Behold the New GM! (An Amerikan Revolution)
June 8, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Newsweek Editor: Obama Is "Sort Of God"
June 8, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Catholic mother launches legal battle after son placed with gay foster parents
June 8, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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The mother of a 10-year-old Catholic boy has launched a legal battle after a council placed him with homosexual foster carers.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has told friends she is worried about the environment in which her son will grow up in, and would rather see him fostered by a man and a woman.
The child, who attends a faith school and is due to take his First Communion soon, is due to arrive tomorrow at his new foster home, a hotel in Brighton run by a middle-aged male couple.
Described as “bright and lively”, he was placed in care a year ago by Brighton and Hove Council after his mother had a mental breakdown, suffering from an abusive marriage.
The Thomas More Legal Centre, a Catholic legal charity, are representing the mother, who wants to see him placed with a family that reflects traditional Catholic values. . . . (continue reading)
Gerald Celente: TEOTWAWKI Coming Soon
June 8, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Human Events had the opportunity to interview forecaster extraordinaire Gerald Celente, President of Trends Research Institute, several days ago — and the future he predicts looks bleak indeed. In fact, as Mr. Celente sees it, the Great Depression will seem like a mild recession as what waits for us in 2011 hits with the force of a Katrina financial hurricane.
In case you’re wondering who Mr. Celente is (if this is still possible), he’s appeared — along with his predictions — on Oprah, CNBC, Reuters, NBC, PBS, BBC, the Glenn Beck Show — the list goes on an on. His Trends Report has been successfully predicting the major future trends impacting our lives for 3 decades, including calling the dot com crash back in the 1990’s.
Quite a claim. And God help us if he is right — again.
“We’re sounding the alarm about the ongoing downward economic cycle”, Gerald told Human Events. “In 2002, we predicted that the collapse of the American empire would fall like the World Trade Center in a thunderous crash — in slow motion before our eyes. And now it’s happening.”
Mr. Celente follows over 300 trends: family, crime, war, education, consumer & business patterns which TRI synthesizes to predict the future.
“The US is becoming a shadow of what it used to be. Take education for example. The OECD group of developed countries ranks quality of life, education, health care of its member nations. The US is now falling down the table as one piece of data after another shows America is in decline. We’re no longer Win, Place or Show in quality of life, education, longevity… all the essentials where we used to be #1. And our economic underpinnings are failing.” . . .
“The dot com bubble should have burst and gone away in a short sharp recession. But the boys at the Fed re-inflated the economy by lowering interest rates to a 46 year low — and in turn created the real estate bubble — much bigger than the dot com bubble. “
“Now they’re creating the bailout bubble — which will ultimately dwarf the real estate bubble. It will cause the implosion of the global economy world wide — which will not be able to be repaired by creating yet another bubble. Every time the government fails, it tells a bigger lie and then a still bigger lie.”
“These previous bubbles were not allowed to pop — but they didn’t destroy the infrastructure of the country. This bailout bubble will.”
“But this bubble will be the last one. After the final blowout of the bailout bubble, we are concerned that the government will take the nation into war. This is a historical precedent that’s been done over and over again.”
“So, it’s not that the dollar will survive.
We may not even survive. Look at the German mess after WWI. It gave rise to Fascism and WWII.Gerald Celente: TEOTWAWKI Coming Soon
June 8, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Human Events had the opportunity to interview forecaster extraordinaire Gerald Celente, President of Trends Research Institute, several days ago — and the future he predicts looks bleak indeed. In fact, as Mr. Celente sees it, the Great Depression will seem like a mild recession as what waits for us in 2011 hits with the force of a Katrina financial hurricane.
In case you’re wondering who Mr. Celente is (if this is still possible), he’s appeared — along with his predictions — on Oprah, CNBC, Reuters, NBC, PBS, BBC, the Glenn Beck Show — the list goes on an on. His Trends Report has been successfully predicting the major future trends impacting our lives for 3 decades, including calling the dot com crash back in the 1990’s.
Quite a claim. And God help us if he is right — again.
“We’re sounding the alarm about the ongoing downward economic cycle”, Gerald told Human Events. “In 2002, we predicted that the collapse of the American empire would fall like the World Trade Center in a thunderous crash — in slow motion before our eyes. And now it’s happening.”
Mr. Celente follows over 300 trends: family, crime, war, education, consumer & business patterns which TRI synthesizes to predict the future.
“The US is becoming a shadow of what it used to be. Take education for example. The OECD group of developed countries ranks quality of life, education, health care of its member nations. The US is now falling down the table as one piece of data after another shows America is in decline. We’re no longer Win, Place or Show in quality of life, education, longevity… all the essentials where we used to be #1. And our economic underpinnings are failing.” . . .
“The dot com bubble should have burst and gone away in a short sharp recession. But the boys at the Fed re-inflated the economy by lowering interest rates to a 46 year low — and in turn created the real estate bubble — much bigger than the dot com bubble. “
“Now they’re creating the bailout bubble — which will ultimately dwarf the real estate bubble. It will cause the implosion of the global economy world wide — which will not be able to be repaired by creating yet another bubble. Every time the government fails, it tells a bigger lie and then a still bigger lie.”
“These previous bubbles were not allowed to pop — but they didn’t destroy the infrastructure of the country. This bailout bubble will.”
“But this bubble will be the last one. After the final blowout of the bailout bubble, we are concerned that the government will take the nation into war. This is a historical precedent that’s been done over and over again.”
“So, it’s not that the dollar will survive.
We may not even survive. Look at the German mess after WWI. It gave rise to Fascism and WWII.What C.S. Lewis thought about Mormons
June 6, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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C.S. Lewis was not LDS. He may, in fact, not have even liked The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
But Mormons love C. S. Lewis.
Authors Marianna Richardson and Christine Thackeray looked at the famous Christian apologist in their book “C.S. Lewis: Latter-day Truths in Narnia.” They wrote about the letters Lewis sent to many of his readers.
Lewis is apparently referring to the LDS Church and its “Word of Wisdom” prohibitions against drinking alcohol.
Richardson and Thackeray do not discuss another possible reference to Mormons in Lewis’ works. In his Narnian fantasy book “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” he writes about the family of a rather unpleasant character named Eustace Scrubb: “They were vegetarians, non-smokers and teetotalers and wore a special kind of underclothes.”
Because of this description, some have speculated that Lewis was saying that the Scrubbs were Mormons — although such a conclusion requires ignoring other descriptions of the character and his family. The adopted son of Lewis, Douglas Gresham, has also been quoted as saying the Scrubbs were “simply faddists.” . . . (Continue reading)
How Would You Introduce Christ to a Room Full of People?
June 6, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Episcopal Diocese Elects Ex-Catholic turned Buddhist as Bishop?
June 6, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Here’s one take on this very odd happenstance of a Catholic-turned-Episcopalian-turned-Buddhist “practicioner”-turned Episcopal “bishop.” Then, here’s the odd-as-a-three-dollar-bill background info, and then here’s the “official” version:
2-21-09 — For Immediate Release (Escanaba, MI) –The Diocese of Northern Michigan created an Episcopal Ministry Support Team and elected Kevin Thew Forrester as bishop at a Special Diocesan Convention on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at St.Stephen’s Church, Escanaba. Thew Forrester was elected on the first ballot and satisfying the Diocesan Constitution and canons, received 88% of the delegate votes and 91% of the congregational votes. Thew Forrester has been serving the diocese since 2001, first as MinistryDevelopment Coordinator and later in 2007 as Rector/Ministry Developerof St. Paul’s Church in Marquette and St. John’s Church in Negaunee.
The Discernment Team, composed of twenty-one members (representing 70%of the congregations of the diocese) worked closely with Jo Gantzer(Diocese of Michigan) as its Companion and three Reflectors from the wider church: Bishops Bruce Caldwell (Wyoming) and Tom Ely (Vermont) and Fredrica Harris Thompsett, recently retired professor at the Episcopal Divinity School. They worked for nearly a year before presenting a single name for bishop as well as identifying EMST members who where affirmed during the Special Convention.
Upon the successful completion of the consent process, the Episcopal Ministry Support Team will be commissioned and the bishop ordained on October 17, 2009 in Marquette, Michigan.
"Answering Atheism and the Culture of Doubt" Summer Conference, July 10-12
June 5, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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Speakers List:
- Edward Feser, Ph.D.
- Msrg. Stuart W. Swetland, S.T.D.
- Héctor Antonio Molina
- Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D.
- Dawn Eden
- Ken Hensley
- Patrick Madrid
Who: Some of today’s top Catholic leaders, gathered together to help the Church build a culture of life.
What: A very special 3-day Catholic conference on answering atheism and the culture of doubt.
Where: Belmont Abbey College campus, 15 minutes from downtown Charlotte, NC.
When: Friday, July 10, through Sunday, July 12, 2009.
Schedule: The conference begins at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 10, and ends at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 12.
Cost: (Register here)
"Up Close" Pictures of an Anti-Christ
June 5, 2009 by Patrick Madrid
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