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• A Subscriber Has Unsubscribed - Content No Longer Relevant

  

  That in an email received moments ago (screen grab below, click on it for the full sized image) from Feedblitz, the email subscription service I use for those... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "This Pope is Calling All of Us out of Our Selfish and Pinched Pettiness."

  

  Those words and much more from Larry Chapp at Ethika Politika: I was thinking of some of the whining screeds from the Right-wing on this interview and just the... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "It's a Bullsh*t Report"

  

  Seymore Hersh is being brutally honest while making some serious charges about the Obama administration: Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Are You One Who Wonders Why Priests 'dress Up'?

  

  Leah Libresco has your answer as she reviews Garry Wills' Why Priests? A Failed Tradition: Willis sees the pomp and circumstance of church as drawing our... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 SPIRITUALITY

• Air Force Unveils F-16 Drone

  Y'all seen this? Someone in the know tell me if it's a good, or a bad, thing: The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have sent their first unmanned F-16 jet plane into... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "... They’ll Be Punished and Perhaps Driven from Serving the Poor in America"

  

  They are the Little Sisters of the Poor and it's the President of the United States and specifically his HHS mandate doing the punishing. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "... It’s Not Going to Be the Kind of Show That Anyone Enjoys."

  

  Megan McArdle on the impact of the Obamacare rollout that's just around the corner: Prices on the insurance exchanges that will make their debut on Oct. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Heads Up... Cute Bomb About to Explode

  If this causes you not to smile, then you should see a shrink.  No really, you should.  Stay with it. Via CMR: The Setup:Ames, 32, and his family are currently... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 VIRAL

• Did You Like Leonardo DiCaprio's Inception?

  You might recall the movie that was a summer hit back in 2010.  I saw it and frankly, wasn't all that impressed though the special effects were impressive.   Ho... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "He Was Engaging the Disengaged, Inviting Those Who Feel Disinvited—and, Almost...

  

  I had a brief conversation today with my priest.  I had called him seeking some guidance on a particular touchy issue and was a little concerned about what he... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "This is the Real Disneyland, You Need to Come Here and Join Us and Take Pleasur...

  

  That from one of up to 50 Americans linked to the terrorist group responsible for the Kenyan mall attacks. ABCNews has more: The same group that claimed... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Did You Know?

  

  I did not... despite my Spanish heritage: The Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War is the name given by the Catholic Church to the people who were killed during... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "The Proposal of the Gospel Must Be More Simple, Profound, Radiant. It is from...

  

  I confess I've yet to read the Pope's words in their entirety but what I have read thus far I find to be deeply moving and faith filled. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 SOCIETY

• What a Difference No Difference Makes

  By now you folks have heard about what the Pope said, a piece of which I excerpt here: I remember... that I was asked to give interviews and I always knew the... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "I Am a Sinner. This is the Most Accurate Definition. It is Not a Figure of...

  

  Every one is talking about what the Pope said in an interview with America Magazine but I suspect no one is actually reading the interview itself, instead... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Completely. Bat. Guano. Crazy.

  

  No. Really. Striking a tone of disgust, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ridicules the GOP as obsessed with its loathing of President Obama and hell-bent... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 SOCIETY

• This... Gets Me Every Time I Listen to It

  

  The singer is Audrey Assad and she reveals a little about herself in this dated interview with Tony Rossi: In 2007, you converted to Catholicism. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "It's a Three-front War"

  

  The situation in Syria is getting worse and Obama, Kerry, Biden have yet to back down from their earlier threats to join the fracas: An al Qaeda spinoff... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "I'm So, So Very Sorry This Has Happened. My Heart is Broken"

  That from the mother of the Navy Yard shooter: Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis' mother apologized Wednesday for her son's actions, saying she was glad... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SOCIETY

• "What is My Obligation?"

  

  How many of us have walked past a beggar with nary an eye blink?  How many of us rationalize away giving to the poor man or woman with their hand out on the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY