Tiny fragments said to be from the manger that held the infant Jesus, the veil of his mother, Mary, and a thread from the cloak of St. Joseph will be displayed by a Roman Catholic church in Chicago when it celebrates its 155th anniversary on Sunday. The fragments, released by the Vatican in 1972, we[...]
Archive for December, 2012
December 29th, 2012 - 11:42 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: FRENCH TAX ON 1% UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
Top French court overturns 75 percent tax rate for rich France’s highest legal body, the Constitutional Council, announced on Saturday it was overturning the Socialist government’s flagship 75 percent income tax rate for high earners, marking an embarassing setback for President François Hollan[...]
December 28th, 2012 - 5:20 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: “RIGHT” gaining on Netanyahu?
Netanyahu set to win Israel election but rightists gain: polls (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is set to win a parliamentary election on January 22 although the popularity of a far-right party opposed to Palestinian statehood is growing, polls s[...]
December 28th, 2012 - 4:24 am § in Misc.
That is One Crazy Gun Guy!
Ana Marie Cox: “Wayne LaPierre and the NRA: so defensive it was downright offensive” Ana Marie Cox (GuardianUK): Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association, came to the podium Friday with the pursed lips and furrowed brow of a banker anxious over accountin[...]
December 27th, 2012 - 4:22 am § in Misc.
Seattle Real Estate is Back
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-12-21 By The Tim on December 22, 2012 | 2 Comments RT @calculatedrisk: Lawler: Foreclosure Share Way Down, But Not All-Cash Share; Suggests Investor Purchases of… http://t.co/j5kLP0UX -> RT @WaLawRealty: Interesing take on redevelopment of Pioneer [...]
December 26th, 2012 - 10:39 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Has Hezbollah kidnapped Syrian defector?
The whereabouts of Syria’s defected Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Jihad Makdissi remain shrouded in mystery amid new reports suggesting the man might have been kidnapped by the Lebanese’s Hezbollah group and handed over to the Syrian regime. UPDATE: Report: Former Syria FM spokesm[...]
December 26th, 2012 - 10:17 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Top Syrian general declares defection on Al Arabiya
Major General Abdulaziz Al-Shalal, the highest-military officer who defected from the Syrian army, says the Syrian army has turned into a “gang” massacring Syrian people. (Al Arabiya)[...]