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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- Aliquis on Larry Chapp NAPALMs a Cardinal!: “I read the article and am partway through the video, but Chapp suggests C. Cupich’s move is in support of…”
- on Larry Chapp NAPALMs a Cardinal!: “Make the distinctions! Thank you Fr for making all these points over the years.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1202 – Lots of stuff!: “Christine Niles has come out in support of Fr. Martins. She contacted the diocese of Joliet to get answers. They…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1202 – Lots of stuff!: “Those are some massive rifle cartridges Joselito has in his bandolier. Reading Fr Martins book . It really dives into…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1202 – Lots of stuff!: “A few days before this shameful attack on Fr. Martins came to light, I was out for a walk listening…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1202 – Lots of stuff!: “White to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
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- on Daily Rome Shot 1200 – Refutation: “The archeologist, Dr Markus Scholz, in the article linked in the previous comment about the amulet/scroll (thank you PostCatholic!), explains…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1200 – Refutation: “The scroll was an amulet worn around the neck, found in a burial. Very interesting story. https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/frankfurt-silver-inscription-oldest-christian-testimony-found-north-of-the-alps/”
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Tag Archives: NASA
Do know what “Maranatha” is in the Catholic Church? Really?
What passed through my mind when I read this… I’ll say, below. From NASA: Watch Live as NASA Spacecraft Collides With Far-Off Asteroid NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged anathema, excommunication, Maranatha, NASA
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What a rocket launch looks like… from space.
What a rocket launch looks like from space. This is from APOD. The launch of a Soyez resupply mission for the ISS. One of these days, I’ll make a radio contact with the ISS as it passes over. Meanwhile, on … Read More
WATCH – 18 Feb 21 – Mars Rover “Perseverance” to land at approx. 1555 EST
UPDATE 19 Feb: Just too cool… Perseverance has microphones. HERE From NASA: Tune in for live coverage and landing commentary from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) beginning at 2:15 p.m. EST on the NASA TV Public Channel and the agency’s website, … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – International Space Station UPGRADED
Although I am a NASA certified Space Shuttle Door Gunner and a certified expert on the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, I have not yet had a contact with the International Space Station. Contact, that is, via radio. I received a Just … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged CQ, Ham radio, ISS, NASA, spacex
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CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio issue: Video from NASA about “Our Next Solar Cycle”
NASA has a video about the next Solar Cycle. Every 11 years your planet’s yellow star goes through a cycle of more or less activity. This activity can effect the layers of your planet’s atmosphere. In turn that impacts the … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged amateur radio, CQ, Ham radio, NASA, solar cycle
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My View For Awhile: Jezero Crater
My View For Awhile… well… this one might have to be postponed for a while. I’ve signed up with NASA for some news and links for the upcoming launch of PERSEVERANCE and the little Martian chopper INGENUITY. The way I see it, … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Gunner, JPL, LASER, Mars, NASA, rover
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Look! Up in the sky! ISS and Crew Dragon and mini rant.
From NASA’s Astronomy Pic of the Day, comes a time lapse, composite view of the International Space Station zooming along in tandem with Demo-S, Crew Dragon, over Manhattan’s skys. This was taken at the reservoir in Central Park. Very cool. … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged International Space Station, NASA, spacex
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#LaunchAmerica SUCCESS!
THAT was cool. This afternoon I set things aside to watch the launch of the first manned space flight from USA soil in almost a decade. Demo-2 atop the Falcon 9. Postponed a few days ago because of weather, today … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, The future and our choices
Tagged Demo-2, NASA, space program, spacex
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VIDEO: Today NASA with SpaceX will, God willing, launch men into space, from these USA!! #LaunchAmerica @FatherZ wistfully muses
What I would give today to be several decades younger so that I could be a chaplain in the US SPACEFORCE! Today NASA with SpaceX will, God willing, launch men into space, from these USA!! First time in long time. … Read More
16 July 1969 – #Apollo11 and Our Lady of Mt Carmel
I have amazingly clear memories of the whole Apollo 11 mission. Indeed of all the missions before and after, but this and 13 in particular. I received this… From a reader: Today, July 16, is the 50th anniversary of the … Read More
First photograph of a real Black Hole
No, this is not a photo of the HQ of the Fishwrap, a place so dense that no light can escape it. Nor is it a pic of the Jesuits’ Generalate in Rome. This isn’t an artistic rendering of the … Read More
Photos of Ultima Thule!
The first images of Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule are on SpaceWeather. New Horizons is a NASA spacecraft that was the first to visit Pluto in July 2015. It continued into the Kuiper Belt. This is only the fifth craft … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: SPACE FORCE!
When I was driving to Michigan for this year’s Acton University, I heard a speech that Pres. Trump gave to a gathering of small business leaders. During that speech he mentioned NASA and the development of the SPACE FORCE! … Read More
Lightning … from above!
No, you are above the lightning for a change. I found this at APOD. Very cool. Explanation: Watch a huge lightning storm move across the eastern USA. The huge storm caused much damage and unfortunately some loss of life for … Read More
4 July – JUNO!
From Space.com: NASA’s Juno spacecraft is scheduled to enter into orbit around JupiterMonday night (July 4), ending its nearly five-year trek to the solar system’s biggest planet. The key event Monday is a 35-minute engine burn at 11:18 p.m. EDT … Read More
How Spirit got there
Poor little Spirit isn’t working anymore (so far as we know), but this is how he got there!
PLUTO!
NASA has released photos of Pluto and its moon, the aptly named Charon. The craft New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto today, 14 July 2015. Here is a false color composite: New Horizons’ almost 10-year, three-billion-mile journey … Read More
New Horizons!
Biretta tip to APOD, this comes from NASA: NASA’s New Horizons – the fastest spacecraft ever created – will speed past Pluto on July 14, 2015, beaming back high resolution photos (and invaluable data) of the dwarf planet’s surface for … Read More
Look! DOWN from the sky!
This is simply too cool not to share. Biretta tip to AC who sent the link. o{]:¬) Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream NASA Now Streaming Live HD Camera Views of Earth from Space (Video) Daydreaming about being an astronaut … Read More
Voyager I finally reaches interstellar space!
Voyager I was launched in 1977. It has finally let your solar system and entered interstellar space. Click HERE for youtube videos of the songs on the “Golden Record”. Very cool. Will little Voyager eventually achieve consciousness and return to … Read More
Aliquis on Larry Chapp NAPALMs a Cardinal!: “I read the article and am partway through the video, but Chapp suggests C. Cupich’s move is in support of…”
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