Fortunately no one seems to have been hurt, but the Wall Street Journal reports that an oil tanker with a Singaporean flag was bombed at port Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. An oil tanker docked at the Saudi port city of Jeddah was struck and suffered an explosion Monday, the ship’s owner said, following a string […]
A lot of people are hoping for better things in 2021. However, according to US News reporting by way of Reuters, this may not be the case, as while there are famines taking place right now throughout the world, there may be in a sense a global food shortage leading to mass famines. Next year […]
COVID did not destroy the world economies, but just exposed what was already there, and with each passing day and the more information that comes out, the more difficult things seem to be. According to the European Central Bank and reported on by Zero Hedge, new market research shows that 93% of economies around the […]
With the dust settling over the election 2020 debacle, the Washington Post asks an interesting and critical question- will lawyers for Trump who filed lawsuits on his behalf now find themselves in a legal crosshair over ‘frivolous lawsuit’ accusations? President Trump’s legal team is entering into what might be its most desperate election challenge yet […]
Politics always has been a contentious thing for different peoples throughout history, but sometimes it is more contentious than at other times. The recent fighting between the political ‘left’ and ‘right’ in the US in the last election is a good example of this, and this dislike of other people for political opinions has been […]
The fighting has gone on for over a month as people wondered if Trump would still be president or Biden would take his place. After much consternation, fighting disagreements, and general public anger, the series of lawsuits filed by Trump to ‘recount’ the election have finally run their course as a major lawsuit brought by […]
One of the fun facts about the Catholic Church, and something that speaks to her diversity representing the human race’s cultural expressions in the context of theological orthodoxy, are “rites”. These are different ways of celebrating the mass for different groups of people in certain areas. Most of these are tied to major political or […]
The future is always in motion, but with each industrial revolution, it seems more “here” than in a story, but that the stories of the past become reality. In the case of transportation, one of the trends to watch for will be increasing urbanization combined with newer “technologies” for vehicles, such as electric cars. The […]
For those who have been to many a Catholic parish, the notorious hymn “All Are Welcome” may play. This hymn, while well-meaning in the general sense, causes many problems because in truth, not all people are welcomed into Heaven because of choices. The sinner is welcome to be forgiven if he wants it and to […]
Trump has attracted much attention after he became president, but sometimes that is not a good thing. According to Dnyuz, the Manhattan DA is proverbially speaking, in the process of ‘tightening the screws’ on Trump as his investigation into the President’ finances and business dealings continue. State prosecutors in Manhattan have interviewed several employees of […]
Texas has been going through a lot of changes recently, especially due to the migrant invasion from California- of almost entirely American-born non-Hispanic persons of extreme political persuasions – that as a rat jumping over a shipside having gnawed a hole into the hull and it is now sinking, are scurrying away into Texas. The […]
I just got off from a conversation with an old friend who reached out to me about a situation with a Syrian Moslem refugee family living in the Bronx in their apartment building. I’m going to leave out a lot of details, but hopefully will not detract from the message of it. To give context, […]
Tensions between the Jews, especially the “ultra-orthodox”/Hasidic/Haredi type groups have become very extreme, to the point of resulting in violence being committed against Christians and Muslims in Israel. Recently one of such types attempted to burn down a Catholic Church for no clear motivation other than hatred, the infamous massacre of Muslims or no reason […]
With tensions rising between NATO and Russia, it is a rare thing to see something potentially positive between them, at least in a superficial sense. However, as ThomsonReuters reports, there is at least one positive event taking place as for the first time in a decade, NATO and Russia are going to take part in […]
Ever since Marconi made his famous radio broadcast in 1920, radio has been a virtual staple of communication, for while by comparison it is a very simple technology, it is one of the most reliable forms of electronic technology that can connect people, especially in isolated areas. However, the Washington Post reports that some signals […]
I have said for a while that people are going to get desperate and times will be very tough. This is the reality for a significant bloc of the population and it is not getting better. People are suffering. They hurt, and suffering people dealing with shock and who are scared do desperate things. For […]
