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Trump in Control at the White House? (plus Tweets)
The more I do these tweets posts, the more I find the USA is dominating them. When I began this website, I didn't expect to be writing so much about the US. My plan was to focus on international politics in general, especially how that's effected by religion and how...
Orin Hatch: An Example of Money in Politics (plus Tweets)
One of the tweets Ann German sent me today was about Senator Orrin Hatch. He's a Republican senator from Utah who's been in the job for over forty years. His retirement at the end of his current term means he's getting a bit of attention at the moment. Hatch is a...
Donald Trump and ‘Fire and Fury’ (with Tweets)
Of course, the big news on Twitter is the new Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury. There are tweets about every aspect of the book, the release of which was brought forward to 5 January when President Trump's lawyers sent a "cease and desist" letter to the publishers....
Homily: Why Are Iranians Protesting? (plus Tweets)
Once again the tweets of the US president expose how unfit he is for high public office. His "mine is bigger than yours" tweet (see below) to Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, is schoolyard stuff. The thing is, there were actually tweets President Trump got...
Homily: Men Made Mad by Religion (plus Tweets)
Once again, most of today's tweets are from yesterday. I put them in the post, then fell asleep watching the tennis (NZ Open). I'm not sure where I saw the joke recently, but it certainly applies to me right now. I don't know what day it is, and I wake up to eat and...
Homily: An Ill-Informed Feminist Attacks Jerry Coyne (plus Tweets)
Many of you who are good enough to subscribe to Heather's Homilies only found me because you were already followers of Jerry Coyne's site: 'Why Evolution is True' (WEIT). Therefore, you you probably read his post on 28 December: 'A real feminist'. It's about, "......
Homily: More Trump Lies (plus Tweets)
It's a tiring time for me, leaving little energy for things like posts. Today's tweets were collected over a three day period, so again some are probably out of date by the time you read this. My apologies. Also as I've mentioned previously, little is happening in New...
Homily: Bad Laws in Russia and Pakistan (plus Tweets)
I prepared the tweets for this post yesterday, but then the efforts of the previous few days overcame me. Translation: I spent the remaining three hours of the afternoon asleep! I haven't looked at Twitter yet today, so some of the tweets may be out of date. However,...
Were the Allegations Against Trump Answered by the Election? (plus Tweets)
I'm getting sick of the right-wing people who are constantly telling us via tweets, news conferences, editorials, and more, that the question of the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump was answered by "the people" in the 2016 election. Somehow, Trump is...
Homily: Palin Shennanigans (plus Tweets)
I could have just made up a special Tweets section for this story, but it's so funny I couldn't resist writing about it. (Of course, it wasn't very funny for those who were part of it, and I don't want to diminish the distress I'm sure they felt.) But the whole thing...
Simon’s Cat: A Christmas Update
Simon's Cat is one of the features of the website that's fallen by the wayside a bit. Life has got in the way, and, of course, I'm still learning what I want to do with this website. When I began just over three years ago, I didn't think I'd be writing so much about...
Homily: Sin and the Meaning of Christmas (plus Tweets)
There's a tweet below in the "Christmas Tweets" section that links to a YouTube video about how fast Santa goes when he's delivering the gifts annually. (It's pretty funny - don't skip it.) At the start it says, "According to St Augustine Jesus chose the shortest day...