Most Catholics don’t believe in the transubstantiation

Here's news that is not really a shocker: Only 26% of Catholics understand and believe in the transubstantiation. This is the equivalent of claiming that only 26% of United States citizens believe that there are three branches of government. It's pretty amazing to see such rampant ignorance, especially in the a context that is supposedly a matter of eternal life versus eternal damnation. BTW, those who truly believe in the transubstantiation should not take Communion on Good Friday, because it is the same thing as eating meat.

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Matt Taibbi analyzes Jamie Dimon’s appearance before the Senate Banking Committee

Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone found it hard to watch all of the U.S. Senators giving homage to Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase. You can read his detailed report here. And here's the lesson Dimon doesn't get:

You can either be a commercial bank, with all the federal support that entails, or you can be a high-risk gambler. But you shouldn't be allowed to be both. We could have Chase Commercial Bank, and Chase Investments Inc., and they can each be as big as they want, but those companies should be separate. Why do we need companies like Chase that are both things, under one tent? The real answer, from Jamie Dimon’s point of view, is simple – there’s no way he could have a $350 billion hedge fund if he didn’t have mountains of federally-insured money to play with, and a steady stream of low-interest loans from the Fed.

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