“I am not judging you,” the man said. “I’m telling you what you did is deviant behavior.” – “You’re calling me deviant, that’s not judging me?” Weiner said. -“Stay out of the public, go home and get a job,” the man said. LINK

In a letter sent on Sept 4 to Mr Putin in his role of host of the G20 conference, and published on Thursday, Francis wrote: “It is regrettable that, from the very beginning of the conflict in Syria, one-sided interests have prevailed and in fact hindered the search for a solution that would have avoided the senseless massacre now unfolding.” LINK

The Republican-leaning rural county of Siskiyou, California has taken the first step toward seceding from the State. County supervisors in Siskiyou, which lies in extreme Northern California along the Oregon border, voted 4-1Tuesday to secede, citing a strong dissatisfaction with the near absence of home rule.LINK

The North American auto industry’s most difficult crisis has disappeared from the rear-view mirror, as Americans buy new vehicles at a pace not seen since before the Great Recession.LINK

At the moment of my birth — a moment that occurred only last week — I was the most valuable child in the history of California. That’s not merely the opinion of my proud father, the usual author of this column. And that’s not the idle boast of a 7-day-old infant. My value is a hard demographic and economic fact for California — and a huge burden for me. LINK

I suspected something was wrong with the British parliament as they flip flop on issues on a regular basis. Joseph

Members of Parliament, peers and their staff accessed pornographic websites 300,000 times over the past year, official records reveal. The total – which represents more than 820 sites a day – was released by Palace of Westminster IT bosses yesterday in response to a freedom of  information request.LINK

Widespread opinion has it that the white cassock the pope wears every day was introduced by Pope Pius V (1566-1572) recalling his life in the Dominican Order prior to his election to the Chair of Peter. LINK

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MCNBC talking head, former cop and indefatigable cheerleader for Obama and the Democrat side of the one party political system, Chris Matthews, has declared Syrian babies and grandmothers must die to salvage Obama’s dismal political future. He didn’t say it like that, of course, but he might as well have.LINK

Anyone who lives near or has family near the Fault Line of the Pacific Ring of Fire Zone including the West Coast Area of the United States needs to be paying attention to the Strong Seismic Activity occurring over the last 48 hours. Just in the past 2 hours there has been 3 Major Quakes have struck LINK

Following last week’s refusal to allow the US to use the nation as a launchpad for Syria strikes, Jordan has placed its air-force, one of the Arab world’s strongest, on high alert in anticipation of “various possibilities.” The show of strength captured in LINK

As of now, Christmas is banned in Berlin’s Kreuzberg – at least as far as celebration in public places is concerned. Christmas is only allowed in the home, so that the religious feelings of others are not injured. No April Fool: the district office of Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is doing away with Christmas.LINK

The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA had interjected themselves, and appropriately so, into the area of school safety. This article explores the premise behind the cooperation between DHS, FEMA and your child’s public school. Most of the policies and procedures make a great deal of sense LINK

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