Ewwwwww! Live rats are being trucked from central China, suffering a plague of a reported 2 billion rodents displaced by a flooded lake, to the south to end up in restaurant dishes, Chinese media reported. Rats had been doing a roaring trade thanks to strong supply over the last two weeks, the China News Service…

Had another “wretched man that I am” moment. Been thinking (convicted) about this lately: How our family talks to each other. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and…

This promise reminds me of the promise he made in 2004: “If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk, get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.” (via) Tags: John Edwards

He’s just changed his public posturing, not his agenda. In public he’s for supporting the troops, in private he’s trying to undermine their mission. On May 10, a silver-haired member of Congress looked into the C-SPAN TV camera and said, “We have to stand up for the troops.” In a speech a few days later,…

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