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Come on Baby, Put the Rock in the House
The Winter Olympics have their opening ceremonies tonight, and that means we’re just days away from the most important competitive event in the history of the world. I refer, of course, to Olympic curling. This year, the U.S. women’s team … Continue reading
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Matthew 19:18
Bearing false witness is a sin. But not, evidently, when you have a chance to moralize. It turns out that, based on her own words, Pam Tebow’s life was never in jeopardy at all during her pregnancy. The reporting comes … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Sports
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Exodus 20:16
As you know, Tim Tebow — Florida Gators quarterback and the 2010 version of Eric Crouch — is going to star in a Super Bowl ad with his mom, in support of Focus on the Family. In the ad, Tebow … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Sports
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Crack Out a Home Run, Shout a Hip-Hooray
Today marks the last scheduled major league baseball game in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Happily, it may not be the last game played; the Minnesota Twins have managed to draw even with the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central … Continue reading
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Omnibus Congratulations
First, congratulations are in order for Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who today became the 38th Prime Minister of Iceland, and the first openly gay head of government in world history. Jóhanna,1 of course, is getting the opportunity primarily because Iceland has imploded, … Continue reading
Posted in International issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Sports, Whatever
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That’s The Way We Became the Brady Bündchen
So photos recently surfaced of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Giselle Bündchen on vacation in Mexico together, hanging out and being schmoopy and generally doing the kind of things one does when one’s on vacation with one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men, Sports
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Everything Was Going Great, 'til Jesus Made Me Fumble
I’ve always disliked the athletes who wear their religion on their sleeves. Don’t get me wrong — they have every right to be religious, and every right to speak out about their religion. But I’ve always thought it trivialized the … Continue reading
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