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Tribute to a Friend I Never Met – Tom Magliozzi

November 4, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 645 Views 0 Comments Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, fun, Car Talk, laughter, Goodbye

One of the hosts of perhaps the funniest show on any medium, Tom Magliozzi, of Car Talk on National Public Radio (NPR) died earlier this week from complications associate with Alzheimer’s Disease. I was fortunate to come across National Public Radio very many years ago, somewhere around the early ’80s. Tom and his brother Ray had done a car repair call in show on the Boston NPR station for about 10 years, and then I first them as they started doing a brief regular segment on NPR’s Weekend Edition each week. The show went on NPR nationally in 1987 and was on Saturday mornings.

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Kudos to Judge Roberson for Doing the Right Thing

October 18, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 687 Views 4 Comments James Roberson, Alamance County, Magistrates, Civil Rights, marriage equality

Let it not be said that I won’t recognize when someone realizes they were wrong, and changes their direction. Chief District Court Judge Jim Roberson released a statement late Friday saying that all magistrates must comply with the law and perform same-sex marriages. You may remember that I’d written an article here at Deep Something about the issues with some North Carolina Magistrates thinking the Evangelical Christians have special rights when it comes to performing government duties. At first Judge Roberson was trying to give some out for those magistrates without creating an inconvenience for LGBT couples. I appreciate his interests here, but the government can give NO quarter to discrimination by government officials.

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More of God’s Love from Ron Baity of North Carolina

October 16, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 1544 Views 0 Comments Ron Baity, Berean Baptist Church, North Carolina, Winston-Salem

We LGBT people have lots of power. Have you all noticed that? We can bring about fires, floods, hurricanes, and even, according to Jerry Falwell, the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We, LGBT people, have managed to turn Uhmerika into a dictatorship ruled by a bunch of people in black robes. Well, not it turns out, we are now able to bring about Ebola. At least that’s what Ron Baity of the Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Dominionism in Schools-A Warning

October 15, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 1365 Views 0 Comments Dominionism, Dominionist, IOTC, American Clubs, Christianity, David Whitney

Conservative Professor Warren Throckmorton tips us to a back-end method to get dominionist views into the schools. David Whitney, receiving today’s Daily Douche award, is head of the “Institute On The Constitution (IOTC),” and is working to form, in schools across the country, deceptively named “American Clubs.” You should know that Whitney teaches that only born again Christians should be citizens, and that civil government should worship God according to their dominionist ideas.

Tony Perkins, head of SPLC designated Hate Group, The FRC

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Tony Perkins-Lying Even More

October 14, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 1369 Views 0 Comments Fox News, Tony Perkins, marriage equality, LGBT, Ted Olson

We’re going to give Tony Perkins our Daily Douche award two days in a row. On Sunday, he appeared on the usually friendly Faux News Sunday to discuss the evils of marriage equality. Unfortunately, Ms. Perkins brought her pen knife intellect to a gun fight with a constitutional law heavy weight Ted Olson, a Republican lawyer and gay marriage advocate,, and hilarity ensues.

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Tony Perkins-Can’t Open His Mouth Without Lying

October 13, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 1694 Views 1 Comment KY, Lexington, Tony Perkins, FRC, Hands On, T-shirts

Well, Tony Perkins of the SPLC designated hate group, Family Research Council, just can’t seem to say three words without two of them being lies. And naturally, with all the news lately about marriage equality, he’s been saying lots of words. As usual, anyone business owner who wants to discriminate against LGBT people in violation of local non-discrimination laws is a hero to Tony, but he knows that being honest about it wouldn’t get him anywhere, so he lies.

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Anti-Children “Christians”

July 15, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 1394 Views 1 Comment Immigration, Arizona, Christianists, Refugees, Paul Babeu, Children, Krazy Kristian Kooks

As we all know, there is a refugee problem on our southern border as nearly 50,000 children (many unaccompanied) are making the dangerous trek to try to escape grinding poverty and violence in their home countries for a better life. But the country which gave our ancestors their chance at a better life for us, who took in the tired and the poor of the world, is no longer open for business. The white “Christians” have theirs now, so the doors are closed, and that’s why the anti-children Christians get today’s Douche Award.

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Robert Jeffress – Foul Pharisee

July 14, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 1636 Views 0 Comments Robert Jeffress, Refugees, Douce, christian, Pastor, bigotry, Children

Perhaps nothing is more troubling to me at this time in my life than the insertion of religion into politics. Mega-Church pastors become political pundits, and it never comes to a good end. Thomas Jefferson himself wrote in 1813, “History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.” Robert Jeffres suddenly decides he’s a border security expert, and that whole thing about “suffer the children to come unto me,” well, that’s just for white protestant children. So, meet Robert Jeffress, foul Pharisee and our Douche of the Day.

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Louie Gohmert-History Professor

July 11, 2014July 10, 2014 B. John 1415 Views 0 Comments Border Security, Islamic, Pancho Villa, Terrorists, Louie Gohmert

Well, you had to know it wouldn’t take long for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas, naturally) to earn our Daily Douche award. (I can imagine Louie becoming the reigning champion.) So Louie, ever obsessed with illegal aliens, now has a solution for the child refugees fleeing the drug wars in their Central American home countries. Louie thinks we should invade Mexico just like John Pershing did in pursuing Pancho Villa (so successfully).

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Daily Douche-Sen. Brandon Smith (R-Mars)

July 10, 2014July 11, 2014 B. John 1618 Views 0 Comments EPA, Global Warming, Environment, Brandon Smith, senate, mars, Kentucky

For the life of me, I can’t understand this complete aversion to science that is so de rigueur with Republicans, but they sure are riding it for all it’s worth. Most recently we have Kentucky State Senator Brandon Smith denying global warming by claiming that the Earth and Mars have the same temperature. It will come as no surprise when you learn that the good Senator owns a coal company.

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Daily Douche – Mac Butner

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 B. John 4153 Views 0 Comments North Carolina, Rowan County, Malcom Butner, Douchebag

I was thinking about starting this new series, as yesterday seemed to bubble to the surface a rash of people and organizations deserving of the “douche” designation. So the morning started with me thinking about who to feature first, and then a few items down in my Facebook stream, what do I find but an article about Malcom “Mac” Butner the appointed chairman of the Rowan County Housing Authority, and Republican extraordinaire. It seems Mac has been busy on his Facebook wall lately. I’d say it makes him Republican Presidential material.