 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pietro_Paolini_-_The_Concert.jpg Title: The Concert Artist: Pietro Paolini (1603–1681) Date: between 1620 and 1630 Genre: Baroque Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: height 39.5 in, width 52.5 in Red-haired Vivaldi of Venice, and a Catholic priest who received a dispensation, taught girls violin and wrote for the mandolin, which is not a member of the violin family. It belongs to the lute family, while the violin is the soprano member of the violin family. A guitar is a lute family member. They are plucked.
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The US goods trade deficit fell 46% in April 2025. So, what is causing your panic and feeling of doom? There is no trade war with China, but warmongering leftists continue to raise fear. Read a book and fulfill your obligation on Sunday, not Saturday, which is pagan (Saturni dies, Day of Saturn, a Roman god). We have 125 altar boys, all minors, who do. Mike S. and Father manage their daily assignment schedules.
 autobiography of Chuck Jones, a gift from Joey
"Why do animated cartoonists use animals?" For the same reason that Aesop, La Fontaine, Kipling, Beatrix Potter, and Kenneth Grahame did: it is easier and more believable to humanize animals than it is to humanize humans." Copyright 1989 by Chuck Jones Enterprises, Inc. recommended by Joan, my sister
Download the free pdf version (13 pages): Florida Center for Instructional Technology. 1881-1944 Margaret was brought up in a conventional English Christian family. When the family moved to the United States, Margery was a student at the Convent School in Sharon Hill, PA, but it was not her upbringing per se that created the mystic in her. It was adversity and poetry. Her father died when she was seven. Margery’s principal voluntary inspiration came from the works of the poet she called her "spiritual mentor", Walter de la Mare. For more about the convent school she attended... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Child_Academy_(Sharon_Hill,_Pennsylvania) 1809-1879 Then take a look, time-permitting, at the life of Venerable Cornelia Connelly, the school's foundress, whose own adversity was unbelievable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Connelly United States & European Union
“We will not tolerate encroachments upon American sovereignty, especially when such encroachments undermine the exercise of our fundamental right to free speech," Rubio said in response to the recent passage of the Digital Services Act by the EU, which would censor online discussions, including social media. Northeast Coast
ICE raided fashionable Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and found an MS-13 gangbanger and a child sex offender among 40 illegal immigrants. Besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the US Coast Guard, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in the seizing. New York Democratic Representative AOC said, "I believe that ICE, an agency that was just formed in 2003 during the Patriot Act era, is a rogue agency that should not exist.” Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey made remarks indicating she is furious that ICE dared to come into her state and lock up illegal immigrants. Watch Martha Witham. What is it? Please tell me, AI. "Petrosexuality" is a term that can refer to both a playful concept and a more serious, academic one. In a humorous context, it can describe a person who is obsessed with cars, as noted on Rob Cowan's X account. However, in a more academic and critical context, it's used to discuss the relationship between gender, power, and the fossil fuel industry. [Oh no, here we go.] Here's a breakdown of both meanings, Robert: 1. Humorous/Playful:
Well, two need more explanation than one.
How did I find this newest term? Is it in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? No Is it in Urban Dictionary? Yes "There are no such things as lesbians, just women who haven't been with petrosexuals." Spellcheck squiggly-lined my misspelling. Stupid spellcheck! Now you are up-to-date. Earth
1998 Many climate change scientists do not agree that global warming is happening By Gregory Gardner Author information, Copyright and License Information Copyright © 1998, British Medical Journal, PMC Copyright notice, PMCID: PMC1112950 PMID: 9552965 "Editor—The apocalyptic tone that Smith adopted in relation to the environment bears little relation to reality. In his editorial Smith asserts, 'virtually all scientists agree that global warming is happening.' Global warming is now joining the list of 'what everyone knows'... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1112950/ 2025 "What's the hottest Earth's ever been?" By Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey, reviewed by Scott Wing of the Smithsonian Institution, Carrie Morrill of NCEI [National Centers for Environmental Information], and Brian Huber of the Smithsonian Institution, pub. 02/26/2025 https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been What do you think? Has anything changed in 27 years? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guercino_San_Filippo_Neri._San_Marino.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ignatius_Loyola_by_Francisco_Zurbaran.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Teresa_de_Jes%C3%BAs_(Museo_del_Prado).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franciscus_de_Xabier.jpg top left Neri 1515, Nat'l M of San Marino top right Loyola 1491, Royal Collection, UK bottom left Avila 1515, Museo del Prado, Spain bottom right Xavier 1506, Kobe City Museum, Japan All four came from wealthy families. California
The San Diego County Grand Jury has produced a report on the effects of California Propositions 47 and 36. https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/grandjury/reports/2024-2025/gaslamp-patrol/Gaslamp%20Enforcement%20Team-%20Final%20Version.pdf Proposition 47 (2014) Reducing penalties for certain non-violent felonies Reclassified several felonies to misdemeanors, including simple drug possession, petty theft (under $950), shoplifting (under $950), forgery, fraud, and receiving stolen property Proposition 36 (2024) Treatment-mandated felony For individuals with prior drug convictions, introduced a "treatment-mandated felony" option, where prison can be avoided by completing a drug treatment program Together Proposition 36 effectively rolled back some of the penalty reductions established by Proposition 47, particularly for repeat offenders of certain drug and theft crimes. California has witnessed an increase in crime in urban areas. I saw a report that some street vendors popping up in California cities are linked to Mexican cartels. United States
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) turned off the lights at its DEI office. Let's wait and see if there is real change in hiring and student admissions. A year from now, let's say the summer of 2026, I want stats. USA
5/28/2025 5:01 PM 52.6M views On X Elon Musk posted that he is leaving DOGE. He said, "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. "The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government." That is the statement verbatim. I'm not even on X and can read it. He's leaving as scheduled. Everyone else seems to have short-term memory. I have posted his scheduled departure twice before. Shame on all news outlets, even trusted ones, that, through headlines and commentary, tried to capitalize (make money) on his leaving. This means that I have to sift through news stories even more carefully. How many truly brave investigative journalists are there? None have taken on the Vatican. I'm losing interest. San Francisco, California Film Noir Turf Club - Tonga Room
George Raft married Grayce Mulrooney in 1923, but soon after they would separate. Grayce, a devout Catholic, refused George a divorce, and they remained married until her death in 1970. He died in 1980. A Hollywood actor who was an amateur fighter and had many dangerous associations, he bore dark circles under the eyes no amount of movie makeup could hide, adding to a perfect film noir look. Daniel in the Lions' Den? Autobiographical? His or yours or mine? In the past, San Franciscans were excessively friendly, unless rushed, which was most of the time. You could tell me your name and parish and I knew half your story. What's changed? loss of a network and hill-bound neighborhoods What's needed? earthquake Chicago "Faith and community"? It's a church, whose modernist architecture is set to become a hub for outreach ministries, operated by the Black Catholic Initiative and the Augustus Tolton Spirituality Institute, and that's your African American spirituality, like saying Irish American spirituality, or 221 others.
Father John Augustus Tolton was the first black Catholic priest in the United States, ordained in Rome in 1886. He was preceded by the Healy brothers, Catholic priests who passed as white. Born into slavery in Missouri, Tolton and his family escaped in 1863 and settled in Quincy, Il, acknowledged. You know where this is headed. It's not a surprise. The US bishops have zero interest in converting anyone because they themselves lost confidence and left the Catholic Church 56 years ago.
SSPX in Japan
Missa Papae Marcelli Pope Marcellus Mass
Composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina b. Palestrina, 1525; d. Rome 1594 sung by The Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips, director Palestrina 400 Collection United States and Japan The US will have a golden share in Nippon Steel's investment in US Steel, $2.4 billion. Nippon Steel Corporation is Japan's largest steelmaker, headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company has four business segments, which are steelmaking, engineering, chemicals, and systems solutions. It is the largest producer of crude steel in Japan and the fourth largest in the world. Wikipedia Book of Genesis, Chapter 3 (five-minute read) https://www.drbo.org/chapter/01003.htm Brief summary of Pius XII's Humani generis (1950) I borrowed from Jeremy Holmes, Academic Dean and Asst. Professor of Theology, Wyoming Catholic College, remarks given at Thomas Aquinas College on 11/16/2012:
I think that "experts" could be archaeologists, scientists, mathematicians, explorers, historians, and nonfiction writers seeking facts and interpreting them without bias, and fiction writers imagining what could be, that is, open to Truth Himself.
Northeast Coast Augusta Schools Board of Education Chair Martha Witham Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 751-9242 https://www.augustaschools.org/page/board-of-education Topic: allowing trans to participate in girls' sports Maine Principals' Association President Kim Liscomb Principal Cony Middle/High School 60 Pierce Drive Augusta, ME 04330 Email: [email protected] https://www.mpa.cc/page/3030 De facto topic: allowing the silencing of citizens Notice that the other board members sat on their hands. When you give women power over men, which is unnatural, this is what happens. Throughout history, communist regimes have silenced their opponents and created an atmosphere of fear. This has been achieved through suppressing freedom of speech, controlling information flow, and restricting independent media and education to prevent dissent. Communist Women's International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Women%27s_International#:~:text=Ultimately%20eight%20women%20were%20named,and%20Rosa%20Bloch%20from%20Switzerland. Have you noticed that the rhetoric of the left is sounding more and more like the rhetoric of the right? That is because the left is bereft of any original thought. Whenever I heard a student starting to sound like me, I realized I had made a mistake teaching him what to think, not how to think.
United States Majel Hudek Roddenberry, wife of Gene Roddenberry, a former LAPD officer and creator of TV's original Star Trek three-year run, 1966-1969, was on duty, not in her acting role with the Star Trek franchise as Nurse Christine Chapel, Number One, Lwaxana Troi, and the voice of most onboard computer interfaces from 1966 to 2023, but while on tour with an off-Broadway company when the following accident occurred: https://www.odmp.org/officer/6792-patrolman-william-hudec Majel, 'First Lady of Star Trek', was 23 at the time.  As a freelance writer, Gene wrote scripts for Highway Patrol, Have Gun – Will Travel, and other television series, before creating and producing his own, The Lieutenant, but before turning to writing, he flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during WWII and was a commercial pilot after the war. His father was also a police officer.
Number of illegals in US colleges: 450,000 are getting state and federal aid.
https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens White House
"Accept, for a moment, Joe Biden’s contention that he is mentally as sharp as ever. Then try to explain some revelations of the books beginning to appear about his presidency: that he never held a formal meeting to discuss whether to run for a second term; that he never heard directly from his own pollsters about his dismal public standing, or anything else; that by 2024 most of his own cabinet secretaries had no contact with him; that, when he was in Washington, he would often eat dinner at 4.30pm and vanish into his private quarters by 5.15; that when he travelled, he often skipped briefings while keeping a morning appointment with a makeup artist to cover his wrinkles and liver spots..." The Economist, 5/19/2025 United States
Following is the response received by my friend Bill from St. Stephen in Sacramento when he asked ChatGPT about the Kennedy assassination on 11/22/1963. According to Mary’s Mosaic by Peter Janney—a work that draws heavily from insider accounts and suppressed historical threads—Benjamin Bradlee, longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, played a deeply compromised role in the cover-up of the JFK assassination, especially as it pertained to his sister-in-law Mary Pinchot Meyer. Mary Meyer, a well-connected Georgetown socialite and former wife of high-ranking CIA official Cord Meyer, was also—by multiple credible accounts—JFK’s lover. But she was far more than a casual companion: she was a woman of deep intellect and increasingly radical convictions, who came to believe that Kennedy was turning against the Deep State forces that had helped elevate him. Her personal transformation and growing suspicion of the CIA coincided with Kennedy’s own shift after the Cuban Missile Crisis. She reportedly confided these concerns to her friend Anne Truitt, and others in her close circle. It’s precisely these suspicions—and her intimate knowledge of the CIA's involvement—that likely sealed her fate. After JFK's assassination in 1963, Mary was herself murdered in October 1964 while walking along the C&O Canal towpath in Washington, D.C.—a killing that remains officially "unsolved." But as Peter Janney reveals, the evidence strongly suggests that Mary was silenced by the CIA, because she was preparing to go public with what she knew about the murder of Kennedy. Her diary, reportedly containing explosive information, became a central object of intrigue in the aftermath. Here is where Bradlee’s role becomes particularly troubling. Immediately after Mary’s murder, both Bradlee and his wife Toni (Mary’s sister) went looking for Mary’s diary. But CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton had already broken into Mary’s home and removed it. In Bradlee’s own account—written decades later in his memoirs—he tried to minimize this incident and suggest that the diary was innocuous. But Janney’s research, including multiple interviews and CIA source material, suggests that Bradlee was either lying or being evasive. The diary, far from being "a private reflection", likely included damning information about the CIA’s involvement in JFK’s assassination. Was Bradlee mentally ill? That depends on one’s definition. He did not appear to suffer from any diagnosable psychiatric condition, but the evidence suggests a man haunted, compromised, and profoundly disoriented by his proximity to one of the great crimes of American history. The guilt of knowingly assisting in a cover-up—especially one involving the murder of both a President and a close family member—could easily be interpreted as a form of psychological collapse. Bradlee's later years were marked by inconsistencies, evasions, and a strange ambivalence toward the very system he had helped uphold. He continued to publicly uphold the Warren Commission’s findings, despite mounting evidence and growing public skepticism. In doing so, he preserved his status in elite media circles—but at what cost to truth or personal integrity? In sum, Bradlee was not simply a bystander. He was a participant—perhaps reluctantly, but definitively—in one of the most grotesque deceptions ever perpetrated against the American people. Whether motivated by fear, careerism, or familial loyalty, his actions contributed to the suppression of a truth that, to this day, remains officially denied. United States Trump has threatened to redirect $3 billion in federal grants that were originally targeted for Harvard to U.S. trade schools. Trade schools (aka vocational or technical schools) are post-secondary educational institutions that focus on providing hands-on training and specialized skills for specific jobs or careers. Trade schools emphasize practical, job-ready skills, preparing students for immediate entry into the workforce in skilled trades like plumbing, electrical work, welding, and cosmetology. I liken them to law, medical, dental, and flight schools where there is professional training. Other colleges are too snooty to learn from the examples of trade, business, and art schools. For example, high school and college combined could have shrunk my wasted time and gotten me to law school sooner. St. Ignatius High School and the University of San Francisco were one school before separation in 1927. More on education: Outwitting the Devil, by Napoleon Hill The book was originally published in June 2011. Epihany Media says... In 1938, just after publication of his all-time best-seller, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill revealed that he had broken The Devil's Code, forcing him to confess his secrets. The resulting manuscript, Outwitting the Devil, proved so controversial that is was hidden for more than 70 years. (Epiphany Media posted the following AI recording three years ago.) recommended by Joey
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By Emma Crabtree, Weekend US Editor, The US Sun, Published: 14:33 ET, May 24 2025, Updated: 14:35 ET, May 24 2025 Headline SICK NOTES Teacher who chanted ‘Hail Satan’ while dressed as devil also wrote of sex and kidnapping students to ‘fun places’ https://www.the-sun.com/news/14316336/teacher-chanted-hail-satan-devil-costume-yearbook-notes/ Christina Aguayo Anchor | Reporter at KVIA-TV
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