Category Archives: Sedition Watch

An Overview of American Catholicism (That Quakers should take note of)

I admire the dogged liberal Catholics at the National Catholic Reporter. (NCR) NCR occupies an outpost besieged on practically all sides by the forces of Catholic clerico-fascism, which are older than Trump but have eagerly leaped into bed with his movement. Their outlook predates Trump, though, and will likely survive him. NCR’s main inside ally … Continue reading An Overview of American Catholicism (That Quakers should take note of) →

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The Good news And The Other (Paranoid) News

Readers likely already know much of what I consider Wednesday’s good news: Covid vaccine treatments have started; “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg was tapped to be Transportation Secretary in Joe Biden’s cabinet; there are no more throw-out-the-[Democrats’]-voting-results lawsuits bouncing off the big doors at the Supreme Court; and only five more weeks til Inauguration Day. There’s a … Continue reading The Good news And The Other (Paranoid) News →

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Dynamite! Retired Federal Judge Eviscerates Trump/Barr Attempt to Drop Flynn Conviction

This is stunning stuff — it reads like something out of an action novel. But actually they are passages from a 30-page brief issued yesterday, by retired federal judge John Gleeson. Gleeson Relentlessly demolishes the Trump/Barr attempt to dismiss the Perjury conviction of former General Michael Flynn. [Background: “Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying … Continue reading Dynamite! Retired Federal Judge Eviscerates Trump/Barr Attempt to Drop Flynn Conviction →

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A Theological Emergency that’s part real & part satire. Can you tell the difference?

Operator: Hello, this is Theology 911. What is your theological emergency? Aunt Mabel: Oh, thank heaven.  OMG it’s so awful! Operator: Yes, ma’am. Please ma’am, are you in danger? Aunt Mabel: I sure am, sonny. It’s the guns. And it’s not just me. Please send a SWAT team to my house right away, or it … Continue reading A Theological Emergency that’s part real & part satire. Can you tell the difference? →

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