Today in the News:
– President Obama confronted Congress with his plan for a second term in his State of the Union Address
– Ancient Catholic prophecies by a revered Irish bishop predict that the next Pope to fill Benedict XVIs place will be the last Pope.
– Vladimir Putin brings Boyz II Men to Russia to up the birth rate And THAT apparently is no joke
President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address yesterday, that included raising the minimum wage, increasing spending on infrastructure, attacking climate change and passing gun-control legislation. President Obama repeated his earlier calls for reducing the budget deficit through a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. He also said he would support “modest reforms” in programs including Medicare, as long as wealthy Americans contribute as well. And he said he would reduce troop levels in Afghanistan by half over the next year, an acceleration of the U.S. departure and an effort to wind down America’s longest war. In a speech largely focused on the economy, the president’s rollout of his second-term agenda included many proposals aimed at helping low-income Americans advance.
Ancient Catholic prophecies by a revered Irish bishop end with the chilling prediction that the next Pope to be selected by the College of Cardinals to fill Benedict XVIs place will be the last Pope. St. Malachy, an Archbishop of Armagh who died in 1148, left behind a list of 112 Popes that has amazed some with its remarkable accuracy. Malachy used a short phrase in Latin to describe each Pope. He described Pope John Paul I with the phrase: From the midst of the moon. His reign, which began in 1978, began with the moon half full and lasted only one month or one moon. He was followed by Pope John Paul II by the Latin expression Laboris Solis or translated From the labor of the sun an expression meaning a solar eclipse. As it turned out, John Paul II was the only known pope to be born on the day of a solar eclipse and he was buried on the day of a solar eclipse. For the next Pope, Benedict XVI, St. Malachy wrote: Glory of the olive. Before the Pope was selected, some suggested a Benedictine would be elected because the order is sometimes referred to as the Olivetans, whose name ultimately derives from the Mount of Olives in the New Testament. A Benedictine was not selected. However, upon his election as pontiff, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger chose the name Benedict after St. Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order. St. Malachy described only one more Pope after Benedict, Petrus Romanus or Peter the Roman. The Irish prophet wrote: In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city (Rome) will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. So either the Catholic church will go under or the entire world.
In his latest effort to counteract the flagging Russian birthrate, President Vladimir Putin is bringing in a little help: R&B singers Boyz II Men. According to The Moscow Times, the trio, most famous for their 1990s hits “End of the Road” and “I’ll Make Love to You,” will use their dulcet tones to nudge Russian citizens in the right direction during a February 6th concert in Moscow. Putin has long been vehement in calling for Russian’s to participate in more family-building. In 2007, he started a program that gave women $9,000 for having another child. What do you guys out there think? Does Boyz two men help pi get into the groove?
Today in the News:
– President Obama confronted Congress with his plan for a second term in his State of the Union Address
– Ancient Catholic prophecies by a revered Irish bishop predict that the next Pope to fill Benedict XVIs place will be the last Pope.
– Vladimir Putin brings Boyz II Men to Russia to up the birth rate And THAT apparently is no joke
President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address yesterday, that included raising the minimum wage, increasing spending on infrastructure, attacking climate change and passing gun-control legislation. President Obama repeated his earlier calls for reducing the budget deficit through a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. He also said he would support “modest reforms” in programs including Medicare, as long as wealthy Americans contribute as well. And he said he would reduce troop levels in Afghanistan by half over the next year, an acceleration of the U.S. departure and an effort to wind down America’s longest war. In a speech largely focused on the economy, the president’s rollout of his second-term agenda included many proposals aimed at helping low-income Americans advance.
Ancient Catholic prophecies by a revered Irish bishop end with the chilling prediction that the next Pope to be selected by the College of Cardinals to fill Benedict XVIs place will be the last Pope. St. Malachy, an Archbishop of Armagh who died in 1148, left behind a list of 112 Popes that has amazed some with its remarkable accuracy. Malachy used a short phrase in Latin to describe each Pope. He described Pope John Paul I with the phrase: From the midst of the moon. His reign, which began in 1978, began with the moon half full and lasted only one month or one moon. He was followed by Pope John Paul II by the Latin expression Laboris Solis or translated From the labor of the sun an expression meaning a solar eclipse. As it turned out, John Paul II was the only known pope to be born on the day of a solar eclipse and he was buried on the day of a solar eclipse. For the next Pope, Benedict XVI, St. Malachy wrote: Glory of the olive. Before the Pope was selected, some suggested a Benedictine would be elected because the order is sometimes referred to as the Olivetans, whose name ultimately derives from the Mount of Olives in the New Testament. A Benedictine was not selected. However, upon his election as pontiff, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger chose the name Benedict after St. Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order. St. Malachy described only one more Pope after Benedict, Petrus Romanus or Peter the Roman. The Irish prophet wrote: In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city (Rome) will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. So either the Catholic church will go under or the entire world.
In his latest effort to counteract the flagging Russian birthrate, President Vladimir Putin is bringing in a little help: R&B singers Boyz II Men. According to The Moscow Times, the trio, most famous for their 1990s hits “End of the Road” and “I’ll Make Love to You,” will use their dulcet tones to nudge Russian citizens in the right direction during a February 6th concert in Moscow. Putin has long been vehement in calling for Russian’s to participate in more family-building. In 2007, he started a program that gave women $9,000 for having another child. What do you guys out there think? Does Boyz two men help pi get into the groove?