Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense | History | Smithsonian

Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense | History | Smithsonian: If not for three sparring Virginia delegates, Congress’s power to remove a president would be even more limited than it already is

Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim leaders unite in opposition to physician-assisted suicide and other forms of euthanasia

Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim leaders unite in opposition to physician-assisted suicide and other forms of euthanasia: “We oppose any form of euthanasia – that is the direct, deliberate and intentional act of taking life..."

Why praying for others benefits our own soul --Aleteia

Why praying for others benefits our own soul --Aleteia

State of Health Report Shows Growing Despair Among American Men - Bloomberg

State of Health Report Shows Growing Despair Among American Men - Bloomberg: Signs of declining health for American men abound in the National Center for Health Statistics latest annual report.

White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call - The New York Times

White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call - The New York Times

The Frenzy About Russia Has Undermined Progressive Agendas

The Frenzy About Russia Has Undermined Progressive Agendas

Journalist Max Blumenthal Arrested And Charged In Political Prosecution

Journalist Max Blumenthal Arrested And Charged In Political Prosecution: Journalist Max Blumenthal charged with “assault” in political case that he says is “completely false" and “manufactured” by Venezuela opposition supporters.

California shows the difficulties of hardening the nation to climate change - The Washington Post

California shows the difficulties of hardening the nation to climate change - The Washington Post: We’re doing precious little to combat the conditions that are fueling another round of devastating wildfires.

Despair for Many and Silver Linings for Some in California Wildfires - The New York Times

Despair for Many and Silver Linings for Some in California Wildfires - The New York Times

Extreme fire weather could be the worst 'in recent memory' - Los Angeles Times

Extreme fire weather could be the worst 'in recent memory' - Los Angeles Times: Red-flag warnings in California signal a dry, windy environment ripe for rapid fire growth

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding | Nature Communications

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding | Nature Communications: Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m. This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model (DEM) used to assess global and national population exposures to extreme coastal water levels, NASA’s SRTM. CoastalDEM is a new DEM utilizing neural networks to reduce SRTM error. Here we show – employing CoastalDEM—that 190 M people (150–250 M, 90% CI) currently occupy global land below projected high tide lines for 2100 under low carbon emissions, up from 110 M today, for a median increase of 80 M. These figures triple SRTM-based values. Under high emissions, CoastalDEM indicates up to 630 M people live on land below projected annual flood levels for 2100, and up to 340 M for mid-century, versus roughly 250 M at present. We estimate one billion people now occupy land less than 10 m above current high tide lines, including 250 M below 1 m. Accurate estimates of global mean sea-level rise are important. Here the authors employ a new digital elevation model (DEM) utilizing neural networks and show that the new DEM more than triples the NASA SRTM-based estimates of current global population occupying land below pr

Climate Change: Massachusetts Finally Moves on Climate Change | naked capitalism

Climate Change: Massachusetts Finally Moves on Climate Change | naked capitalism: Massachusetts follows New York in bringing climate change lawsuit against Exxon; litigation is wielded as an alternate form of regulation.

The Oil Mystery Undermining An Aramco IPO | naked capitalism

The Oil Mystery Undermining An Aramco IPO | naked capitalism: Why might investors be skittish about Aramco's oil reserve claims?

Confirmed: North Korean malware found on Indian nuclear plant's network | ZDNet

Confirmed: North Korean malware found on Indian nuclear plant's network | ZDNet: Two days after rumors of a malware infection at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant surfaced on Twitter, the plant's parent company confirms the security breach.

Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection October 30, 2019

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 13:22-30

Friends, our Gospel for today features a question that people have been asking from time immemorial and that they still ask today: "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" Heaven, hell, salvation, damnation, who will be in and who will be out? We have remained fascinated with these questions for a long time. Here’s how I would recommend we approach this issue. The doctrine concerning hell is a corollary of two more fundamental truths—namely, that God is love and that we are free. Love (willing the good of the other) is all that God is. He doesn’t go in and out of love; he doesn’t change his mind; he’s not loving to some and not to others. He is indeed like the sun that shines on the good and bad alike, in the words of Jesus. No act of ours can possibly make him stop loving us. In this regard, he is like the best of parents. However, we are free. We are not God’s marionettes, and hence we can say yes or we can say no to his love. If we turn toward it, we open like a sunflower; if we turn from it, we get burned.  Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 481 Reading 1 Rom 8:26-30 Brothers and sisters: The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will. We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified. Gospel Lk 13:22-30 Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.' And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.' Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!' And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out. And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God. For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

(3) The Honorable Ambassador Chas W Freeman, Jr - YouTube - Chas Freeman speaks to the Gulf International Forum Inbox

(3) The Honorable Ambassador Chas W Freeman, Jr - YouTube: Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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U.S. Aid Makes Corrupt Countries More Corrupt | The American Conservative

U.S. Aid Makes Corrupt Countries More Corrupt | The American Conservative: Our 'democracy building' assistance to certain countries--including Ukraine--has produced kleptocracies, or worse.

PG&E outage map: See blackout, shutoff locations in California | The Sacramento Bee

PG&E outage map: See blackout, shutoff locations in California | The Sacramento Bee: This map shows where Pacific Gas and Electric has shut off power in cities across California counties. The utility wants to avoid another costly fire ignition from power lines with its public safety shutoffs.

Gavin Newsom: CA can’t wait 10 years for PG&E equipment fix | The Sacramento Bee

Gavin Newsom: CA can’t wait 10 years for PG&E equipment fix | The Sacramento Bee: Gavin Newsom said the state has to fix Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s problems fast. The utility’s CEO Bill Johnson says the issue will take 10 years to address, but the California governor said that’s absurd.

Kincade Fire grows to 119 square miles with 15% containment | The Sacramento Bee

Kincade Fire grows to 119 square miles with 15% containment | The Sacramento Bee: More than 4,000 firefighting personnel were battling the 76,138-acre Kincade Fire Tuesday night and bracing for more powerful winds expected to blast through the area.