Toxin levels to be tested weekly

The California crabbing season will be delayed until state health officials determine domoic acid levels in local shellfish are low enough they can be eaten without health risk, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced by press release late Friday.

The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to postpone the start of recreational crabbing. This was followed by CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham taking emergency rulemaking action on Friday to put off commercial harvesting.  MORE

Are you happy? Very happy? If you’re in your 30s or older, a new study has found that you’re less likely to answer “yes” than your parents were.

The findings, being published online Thursday in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, come on the heels of another recent report that found that death rates of middle-aged white Americans have been rising, largely due to suicide and substance abuse. MORE

Hawaiian mosquitoes have been busy it seems. Local health authorities just confirmed 10 new cases of dengue fever, an excruciating disease nicknamed “breakbone fever.” That brings the total to 23 so far this year. MORE

Pope Francis stumbled and fell as he walked up steps in St Peter’s Squareon Saturday.

The pontiff struck a prayer-like pose as he tumbled up the steps, stopping his fall with his hands before being helped by two security personnel walking beside him.

He then continues his ascent, apparently unfazed by the slip-up. MORE

THE FOUR CROWNED ONES, MARTYRS
Vol 8 Issue 45 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
November 7, 2015 ~ Our Lady on Saturday

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (41)
2. Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
3. Four Crowned Martyrs
4. Christ in the Home (16)
5. Articles and notices

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A documentary produced by a member of the Walt Disney dynasty asks American Christian gun owners to surrender their firearms in exchange for “Armor of Light.”  MORE

A prominent Russian millionaire with high-level ties to the Kremlin has been found dead inside a Washington hotel, a Russian official and a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

Mikhail Lesin, the former head of media affairs for the Russian government who’s been accused of curtailing the country’s press freedoms, had been staying at Hotel Dupont when he was found Thursday, according to officials. MORE

This is a victory for the Mexican people.
I wrote to the newly elected “Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico,” and even though I don’t have a copy of it, I do have a copy of their reply, dated 10-4-2013.

The suggestion’s I recall was to legalize marijuana in order to get rid of the drug cartels. Then legalize and develop a Las Vegas type gaming city with the opportunity for those drug cartel’s without murder crimes, an opportunity to manage a casino which would take them out of their crime world. Continue reading →

Wow talk about a scene from Superman.

Armed with unguarded ambition and the vision to push boundaries beyond the unthinkable, Jetman Dubai and Emirates A380 take to the skies of Dubai for an exceptional formation flight.

Before the skies opened up over Sydney on Friday afternoon, thunder and ominous black clouds gave a solid warning of the looming storm, with unbelievable images capturing the impending weather front. MORE

Another old time Traditional Catholic warrior passes away. Not to many of us original post Vatican II fighters left. The remaining few who can survive the next few years will cheat death by being transformed on Judgment day.  In Christ, Joseph

(NaturalNews) Some might call it a “miracle,” but alternative and holistic medicine healers aren’t really surprised to learn that a 12-year old Amish girl is now cancer-free — after her doctors testified in court just six months ago that she would be dead by now if her family were permitted to refuse her chemotherapy. MORE

In what is being described as a “catastrophic” accident, at least 17 people have reportedly been killed, with at least 45 still missing as a dam collapsed in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, leveling the town with a resident count of 620. The total number of dead and injured will not be known until rescues and evacuations are completed by officials. MORE