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Buy Liquor on Sundays (in TX)?
The Statesman has a story today about three bills proposed this year that would allow the sale of liquor on Sundays in Texas. Currently, liquor can be sold in stores…
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Texas Lege preparing to declare “Texas Is Sovereign!”
under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, of course. In February, a House Concurrent Resolution was filed (HCR 50) to declare that the federal government has acted unconstitutionally by impeding…
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Breaking News?
I got this in my e-mail twenty-four hours ago. Can anyone tell me how this is “news”, but less “breaking news”? from CNN Breaking News <BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com> to textbreakingnews@ema3lsv06.turner.com date Fri,…
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Windows XP is officially old
Microsoft’s support for Windows XP Home Edition has ended, only eight years after release. You can still pay for support for another five years, but nothing from Microsoft. Who actually…
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Review – Christian Martyrs for a Muslim People
Over Spring Break, I read Fr. Martin McGee, OSB‘s latest book, Christian Martyrs for a Muslim People, published by Paulist Press. This is a story of nineteen Catholic martyrs who…
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New NYC Archbishop Dolan Mentioned Hecker
Newly-installed Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York mentioned Servant of God Issac Hecker in his opening homily today. Rocco has the full-text on his website.
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There is a Great Silence
Today is Holy Saturday. The day Jesus spent in the tomb. For a reflection today, I repost what I wrote in March 2005 in this blog: Today is Holy Saturday.…
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Rental Review – Traitor (2008)
Last week, we watched Traitor (imdb, amazon.com), a Jeffrey Nachmanoff film featuring Don Cheadle (The Oceans 11 series, Hotel Rwanda). The film follows the story of Samir Horn, a defected…
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No, Thank You
Dead man’s sperm to be taken by court order On the Austin American-Statesman website, there’s a story about a man, age 20, who was killed over the weekend whose mother…
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Segway + Smart Car = PUMA?
I saw this today on the Platentizen blog – A two-seater hybrid between a segway and a traditional car. In reality, think two segways fused together, add seats and a…