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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…
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BB: 10 irrefutable atheist arguments to bury the silly Christian brain
Yes, mind-numbing. From the Babylon Bee. Our feeble Christian minds… Better go buy a fedora, because you’re about to become an atheist. 1. If God’s real, why do dinosaurs go roar? Fossils exist. Dinosaurs go roar. You can’t explain that. 2. How come your so-called “god” doesn’t believe the exact same things I do? If I…
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Rock climbing death in the Hudson Valley yesterday.
A 25 year old woman. Brooklyn Rock Climber Dies In The Hudson Valley She was climbing Sunday in the Shawangunk Mountains. Lauren Sobel of Brooklyn, NY was a lead climber in a group of three, police said. Sobel, 25, was about 70 feet up the rock face and was setting protection gear in the rocks…
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“The Real Damien of Molokai”
Having posted AOC's silly raving here – AOC on Saint Damien of Molokai: "Example of White Supremacist Culture" , this is a good article about the wonderful Saint. It's from the interfaith publication First Things. Marisol Escobar’s statue of St. Damien of Molokai has graced the statuary hall in the U.S. Capitol since 1969. The…
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BLM protestors notice lack of diversity
I had noticed this myself – the police forces are more diverse than the protestors. Who knew most Antifa people had Trust Funds? This from the BB. A Black Lives Matter protest in South Carolina started to get out of hand, with people screaming at police officers stationed nearby. It threatened to get violent until…
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Analysis: “Catholic Bishops reprimand Trump as often as they praise him”
From the Jesuit publication America – Worth hitting the link and reading the whole thing. RNS) — Many Americans assume the U.S. Catholic bishops are supporters of Donald Trump. True, when it comes to pro-life issues and religious freedom, the bishops are in Trump’s corner, but on several issues, they strongly criticize the administration. …
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75 years ago today: Hiroshima
To quote the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen from a talk he gave titled “The Approach of Midnight” (from minute 9:30 on, for one minute), it was the worse thing done in US history because “It wiped out all the boundaries”. Here’s something (an excerpt) that I sent around to my own Church’s Pastoral Council. I…
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AOC on Saint Damien of Molokai: “Example of White Supremacist Culture”
Right. According to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Read what she said. You can’t make this up. Damien of Molokai, the Belgian priest who ministered to lepers in Hawaii, and eventually died of leprosy. Considered a hero by Hawaiians. Canonized by the Catholic Church. Here he is being a white supremacist. Here’s a press release from…
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“Woman Reports Seeing Bigfoot ‘Swinging From Tree To Tree’ In Hudson Valley” (not satire or parody)
Thanks to my friend Jessica for spotting this. Hit the link for the whole story. The Hudson Valley's lead researcher of Bigfoot says a reported sighting has occurred this summer. The researcher, Gayle J. Beatty, says she was informed of the sighting on Thursday, July 2 when she received a phone call from a woman in Dutchess…
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Bishop Barron on understanding St. Thomas Aquinas in context of Vatican II
I’ve been posting short videos of Bishop Barron on the issues of Vatican II. Bishop Barron on Vatican II and Catholic traditionalism Bishop Barron: “What Went Wrong After Vatican II?” And here is another –