Found this via Harry at Garbanzo Toons; Israel has more than it’s share of detractors. Wonder what the reaction of the naysayers to this would be? Here’s a tiny country that’s in a constant state of siege with it’s neighbors, routinely denounced by the UN, EU and many within this country. Yet when disaster strikes [...]

Army Sgt. Albert D. Ware 27, of Chicago; assigned to the 782nd Combat Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Dec. 18 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. (The following is taken from www.dailysentinel.com) Albert [...]

Marine Pfc. Serge Kropov 21, of Hawley, Pa.; assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; died Dec. 20 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (The following is taken from www.wayneindependent.com of Dec. 30) South Canaan – PFC [...]

Marine Lance Cpl. Omar G. Roebuck 23, of Moreno Valley, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Dec. 22, as a result of a noncombat-related incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (The following is taken from www.pe.com of Dec. 29, 2009) Lance Cpl. Omar G. [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, the wife became Catholic this past Easter. She successfully completed RCIA (she needed some moral support from her favorite Roman friar after discovering that RCIA can be an insult to the intelligence) and took the Eucharist during the Vigil Mass. What occasioned this swim across the Tiber was discovering that the [...]

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr. 35, of Florence, Ky.; assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.; died Dec. 15 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from the detonation of an improvised explosive device. (Taken from www.kypost.com of Dec. 22, 2009) FLORENCE, Ky. – Family, friends and [...]

Army Pfc. Jaiciae L. Pauley 29, of Austell, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Dec. 11 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat-related incident. (Taken from www.thestarpress.com of Dec. 22 ) MUNCIE — Pfc. Jaiciae L. Pauley never called [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Colorado family’s brush with tragedy Christmas Eve transformed into a dramatic celebration of the gift of life when a father says he witnessed his wife and newborn child revive after both appeared to die in the midst of delivery. Mike Hermanstorfer, 37, said there was no [...]

Found at www.nationalpost.com via The Anchoress; A year ago, Marcella Dubuque was preparing for what she believed would be her last Christmas. A month earlier, she had been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, the tumour that had been growing in her right breast had already invaded her lymph nodes. It was too advanced for surgery; [...]

23-year-old Marine from Detroit is killed in Iraq By Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free Press (Dec. 8, 2009) A Marine from Detroit has died while serving in Iraq, the Pentagon said Saturday. Sgt. Ralph Anthony Webb Frietas, 23, died Tuesday in Baghdad. The Department of Defense said the cause is unknown and is under investigation. Frietas [...]