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+JMJ+ Source: National Catholic Reporter Catholic activists mobilize as Democrats ignore abolition of death penalty Sept 9, 2024 — The Democrats' once-strong stance on the need to end capital punishment in the U.S. weakened considerably when the party's 2024 platform, approved by delegates at their...

Here's a moment that I remember from many years ago. I was channel-surfing and fell upon a celebrity tribute to Sean Connery. I got to see James Earl Jones deliver this short speech:

+JMJ+ Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. :pray: ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ It's occasions like this when I doubly curse my account's apparently inexplicable inability to post an external pic or link. Double dumbass on you. Dammit. :a...

James Earl Jones, Authoritative Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93

I confess that I enjoyed everything that ever I saw or heard him do.

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The Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) published Destitute and in Danger: People Made Homeless by the Asylum System on Tuesday.

We all know what the problem is. What's the solution, buddy Wozzie?

Pipeson and I have tickets to see Am I Racist? by Matt Walsh when it opens in theaters this Friday. Prediction: Maximum cringe. Also: Very funny. Meanwhile: The last movie we watched was Deadpool & Wolverine . That was a pretty good one, for a superhero movie. Also: Very funny. As a rule, a good...

Kamala Harris has finally added an "Issues" tab to her website. As you can imagine, it's a lot of gaslighting. Plenty of platitudes, but very little in the way of substance and policies that could achieve these goals. The classic campaign shtick: "Here's what I'm going to do!" wi...

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Arizona immigration proposal ‘harmful,’ state bishops say While the Catholic bishops of Arizona acknowledge the federal government’s failure to effectively manage the U.S–Mexico border, they argue that a state government border security proposal is an inadequate solution that will have “harmful con...

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