Devine...

 

The pleasures of a well-cooked meal or loving sexual intercourse are "divine" and have unjustly fallen victim to "overzealousness" on the part of the Church in the past, Pope Francis says in a book of interviews published.

"Pleasure arrives directly from God, it is neither Catholic, nor Christian, nor anything else, it is simply divine."

"The Church has condemned inhuman, brutish, vulgar pleasure, but has on the other hand always accepted human, simple, moral pleasure," he added.

Francis - said that there was no place for an "overzealous morality" that denies pleasure, something  existed in the Church in the past but insisted is "a wrong interpretation of the Christian message".

"The pleasure of eating is there to keep you healthy by eating, just like sexual pleasure is there to make love more beautiful and guarantee the perpetuation of the species," the pope said.

Opposing views "have caused enormous harm, which can still be felt strongly today in some cases," he added.
"The pleasure of eating and sexual pleasure come from God."

Francis, the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics around the world, singled out a 1987 Danish film called "Babette's Feast" as reflecting his message on pleasure.

Blame...

 

ON MSNBC's Al Sharpton said Tuesday that defunding the New York City Police Department is an idea "a latte liberal" may advocate, but not by those "Blacker and poorer" who have seen shootings and homicides surge in New York over the summer.

Sharpton's comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" come as the NYPD reported a 166 percent increase in shootings in August compared to the same month last year.

Overall in 2020, New York has seen an 87 percent increase in shooting incidents across the city, with more than 1,000 reported compared to 541 at the same time in 2019.

Sharpton added. "But to take all policing off is something a latte liberal may go for as they sit around the Hamptons discussing this as an academic problem. But people living on the ground need proper policing."

Murders are also considerably up in 2020, with a 47 percent increase reported in August compared to the same month last year.

Comment: DeFunding the police came from demonstrators and looters and those who went to destroy property. Not those of the Hampton.  MSNBC should have corrected the record right there and then.  Just a thought. 

Quality..

 

More than 150 powerful business leaders in New York City joined together to warn Mayor Bill de Blasio that he needed to take more decisive action to address crime and other quality-of-life issues that they said were jeopardizing the city’s economic recovery.

Chief executives of companies like Goldman Sachs, Vornado Realty Trust and JetBlue sent a letter to the mayor portraying a bleak assessment of life in New York City during the pandemic, and suggesting a vote of no confidence in the mayor’s ability to correct it.

The letter asserted that there was “widespread anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues that are contributing to deteriorating conditions in commercial districts and neighborhoods across the five boroughs.”

And if the mayor did not address those issues, the business leaders warned that people who have left the city would be slow to return because of legitimate concerns over “security and the livability of our communities.”

The City budget is 92 Billion dollars and the quality of life is designed for poverty, MAke your own opinion. Just a thought.

OR...

 

Riots...

 

Warning...

 

The role of the Media in shaping the information became convoluted. The news became a thing of the past. It is a team of fast talkers, well paid speakers who are told what to say and to make it good. NBC, CNN and others consider themselves journalists, fair and balanced. Fair to who? Balanced by what standard?   Just a thought.

Risk...

 

A class of drugs used for many conditions, including allergies, colds, high blood pressure and depression, may be associated with an increased risk of developing mild thinking and memory problems, particularly in people who have genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease or markers of this condition, according to a study published in the September 2, 2020, online issue of Neurology. 

These types of drugs, called anticholinergic drugs, are used for motion sickness, urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, Parkinson’s disease and high blood pressure. There are approximately 100 such drugs in widespread use, with some requiring a prescription and many others that may be purchased over the counter.

The study found that cognitively normal people taking at least one anticholinergic drug were 47% more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to dementia, over the next decade than people who were not taking such drugs.

On Fire...

 

Protesters in Portland threw rocks and fire bombs at police who in turn used tear gas on Saturday night and at least one person was injured, on the 100th day of demonstrations in the Oregon city against racism and police brutality.

And on Sunday, Shortly after arriving, the crowd began chanting, among other things, “burn it down," police said in a statement. Some in the group lit a mattress  

“Because it was not an immediate threat to life safety or structures, officers remained far back and did not engage,” police said. “Another mattress was added to the fire, as was some yard debris. The larger fire began to send lit embers into the air.”

Since Multnomah County has a burn ban in effect due to extremely dry conditions, firefighters came in to extinguish the blaze.

Cigar...

 

Nap...