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Catholic League: “NYC Hearing on Monuments was Disturbing”
Trying to rid us of Columbus. NYC HEARING ON MONUMENTS WAS DISTURBING Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent public hearings held by the New York City panel authorized to assess the propriety of controversial monuments on public grounds: On November 27, the New York City Mayoral Commission on Art, Monuments, and Markers completed…
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Farandaville Happy – Stepinac football wins 2nd State title in three years!
As they defeated Canisius 49-28, playing them on their home turf in Buffalo. From the Lohud website – Dominant second half earns Stepinac another state crown The Crusaders were overwhelming in the second half, rolling up 40 points in a 49-28 victory at Canisius' Koessler Field to earn their second state title in three…
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From my friend Graham: “13 Rules for Life”
Graham, who I first met in Jamaica, when I was teaching there, way back in the late 70's! I deleted #13, something about a bedpan… Never give yourself a haircut.- specially after 3 drinks. You need only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn’t move and should, use WD-40. If it moves and…
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Stepinac wins 3rd NY Catholic league title in four years
And will go to Buffalo Saturday to try and repeat their 2015 state championship. Here's the LoHud coverage, but the second link from Newsday on Long Island is a little better. After falling behind 14-0, Stepinac rolled over St. Anthony's 47-22 to take the CHSFL AAA League Championship Here''s Newsday – Stepinac’s Williams too…
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Here’s the miracle leading to today’s Beatification of Solanus Casey
What a great story this is – he died in 1957. Lived for a number of years down the road, in Yonkers. While he was in Detroit, his superiors insisted he keep journals of his contacts with so many people and there are more recorded healings then in all four Gospels combined. I heard about…
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Sal Vasta
Wonderful man, wonderful family. Hit the link for the full obituary. Salvatore Joseph Vasta, Jr. of Croton-on-Hudson, NY passed away on Veterans Day, November 11, 2017, at the age 89. He was born on August 29, 1928 to the late Salvatore and Maria (nee Sgroi), who both emigrated from Sicily, Italy. Salvatore had tremendous faith…
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Semper Fi. Marine Corps turned 242 years old yesterday
This was written by Kieran Michael Lalor, a NY State Assemblyman. As we celebrate the 242nd birthday of the Marine Corps today, it is fascinating to explore why the smallest branch of the armed forces holds such a big place in American society. To start, Marines historically have taken disproportionate casualties, a trend that…
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Article: “Why barbells are better than machines”
In my continuing quest to look like Adonis – or Fabio. Yuk Yuk Yuk. This is a good article, off the website Starting Strength – takes ten minutes to read. Let’s just clear it up right here: barbell training is the best way to train for strength. Bar none. Nothing else even comes close to…
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Two (male) columnists attack Sarah Huckabee Sanders for her looks, weight, and accent
I'm kind of surprised it took this long for idiot columnists to go after her on a personal level. After all she's pretty effective as the President's press secretary. Two male, liberal columnists this week launched personal attacks against White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. Los Angeles Times columnist David Horsey mocked Sanders’ appearance, saying…
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Farandaville: New family member receives visitors!
Yesterday morning as Judy and Regina (who wrote the poem I posted a couple of days ago Our friend Regina’s poem ) come by to check out Rylai (her name comes for a character in the Dota game and is pronounced RyeLie). Here’s a great picture of Rylai taken by Regina – and the three…