‘Featured’ Archives
Christians Bring Honesty/Integrity to Communities. Three Examples.
A recent American Family Association poll stresses that the most important thing Christians bring to a community is "honesty/integrity". Today's Christian Headlines provide three prime examples. Last week, we reported on Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, California declaring his a "Christian [...]
New Look Coming Soon
Friends: I have no doubt that you've noticed how slowly the site loads. This is partly due to increases in traffic. However, the other part of the equation is the existing skin, or "theme". We love it, but it is code-heavy and inefficient. It loads a tremendous amount of code with each [...]
Palin: “Absurd Not to Consider 2012 Presidential Run”, Snubs Tea Party Nation
On Fox News Sunday, Sarah Palin commented that she felt it "absurd" not to consider a 2012 Presidential run . . . and added a subtle backhand to the Tea Party movement. Hedging her bets, Sarah Palin charged $100,000 to speak at the first Tea Party Nation convention, where attendees paid $500 to [...]
Palm-Reading Palin Promotes Theocracy
Sarah Palin gets caught reading notes off her hand during the Tea Party Q&A session. Who cares? She then OPENLY PROMOTES an American theocracy. To applause! The big buzz on the Internet tonight is that Sarah Palin appears to have read notes off her hand during an interview. Yep, it looks like [...]
Modern-Day Witch Hunt at Stoudtburg Village
Religious bigotry is alive and well in Pennsylvania. Once again, witches -- that is, neo-Pagans, Wiccans, and the like -- are the target of Christians' rhetoric of hate and intolerance. Stoudtburg Village is a faux-European hamlet built on 27 acres in Adamstown, PA. "Founded" in 1992 by Ed and [...]
California Group Seeks Ban on Divorce
In a move to protect traditional marriage even further than 2008's Proposition 8, a grassroots campaign has begun to ban divorce in California. Inspired by Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, John Marcotte comments, California has a divorce rate that some have computed to [...]
Texas Appoints Fundies to Rewrite Statewide Social Studies Curriculum
Should schools teach that the Founders were Christians? Apparently, the Texas Board of Education thinks so. Among the "experts" selected to revise the Social Studies curriculum for the second-largest school system in the country (Texas Board of Education sets curriculum for every school [...]
Christian Fundamentalists Support Israel. Why?
Update: 11/24/2009, Keith Olbermann reports on Sarah Palin's beliefs about Jews, Israel, and the Rapture. Back in July of 2000, Christian economist Dr. Gary North wrote an essay explaining why Christian fundamentalists support Israel. This bizarre and disturbing message exposes the twisted [...]
A Change of Direction for Paliban Daily
After Sarah Palin's political self-immolation, we at the Paliban Daily did a little soul-searching. As you know, our name was based in part on her name (Palin band => Paliban). Jean, aka Paliban Mom, is so horrified by Bailin' Palin's recent actions that she wants nothing to do with the site at [...]
Biden Green-Lights Israel Attack on Iran
American Vice-President Joe Biden apparently green-lighted Israel attacking Iran today. Iran was not pleased. As reported by Fox News, on today's broadcast of ABC's This Week, Biden commented: Israel can determine for itself -- it's a sovereign nation -- what's in their interest and what [...]