8/22 Morning Communiqué

THESE DAYS (RELIGION EDITION)

Bishop Thomas George Doran, of the Roman Catholic Church's Rockford, Illinois, diocese, has described as seven "sacraments" the Democratic Party's devotion to "abortion, buggery, contraception, divorce, euthanasia, feminism of the radical type and genetic experimentation and mutilation." [via Undernews]

Police Chief Annetta Nunn is concerned her actions—singing hymns at the funerals of three slain officers, making speeches and writing articles mentioning God—somehow have made the devil meaner than usual in Birmingham, Alabama.

The First Baptist Church of Watertown, New York, dismissed Mary Lambert on August 9 with a letter explaining that the church had adopted an interpretation that prohibits women from teaching men. She had taught there for 54 years.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

MN Crawler interviews writers, artists, photographers, and other "everyday people" living in the Twin Cities.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

Keep your kids safe from Satan while they sleep with Armor of God PJs! [via Andrew Sullivan]

Sploid is kaput

Jamming at a listening station near you: Record Store Cats

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"We wanted to be different. This is one name that will stay in people's minds."

-- Punit Shablok, owner's of Hitler's Cross, a new Nazi-themed eatery in Mumbai, India