“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” -- Mahatma Gandhi
Paul Ryan’s firing of Father Conroy should worry us all. “This is all straightforward. But in recent years a new, perverted version of Christianity has surfaced: the so-called Prosperity Gospel. Those who preach this distortion of the message of Jesus assert that the rich are rich because God approves of them. It encourages people to have faith so they can become rich. It celebrates wealth as a sign of God's grace.” And the people who preach such shit can go to Hell (you know, if there really was one).
House chaplain Rev. Patrick Conroy gets job back after he rescinded his resignation, and Paul “I’m a horrible person” Ryan backs down. If you support Paul Ryan you’re just as horrible.
Trump and Mitch McConnell are giving the religious right exactly what it wants. And if this is truly what the religious right wants, then they are all horrible people. I don’t believe all religious people want this shit. Most are decent and caring. They need to step up and say enough of this shit, this is not who we are.
So let’s get this straight: Trump says him paying Cohen $130,000 for hush money spent on Daniels is “very common among celebrities and people of wealth.” But recall that in April Trump said he had no knowledge of Cohen having paid Daniels. So he’s straight up lying. He’s not even trying to hide it. Then there’s the whole Trump reimbursed Cohen $460,000 or $470,000 using $35,000/month installments through a Trump family account for having--get this--”settled several problems” for the president. Isn’t that just “mob” talk for getting rid of things that would be damaging to the boss or “family?”
Feds monitored Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s phones.
Rudy Giuliani called Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, "disposable" — and warned that special counsel Robert Mueller should stay away from Ivanka Trump.
Scott Pruitt reimbursed himself $65,000 from Oklahoma attorney general campaign. Scott Pruitt is a horrible person.
Oklahoma senators approve bill allowing adults to carry guns without permits. And another reason to avoid going to Oklahoma. Guns are not the answer. They never have been, they never will be. It’s a fetish. Some people get off on shooting guns, I get that. It’s pretty freaking cool. But allowing people to carry guns without a license is a public danger. And don’t give me that shit that some people would just do it anyway. That’s a tired old argument that could be used to render every single law there is irrelevant. Yes, there will be people that break laws. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have them.
Oklahoma House votes 56-21 on bill that would grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that don’t want to place children with same-sex couples. What a horribly disappointing state.
Arizona governor signs plan Thursday to give striking teachers a 20 percent pay raise, ending their five-day walkout.
Roughly 2,900,000 women and children in Yemen are acutely malnourished; another 400,000 children are fighting for their lives; and nearly a third of Yemen's population rely completely on food aid or else they would starve.
Kidnapped sex slaves help Islamic State gain turf in Afghanistan.
Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch.
Europe Just Banned the Chemicals That Lay Waste to Honeybees. But They’re Still Everywhere in the US.
High school senior sounds the alarm on teen "juuling" trend with eye-opening video.
“Praying is like a rocking chair--it’ll give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.” -- Gypsy Rose Lee
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
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