I’ve posted a blog at TulareCountyAtheists.com about Rhode Island’s Bishop Thomas Tobin and his recent order to deny communion to Representative Patrick Kennedy. Kennedy recently voted against the Stupak amendment to the health care bill currently before Congress, and the Bishop decided that this meant Kennedy was supporting abortion in violation of the Church’s orders to Catholic politicians. Read my blog here.
Catholic Bishop orders communion withheld
November 22, 2009
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TCSO Scanner audio online
November 21, 2009
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I’m streaming our radio traffic onto the internet. You can hear the audio by pointing your browser, or Media Player, to mms://kc6yru.net:1199. It’s a stereo feed, with Channel One, the south end of the county, being on the left track. Channel Two, the north end, is on the right track. I was having some difficulty with the computer I was originally using, so I’ve moved it to one that should be more stable, and online 24/7. If you listen closely, and at the right times, you may even hear me!
This feed is not provided by Tulare County Sheriff’s Department, or Tulare County, and they are not responsible for it being online. The equipment is simply two scanners of mine, feeding into a sound card on a computer running Windows Media Encoder.
UPDATE: January 9, 2011 – I’m no longer streaming the scanner audio. The computer I was using decided to start acting up, and I don’t have a reliable replacement for it. I don’t know if I’ll be putting the feed back up in the future or not. In the meantime, if you have an iPhone or iPad, you can download 5-0 Radio, or Scanner911 and catch us there.
The Family Tree is sprouting newly discovered branches!
November 20, 2009
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Clarence Arthur Reeves
Clarence Arthur Reeves, born January 29, 1887 in Souix Falls, South Dakota. Died June 24, 1966 in Woodlake, California.
I don’t really know a whole lot about Grandpa. I was 9 when he died, and so my memories of him are those of a child. I remember a quiet, distant man, who didn’t seem to relish the flurry of attention a small child brought to his lap. He didn’t push any of us, my cousins and I, away, but I don’t recall him going out of his way to interact with us. Perhaps he didn’t really know how to deal with children, even though he was one of six or more, and he fathered eight (or more) himself. Our family was his second marriage, which occurred on April 15, 1923. Some of my research has turned up a bit of a mystery, and I’m still working on finding out more, if I can.
Halloween – Where have all the goblins gone?
November 1, 2009
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Another Halloween, come and gone. I had the night off this year, and ended up spending it at home, watching Transformers 2. I know, exciting, huh? This year I got no rings on the doorbell, even from teenagers. The church across the street, and the one up the street, each had some kind of festivals in their parking lots. I was surprised, since in each one the kids were in costumes, and they had booths and displays set up. I suppose these churches are a bit on the liberal side, since they didn’t seem to harbor that right-wing kookiness where demons are lurking in the candy! Yeah, that’s right. CBN had a blog up until it actually got noticed, where the author was telling people not to let their children have Halloween candy because it’s dedicated and prayed over by witches! And it doesn’t matter, according to the author, whether or not the candy came from the neighbors on Halloween, or if you bought it yourself at the store! Seems the demons can’t tell the difference. You can’t read about it at the Christian Broadcast Network any longer, because they took it down right away, but you can read about it here. It looks like actual trick-or-treating is fast becoming a thing of the past. I wonder if the witches and demons had anything to do with that?
FRC Freaking Out Again-This Time Over Whether Gay Seniors Exist!
October 28, 2009
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The Family Research Council has posted another missive of disinformation, full of falsehoods, misdirection, deliberate misstatement of facts, and continued posting of disproven and discredited research. All in the name of God, of course. See the FRC’s page at www.frc.org
From FRC’s Washington Update page:
For HHS, a Senior Moment
Before we entrust Secretary Kathleen Sebelius with health care reform, maybe Americans should take a closer look at how her Department spends other taxpayer dollars. Even the Washington Post called Friday’s announcement from Health and Human Services (HHS) an “eye opener,” writing that the President’s “gay outreach continues.” A $1.4 trillion deficit aside, HHS has set aside a quarter million dollars to launch the first-ever National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders.
Creepy Weather-Odd Happenings-Random Meanderings
October 17, 2009
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So the weekend has just started, and already things are weird. Big storm early in the week, that blew down part of my fence.
I called the insurance company that holds my homeowner’s policy, and after my deductible, sharing with the adjoining property owner, and depreciation, they would gladly cut me a check for $10.54. I told them “never mind”.
After the rain, fog. Now fog is normal after rain here, but this fog was creepy. It was warm and muggy fog, something I can’t remember ever experiencing. It’s creeping me out big time.
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