Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Feast of Martial, Bishop of Limoges, 3rd century
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Feast of Theobald of Provins
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Feast of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
More wood bison rumble into Alaska
Neat. We saw lots of these in Canada.
QUARANTINE: The 53 Canadian critters won’t roam free for 2 years.
The Associated Press
(06/30/08 00:19:37)
FAIRBANKS — The state Department of Fish and Game has trucked 53 wood bison into Alaska from a national park in Canada as part of a bid to revive the species for hunting purposes […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Army: Iraq Occupation Was Understaffed
This does not address a glaring problem - the abdication or responsibility by President Bush. Assuming he is telling the truth - and I would hate to accuse my Commander-in-Chief of lying, even in disagreement - he has repeatedly said the decisions would be made by the Generals. Constitutionally, such decisions are his […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
On This Day
Saints, feasts and other days
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (RC)
In History
1909 - Catholic Pontifical Biblical Commission issues decree interpreting first 11 chapters of Genesis as history, not myth
1974 - Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr., and church deacon were killed by gunman in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
What famous American woman, at age 74, had a $25,000 bounty put on her head by the Ku Klux Klan?
Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1958, when she planned to speak at a Tennessee workshop on civil rights protests. Despite a warning from the FBI, she attended the session—driving there with another elderly woman and a loaded pistol.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
One of my Airplanes!
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Feast of Peter and Paul
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Odds increase for ice-free North Pole this summer
PREDICTION: One researcher gives it a nearly 50 percent chance.
By SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
(06/28/08 01:49:19)
WASHINGTON — There’s a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says.
The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how […]