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May 9, 2012
Chuck Smith Agrees With China: Children Are a Liability
Being the pious and compassionate souls we are, the Weekly staff continues to lift Calvary Chapel founder Chuck Smith up to the Lord as he battles cancer. The longer he lives, the more money quotes we get!Chuck, who once pissed off family advocates by telling a caller to his Pastor's Persp ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
God Gives Chuck Smith More Time to Clean Up Calvary Chapel
Chuck Smith, the founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel, who announced in January that he is battling lung cancer, is doing better, according to the Praying For Chuck Smith page on Facebook.The update from daughter Janette Smith Manderson comes after the jump:
Blogs
March 19, 2012
Chuck Smith Finishes Breakfast, Goes to Emergency Room
Chuck Smith had a little scare Sunday after breakfast. Don't know if it was the cooking, but he was taken to the emergency room, according to his daughter, Janette Smith Manderson. Here's what she posted on the Praying for Chuck Smith page on Facebook:
Blogs
March 9, 2012
What We Learned, March 3-9
It's my dick in a box, I mean, a look at the week past and what we learned for it.MARCH 3: Kristen Wiig and host Lindsay Lohan appear in a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit mixing two iconic local entities: The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Unreal Princesses of Disneyland. "Weekend Up ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
It's The End of the World as We Know it (Again): Chuck Smith More Rapture-Ready Than Ever
Chuck Smith is putting on his Nostradamus pants again. The Calvary Chapel founder wrapped up the 2012 SoCal Prophecy Conference at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills last Sunday with happy talk about the world's imminent doom and the rapture of the church.
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February 13, 2012
Son of Calvary Chapel Pastor Allegedly Mocks "Retarded Fuck" Congregant
It appears that another chapter has been written in the ongoing embarrassment that is Calvary Chapel's refusal to intervene in one of its affiliate church's fusterclucks. Alex Grenier, who is documenting his fight against Calvary Chapel corruption and the alleged abuses of his stepfather, Re ... More >>
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February 12, 2012
The OCeeker: Calvary Chapel, the Mothership, and the Chuck Smith Death Watch
Chuck Smith is dying. While this is good news for Smith (for to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord!), it's terrible news for those at Calvary Chapel who have pinned their blessed hope on being raptured away with an icon of American evangelicalism and the chief cornerstone ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Chuck Smith on Proposition 8 Ruling: "Absolutely Tragic"
Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel today led off his daily radio program Pastor's Perspective not with a prayer, but a protest. Smith referred to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage as "absolutely tragic", and wond ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Calvary Chapels in Gardena, Downey Doing Chuck Smith Proud by Trying to Shutter Businesses They Don't Like
While Calvary Chapel founder Chuck Smith battles lung cancer, he no doubts take solace in know that his acolytes are continuing the movement's raison d'etre (besides gay bashing, of course): being moralistic NIMBYers.The big story right now involves Calvary Chapel South Bay, located in Gardena. T ... More >>
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January 1, 2012
Chuck Smith, Calvary Chapel Founder, Announces He Has Lung Cancer
The news is blasting through the Christian world that Calvary Chapel founder Chuck Smith has lung cancer."Please pray for Pastor Chuck Smith, Sr.!" reads Calvary Chapel's current Facebook status update. "Today it was announced cancer has been found in his lung; there is uncertainty as to the ex ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
What We Learned
The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!
Blogs
October 18, 2011
Chuck Smith Blasts, Threatens Calvary Chapel Abuse Survivor from the Pulpit of CC Costa Mesa
Sorry that I'm late to this, but here's a blockbuster: last week, from the pulpit of the Calvary Chapel mothership in SanTana (even though they call themselves CC Costa Mesa), head Chuck Smith blasted an abuse survivor of one of his pastors and promised divine retribution upon the victim for dari ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Chuck Smith Meets with Calvary Chapel Abuse Survivor, Calls His Blog "A Bunch of Lies"
Smith: For how long will he smile?You'll remember last year we brought ustedes the story of Alex Grenier, whose stepfather is the pastor at Calvary Chapel Visalia and whom Grenier says physically abused him repeatedly as a child. Since then, Grenier has become a hero to the many, many people burn ... More >>
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May 7, 2011
Remembering When Chuck Smith Predicted the End Times--And They Didn't Happen
Much is being made right now about some yahoos predicting that the world will end on May 21 because Scripture says so--you know, because such predictions have never been offered in the history of humanity. You can see their billboards around the county, with an added ad to listen to some radio st ... More >>
News
November 25, 2010
He Shall Be Set Free
Phil Aguilar’s brand of outlaw Christianity made him an evangelical powerhouse—and has law enforcement calling the pastor a criminal
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Is Calvary Chapel Head Chuck Smith Covering for a Child Beater?
Smith: a titan of American Christian, a gnat of a manOne of these days, I'm going to get around to investigate Calvary Chapel and the many allegations sent my way that it protects abusers within their ranks. It's one of American Christianity's great open secrets, and only Christianity Today has t ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
Philip L. Liberatore Jumps From Political Circus to a Real One
The last time we heard from Phil Liberatore, he was seeking the Republican nomination to knock off Rep. Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) and picking up support from Arizona's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Obviously having licked his wounds from his June primary loss to the 11-year incumbent, the te ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Is Calvary Chapel's Tustin Branch a Secret Mosque?
Will Chuck Smith soon become an imam?Remember that Drudge-created controversy a couple of months ago where some government agency or other unveiled their new logo, and lunatics said that its similarity to the crescent-and-moon symbol of the Middle East was further proof that President Barack Obam ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
Jim Kempner and Lonnie Frisbee: a Tale of Two Sinners
beachcitiescalvary.orgJim Kempner (the older man in the center) and other Beach Cities Calvary pastors.Enrollment has been declining at Prince of Peace School, a private Christian preschool and K-6 elementary campus in Costa Mesa's Mesa Verde neighborhood, since revelations surfaced that the past ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
Calvary Chapel to Crucify Darwin this Weekend!
While Rick Warren goes around eating ice cream, the mothership Calvary Chapel campus will host a two-day conference starting Friday on the evils of Charles Darwin. Titled, appropriately enough, "Darwin was Wrong," a press release promises many lectures on the subject by scientists who "will prese ... More >>
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September 30, 2009
Time for Boston To Give Us Their Crown as the Kings of Bigotry
OC founding father Henry W. Head: Could take on a Bostonian any dayLet the baseball pundits obsess over whether your Angels will finally beat the Boston Red Sox in the playoffs next week--I care about stripping from Beantown what's now rightfully ours: the title of most-racist 'burb in America.� ... More >>
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December 29, 2008
Chuck Smith Says Economic Crisis Means Jesus Coming Soon!
In our recent obsession over Purpose-Driven Rick and Mariners Church's gay-employee-firing controversy, we at the Weekly have been derelict in reporting on the other people that make Orange County Christianity so damn fascinating--and, by other people, I mean Calvary Chapel founder and pastor Chuck ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
David Di Sabatino Is Drawn to Charismatic Christians. But Nothing Prepared Him for Larry Norman
In our recent obsession over Purpose-Driven Rick and Mariners Church's gay-employee-firing controversy, we at the Weekly have been derelict in reporting on the other people that make Orange County Christianity so damn fascinating--and, by other people, I mean Calvary Chapel founder and pastor Chuck ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'
In our recent obsession over Purpose-Driven Rick and Mariners Church's gay-employee-firing controversy, we at the Weekly have been derelict in reporting on the other people that make Orange County Christianity so damn fascinating--and, by other people, I mean Calvary Chapel founder and pastor Chuck ... More >>
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June 17, 2008
The Fabulously Fruity Chuck Smith
So a bunch of gays got married today, and the Christian Right is livid (but where was Fred Phelps when you needed him?). Providing a much-needed coda for today was none other than the legendary Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement (shown here in another fabulous shirt). He was just on ... More >>
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May 13, 2008
Rosie's Riveting Fabulists
It's always entertaining to see which sacrificial lamb the Orange County Republican Party offers to Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez every two years, but the 2008 election is already proving to be particularly fun. Running unopposed as the Republican nominee for the 47th Congressional District is Santa ... More >>
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November 16, 2007
Chuck Smith Heralded as Jesus in Backwards California County
Tehama County, California, is one of the Golden State's more-backward counties, with a population of about 60,000 and a local economy predicated on tourism and...uh, not much else. The main newspaper in town, the Red Bluff Daily News, is a Dean Singleton-owned rag, and thus we can't expect much of i ... More >>
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September 12, 2007
Are Mexicans Leaving Orange County?
Slate blogger Mickey Kaus (he of the boldface) has an interesting post about disappearing Mexicans where he virtually proclaims anecdotal evidence superior to academic studies. As proof of Mexicans disappearing, he cites the comments of an Anaheim Union High School District English teacher on anothe ... More >>
News
August 11, 2005
The Wrath of Chuck
Slate blogger Mickey Kaus (he of the boldface) has an interesting post about disappearing Mexicans where he virtually proclaims anecdotal evidence superior to academic studies. As proof of Mexicans disappearing, he cites the comments of an Anaheim Union High School District English teacher on anothe ... More >>
Columns
March 17, 2005
Letters
Slate blogger Mickey Kaus (he of the boldface) has an interesting post about disappearing Mexicans where he virtually proclaims anecdotal evidence superior to academic studies. As proof of Mexicans disappearing, he cites the comments of an Anaheim Union High School District English teacher on anothe ... More >>
Features
March 3, 2005
The First Jesus Freak
A pot-smokin, LSD-droppin seeker turned Calvary Chapel into a household name. So why is Lonnie Frisbee missing from church history?
News
August 5, 2004
The Breakfast Club
Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools
Columns
April 15, 2004
Letters
Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools
News
April 1, 2004
Notes From The Banana Republic
A Night at the Queer-Bashing
News
July 24, 2003
Ann Coulters Pillow Case
Victory leaves the El Toro message board with some time for other matters
News
January 2, 2003
The Year in Killing El Toro
Victory leaves the El Toro message board with some time for other matters
Columns
November 8, 2001
Letters
Victory leaves the El Toro message board with some time for other matters
Features
September 20, 2001
Bleccccccccccch!
A peoples environmental impact report on El Toro International Airport
News
May 10, 2001
El Toro Airport Watch
A peoples environmental impact report on El Toro International Airport
News
April 26, 2001
Cab Tab
Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more
News
February 1, 2001
Flack Attack
El Toro Airport Watch No. 151
News
January 4, 2001
The Manchurian Supervisor
The year in airport politics
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October 19, 2000
Cox Stocks Take Big Knocks
Newport Republican still backpedaling on Chinese spies
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June 29, 2000
Exit Strategy
Ensuring Mittermeiers lips are sealed as she leaves CEO post
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May 4, 2000
Helter Shelter
More true tales of animal abuse
News
April 20, 2000
The Irvine Co.s Manchurian Supervisor
Wilsons flip-flop on CEO proves the specter of outside interests controls Orange County government
News
March 23, 2000
We Win
El Toro Airport Watch No. 137
News
March 9, 2000
Time to Chuck Smith
Underfunded Elizondo ought to make the 1st District developers shill really nervous
News
December 2, 1999
Losers
El Toro Airport Watch No. 125
Columns
June 17, 1999
Letters
El Toro Airport Watch No. 125
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