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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

Weird Uncle Buddy McFly is at it Again

By Byron / November 17, 2011 /

Baseball Commissioner Buddy McFly is once again at his infernal best, finding a couple of new and exciting ways to screw up what used to be America’s Pastime.  “Hey, let’s move the Astros to the American League, and let’s add yet another two teams to the playoffs (so, ostensibly, we can become more and more…

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No Words Need Be Said

By Byron / November 15, 2011 /

Just watch…

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Bearing False Witness

By Byron / November 12, 2011 /

If you pass along emails that you receive from a friend, without bothering to take the time to check on the veracity of what is being said, you are guilty of bearing false witness.  Please take seriously your responsibility as a Christian to “speak the truth in love”. There…I said it.

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Mark Gubicza, Elizabeth Taylor, David Barton, and the Desperate Hunt for "Christian America"

By Byron / November 12, 2011 /

Mark Gubicza was a slightly-better-than-average major league pitcher for a number of years. Elizabeth Taylor was, well, Elizabeth Taylor. David Barton is, or at least his official biography says he is, “an expert in historical and constitutional issues”. I was thinking about David Barton the other day, and I thought of Mark Gubicza.  And then…

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"I'm a Mormon"

By Byron / November 12, 2011 /

Note: the title is in quotes; I am not a Mormon. The serious candidacy of Mitt Romney—whom I refer to as Flip Flopney—once again raises the profile of the Mormon faith, and now, perhaps you’ve seen the ad campaign featuring people from different walks of life, ending with the tag line, “I’m a Mormon”.  Fine. …

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