My two favorite evangelists are Jack Chick and ‘Brother’ Jed Smock.
Chick Publications produces evangelical pamphlets you would probably recognize. Here are a couple of panels from a tract called “The Choice”.
Many more Chick tracts can be found here. Chick is an exponent of the “turn or burn” school of evangelism. He is the object of [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2005 by pwyll
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Newsweek was ever so concerned over an allegation that Americans were desecrating the Koran. Above is the cover of the Feb 2 Japanese edition of Newsweek. Newsweek seems to have no qualms over the desecration of the American flag.
Oddly, Newsweek chose to run a different cover in the US. For the complete story, [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2005 by pwyll
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There has been quite an outcry because some tabloids ran a photo of Saddam Hussein in his underwear. Critics bemoan the humiliation of the poor mass murderer. Color me unimpressed.
When some actress is caught topless on a remote beach, she’s fair game for press photographers. Sobbing parents at the scene of an accident? Run [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2005 by pwyll
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According to Investor’s Business Daily, Venezuela sends 90,000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba. IBD estimates the value of the oil at a billion dollars annually. What does Venezuela receive in return?
He’s [Chavez] so afraid of potential rebellions that some observers believe his real game is to set up a safe place in [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2005 by pwyll
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A Cuban dissident shows his right arm tattooed with North American landmarks, ‘The Statue of Liberty’ and Twin Towers, outside a fruit orchard on the outskirts of Havana where an unprecedented meeting to push for democratic changes takes place, May 20, 2005. Some 200 opponents of President Fidel Castro gathered on the outskirts of Havana [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2005 by pwyll
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Looking for an easy way to protest Bush foreign policy week after week? And an easy way to help alleviate global poverty? Buy your gasoline at Citgo stations.
And tell your friends.
Of the top oil producing countries in the world, only one is a democracy with a president who was elected on a platform of using [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2005 by pwyll
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