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• Did Bill Gates Really Say That?

  

  Over at Mark Shea's place, I find the following: So I set out to see if perhaps Mr. Shea had been fooled.  Umm... no... he was not... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Have You Seen the Susie and Nate, Hot to Trot Obamacare Ads?

  

  This I find to be beyond the pale: It ought to offend anyone with an iota of moral awareness.  But wait, here's another one: A society that subsidizes this, tha... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Bill Clinton Preaches to Obama About Keeping Your Word

  How precious is this? "So I personally believe, even if it takes a change to the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "... There Are No Functioning Exchanges"

  

  Megan McArdle in a piece titled "Hope Is All Obamacare Has Left": I wrote on Friday that we know things are bad inside the White House because it's stopped... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 SOCIETY

• How Can You Not Love This Pope?

  

  From ABC News: Pope Francis is having a picture perfect week. The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics donned a bright red nose and clowned around with... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 SOCIETY

• God, Shed Your Grace on All Who Serve and Have Served

  

  I was moved deeply at the vigil mass at St. Bede's in Williamsburg on Saturday.  St. Bede's is our home away from home, a Church we visit often when spending... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Thinking Like Hell About Hell

  

  My wife's uncle, her mother's brotherin-law, passed away last week and we trekked to Sophia (pronounced Sophie), West Virginia for the viewing on Saturday.... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "Who Are the Good Guys and Who Are the Bad Guys?"

  

  Watch what follows, pass it around.  History will repeat itself, if we allow it. Will we allow it? I dare hope the answer is no. H/T to George Sipe at Convert... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 SOCIETY

• A Tragedy of Biblical Proportions

  

  The news out of the Phillipines is not good and getting worse: As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "The Defense Department Has a Strategic Plan Based on a Presidential Executive...

  

  On the heels of my last post detailing the Obama administration's plans to cut military pay and benefits, we learn more about this President's military goals:... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 SOCIETY

• I Can Think of Other Areas of Government That Should Be Cut First

  

  We could start with the many perks afforded members of the Executive and Legislative branches: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Tuesday that troops and thei... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Bill in Kentucky's Email on Obamacare Should Be Read by All

  

  Bret Baier read it on air last night: "Putting things in perspective: March 21st 2010 to October 1 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days.  December 7, 1941 to May... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "Something Pretty Scary is Happening"

  

  I received the following in email this morning from the Obama administration: Something pretty scary is happening in Albuquerque right now. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 SOCIETY

• “The Dignity of the Person is Manifested in All Its Radiance...”

  “... when the person's origin and destiny are considered: created by God in his image and likeness as well as redeemed by the most precious blood of Christ,... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Hey Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood - Welcome to the Rich, White, Racists Club

  The folks over at Twitchy bring us the predictably lame reactions to the mocking that took place at the CMAs from Obamacare supporters: Yeah- the rich, white... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "Everyone is Looking at This Picture, and It Is, Indeed, Breath-taking."

  

  The Anchoress sees beauty in a picture... but sees, and is able to describe as only she can, so much more: Twice today I have been very moved to come across... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 SPIRITUALITY

• Cannibalism in Syria

  Guest posted by tim, The Godless Heathen Found at The Religion of Peace via Theodore Shoebat  -  “Its called Kuru, an extremely rare disease which virtually... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Unions Exempt from Obamacare Taxes

  

  Or soon will be: Weeks after denying labor’s request to give union members access to health-law subsidies, the Obama administration is signaling it intends to... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "If There's a Road I Should Walk, Help Me Find It"

  This one speaks to me so very loudly of late: I don't know where to go from here It all used to seem so clear I'm finding I can't do this on my own I don't... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Virginia is for Losers

  

  My home state has elected a man that pretty much stands for nothing I believe in and everything I abhor: A bitter, divisive race between Democrat Terry McAuliff... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 SOCIETY