A Thin Silver Lining to Hezbollah Attacks on Israel

This got called off.

In Between Episodes IV and V

So this is where Vader was before the Death Star was rebuilt!

Arlen Specter is a Tool

In support of his position for the bill that would have expanded embryonic stem cell research, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania resorted to making up history about the Catholic Church. (link via Open Book)

The Absurdity of Lee vs. Weisman Continues

This landmark 1992 case, of course, essentially made religious prayers at public school graduation ceremonies verboten.

Fourteen years later, this asinine ruling has resulted in the prevention of public school students in Washington State from playing an instrumental version of Ave Maria at their graduation ceremony. A lawsuit by one of those students has now been filed.

Are They Really This Dumb?

Looks like the Dems, as a whole, are set to launch an attack on every state marriage protection initiative that is on the ballot this November. Although the source of this report is unnamed, it's not hard to believe the Dems are planning this attack given Screaming Howie's comments earlier this month.

And This is a Surprise, How?

From the "Why Not?" country comes the latest affront to all that is good and decent in Western Civilization: legal recognition of a pedophile political party.

While the Cat's Away...

Looks as though "the Vatican's" condemnatory statements on the Lebanon bombings by Israel were unauthorized by Papa Ratzi, but we'll have to wait and see if any sort of clarification is issued (i.e., Sodano gets the smack down) once he gets back from vacation.

Update: If al-Reutereea's reporting is accurate, the pope is significantly more balanced than what was put out there by Sodano. However, it still doesn't appear as though the pope understands that Israel's actions are justified.