Been meaning to post this front page Wall Street Journal article from last week. Lawyers Set to Profit on Lehman – WSJ.com New York-based Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP earlier this week asked a federal bankruptcy judge in New York to sign off on a $55.1 million payment for its work representing Lehman. That marks … Read more
This is a PR from the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. The subsatanive point is the second paragraph. And here is a related story, hot off the British presses – Fertility expert: ‘I can clone a human being’ – Science, News – The Independent
This is from the Catholic news agency ZENIT. Note also the second part of the statment on immigration. WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 20, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The bishops of the United States weighed in regarding some of President Barack Obama’s recent activities, welcoming the change he made to the nation’s policy on Cuba and urging him to … Read more
The last several Easter Sunday’s we’ve hung out at Chez Gagnon. Here is Easter, 2008. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Easter Day at the Gagnon’s There’s an Easter egg hunt, much eating and drinking, and then an optional walk up Gagnon Peak, or whatever they call the hill in the woods that’s about a 40 minute walk to the top. … Read more
I read the nine page DHS report that got so much publicity last week. It was assinine, but then, these people are interested in suppressing us. With Brigid and I each having been arrested four times for prolife non-violent civil disobedience (and with Brigid having 17 days of jailtime to her credit) we are the types who … Read more
The captain of the Bainbridge – the shipped that freed Captain Richard Phillips is a fourth degree Knight. Cmdr. Francis X. Castellano Newsworthy Dads
Cute: Barney Frank Bernard Madoff What's the difference AND You can’t fix stupid, but you can vote it out
A sobering reminder of just what’s going on. Turning Tables, U.S. Troops Ambush Taliban With Swift and Lethal Results – NYTimes.com Fight by fight, the infantryman’s war in Afghanistan is often waged on the Taliban’s terms. Insurgents ambush convoys and patrols from high ridges or long ranges and slip away as the Americans, weighed down by … Read more
Too bad. There’s no sports anouncer I enjoyed listening to more then Madden. in a class by himself. And of course he is a Super bowl winning coach – with the Raiders in 1976. According to Wikipedia he won 76% of his games as a coach. Coincidentally, I received in the mail today (bought second hand … Read more
The NY Times City blog posted a partial transcript of the conference, filled with great quotes. I’ve posted some excerpts below, but hit the link to read the whole thing. Also, very interesting to read some of the comments – the anti-Catholic animus among many is palpable. Coincidentally enough, yesterday morning in the gym I … Read more