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Back in the ol’ hometown, ctd

A sampling of last night’s tweets from a Detroit-area scanner monitor. Disturbance in the 14000 block of Fairmont or Clermont: Squatters are being loud and urinating on complainants driveway. Yelled at caller — Motor City 911 (@DetroitScanner) August 9, 2018 … Continue reading

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Grocery robots

Some time early this year — I don’t recall the circumstances, or why — Dawn and I decided to give Wal*Mart’s grocery service a try. You go online and fill your shopping cart, give them a credit- or debit-card, then … Continue reading

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Dismal theology-related tweet of the day

There are no events so small that God does not rule for his purposes. Every role of the dice in Las Vegas, every tiny bird that falls dead in the thousand forests — all of this is God’s command. https://t.co/CIrf0QlwRy … Continue reading

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I speculated …

… a couple of years ago that Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter might contribute to undermining the Inerrant Bible. Ken Ham may be accomplishing what hundreds of years of education have failed to accomplish: He might be enabling even witless dullards … Continue reading

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Republicans hostile to First Amendment?

What do you know? Forty-three per cent of Republicans believe the president ought to have the power to close down news outlets for bad behavior. Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans … Continue reading

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