Just a quick one to make up for not posting all day:
- San Bernardino Couple Spoke of Attacks in 2013, F.B.I. Says — But wait! Edward Snowden says we live in a “surveillance state” in which even our most intimate thoughts are known to Big Brother! So how come we didn’t know about this? The weird headline of the day is on the BBC version of this story: “California pair ‘plotted before dating’.” That seems unlikely. You’re going to share a secret like that with someone you haven’t even gotten to first base with?
- The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class — It seems that the lower and upper classes have taken share away from the middle.
- Franklin Graham sides with Donald Trump on barring Muslim immigration to U.S. — Starting to think that he’s not the man his father was. Billy was all about the Invitation.
- Man accused in Planned Parenthood shooting: ‘I’m a warrior for the babies’ — Yeah, right. Like that’s really going to do the unborn a lot of good. You know what he said that I do believe? “I’m guilty.”
- The Baby Whisperer — This pediatrician has a foolproof method for calming crying newborns:
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These two stories from The Nerve about Richland County Council shenanigans are must reads for any resident of the county:
http://thenerve.org/news/2015/12/09/washington-fines/
http://thenerve.org/news/2015/12/07/turner-richland/
There are people on council who shouldn’t be allowed near public funds. And why can’t The State do this type of investigative news reporting?
This should make you feel better, Doug.
Mr. Graham is missing a very important part of his father’s faith; the ability to see all people as (at least potential) children of God. Mr. Graham Sr. almost certainly would have tried to evangelize Muslims once they were here, but he would never have refused them entry–he knew both Jesus’ words and the old testament well. Mr. Graham Sr. might have called some folk sinners (homosexuals and adulterers among others) but he would have certainly sat down to dinner with them. Mr. Graham Jr. has joined so many other evangelicals who demonize and cast out those who are of different faiths, or just don’t view God their way. It creates a comfy tribal sense so attractive to people who are afraid of various things, financial, religious, or cultural. It also leads those within the tribe to contribute heavily to the “tribal leader,” and to accept whatever the leader says is right, without question.
I think Graham Jr has halitosis of the soul. Goes well with his salary that is quadruple that of CEO’s of comparable-sized nonprofits.