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October 2015

October 30, 2015

‘Would Jesus Wear a Sidearm?’ WATCH one Evangelical pro-lifer who is FOR Gun Control!

Watch this remarkable 7 min documentary on an evangelical pro-life leader who is also FOR...

October 28, 2015

“schools” ? = child-hating jails run by thug police

Here is more (new) video evidence from the front lines of our police state.... Choking...

October 27, 2015

Where Do These Loser Coward Cops Come From?

According to the Guardian a video of a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy manhandling a student in a...

October 23, 2015

Frank Schaeffer, “Treasonous Apostate,” Interviews Gay-Son-Marrying “Sinner” Pastor– the (Other) Frank Schaefer– WATCH

I just got back from the "Open" meeting in Minneapolis at Solomon's Porch with Brian...

October 14, 2015

There Are No Heroes When Your Country Is On the Wrong Side of History– Here’s the (Hilarious) Video of a Group of Evangelicals Leaders Praying For Donald Trump That Proves It

Donald Trump prays with religious leaders, Kenneth Copeland, Paula White and others. I remember a...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Donald Trump Will Be the Next President

The next president of the US poses with the Donald Trump 12-inch talking doll-- photo credit...

September 29, 2015

Please Join Brian McLaren and Me & Others Oct 20-22, 2015 Minneapolis

NATIONAL SUMMIT GATHERING OCTOBER 20-22, 2015 Minneapolis, MN Hosted by Solomon’s Porch Featuring We hope...

September 28, 2015

Susan Cottrell wrote True Colors to help LGBTQ people heal relationships with parents, family, others

“For anyone who has been spiritually hurt by the church, by parents or family members,...

September 27, 2015

Come Lord Banksy, come quickly!

Banksy’s Cinderella crash scene. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian used by permission Banksy strikes...

September 25, 2015

Do You Think the Pope’s Visit Actually Means Anything?

Will Pope Francis' visit mean anything more than a chance for the media to sell...

September 18, 2015

Is Ann Coulter an anti-Semite?

Is Ann Coulter an anti-Semite? She asks "How many f---ing Jews do these people think there...

September 16, 2015

You’ll Feel Better about America, Joe Biden and Politics When you Watch Him With Colbert

(Photo credit CBS used by permission) I very much hope Joe Biden runs. Here's...

September 14, 2015

Watch Bernie Sanders Say What I Wish I’d Said to Liberty U 40 Years Ago When I Spoke at Liberty

(Photo NBC News, used by permission) Watch Bernie Sanders do what I should have done...

September 14, 2015

Frank ” show us some other work!” OKAY

I get glimpses of your other work in your videos - and would like to...

September 12, 2015

KIM DAVIS (not to mention evangelical hypocrisy) DESTROYED: “I am the very model of a modern fundamentalist”

Sick of Kim Davis? Tired of evangelical smarmy Hypocrisy? Here's the last thing you ever need...

September 09, 2015

3 Selfie Art Videos Explaining/Showing My Paintings re Life, Flowers, God and Grandchildren

Here are 3 "selfie" videos I just took in my garden and studio showing and...

August 2015

August 13, 2015

Watch out Democrats running for office in 2016. Don’t leave the denunciation of rape for God up to Fox News and the Tea Party haters

A tipping point is being inexorably reached. Sometimes reality trumps ideals. Take the nice liberal...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Don’t Miss the 2 Best Pieces (By Camille Paglia) on Sexual Politics and American Society I Ever Read

Camille Paglia (Credit: Michael Lionstar) Camille Paglia takes on Jon Stewart, Trump, Sanders: “Liberals think of...

July 27, 2015

We Are a Hardhearted People– Jesus, the Planned Parenthood Videos, Politics and Guns

We are a hardhearted people. From southern racists flying confederate flags, notwithstanding the pain this...

July 17, 2015

What Is BAD (and Good) Sex & Art?

Bad art and bad sex matter for the same reason that bad religion matters. A...

July 14, 2015

Peggy Campolo, Brian McLaren, My Granddaughter Amanda, and Me Having a Wild Time at Wild Goose!

Here's Peggy Campolo, one of my most loved and favorite people with me at Wild...

July 06, 2015

The Truth About Christian ‘Sexual Purity’ — A Former Evangelical Speaks Out

The sexual purity "movement" is one of several to have deformed American politics as a...

July 05, 2015

If there were no “holy books” how much easier it would be to believe in God!

(The "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, Courtesy the Vatican archive) If there were no “holy books”...

July 03, 2015

I’m So Grateful That I Sold These 2 Paintings Including 1 From My New Summer Show

Here are 2 paintings that just sold from my art site. Thank you! ...

July 02, 2015

WATCH Stephen Colbert on this only-in-America NEW 40-minute (Priceless!) public access show from Monroe, Michigan called “Only in Monroe,” hosted by future “Late Show host” Stephen Colbert and featuring an interview with Eminem, a.k.a. “a local Michigander who is making a name for himself in the competitive world of music.”

WATCH Stephen Colbert tell Eminem he'll be "a greeter at Walmart" if he doesn't save...

July 01, 2015

a 7-year-old first grader stands up to the religious right WATCH THIS CLIP

In this video clip Zea--a 7-year-old first grader--stands up to bully religious right. The argument...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

Here’s Another (Visual) Reason to Keep the Republicans out of the White House

Here's another reason to keep the Republicans out of the White House ...they would not...

June 26, 2015

Google Proves that “Gun Control” is Hotter than “Gun Shops” — A Sign of Hope?

As Alexandra Ma notes in "Americans Are Googling 'Gun Control' Instead Of 'Gun Shop'" (Huffington Post) Google...

June 17, 2015

Please Join me at the Wild Goose Festival (get 30% off your ticket too!)

I’d like to thank you for being a part of my life and thus part...

June 16, 2015

Watch! Enjoy! I’ve been singing this all day!

Here is a video composed and sung by my nephew Ranald Macaulay's children. They live...

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