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Eric Scheske

Race for the Video Game Bottom

Blame the video game makers, but if we didn't have an adult population that revelled in juvenile pursuits, such things wouldn't exist: > A football video game set to hit stores today takes the gridiron to new lows – allowing players to juice up, attack opponents and

But None of that Naked Stuff

In England: > Pagan priests will be allowed to use wine and wands during ceremonies in jails under instructions issued to every prison governor. > Inmates practising paganism will be allowed a hoodless robe, incense and a piece of religious jewellery among their personal possessions. They will also be allowed

Who's Bluffing? Who'll Blink First?

> Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday blasted a major international drug company for "putting profits ahead of world safety" – demanding it suspend its patent on a drug that has proved successful in fighting deadly bird flu. . . > "Roche is putting its profits ahead of world safety and I

How Do You Serve Him with the Summons?

There's fodder for an entire theological treatise in here: > A Romanian prisoner is suing God for failing to save him from the Devil. > The inmate, named as Pavel M in media reports, accused God of "cheating, abuse and traffic of influence". > His complaint

Faithful to the Magisterium = Headline News

New Zealand doctor decides not to prescribe contraceptives any longer. It makes news. And: Bring out the feminists: > Nelson GP Dr Joseph Hassan, a 40-year-old married father of four, wrote to the 50 patients a fortnight ago telling them he would no longer prescribe contraceptives or refer

But It's No Fun . . .

. . . unless we can kill the baby [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1785/]: From Secondhand Smoke [http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2005/10/embryonic-stem-cells-without.html]: > Researchers at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) have claimed publicly that they were able to derive embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo. The story

Cash Movie

Readers of this blog know I'm a Johnny Cash fan, despite his moral shortfallings. A new movie about Cash is coming out. I'll have to see it, even though it sounds like the producers will try to justify Johnny's decision to leave his wife

WWJB

> What would Jesus blog? That and other pressing questions drew 135 Christians to Southern California this weekend for a national conference billed as the first-ever for "God bloggers," a growing community of online writers who exchange information and analyze current events from a Christian perspective. >

Test Post #2

This is just a test post - sorry for any inconvenience. This should be the last test post for the week. - EricScheske.com Webmaster testing [http://www.technorati.com/tag/testing]

Giving Catholic Educators a Bad Name

> An English teacher has been fired because he did not want to display an American flag in his Catholic school classroom. > Stephen Kobasa, a teacher at Kolbe Cathedral High School since 1999, says he is not unpatriotic but has deep-seated religious beliefs that are incompatible with displaying