No More Porn for North Carolina, An Eye for An Eye, Ted Cruz' Masturbatory Habits

Donald Trump has now revealed an actual Bible verse as his favorite Bible verse - “And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” — Exodus 21:23~25. His actual words were less King Jamesian: “Well, I think many. I mean, when we get into the Bible, I think many, so many. And some people, look, an eye for an eye, you can almost say that. That’s not a particularly nice thing. But you know, if you look at what’s happening to our country, I mean, when you see what’s going on with our country, how people are taking advantage of us, and how they scoff at us and laugh at us. And they laugh at our face, and they’re taking our jobs, they’re taking our money, they’re taking the health of our country. And we have to be firm and have to be very strong. And we can learn a lot from the Bible, that I can tell you.” I'm thinking there's a whole lot more Donald Trump could learn from the Bible, that I can tell you. * * * * * * * * * * The depth and breadth of his Biblical illiteracy ought to give Presbyterians everywhere the heebee jeebies. His theology seems more in line with the most extreme mullahs in Iran than with modern mainstream Presbyterianism. Or mainstream Christianity for that matter. Or mainstream Judiaism or Islam or Zoroastrianism or Hinduism or Buddhism or Paganism or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. * * * * * * * * * Turns out Ted Cruz once argued to the US Supreme Court that there was no constitutional right to sell dildos or for personal masturbatory pleasure. His college roommate revealed that this must have been a newly acquired opinion for Cruz. So far, I have successfully managed to not give this any more thought whatsoever.

* * * * * * * * * * * Because of North Carolina's anti LGBTQ legislation, Bruce Springsteen and Ringo Starr have cancelled concerts, dozens of major corporations have either stopped plans to expand or withdrawn entirely from the state, major league sports events are being moved to friendlier environments, but the one that may actually cause change is that a major porn site is now blocking North Carolinians access to pornography. Ouch. That's hitting below the belt, so to speak. * * * * * * * * On a serious note, I was so sorry to read about former Senator Dave Newell's serious illness today in the WH. He was such a good Senator. I remember meeting with him and organizing yard sign deliveries in Omaha for Helen Boosalis during the Helen Boosalis v. Kay Orr gubernatorial race way back when.......1986 or so. I organized a crew of a dozen or so for several weekends delivering those signs. * * * * * * * * * * * Finally, here's a link to a youtube video of The Kanesville Symphony playing a medley from The Wizard of Oz. https://youtu.be/dCVTnwaffss (if it is not a live link you can copy and paste I assume). * * * * Happy Together, btw, will by playing at the Lauritzen Gardens Tuesday night music series on Aug. 30!