Sunday, May 31, 2009

A day of violence

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The well known and infamous abortionist George Tiller was shot dead today while serving as an usher at his church. Within hours of the shoot...
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Memory Eternal: Millvina Dean

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Ms. Millvina Dean has reposed at the age of 97. She is generally believed to have been the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster. ...

Ostrov (Part 1 of 12)

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Someone uploaded the entire movie to youtube. The film is in Russian with English subtitles. The other parts are linked at the end of each...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

More on California's fiscal nightmare...

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A broad array of Californians would be touched in fundamental ways by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest proposal to balance the state ...
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Spitting in the eye of mainstream education

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Via the LA Times : Reporting from Oakland — Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking f...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

Scientology under attack

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One of the world's all time greatest scams is under attack in a court in France and has just been summarily excommunicated by of all ent...

A Royal Snub

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When President Obama hits Europe next week for the 65th anniversary of D-day, he will land smack in the middle of a tempest in a very approp...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hmmm

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Via CNN : Father Alberto Cutie, an internationally known Catholic priest who admitted having a romantic affair and breaking his vow of celib...
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Time for a break from the Russian stuff

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Got an email from a buddy back east today. Summarizing, he gently points out that there are other countries in Europe and elsewhere with a ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A Gay-Marriage Solution: End Marriage?

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When a Jewish boy turns 13, he heads to a temple for a deeply meaningful rite of passage, his bar mitzvah. When a Catholic girl reaches abou...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

113 years ago today

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The coronation of the Holy Royal Passion Bearer Czar Nicholas II
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Help Wanted: Maritime bounty hunters and adventurers

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A letter of marque issued by the United States against France during the Quasi War Classical libertarianism has always recognized a (very) f...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

A war story

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One of the great cemeteries populated by the First World War (I wrote this essay several years ago but think it worth reposting. It has bee...
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Memorial Day Movie Recommendations

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There seems to have developed a custom of broadcasting and watching war movies on Memorial Day. I am not really opposed to the idea though ...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Something is rotten in Finland (part II)

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I have posted on this issue before . It appears that it is an ongoing problem in the Finnish Orthodox Church. Via InterFax : Helsinki, May ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Quote of the day...

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“We need to draw a bright line once again between monetary policy and fiscal policy. The recent crisis has muddied that separation consider...

9 Trillion dollars: Where did it go?

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Remember folks... They are the government. They know what they are doing and they are on our side. That heroic congressman is Alan Grayson ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

What Quantitative Easing Means in Pictures

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Someone in the Federal Reserve pushed a button today and created another $7.7 Billion out of thin air and went shopping. What did they buy ...
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Whose to blame for California's fiscal disaster?

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Time for California voters to look in the mirror and face some tough facts. ...The results Tuesday fit Californians' long-standing patte...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Can anyone translate this?

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I don't know Russian but am informed that this is an essay dealing with Vatican II from a Russian Orthodox perspective. Update: Rorate ...
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