USA TODAY: Donald Trump, allies will be booked on charges at Georgia jail, not court, sheriff says

Donald Trump, allies will be booked on charges at Georgia jail, not court, sheriff says
Donald Trump and his co-defendants will be booked at the county jail rather than at the courthouse, as in his other criminal cases, the sheriff said.

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Library with plaque honoring Michelle Obama attacked by Trump-loving vandals

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/library-plaque-honoring-michelle-obama-attacked-trump-loving-vandals/

Christ like anyone?    Hugs


Library with plaque honoring Michelle Obama attacked by Trump-loving vandals
Michelle Obama (ABC News)
 

According to a report in the Washington Post, a “Little Free Library” bearing a plaque honoring former First Lady Michelle Obama has been continuously under attack by Trump-loving vandals.

 

The reports states that the library, set up outside at home at 16th and Q streets in Northwest Washington, D.C. since early 2017, has had its glass broken and the name “Trump” scrawled upon it.

“Little free libraries” dot the country, looking like birdhouses and containing books that anyone can borrow, read and replace.

According to Maureen Dolan-Galaviz, who erected the library, she can’t understand why anyone would vandalize the library which bears the plaque stating, “In Honor of Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. Lawyer, writer, and First Lady of the United States.”

“Who would do that?” Dolan-Galaviz said in an interview. “If there is one thing that should be off limits it’s the idea that we all deserve access to books.”

“I’ve never seen the vandal,” said neighbor Debby Hanrahan, 79. “None of us have time to stand guard and protect it.”

“We are a neighborhood of writers and readers,” she added. “For somebody to have something out for a little library, I just can’t fathom it.”

According to the report, police haven’t received any reports about the vandalism, with locals attributing the attacks to racism.

You can read more here.

GOP lawmaker’s wife says she’s been replacing ‘terrible books’ with Bibles in local Little Free Libraries

https://www.rawstory.com/arkansas-banned-books/

Understand she is not just trying to regulate what she or her family reads, she wants to control what everyone else reads.  She wants the power to control what your child reads, and what you read.  Plus she is in some ways damaging other people’s property.  But hey it is all OK because it is in the name of her religion, even though this is a secular country.   Even after being found out, the religious gang thugs want her to keep doing it.  Deny everyone else their right to read stuff, praise god!   Hugs

** thanks to Ten Bears for the link.  I had just heard of this when I read his page with the link. Hugs **


GOP lawmaker's wife says she's been replacing 'terrible books' with Bibles in local Little Free Libraries
Reading the Bible (Shutterstock)
 

The wife of a Republican state lawmaker in Arkansas has made herself the unofficial monitor of her neighbors’ Little Free Libraries.

 

Arkansas Times reports that Jennifer Meeks, the wife of Arkansas State Rep. Stephen Meeks, posted on Facebook recently about her efforts to remove “terrible books” from local Little Free Libraries and replace them with Bibles.

“I have been swapping out books in little free libraries for awhile,” she wrote in a Facebook post earlier this month. “I have seen good books, terrible books… Recently I have been picking up free Bibles at flea markets and thrift stores. Sometimes I find good devotion books or kids’ Bible stories at a good price to add. Or just great books, and a gospel tract is a nice idea too.”

Meeks said she was inspired to do this after seeing a lot of LGBTQ Pride-themed books in the libraries.

RELATED: ‘Just absurd’: Shakespeare is latest casualty of Florida’s book ban law

“From what I have seen a lot of these books and other things don’t align with Christian values,” she wrote. “Today, I saw a bunch of Pride stuff in one. There’s a group of leftists, especially in Conway, who are very active in keeping little libraries well stocked.”

Meeks has since either deleted the Facebook post or made it private, although the local progressive organization Faulkner County Coalition for Social Justice said that her efforts would not stop people in the area from stocking libraries with quality reading material.

“Keep removing them, Jennifer,” they said. “We won’t stop.”

AP News: The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

AP News: The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

My new office

Here is a few pictures of Ron working hard at creating the wonderful soft pink office I am hopping for. I have not asked him to go to all these steps but he is really wanting to create a place where I will feel comfortable and happy. He even painted the white brackets and is painting the white boards. The brackets shown are not painted yet, after he painted them they blended in. He is so damn wonderful. Hugs

Best Wishes and Hugs,
Scottie

I am so sorry

I got up this morning a bit late, on purpose.  I wanted to get my blood drawn for my endocrinologist doctor’s appointment this week.  So that is what I did.  But, when I got home, I tried to get back to blogging.  Everything sort of fell apart.  Good news is my labs all came back great, but …  Oh all labs are great and my A1C is down to 6.2

I started doing dishes and other housework.  I got terrible shivers and shakes.  I almost needed to go to bed I felt so bad.  Ron continued to work on my new office room, he is painting everything the two pink colors I chose so there won’t be any white.  Even the formerly white shelf boards he is painting the camo rose, which is so close to the wall pink Chablis I can not tell the difference. I have not even asked Ron to do all this, but he painted the new white outlets, switch covers, and also the brackets for the shelves.  He understands how important this is for me not to have glaring white in my soft pink new office, he is just going to the max on it himself.  He asked me yesterday to look on Amazon for the pink Venetian blinds, and he was OK with ordering them, even though they were more expensive than white ones in places like Walmart.  

So the point is here at nearly 4 PM in the afternoon Ron is still working on the new room, Tupac is sleeping on our bed after being out all night scaring Ron half to death, and I am just starting to get to answering comments because I have felt so crappy.   Hugs and loves.  

The Linguistic Gymnastics of Young EARTH Creationism

🎉 Buckle up for a rollercoaster ride through history, humour, and a touch of scepticism! In this video, we dive headfirst into the curious world of Young Earth Creationism, taking a side-splitting journey through their interpretation of the Bible’s age claims. 🌍📖

Join us as we dissect the claims that the Bible itself supposedly contains evidence of Earth’s mere 6000-year existence. With a dash of wit and a sprinkle of satire, we expose the creative contortions these claims require. 🎭🤯

From deciphering Bible verses with the finesse of a Shakespearean rapper to exploring the hilarious linguistic gymnastics of Young Earth Creationists, we dissect the arguments that keep us chuckling. 💃🎤

But hey, why stop at the age of the Earth? We’ll also tackle burning questions like: Did Moses really part the Red Sea? Why didn’t God just snap his fingers for creation? And who’s Father Abraham, the smurf guy or the biblical patriarch? 🤔😂

Get ready for laughter, thought-provoking analysis, and a pinch of scepticism as we navigate the world of scripture interpretation, contrasting it with the tried-and-true methods of science. 📚🔬

So hit that play button, grab some popcorn, and prepare to laugh your way through the twists and turns of biblical literalism and the scientific pursuit of truth. Don’t forget to hit the like button, subscribe, and ring the notification bell so you won’t miss a single punchline in our journey to unravelling the age-old mysteries!

Is it Okay to be Transgender and Christian?

00:00 Austen Hartke’s Theological Struggles
1:07 Why did God create Transgender people?
4:12 Queering Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
6:16 Jesus’ Teachings on Eunuchs
8:27 Other Gender Queer Biblical Figures
9:13 Roman Catholic Teaching on Transgenderism
9:40 Counterarguments
10:40 Is God Progressive?

During the Fall of 2020, my college course on the “Theologies of Gender and Identity” was forced to go virtual. This video is one of the pre-recorded lectures from that course that I would like to share with a larger audience. Feel free to respectfully comment and question and I will respond in kind.

This is the 18th lecture in the series. Today we reflect on the Theological arguments presented in Queer Theologian (and fellow YouTuber) Austen Hartke’s book, “Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians.” Next we reflect on the arguments presented in a 2019 Roman Catholic Document entitled “MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM” and explore the question whether God is Progressive.

Recommended Reading: “Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians” by Austen Hartke “Male and Female He Created Them: TOWARDS A PATH OF DIALOGUE ON THE QUESTION OF GENDER THEORY IN EDUCATION” by the Congregation for Catholic Education

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