Pope John Paul II was given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church late Thursday night as his health deteriorated, according to a Vatican source.
Pope John Paul 11 was also given last rites when he was shot in 1981. It is part of church practise to give last rites to those that are seriously [...]

A woman in California called 911 over a cheeseburger.
Here is the transcript
Operator: “… dept, how can I help you?”
W: “Yeah, I’m over here…I’m over here at Burger King, over here in San Clemente.”
O: Mmm-hmm.
W: Um, no, not San Clemente, I’m sorry, um I live in San Clemente, um, Laguna Niguel I think that’s where I’m [...]

The launch date of The Speros Project is being pushed back a week to April 11th.
It isn’t because of technical problems or lack of content.
It’s a marketing decision. It gives the bosses a bit of extra time to do the necessary PR. That’s reasonable. If you build it they will come. If you build [...]

Since you asked…
Many Canadians are justifiably concerned about the reliability and veracity of information purveyed by mainstream media.
None of these concerns would be alleviated–indeed they’d likely be heightened–by the spread of anonymous writings by “Citizen Journalists.”
One concern about the mainstream media is the widespread practice of journalists granting anonymity to sources, thereby depriving the [...]

DogfightAtBankstown has an interesting look at one of the many players in the drama unfolding in a hospice in Florida.
George Felos has been front and center as the lawyer for Micheal Schiavo.
I commented at Troppo that I thought all parties were conflicted in this case - Michael Schiavo’s and the Schindlers’ conflicted interests were noted [...]

A U.S. federal appeal court agreed early Wednesday to consider a petition for a new hearing on whether to reconnect Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube.
The ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, announced before 1 a.m. local time Wednesday, came as the brain-damaged Florida woman edged closer to death on her 13th day without [...]

Pope John Paull 11 may be returning to hospital to have a feeding tube inserted.
The Italian news agency APcom said Tuesday that doctors were considering a feeding tube to ensure the 84-year-old pontiff receives adequate nutrition.
The Vatican didn’t comment publicly on the report, which the news agency attributed to a source who wasn’t identified.
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Media matters has a rather strange statement made by Jerry Falwell on CNN March 27th.
FALWELL: She has never been on life support. A month ago, I was on a ventilator to breathe, and I had a feeding tube down my nose, just like she. And thank the Lord, I’m out of it, and I preached [...]