Pen-pricks

• The Christian Science Monitor suggested that tough economic times will return many Christians to church. Jesus could turn water into wine and feed 5,000 people on two fishes and five loaves of bread. You have to admit it’s hard not to love a guy who knows how to party on a tight budget.

• The Washington Post cited a poll saying a third of Pennsylvania Republican voters want to fuse Christianity with America’s national identity. The faith has a lot of differing branches in this country. President Biden sees himself as a devout Roman Catholic while his son is evidently a Crystal Methodist.

• The Adult Video Awards announced the ceremony will be held in January in person for the first time in three years at the Hard Rock in Vegas. Last year’s winner of best porn movie had a plot centered around a murder mystery. Not only did the butler do it, so did the cook, the chauffeur, the maid and the gardener.

• Elon Musk put his bid to buy Twitter on hold until he fully investigates and finds out just how many people are actually engaged on Twitter and how many people that Twitter claims are just bots. Social media gives everyone who doesn’t believe in heaven one consolation. At least we all end up in The Cloud.