Miscellaneous

A new poll about the 2016 election shows that just 27 percent of voters would be likely to support Chris Christie. And only 4 percent of chairs. After closing their final session, the outgoing 113th Congress has an approval rating of just 16 percent. To give you some perspective, Cosby

A TDE reader sends along this email: "I sent my brother that Talib quote: 'Never listen to a leftist who does not give away his fortune or does not live the exact lifestyle he wants others to follow.' "He used it with co-workers, a flurry of

Whatta great quote > "Pride has no intrinsic substance, being no more than the name given to the soul devouring itself." -Georges Bernanos pic.twitter.com/ZBaTFSGZUx [http://t.co/ZBaTFSGZUx] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) December 18, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/545380696450404353]

The hackers who hacked into Sony have leaked the upcoming script for the new James Bond movie. Some of the executives said the news left them shaken but not stirred.

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

Miscellaneous Rambling I kinda feel like Gaudete Sunday [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudete_Sunday] ushered in the Advent season for me. Everything from Thanksgiving through Saturday was crunched and rushed, from a flurry of meetings and appointments at the office to social obligations. While at Mass Satuday night, it

H.I.F. A TDE reader sends this is, with "Beyond Parody" in the subject line. Presented with no further comment: "Toledo Councilman Jack Ford, a non-Catholic, said the Pope's comment compelled him Friday to move forward with calling for a program he had been

A Random Passage Another piece of Hudge and Gudge history: "Another group that was overwhelmingly supportive of Italian fascism was American big business . . .". Thaddeus Russell, A Renegade History of the United States. Russell then goes on to provide an impressive (disturbing?) list of examples.

One of the funnier Onion pieces this year: > The Onion's Person Of The Year 2014: (TIE) Malala Yousafzai And John Cena http://t.co/CxFrR0Hhr2 #OurAnnualYear [https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurAnnualYear?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/X9xMhm0rdA [http://t.co/X9xMhm0rdA] > — The Onion (@TheOnion) December 12,

Facebook revealed that Ebola was the most popular Facebook topic in the U.S. this year, with the World Cup coming in sixth. So welcome to America, where even Ebola is more popular than soccer.