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Eric Scheske

That's Comforting

This is more chilling than the November air: > A Chicago pediatrician was sentenced to 5 years in prison Tuesday for buying at least 600 images and videos of child pornography, many from a Web site based in Russia, that included images of children as young as 4. Link [http:

Misc. 11.23.05

I watched Christmas with the Kranks last night. Criminy. One of the most gosh-awful movies ever crafted. It wasn't as bad as Van Helsing (that one may be the worst "blockbuster" of all time), but it was awful. New York Times Headine line this morning:

Book Notice

Get Religion recommends Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595580174/thedailyeudem-20]. Link [http://www.getreligion.org/]. Sounds good. I'm gonna ask Marie to get it for me for Christmas.

Thanksgiving Day

Starting at 12:00 a.m. (EST), every hour I will post a short quote or passage dealing with Thanksgiving Day. Some posts will be directly "on point," others only indirectly so.

Hey, Check Out the Morality Clause

> The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal discrimination complaint against a Catholic school, charging that it unjustly fired an unmarried teacher for being pregnant. Link [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-22-pregnant-teacher_x.htm]. The teacher, of course, says she's

Light Show

It's flying across the Internet: An amazing Christmas light display [http://www.break.com/articles/houselights.html]. It might be fake. Snopes is investigating as I type.

Commie Concubines

Fascinating development in the Middle Kingdom: Men are taking mistresses [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-mistress22nov22,0,6002074.story?coll=la-home-headlines] . > China's economic boom has led to a revival of the 2-millennium-old tradition of "golden canaries," so

Brews You Can Use: Thanksgiving Day Edition

Wine blogger Stephen Bainbridge provides guidance for tomorrow's dinner [http://www.techcentralstation.com/112305D.html]. He provides expensive and inexpensive recommendations from five categories. Most useful. I present it today so you have a chance to get to the store. Excerpt: > Nothing says festive like sparkling wine,

Don't Drink Apple Martinis at Seminary Functions

In response to the Vatican gay document that says the Church "cannot admit to the seminary and the sacred orders those who . . . support so-called gay culture," one wag says the Vatican is banning any male who likes musicals, apple martinis, Judy Garland songs, designer fashion, and rainbows.

The Vatican Document on Gays

Well, the homosexual document finally hit the press. Everyone has heard of it, so I'm going to limit my analysis. Reproduced here are excerpts from the Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/22/AR2005112201066.html] , New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/