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Category Archives: The Drill
POLLS: The Zimmerman Trial – What WILL and what SHOULD the jury decide?
A couple questions about the Zimmerman Trial. The legal issue at stake is whether Zimmerman shot Martin in self-defense. Setting aside the question of whether or not there should have even been a trial, and setting aside the fact that … Read More
International Court dismisses SNAP’s case against the Holy See
I saw this at These Stone Walls, the blog for Fr. Gordon MacCrae, in prison serving time for a crime he more than likely did not commit. The post is longish, but here is the first part: The International Criminal Court … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, The Campus Telephone Pole, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Fr. Gordon MacRae, LCWR, SNAP
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5 Comments
Baker refuses to make “gay” cake. Jail for the baker?
Biretta tip to Pewsitter for this. As I have been saying, we are going to see a lot more of this. Colorado Baker Faces Year in Jail for Refusing to Make Cake for Gay Wedding According to attorney Nicolle Martin, … Read More
Your Tax Dollars At Work
I had to work a while to get my mind around this headline. From CNS: $357K Federal Project Will Use Spanish Ads to Promote Condoms Among Gay Foreign-Born Men Your tax dollars at work for Pres. Obama’s agenda. This is … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Religious Liberty, The Drill
Tagged HHS, National Institute of Health, NIH, Pres. Obama
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10 Comments
New book about women religious!
If you want to understanding something about how many of the women religious in these USA have gone completely off their rockers, here is the book to get. I have the first book, from 1997. Now there is an updated, … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The Campus Telephone Pole, The Drill, Women Religious
Tagged Anne Carey, LCWR, women religious
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WaPo on Planned Parenthood and ALCU suing in Wisconsin
Pay attention to the language in “news” reports from the MSM. There is often a rhetorical battle being waged at the level of word choices. Background on the Wisconsin story HERE. From WaPo: Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue Wisconsin over abortion … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Emanations from Penumbras, The Drill
Tagged abortion, ACLU, language, MSM, Planned Parenthood, Rhetoric
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14 Comments
TV station to broadcast Muslim call to prayer
From WND: An announcement by a television station in the United Kingdom that it will broadcast the Muslim call to prayer daily during the month-long religious observation called Ramadan has sparked concerns by those who point out that the nation’s … Read More
PODCAzT 135: Encyclical Letter “Lumen fidei” – AUDIO files of entire encyclical
In my desire to get my ears and mind around the new encyclical, Lumen fidei, of Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, to sort the “voices” and get to know the trajectory of its arguments, I decided to read it aloud. Wanna … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged Benedict XVI, encyclical, Lumen fidei, Pope Francis
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21 Comments
