Tom Faranda's Folly

I’ve posted Fr. Casey Cole, OFM, before – as he gives the correct explanation to Pope Francis recent statement which gave some people ants in their pants.  

Here’s the answer – and they noted “the advanced age of 73″… To determine a good bench press max for a 73-year-old man weighing 156 lbs, we need to consider several factors, including age, weight, and fitness level. Here’s a breakdown of what could be considered a good bench press max for this specific case: … Read more

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. … Read more

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 … Read more

Commenting while in Belgium. The point – the Church is the women – the bride. Christ is the bridegroom. An ancient analogy.  

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.  

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.

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

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

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