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President of the Longshoreman’s Union (ILA); nice work if you can get it
So the port strike is over and looks like the longshoreman did well; Dockworkers strike suspended, tentative agreement includes 62% pay raise over 6 years So maybe this guy is worth his pay? From the WSJ – Bentley Drivers of the World, Unite! Meet the union boss making $900,000 who shut down U.S. ports. Mr.…
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WSJ: “Vance makes a better case for Trump than Trump”
UPDATE: The NY Times seems to agree with me – Who Won the Debate? A Crisp Vance Fends Off Walz For the first time in at least 20 years I actually watched (most of) a presidential debate – in this case the VP debate, JD Vance v. Tim Walz. I watched because I took a…
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The pope on women … and men
Commenting while in Belgium. The point – the Church is the women – the bride. Christ is the bridegroom. An ancient analogy.
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NY Post: Jimmy Carter becomes first President to turn 100
UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal has a nice editorial on Carter today, which I will post tomorrow. Today is Carter's 100th birthday. He was a disappointing President, but a good ex-President.
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Pope Francis comments on abortionists: “hit men”
I lifted this posting from this website. - Pope Francis (again) refers to abortionists as "hit men" On his flight back to the Vatican from Belgium. The issue was the former King of Belgium resigning rather than sign a pro-abortion bill.
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Pope’s politically incorrect message in East Timor: Keep having babies
Yeah very politically incorrect. Excerpt from this column, which is by Phil Lawler in the online magazine Catholic culture, is below the link. “How wonderful that here in East Timor there are so many children,” Pope Francis said during a homily preached at an outdoor Mass on September 10. That sentence is not taken out…
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Brigid does dinner with her England crowd
Not the whole England crowd since her nephew Tom, his wife Tamazin (sp?) and their three children aren’t there. Names are below the picture. Clockwise, the seemingly wild-eyed lady is Brigid’s saintly sister Libby. Next to Libby is her daughter (and Brigid’s niece) Rachel, Rachel’s son Richard, Brigid, Rachel’s husband Shadi, and their two daughters…
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Whacko Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones – getting what’s coming to him
With his Infowars website and unfortunately he had a following for his “ideas”. End of the line for him though – claiming the Sandy Hook school shooting massacre was a “false flag” or never happened. For more of Alex Jones “thoughts” go here – other opinions Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars show is likely to…
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Brigid in England – I asked her to send me a selfie; instead –
She sent me this – Brigid actually missed her 6PM flight from JFK Tuesday, but they put her on a 9PM one and she made all her connections to her sister Libby’s house.
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New speed record (set by a woman) for completing the Appalachian Trail
Amazing. I’ve excerpted come stuff below the link but if you are into big sports accomplishments hit the link for the whole story. One of the most grueling records in American endurance sports fell late Saturday night in northern Georgia. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old ultrarunner and long-distance hiker born in North Carolina and based in…