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June 1st, 2015 - 1:27 am § in America, Hypocrisy, Politics, Religion

As Summer Approaches, Where Amerikins Ought Not Travel

OOOPS ..how come Cuba did not make the list? I would add  Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of Idaho. But then I am Jewish and have a lot of African American friends. Of course as a Jew I am also not permitted in Singapore or Malaysia. Presumably Tea Party types should also a[...]

May 24th, 2015 - 4:22 am § in America, Religion

Sunday Revelations: A Church Service

If you have not seen Brother Sam Singleton, Atheist Evangelist, you are missing one of the great joys of life. Hilarious and chilling, erudite and crass, quoting Voltaire with a vivid Ozarks accent, Brother Sam’s performance kidnaps the style of a Pentecostal revival meeting and uses it to deliver[...]

May 23rd, 2015 - 12:20 pm § in Misc.

IRELAND VOTES IN GAY MARRIAGE!

Votes Overwhelmingly For Gay Marriage… First Country To Legalize Via Referendum…Couples Flock To Central Dublin…[...]

May 21st, 2015 - 1:03 am § in America

Your Soul Has a Gender, Given by God

  DelBene Supports First Federal Ban Mandating That Gender Preference is Innate.  Nest step?  Maybe the right will solve global warming by passing a law that changes the chemistry of CO2?  Or maybe the left will pass a law making opium non addictive?    Congress ought not legislate scienc[...]

May 19th, 2015 - 10:35 pm § in Politics

Editor replies to reader’s question, “Why do you support such a liberal agenda?”

From Daily Kos: “The Charlotte Observer’s Taylor Batten wrote a piece about ‘Honesty Day,’ which ‘requires’ you to honestly answer a question if it is posed to you. … He was asked: ‘Question? Why do you support such a liberal agenda? Remember you’re [...]

May 17th, 2015 - 1:06 am § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Hypocrisy: Raul Castro praises Pope Francis while the Pope Sanctifies Junipero Serra

After leaving the Vatican, Raul Castro gushed with praise for Francis. At the same time the Pope sanctified Junipero Serra, a man regarded like Castro as a ideologue willing to sacrifice other people’s lives for his beliefs. The pontiff  “is a Jesuit, and I, in some way, am too, .. (I [...]

April 15th, 2015 - 7:12 am § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS

Every Sunday THE-Ave.US runs a post called “Sunday Revelation.” These range over a wide spectrum from celebrating religion to arguing against religion.  Comments are welcome.[...]

April 12th, 2015 - 8:56 pm § in Religion

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: What is “God?”

Arguments over this can get very, very sully unless there is some minimal agreement on what its that believers , essentially here meaning monotheists, actually believe in. For example. some folks squish out the idea that their God is some vague primal force or a mystical essence that causes the univ[...]

April 2nd, 2015 - 8:44 am § in Misc.

INDIANA: Where Bakers Are Culturally Illiterate

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March 29th, 2015 - 10:26 pm § in Misc.

Tell it to Indiana

By Tim Cook in an OPED to the Washington Post Tim Cook is chief executive of Apple. The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people[...]