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The Quest for Personal Salvation as an Obstacle to Personal Salvation
Dear Fred,Thanks for your email.The Jesuit sign is a hoot - although I'm sure prissy people will fault its cavalier treatment of baptism.It is no secret that I get grumpy - more so as I age. It is also...
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Tom Toles Cartoon: "He doesn't believe in political climate change either."
The Vatican holds its breath too...The last time it inhaled was the Middle Ages.(Who knows? Bill Clinton never inhaled.)
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The New Yorker: "Maybe Italy's Politicians Aren't Crazier Than Ours"
March 5, 2013MAYBE ITALY’S POLITICIANS AREN’T CRAZIER THAN OURSPosted by Alexander...
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It's Time For Financial Transaction Tax
Wikipedia's article, "Financial Transaction Tax"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_transaction_tax***Alan: Immediately prior to the last two economic catastrophes (1929 and 2007-2008) American high...
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"Christian" Conservatives Determined To Stitch Scarlet Letter On Hester...
Madonna with ChildHester Prynne?Or, The Virgin Mary?Dear Fred,Thanks for your email.Yes, we live in a more serious country than Italy.But our "gravity" is secondary to the dolefulness of the nation's...
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The Borowitz Report: New Rules For Airplane Carry-Ons Praised
WASHINGTON — Under fire from flight attendants and others, the Transportation Safety Administration’s new rules allowing air passengers to carry small knives, baseball bats, golf clubs, and other...
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“I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.”...
A helping hand.Or... Nah... It couldn't be...Dear Fred,Thanks for your email.At any given moment, I imagine that a minuscule fraction of 1% of the population -- if any at all -- are counted among The...
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Study Links Processed Meat Consumption With Early Death
Processed meats may cause cancer, cardiovascular diseaseBy JASON KOEBLERMarch 6, 2013 New research might make people think twice before they visit their local convenience store.Put down that Slim Jim...
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Shrouds go better with bacon!
Shrouds go better with bacon!(Or would that be a "pig" in a blanket?)http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/study-links-processed-meats-with-early.html
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Saint Philip Neri, Practical Joker
\Feastday: May 26Patron of RomeThe life of St. Philip from "Butler's Lives of the...
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No Challenge Too Big for Girl Born Without Eyes or Nose
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES March 5, 20123Cassidy Hooper has high hopes for a career in radio...
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Berlusconi Convicted Of Wiretapping. Sentenced To Year In Jail
This guy would cuckold the world.(And a surprising number of Italians welcome the abuse.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold ***Alan: Silvio Berlusconi provides prima facie evidence that human beings...
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The Good, Racist People
Republican Party is ‘full of racists,” Colin Powell’s chief of staffhttp://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/republican-party-is-full-of-racists.html***The Good, Racist PeopleBy TA-NEHISI...
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Ezra Klein: We need to worry about wealth inequality."
This viral video is rightPosted by Ezra Klein on March 6, 2013 Here’s a sentence I didn’t expect to write Wednesday: Dan Ariely and Michael Norton’s 2011 study on wealth inequality went viral on...
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Geroge Will Tells The Truth About Corruption In American Politics
All White Christians***Virtue depends on perspective and proportion.Aquinas observed that 'Sin is always accompanied by loss of perspective and proportion."Let us remember where America's real...
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Pittsboro, North Carolina Cat Crusader, Siglinda Scarpa
TODAY | March 07, 2013‘Cat crusader’ finds homes for hundreds of felinesAt her tranquil, nonprofit animal sanctuary tucked away on 16 acres in North Carolina, Siglinda Scarpa is living out her...
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Diane Rehm: "Guns And Suicide"
LISTENCOMMENTS (73)TRANSCRIPT Alan: I recommend this program's "User Comments." They are unusually good. Consider: "As a long time gun owner I have no problem strengthening background checks (as the...
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USA Today Supports Senate Move To Stiffen Penalties For Deceptive Gun Purchases
America will look back on gun violence and be flabbergasted by our stupidity.***Gun 'straw purchases' should burn: Our viewThe Editorial Board - USA TodayMarch 7, 2013Senate vote to crack down on gun...
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