Monthly Archives: May 2009

Kicking & Screaming!

Posted on 29 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There are some things you just can’t make up.
This is in from LA News with my emphases and comments:
Kicking & Screaming: Journo Dragged From Near Air Force One
By  CHRISTINA HOAG
Updated 9:08 … Continue reading →

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Successful attacks by the enemy

Posted on 29 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader has sent me a photo taken clandestinely.
This may explain how the enemy maintains that sustained attack on the bird feeders.
This may even explain why I had no coffee beans this morning!
CLICK

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The feeder

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some quick shots from the feeder.
There have been a lot of woodpeckers in the last few days and many few finches.
This Red-Bellied Woodpecker triumphantly comes up with a peanut.

Brown Thrasher.  What a very different eye they have from most of … Continue reading →

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Fr. Cutie

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

ALL: I know about Fr. Cutie.  You can stop forwarding e-mail. 

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John Allen on Pres. Obama and Miguel Diaz

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the National Catholic Reporter, the ultra-left wing dissenting weekly, the nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen has some obervations about Pres. Obama and future Ambassador Miguel Diaz.
My emphases and comments.
With Diaz nomination, Obama passes major Catholic test  [Passes a… what?  … Continue reading →

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Thanks to readers

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some thanks are do to readers.First, JP of CA sent a USB hub which has allowed me more easily to connect several webcams for the sake of the Z-Cam.  This hub actually works.  With the other hub, for one reason … Continue reading →

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Ugly as sin

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", it is said.
Rubbish.
Beauty beauty cannot be separated from truth.
Some things are simply ugly, both by design and by intention.  They are ugly because they are deeply false.
Some "artists" hate their subjects, and … Continue reading →

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A notice posted on the doors of a church

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest reader:
Making a visit at a church near my residence, my attention was drawn to a notice posted on the main inner doors, which I reproduce below.
Since the greater the number of people involved in distributing Holy Communion, … Continue reading →

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The enemy…

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is about right…

Visit Loose Parts

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Pres. Obama chooses Vatican Ambassador

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

After Ambassador Glendon comes … this AP story from a Minneapolis TV channel:
My emphases and comments.
Hispanic theologian from MN college chosen for Vatican ambassador
A Hispanic Roman Catholic theologian who was an adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign will be nominated … Continue reading →

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