Frankie does Blasphemy!

It appears that Frankie is saying that atheists (who do not believe in the existence of Yahweh, or his kid, or that his kid died so that people would not go to hell) will not go to hell if they are good. Leaving aside how one decides what "good" is, this is against what the Bible says.

Revelation 21:8 is quite clear: "But the fearful, andunbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death"
See that unbelieving part?

The Pope has clearly made a mistake. Because if everyone goes to Casa Yahweh if they are good, why Jesus? And if Jesus redeems everyone, why only the good?

Besides, if Jesus died for your sins, doesn't it behoove you to commit sins so that his sacrifice was not in vain?

Blood Simple

Well, an Arkansas congressman has had it! No not just with the Kenyan Muslins, but the Iranians.

[Out of his] Rep. Tom Cotton (R- Picking Mind) has proposed new legislation to deal with those to whom St. Reagan sold arms just a generation ago.

He has proposed a 'Corruption Of Blood' Bill that will punish any person who violates U.S. sanctions against Iran, levying sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

Or happens to be a family member including "spouse and any relative to the third degree,...parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grand-kids, great grand-kids”

What about due process, Rep. Cotton? Because the CON-STI-2-SHUN says

ARTICLE III, SECTION 3, CLAUSE 2

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

"There would be no investigation, if the prime malefactor of the family is identified as on the list for sanctions, then everyone within their family would automatically come within the sanctions regime as well. It'd be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof."

Yeah, proof is hard to find, so let's go with protecting FREEDUMBS instead.

Cotton is the same fucking idiot who made the 'except for 9/11' argument.

Prop8 and DOMA: Fail the Lemon Test

Here's a question for the theists who believe that there is a secular purpose to disallowing gay marriage in favor of "traditional marriages". Presumably, any Biblically-sanctioned marriage is a "traditional" one by definition, so that would include all of these.

Traditional Marriages

Presume that the secular evidence showed that babies with two mommies outperformed babies with a mommy and a daddy in every conceivable secular measure (intelligence, satisfaction, aversion to crime, happiness, etc). Would you then be satisfied that the only permissible marriage is between two mommies? What secular basis would you use to show that even though the evidence is to the contrary, that same-sex marriage shouldn't be allowed?

Cut to the Chase

He wants an explanation.  Says I OWE him.

I fucked him "no questions asked" for three years then he calls a year ago January, after a year of total silence, to meet me in St Louis, then after that week decides he's in love with me but, as time goes on, absolutely won't answer any generic, oh, for fuck's sake, or otherwise, like personal, questions, much less my "hoping for commitment" questions, then while being clear in his visit here, this January, he doesn't like how I live; I notice, the last two nights he's here, before I take him to the airport, that he doesn't make love like a man saying goodbye to someone he's in love with, so, of course (the only rational action) and making an executive decision:  I decide it's over. 

Exhale.

No more waiting.

Oh, well, de rigueur, par for the course, unexpectedly, now he wants me to drag this dead cat around my neck until the ammonia of its stench asphyxiates me.

I just don't believe I'm that stupid nor do I care for a moment to hang on. 

I do not want to hang on, not that bad.

In other words, I don't think I owe him any explanation.

No autopsy will help.

So sad. Sad that I don't care.

Yawn,  I suppose.

More important to note that I have other fish to fry.





Without those other fish to fry, I would have a migraine lasting days and days.

Onward!

Ode to Senator Diane Feinstein by Rachel Maddow

On Thursday, March 14, 2013 after discussion between Senator Diane Feinstein and TeaBagger Ted Cruz on the subject of weapons of mass destruction, that is, the right to murder fellow Americans with military-style assault weapons using multiple 30-round clips so you can take out more than two dozen children in less than five minutes because it is your right, a story was aired by Rachel Maddow. 

[I found it poetic.]

Let the Record Show, Ms Maddow says, that:

You can be a United States Senator for 21 years
You can be 79 years old
You can be the
Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the
Most recognizable and
Most widely respected veteran public servants in

Your nation, but if

You are female, while

You are also all of those other things

men who

You defeat in Argument will still  Respond to

You by calling

You hysterical and telling

You to calm down

they will patronize

You, and say

they ... Admire

Your passion, Sweetie, but

they only deal in facts, not

Your silly girly strong feelings.

It is inescapable...
You can set your watch by it.


It is inescapable.

You can set your watch by it. 

Paululan Jr. filibusters!

Actually, this is A Good Thing!

I may not agree with Rand Paul on...well, anything, nor his motives in filibustering the nomination of a CIA director with this tangential issue of presidential powers to kill without due process.

But it is a vital issue of civil liberties. It must be raised.

Of course, Paul is doing it for political gain, and will revert to his usual obstructionism for other things, but this  is good.

If only he'd filibuster when the Patriot Act comes up for renewal.  Or when the NDAA has to be reauthorized.  Or when Gitmo funding is renewed.

Still, this is good.