The chart below captures much of what has gone wrong in this country since 1970. Households in 1970 looked entirely different than households today. In 1970, almost 71% of all households consisted of married couples.  MORE

A man with terminal cancer was desperate to get married – but didn’t want to leave a heartbroken widow.

His solution? Get married to a SEX DOLL.

Now his surprisingly tasteful wedding pictures have become a viral sensation in his native China.

The Beijing man reportedly wanted to experience a fancy wedding shoot before he died, so he brought the life-like inflatable doll and got the full works – including a make up artist and a beautiful wedding dress. MORE

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