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Here’s the website for Bill Luckett’s Progress Mississippi PAC, which answers a question Ben asked in comments. Nice logo.
105 year old guitarist Huey Long (no, not that one) died in Houston. He played with everyone from Fletcher Henderson to the Ink Spots to Dizie Gillespie to Earl Hines. Here’s his NY Times obit.
The Commercial Appeal the other day had a nice piece on lost soul queen Betty Harris, who is back in active performing and was in Memphis this weekend. She got closest to a hit with a cover of Solomon Burke’s “Cry To Me,” and then recorded singles produced by Allen Toussaint and backed by the Meters that never could hit.

Alan wrote on 12:47 am, May 23, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
It just seems to me to go beyond the pale to force churches to fund things which they find religiously offensive. No one is forcing any church to pay for anything. The law requires insurance companies ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 12:18 am, May 23, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
The thread has not "devolved," Hootie Dasher, it has gone exactly where it must go. A powerful religious organization wants to exert tremendous influence on American public policy, so that organizatio ..

ColRebSez wrote on 10:56 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
I guess when it comes to contraception I'm for partial single payer. I'm for contraception. I would prefer that every citizen be forced to be on contraception until they score say a 22 on the ACT. But ..

Your Lies Have Lies wrote on 10:28 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
I guess you're right. Of course contraceptives aren't much of an issue if a male priest only wants to have sex with 10 year old boys. ..

John Pittman Hey wrote on 10:27 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
My view is, that if the government fines the employer for not providing his employees insurance, that's the definition of an "employee mandate" to provide health insurance. Unless you hold that only a ..

Hootie Dasher wrote on 10:21 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
This thread has devolved into an unrelated discourse about priest abuse or disagreements with the papacy. That birth control may seem silly or maybe common, even among some Catholics, is irrelevant. T ..

Your Lies Have Lies wrote on 10:05 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
The list was later found inside a locked safe that was drilled open in 2006. Still, the list of 35 Catholic priests accused or found guilty of sexual misconduct, plus a memo ordering the shredding of ..

Ben wrote on 9:13 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Ya gotta show the church the respect that is its due. http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/us/pennsylvania-priests-abuse/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1 ..

Franklin wrote on 8:59 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
"But if they do, they can’t discriminate vs women by refusing to cover important meds like the Pill." Meds, medicine, is certainly important to combat illness or disease--thus its common definition as ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 8:56 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Pam, The Catholic Church doesn't believe you've murdered an innocent baby either. All you did was disobey an old man from Europe. So rest easy. I'm sure you're relieved. ..

pam wrote on 8:50 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
I guess I'm confused, what does contraceptive have to do with "murdering innocent babies? I don't believe I've ever murdered an innocent baby. ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 8:41 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
JPH is not correct about there being an employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act. Employers may discontinue health care benefits if they so choose. If they do, they pay a tax, and their employees q ..

Your Lies Have Lies wrote on 8:35 pm, May 22, 2012 about A couple of lessons from Leviticus
Remember the letter written over a decade ago to Dr. Laura Schlesinger? For those not familiar with it, here it is: Dear Dr. Laura Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 8:20 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Thanks Franklin. I think it is entirely fair to remind everybody that we're talking about an indisputably harmful public health policy that's being demanded by an international ring of pedophiles whos ..

John Pittman Hey wrote on 8:02 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Of course, I understand fully that this is no new issue. Our country has a long history of forcing people to pay for things that violate their consciences. That's why Henry David Thoreau went to priso ..

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