Daily Archives: November 22, 2006

Schachspiele

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 22, 2006

Liz Ditz points today at a parody titled “Good Christians Don’t Play Chess.” (I know it’s a parody, Liz, because the author is satirizing a similar but serious piece on why Christians shouldn’t play Dungeons and Dragons.) Here is a rant about the queen, ironically framed in the xtian context of female submission. Saint Paul [...]

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Quiet memories of the 1963 coup d’état

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 22, 2006

Today marked the 43rd anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination, the day of the shadow government’s coup d’état that brought Lyndon Johnson to power. It was a day of remembrance, touched by the BBC reportage of CIA involvement in the covert action four and a half years later when Kennedy’s brother Robert was felled. [...]

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911truth.org

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 22, 2006

Ben Paynter provides an even-handed look at the 9/11 conspiracy theorists in Kansas City. This ought to provide dinner table conversation tomorrow. Turkey talk…

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