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SEALS are Standing Taller After Secret Raid

Go here. “We have a visual on Geronimo,” he said. The link is to Ann Althouse' blog, which also takes you to the original NY Times article.

The night the news broke, I posted this – Good, but somber news .  Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review Online – NRO – had a similar feeling Honk if You Agree I appreciate justice, but I can’t break out the champagne. I keep thinking about those who have died in the ten years since 9/11, … Read more

Vatican Statement on the Death of Osama Bin Laden Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., released the following statement regarding the death of Osama bin Laden: Osama bin Laden, as we all know, bore the most serious responsibility for spreading divisions and hatred among populations, causing the deaths of innumerable people, and manipulating religions for … Read more

From Business Insider – Meet The "Seal Team 6", The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama Bin Laden The development of SEAL Team 6 was in direct response to the 1980 attempt to rescue the American hostages held in Iran. The Team was labeled 6 at the time to confuse Soviet intelligence about the number of SEAL … Read more

A million to a million and a half people attended.  

Pretty good for a 14 year old who started lifting in mid-December. Of course he has the potential to build himself up, and he’s doing it. Yesterday Tim broke his previous PB (personal best) of two reps at 290, by doing two reps at 300, with good form; to parallel. Joe took these two pictures … Read more

"If Obama can be manipulated by Trump, what are the leaders of the world thinking?"

Fr. George Rutler of the Church of Our Saviour in NY City posted the following on the Church website: In place of our weekly message, it is customary in this joyful season to reproduce a well-known Easter sermon by St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407), Archbishop of Constantinople and a Doctor of the Church. Because of … Read more

First posted two years ago, and I can’t improve on it – medieval and contemporary art. This 2009 posting is one of the most visited on my weblog. the Resurrection: Four Artists HOWEVER – can’t improve but this isn’t bad, by Piero Della Francesca, finished around 1460. For the story of this particular painting go here. … Read more