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Pathetic. Trump agrees to it and promotes it. Ohh and it started in the Obama Administration. From NPR, May, 2016: Obama also has put the U.S. on course to spend around $1 trillion on upgrading its nuclear arsenal over the next three decades I'm not a pacifist but this is an absurdity. Immoral weapons which…

At Columbus Circle; maybe replace Christopher Columbus with Che Guevara?  

This from the Telegraph (UK) which doesn't require registration – In a special event at the Edinburgh International Television Festival to mark 60 years of the Natural History Unit at BBC Studios, Sir David, 91, said: "I spend a lot of time wringing my hands and saying how dreadful it is, and how this forest…

The first canonized Saint of the Western Hemisphere and Patron of Peru, the Philippines, and indigent people. Brigid and Joe were in Peru at this time last year.  The link takes you to her wiki entry – Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), was a member of the Third Order…

Who died in Auschwitz, substituting himself for another prisoner who was to be shot. I believe the prisoner survived the war and was at his Kolbe’s canonization in 1982. St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941) was born in Poland to a devout Christian family. As a boy he had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She…

Self-supported meaning there wasn't a team – often by vehicle – supplying the hiker. That's 2,189 miles in just under 54 days (Do the math!).Excerpts below, but if you hit the link – it's a good story. Dan Binde, age 25, is from Lake Park, Minn. He departed the southern terminus of the AT on…

The man who turned around the Notre Dame football program in the 1960's and 70's. Nice tribute by the current ND coach in the short video below. "On our helmets this year, we will have, right in the front here, Ara, A-R-A, we're putting it right on our helmets, right here, to remember a legend…

From the Catholic News Agency. Shortly after his passing was announced, Pope Francis tweeted his solidarity with the parents. “I entrust little Charlie to the Father and pray for his parents and all those who loved him,” the pontiff said. He had previously made two statements in support of and solidarity with the child and…

Interesting story. Seems to be some controversy. The Complicated Death Of The Marine Behind The U.S. Navy’s Newest Destroyer . Video below and here’s Sgt. Peralta’s wiki – Rafael Peralta. They are stil trying to get his posthumous medal raised from the Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor.  

Inevitable. And shameful that the Judge insisted the baby go into hospice rather than home with his parents. Charlie Gard, ‘beautiful little boy’ at heart of dispute, dies This is from the Daily Mail (UK) Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) said last night ‘we have tried absolutely everything’ to accommodate the parents’ but will not…