On this day:
1587
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1904
Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
1942
World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
1952
Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
1962
Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
1963
Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
1983
The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia’s second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
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Can anyone explain the decision to put the vile Obama parody out from the White House?
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed seconds into her downhill Olympic race on Sunday after she decided to compete despite rupturing her left ACL in a prior crash during a World Cup event in the Swiss Alps a week ago.
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Honey bee colonies across the United States collapsed at the highest rate ever recorded between April 2024 and April 2025. More than half of all managed colonies were lost, with especially severe impacts during winter. The USDA confirmed the findings in a press release, stating that colony collapses had been driven by “virus-infected, miticide-resistant parasitic mites.”
Sunday/Flavor
In the gospel today, Christ calls his disciples "the salt of the earth." There is a lot to it. Salt has several connotations of value and meaning. The phrase itself raised an interesting concept: Did the spirituality Christ and his followers were offering add an element to mankind or was it revealing mankind's essence?
Christ is certainly saying that the salt is its own essence, its own common denominator. It cannot be flavored.
And the passage has some unfortunate elements too, especially as an "evolutionary" passage. The Catholic Church has tried to update the language, arguing that the bible is not primarily literature.
Compare the original King James with the more accessible version:
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." (Tough stuff.)
vs.
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
How long do you think they debated over "savour" vs. "taste"? And whether to remove "of men?"
There are sacrifices egalitarianism demands.
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1904
Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
1942
World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
1952
Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
1962
Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
1963
Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
1983
The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia’s second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
***
Can anyone explain the decision to put the vile Obama parody out from the White House?
***
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed seconds into her downhill Olympic race on Sunday after she decided to compete despite rupturing her left ACL in a prior crash during a World Cup event in the Swiss Alps a week ago.
***
Honey bee colonies across the United States collapsed at the highest rate ever recorded between April 2024 and April 2025. More than half of all managed colonies were lost, with especially severe impacts during winter. The USDA confirmed the findings in a press release, stating that colony collapses had been driven by “virus-infected, miticide-resistant parasitic mites.”
***
Sunday/Flavor
In the gospel today, Christ calls his disciples "the salt of the earth." There is a lot to it. Salt has several connotations of value and meaning. The phrase itself raised an interesting concept: Did the spirituality Christ and his followers were offering add an element to mankind or was it revealing mankind's essence?
Christ is certainly saying that the salt is its own essence, its own common denominator. It cannot be flavored.
And the passage has some unfortunate elements too, especially as an "evolutionary" passage. The Catholic Church has tried to update the language, arguing that the bible is not primarily literature.
Compare the original King James with the more accessible version:
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." (Tough stuff.)
vs.
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
How long do you think they debated over "savour" vs. "taste"? And whether to remove "of men?"
There are sacrifices egalitarianism demands.
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