This has to be the best instance of "Leopards Ate My Face... " ever!

Reading the quotes in the article, they're outraged that TST are indoctrinating the kids in a way that prevents them from indoctrinating those kids with *their* religion.

They don't even get the irony.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/good-news-club-says-satan-clubs-attack-on-teaching-christianity.html

My son left a banknote he'd got for Christmas in his pockets and it went through the wash. He's so relieved to discover that's not money laundering.

We've not really come that far from the Salem witch trials https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts

The answer here seems like it's the same reason why they didn't mention where the funding and logistical support for Jan 6 came from.

There are some things that are too inconvenient for those in power to air in public.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/12/29/jan-6-report-christian-nationalism/

Slightly unusual to find that a *Democratic* Governor vetoed a bill in order to compel atheists to attend court-mandated religious recovery programs.

That's why I donate to select Dem candidates, not the party.

https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kathy-hochul-vetoes-bill-bolstering-secular-addiction-treatment-programs/

Is it possible to make a statement on weed without it being taken as a statement on weed?

Happy Holidays. Ever wondered what red wrapped presents beneath a tree, snow, or flying reindeer have to do with Christmas?

Well, here's my favorite Christmas listen to explain the really weird origin of this.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-in-weed-2022-trippin-balls-w-santa-claus/id1350064353

I can't tell you how much fun I'm having watching Elon discover his limitations in realtime.
https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/

Here's wishing Herschel Walker better luck in his bid to become a werewolf than he had in becoming a United States senator.

I've really been enjoying this podcast looking at the origins of right-wing dominance of AM talk radio. Apparently it's got the same reach as social media does.

Check out this podcast: On the Media #onTheMedia
https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2081112

I can see there's going to be a market for retirement villages which attempt to give their residents the impression that they're living in a Hallmark movie. It'll likely involve employing the kind of actors who do historical reenactment to interact with residents, run the stores, cut the grass, deliver the mail, so as to give the impression of a larger world that's still white, Christian, and conservative.

It'll be like a zoo habitat if the gorillas had to pay for their captivity.

Post-traumatic growth has been noted as a key driver in changing the beliefs an individual holds.

Given that climate change will affect everyone, does it provide us the opportunity to come to a better shared understanding as a species?

Perhaps one in which we all come to remove faith as a valid way of coming to knowledge and accommodating new experiences into that body of knowledge.

I'm high right now in case it's not obvious.

Fingers crossed, Scotland!

Honestly, perhaps the most shocking thing to come to terms with is that the legislators saying this stuff know they're on recorded lines when they're saying it.

Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-anti-abortion-meeting-with-tennessee-republican-lawmakers

Which would offend you more?

Time spent making steak and sausage pie is always time well spent.