July 29, 2017 saintlist

     Saints Bridget of Sweden, John Boste, James the Greater, Joachim & Anne, Pantaleon, Innocent I, and Martha, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. XCV: McCain the Trumpinator

     Tonite we feature, in honor of Senator John "Trumping Trump on Health Care" McCain, this astounding and funky video, "McCain does the robot dance":

     Funk it up!

July 22, 2017 saintlist

     Saints Carmen, Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne, Frederick, Arsenius the Great, Margaret of Antioch, Lawrence of Brindisi, and Mary Magdalene, please pray for us.

July 15, 2017 saintlist

     Saints Veronica Giuliani, Benedict of Nursia, John Gaulbert (Abbot), Henry, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Bonaventure, and Blessed Emanuel Ruiz, please pray for us.

July 8, 2017 saintlist

     Saints Bernardino Realino, Thomas, Elizabeth of Portugal, Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Maria Goretti, and Grimbald, and Blessed Ralph Milner, please pray for us.

9 Justices, "Twin Peaks" Part 8, & 1 Muslim-Ban Opinion

     While it may be coincidence that the Supreme Court's opinion in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project came out the morning after the broadcast of the bizarre Episode 8 of the "Twin Peaks" revival, who knows? Maybe there is more than meets the eye...after all, who knows how the nine Justices really decide their cases?

     The opinion speaks of allowing people with a "bona fide" connection to avoid the excluding action of Trump's "Muslim ban" executive order. So people with a foot in the door, a tie to the homeland, get to enter.

     Oddly enough, this resembles the part of Episode 8 where the evil "BOB", a truly alien and evil creature, is shown getting ready to invade the U.S. after the Alamogordo nuclear explosion summons a demonic gray creature (his mom?), who vomits him out. But the Giant sends Laura Palmer, homecoming queen and true American, to come help us.

     Well, this may not have been the Court's real rationale, but it is some fun for the Fourth to think on it, as we enjoy the freedom of our home sweet home, as the song says. God bless.

(Cross-posted, and expanded, at Casetext)

July 1, 2017 saintlist

     Saints William of Vercelli, Anthelm, Cyril of Alexandria, Irenaeus, Peter, and Junipero Serra, and the First Martyrs of the See of Rome, please pray for us.