Yearly Archives: 2015

Mike Huckabee: I Never Defended Josh Duggar [AUDIO]

It’s too bad PolitiFact has already named Donald Trump its Liar Of The Year, because THIS one is a whopper. Via Buzzfeed: Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said last week that he never supported or defended Josh Duggar after allegations surfaced in May that the former reality TV star had molested his sisters as a teenager. …

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Brian Brown: We’re Not Going To Make It

Yet another satisfyingly desperate money beg from Brian Brown: I hate to say it, but right now it looks like we are not going to make our end-of-year matching grant. Most of our budget is supported by our year-end efforts. Each year a few generous donors band together and generously offer to match whatever we can raise to allow us …

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OHIO: Grand Jury Returns No Charges For Cops In Death Of Black Youth Tamir Rice, Protests Planned

The trend continues. CNN reports: An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday. A recent FBI video analysis shows Tamir “was drawing his gun from his waist as the police slid toward him and Officer Loehmann exited the car,” McGinty said. After …

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UTAH: Court Recognizes Common Law Gay Marriage, Widow Can Now Collect Benefits For Couple’s Son

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: The best gift Nicki Bidlack got for Christmas in 2015 was a piece of paper. It’s an amended birth certificate for her 2-year-old son that lists both Bidlack and the late Sara Clow as the boy’s mothers. “This is what she would have wanted,” said Bidlack, 41, of Ogden, her voice trembling as tears slid …

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TEXAS: Christian Woman Claims She Used “God’s Authority” To Divert Tornado Towards Her Neighbors

“We actually went outside and started commanding the winds because God had given us authority over the winds – the airways. And we just began to command this storm not to hit our area. We spoke to the storm and said, ‘Go to unpopulated places.’ It did exactly what we said to do because God gave us the authority to …

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CNN’s Top Ten Scandals Of 2015 [VIDEO]

CNN has recapped their top ten “scandals and controversies” of 2015. Coming in at #8 is Josh Duggar, who shared the lubed-up gospel of Christ by roughly shoving his no-no pole into hookers and porn stars, all while screaming about the sanctity of man-woman-Jesus marriage. Also on the list: Aaron Schock, Martin Shkreli, Rahm Emmanuel, Brian Williams, Tom Brady, and …

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TENNESSEE: State Rep Calls For Halt To All Marriage Licenses, “God Didn’t Create Adam And Winston”

The Murfreesboro Daily News Journal reports: Tennessee should stop issuing marriage licenses in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made gay marriage legal, state Rep. Rick Womick said. “The state Constitution says that marriage is between one man and one woman, and my personal belief is that God says that marriage is between one man and one woman,” …

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Dr. Stabby: I’m The GOP’s Best Chance Against Hillary

Ben Carson’s latest money beg declares him to be the GOP’s only hope against Hillary Clinton. And if you send him at least $25, you’ll get a Carson 2016 camouflage trucker hat. Because reasons. From the email: Pamela, It’s been a tremendous year. For a campaign that all the “experts” routinely dismissed, we’ve built a real movement. We’ve received over …

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Sarah Silverman Trolls Wingnuts With Jesus Tweet

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue is ever so pissed: Sarah Silverman, the foul-mouthed, anti-Catholic bigot, is at it again. On Christmas morning, she tweeted, “Merry Christmas! Jesus was gender fluid.” Thus did she use the celebration of our Lord’s birth to mock Christian beliefs about marriage, family and human sexuality. Silverman’s perversions would be her own problem if she kept …

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Senegal: 11 Men Arrested For “Homosexual Acts”

The Associated Press reports: Residents in the Senegalese town of Kaolack say police have arrested 11 people accused of homosexual acts. Boukhari Ndiaye said the arrested were among 20 people attending a celebration of a gay marriage at a school in the town about 200 kilometres southeast of the capital, Dakar, on Friday. He said the 11 remain at the …

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Rasmussen Poll: Clinton And Trump In Dead Heat

According to a poll released today by the right-leaning Rasmussen, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in a hypothetical match-up. They write: If the 2016 presidential election was held today, 37% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for Clinton, while 36% would vote for Trump. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a sizable 22% would choose …

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HAWAII: Obama Vacation Spot Rainbow Riles Right

Over the weekend a rainbow appeared directly over President Obama’s vacation spot in Hawaii.  Take it away Twitchy commenters: “Wow, wish I had a fan club of professional photographers following me around framing rainbows in my vicinity to make me look like a little demigod. Not really, I prefer to give glory to Christ. Let’s hope this presumptuous little Herod …

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MISSOURI: GOP Attorney General Candidate Proposes Formal Legalization Of Anti-LGBT Discrimination

In Missouri, as in many other states, it’s already completely legal to refuse to serve LGBT citizens as no such protections exist in state law. But that’s not good enough for GOP state attorney general candidate Josh Hawley. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports: Hawley wrote to legislative leaders urging them to pass exemptions for ministers, churches and businesses that do …

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Trump: Benghazi Hearings Were A Disaster For GOP

Rep. Trey Gowdy appears poised to endorse Marco Rubio. Therefore Donald Trump has decided that the Benghazi hearings were an embarrassment for the GOP.  Via Mediaite: Donald Trump called into Fox & Friends this morning and had some critical comments about the Benghazi hearings. Trump was discussing Trey Gowdy, the chair of the Benghazi Special Committee, because of his reported …

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US Air Force: Lasers On Fighter Jets By 2020 [VIDEO]

This seems like the right story to follow up a Star Wars post. CNN reports: The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, said it’s on track to demonstrate a working laser weapon on a fighter jet by 2020. “It really is a national tipping point,” said Kelly Hammett, chief engineer for the AFRL’s directed energy directorate. “We see the …

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Star Wars Hits $1 Billion Gross

Via the Associated Press: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has reached $1 billion at the box office, achieving the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The Walt Disney Co. said “The Force Awakens” crossed the billion-dollar mark Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was Universal’s “Jurassic World,” which did it …

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KENTUCKY: Gov. Matt Bevin Faces Massive Legal Bill For His State’s Losing Battle Against Marriage

Back in August then-Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear was hit with a $2.3 million legal fees bill from the winning side in his state’s battle against same-sex marriage. Beshear balked at paying the “unreasonable” amount and offered to settle for $581K – about 25% of the bill. Now the full bill is in the lap of newly-elected teabagger Gov. Matt Bevin, …

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Tony Perkins: FRC Urgently Needs $1M To Continue Our Losing Fight Against LGBT Civil Rights

Just in from KKK-affiliated hate group leader Tony Perkins: I hope you had a blessed Christmas! But now you and I must end this year defending the faith we celebrated — the faith we LIVE OUT — against those who would push it out of our society. That’s why I emailed you earlier this month. I wanted to let you …

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Mike Huckabee Continues Attack On Ted Cruz For (Allegedly) Not Hating Gays Enough [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Mike Huckabee today stood by his attacks on Ted Cruz and insisted that neither he nor his Super PAC “selectively edited” what Cruz said. At a closed-door Manhattan fundraiser, Cruz was asked if stopping gay marriage is a top-three priority for him. He said no, but did say that his priority is defending the Constitution, which Cruz supporters …

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GALLUP: 64 Million Religious “Nones” In America

According to a just-issued Gallup poll, about 20 million Americans have left organized religion since 2008, bringing the estimated number of religious “nones” to about 64 million. Via Gallup: A review of over 174,000 interviews conducted in 2015 shows that three-quarters of American adults identify with a Christian religion, little changed from 2014, but down from 80% eight years ago. …

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