Pope Francis and Kristallnacht

6 responses to “Pope Francis and Kristallnacht”

1. chrissythehyphenated

   November 10, 2013 at 12:42 pm

   Really excellent teaching here on HOW the Christian should deal with difficulties in faith

   http://www.intouch.org/broadcast/this-week-on-tv/utm_source/itm/utm_medium/web/utm_campaign/home_top_slider

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2. GruntOfMonteCristo

   November 10, 2013 at 6:43 pm

   Chrissy and Ting, if you get a chance, look up in the night sky tonight around 7:40pm.

   GOCE Final Hours Count Down; U.S., East Asia and Antarctica in the Crosshairs

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   • chrissythehyphenated

     November 11, 2013 at 4:52 am

     Wow, I did not know this!

     “Statistics show that there is typically at least one piece of space “junk” re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere every day; with, on average, one intact defunct spacecraft or old rocket body coming back every week.”

     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24894611

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     • GruntOfMonteCristo

       November 11, 2013 at 12:21 pm

       Yes, but most are small enough they vaporize nicely. This one was 2500 lb and had about 500 lb that was expected to hit the ground or ocean. GOCE probably made smoking holes in the snow in Antarctica, but there was a chance it dropped a few chunks on Cuba or maybe on Ting’s place in Virginia before it all came down.

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   • chrissythehyphenated

     November 11, 2013 at 4:53 am

     Or this … the principle purpose of that GOCE satellite was to make maps of the variation in the pull of gravity across the Earth.

     I didn’t know gravity varied from place to place. Two new factoids and I haven’t even had my second cuppa!

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     • GruntOfMonteCristo

       November 11, 2013 at 12:17 pm

       That’s right. So, next time you can’t get out of bed, you can blame gravity anomalies! 🙂

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