Charles Pierce reports
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supergee(1) Alex Jones called Julian Assange a “buttplug.” As the Ethnics say, even a stopped clock is right three times a day.
(2) Trying to find something interesting to look forward to in the veep debate, Pierce noted that both candidates, though Catholic, “have gotten themselves crossways with Holy Mother Church”: Kaine, because like millions of Catholics, he has pulled away from the hierarchy’s policies of hatred of women and queers, and Pence, who would love those policies even if his support for them hadn’t won him the nomination, because of his displeasure at the Church involving itself in the sort of thing Jesus cared about, in this case sheltering Syrian refugees.
(3) Paul Ryan’s craven submission to Trump has forced some of his supporters to realize that he is what he was all along.
(2) Trying to find something interesting to look forward to in the veep debate, Pierce noted that both candidates, though Catholic, “have gotten themselves crossways with Holy Mother Church”: Kaine, because like millions of Catholics, he has pulled away from the hierarchy’s policies of hatred of women and queers, and Pence, who would love those policies even if his support for them hadn’t won him the nomination, because of his displeasure at the Church involving itself in the sort of thing Jesus cared about, in this case sheltering Syrian refugees.
(3) Paul Ryan’s craven submission to Trump has forced some of his supporters to realize that he is what he was all along.
