Faith and Justice Matter to Harris and Walz

Amid all the discussion of the Harris-Walz campaign's wide and warm inclusiveness, till now I had heard nothing about faith-based outreach and inclusion. But, unsurprisingly, this well organized, disciplined and focused campaign is on it. At the end of August Sojourners published an article about Rev. Jen Butler, the campaign's faith outreach director. True to form, they got the best.

A veteran of the Obama administration as well as many years of organizing and interfaith discourse, Rev. Butler is a solid addition to the stellar Harris-Walz organization.

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Harris-Walz Campaign Hires Veteran Faith and Justice Organizer To Direct Outreach

Be Opened! - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

Feelin' Kinda Sunday

"Saturday Night In Knightsbridge"

Wildlife Chez Catreona

When they went out yesterday morning, Dad and Sis spotted a large praying mantis on the back bumper of the car. It sat for its portrait before, with a little encouragement from Dad, it flew off into the grass.

You never know what you might see in the wilds of Springfield! I'm not a bug fancier myself, but some readers may find it interesting.

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Praying mantis at A to Z Animals
Praying mantis at Wikipedia

You’ve probably noticed…

You’ve probably noticed, the blog has a fresh, new look, not to mention a new title.

I’ve been struggling for a couple weeks - that felt like a couple eons - to alter the source code for the blog’s template. But, ahem, every time I tried another idea that seemed like it would be the charm, the mess only got worse. Finally, I gave up and set a new Blogger template. And being new, unlike the previous one that was ancient as such things go, this one was fully customizable. Phew!

Can’t think why it took me so long to come around to the completely logical decision to apply a new template, except that I do tend to be change-averse. When I think how much time and angst I could have saved myself by exploring the current Blogger template set! Sometimes I’m not too bright. * igh*

As to the new title: At the time I founded the blog, The Arty Blog seemed appropriate. Now, though, something broader and more inclusive is called for. Life, the Universe and Everything isn’t the most original title. It fits the bill though.

Let me know what you think of all the changes.

The Upcoming Great Debate | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

September Morn

A sad song and, yes, I know it's a Neil Diamond [click] song. But Engelbert does a beautiful job with it.

Happy Saturday!

Trump Gets AWFUL NEWS From…FLORIDA?!…and TEXAS!?

RIP Sergio Mendes

Master of the bossa nova, Brazilian musician and bandleader Sergio Mendes has died at the age of eighty-three.

Thank you for all the wonderful music, Sergio. Rest in Peace.

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Sergio Mendes Music
Wikipedia

After police caution, father gave suspected Georgia school shooter AR-15

Who gives their thirteen or forteen-year-old an AR15 for Christmas? To my mind, that in itself constitutes child abuse.

I'll have to look it up, but seems to me the school shooter in Michigan a couple of years back was given a weapon - an automatic pistol? - by his parents. In that case, the parents were quite rightly prosecuted. In this Georgia case, too, the father has been arrested and charged.

An epidemic has been running through this country since at least as far back as Columbine twenty-five years ago. Boys and young men are so alienated, so deeply despairing that they obtain fire arms, often automatic weapons, and go into schools, houses of worship, malls and grocery stores... and slaughter as many people as possible. Holding parents to account is one valuable tool in confronting this mass madness. Comprehensive, sensible gun control laws would help as well. But there must be more that can be done.

Someone needs to find out why these kids are so dispondent, why they have such a bleek view of life that they think killing many strangers - and usually themselves, either by self-inflicted gunshot wounds or suicide by cop - is the only solution.

Kamala gets KEY surprise endorsement

This video dropped about 11:00 last night. But, it struck me as a great way to start our blog day.

Judge Tanya Chutkan REJECTS Trump's Lawyer's Arguments, Sides With Jack Smith

The long awaited, DEVASTATING sequel to #Unfit has arrived. | Shrinking Trump

WTF?! TOP Trump Group Makes SICKENING MOVE Against Kamala

The general idea seems to be that V.P. Harris is not a natural born citizen of the United States, ergo she is prohibited from running for the presidency. Wait till you get a load of the precedent the Republican legislators' group cites to support this claim. Make sure you are not actively eating or drinking while watching this video!

An Inconvenience

Although it is often said not to blame the child for being the product of rape, J.D. Vance is the only person I have heard refer to rape as "an inconvenience."

In the opinion of this childless cat lady, such an attitude makes Vance unfit to be the father of daughters. Indeed, it makes him unfit to be the father of sons. It is a despicable, unfeeling attitude to hold, much less to express in public.

Still going strong

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