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Category Archives: Global Killer Asteroid Questions
21 February 2012
Catholics and Public Life: toward a response to Pres Obama’s Act of Supremacy
There is a thought provoking piece at The Catholic Thing by Fr. James Schall, SJ, a professor at Georgetown. He muses about a future in which we will have to withdraw from participation in public life, or at least in … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Fr. James Schall SJ, Henry VIII, NEA, Pres. Obama, St. Thomas More, Treason Act of 1534
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Religious Persecution and Martyrdom
A reader sent me this.
It contains comments made by His Eminence Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago.
In 2010, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago outlined the degree to which he believed religious freedoms (in the United States and other Western societies) … Continue reading
23 January 2012
Aurora Borealis Watch: 24 Jan 1400 UT: Solar storm to hit earth
From SpaceWeather:
Space Weather News for Jan. 23, 2012
http://spaceweather.com
INCOMING CME: Big sunspot 1402 erupted on Jan. 23rd, producing a strong M9-class solar flare and a fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME). Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say the CME … Continue reading
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged aurora, magnetic storms, sunspots, TEOWAWKI
28 Comments
19 January 2012
Holy Church is NOT a CRUISE SHIP. Still….
Over at Rorate (they’ve done some good work lately) there is a sardonic call to have Commandant de Falco of the Italian Coast Guard at Livorno made a bishop. You might have heard about the recorded phone call during which … Continue reading
18 January 2012
SOPA and PIPA and Wikipedia
The SOPA and PIPA plague continues.
Did you all see that Wikipedia is “blocked” today?
UPDATE:
I used that page (above) and called the offices of my representative and both senators.
I suggest that you take less than five minutes to call your representative … Continue reading
16 January 2012
SOPA killed in House
Today I read in The Examiner that the SOPA bill was killed in the House of Representatives. I understand that the Senate version, PIPA, is still alive. It is interesting to see the list of sponsors (by far mostly Democrats) … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Global Killer Asteroid Questions
Tagged internet, PIPA, SOPA
12 Comments
17 November 2011
9 November 2011
EAS and EAS… ?!? Coincidence? You decide!
Something odd happened today. I watch very little TV during the day but sometimes if I am making lunch or doing something in the kitchen I switch it on to see if something interesting is going on.
As I watched, this … Continue reading
7 November 2011
HUGE ASTEROID HURTLING TOWARDS EARTH! RUNNING WON’T HELP! AHHHHHHHG!
From Reuters:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – A huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon Tuesday, giving scientists a rare chance for study without having to go through the time and expense of launching a probe, officials said.
Earth’s … Continue reading
26 September 2011
“RETREEEEEAT!” Surrendering the Arsenal of the West! We need Latin!
I am always dismayed when I see that a new bishop dumbs-down his coat-of-arms, or stemma as it is called in Italian, with a modern language motto. Of course I and some jocular priest friends suggested some less-often-considered mottos here.
Any … Continue reading
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged arsenal, coat-of-arms, Latin, mottos, stemma
33 Comments
23 September 2011
Of things astronomic and thanks to readers on the Autumnal Equinox
Firstly, as I reported before there is a huge piece of flaming hurtling death-inflicting space junk falling to earth even as I write. I calmly explained the facts here in my post entitled “RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! FALLING BURNING … Continue reading
21 September 2011
RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! FALLING BURNING SPACE BUS! AAAAH!
From Space Weather:
RE-ENTRY ALERT: NASA reports that UARS, an atmospheric research satellite the size of a small bus, will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 23rd plus or minus one day. [AAHHHG! We don’t even know WHEN we’re ALL GOING TO … Continue reading
11 September 2011
“Those great strong towers of ice and steel”
In the late 1940′s Thomas Merton published his complicated poem Figures For An Apocalypse. One of the sections of the poem is entitled “In the Ruins of New York“.
While the whole section concerns a great downfall, a city and way … Continue reading
10 September 2011
MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN – REVIEW: Mark Steyn – After America: Get Ready for Armageddon
I am reading Mark Steyn’s brilliant After America: Get Ready for Armageddon.
USA book click here.
USA Kindle book click here. (Text-to-Speech enabled)
UK book click here. UK doesn’t have a separate Kindle version yet.
Readers in the USA, this is a good book. … Continue reading
30 August 2011
Implications of Obama Administration’s move to force Catholic hospitals to provide “contraception” and sterilizations
A few days ago in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Fr. Peter Laird, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, had a good piece about the mandate from the Obama Administration (HHS) requiring that “contraception” and sterilizations be paid … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, WDTPRS KUDOS
Tagged Catholic Hospitals, contraception, Department of Health and Human Services, Fr. Peter Laird, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Obama Administration, Obamacare, religious freedom, Sr. Carol Keehan, sterilization
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