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Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year | My Way News
Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year | My Way News
Hmm. Wonder why there’s absolutely no mention of the abortion rate in this country.
Today alone over 3,000 babies will be aborted.
Organs taken from patients that doctors were pressured to declare brain dead, suit charges | NYPOST.com
This is unfortunately why Catholics are unable to list themselves as Organ Donors. It is cases like this in which human greed overrules the sanctity of one human life that make what could be a wonderful and beneficial practice an abhorrent killer of men.
TSA agent spills grandfather’s ashes on the floor, then laughs as grandson scrambles to gather them up | Mail Online
My opinion of TSA falls farther through the floor than it already was.
† Eternal rest grant to him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercies of God rest in peace. †
Acxiom, the Quiet Giant of Consumer Database Marketing | NYTimes.com
Acxiom, the Quiet Giant of Consumer Database Marketing | NYTimes.com.
This is extremely upsetting.
You should be as outraged as I am.
“Few consumers have ever heard of Acxiom. But analysts say it has amassed the world’s largest commercial database on consumers — and that it wants to know much, much more. Its servers process more than 50 trillion data “transactions” a year. Company executives have said its database contains information about 500 million active consumers worldwide, with about 1,500 data points per person. That includes a majority of adults in the United States.”
[…]
“Privacy advocates say they are more troubled by data brokers’ ranking systems, which classify some people as high-value prospects, to be offered marketing deals and discounts regularly, while dismissing others as low-value — known in industry slang as “waste.” Exclusion from a vacation offer may not matter much, says Pam Dixon, the executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit group in San Diego, but if marketing algorithms judge certain people as not worthy of receiving promotions for higher education or health services, they could have a serious impact. “Over time, that can really turn into a mountain of pathways not offered, not seen and not known about,” Ms. Dixon says.”
Your life is not about you. | Archdiocese of Washington
Your life is not about you. | Archdiocese of Washington.
Reminder Reminder Reminder Reminder…
“One of the harder truths of life is that our life is not about us. Neither are we the most important thing or person in the world. Rather we exist in and for the glory of God and our ultimate glory in to be caught up in and be part of God’s glory and his Kingdom. Further, we also exist, not only for our own sake but also for the sake of others.”
[…]
“Your life is not about you. We are each part of a bigger picture, a picture that God sees far better than we. “
…. needed to read this one today.
