Not kidding. Nor was this priest in his light-hearted verse.

Google “water plant in Springfield, Ill. had been damaged” as in the Wash Post story about Russia-located hackers getting into a control system, and you find that Chicago papers have nada.

I did find an interesting piece in the online Trib about “feral swines” [sic] and the harm they do, however. Yes, swines are troublesome, but the mooses are no bargain either.

Jan. 1, the “Anglican ordinariate” is coming to the U.S. It’s Vatican-approved and -affiliated Anglicanism, maybe to a parish near you. Its priests and people will bring “the Anglican patrimony.” A few of the good things they bring:

1. Good hymns 2. Good education 3. Good sense of self deprecating humor 4. Good taste in dry sherry 5. Good understanding of the importance of lace and incense 6. Good literary sense 7. Good boost to the Western tradition 8. words like “vouchsafe” 9. good Choral evensong 10. good knowledge of architecture 11. good Englishness 12. good sense of the need for Evangelization. 13. Good missionary spirit. 14. Good hats 15. Good down to earth spirituality.

Dry sherry? Not the wet kind?

And reduce their buying power.

. . . he says.

It was other people’s money, so what, he worry?

This lady is against “insider dawdgie trading.”

[It’s almost at the end, 3:30 or so. Or
listen to it all, since it’s a pretty good exchange, if frenetic as
usual.]

When you put it that way, it’s a no-brainer.

From friend Peter of the EPA (of all places*):

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close
together as possible

– George Burns

The one-world, Global Fed idea, ish!

But back in the day, she wouldn’t even be interviewed!

Same Stepha- when his boss set reported-abuse records.

Here’s Stephanopoulos, on page 267 of his autobiography “All Too Human,” “Most important, I wanted to keep reports of Paula [Jones’] press conference off television … It wasn’t a hard sell.” His book goes on to say how he tried to discredit her. Yes, this openly Democratic operative is a “newsman” now.

And therefore qualified to huff ‘n puff.