Priest in Archdiocese of advisor to Pope on pedophile priests arrested for pedophilia.

Pic of stained glass window.

In retrospect, it should have been obvious.

If God exists then he must have a very nasty sense of irony:

Father Riccardo Seppia, a 51-year-old parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, near Genoa, was arrested last Friday, May 13, on pedophilia and drug charges. Investigators say that in tapped mobile-phone conversations, Seppia . . . → Read More: Priest in Archdiocese of advisor to Pope on pedophile priests arrested for pedophilia.

Osama’s death is no victory worth celebrating.

So I promised on Twitter that I would comment on the big news from the weekend. Which, on the off-chance that you somehow missed it, is that after almost 10 years we finally managed to track down and murder Osama bin Laden. When President Obama made his announcement there was lots of images in the . . . → Read More: Osama’s death is no victory worth celebrating.

J. Crew catalog has pic of boy wearing toenail polish and FOX News freaks the fuck out.

Scan of the J. Crews ad.

The offending advertisement. Click to embiggen.

You’d think it was one of the seven signs what with the way “Dr.” Keith Ablow reacts to a picture in a J. Crews catalog in which a mom talks about how fun it is to paint her son’s toenails:

A recent feature in J. Crew’s online catalogue . . . → Read More: J. Crew catalog has pic of boy wearing toenail polish and FOX News freaks the fuck out.

Does anyone actually give a shit if a product changes its packaging graphics?

Pic of Barilla spaghetti package.

Every now and then some big brand name will decide that the look of its packaging has gotten old and boring so they decide to spice things up with a redesign. That much I can understand, but what I don’t understand is why they think a change in the look of their packaging is in . . . → Read More: Does anyone actually give a shit if a product changes its packaging graphics?

Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Nantucket exorcism edition.

Yet another child falls victim to a delusional parent:

NANTUCKET (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Police say a Nantucket woman accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter told a priest and hospital officials that God told her to push a rose down the girl’s throat to ward off the devil.

Documents filed in Nantucket District Court . . . → Read More: Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Nantucket exorcism edition.

An example of House Republican tax spending priorities.

Here’s something that’ll probably leave our overseas SEB regulars scratching their heads in confusion. It’s a revelation on the tax spending priorities of the Republicans in the House of Representatives. See if you can explain this to me:

First the House Passes Bill To Defund Planned Parenthood:

Pence hailed the passage of the bill in . . . → Read More: An example of House Republican tax spending priorities.

Thoughts on “rape humor” and “rape culture.”

I’m probably going to stir up a shit storm with this entry, but, what the hell, It’s been awhile since I’ve done that.

I’ve been following the uproar over a Penny Arcade comic strip that appeared back in August with some interest. For those of you who are not fans of both video games and . . . → Read More: Thoughts on “rape humor” and “rape culture.”

hCG spammers descend on SEB in less than 24 hours.

Pic of homeopathy poster.

It's an obvious implication of the theory, but no one mentions it.

As if to drive home the point of how profitable the hCG diet supplement scam is, it took less than 24 hours from the time that I posted that entry to the arrival of a spammer trying to submit entries promoting that . . . → Read More: hCG spammers descend on SEB in less than 24 hours.

1997 letter from Vatican is “smoking gun” on pedophile priest cover up.

Pic of stained glass window.

In retrospect, it should have been obvious.

From the beginning of the Catholic pedophile priest scandal the Vatican has maintained that it had no knowledge of the problem and was not involved in any official cover up. More than a few people believed that claim to be an outright lie.

It appears they may . . . → Read More: 1997 letter from Vatican is “smoking gun” on pedophile priest cover up.

I didn’t write about the Astrology uproar over changing signs…

Pic of Astrology for Dummies cover.

A more accurate title I can't begin to imagine.

… because, despite what some practitioners would claim, astrology is nothing but pure bullshit.

Just like tasseomancy (reading tea leaves), palmistry, cartomancy (tarot), extispicy (animal entrails), clairvoyance, I Ching, kau cim, numerology, scrying, spirit boards, and — yes — even prayer.

It’s all bullshit bought . . . → Read More: I didn’t write about the Astrology uproar over changing signs…