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Links: Catholics and Anglicans Re-Unifying?

Written by Colin. Published on October 23, 2009 ago in Current Events. 4 Comments

Vatican Bidding to Get Anglicans to Join Its Fold

VATICAN CITY — In an extraordinary bid to lure traditionalist Anglicans en masse, the Vatican said Tuesday that it would make it easier for Anglicans uncomfortable with their church’s acceptance of female priests and openly gay bishops to join the Roman Catholic Church while retaining many of their traditions. Anglicans would be able “to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony,” Cardinal William J. Levada, the prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said at a news conference here.

Here’s a tour of Billy Corgan’s new blog which seems to be more about spirituality than music.

Beware Your Seminary Professors

Health Care Bill Gets Green Light in Cost Analysis

Links: Bush’s Economic Numbers, Spiders and Google

Written by Colin. Published on April 3, 2009 ago in General. 3 Comments

The numbers are in and Bush’s incredible spending was unprecedented in the recent history of the United States (link to a bunch of awesome/geeky graphs).

Why increased bank lending to bad borrowers (as being demanded by the US government) will worsen the crisis:

The issue of the good quality of borrowers cannot be fixed by an artificial cleansing of banks’ balance sheets or by nationalizing the banks. What is required is the expansion of the pool of real savings. Monetary pumping and credit created out of thin air cannot fix this.
Dear AIG, I Quit!

Financial Rescue Nears GDP as Pledges Top $12.8 Trillion

Hundreds of Iowans thrown out of public hearing: “More than 500 people who are upset with a plan to change Iowa’s tax laws were cleared from a hearing tonight at the Iowa House after they interrupted multiple times…”

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World’s Deadliest Spider Found in Whole Foods Produce. This Brazilian spider’s venom can kill in 25 minutes. But it’s not all bad news if you get bit: “Researchers have found its venom also stimulates an hours-long erection in men.”

Some Catholics are disappointed in Obama. Really! I wonder why? Oh, it’s because he “[lifted] restrictions on abortion and stem cell research.” You know, exactly as he promised to do.

UK village to Google: we don’t want Street View!American’s are Tea’d Off