Archive for February, 2016

Panic Buying: Bullion Dealer Reports Taking Record Day Sales — Fear World Financial Crisis

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

Gold(The Telegraph) Britain’s biggest online gold dealer said its already taken in record day sales as traders pile into gold following fears the world is on the brink of another financial crisis.

Gold Price -- MarketWatchGold Surged $60 Today Up 4.5% Settling at $1247.80 oz
Its Highest Close in Nearly a Year –MarketWatch

Related: Is This the Biggest Crisis in History? -Zero Hedge

H/T: Drudge Report

Obama Claimed ISIS Contained: New ISIS Video Shows 4 Yr Old Blowing Up Car With Alleged Spies

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

ISIS Video(JPost Video) Despicable: New ISIS Video Shows
4 Yr Old Child Soldier Blowing Up Car With Four Alleged Spies

More here ISIS Makes 4 Yr Old Execute Prisoners -NY Post

Related: Director of Natl Intelligence Clapper:  ISIS Want’s to Attack U.S. This Year –Fox News Video

An Inspiration Of Time With God For Today

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Ash WednesdayBehold Now is the Accepted Time, Now is the Day of Salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2 -Image Courtesy: Fr. Steve Grunow

So we are Ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. –2 Corinthians 5:20-21

Related: For Today’s Bible Readings and More Visit: -USCCB

Catholic Vote: Must Read National Review Article — Socialism -v- Free Market Capitalism

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

(National Review)

“…It is free market capitalism that provides the innovation and opportunity that leads to the increase in choices we have today. Choices in where we work, how we live and yes, the products we buy. From new drugs that save lives, to labor saving devices that reduce the drudgery of household work. to the device that you are reading this essay on, capitalism drove these developments each step along the way.”

Related: Bernie Sanders: Democratic Socialism Means Coercion

H/T: Catholic Vote@Facebook

Sadden to See Carly Fiorina Leave Presidential Race — Smart, Classy Woman

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Carly Fiorina...@CarlyFiorina Suspends Campaign
Would Make Be a Good Asset to the Next Administration

Carly Fiorina StatementCarlyFiorina@Facebook Must Read Statement Ending her Campaign

Chris Christie Does a Hatchet Job on Marco Rubio During GOP Debate Then Drops Out

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Chris Christie(OC Register) Chris Christie Suspends Campaign —Reuters

Chris Christie...Deals Death Blow to Christie Campaign -National Review

More Email Trouble for Hillary: Clinton Told State Dept Aides to Remove “Identifiers”

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Hillary Email 09 March(Judicial Watch) New emails released today show Hillary Clinton had Classified material on her private server despite her repeated denials and told State Dept Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin to remove “Identifiers” before printing.

In the 70 Pages of State Dept records, they evidence that Secy of State Hillary Clinton together with her top aides, Huma Abedin and Jake Sullivan, received and sent ‘Classified’ material on their non-state.gov email accounts.

Tony Blair EmailThe new documents also reveal that Hillary Clinton used the clintonemail.com system to ask Abedin (also on a non state.gov email account) to print two March 2011 emails sent from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (using the moniker ‘aclb’) Cc: to Jake Sullivan on Sullivan’s non-state.gov email account. — The Obama Administration redacted the Blair emails which were too sensitive to release.

Another email shows that Hillary Clinton wanted to know how meetings in Washington, including a 4 hr meeting concerning America’s War on Libya, would impact her Hampton Vacation — Responding to the email which details sensitive meetings in Washington, Clinton emails Abedin on the 26 Aug, 2011 and said: “Ok. What time would I get back to Hampton’s?” Again this email discussion takes place on a non-state.gov email accounts.

These Emails Clearly Evidence That Hillary Will Lie
and Say Anything When Its Politically Convenient

New Hampshire Primary Results: Trump Wins — Hillary Loses

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016

Trump Wins(NY Times) That Didn’t Take Long to Decide

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: One Disgraceful Photo Sums Up Hillary Perfectly

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016

WaPo Clinton(Twitchy) “Worth a Thousand Words: One Disgraceful Photo
Sums Up Hillary Perfectly”
WaPo

Today Christians Celebrate Feast of Blessed Marianus Scotus

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016

Blessed Marianus Scotus

Bl. Marianus Scotus — Image: San Sebastian College Recoletos – Manila

(EWTN) Marinus Scotus was one of those rare Irish Monks who migrated to the continent and influenced the spread of Christian culture throughout Europe. Marianus was a scribe and a calligrapher of great skill. Marinus became a Monk at a very early age and in 1067 set out with a few Companions on a pilgrimage to Rome, enroute they stopped in Germany and were invited by the Bishop of Regensburg (Ratisbon) to settle there.

Marinus and his Companions had brought with them that marvelous love of learning together with beauty so distinctive of Irish Monasticism and their Monastery became a center for creation of beautiful manuscripts and commentaries on the scriptures, done with consummate skill and artistry. — The fame of their Monastery named St. Peter’s, soon spread throughout the whole of Europe. Like Bobbio in Italy and Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland, their Monastery became a center for Christian learning and culture.

St. Peter’s and a companion Monastery dedicated St. James to become the headquarters of a renaissance of Irish monasticism on the continent. — In time, their congregation numbered 12 Monasteries and the Monks, were highly regarded for their holiness, their devotion to learning and for the beautiful manuscripts that came forth from their hands. In their scriptorium, they carried on the tradition of the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow — For almost four centuries, all of the Monks were recruits from Ireland and Ireland continued to supply Monks funds and other resources for the growth of the Abbey and its foundations.

The significance of Blessed Marianus Scotus is indicated in: A Study of History (available at Amazon.com) by Arnold J. Toynbee: “The period of Irish culture superiority over the continent and over Britain may be conveniently dated from the foundation of the Monastic university of Clonmacnoise in Ireland A.D. 548 to the foundation of the Irish Monastery of St. James at Ratisbon, circa A.D. 1090 Throughout those five and a half centuries, it was the Irish who imparted culture and the English and the continentals who received it.”

Blessed Marianus Scotus died on this date in 1098 Germany Ratisbon, subsequent to his death, he was honored as a Saint with his feast day being observed on this date.

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