This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) discuss sex and Catholic marriage. While most Catholics tend to know what's allowed and what's not, the questions still get asked… so we decided to devote an entire show to it. What is and isn't allowed in the Catholic bedroom.

In current events, Five environmental consultants killed in plane wreck. Coal mine collapse in China. WW3 coming. Turkish earthquake. Lori Lightfoot loses. Canada bas TikTok. WSJ catches up with the rest of the world. Shooting in Georgia--9 children. Biden coming after pro-lifers. Male and Female harmful. Ohio to pass abortion law. African bishops fighting gay agenda. Vaccine fertility issues. Disneyt special treatment ends in Florida. Clinton aide suicide. McCarrick wants special treatment.

In the land of nonsense, girl helps people develop signatures. Jakey Roninson. West Virginians new to pollen. Coffee oyl.

show notes:

dan:

What if your calligrapher is selling the same look to everybody?
https://apnews.com/article/signature-design-makeover-517711adfa4b51b45ad3392f528c5568

That was Mr. Robinson's other nickname...
https://nypost.com/2023/02/26/nyc-dot-strikes-out-with-jakie-robinson-parkway-sign/

Are they really that dumb?
https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-health-climate-and-environment-ef3a8e2aeeb9e89a9ddf0fe2d0296727

Would this get you off coffee? (I'll have a three-olive mocha, please!)
https://stories.starbucks.com/starbucks-oleato-olive-oil-meets-coffee/

eric:

• Five people are killed when a Beechcraft BE20 crashes shortly after takeoff near College Station, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. (AP)

  • ○ https://apnews.com/article/little-rock-arkansas-business-plane-crashes-8ee32804f75f8a0054a2e77e9134f2e3
  • ○ CTEH, an environmental consulting firm based in North Little Rock, said the five people on board the plane — including the pilot — were its employees. A company spokesman said the employees were responding to an explosion at an Ohio metals plant this week that killed one worker and sent more than a dozen to the hospital.
  • ○ It's true that CTEH had been contracted by Norfolk Southern in response to the derailment in East Palestine, as stated by Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH).
  • But there is no suggestion beyond the speculation on social media that the connection between that incident and the plane crash is anything more than coincidence.
  • At least five people are killed and 48 others are reported missing following a collapse at a coal mine in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, China. Search and rescue operations are underway. (Reuters)
  • China unveils a 12-point position paper on ending the war in Ukraine, ahead of an expected speech by President Xi Jinping on the conflict. Ukraine says that it hopes China can urge Russia to withdraw its troops in response to the paper. (The Guardian)
  • ‘This is insane’: Tucker Carlson blasts America’s reckless march toward World War III
  • The death toll of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 50,000.
  • Cambodia's Ministry of Health reports 12 more suspected cases of H5N1 influenza in Prey Veng province following the death of a 12-year-old girl, the first confirmed death from the virus since 2014. (Khmer Times)
  • Lori Lightfoot loses her re-election bid as Mayor of Chicago, becoming the first one-term mayor in 40 years. (BBC News)
  • Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app. (BBC News)
  • Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă unveils an AI-run "honorary advisor" named Ion, who's purpose is to analyze and report on the biggest priorities facing Romanian citizens based on user submissions. Ciucă claims that this makes Romania the first country in the world to have an AI government advisor. (Politico.eu)