Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Before his speech Tuesday at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, President Obama stopped by an early childhood education laboratory to read to  children ages 3 to 5.
Among his reading selections: A book about the presidential dog Bo, including a drawing of the president himself.
Some of the kids  didn’t seem to think the caricature looked much like their guest.
“That’s because when they made this book I didn’t have any gray hair,” Obama said.
More from the pool report:

Eight preschoolers were seated in a circle when he walked in, sat down and asked each child’s name.
One kid took this moment to put his foot behind his head. President asked  adults present, “Can you imagine being that flexible?”
He was winding up to sign one girl’s copy  “Of Thee I Sing as the pool left.

Rick Perry is not always his best defender. For the last two weeks, Mitt Romney has hammered Perry over a Texas law the governor signed which allows children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition. At the Orlando debate, for instance, Romney said sardonically, “To go to the University of Texas, if you’re an illegal alien, you get an in-state tuition discount. You know how much that is? That’s $22,000 a year. Four years of college, almost $100,000 discount if you are an illegal alien, go to the University of Texas. If you are a United States citizen from any one of the other 49 states, you have to pay $100,000 more. That doesn’t make sense to me.” (Insert definition of “in-state tuition” for Mittens here.)
In his defense Perry dolefully concluded, “if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they’ve been brought there by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart.” (more…)

h/t to Poodles!

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
Youcef Nadarkhani is a 32-year-old Christian Evangelical Pastor scheduled to be executed in Iran for refusing to renouce his Christianity. His punishment under the charge of Apostasy, because of his parents Muslim heritage and for his being Christian, was three sessions of pain to produce his denial of faith. Wednesday, after a final session he was asked by an Islamic Judge to renounce his faith. He declined. His fate is unknown however recent developments are providing some hope.