This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the state of the nation--America seems to be going down in flames. From vaccines for children to Uvalde police not allowing parents to protect their own children, we are not in a good place right now. Pope Francis is claiming that all of our problems in the church stem from Vatican II deniers and 'restorationists.' Meanwhile, Archbishop Cordileone is attacked for standing up to Pelosi while Bishop Callahan is celebrated for restoring the gay priest Jeffrey Burrill. And then there's SADS--a sudden new phenomenon where adults unexplainably die.

In current events, oil prices are blamed on all the wrong things. Ukraine still trying to join NATO. Wildfires in Spain and California, earthquake in Afghanistan. Japan rules on Fukushima nuclear disaster victims. WikiLeak's Julian Assange to be extradited to US. FINA says no to trans swimmers. Canada builds defense. Netherlands to start using coal power plants. Canada will ban plastics. Japan bans same-sex-marriage. Juul is banned from the market by FDA.

In the world of nonsense, Dan's daughter-in-law talks a lot. People stuck in chocolate vat. THE is trademarked. France says covered skin is illegal in pools. Disney celebrates pagan holiday. Bees are fish too.

show notes:

Oh, the Day that Clancy Drowned...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2-people-chocolate-tank-mars-wrigley_n_62a391c5e4b0cf43c848eefd

THE! dumbest trademark decision ever!
https://apnews.com/article/sports-education-ohio-scholarships-trademarks-730b748275bddac70547062ffea0b1f8

French court: If you wanna swim, you gotta show some skin!
https://apnews.com/article/religion-france-government-and-politics-3838c7a4166549b6721cd7cfd29a9a33

Disney celebrates world pagan religion day
https://apnews.com/article/travel-florida-hong-kong-shanghai-e3c0259c275e3940b22bffd80d3ce26e

Bees are people too...and by "people" we mean "fish"!
https://www.cbs8.com/article/life/animals/california-bees-legally-fish/509-3659271d-678e-429c-ae94-9cf08f1708bb

https://www.infowars.com/posts/global-medical-bombshell-scientists-prove-covid-vaccine-causes-blood-clots-live-on-air/