{"id":13261,"date":"2009-02-04T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T01:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2009\/02\/04\/hilarity-ensues.html"},"modified":"2009-02-04T18:30:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T01:30:18","slug":"hilarity_ensues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/04\/hilarity_ensues.html","title":{"rendered":"Hilarity Ensues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve somehow gotten onto the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OneNewsNow<\/a>&#8221; mailing list. Some of the jocularity &#8212; which, truly, rivals the Onion, except &#8230; it&#8217;s meant to be serious (which makes it even funnier) &#8212; includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Obama taps &#8216;porn lawyer&#8217; for #2 spot at Justice Dept.<\/li>\n<li> &#8216;Adultery&#8217; service targets married Texans<\/li>\n<li> Democrats want to raise &#8211; but not pay &#8211; taxes<\/li>\n<li> Perspective: All the president&#8217;s tax cheats<\/li>\n<li> Tucson abortuary gets stung<\/li>\n<li> Perspective: Homosexuality &amp; the laws of moral physics<\/li>\n<li> Journalist &#8211; or political operative? Which is he?<\/li>\n<li> BLOG: Soft Core Porn in Urban Outfitters Catalogue<\/li>\n<li> BLOG: Ben Stein Gets the Boot over Expelled?<\/li>\n<li> BLOG: Why Don&#8217;t Liberals Pay Taxes?<\/li>\n<li> Obama admits he &#8216;screwed up&#8217; in nominee fiasco<\/li>\n<li> 5K rejected Minn. Senate ballots get another look<\/li>\n<li> Fossils: Fact or Fallacy?<\/li>\n<li> If God made the world, then who made God?<\/li>\n<li> Answers to Tough Questions about Sex<\/li>\n<li> The Appropriate Place for Religion in the Intelligent Design Debate<\/li>\n<li> Defending Salvation Through Christ Alone<\/li>\n<li> The threat of &#8216;sharia&#8217; to America<\/li>\n<li> Attacks on faith are an opportunity, says Cameron<\/li>\n<li> Democracy, God&#8217;s law go hand in hand<\/li>\n<li> U.S. economy predicted to collapse under socialism<\/li>\n<li> Pro-abortion president ignores Roe v. Wade rally<\/li>\n<li> Abortion clinic reports raise &#8216;red flags&#8217;<\/li>\n<li> Group says AARP is pushing porn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(You won&#8217;t be surprised to discover that Fossils are, in fact, a fallacy. Or, at least, all the interpretations made from them are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awakengeneration.com\/thoughts\/befueled\/213\" target=\"_blank\">fallacious<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t make this up. Well, actually, you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve somehow gotten onto the &#8220;OneNewsNow&#8221; mailing list. 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