Rich Starnes
@richstarnes.bsky.social
Pastor, lawyer, and other stuff. Like movie reviews at middleagedmovieguy.com
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As I noted in ONE NATION UNDER GOD, a lot of the 1950s-era campaigns to post the TC on school walls fell apart when they moved from theory to practice and had to pick a specific text. Proponents were often stunned to learn that Protestants, Catholics and Jews had different versions.
The Texas House on Sunday passed Senate Bill 10, a measure requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom in the state.
Texas House passes Senate bill requiring display of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms
Senate Bill 10 now goes back to the Senate for concurrence before advancing to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
May 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As I noted in ONE NATION UNDER GOD, a lot of the 1950s-era campaigns to post the TC on school walls fell apart when they moved from theory to practice and had to pick a specific text. Proponents were often stunned to learn that Protestants, Catholics and Jews had different versions.
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Thunderbolts made $162M worldwide. It made a little more internationally than domestically. It will clear its production budget next week. It’s doing fine.
It is pretty interesting to see the same outlets that framed Sinners making $48 million on a $90 million budget opening weekend as cause for concern, also frame Thunderbolts making $76 million on an $180 million budget opening weekend as a little soft, but nothing to worry about.
Thunderbolts made $76 million opening weekend, on the low end of the MCU, but on the high end of early estimates. So, like the team: just good enough.
May 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thunderbolts made $162M worldwide. It made a little more internationally than domestically. It will clear its production budget next week. It’s doing fine.
Also, we had TV movies about autism when I was a kid. True, I’m not as old as RFK, who I think died like 20 years ago and was then reanimated.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Also, we had TV movies about autism when I was a kid. True, I’m not as old as RFK, who I think died like 20 years ago and was then reanimated.
Narcolepsy?!? How did narcolepsy (which has been called that for about 150 years) get thrown into this?
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Narcolepsy?!? How did narcolepsy (which has been called that for about 150 years) get thrown into this?
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I know it’s a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it — Sam Alito is a mediocre turnip and the assertion we should take him as a serious intellectual has always been suspect.
July 28, 2023 at 7:47 PM
I know it’s a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it — Sam Alito is a mediocre turnip and the assertion we should take him as a serious intellectual has always been suspect.
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Who could have seen this coming? Except everybody?
'There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building': Pentagon Reportedly in 'Chaos' as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day mediaite.com/a/qgcnf via @mediaite
'There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building': Pentagon Reportedly in 'Chaos' as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day mediaite.com/a/qgcnf via @mediaite
‘There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building’: Pentagon Reportedly in ‘Chaos’ as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day
“Pete Hegseth has surrounded himself with some people who don’t have his interests at heart.”
mediaite.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Who could have seen this coming? Except everybody?
'There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building': Pentagon Reportedly in 'Chaos' as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day mediaite.com/a/qgcnf via @mediaite
'There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building': Pentagon Reportedly in 'Chaos' as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day mediaite.com/a/qgcnf via @mediaite
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Evangelicals have always been afraid that things like bar codes and RFID chips would be the Mark of the Beast, and it turns out it was just a stupid red hat…
a woman sitting in a crowd holding a piece of paper with a snl logo in the background
ALT: a woman sitting in a crowd holding a piece of paper with a snl logo in the background
media.tenor.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Evangelicals have always been afraid that things like bar codes and RFID chips would be the Mark of the Beast, and it turns out it was just a stupid red hat…
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April 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Who can bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” (Rom 8:33-34)
A Good Friday, indeed!
A Good Friday, indeed!
April 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Who can bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” (Rom 8:33-34)
A Good Friday, indeed!
A Good Friday, indeed!
Here is my random “I should post on here more” post for today!
a man with long hair says you 're welcome
ALT: a man with long hair says you 're welcome
media.tenor.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Here is my random “I should post on here more” post for today!
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April 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It turns out the preppers are the only people who were really ready for Trump Part 2…
to be clear, if he fires powell, that is basically it for the USD as a reserve currency.
REPORTER: Powell says he won't leave even if you ask him to
TRUMP: Oh, he'll leave. If I ask him to he'll be out of there ... I'm not happy with him. If I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast. Believe me.
REPORTER: Are you trying to remove him?
TRUMP: Yeah, next question.
TRUMP: Oh, he'll leave. If I ask him to he'll be out of there ... I'm not happy with him. If I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast. Believe me.
REPORTER: Are you trying to remove him?
TRUMP: Yeah, next question.
April 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It turns out the preppers are the only people who were really ready for Trump Part 2…
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Still tripping out over this
April 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Still tripping out over this
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Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
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So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
Trump: "I spoke to a lot of leaders -- European, Asian, from all over the world. They are dying to make a deal, but I said 'we're not gonna have deficits with your country' ... to me a deficit is a loss. We're gonna have surpluses or at worst we're gonna be breaking even."
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
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The administration is a perfect storm of dumb people who enjoy inflicting pain and are addicted to psychotic cruelty and quadrupling down. It ends in total ruin if you don't impeach him.
April 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The administration is a perfect storm of dumb people who enjoy inflicting pain and are addicted to psychotic cruelty and quadrupling down. It ends in total ruin if you don't impeach him.
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Not once during the Biden Admin did I worry on Sunday what he might say or do on Monday.
Not that he was perfect, it’s just that he was NORMAL.
Living under Trump 2.0 is a never ending dystopia.
Not that he was perfect, it’s just that he was NORMAL.
Living under Trump 2.0 is a never ending dystopia.
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not once during the Biden Admin did I worry on Sunday what he might say or do on Monday.
Not that he was perfect, it’s just that he was NORMAL.
Living under Trump 2.0 is a never ending dystopia.
Not that he was perfect, it’s just that he was NORMAL.
Living under Trump 2.0 is a never ending dystopia.
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a friend sent me this one
April 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
a friend sent me this one
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JPMorgan raises recession odds this year to 60%.
April 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
JPMorgan raises recession odds this year to 60%.