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The nearly constant TV news coverage of this ridiculous election of a Pope is so irritating that I instantly change channels when I encounter another one of them.
Electing a Pope. What nonsense.
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HISTORICAL CLIP
On this day, March 13 in 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or "K-9 Corps."
The K-9 Corps initially accepted over 30 breeds of dogs, but the list was soon narrowed to seven: German Shepherds, Belgian sheep dogs, Doberman Pinschers, collies, Siberian Huskies, Malumutes, and Eskimo dogs.
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WORD FOR TODAY
progressive
adjective
1.
favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters.
2.
making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.
3.
characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
4.
( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.
Progressivism is a general political philosophy advocating or favoring gradual social, political, and economic reform. Modern Progressivism emerged as part of a more general response to the vast social changes brought by industrialization.
It is left of center in the political spectrum and is to be contrasted with conservatism on the right and the revolutionary left, the former generally resisting changes it advocates and the latter rejecting its gradualism.
Important Note: The term "progressive" is today often used in place of "liberal." Although the two are related in some ways, they are separate and distinct political ideologies and should not be used interchangeably.
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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Born Mar 13, 1950
Age 62 years old
Age 62 years old
William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well.
Macy was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo.
Born Mar 13, 1976
Age 36 years old
Age 36 years old
Daniel Peter "Danny" Masterson is an American actor and disc jockey best known for his role as Steven Hyde in That '70s Show.
Born Mar. 13, 1911
Died: Jan 24, 1986
Died: Jan 24, 1986
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, better known as L. Ron Hubbard and often referred to by his initials, LRH, was an American pulp fiction author and the founder of the Church of Scientology.
Born Mar 13, 1950
Age: 62 years old
Age: 62 years old
Charles Krauthammer is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist, political commentator, and physician. His column is syndicated to more than 275 newspapers and media outlets. He is a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard and The New Republic. He is also a weekly panelist on the PBS news program Inside Washington and a nightly panelist on Fox News's Special Report with Bret Baier.
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One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.
--George Orwell
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