Monday, October 31, 2022

Seasonal entertainment

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In case anyone is in the mood for a good chiller, I can reccomend this classic from 1977. The BBC adaptation starring the late Louis Jourdan...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Food for thought

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Monday, October 24, 2022

UK: Most children who think they’re transgender are just going through a ‘phase’

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Most children who believe that they are transgender are just going through a “phase”, the NHS has said, as it warns that doctors should not ...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Rishi Sunak Likely to be the Next Prime Minister of the UK

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It appears that he has all but locked it up and will be the fifth PM in the last six years (if you're keeping track). On which note; the...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Trump Signed Sworn Statement After Lawyers Warned It Was False

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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of emails from John Eastman, a former Donald Trump attorney, to House investigators, saying...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Supreme Court Leaves Controversial "Insular Cases" Intact

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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether American Samoans have full U.S. citizenship at birth, a dispute that would have giv...
Saturday, October 15, 2022

"It was as if time stood still."

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(CNN) — For years, several vintage Orient Express train carriages lay, forgotten, at a small railway station on the border between Poland an...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Near $1 Billion in Damages

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The lying demagogue has finally been held to account . 

How Catholics Became Prisoners of Vatican II

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Ross Douthat's latest.  
Sunday, October 09, 2022

Orwellian Synodality

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Been a while since I've posted anything touching on Rome. The main reason being that the news from that quarter is almost invariably dep...
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Industrial-scale destruction of Ukrainian culture

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The exquisite golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones by master craftsmen some 1,500 years ago, was one of the world’...
Saturday, October 08, 2022

Charles plans drastically slimmed down coronation

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For those hoping for a long day of pomp and pageantry, you are likely to be greatly disappointed. The service is to be slimmed down from fou...
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Final Update

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Neighbors reported that power came back on late this afternoon. Lots of debris and long lines. But the clean-up is progressing. I am visitin...
Friday, September 30, 2022

IAN: Update #3 or 4

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I am still in Pensacola but am planning to leave tomorrow. I have gotten word that, miraculously, the house is still there with only very li...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Direct Hit

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The eye of the hurricane just passed over where my house is (was?). Won't know the extent of the damage for a few days at the least. 
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Ian update 2

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I am holed up in a hotel in Pensacola awaiting developments. My home is near Ft Myers, so yeah. Hoping for the best but bracing for bad news...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

IAN (Updated)

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As of posting, I am well within the dreaded cone. The two gas stations closest to me were sold out when I stopped. I was able to gas up at a...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Ukraine: Potential endgame scenarios

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MUNICH — Last week was an interesting week to be in Europe talking to national security experts, officials and business executives about Ukr...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Technical Difficulties (updated)

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As some of you may have noticed, not all of the links in the sidebar are currently functioning. This is not helped by my level of technical ...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

EU calls for war crimes tribunal for Ukrainian War

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The EU presidency has called for the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes after new mass graves were found in Ukraine. ...