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Princeton professor short (7 paragraphs) essay: Running for office as Devout Catholic/secular progressive
Robert George – pretty well-known author and speaker. After all, you make "your own truth." That's him with Cornel West. Imagine that I am running for public office—say, president of the United States—and I claim to be a “committed secular progressive.” You say, “But Professor George, you're no such thing. You're not secular—you’re Catholic; you're…
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75 years ago Hiroshima: the August 8th remembrance
This is the interfaith remembrance I had sent around – calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. It's a one hour presentation which I tuned to when it was live. The facilitator is Rev. John Dear a Catholic priest and former Jesuit. The keynote speaker is Dr. Ira Helfand (a medical doctor), one of the…
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Lord of the Rings – 25 great quotes from Gimli the dwarf – played by John Rhys-Davies
Haha. John Rhys-Davies was also the voice of Treebeard the Ent in the LOTR Trilogy. And check out this recent post if you like LOTR – Lord of the Rings – "Flight to the ford" – with Liv Tyler as Arwen . Hit the arrow and then you need to hit the link taking you…
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WSJ: The Bidens dodged 500K in payroll taxes
Nice going. “A tax expert interviewed by the Journal in 2019 called the Biden’s scheme ‘pretty aggressive’; another told the paper it served only to avoid the payroll taxes.” Indeed it is. Not sure why the IRS wouldn’t have called those retained earnings income. Joe Biden responded to President Trump’s partial suspension of payroll-tax collections…
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Today is the Feast of the Assumption
An important feast as it says something about our ultimate destiny. Here’s a short article and more paintings below – The fact that there was a celebration of Mary’s entrance into Heaven tells us that early Christians believed that there was something special about the end of Mary’s time on earth (called her Dormition (“falling…
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News flash: Gyms to reopen soon – and you can go bowling
I don't bowl but looking forward to the gym reopening. That's me wearing my Georgia t-shirt As bowling alleys resume operations, protocols for gyms will be coming Monday as well. Cuomo did not elaborate on what that might entail.
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Brigid’s last play date with the kids – and their Mom
The chinchillas of course. Look very carefully and you will see all of one – Rylai, the Mom – and parts of the other two, who Brigid named Fern and Frond. (When they arrived April 20th Brigid was doing some artwork involving ferns and fronds). You can spot the nose of one, and the tail…
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Injured hiker rescued Monday from Anthony’s Nose overlook.
That’s the name of a rock outcropping well above the Bear Mountain Bridge. This picture is NOT the injured hiker. It’s my hiking buddy Jeanne Marie on Anthony’s Nose in 2018. Below the picture is the story with a few pictures if you hit the link, but none show anything but the rescuers and the…
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Guy reading the Book of Revelations realizes he is on the right side of history.
The BB – AKRON, OH—Facing multiple accusations from his friends of being "on the wrong side of history," local Christian Johnsie Wheycobb consulted an obscure book of ancient biblical prophecy called Revelation to see whether or not this was true. To his pleasant surprise, his reading of Revelation confirmed that followers of Jesus are indeed…
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“How Modern Monetary Theory (AOC’s theory) and fiscal policy are converging”
How Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say we can finance all their ideas. Basically modern monetary theory says that the government can borrow all the money it wants, as long as the borrowing is from itself. Yup that's it. Pay my Visa bill with my American Express card. This one minute Bloomberg video explains the…