The Pope’s Four Word Blessing
“Father, Son, Holy Ghost”
Pope John Paul II’s handlers at the Vatican were quick to show a living pope yesterday, but there seems to be some question as to whether or not he’s 100%, or whether He’s capable of speaking at all:
The appearance, relayed on screens to crowds gathered in [...]
Yours Truly
Shameless self-aggrandizement
Geez. . . I look like I’m ready to be on the next episode of Law and Order!
Too bad the photo is pretty grainy though. But hooray for enterprising conservative Republicans!
One thing that I do have to mention outright: There are a lot of good, sincere people in the [...]
Max Schmeling dead at 99
An interesting obituary here:
There was a time when those four words likely would have set off spasms of grand celebration in the United States and around the world, because the hatred for what Mr. Schmeling was assumed to be by so many ran so deep.
Hitler portrayed him as an Aryan Superman [...]
Can a Suffering Pope Still Lead the Catholic Church?
Pope John Paul II, 84, is living the culture of life by powerful example
In a world that seems teeming on the brink of euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and other issues surrounding the value of human life, there are interesting questions surrounding the life of [...]
AudioLunchbox
I just downloaded my first CD online. The whole darned thing, and the CD isn’t half bad either. Check out Audio Lunchbox online, and when you get there be sure to check out a The Devil Makes Three.
Great album. Much thanks to Jay whose taste in music is far better [...]
The Pelagian Drinking Song!
An oldie, but a goodie
Someone (John Hathaway) reminded me of this. And for those of you who have not read the Pelagian Drinking Song, it’s hilarious (pun unintended):
Pelagius lived at Kardanoel
And taught a doctrine there
How, whether you went to heaven or to hell
It was your own affair.
It had nothing [...]
Republicans for Dean for DNC Chair!
Yeeeaarrgh!
It looks as if the DNC chairmanship is Howard Dean’s to lose. Of course, this doesn’t mean much for Republicans if we see a re-emergence of the “common sense moderate” Dean painted himself as in the beginning of the Democratic primary. But if we see the liberal, extremist [...]
Afghanistan’s crisis
Novak on Afghanistan and the heroin trade
I can remember back at DEA when the topic of spraying the poppy fields shortly after the October invasion came up. Golden opportunity was the buzz, and we had a perfect chance to knock out a good portion of the heroin trade in one shot.
DOD and DOS [...]
From the desk of Mike Rothfeld …
I figured this deserved a full dissemination. . . so I’ll post it online and forward it as well. Pretty convincing I’d say, and a good read for anyone remotely interested in what’s going on in Richmond.
The politicians at the State Capitol in Richmond are at it again.
No, [...]
HP: We have the next transistor
“Crossbar latch” the key to 1000x more powerful computers
Now this is pretty spiffy. Hewlett-Packard has a new technology that could replace the transistor:
‘We are reinventing the computer at the molecular scale,’ said Stan Williams, one of the authors of the paper, in a statement. ‘The crossbar [...]
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