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[Catholic Caucus] Neocatechumenal Way: Thanks God Benedict XVI Is Gone“The only solution was for the Pope to die. He did not die, he resigned. Thank God” - Kiko Argüello told Archbishop San Juan de Puerto Rico Roberto Octavio González Nieves during a meeting on vocations.The words of the founder of the Neocatechumenal Way are immortalised in a 2017 video. On other occasions, Kiko has referred to Benedict XVI’s resignation as a "gift from Our Lady".Argüello added that it was Bergoglio’s election that saved him, because Benedict XVI had asked his group to eliminate liturgical abuses, but – not surprisingly -...

A trove of photos from Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop that were published on a new website last week includes a litany of never-before-seen images depicting the first son’s former hard-partying ways — and family life. The nearly 10,000-image catalog includes a perverse mix of family photographs and naked snapshots of himself in hotel rooms surrounded by drug paraphernalia and scantily clad women. Several pictures capture the nude 53-year-old Hunter alongside a tattooed woman in bedazzled mesh lingerie. Another shows him apparently naked behind a hotel desk with two mystery women — one who’s undressed and another lying in bed —...

You could see it written all over Soledad O’Brien’s face. In her interview with the sitting Vice President she asks a simple question about the efficacy of IDs for voters. The word salad that came back from Kamala Harris was so inane, lacking in general coherency and mortifyingly insulting, the BET cameras caught a glimpse of an expression on the interviewer’s face that screamed, “why me?” This revelation from Harris’ sit down with BET capped off a bizarre weekend in which it was also revealed that she’s “far too busy” to deal with all the areas of focus she’s taken...

@ChadPergram GOP KY Sen Paul on Fox: Cloth masks don’t work..Half of the country is running around with Fauci wearing a bunch of cloth masks all over his face saying they work. When in reality, he knows they don’t work and it’s about civility. Submission @ChadPergram GOP KY Sen Paul on Fox on push to wear masks among those who have been vaccinated: Show me the evidence. Show me the proof, you know, show me that people are transmitting this who have gotten vaccinated. And there is no proof of that.

A scroll through frescoes from a single room in the House of Mysteries, assumed to depict the rite of initiation for a young girl into the Dionysian Mysteries, a mystery cult. The house, located in a suburb of Pompeii, was destroyed in the volcanic explosion of 79 AD and excavated beginning in 1909. This is the type of painting that inspired Neoclassical painters like Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

Failed Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D) was allegedly involved in a suspected crystal meth incident on Friday morning at a Miami Beach hotel, according to a local police report. The Miami Beach Police Department report states officers found Gillum inside a West Avenue hotel room with two other men shortly before 1:00 a.m., where first responders were providing medical attention to one of the individuals for a possible drug overdose. “Mr. Gillum was unable to communicate with officers due to his inebriated state,” according to the report.

Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn has stripped his royal consort of her rank and titles for "misbehaviour and disloyalty against the monarch". An official announcement said Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi had been "ambitious" and tried to "elevate herself to the same state as the queen". "The royal consort's behaviors were considered disrespectful," it said. She was appointed in July, just two months after the king married Queen Suthida, his fourth wife. Sineenat, who was a major-general and is a trained pilot, nurse, and bodyguard, was the first person to be awarded the title of Royal Noble Consort in nearly a century.

Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.’s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters. Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the world’s largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy “personal” photographs — the sort that would typically be kept “between husband and wife,” Cohen said in the taped conversation. According to a source familiar with Cohen’s thinking, the person who possessed the photos destroyed them after Cohen intervened on the Falwells’...

‘Wax My Ass, Scrub My Balls’ --- This Beto O’Rourke Poem Is Beyond Belief Beto O’Rourke’s recently unearthed membership in the hacking group “Cult of the Dead Cow” may not have included the “edgiest sorts of hacking activity,” but it did, apparently, include writing murder fantasies and exceptionally bad poetry. Writing under the now-exposed pseudonym “Psychedelic Warlord,” a teen-aged O’Rourke appears to be the author of a poem titled “The Song of the Cow,” published in 1988 by “cDc (Cult of the Dead Cow) communications.” “I need a butt-shine,” the poem begins … and it really all just goes downhill...

Investigators added that Augustus also made contact with other mental health patients with a riding crop, whip or other object and 'compared her patients to mules.' The board has suspended her medical license for no less than 60 days.

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Country music icon, satirist and one-time gubernatorial candidate Richard "Kinky" Friedman has announced his bid for agriculture commissioner in 2014. Friedman will run in the Democratic primary. The 68 year old said he’s interested in legalizing and regulating marijuana as an agricultural crop to revitalize the Texas farming industry.

“The Harvard Munch” Because Orgasm Seminars are not enough. And Incest Fest is so yesterday. The logical next step was official recognition of a BDSM Club: It started last October with a meal in Currier dining hall with a handful of friends who shared something in common: an affinity for kinky sex. More than a year after the group first began informally meeting over meals to discuss issues and topics relating to kinky sex, Harvard College Munch has grown from seven to about 20 members and is one of 15 student organization that will be approved by the Committee on...

Kinky for Perry Aug 24, 2011 7:45 PM EDT Kinky Friedman once ran against Rick Perry for the Texas governorship. So would the singer and writer vote for him for president? Hell, yes! The world’s most famous Jewish cowboy on why he wants to live in Rick Perry’s America. Rick Perry has never lost an election; I’ve never won one. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with the world. On the other hand, I’ve long been friends with Bill Clinton and George W., and Rick Perry and I, though at times bitter adversaries, have remained friends as well. It’s not always easy...

Strayhorn continues to explore Democratic bid for comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who was twice elected comptroller as a Republican and then ran a losing gubernatorial campaign as an independent, called Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie on Tuesday to discuss seeking the party’s nomination for comptroller. Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirsten Gray confirmed the conversation, which Strayhorn initiated. We don’t know much about what was said. When I asked Gray whether the party would welcome Strayhorn as a candidate, she replied, “We will rely on our voters to consider each candidate’s record and decide if they have the Democratic credentials they...

Nov. 23--AUSTIN A Fort Worth attorney Tom Schieffer dropped out the Texas governor's race today and urged the remaining Democratic candidates to unit behind Houston Mayor Bill White as the party's best chance to beat Republicans next fall. Schieffer's withdrawal came amid strong reports that White, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, will switch races to run for governor as the Democratic consensus. White said he will make a decision by Dec. 4. There was no immediate indication that other Democratic candidates planned to accept Schieffer's request. A spokeswoman for Austin entertainer Kinky Friedman said Friedman plans to...

Updated: Perry calls border wall ‘nonsense’ By Jason Embry | Friday, August 28, 2009, 05:28 PM In a speech today to at the Montgomery County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Forum, Gov. Rick Perry said he prefers a “technological barrier” along the Texas-Mexico border instead of a physical border wall. Here’s a 43 second clip....Update: Perry spokesman Mark Miner said Perry is “for a fence in strategic areas, but he believes you need to use technology and other innovative resources to protect the border. He doesn’t believe you need to build a fence from one end of Texas to...

Musician and humorist Richard "Kinky" Friedman today formed a committee to raise money for a Democratic run for governor next year. Friedman in 2006 ran as an independent, drawing 12 percent of the vote -- slightly more than a half-million votes. Here's Friedman's announcement: "Kinky Friedman today announced the formation of "Texans for Kinky," a 'specific purpose' committee that will enable him to explore and raise money for a possible run as the Democratic candidate for governor in 2010. "I am a humorist, but I know these are not humorous times," Friedman said in a letter to supporters. "There is...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A University of New Mexico director is resigning to protest what she calls a lack of sanctions against a colleague who appeared with at least one student in simulated sex scenes on the Internet. Professor Sharon Warner, UNM's creative writing director, said she first brought the pictures and the Web site where she found them to the attention of administrators in July. The photos showed creative writing professor Lisa Chavez in domination poses. Warner said UNM is giving Chavez a free pass. "We have tried to go through the process, the academic process of requesting an ethics...