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more about #hypocrisy more comments → ab33: I read about this on the NYT at the beginning of the summer, and then promptly forgot about it, so thanks for writing about it here. I'm very active ... more » Laulau: The Church failing to abide by the teachings of Jesus is hardly new, though. I'm not pointing out anything new, but the Pope lives in crazy splendor. ... more » LaComtesse: I'm beginning to think the current Pope is a secret atheist and is trying to take down Catholicism from the inside "Hmmm, let's see: Pope JP2 was know... more » bluebears: UGH, Kate I could kiss you! I WISH Jezebel would give more coverage to the Vatican's investigation into non-cloistered nuns. It is APPALLING. more » Experiment626: It's practically a requirement now... to join the GOP, you have to have family values and you have to publicly forsake those values in an extramarital... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: 1) His comments created some truly grody mental images. The reviled term "making love" is the same one my mom used when I was little and walked in on ... more » GreyCat: I have noticed a trend in all the responses I've read from other Republican politicians: they all state that what he said was inappropriate. No, ladi... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Can you all imagine the scene around the office at KCAL before they ran this? I know how it is around my place when one of us comes across something ... more » mipsy6: Man, California just can't seem to have a good day lately, can it? Budget crisis, gigantic wildfires, skeevy assemblyman... Sigh. more » TransFat: Man, kind of makes you wish they used this sort of get-up-and-go investigative journalism on something with, you know, actual importance. But I'm all ... more » wilmawonker: ZOINKS. And he's resigned. [tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com] more » frankie22: Eyepatch underwear? I think that's how you get pink eye. more » Sister Jukebox: Oh Lord, that's our assemblyman. It always seems to be the guys who are pushing "family values" the most are the biggest pervs. more » WashingMyHair: So a republican and energy lobbyist are in bed together and we are just finding out about it....where's the scandal? This happens everyday here in D... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Oh Kate, this is gorgeous. Later on I need to follow the links to see if they disclose it all. What is shown in the news report is magnificent in it... more » -
#marchofthepenguins
No One Expects the Sexist Inquisition
Susan Toepfer at True/Slant interviews American women religious about the Vatican's investigation into non-cloistered nuns. Says one: "The people Jesus challenged were the hypocrites, religious leaders who burdened the people with excessive regulations." Boo-yah! [True/Slant] -
#caughtontape
Another Day, Another GOP Politician Forsaking His Vows
Michael Duvall, a married Republican lawmaker and defender of "family values," confuses a legislative hearing for a locker room and brags about sleeping with two younger women — completely forgetting there's a mic in his face. It's schadenfreudelicious! [TPM Muckraker]


