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[Catholic Caucus]“Listening”, Or: The Rigid And Hateful Blog PostWhen I was a little child, I was taught my prayers, and the Commandments. I was taught about heaven and hell, the serpent and the apple, Noah and the Ark. When I grew up I grow more acquainted with the concept of sin. As temptations came to become a part of my daily life, I already knew what Christianity said about them. Nobody, not as a child or as an adult, ever, taught me to “listen to the Spirit”. The fact is: there is nothing to listen. What there is to do...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke about the future of the conservative movement Wednesday morning, warning that it cannot be “led astray by the siren song of unprincipled populism.” Pence said speaking to an audience at the Heritage Foundation:

Milwaukee-area Catholics gathered Saturday evening at a parish on the northwest side with a message of support for LGBTQ people. The Rev. Greg Greiten, who is openly gay himself, organized the "LGBTQ Mass of Celebration and Inclusion" because it was important for the community to feel welcome in the church, he said. "My first words are: I love you. You are loved. You are beloved. You are holy. You are made in the image of God," he said at the start of his homily. The Mass and subsequent reception at St. Bernadette Parish drew about 100 people, including a handful...

Outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was “giving aid and comfort to the enemy” by saying if Republicans retake the House, they would reconsider aid to Ukraine. Tuesday, McCarthy said, “I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession, and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine.” Anchor John Berman asked, “Do you feel surprised that it made news when Kevin McCarthy suggested that Ukrainian aid may not be as forthcoming if Republicans take control of Congress?”

The Biden administration is privately pushing Arizona leaders to take down its temporary wall along the Mexican border with the promise that the federal government will install a new temporary barrier sometime in 2023, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s spokesman told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday evening that Washington’s latest proposal in the fight over securing the border in western Arizona is not something the state will even consider. “The suggestion by any federal bureaucracy, that we take action to make the border easier to cross, is completely unacceptable. Gov. Ducey takes...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ “Safe Travels! ” The USNS COMFORT Departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (Photo by William Epperson) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Helping Our Kiwi Allies! U.S. Air Force Maj. Robby Walling, an instructor pilot with the Advance Airlift Tactics Training Center, observes a crew from the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No. 40 Squadron, during a sortie while attending the Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course, September 21, 2022. The AATTC functions...

Consumer prices were up by 9.1 percent nationally in June. For Austin taco business owners, this means rising costs on everything needed to operate a restaurant.TacosTacos have long been the great Austin equalizer. Everyone should be able to afford an al pastor de maiz after a night out or grab a chorizo-and-egg before a busy day at work. But now, as with most things throughout the country, inflation has hit this cherished food staple hard. Consumer prices were up by 9.1 percent nationally in June, the highest it has been in 40 years. For taco business owners, this leads to...

It’s fall y’all, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, the demand for pumpkin spice everything is already nearing its peak. And since New Jersey serves both terrific autumn vibes and delicious pizza, why not combine the two? “Uh, what?” is a fair response. But the popular pizza restaurant Talula’s in Asbury Park has doubled down on the overarching fall aesthetic. Their new pie, crudely called a basic b---- pizza, takes their classic Neapolitan-style dough and tops it with smoked mozzarella, ricotta, kabocha (squash), caramelized onion and pumpkin spice candied bacon. The spicy notes of pumpkin spice are peppered...

Cadillac is testing the limits of its brand allure and pricing power with the 2024 Celestiq – a large, bespoke electric car that will start at more than $300,000. The vehicle – unveiled Monday night – launches the General Motors brand into the ultra-luxury segment against the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce. It’s something no American brand has successfully done in modern times. Executives say the vehicle is more about creating a “halo car” that helps burnish Cadillac’s image, rather than fueling overall sales or profits. But, if successful, it could create a new two-unit business model for the company:...

Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate John Fetterman released a medical report written by a doctor who has donated more than $1,300 to his campaign in the past year, according to records.

General Motors’ venture capital arm has invested in a California startup that’s making imitation leather from mushrooms. The material is made by MycoWorks using the root-like structures of mushrooms, called mycelia. It could provide an alternative to both traditional leather made from animal skins, usually cattle, and artificial leather made from plastics. The auto industry is the largest user of leather other than for shoes, according to 2015 data from International Council of Tanners. MycoWorks grows these threadlike mycelia into flexible, leather-like sheets. The resulting material feels like leather, has similar durability and can be colored using processes that do...

The head of the scientist-and-artist collective BarabásiLab reflects on the transformative power of data in art.The 1961 Jasper Johns work 0 Through 9, which depicts the numerical figures stacked one on top of the other and scaled to fill the whole canvas, is art’s early acknowledgment of the important role that numbers play in our lives. Five years later, On Kawara began a series of small canvases, each painted with nothing more than the date—in simple white letters and digits—of its creation. His “Today” series, which now numbers more than 3,000 canvases, relies on the same indicators of numerical...

Corrupt Justice Department prosecutors believe they have enough evidence to bring obstruction charges against Trump. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Trump prosecutors have seen enough evidence to bring obstruction charges, “but the path to an actual indictment is far from clear.” Bloomberg reported: A group of Justice Department prosecutors believe there is sufficient evidence to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, but the path to an actual indictment is far from clear. The team that’s part of the classified records probe has not yet made a formal recommendation to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who would ultimately approve...

by Becca London | RNNA police officer never knows what they may see out on patrol. They could break up a fight. There could be a crazy person yelling at a squirrel. We recently saw one cop pursuing a drunk Amish guy riding a horse. An officer from the Thrall police department in Texas ran into Kyle Rittenhouse.So, he posted a photo of this celebrity sighting on Facebook, saying "Make those stops, you never know who you might meet. Today it was Kyle Rittenhouse, welcome to Texas."Rittenhouse, of course if well-known for having answered calls online to defend businesses during...

If it's not returned, "they'll abandon and destroy it—that would break my heart," said the owner of Ramiken gallery.A painting that was featured in a pop-up group show staged by Ramiken, a hotly watched downtown New York gallery, at an abandoned hotel in London during Frieze week has been stolen by an unidentified man. The owner is offering a £10,000 ($11,365) reward hoping the thief will return the work. The exhibition of a mix of paintings, sculptures, and installation by 18 artists opened at the Averard Hotel on October 11. Just 12 hours later, Sarah Księska’s 2021 oil-on-aluminum work Präparat...

The Sudden Deaths of Humanity's FittestWhy are so many young athletes suddenly dying? Scarcely a week goes by that we don’t see a report of the “sudden death” of a sportsman. Today (October 19, 2022) the Mississippi State football player, Sam Westmoreland, died at the age of 19. On September 30, world class Pakastani cricketer, Shehzad Azam Rana, died of cardiac arrest at 36. On September 18, the much loved (and extremely fit) Celina, Texas youth coach, Trey Boddie, died of a heart attack at 39. On September 4, Clark Yarbrough, a 21-year-old senior defensive lineman at Ouachita Baptist University,...

Today, the UN held a Consultative meeting between the State Parties to the Convention of the Prohibition of Biological Toxins and Weapons (BWTC), under Article V. Keep in mind this is the first time in history Article V has been utilized. A joint statement was delivered by Russia, China, Belarus, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria; pertaining to the unresolved US biological laboratories in Ukraine.1 Essentially, these countries are pointing out that the UN Security Counsel have done nothing to resolve this pressing matter, and are demanding the UN Security Counsel do their job. See passage below. “We have to...

“‘For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son’” (John 5:22). Jesus’ authority to grant spiritual life to whomever He chooses is consistent with His authority to judge all men on the last day (cf. 3:18–19; 12:48). Since God is the “Judge of all the earth” (Gen. 18:25), the fact that the Father judges no one, but “has given all judgment to the Son,” further attests to Christ’s deity. Because their wills are in perfect harmony, all judgment can be given to Christ in the assurance that His judgment will be, in fact,...

I have known of great Christians who have experienced a trial so dark and deep that life itself seemed almost not worth living. In his very darkest hour, Jeremiah discovered a glorious truth that brought new hope and assurance to his mind. It was something he already knew about God, but it hadn’t touched his soul until he came to the end of himself. He discovered that at the very bottom, God was there! The farther down he went, the more God was to be discovered. God was not to be discovered up there in some blissful soaring into untroubled...

A group of Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to reassess the U.S. Coast Guard’s policy for “religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccination order,” which will likely force the involuntary discharge of a service member whom President Joe Biden thanked last month for his “heroic work.” Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., along with 16 other congressmen, sent a letter to Biden, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan on Monday regarding the administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. Coast Guard members. “Service members that have not obtained a COVID-19 vaccine risk an...