Category: Current Affairs
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Just Smile for ‘The Peace’ | Non-Contact church
Great updates here on the NZ Catholic’s church to swine flu: no shaking hands at the peace, and no sharing one communion cup. Which begs the obvious question, if the wine is transubstantiated, why doesn’t God filter out the flu? Or does Jesus have it too?
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Two Thoughts on the Economy
“A capitalist system that privatizes profits in good times and socializes losses in bad times needs some fixes.“ Milton Friedman “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.“ Epictetus
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Swine Fever: Part of the Deal
The outbreak of swine fever that has originated in Mexico and has now spread pretty much throughout the word appears shocking. The mounting deaths are terrible, but we shouldn’t pretend that this is somehow something new and sinister. Its’ not. Ever since we left our hunter-gatherer roots and began to domesticate crops and animals, we…
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Good News, nearly: UK Government Gives Up Plans for Snooping Database
Mixed news today: the UK Home Secretary has given up plans to have a national database to store information on all phonecalls, emails and internet use of UK citizens. Instead, they are going to force communications companies to do that work for them. I’m pleased they’ve given up the plans, but skeptical about the reasoning.…