November 2015 – KANSAS – Flooding and wintry precipitation have led to at least seven deaths in Texas and Kansas as a storm system moves across the central Plains, authorities said Saturday. Four people died in single-vehicle accidents in Kansas, according to Lt. Adam Winters with the state’s Highway Patrol. He said all of the accidents could be attributed to black ice or hazardous road conditions. Flooding claimed at least three lives in the Dallas. MORE

Due to the frightening developments of the last few days Alex sounds his third Emergency Alert as the world marches dangerously close to the eruption of WWIII. From the elite scrambling away to armored redoubts, to the sabre rattling of Ergodan the unhinged Turkish P.M. we are hurtling towards the precipice of full scale war.

President Obama faces two major battles as delegates meet in Paris this week to tackle climate change — one with developing nations, and the other with Republicans in Congress. SCROLL DOWN FOR PUTIN PICTURE Continue reading →

Turkey has begun a defacto blockade of Russian naval vessels,  preventing transit through the Dardanelles and the Strait of Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Mediterranean.

According to the AIS tracking system for the movement of maritime vessels, only Turkish vessels are moving along the Bosphorus, and in the Dardanelles there is no movement of any shipping at all. MORE

Humans are becoming worse then animals.

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Waffle House waitress who was shot and killed after asking a customer not to smoke was a 52-year-old who spent some of her final moments asking patrons how they enjoyed their Thanksgiving, authorities and witnesses said.

Almost 150 heads of state, including David Cameron, Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are heading to Paris for the start of the most important environmental meeting for decades.

Ahead of the summit, more than 175 countries have tabled pledges (known as intended nationally determined contributions, or INDCs) to cut their carbon emissions which, if enacted, would be enough to limit global warming to 2.7C. But the United Nations has pledged to limit climate change to 2C – and would much prefer it to be 1.5C. MORE

State troopers suing North Carolina for millions of dollars in back pay say the state’s broken promises have forced them into tough spots: working second jobs, moving in with parents, even going on food stamps.

About 800 troopers — equivalent to half the force — have joined a class-action lawsuit arguing that the state promised a schedule of regular pay increases when they were hired, but reneged because of budget problems. Many took pay cuts when they were recruited from other agencies, expecting to catch up quickly because of raises traditionally given about once a year. MORE

Mark Peterson continues his guided tour of all the work the Extreme Team has done in the last two days to refurbish the kitchen at Mt. St. Michael.

A blessing bestowed on a group of Roman Catholics who are dedicated to the traditional Catholic Faith, many individuals of whom I have known since the early seventies as Catholics were confused as their Churches were turned into Protestant halls of celebration or pagan hootenanny free-for-alls. Some, sacrificing all, found this refuge in the wilderness where the eagles could gather.

ST SATURNINUS, OR SERNIN, BISHOP OF TOULOUSE, MARTYR
Vol 8 Issue 48 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
November 28, 2015 ~ Our Lady on Saturday

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (44)
2. First Sunday in Advent
3. Saint Saturninus
4. Christ in the Home (19)
5. Articles and notices

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(Paris) The face of the French clergy is changing at a fast pace, and that in two respects. The number of priestly vocations is at the lowest level. Simultaneously, a change from the new to the old rite is taking place.

Decline in Diocesan Priestly Vocations by 84 Percent

San Salvador (AFP) – A “well-loved” senior bishop in El Salvador who is also a prominent Church historian was Friday condemned by government officials and a rights organization after being accused of repeatedly raping a girl in the 1980s.

Bishop Jesus Delgado, 77, was on Thursday suspended from his functions as number three in the country’s archdiocese after the alleged victim, today a 42-year-old woman, came forward with her account. MORE

On the face of it, it looks like any state-run oil industry.

Engineers, managers and traders all help extract, refine and distribute oil, which makes its way across Syria and Iraq, as well as overseas.

But this is no state-run company. This is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) lifeline – a business that provides the armed group with more revenue than any other source. MORE

This video shows the bizarre moment a car appears to levitate in the air as it drives over a set of crossroads. MORE