In a powerful address Saturday, Pope Francis said that prenatal testing to determine the presence of abnormalities for the purpose of abortion mirrors the Nazi practice of eugenic screening and ethnic cleansing. Speaking to a delegation of the Forum of Family Associations at the Vatican, Francis reaffirmed the nature of marriage as the complementary union of one man and one woman, while decrying today’s abortion culture.The pope set his prepared text aside to speak off the cuff to the group, urging everyone to help society regain respect for the value of every child and the plan of God for families. “Children are to be received as they come, as God sends them,” he said. “I have heard that it is typical during the first months of pregnancy to do tests on the baby and if the child is not well or has something wrong we do away with it. Just to keep life peaceful, an innocent child is killed.” “We do as the Nazis did to safeguard the purity of the race, … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Compares Aborting Babies with Disabilities to Nazi Eugenics
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Pope denounces abortion as modern-day ‘white glove’ eugenics
Associated Press Published 3:47 p.m. UTC Jun 16, 2018 Vatican City – Pope Francis denounced abortion on Saturday as the “white glove” equivalent of the Nazi-era eugenics program and urged families to accept the children that God gives them. Francis spoke off-the-cuff to a meeting of an Italian family association. The Vatican didn’t immediately provide a transcript of his remarks, but the ANSA news agency and the SIR agency of the Italian bishops’ conference quoted him as denouncing the pre-natal tests that can result in parents choosing to terminate a pregnancy if the fetus is malformed or suffering other problems. “Last century, the whole world was scandalized by what the Nazis did to purify the race. Today, we do the same thing but with white gloves,” the agencies quoted Francis as saying. The pope urged families to accept children “as God gives them to us.” Francis has repeated the strict anti-abortion stance of his … [Read more...] about Pope denounces abortion as modern-day ‘white glove’ eugenics
Eugene man helping homeless people with free haircuts
Updated 12:06 am, Saturday, June 16, 2018 Photo: Brian Davies, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 In this May 30, 2018 photo, Jacob Lucas, right, who is recovering from addiction and was once homeless offers a free haircut to Tyler Campbell in Kesey Square while he waits to get his hair cutting license in Eugene, Ore. (Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via AP) less In this May 30, 2018 photo, Jacob Lucas, right, who is recovering from addiction and was once homeless offers a free haircut to Tyler Campbell in Kesey Square while he waits to get his hair cutting license in ... more Photo: Brian Davies, AP Eugene man helping homeless people with free haircuts 1 / 1 Back to Gallery EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The buzz of the cordless clippers is barely audible over the din of traffic overhead as Jacob Lucas cuts … [Read more...] about Eugene man helping homeless people with free haircuts
Local Syrian refugees welcome relatives new to Eugene
Published 12:07 am, Saturday, June 9, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Andy Nelson, AP Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 In a Thursday, May 31, 2018 photo, Amina, the mother of Syrian refugee Ali Turki Ali, watches as her grandson plays superhero as she begins to settle in after arriving recently in Eugene from Turkey where she had been staying since fleeing war in Syria in 2014. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP) less In a Thursday, May 31, 2018 photo, Amina, the mother of Syrian refugee Ali Turki Ali, watches as her grandson plays superhero as she begins to settle in after arriving recently in Eugene from Turkey where she ... more … [Read more...] about Local Syrian refugees welcome relatives new to Eugene
Weekend tech reading: A tour of the Magellan telescope, a guide to cord-cutting, and the dawn of eugenics 2.0
The astounding engineering behind the world's largest optical telescope It's easy to miss the mirror forge at the University of Arizona. While sizable, the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory sits in the shadow of the university's much larger 56,000-seat football stadium. Even its most distinctive feature—an octagonal concrete prominence emblazoned with the school's logo—looks like an architectural feature for the arena next door. But it's that tower that houses some of the facility's most critical equipment. Wired Against an increasingly user-hostile web We're quietly replacing an open web that connects and empowers with one that restricts and commoditizes people. We need to stop it. I quit Facebook seven months ago. Despite its undeniable value, I think Facebook is at odds with the open web that I love and defend. This essay is my attempt to explain not only why I quit Facebook but why I believe we're slowly replacing a web that empowers with one that restricts and … [Read more...] about Weekend tech reading: A tour of the Magellan telescope, a guide to cord-cutting, and the dawn of eugenics 2.0