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Musing about what single thing he would rescue in the event of a fire, the master Invariably settled on his desk. Constructed from remnants of the original Ark of the Covenant, it possessed special powers, and secret drawers where he kept his mood elevators. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Henry David Thoreau died May 6 1862. #MastersofSocialIsolation
#MastersofSocialIsolation #3 Henry David Thoreau. In his classic “Walden” he described the 2 years he spent in a small cabin on the banks of Walden Pond, near Concord MA. There he sought to escape the deadness of a world in which “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
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Sad to realize this was remarkable. In that light, my thanks also to @GiveUsThisDayLP and @litpress.
Kudos to @RobertEllsberg, to the editors of @GiveUsThisDayLP, and to @litpress for including Rachel Held Evan's support for LGBT people in their holy person of the day! bit.ly/2z7LO3f
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Thank you! Didn't realize we were breaking new ground--but glad to hear that. Though please correct the crucial quotation in your piece--it is not "misogyny of LGBT people" but "misogyny, AND REJECTION of LGBT people."
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When, as a child, the master’s parents spared his feelings by telling him that his dog had not died but merely been “fired” he became filled with anxiety that anyone, his favorite nanny, or even his papa, might be “fired like a dog.” As so it came to pass. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The Catholic Worker in a time of Covid19 religionnews.com/2020/04/29/… via @RNS
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“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”—Abraham Lincoln
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If they really “raised their voices” everyone would hear.
New joint @USCCB statement:
"We raise our voices to urge state and national leaders to examine the generational and systemic structural conditions that make the new coronavirus especially deadly to African American communities"
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That is why most theologians warn against wearing sunglasses anywhere God might see you.
GOP State Rep. Nino Vitale on why he won’t wear a face mask: “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles. One of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face.”
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John Cort’s great history of “Christian Socialism” is on press in a new edition with intro by Gary Dorrien. @OrbisBooks @commonwealmag @AOC
From our May issue, the great Gary Dorrien on the late John C. Cort—former Commonweal editor, Catholic Worker, labor activist, and, late in life, convert to Christian Socialism, which led him to write a book with that title
commonwealmagazine.org/catho…
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“He also explained the reasons for his resignation as pope in 2013...he said it had become increasingly clear to him that in addition to possible dementia, "other forms of insufficient ability to hold office properly are also possible."
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The master began the day by reviewing his list of enemies, rivals, former friends, staff and business partners and drawing from his arsenal of insults. Most pertained to defects in sanity, size or intelligence. But the coup de grace was always “low ratings.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
“Concast” should open up a long overdue Florida Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough. I know him and Crazy Mika well, used them beautifully in the last Election, dumped them nicely, and will state on the record that he is “nuts”. Besides, bad ratings! #OPENJOECOLDCASE
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Rachel Held Evans, died May4 2019. “Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe but no one is comfortable.” @GiveUsThisDayLP
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50 years ago today National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the invasion of Cambodia. via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2020/05/04/opini…
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