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Monthly Archives: September 2014
CQ CQ CQ This is Whiskey Delta Tango Papa Romeo Sierra … ECHOLINK & APRS
UPDATE 6 Sept: No, I haven’t worked on my General in the last week or so, and, No, I haven’t done anything with Echolink yet. However, the other day I did figure out today how to send APRS messages with … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged 73, Echolink, Ham radio
65 Comments
65 Comments
“What was once a request to live and let live has now become a demand for approval.”
I warmly recommend to the readership a column by Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago. His Eminence knocks this one over the fence. We enter in medias res. You can find the whole thing HERE: […] In recent years, … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged American Protective Association, anti-catholicism, Card. George, homosexuality, Klu Klux Klan, Know-Nothing Party, Obamacare
24 Comments
24 Comments
$9 for a Whopper? Are you out of your mind?
I have recently seen some discussion of what would happen were the minimum wage to be raised in these USA. Here is one interesting take, that includes some links to other articles that are worth pursuing. From Truth Revolt: … Read More
VIDEO: Fr. Sirico on problem of multiculturalism
At the moment I am in Grand Rapids, MI. No, this is not an Acton event. I am visiting the parish of Fr. Robert Sirico (who happens to head up Acton Institute), to speak at a function and, frankly, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do I need special training or blessing to make vestments?
From a readerette: I have a priest that I dearly love who is approaching his 10th anniversary of ordination, and I want to make him vestments. I am an skilled seamstress and embroideress, so that is not the issue. But … Read More
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
I suspect that some of you clicked on the link when you saw the headline because you want to read my predictable rant about the “gay” thing in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York and the local archbishop’s … Read More
HAM RADIO ACTION ITEM! Support HR 4969 NOW!
HR 4969 – the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014” – was introduced into the 113th Congress. This bipartisan effort would direct the FCC to extend the “reasonable accommodation” provisions for Amateur Radio antennas to include all types of land-use regulation, including … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Ham Radio, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm
Tagged ARRL, Ham radio, HR 4969
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6 Comments
Finally! strategy to defeat ISIS terrorists! Fearsome Twitter messages, fatally ironic Instagram photos!
Meanwhile, from The People’s Cube, we have a solution to the problem of ISIS! I hope the President is taking notes. ISIL to be Defeated by Twitter and Instagram Bombardment Dear Comrades, Comrade Vice President Joseph Biden has announced that … Read More
OBITUARY: Spirit of Vatican II – RIP – 52 years of age
The often amusing Eye of the Tiber had this. CINCINNATI, OH- A Solemn High Requiem Mass was held Thursday at St. Martura Church in downtown Cincinnati for the Spirit of Vatican II, aged 52. After suffering a progressively debilitating illness … Read More
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