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2017-03-24T15:25:12-06:00

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Sex Change Surgery is the New Prefrontal Lobotomy and a Trendy Form of Child Mutilation

Last updated on: March 24, 2017 at 3:25 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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What do prefrontal lobotomy and sex change surgery have in common from a scientific viewpoint? Everything. How are prefrontal lobotomy and sex change surgery different? Prefrontal lobotomy was never marketed as a “right” for mentally ill people. Prefrontal lobotomy is one of the grand dragons from the stone knives and bear skin beds era of mental health care. Back in the bad old days, doctors had the habit of “treating” people with mental health problems (or sometimes, just behavioral problems) by... Read more

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2015-06-02T14:49:35-06:00

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Research and Writing Software for Writers

Last updated on: June 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Writers are like any other craftsmen. Their tools are part of the process. The atmosphere of my work space matters to me. I aim for a certain level of comfort, peacefulness and prettiness in the way I put my home office together. The tools I choose to implement my writing matter to me, also. Software, in particular, shapes the work day. Anyone who has ever had the unpleasant experience of writing a book in Microsoft Word knows that this software was not... Read more

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2015-06-02T10:32:21-06:00

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Pope Francis: Failures are Par for the Course on the Road to Salvation

Last updated on: June 2, 2015 at 10:32 am By Rebecca Hamilton

From Catholic News Service: VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The road to salvation may be pitted with failures, but God uses them and overturns them to manifest his love for his people, said Pope Francis.Reflecting on the parable of the wicked tenants in the Gospel of Mark during morning Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae June 1, the pope said the parable may be understood to represent the “failure of God’s dream.”In the Gospel passage, Jesus tells of the owner of... Read more

2015-06-02T09:56:31-06:00

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FBI Flies Surveillance over Me and Thee

Last updated on: June 2, 2015 at 9:56 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I wonder if the government is going through our lingerie drawers when we’re out of the house. That’s about the only thing they seem to be missing in their zeal to pry into what Americans are doing. We all know about the government scooping up our cell phone calls and emails. We also know that they monitor our bank accounts to see if we withdrawing our money in suspicious ways. It’s even a federal crime to withdraw your own money... Read more

2015-06-01T17:44:09-06:00

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I’m Triaging My Life for Thriving, Not Just Surviving

Last updated on: June 1, 2015 at 5:44 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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I volunteered to host my book club at my house tonight. Then, life piled on and I made a decision to move the book club meeting to a local restaurant. My fellow book-clubbers were not only gracious about it, they seemed delighted with the prospect of dining while we talk. I could, if I had been stupid, have soldiered through, putting together snacks and polishing my house so I could play hostess. But that would have been, as I said,... Read more

2015-06-01T11:04:52-06:00

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Do-It-Yourself Home Office Organization That Won’t Drive You to the Dogs

Last updated on: June 1, 2015 at 11:04 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I didn’t wait around about closing down my legislative office. I was ready to go. I had been packing for weeks. We adjourned on Friday, the following Monday we took my son’s pickup to the capitol and loaded it up with my stuff. It actually took two trips. I unpacked it … sort of. I put things with no place to go in drawers and closets; stacked artwork and framed documents, and proceeded to ignore the mess for the next year.... Read more

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2015-05-29T11:44:53-06:00

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Former Oklahoma Rep Randy Terrill Begins Prison Sentence

Last updated on: May 29, 2015 at 11:44 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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My former colleague Representative Randy Terrill surrendered to authorities today. He is beginning a one-year prison sentence for bribery. He will also pay a $5,000 fine. Rep Terrill and I fought one another to a fare-thee-well over immigration laws that he passed. Other times, on other issues, we agreed with one another. But the important thing to me is not the issues. It is the tragedy of seeing someone I know go to prison. I will pray for Randy. He... Read more

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2015-05-29T11:06:13-06:00

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Crisis Pregnancy Centers are Under Attack for Saving Lives

Last updated on: May 29, 2015 at 11:06 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Two days ago, the California Assembly passed a bill attacking crisis pregnancy centers. Among other things, this new law would require crisis pregnancy centers to refer women for abortions. The President of the United States has staked his administration’s legacy on an attempt, through the HHS Mandate, to force Catholic ministries and Christian businesses to pay for contraceptives, including abortifacients. Christian small business people are being threatened with life-destroying fines and the loss of their livelihoods if they will not... Read more

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2015-05-29T07:50:20-06:00

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California Assembly Passes Bill Attacking Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Last updated on: May 29, 2015 at 7:50 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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California’s Assembly passed a bill this week which, among other things, would force crisis pregnancy centers to refer for abortions. Sponsors of the bill claim that it is designed to “protect” women from the supposed “misinformation” that crisis pregnancy centers give them. I’ve volunteered in a crisis pregnancy center, and this claim of misinformation is, in my experience, untrue. We did not refer women for abortions. But we also did not give them inaccurate information. Unlike Planned Parenthood, we did not arrange... Read more

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2015-05-28T05:22:26-06:00

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The Reason Why I Am a Catholic

Last updated on: May 28, 2015 at 5:22 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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2.000 years ago, a man gave his life for me, for you, for all of us. This man was the Son of God: Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Saviour and Messiah. Join the Catholic Church! http://catholicscomehome.org/ From YouTube posting. Read more

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