Saturday, September 11, 2010

Memory Eternal

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Patriarch +Kirill asks Irish President for equal status to the Roman Catholic Church

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Moscow, September 10, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the meeting with President of Ireland Mary McAlleese discussed...
Friday, September 10, 2010

Russians request restoration of the Imperial Double Eagle to the Kremlin Spasskaya Tower

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Moscow, September 10, Interfax - Participants of the Vozvrascheniye (Return) public movement turned to the Russian President with the reque...

Supreme Court: Justice Kagan has recused herself from 21 cases

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When President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court in May, we and many others reported out that she’d likely have to recuse her...
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San Bruno Blast

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A massive explosion and fire in San Bruno California has killed at least four people, seriously injured more than 50 others and leveled or b...

Some perspective

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Image via the Young Fogey The xenophobic hysteria which seems to be sweeping the country lately (or at least the internet) is frankly more t...
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First living Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will award the first Medal of Honor to go to a living service member who fought in the wars in Ira...

Judge: "Don't ask don't tell" is unconstitutional

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The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gay members of the military is unconstitutional, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday. Jud...
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Seriously folks, is anyone surprised?

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For nearly every New Yorker who has received a summons in the city — caught at a checkpoint monitoring seat-belt use, or approached by a sma...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Serbians in Kosovo may seek Russian citizenship for protection

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Via Fr. Milovan : Leader of a Serbian group in Kosovo has said that Kosovo Serbs will seek Russian citizenship if Serbia agrees to the EU br...
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds

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Father Arsenios at the Vatopaidi monastery, overlooking the Aegean Sea, in Mount Athos, Greece. He is considered by many to be Vatopaidi’s ...
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California bid to legalize marijuana sparks fierce debate

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No single election contest this fall combines the buzz and history-making potential of California's Proposition 19, which would make th...

Fidel Castro says Cuban economic model is not working

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews wi...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Australia: A Greek Orthodox Church is vandalized and burned

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Children allegedly set alight a Trent Road church last week, just 30 metres from Port Augusta’s fire station. Two 13-year-old girls were arr...

An appallingly bad day for the rule of law

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WASHINGTON – A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit involving the Central Intelligence Agency’s practice o...
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110 Years Ago: The Great Hurricane of 1900

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A heartbreaking story from the Great Storm of 1900 On September 8th 1900 the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States (as...
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Peter Sellers' 85th Birthday

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Peter Sellers born on September 8th 1925. Thanks for the laughs. May his memory be eternal.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day

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Marriage is a religious issue and the state (and the courts) should stay out of it. Glenn Beck gets it and he is right. Having just typed...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Quote of the day...

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Even supposedly smart analysts are missing the big picture. In housing, it is this: there are about 20 million unoccupied homes in America. ...

God is no longer a man, says Scottish Episcopal church

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The Scottish Episcopal Church has caused controversy by removing masculine references to God in a new order of service. The new form of wors...
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