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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

“83 year old hiker rescues herself”

In the Catskills. Hope I can manage to get lost and self-rescue overnight when I'm 83! They were out looking for her all night. At 12:55 a.m., Forest Ranger Franceschina and local police checked the hiker’s residence and confirmed she had not returned home. Franceschina and Stratton began linear searches over Big Indian and Fir … Read more