Saturday, August 03, 2024
Trump Derangement Syndrome
Monday, September 17, 2018
The Church Sex Crisis
With the Pennsylvania grand jury report and some calls for the Pope to resign is the Catholic Church in eclipse? What's bizarre imo is the seeming lack of "normal" sex scandals (e.g. a high-ranking bishop having an affair with a prioress say). How did ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick rise so far for so long? Is there no fear of Hell? How many clerics are in actual prison these days? Is this a case of trying to destroy the Church from within? Thoughts:)
Thursday, November 02, 2017
At what point can we say there's a problem with some aspect of Islam?
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Trumpology
Transgendered people cannot now serve in the U.S. military. The rationale being to go to the Pat Robertson bbq?
Friday, June 09, 2017
The James Comey Testimony
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The Manchester Attack - the new normal?
Saturday, May 07, 2016
The 4 patron saints of lost causes, where do I rank?
They are Sts. Jude, Rita of Cascia, Philomena and a Gregory. With so many millions the world over praying to these big four for impossible cases despaired of where do I rank? Main problem: chronic tinnitus and let's throw in maybe a couple other problems while we have the divine connection. On one website of prayer petitions is a woman who wants a problem employee removed from the workplace. Where does tinnitus rank? Is it higher on the list? It's at least a medical/health issue and they're big on that although it can't rank as high as cancer of course. How do these four saints go through literally millions of petitions and decide which ones deserve their attention first? Do they have computers? They must have large staffs helping them. Excuse me I just got a text message......oh that's just another YPD Alert.
Sunday, May 01, 2016
The mystery of depression
Friday, January 15, 2016
The post-50 years
It must be in keeping with the aging trend but I find myself sleeping less. I fall asleep ok but I find myself prematurely waking and most of the time not really getting back to sleep. An alternative Alex Jones theory of tinnitus: maybe we can simply hear things other folks can't hear. While others may enjoy their joblessness it has a weird effect on me. It brings to the fore any depressive issues that may exist and when you're past the half-century mark you think alot more about your own mortality. Life really is short and tortoises live alot longer than man. Also when you get older you start taking the issue of hell more seriously, at least I do but I was raised Catholic and it never really leaves you. I've blogged about this before, I actually don't like work but I also don't like being out of work if that makes any sense.
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
It's hard to believe the American electorate is this dysfunctional
Thursday, December 03, 2015
Random thoughts on random violence
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
What's app with that?
NYS State Governor Cuomo announced the launch of the See Something Send Something app for iPhone and Android. I'm probably gonna install it but just the same is a Muslim man and his friend allowed to take pics of the GW Bridge at twilight or of the Croton Dam? Meanwhile Charlie Sheen who's a public health menace could be having sex in both places and it'd be no biggie. I'm gonna go to the Play Store right now and check it out.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
The French 9/11 and limited intelligence
Monday, November 09, 2015
Gimme that old-time religion
I was watching Bishop T.D. Jakes last night on Daystar. He's a black evangelical minister and his audience is mostly black although I saw some whites. Suffice to say he's extremely passionate in his preaching and his listeners really get into it as well. All in all a very passionate evening. Compare this with your typical white average Catholics who go to Mass every weekend and who barely know the readings in the OT & NT. You might catch some rolling their eyes at a long homily and then somebody else has to crane their neck to see who just arrived in the back of the church. Then some old guy's cane falls and everyone looks around for five minutes. Some be leaving around Communion time, someplace to go I guess. You never see anyone leaving during a Jake's sermon though. Pull up a chair we're just getting warmed up. The faith of African-Americans puts us Catholics to shame!
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Papal thoughts
Re the wonderful papal mass at MSG it would have been such a nice touch if that great cantor got to sing the Prayer of St. Francis. I have a somewhat more positive view of Francis after his trip to the States although he needs to get off the climate change. What's up with Boehner?
Friday, June 19, 2015
More from the Opining Pope
Maybe after he's done with the environment and maybe the $15 minimum wage he can promulgate an encyclical on Donald Trump after he excommunicates Hannity.