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Someone on Google+ posted a link to this weird post on a Christian apologetics blog claiming that atheists support the idea of supplying soldiers with “comfort women” — women whose sole job during WW2 for the Japanese was to provide sexual release for the troops. Read more

A group of Russian Orthodox thugs took to the streets of Tblisi in the nation of Georgia to threaten gay people and demand strict repression in advance of a planned gay pride event. More than a dozen people were injured. See how familiar this sounds: Read more

A few years ago, Todd Heywood and I did a lot of reporting on so-called Romeo and Juliet relationships and how the use of statutory rape laws against young people who are just over 18 with a girlfriend or boyfriend under 18. Here’s a horrible story of a Juliet-Juliet prosecution that threatens to ruin the life of Kaitlyn Hunt. Read more

Pete Santilli is still a relatively obscure internet radio show host, but he’s attracting some pretty big names, including Ted Nugent and Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America. And this guy makes Alex Jones seem sane. On a show last week, he declared his desire to kill a whole lot of political leaders — including a lurid and disturbing desire to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina. Read more

In 2010, Congress passed and President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the disparity in sentences for crack vs powder cocaine from 100-1 to 18-1. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the new sentencing guidelines applied to cases where the defendant had been convicted before that law was passed but not yet sentenced. Now the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that those sentenced under the old rules must have their sentences reduced as well. The court said: Read more