Polyandry and Joseph Smith

According to the book of Mormon, David’s and Solomon’s multiple wives and concubines were an abomination to God, something which he despised:

23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things…

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AFGE Urges Passage of the Shutdown Fairness Act

Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, celebrated the end of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“For the past 76 days, tens of thousands of AFGE members at the Transportation Security Administration,…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook to step down at the end of the summer, John Ternus to take the position beginning September 1st

This is happening a bit sooner than expected. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Monday that he’ll be stepping down from his position, and that hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over. Cook will continue on as CEO throughout the summer, and Jernus will join Apple’s Board of Directors and take over […]

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Cut the Military Budget in Half

It’s not enough just to oppose this war on Iran. We should demand major cuts to the US military budget, starting with cutting it in half.


That Washington has the right to bomb, invade, or attack any country across the globe whenever it wants is rarely questioned in American politics. And the massively bloated military budget remains a sacred cow for far too many. (Chanakarn…

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Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump’s racist monkey clip

Former US president Barack Obama criticised a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding on Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys.

In a wide-ranging podcast interview with left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen released on Saturday, Obama also compared the…

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