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Ave Maria this, padre.

Submitted by mir on December 28, 2007 - 9:20pm
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Today, I have a sore stomach for no reason at all so if the last three days of jet-lag have been boring then this one totally takes the cake. I am actually sad that I do not own any exciting multimedia type video games whatchamacallits, and that I don't have a dvd or even a speak and spell.

Lucky I do have solitaire on my phone, and Deadline on the Facebook.

Speaking of which, here is a great story clipped verbatim:

Priests come to blows inside Church of the Nativity

Concientious Objector Video

Submitted by mir on November 14, 2007 - 10:33am
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Joshua Casteel served 8 years in the US army, 7 months as an interrogator in Abu Grabe beforing requesting conscientious objector status. In this video he talks about the interrogation that led to this decision.

Speaking of war, money, artistry, and thinking

Submitted by mir on November 12, 2007 - 8:15pm
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This is an amazing, and frightening visual representation of the 315 billion dollars spent to date by the American Government on war in Iraq.

Helps to understand the pragmatic necessity of diplomacy. As opposed to that flimsy humanitarian argument

Menzies speech provokes long rambling post

Submitted by mir on November 12, 2007 - 4:05pm
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OR

Do we start more wars because we don't think before we email?

This week Heather Menzies author of the book "No Time" was awarded an honorary doctorate at Concordia University. The choice of award-recipients makes me proud to be a Concordia Student (in ways that the recently redesigned CON U Website emphatically does not btw).