From THE AGE: Church dumps rebel priest Dissident priest Greg Reynolds has been both defrocked and excommunicated over his support for women priests and gays – the first person ever excommunicated in Melbourne, he believes. The order comes direct from the Vatican, not at the request of [...]
Archive for September, 2013
September 26th, 2013 - 4:21 am § in Misc.
Protecting the UW’s Private Parts: Part I. Gifts to Harvard
Why the UW can not compete with other school’s private parts. The UW is among the top 20 Universities in the world. That is a huge boon to our state. Staying on the rank for the long term is very hard to do unless state and federal polices change. If our state wants to keep […][...]
America Wins America’s Cup Without Americans
Both boats built in New Zealand, Crew An Australian Captain, 6 from New Zealand, 3 from Holland, 1 from Antigua, 1 from Italy, 1 from England, a Canadian, a Frenchman and 1 American. By the way … is this a sailboat?: Seems to me the rules ought to require that the damn things be built [&hell[...]
September 25th, 2013 - 3:47 pm § in Misc.
Mr. Schwartz?
Stimulated by the odd encounter with a cop, I decided to ask the web who was “MR, Scwartz? I did not even know about the MR. Schwartz character in the Y9uTube until I happened on this video. Gad, I hoe that cop did not mean to say this this guy was me !!! Maybe he […][...]
September 25th, 2013 - 1:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Paying Taxes to Harvard
How Taxpayers Are Helping to Finance Harvard’s Capital Campaign Thanks to its status as a nonprofit organization, the university reaps the benefits of tax deductions for donors, which is a gross misallocation of public resources, writes Kevin Carey. On the local level, at least as I am told, w[...]
President Romney to GOP: Do Not Close The Government
President Romney Warns Against Government Shutdown Threats WOLFEBORO, N.H. –The White House has released a speech the President gave last August Purging his fellow Republicans not to shut down the government over the funding for the Affordable Care Act. Mr. Romney jumped into the debate[...]
September 24th, 2013 - 8:51 am § in Misc.
Breaking News: Kenya
Kenyans say they control mall, attackers say no NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Islamic militants who staged a deadly attack on a Kenya mall said Tuesday hostages are alive and their fighters are “still holding their ground,” calling into question Kenyan officials’ claims that they wer[...]
September 24th, 2013 - 8:25 am § in Misc.
Origins Of The Schwartz Family Feud, Part 1.
from my sister’s website, a letter written by me “For those of you who have not heard, my Dad, Robert Schwartz, died a week ago [June 7, 2008] at Boston Medical Center. Sadly his was not an easy death. Tough to the end, he did did not want to go. Even on his death bed, […][...]
One country in Asia is a regular source of problems. …The Philipines?
Causing trouble in the S. China Sea will hurt Manila (People’s Daily Online) One country in Asia is a regular source of problems. One might ask whether it fears being overlooked. That country is the Philippines. Playing hardball with China On July 15 a spokesperson from the Philippine Departme[...]
New Beginings .. The Jewish Year and The Miracle of Reading
Some 3000 years ago the Hebrews invented the first “phoenetic” alphabet. Technically this breakthrough was the use of characters ot represent vowels. The effcct, however, was not unlike the advent of printing or the internet … the average Jew could now read! What did they rea[...]