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The Catholic fault

Normally this is a blog for silly, lighthearted stuff. Normally I avoid getting political. These, however, are not normal times, so here goes. It has always frustrated me to no end how conservative political ideology hijacked Christianity to the point where the two have become synonymous; that a Catholic or Christian would vote for a candidate simply on the grounds that he or she is Republican is maddening, a disservice to the democratic process, an indictment of the already absurd two-party system, and, most importantly, a betrayal of the careful considerations our faith demands. This political season, my family sat through several Catholic homilies that, “without getting political,” less than subtly encouraged a particular presidential vote based on one issue—abortion. (Some homilies we didn't sit through, and would never sit through, lacked  all subtlety .) A tremendously serious issue without doubt; however, an issue with layers upon layers of complexities, including b

Facebook meme of the week

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SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE MINION YOU MAKE MIS-    TAKES? NAH FAM DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF YOU'RE JUST A MINION YOU TELL IT LIKE IT IS WHO ELSE IS FEELIN' THIS DOPE MEME WANDA IS FEELIN' IN GAIL IS DEF FEELIN' IT WHO DIS PERSON ON OTHER LINE : MEME SURVEY HOTLINE WUT MEME SURVEY HOTLINE : WE SEE FROM YOUR PROFILE THAT YOU JUST VIEWED A DOPE MINION MEME - CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE USING ONLY ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS STRAIGHT MEME SURVEY HOTLINE : THANK YOU. NOW WOULD YOU VENTURE TO SAY DAMN STRAIGHT OR JUST STRAIGHT STRAIGHT. HEAR MUCH, DAMN MEME SURVEY HOTLINE : GOT IT, WOW YOU REALLY TELL IT LIKE IT IS GAIL. LAW. OUT. (hangs up) WHO ELSE IS FEELIN' IT SONNY GOODE CAN RELATE, BEST BELEEEE-DAT SONNY GOODE: PROUD AMERICAN BUT ALSO KINDA TIRED PREACH YVONNE THE ONLY PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS MINION MEME IS TO REAFFIRM IT BY ALMOST QUOTING O-TOWN &

MSN quick links of the week

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MY HOUSEPLANT LOOKS LIKE A PLANT IN THE HOUSE BUT IN THE WILD IT LOOKS LIKE A PLANT THIS QUESTION MAKES A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS BUT YES THERE IS ALSO MOLD ON MY CHILD SOPHIE SHOULD I BE WORRIED I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS CRAZY CHEF WHO IS ALWAYS FEUDING WAS INVOLVED IN A CRAZY CHEF FEUD HI IT’S MIKE CAN YOU TELL ME 50 WAYS TO GIVE MY FINANCES A FRESH START CPA : UH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN YOU KNOW … FRESH CPA : I JUST FINE CAN YOU GIVE ME LIKE 25 WAYS CPA : I REALLY DON’T KNOW WH- UGH ARE YOU EVEN A PROFESSIONAL JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY I HAVE DISSECTED THIS HEADLINE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE GRUELING DAYS AND IT MAKES LESS SENSE THAN WHEN I STARTED THINK OF MY FINANCES AS OATMEAL CPA : OH OK SO YOU WANT ME TO PREPARE YOUR FINANCES IN A CRAZY FRESH WAY AS IF I WERE DISCOVERING NEW WAYS TO MAKE OATMEAL YES CPA : DOES IT HAVE TO BE CRAZY F

Spam email of the week

From:  < arias@infomed.sld.cu > Date: December 23, 2016 at 3:56:38 PM EST To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: From Paul Everything seems on the up and up so far. From. Paul Ndopu Tel:  +27834763647 , PLEASE GET BACK TO ME BELOW MY PRIVATE Email=  paulndopu4@gmail.com OK. Can I read this first? Let me read this first. Dear Friend We are here with our mother In anxious times such as these, I don’t require context or a backstory. Just get to the point – are you all there and, if so, is your mother there as well? This is the foundation on which I will base my decision to proceed or nah. Btw, when this email is made into a movie, I want Morgan Freeman to dramatically narrate this opening line on some “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” type ish. meanwhile we got your name in our search for a foreign partner who will help us as we and our mother status as refugee cannot allow us to transfer our money. I think I speak for all of