In March, a white award-winning broadcast news anchor in Pittsburgh posted on her professional Facebook page what she claimed was a heartfelt call to action on the perceived black-on-black crime epidemic in the United States, particularly in the city she’d covered for almost 20 years. MORE
Monthly Archives: June 2016
St. John the Baptist Nativity June 24
Father Kevin O’ Sullivan commentaries 1957
Third Sunday of Advent
St. John the Baptist, Elias and God’s Kingdom
When John the Baptist appeared at the Jordan river, proclaiming that the kingdom of God was at hand (cf. Mt. 3:1-12; Mk. 1:2-8; Lk. 3:2-18) the Jews flocked to hear him. The expectation of the Promised Redeemer, the Messias, was strong at this time, and here was a Prophet announcing his proximate arrival and calling on the people to repent of their sins in order to be prepared to receive him. Continue reading
VIDEO: Teen Who Tried to Grab Cop’s Gun Wanted to ‘Kill Trump,’
(CNN)The man arrested for trying to disarm a police officer inside a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas Saturday told authorities he intended to use the gun “to kill Trump,” according to a new criminal complaint.
Blackouts Loom With California In Power Grid Emergency: “All Customers Should Expect 14 Days Without Power”
California will have its first test of plans to keep the lights on this summer…
With record-setting heat and air conditioning demand expected in Southern California, the state’s power grid operator issued a so-called “flex alert,” urging consumers to conserve energy to help prevent rotating power outages – which could occur regardless. MORE
Smoke towers over Los Angeles skyline as fresh wildfires erupt in California
Fresh wildfires erupted on Monday near Los Angeles and chased people from their suburban homes as an intense heatwave stretching from the West Coast to New Mexico blistered the region.
Towering columns of smoke rose from the San Gabriel Mountains as two fires a few miles apart devoured brush on steep slopes above foothill suburbs, sending a dark pall into the sky above the Los Angeles skyline.
Police in the city of Azusa and parts of Duarte ordered hundreds of homes evacuated. Others were under voluntary evacuations.MORE
Full Moon for Adam & Full Moon for Worlds End
Gospels commentary for Trinity Sunday
Having the fullness of divine power and authority, Jesus solemnly commissioned the hierarchy of His new Church to convert and baptize men of every nation. Mission work will continue until the end of the world.
Gospel Matt. 28:18-20 Continue reading
World Orthodox Leaders Meet Despite Russia’s Absence
Unless you accept the Mark of the Beast your going to be boycotted.
The leaders of the world’s Orthodox Christian churches have gathered on the Greek island of Crete for a landmark meeting, despite a boycott by the Russian church — the most populous in a religion of some 300 million people — and three other churches. MORE
Full Moon Rises on Summer Solstice for First Time in Decades
Today is the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, and for the first time in decades, you can end it with a view of the full moon.
Technically, the summer solstice isn’t the entire day, but the moment when the Earth’s northern axis of rotation is most tilted toward the sun — this year, that happens at 6:34 p.m. ET on June 20.
And technically, the moon was fullest at 7:02 a.m. ET, putting the two events on the same day. MORE
What really goes on at a school “gay straight alliance” club event
Most people have no idea what goes on in the “gay straight alliance” (GSA) clubs in high schools (and now middle schools!) across America. Parents are told that these are simply “support” groups for youth. But in fact, it’s worse than anyone realizes.
As we’ve often warned people, these clubs bring kids into contact with radical homosexual and transgender activists. They encourage kids to feel comfortable engaging in homosexual and transgender activity. They provide the kids with sexually-oriented literature and paraphernalia, and a heavy dose of destructive LGBT ideology. MORE
Flight returns to IAH because of heat wave in Phoenix
United flight 6186 — operated by Mesa Airlines — departed from Bush Intercontinental Airport at 2:30pm and was minutes away from landing at Sky Harbor Airport when the flight crew notified passengers it would be turning back around because of the weather. MORE
More refugees on the Earth than ever before in human history
By the end of last year 65.3 million people – equal to the population of France – were forced to claim asylum in other countries to escape war and persecution.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said half of these people were children, many separated from their parents.
Europe’s migrant crisis, the worst since the Second World War, is just one part of the plight led by Syrians, Afghans and Palestinians. MORE
VIDEO: Bravo! Music School
Perform – the options are endless – a violin with a guitar, a piano/flute duet, or a piano in a jazz trio. Performance builds an even higher level of self-confidence and musical skills.
Sub-Atomic Particles Are Evidence the Universe Was Created Inbox x
GENEVA – To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world’s biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it “consistent” with the long-sought Higgs boson — popularly known as the “God particle” — that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape.
“We have now found the missing cornerstone of particle physics,” Rolf Heuer, director of the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), told scientists. MORE
VIDEO: Russian jets bomb US-backed Syrian rebels
Russia’s Defense Ministry denied bombing U.S.-backed Syrian opposition forces in a recent military operation near the Jordania border, according to a statement released on Sunday.
Hillary Clinton invokes unlikely allies, the Bushes
Hillary Clinton praised a former president to a crowd of cheering liberal supporters earlier this month as “absolutely committed” and unwavering in his support of one of her causes.
The man she spoke of was not her husband, Bill Clinton, or Barack Obama, whom she hopes to succeed. It was George W. Bush — long one of the left’s most potent villains. MORE