Is It Really Going To Change Things?
This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss AI and the seeming boundless advantages promised by techies--along with the seemingly impending damnation about to come upon us. Should we really be frightened, or awed, by it?
In current events, Brazil and China to trade in their own currencies. AUMF repealed. Helicopter crash. Avalanches, mine collapses, and landslides. Vatican repudiates 'discovery doctrine.' High risk storms predicted. Snailfish at 8,300 meters. NASA picks astronauts. Satellite launcher bankrupt. Hatchet attack in Brazil. TikTok bill would empower feds. James O'Keefe still making videos. Dylan Mulvaney can do anything girls can do only better. Sidewalk counselors win free speech challenge. Douglass Mackey convicted of election interference. Schonborn defends his Covid reaction. St. Louis Catholics fighting to stay alive.
In the land of nonsense, giant ice circles. Pranksters eat with chopstics. Pranksters steal spoon.
Trivia Questions: How long did Jesus roam before ascending?
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Sushi terrorism? Good to know where your priorities are, I guess.
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I guess if you need something to do with your time...
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Prank ended with a game of Pokemon Go
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- New York judge repeatedly asked Red Rose Rescuer about donors
- Tabernacle stolen from murdered bishop’s residence in Los Angeles
- Bipartisan bill to ban TikTok would give federal government ‘terrifying’ new power over free speech
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bipartisan-bill-to-ban-tiktok-would-give-federal-government-terrifying-new-power-over-free-speech/
- Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act. It would empower the federal government to review and ban transactions between Americans and foreign nationals regarding information or communications technologies that are deemed to have national security risks.
- James O’Keefe investigates alleged left-wing money laundering scheme in first video since Project Veritas split
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/james-okeefe-investigates-alleged-left-wing-money-laundering-scheme-in-first-video-since-project-veritas-split/
- Independent journalist James O’Keefe on Tuesday night published a video report chronicling his door-to-door investigation in Maryland and Arizona of an alleged widespread money laundering scheme related to Democratic political fundraising. A day after the report was released, Maryland’s election director announced her plan to retire from the role she’s held for over 25 years.
- Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney appears in new ad for Kate Spade fashion brand
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trans-influencer-dylan-mulvaney-appears-in-new-ad-for-kate-spade-fashion-brand/
- Bud Light spits on its consumer base with ghoulish ‘transgender’ spokesman Dylan Mulvaney
- Pro-lifers arrested for sidewalk counsel outside abortion mill win free speech challenge
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-lifers-arrested-for-sidewalk-counsel-outside-abortion-mill-win-free-speech-challenge/
- CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Alliance Defending Freedom) — In settlement of a lawsuit that Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed on behalf of David Benham and members of two pro-life organizations who were arrested or cited for engaging in peaceful prayer and sidewalk counseling outside an abortion facility, Mecklenburg County officials have conceded that the First Amendment protects the pro-life citizens’ public advocacy.
- Macron’s pension reform is linked to the erosion of freedom in France and Europe
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/macrons-pension-reform-is-linked-to-the-erosion-of-freedom-in-france-and-europe/
- But the real problem is that many employed people have started work later in life than before because of lengthy education years, and lost pension rights because of spells of unemployment. Today in France, only about a third of 61- to 64 year-olds are in paid employment, in particular because they are laid off by companies who are looking for younger and cheaper collaborators, and find it very difficult to get a new job at that age. Hope of completing 43 years of work, under the new scheme, is receding: this means that many will probably have to get by on lower pensions
- Seven victims’: Left-wing Tennessee Capitol protesters mourn death of transgender shooter
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/seven-victims-left-wing-tennessee-capitol-protesters-mourn-death-of-transgender-shooter/
- Left-wing protesters flooded the Tennessee State Capitol on Thursday, agitating for gun control and at one point mourning the death of the gender-confused woman who slaughtered six people at a Christian school on Monday.
- Trump supporter Douglass Mackey convicted of ‘election interference’ for posting satirical memes in 2016
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-supporter-douglass-mackey-convicted-of-election-interference-for-posting-satirical-meme-in-2016/
- Mackey will be sentenced on August 16 and could spend up to 10 years behind bars.
- Cdl Schönborn defends going along with government during draconian Covid era
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cdl-schonborn-defends-going-along-with-government-during-draconian-covid-era/
- “In retrospect, we say that this or that measure could have been different. In retrospect, we are always wiser. But you shouldn’t pretend that it wasn’t necessary to make decisions in a critical situation,” Schönborn continued.
- American power under Biden is in freefall as OPEC again slashes oil production
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/american-power-under-biden-is-in-freefall-as-opec-again-slashes-oil-production/
- The global oil producing cartel OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) this week announced a second surprise cut in global oil production. This move will see oil prices climb, and the cost of everything else will likely follow in its wake.
- St. Louis Catholics take legal action against archbishop’s plan for large-scale restructuring of parishes
- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/st-louis-catholics-take-legal-action-against-archbishops-plan-for-large-scale-restructuring-of-parishes/
- The lay faithful have launched 'Save Our St. Louis Parishes' in an effort to halt the merger of up to 90 of the archdiocese's 178 parishes
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