AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND

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What a stupid question, though. There's big money involved, so no, TikTok will not be banned, in January or ever.

• Criminal investigation reopened after alleged sexual abuse by a former pastor
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• California pastor charged with 8 counts relating to child sex abuse

• "We are devastated" — Church fires 'worship pastor director' who admitted hiding a camera in the restroom
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• Baptist pastor fatally shoots himself after accusation of child molestation

• Texas grand jury indicts Catholic priest on three felony sexual assault charges

• Minnesota man gets 33 years for fatally stabbing his wife during Bible study
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• Presbyterian pastor arrested, accused of groping man at Walmart, police say

• Victims sue Jefferson City Diocese for ‘shameless cover-up’ of sexual abuse
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• Texas pro-Trump evangelist says Harris used 'witchcraft' to win debate

• California pastor arrested, accused of abusing young brothers for years
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• Former teacher, church youth leader gets 31 years in prison for child sex crimes
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Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.

   
• Robert Beck
in county jail

• Mark Cole
blogger, Rivets on the Poster

• Kenneth Cope
actor, Doctor Who

• Valerie Cuccia
in county jail

• Joyce Dennison     (Archived link)
activist

• Michaela DePrince
ballerina

• Daniel Edwards     (Archived link)
in county jail

• Herbie Flowers
sessions bassist, "Walk on the Wild Side"

• Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian President, then imprisoned     (Archived link)

• Gary Gatewood
hunter     (Archived link)

• Pravin Gordhan
activist     (Archived link)

• Sharmaine Karine Hawes
in county jail     (Archived link)

• Zoey Hawkins
pit bulled     (Archived link)

• James Earl Jones
actor, The UFO Incident

• Ed Kranepool
baseballer, New York Mets     (Archived link)

• Stephen Peat
hockey player, Washington Capitals

• Michael Brandon Rivers
in county jail     (Archived link)

• Peter Renaday
voice actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Saul Vasquez
in county jail     (Archived link)

• Masamitsu Yoshioka
attacked Pearl Harbor     (Archived link)

   
Previously dead

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The video made me cry and shake with rage.

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