The sister is question is Condoleeza Rice of whom Pravda says: “Condoleezza Rice released a coarse anti-Russian statement. This is because she is a single woman who has no children. She loses her reason because of her late single status. Nature takes it all. … “This is the only way to satisfy her needs of a female. She derives pleasure from it. If she has no man by her side at her age, he will never appear. Even if she... Read more
A few days ago, I wrote that Buster, while recovering from the flu was waxing mystical. Amusingly, I got some unhappy emails from some Christians who suggested that I was an unfit mother for encouraging my son in his musings by letting his thoughts and reasonings go where they would, rather than snapping the whip and making him recite the old Baltimore Catechism while I bopped him repeatedly on the head with a bible. I wish I were a better... Read more
I like this story about Michelle Kwan refusing an offer by NBC to provide ice skating commentary for the remainder of the Olympic games. Kwan turned down the job offer, saying she didn’t want to be a distraction for the remaining members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team, NBS Sports spokesman Michael McCarley said Sunday. That’s class. That’s grace in a difficult time. Amazing. She knows it’s actually not all about her, and will get off the stage to... Read more
Watch videotape taken in Paris, France February 11, 2006, and the effect two peaceful counterdemonstrators have on the insecure manly men who populate the ranks of Islamofascist extremists. No Pasaran! transcribes Note how the counterprotesters are immediately labeled “homosexual” by these men. 4,000 men protesting see two men counterprotesting and immediately assign an identity to them which makes them “easy” to hate and even kill. They see two men and respond, “they are provoking; [they] are stepping on 1.6 billion... Read more
Bernard Higgins at A Certain Slant of Light has the most amusing post on the topic I’ve yet read. UPDATE: Musing Minds checked out today’s presser on this and came away thinking: stuck on stupid. Personally, I think Cheney will have to go out and make a statement, sooner rather than later. But honestly, the way the press is behaving, you’d think he drove a car off a bridge and let someone die, or something. UPDATE II: Dr. Sanity found... Read more
I’ve never been much of a fan of Ann Coulter’s. She’s not my cuppa. I’ve always found her to be just “over the top” so much so that her brashness would too often undercut her own point. Smart? Yes. But that never translated into “credible”, for me, simply because in order to have credibility you need to be able to make your point without going overboard – without resorting to calling people “ragheads” or “wingnuts” or whatever. There are folks... Read more
That would be Laura Lee Donoho at Wide Awake Cafe, who is dealing with the sudden, puzzling and tragic death of her beloved nephew, Matt. The funeral is tomorrow. Please keep this family in your prayers. Read more
Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has the video. Read more
Last month, I wrote on the sacrament of Confession and my experiences of it. Just thought I would add a little more to it, as this afternoon in confession, I made the priest laugh out loud (which is a lot better than making him cry), and because I got an email on the subject that gave me chills, and the writer has given me permission to reprint some of it. How did I make the priest laugh? I went in,... Read more
Holly Aho is the foundress of Soldier’s Angels, an organization dedicated to giving glad help and support to our servicemen and women. She’s written a book that sounds terrific, entitled From Here to There, and I’m going to order if for myself, and also slip it into The Bookshelf as well. There’s only one review thus far at Amazon, but it’s a good one! :-) Read more
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