree that there is real evidence that our planet is undergoing significant, measurable warming. The EPA’s FAQ notes, “Rising global temperatures have also been accompanied by other changes in weather and climate. Many places have experienced …
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Lots of Upchuckables
…and all this before the government shutdown became official at 12:01am! The Bible And All Things Christer One Upon An Upchuck:The Bible, that collection of contrived and plagiarized fairy tales, has already been disproved beyond redemption.Take that Literalists! bit.ly/1dGLp2e Twice Upon An Upchuck: How is telling a gay couple to die on their wedding day or calling starvation “empowerment” Christian, …
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Upchucks Abound
Abortion/Birth Control/Adoption Staver Me A Chuck: God Will Not Bless America If Abortion Remains Legal bit.ly/15AfnDm Belongs In Antidotes-Chuck? The Pope says that if the Church doesn’t balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays & contraception, it will fail. https://yhoo.it/16bRPXQ Another Antidote-Chuck? Pope Francis’ Letter To the Grand Imam Of Al-Azhar Calls For Mutual Understanding Between Christians & MuslimsWhat does …
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Not Chucklin’ Chuckie
An exceptionally upchuckable week of barely believable stories from the far right… Abortion Back Alley Blues-Chuck: Wave of Anti-Choice Laws Has Shut Down 1 in 10 Abortion Providers bit.ly/17p9SDv Back Alley Blues-Chuck II: While You Were Labor Day partying, Iowa Quietly Eliminated Abortion Access For Low-Income Women bit.ly/1aj5kGx Christian Fear and Loathing-Chuck: Texas Ed Board Member Ken Mercer Promotes Fear and …
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Man-made End Times
Christian Zionists like John Hagee see recent events in Syria, however they go, as a sure-to-be promising fulfillment of biblical prophecy; the ushering in of the glorious Final Battle where the Saved will be saved and the “unchurched” get theirs in Hell. No matter how limited our response, the fact that we respond at all pretty much guarantees that the …
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Being Christian Book Trailer Launch
After months of work, the Being Christian book trailer is finally live. Watch it and just tell me you don’t want to read the book!
Ever More Upchucks
Abortion Dominionists Against Women-Chuck: 42 abortion clinics have closed so far this year, eclipsing the 24 that closed during all of 2012. https://bit.ly/17hJ763 Won’t Go Back To the Alley-Chuck: Responding to Abortion Crackdowns, 100 Ob-Gyns Set to Urge Conservative Hospitals to Increase Abortions bit.ly/1aNA0z2 Education Or The Lack Thereof Sis-Boom-Bah-Chuck: Why worry if the school board is sued when you’re …
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The Week’s Most Upchuckable Headlines
Abortion Staver-Spew: How hideous of Liberty Counsel’s MattStaver to say: Legal Abortion Is An ‘Absolutely Atrocious Holocaust,’ Akin To Nazi Germany: bit.ly/19GLZyR Not So-Chuck: Results of Congressional ‘Fishing Expedition’ Show Abortion Is Already Highly Regulated, Overwhelmingly Safe https://bit.ly/172tfnR Church of the Current Day Crazies Gun Totin’ Preachman -Chuck: Meet The Creepy Texas Preacher Wandering Around Walmart With An Assault Rifle …
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The Week in Upchucks
Abortion Buckeye-Chuck I : Ohio Abortion Clinic Closes Amid Legislative Debate on Transfer Agreement Restrictions bit.ly/13TN8yy Buckeye-Chuck II: Ohio’s Kasich Signs Budget Restrictions on Abortion, Family Planning Funding bit.ly/1bpVH5W Buckeye-Chuck III: ‘Heartbeat’ abortion bill to make return in Ohio. The abortion measure died last year after the Senate’s GOP leader blocked it from a vote. He’s since retired due to …
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Being Christian Reviewed in Midwest Book Reviews
Featured as a Reader’s Choice book, Being Christian got some great press at Midwest Book Reviews: Painting the picture of a flawed human being giving into those flaws and exploring the impact that the religious right has in America today, “Being Christian” is a fine addition to literary fiction collections. Check out the full review here.
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