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New Pope, old problems

Blaze:  New pope, old problem: Will Leo XIV resist tyranny?

I keep saying that Pope stuff is none of my business, but interesting issues keep coming up. 

The Catholic Church finds itself locked in a battle against three hostile ideologies — globalism, Islam, and communism. And right now, it’s losing on all fronts.

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An uncomplicated friend in your little world.

An article I was reading led me to the Reader’s Digest.   I was surprised that it still exists, and that it’s worth visiting.

If you are weary of reading about Trump, Biden, P. Diddy and Pope Leo, the Reader’s Digest is what you need.

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We can switch back to the Cleveland Indians.

‘WAVE OF TRANSPARENCY’: FBI director hints at agency’s move to rebuild Americans’ trust

The Director of the FBI, Kash Patel, is an Indian-American talking about working with tribal law enforcement on reservations.

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The shameful Episcopal Church.

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle White South African refugees

It’s rare for a large organization to take a principled stand in support of racism.

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Trump does Pete Rose a favor.

MLB reinstates Pete Rose after calls by Trump

Trump should not have been a part of the “looking for a new pope” story, but there is no problem with him having a hand in getting Pete Rose reinstated.

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First American Pope is Hardly American.

NYT: World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American

NYT: World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope.

Who gives a shit, people in America are skeptical of a whole bunch of things, and the NYT doesn’t care much about that.

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Cardinal Prevost forgot that Republicans buy sneakers, too.

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Culture Economics Government

America is going to get back to manufacturing

High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers

High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers

If America is going to get back to manufacturing, companies will need to get involved to make sure that there are trained people to hire.  There will need to be more of this.

PHILADELPHIA—Elijah Rios won’t graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer—one that pays $68,000 a year.

Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia that works closely with companies looking for workers in the skilled trades. Employers are dealing with a shortage of such workers as baby boomers retire. They have increasingly begun courting high-school students like Rios—a hiring strategy they say is likely to become even more crucial in the coming years.

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The Iberian Blackout was an interesting event.

The Iberian Blackout

This article explains why a high percentage of power generated by wind and solar could have caused the power outage.  In a separate post, I explained that Spaniards don’t worry about what could happen.  That would explain the lack of backup power and the total disruption from the outage.

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Spaniards don’t worry about what could happen.

Spaniards are lovely people, but they think differently.  It didn’t take much persuasion to get me to jump in the ring.  I’m a “when in Rome” kind of guy.