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Archive for June, 2010

Washington Post Backs Up Ken Cuccinelli On Westboro Baptist Church Case Position

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, June 12th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

The Washington Post is defending Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s decision to not join 47 other states in siding with the father of a dead Marine in his lawsuit against the Westboro Baptist Church:
It would be difficult to find a more loathsome band than Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., whose sparse congregation mounts small [...]

Sarah Palin Responds To BoobGate

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 11th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Tonight on Greta van Susterin’s show.
No I’m not gonna tell you what she said, watch for yourself:

Or, to put it another way:
They’re Real sound bite  George’s Answering Machine sound bites

H/T: The Right Scoop

Separated At Birth ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 11th, 2010. Filed under Humor

Pope Benedict Of Priest Who Abused Children: The Devil Made Them Do It

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 11th, 2010. Filed under Catholic Church, Religion

While much of the world press is stressing the fact that Pope Benedict marked the end of the Church’s Year of the Priest begging for forgiveness for the Catholic Church’s role in priestly sex abuse, the Catholic media is going with a slightly different emphasis on the Pontiff’s remarks:
Since the Catholic sexual abuse crisis erupted [...]

Rand Paul Does Hannity’s Television Show

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 11th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Sean Hannity

Another New York Mosque Protest Reveals Anti-Muslim Bias

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 11th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Individual Liberty, Islam, Religion

You can’t use the Ground Zero excuse for this one:
A church may be a church, and a temple a temple, but through the prism of emotion that still grips many New Yorkers almost a decade after 9/11, a mosque can apparently represent a lot of things.
In the last few months, Muslim groups have encountered unexpectedly [...]

Gerry Connolly Embarrasses Himself

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 11th, 2010. Filed under Gerry Connolly, Virginia, Virginia Politics

This time in an exchange with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke:

I’m not sure what it is Connolly was looking for here. Does he want Bernanke to do his job for him ?
Idiot.
H/T: Not Larry Sabato

Protest Against Ground Zero Mosque Turns Nasty as Protesters Intimidate Egyptians

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Freedom of Religion, Individual Liberty, Islam, Religion

I am not surprised to hear that this happened:
In tone and in the personalities it attracted, Sunday’s rally was far different from the many Ground Zero gatherings and memorial services of recent years.
Only a handful of victims’ relatives came on Sunday.
Sunday’s crowd included representatives of the conservative Tea Party movement, some of them wearing anti-tax [...]

Catholic Newspaper: Ban Kids With Gay Parents From Catholic School Because They Might Bring Porn To Class

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Catholic Church, Dumbasses, Individual Liberty, Religion

I wrote a few weeks ago about the case of an eight year-old boy in Massachusetts who was asked to leave a Catholic school in Massachusetts because his parents are lesbians.
This week, a columnist in the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese tries to defend that position based on his own son’s experience of being in [...]

Ron Paul Still Fighting To Audit The Fed

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul
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