A Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to theft after being accused of stealing from his Roselle parish’s collection to fuel a gambling habit was sentenced to 60 days in jail today and ordered to pay $295,000 in restitution.
Talk about white Christian privilege… Jesus Christ! [MSH]
Who does Ricky Gervais think he is?
…the comedy messiah, obviously.
This is the cover of our Sept/Oct issue, which is out from August 25.
In the issue: we talk to Ricky Gervais about his new show “Life’s Too Short,” whether he’s a shock comedian and why he thinks God loves him really.
Saul David Alinsky, Ph.B. (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972)
American Community Organizer, and Writer
In the world as it is, the stream of events surges endlessly onward with death as the only terminus. One never reaches the horizon; it is always just beyond, ever beckoning onward; it is the pursuit of life itself. This is the world as it is.
Former Obama White House spokesman Bill Burton had some sharp words for Karl Rove during their debate on Fox News Sunday. After a long rant from Rove attacking Obama on the economy, Burton shot back: “As someone who was a leader in the White House that turned a record surplus into a deficit, that got us in a war that we never should have been in, and turned the floor of the New York Stock Exchange into a casino — I don’t think the American people are quite ready to hear a lecture from you on good governance.”
Liberals called George W. Bush a simpleton, but as Michael Tomasky argues, he was deeply informed compared with Rick Perry, who seems to delight in demonstrating his ignorance… Perry declared that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by scientists greedy for grant money… [H]e told a New Hampshire school-age child that he’s “not sure anybody actually knows completely and absolutely” how old the Earth is… Perry will home in on the darkest corners of the Tea Party mind and work relentlessly to activate the demons that lurk there. It will all be right out in the open… Every few weeks, or days even, something happens that makes me ask myself how much more right-wing this party can get.
The way to achieve dominion is […] to have kingdom-minded people in every one of the Seven Mountains: Religion, Family, Education, Government, Media, Arts & Entertainment, and Business so that they can use their influence to create an environment in which the blessings and prosperity of the Kingdom of God can permeate all areas of society.
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Always Question Authority 