Fascism, Bilderberg, and the Vatican Definition of Fascism: Use of coercion to promote a goal that is neither a good that is self-evident from the natural law nor a good that is supported by an overwhelming majority. It differs from Socialism in this: It does not eliminate private property

A 10-year-old in Ohio has been suspended after pretending his finger was a gun and aiming it at another student. Just wait until school officials find out he was in possession of nine other guns.

H.I.F. Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network ran this piece [http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2014/March/The-New-USA-Secession-Movement-Gains-Steam/] today, claiming that secession movements are picking up steam. Drudge linked to it. Now The Daily Bell is talking about it [http:

H.I.F. I'm glad I wear Brute. I don't think that attracts anything (including girls). Reddit: "TIL Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men. The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness."

Lent Welcome to Lent 2014. The time to repent is at hand, and we all have plenty to repent for. Forty days ain't enough time for all the work we have to do, but I'm sure we'll all give it (yet another wholly-adequate)

Despite the fact that the Ukraine has been all over the news for the past few weeks, a survey found that 64 percent of U.S. students still couldn't find Ukraine on a map. Said Vladimir Putin, “Soon nobody will.” Despite being on the other side of the

H.I.F. I've spent the last month looking at the long-term forecast on my iPhone apps. They're repeating the same pattern as last year: things look great in 10-15 days! And then as the days shrink, so does the optimism. The default weather

You Learn Something New Every Day, Episode 17,441: "Le Krewe d'Etat is a satirical New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe with their first organized inaugural parade in 1998." Link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Krewe_d'Etat]. I looked that up after a TDE

"On Monday, Chipotle will begin selling tofu burritos in the New York area. So if you love burritos, and you love tofu . . . you probably don't exist." "On Thursday, the captain of the crashed cruise ship Costa Concordia went back to the wreck for the first

H.I.F. Father sues for age discrimination. Gets $80,000 settlement, which contains a confidentiality clause. Classy daughter posts to Facebook: “Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver,” she wrote. “Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT." The court