… it’s revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was behind the bogus legal arguments proposed by his former clerk, John Eastman, on behalf of Trump.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Uh, No. And No.
“It is a tenant of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired.”
– Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R)
From his statement, I infer that Bowers is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The religion formerly known as Mormonism.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/51oaks?lang=eng
It’s good that Bowers spoke out forcefully today against the failed pressure tactics by the Trump campaign. But just as kings, despite their claims to a throne, were never appointed by God, I forcefully reject the idea that the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired.
Bowers insisted that Rudy Giuliani provide proof of voter fraud, which Rudy couldn’t do, because it never existed. In contrast, Bowers doesn’t require proof that the Constitution was divinely inspired. He accepts it simply as a matter of faith.
Many Evangelical Christians, who don’t consider Mormonism to be a valid religion, also believe that God played a role in the drafting of the Constitution. We’re supposed to think that He went back and said, “Oh, wait! I have a few more Commandments to add, but let’s call them Amendments, okay?” This sort of dangerous nonsense was one of the reasons why I abandoned my own faith before graduating from college.
Triumph the Insurrectionist Comic Dog
Lock him up! Lock him up!
Rewinding PRX Remix
PRX Remix is a program from the Public Radio Exchange that collects audio stories from various sources. I’ll embed a couple of worthwhile segments that have been featured on PRX Remix.
https://exchange.prx.org/group_accounts/98822-remix
As with the start of the Revolutionary War, our Constitutional government began with an event here in Massachusetts. Shays’ Rebellion.
The fascinating, and dangerous, lives of real-life Skywalkers.
Publicity Propaganda Department
Today’s print edition of The Boston Globe came with a surprise. A copy of yesterday’s China Daily, a publication of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
On Facebook I have asked the Globe, through its subscribers group, for an explanation. I am aware the Globe has been printing the English-language Chinese paper for some years, but I am extremely displeased at having it foisted upon me.
Naughty Triumph! Bad Dog!
Wowee, Colbert posts two days in a row. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in by conducting surveillance prior to attempting a pooch coup.