Britney Spears Quote Of The Day

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She gave a rare interview to Ryan Seacrest: Spears was unclear when Seacrest asked how often she would see the boys. "That’s, like, all in the court," she said. "Stuff like that, my lawyers know all that stuff." And this: Seacrest apparently woke Spears up when he called her for the interview, and at times she didn’t seem to understand … Read More

Jury Verdict Against Phelps’ Church

Ken AshfordGodstuff, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

Finally.  This guy is a creep: A jury on Wednesday ordered an anti-gay Kansas church to pay $10.9 million in damages to relatives of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq after church members cheered his death at his funeral. Church members said Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder’s death was God’s punishment of America for tolerating homosexuality, and they attended … Read More

Moving To The Dark Side

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John Cole of the popular conservative site, Balloon Juice, has been getting increasingly annoyed with his party for the past few years. And now he’s done it: he went and registered as a Democrat. A bit of an embarrassment is that Balloon Juice was nominated as one the finalists for Best Conservative Blog of 2007.  Cole is not phased — … Read More

What I Saw On The Way To Work This Morning

Ken AshfordRandom MusingsLeave a Comment

Driving down Robinhood Road.  Early morning frost.  Coming over a hill, I saw a lot of cars pulled over to the side of the road.  I slowed down and rubbernecked.  All eyes were gazing out to the field.  I grabbed my camera and filmed this: There were a couple more in the field, too.  As well as a couple of … Read More