Cardinal Murphy O’Conner, as reported previously on cloudsoup, criticised the conflict in Iraq on grounds of cost. At the time we pointed out the huge misspend of money caused by the Catholic Church’s having to recompense the victims of its child-abusing priests.
I’m still not sure about Flickr - that’s the ‘Daily Zeitgeist’ app in the top right of the page, there - but I’m persevering because lots of people are reporting very positively about it.
According to the server logs, Cloudsoup had 83 page requests through the National Library of Wales servers yesterday, and 386 from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
The Guardian publishes an article, Are you a woman who believes in astrology?:
I’m whatever sign whose prediction this week read, ‘On Sunday, a friend who has masqueraded as a rational human being for the 15 years of your acquaintance will stand revealed before you as just another cack-brained, gibbering fool swirling in a festering cesspit of stupidity’
Helen picked up a book called The Story Of The World In Pictures
for £4.99 in a local charity shop. It doesn’t seem to have a publication date but there is a small copyright notice dating it to 1934.
worldstory/cinema
Queueing Up For The Cinema In Malaya
The caption reads:
