Chet Collins

Code of Canon Law - Book IV - Function of the Church Liber (Cann. 879-958)

Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.

There is no ambiguity.

Rookie Move: Christian Prays God Would Teach Him Patience - The Babylon Bee

At publishing time, Hamperton had come up with the brilliant strategy of praying for impatience so God would put him in lots of situations where things happen really fast and efficiently.

Supply Chain Crisis Solved As Each Migrant Coming Into Country Will Be Asked To Help Carry A Shipping Container - The Babylon Bee

“It’s unbelievable that only a few weeks ago the White House sent my family a personal invitation, map, GPS, and detailed instructions on how to cross the border illegally, and here I am now, using my skills to carry shipping containers and boost the American economy for a modest $450,000 salary. Gracias Señor!” Border Patrol agents trying to stop the illegal immigrants from bringing the vital shipments into the country were arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay.

The Climate Summit to Nowhere - WSJ Opinion

It’s incongruous bordering on the bizarre to organize a summit like this while Europe is battening down for a winter fuel crisis, President Biden is begging OPEC to produce more oil, China is firing up its coal-fueled power plants amid an electricity shortage

The American Rescue Plan was passed earlier this year with a price tag of $1.9T.

Inflation is persisting longer than expected, GDP growth is anemic, and prices are accelerating.

What effect do you suppose another $2.85T in spending will have on these two forces?

Let’s edit.

I tried to search the 2,000 page PDF of the latest version of the Build Back Better Act, but my browser kept crashing.

So I downloaded it and used Preview. Same result.

The Facts on Trump’s Fraud Letter - WSJ Opinion

As for the media clerics, their attempts to censor Mr. Trump have done nothing to diminish his popularity. Our advice would be to examine their own standards after they fell so easily for false Russian collusion claims. They’d have more credibility in refuting Mr. Trump’s.

Trump’s letter was bananas. I didn’t bother to read it because it was clearly unhinged. This is what I love about the Journal’s Editorial Pages, they are willing to print the most controversial of ideas in order to encourage a broader debate.

Don’t people deserve to see for their own eyes into the minds of the Nation’s most powerful figures, instead of only presentations carefully edited through media filters?

Mr. Trump is making these claims elsewhere, so we hardly did him a special favor by letting him respond to our editorial. We offer the same courtesy to others we criticize, even when they make allegations we think are false.

The Summer of Stagflation - WSJ Opinion

But the tragedy is that the expansion would be so much faster, and so much better for so many more people, if the Biden Administration had done nothing at all.

Few signs that the playbook will be re-evaluated.

U.S. in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Families Separated at Border - WSJ

The Biden administration is in talks to offer immigrant families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation

Facebook to Change Company Name to Meta in Focus on Metaverse - WSJ

change its name to Meta to reflect growth opportunities beyond its namesake social-media platform in online digital realms known as the metaverse.

This company is as evil as they get.

I’m the first appointment after lunch.

My appointment is halfway over.

I’m still in the waiting room.

Why?

U.S. Economy Slowed in Third Quarter on Delta Surge, Supply Crunch - WSJ

Gross domestic product grew by an annualized 2.0%

Pathetic.

It was the weakest quarter of growth since the recovery began in mid-2020

Bidenomics in action.

Dads on duty in Louisiana show rugged individualism still works - Washington Examiner

People like the dads see a problem in their community and, instead of waiting for the police or a government agency to solve it, they step up and handle it themselves.

Subsidiarity in action.

Janet Yellen Pops Out Of Child’s Cake To Take His Birthday Money - The Babylon Bee

Janet Yellen finally crashed out a window and disappeared after Billy’s dad convinced her there was a libertarian with a walk-in safe living next door.

The kid is clearly a tax cheat.

Biden Pitches $1.85 Trillion Framework to Ease Passage of Parallel Infrastructure Bill - WSJ

“No one got everything they wanted, including me, but that’s what compromise is,” he said.

Not really a compromise when you’re negotiating against yourself.

The plan includes a one-year extension of the expanded child tax credit through 2022, plus a provision making that break permanently available to low-income families that don’t pay income taxes.

A poverty trap if there ever was one. Welfare transfer payments totally unlinked from a family’s best path out of poverty: work.

I’m thankful for clean water.

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Man Excited For Giant Refund After Claiming $1 Million Of ‘Unrealized Charitable Donations’ - The Babylon Bee

The IRS has responded by sending Chuckston a tax bill for the unrealized income from that movie script he wrote but never sold.

The Senator Who Cried Debt Crisis - WSJ Opinion

Democrats are happy to force Republicans to do the heavy lifting to increase the debt limit when the GOP is in charge. In 2006, for example, Mr. Biden defended his vote to let America default on its obligations by condemning the Bush administration’s “utter disregard for our nation’s financial future.” He declared: “I refuse to be associated with the policies that brought us to this point.” He was joined by Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who characterized raising the debt limit as “a sign of leadership failure.”

Rove cites three votes Schumer cast against debt ceiling increases during the Bush-era.

First decent walking weather in months!

🌌🍁

Greenpeace co-founder joins climate change skeptics - Washington Examiner

Moore said he favors reducing fossil fuel use not because of carbon dioxide emissions, which he views as beneficial, but because fossil fuels should be conserved for energy needs that only those energy sources can supply.

I’d like to see more academic discussion on this subject.

Janet Yellen Proposes Tax On Coins You Acquire In Mario - The Babylon Bee

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has formulated a brilliant new plan to pay for Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan, which still needs to be paid for even though Biden said the cost was $0.

Young People Say Disconnect Keeps Them From Church - WSJ

Ms. Qureshi, who attends both Muslim and Catholic religious services, says gender equity, immigration rights and racial justice are important to her. She thinks sexism and antigay attitudes are deeply rooted in both Catholic

This coming from a 16 year old who probably thinks she should have unlimited access to abortion at any time?

The Democrats’ Wealth-Tax Mirage - WSJ Opinion

The first income tax enacted after ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913 had seven tax brackets with rates from 1% on income over $3,000 ($83,972 in current dollars) to 7% on income exceeding $500,000 ($14 million). You know what rates are now. The alternative minimum tax also only applied initially to the richest Americans, but with time expanded to hit millions in the middle class.

U.S. to Exempt Certain Foreign Air Travelers From Covid-19 Vaccine Rules - WSJ

Children and people from countries with low supplies of Covid-19 vaccines will be exempt from new requirements that foreign nationals show proof of vaccination to fly to the U.S., the Biden administration said Monday.

What the hell?