Interesting. How do we "avoid universal imposition of specific, relative moral codes"? Seems to me laws impose moral codes all the time: don't kill, perjure,...
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/11546-this-is-what-tyranny-looks-like By Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News 21 May 12 emember when police beat...
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Jim Bechtel
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May 22, 2012 6:14 pm
(Partially underlined for skimmers.) What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? NYRB June 7, 2012 Jared Diamond review of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power,...
This came from an old friend of Jim Bechtel, Jim Goeken, and me who lives in NYC. Too funny, I just had to share. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQETCmzCOFE ...
This could have ended in tragedy. The controller, once he could see that the pilot wasn't hep to English, should have tried to phrase his comments in slightly...
I just heard the news that a vial of President Reagan's blood is up for auction. That makes sense! Many people regard Reagan as a saint, and saints' relics...
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Sam Collins
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May 22, 2012 11:11 pm
I'm curious (morbidly) about the outcome: will a phial of Reagan's saintly blood sell for as much as Madonna's used drawers? Seriously though. Don't tell me....
Concerning the alleged unprovoked attack on the front line of protestors, the first video does not show the start of that, though it does show the mass of...
Short videos are available at the website. Ds. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/untamed-americas/?source=redir_sub_untamedamericas Untamed...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
May 23, 2012 12:35 pm
in pop culture,...in the comics this morning, that is. Doonesbury doesn't use the word this time, but is still hitting on Romney's attack on the gay kid. But...
... would be tougher enforcement of already existing laws Perhaps, but it would mean redefining how these laws are interpreted, something the courts will be...
Published on *Commonweal magazine* (http://commonwealmagazine.org) Catholic Kosher Is the Ban on Contraception Just an Identity Marker? Created *05/21/2012 -...
I found the following to be rather insightful: http://commonwealmagazine.org/simplifying-sex -- Charles (Chuck) F. Austerberry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of...
Some other basics the Church prefers to ignore: Most likely, the lactation and rhythm methods both reduce implantation rates and kill blastocysts.   ...
As a preacher at an outdoor wedding in Kansas drones on and one about God, a sign of ... what? disapproval? the indifference of the Universe? ... appears in...
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Chris Peters
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May 24, 2012 2:27 pm
Geothermal power generation with a negative CO2 footprint: http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2012/UR_CONTENT_389860.html...
You're all familiar with the sad history of credit default swaps, but you're probably not familiar with interest rate swaps: http://lclane2.net/swap.html...
From NYTimes May 25, 2012 Pope's Butler Arrested in Leaks Investigation By REUTERS VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's butler was arrested on Friday in...
Amidst all of the official shock and disappointment, no one in the Vatican bothers to declare that any of the information leaked was false. Wonder why? ...
Is it against ITALIAN law to leak VATICAN documents?...
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Sam Collins
sgc503@...
12:17 am
Given the record of unfortunate behaviors the Vatican has behind it, over the past thousand years or so, that has had no effect aside from temporary...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html From a Facebook post...
... Yes. According to the treaty set up between the Holy See and the Italian Government, Italy provides court and police services for violations of civil and...
Nope, doesn't apply in my family. There are no girls. As for the women, they are all far better educated than me: my mother a psychologist, my ex-wife computer...
The word "scandal" has a fairly restricted official meaning to the Church. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2284, "Scandal is an...
