A judge orders @OCSheriff Don Barnes to release half of county jail inmates due to COVID concerns. Sheriff Barnes says many are too dangerous to be on the loose and asks judge to ID each prisoner by name "pursuant to his authority, not mine." @CBSmichelegile reports for @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/IAELHWWUlD
— Jeff Vaughn (@JeffVaughn) December 16, 2020
MacKenzie Scott, donated over $4.2 billion
In days gone by, the rich were mainly Republican and the Democrats were poor. NOT ANYMORE.
Scott is among those billionaires whose fortunes have soared since the pandemic first crippled the U.S. in March. Her wealth is now valued at more than $60 billion, representing a boost of almost $24 billion since the start of the year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. MORE
Where they found one of the statues from the Vatican’s Nativity set
Bad Omen: Blood of St. Januarius Fails to Liquefy in Naples
Usually the dried blood, which is kept in a flask-like reliquary in the cathedral of the diocese of Napoli (Naples), whose patron saint he is, turns liquid three times a year on very specific days: on the Saturday before the first Sunday in May; on September 19, which is the feast of St. Januarius; and on December 16. On rare occasions, however, the blood will fail to liquefy, as happened today. Historically, such failure has been the harbinger of impending calamity. VIDEO
Bring Down Barriers to Interstate Telemedicine
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a natural experiment for telemedicine as patients have chosen the service over in‐person appointments. MORE
Biggest snowstorm in years still on track to bury parts of the Northeast
The forecast is still on track for a significant winter storm to hit the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and New England on Wednesday and Thursday. VIDEO
2020’s Only Total Solar Eclipse Plunges South America Into Darkness
South Americans had a rare chance to watch a total solar eclipse, the first and only one in 2020. The next time the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun is expected at the end of next year. VIDEO
Catholic Tradition Newsletter B50: Holy Eucharist, Third Sunday in Advent, Saint Lucy
Vol 13 Issue 50 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
December 12, 2020 ~ Our Lady of Guadalupe, opn!
1. What is the Holy Eucharist
2. Gaudete Sunday
3. Saint Lucy
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
Newly Elected Los Angeles DA Says He Will No Longer Prosecute Trespassing, Drug Possession, Drinking in Public, Resisting Arrest – Among Other Crimes
California has become the new Gotham City, where the Joker, Penguin and Lex Luther control the State. Sorry, no Batman. He’s just a Hollywood actor. That part was never real.
Newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced radical policy changes that he claimed are backed up by “science.” MORE
Merry Christmas from the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Brings Powerful Prayer At Jericho March! “The Walls Will Come Down!”
Should 2021 then 2022?
As it currently stands, don’t think the AntiChrist inter-faith gathering can happen in 2020 in Jerusalem. Also if it happens after Pentecost Sunday 2021, the Lord still would not be back till Pentecost 2022.
Federal deficit up 25.1% so far
The U.S. government’s deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago as spending to deal with the COVID pandemic soared while tax revenues fell. MORE
California prisoner unemployment fraud estimated at $400 Million
California sent about $400 million in fraudulent unemployment benefit payments to state prisoners, a state official said Tuesday, nearly triple the amount disclosed last week and a number that could grow as a criminal investigation continues. VIDEO
Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ Dec. 12
MORNING OFFERING TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Heart of my Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, I unite to thy purity, thy sanctity, thy zeal and thy love, all my thoughts, words, acts, and sufferings this day, that there may be nothing in me that does not become through thee, a pleasure to Jesus, a gain to souls, and an act of reparation for the offenses against thy Heart.