Notes: Tuesday-Wednesday, December 21-22, 2010

1. The latest on the New S.T.A.R.T. treaty:

As the US Senate prepared for a critical vote on the Obama administration's nuclear arms treaty with Russia, Moscow warned legislators not to alter the treaty's terms and the White House stepped up lobbying to have the pact ratified.
[http://www.smh.com.au/world/intense-lobbying-in-us-senate-on-nuclear-treaty-20101221-194fz.html?skin=text-only]

See also
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/obama-closes-in-nuke-treaty-numbers/story-e6frg6so-1225974599047
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/blow-to-obamas-bid-for-russian-arms-pact/story-e6frg6so-1225974122545

And according to Dr. Hal G. P. Colebatch, there is "massive Russian re-armament now taking place" (mentioned here:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/tories-fail-first-test-of-government/story-e6frg6zo-1225974645178

2. "Fr Mark Kirby OSB - 10 advantages of saying Mass ad orientum"

http://members7.boardhost.com/CathPews/thread/1292897982.html

3. Lord Nicholas Windsor on abortion

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35222

4. Dr. Fennell on "The Last Episode in the Staggered End of Western Civilisation"

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33336

5. What does the Holy Father mean by "the principle of secularity"?

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=391861#391861

6. Some good comments by "Jan B." and "Pax Vobiscum" on, respectively, religious freedom/religious tolerance and libertarianism

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=391623#391623
http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=391662#391662
http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=391564#391564

Reginaldvs Cantvar
22.XII.2010