BIDENOMICS: The latest U.S. Census report shows that the nation’s poverty rate increased by 60% last year while child poverty more than doubled. This marks the first time it has increased since the Obama administration. So let’s hear it for the Party That Cares!
CANADA: A Catholic hospital in Ontario has hired a euthanasia provider Dr. Danielle Kain to oversee palliative care. The move has provoked renewed concern about the future of Catholic health care in Canada.
DEMOCRATS: Male senators used to be expected to wear a jacket and tie on the Senate floor. No more. And apparently, it’s all to pander to post-stroke “senator” John Fetterman who refuses to wear anything but shorts and hoodies to work … even when appearing with the President of the United States. CLICK https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1670100582454169600 [:37] for “And now I’m standing next to the president again, next to a collapsed bridge here. And he is here to commit to work with the governor and the-the-the delegadation to make sure that we get this fixed quick, fast, as well, too. This is a president that is committed to infructure, yeah, and then on top of that the jewel, uh, uh, kind of a, uh, law, of the infration-infruc-infration, uh, bill.”
- https://notthebee.com/article/chuck-schumer-gets-rid-of-the-senates-dress-code-so-john-fetterman-can-keep-wearing-shorts-and-hoodies
- https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/ap-back-in-hoodies-and-gym-shorts-fetterman-tackles-senate-life-after-depression-treatment/
- https://notthebee.com/article/john-fetterman-is-such-a-mess-that-even-joe-biden-is-starting-to-get-visibly-uncomfortable-with-it
FREEDOM TO WORSHIP: With COVID mandates on the rise, religious folks have reason to be concerned if our churches will be shut down again. If you live in a purple state, you can get more details about what protections you enjoy by clicking on the map at the link below.
HEALTH: A study entitled “Volatile organic compounds emitted by conventional and “green” cleaning products in the U.S. market” was published last week in the journal Chemisphere. Researchers purchased and air chamber tested 28 popular cleaning products and 2 air fresheners for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with neurotoxicity, elevated risk of cancer, and harm to the respiratory and reproductive systems. None of the products were free of VOCs. However, “across the group of 30 products tested here, green cleaning products emitted fewer VOCs and fewer hazardous VOCs than conventional products, and overall fragrance-free products had significantly lower emissions.”
The researchers found that “across the group of 30 products tested here, green cleaning products emitted fewer VOCs and fewer hazardous VOCs than conventional products, and overall fragrance-free products had significantly lower emissions.”
The “green” and “unscented” products tested included:
- 364 Glass (unscented)
- Attitude (sensitive skin natural all purpose cleaner with colloidal oatmeal)
- Babyganics (floor cleaner concentrate, fragrance free)
- CleanSmart Daily Surface Cleaner
- Dapple Baby Stain Remover
- Dr. Bronner’s (pure-castile soap, baby unscented)
- Krud Kutter Tough Task Remover
The full list of products tested can be downloaded @ Multimedia component 2 Download : Download spreadsheet (213KB).
NEW YUCK CITY: CLICK https://twitter.com/episodesent/status/1703536441421107294 [:14] to see a classic Rotten Apple moment … a rat scurrying around the window sill of a downtown Manhattan theater right next to the facility’s top grade “A” health inspection sign. The clip was aptly set to “Le Festin” from the “Ratatouille” soundtrack whose lyrics include, “A life spent in hiding, and now I’m finally free. The feast is on my path; A life spent in hiding, and now I’m finally free. The feast is on my path.”
- https://nypost.com/2023/09/17/rat-seen-in-nyc-bar-theater-next-to-grade-a-health-inspection-sign/
- https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-camille-le-festin-english-translation-lyrics
TRUMP: CLICK https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1703410253918883897 [1:08] to hear his current position on legal abortion. Sadly, he thinks six week bans are “terrible”, but it sounds from the rest of the clip like he is primarily concerned with being realistic about the political landscape. I can’t like it, but he sounded open to the possibility of a federal ban after 15 weeks, which would save a lot of lives in deep blue states like mine where babies are being torn limb from limb after they are capable of experiencing excruciating pain (about 20 weeks) and after viability (about 28 weeks).
CatholicVote President Brian Burch noted, “Pro-life Catholic voters helped deliver him the White House in 2016, and a record number of votes in 2020. He cannot expect to win again without these same voters.” The problem there is that he is the leading (by a lot) Republican candidate who has any chance of winning. All the Dems, including RFK Jr., support zero restrictions. As Catholic voters, our mandate is to vote for the most anti-abortion candidate, not to hold out for all or nothing.
- https://catholicvote.org/trump-denounces-fl-pro-life-law-terrible-mistake/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-says-sign-federal-ban-abortions-three-months-pregnancy-rcna99689
UAW: Less than two weeks after President Joe Biden predicted there would be no strike, the United Auto Workers announced they are striking.
VAXXX: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oev6T-Gp6z8 [6:45] to hear a doctor discuss the utter lack of evidence for the safety, efficacy, and/or necessity of the latest version of the ‘rona jab. 1. It was tested on a total of ten mice. 2. It’s based on a variant of Omicron that is rapidly going extinct. 3. The Omicron causes a cold.
Our CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older receive the updated (2023–2024 Formula) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. But in Great Britain, the NHS says these shots will only be available to those who are 65 years or older, with some exceptions for those with certain co-morbidities or a work environment that puts them at increased risk.
- https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html
- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/getting-a-covid-19-vaccine/
GRAMMY NOTES: This is a crop from Rembrandt’s Prodigal Son. I was struck by the son’s feet. His right foot appears to be wrapped in rags and, where his heel was exposed, has been cut by a stone on the road. His left foot is bare, because he has kicked off his left shoe, which reminds me of how God in the burning bush told Moses, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” –Exodus 3:5. It is such a striking image of how we come to God the Father in poverty and humility, aware of our sinfulness and of His holiness.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h5qrG-07z2Q for some satisfying karma.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F9S0EonGivI to see an alpha male gorilla protect a human child.
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