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Folks in Joplin MO and other tornado or flooded areas are in my prayers.
GatewayPundit has photos.

Sigh...I used to live in Tornado Alley...

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another day, another tropical storm.. due Thursday....should hit north of here, but the worry is flooding.
Luckily we haven't planted yet, but there are worries about Manila flooding again.

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Modern Saudi Arabia, where even a physician isn't allowed to marry her choice of husband

and she's not the only troublemaker:



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Sister Mary Martha has a typicial Catholic reaction to the rapture (or lack thereof):

But that's not the disturbing thing to me about the Rapture. I am disturbed to the point of disgust at the idea that anyone would be so happy to be whizzed up to heaven because they are so righteous while many more millions suffer the Wrath of God.

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on the other hand, in case you didn't get raptured last weekend, never fear: The 12th Imman is scheduled to arrive on June 5th.

more HERE and HERE.

Someone tell Obama...
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however, the really bad news of the day comes from Dave Barry:

The economic forces behind the rising cost of beer

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but the good news of the day: The toilet seat hat brought 131 thousand dollars in a charity auction.