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Follow In the wake of the Zimmerman verdict, some of my conservative friends have posted stories about white people being attacked by black folks. They are almost always accompanied by the question of...
View ArticlePrivilege, It’s What’s for Dinner.
Follow One of my favorite people in the whole world is Kimberly Knight. Her Coming Out Christian blog on Patheos is a must-read for me, we’re Facebook and Twitter friends and we even know each other...
View ArticleJesus and Santa
Follow Well, the heathens are at it again. The latest shot fired in the war on Christmas involves Santa Claus and Jesus. Now, as much as I hate having that fat pagan’s name mentioned in the same...
View ArticleHang Him!!!
Follow That damn Tony Jones has done it again, saying controversial stuff and pissing off people all over the internet. This time, it was the atheists. Normally, I wouldn’t care because atheists are...
View ArticleDoing Important Stuff Here
Follow I hope you all watched the Grammys last night, because something amazing happened: during the broadcast, 33 couples, both straight and LGBT, were married in a ceremony conducted by Queen...
View ArticleIt’s Advent (Sigh) Pt IV
Follow Helen Madden, licensed joyologist: “I love it, I love it, I love it!” It’s time for the next installment in this curmudgeonly bitch-fest about Advent. Today, we will discuss “joy”. And, before...
View ArticleNews That’s Not Really News
Follow I would like to think people come here looking for commentary that features depth and nuance. If that’s the case, I am so sorry because you’re most likely fucked; depth and nuance aren’t what...
View ArticleListen To Me, Damn It!
Follow When it comes to the situation in Baltimore, Hugh Hollowell, my brother from another mother, has said that white people should “Shut up, and amplify minority reports and black voices.” And,...
View ArticleWhat About The Taco Trucks???
Follow Will we see one of these on every corner? Probably not. And, that is one of the cruelest blows of this past election. During the campaign, Latinos for Trump founder Marco Gutierrez warned that...
View ArticleYou May Be Missing the Point of the Sheetcaking Bit
Follow It’s almost too pretty to tear into. Almost. To say that the last 9 days have been a little crazy is an understatement on the order of calling the BP oil spill an “oopsie”. I’m not going into...
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