Category: Current Events
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SXSW = Drivers Are Dumb
I’ll put a value judgment on people in town for SXSW. They appear to have no idea how to drive in a city that is unfamiliar to them. SXSW takes over part of downtown Austin for a week with music, movies and conference events at all times of the day and night, except a few…
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sometimes you don’t want your picture in the paper
Just check out this front page (pdf). Look at it, you should notice something interesting. If you need help, check out the story about a man stealing a wallet with the color security photo next to it. Does the man look like someone you’ve seen before, perhaps in another picture on this same front page?…
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The Spirit Be With You, Jesuits
Prayers to our Jesuit friends who will begin their 35th General Congregation on Monday. Rocco has some more on it.
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Would you “Go On Record”?
The Catholic Peace Fellowship has started a new web project, We Go On Record. We Go On Record is an online community and posting site that allows individuals to literally go on record and state their beliefs about war. This is particularly important to individuals that do not believe in war as a morally-acceptable course…
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Welcome Home, Tony!
As is being reported by multiple sources, Mr. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has swam the Tiber and has formally entered full communion with the Catholic Church. Blair, formerly a member of the Church of England, had been corrected by the Catholic Cardinal for receiving Catholic communion with his family, who…