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China's coming crisis
PA Images via Alamy 3DJYJD4This is my newsletter for subscribers. If you are a paying subscriber, thank you. If you would like to receive more than a taste of the newsletter you can upgrade to paid.It’s obviously not as earth shatteringly…
Rule 5 Sunday: Extra Value Meal : The Other McCain
Posted on | February 2, 2026 | No Comments — compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to @kbdabear on X.Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, It May Be Cold In Scandinavia, MAGA Panama, Riot…
FMJRA 2.0: One Big Crunch : The Other McCain
Posted on | February 2, 2026 | No Comments — compiled by Wombat-socho SOTWAfter the last couple of weeks, this was a particularly bad week to be a Senators fan. First we got swept by the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, and then we came home to get…
What does Christianity have to say about the Olympics?
In fact, the relationship between the Olympics and religion is rather complex. History.com tells us that “the Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, were revived in the late 19th century and have become the…
Nuns don’t want to be priests
Sixty-four percent of American Catholics say the Church should allow women to be ordained as priests, according to Pew Research. In several Latin American countries, women’s ordination is even more popular (in Brazil, a staggering 83 percent of…
The Presentation of the Lord
22 And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy…
Pope Leo’s prayer intentions for 2027
Human dignity, art, life, migrants, the elderly, young people, and artificial intelligence: these are some of the themes of the prayer intentions that Pope Leo has entrusted to his Worldwide Prayer Network for next year. The list begins with…
Pope Leo XIV repeals decree that led to tripling of Cardinal Raymond Burke’s rent
Pope Leo XIV is to repeal a 2023 decree that led to Cardinal Raymond Burke paying more than triple his usual rent for his Vatican apartment and also reportedly affected then-Cardinal Robert Prevost. In February 2023, Pope Francis issued the…
Remembering the Rest of the Story
Several friends have recently asked for prayers as mothers, friends, even distant acquaintances are seriously ill or lie on their deathbeds. News comes, too, for those of us with memories of storied moments in sports that the great Notre Dame…
Finally: Newsom Announces Finished Construction Of High-Speed Rail Between His House And French Laundry
SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Newsom announced today that construction has wrapped on the long anticipated high speed rail project, finally connecting his house directly to the French Laundry.Though many questioned if the $120 billion project would…