WTF, Netflix?

Technically, Netflix’s choices are more about me than about them, but seriously, Netflix, why would you include these two movies on the same recommendation screen? Superman: Doomsday — a cartoon for whom children are the intended audience (which I have actually seen) — beside X-rated Caligula?

Would Jesus be so Spiteful?

In the wake of the District of Columbia’s city council’s passage of an ordinance allowing gay marriage in Washington, D.C., the Catholic Church plans to retaliate in a most un-Christian manner: Threatening to deny its charitable services to the poor and needy in the nation’s capital. Bad form. Even if you believe Jesus hates the homos, he’s certainly on record as being pro- the needy (Matthew 25:31-46):

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’