Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Crossfit
Generation Crossfit by Thomas Beller (via GL Piggy)
Will Crossfit and PX90 remain fitness trends for 2014? Or will functional fitness become more prominent?
I have a kettlebell that needs to be used.
Will Crossfit and PX90 remain fitness trends for 2014? Or will functional fitness become more prominent?
I have a kettlebell that needs to be used.
Nom Nom Paleo on Joel Riddell’s Dining Around on Talk 910
Dining Around 12-28-13 Hr2: Paleo Food, San Francisco
"This hour on Dining Around, Joel brings on Michelle Tam and Henry Fong to talk about their book Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans, and what it means to eat paleo. Then Andrew Freeman, of Andrew Freeman and Co. Marketing and Public Relations, returns to talk about local hotels, restaurants, and wineries."
mp3
Nom Nom Paleo
Embedded player after the jump.
"This hour on Dining Around, Joel brings on Michelle Tam and Henry Fong to talk about their book Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans, and what it means to eat paleo. Then Andrew Freeman, of Andrew Freeman and Co. Marketing and Public Relations, returns to talk about local hotels, restaurants, and wineries."
mp3
Nom Nom Paleo
Embedded player after the jump.
If men naturally tune out women (as opposed to being a habit they gradually acquire, for whatever reason), would this be a sufficient reason for not having women as lectors/readers? Does the same apply to female cantors (cantrixes)? Male voices are better suited to commanding the attention of both men and women.
Alexander's Bridge
Related to this post - Pantaeo recorded the re-enactment of the Battle of Chickamauga for the 150th Anniversary and also used the occasion to film a movie about Delta Force operators who travel back in time to that battle. Unfortunately, they decide to help out the Union Army. (A reflection of the company's sympathies? Or just a decision made for the sake of PC?)
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Saturday, December 28, 2013
The Cross-Cultural Utility of Cricket
Thanks to the British Empire and its legacy.
Vatican launches its very own cricket team
Alas, in the Silicon Valley cricket is used more as a divider than a uniter (though a uniter for South Asians). There are some South Asians who play baseball with the East Asians and the whites who remain.
Cricket is not a bearer of Anglo tradition or identity, rather, it is an expression of South Asian identity.
Vatican launches its very own cricket team
In recent years cricket has proven to be an efficient instrument for boosting interreligious dialogue (teams are composed of Muslim, Sikh and Buddhist players) and now it has also become a new means of ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans. When the club was launched back in October, Cardinal Ravasi praised the initiative, calling it an “expression of interculturalism and of “dialogue among peoples”.
Alas, in the Silicon Valley cricket is used more as a divider than a uniter (though a uniter for South Asians). There are some South Asians who play baseball with the East Asians and the whites who remain.
Cricket is not a bearer of Anglo tradition or identity, rather, it is an expression of South Asian identity.
Mark Royden Winchell
Nomocracy in Politics: “Mark Royden Winchell,” By Thomas H. Landess (republished from First Principles)
I've been waiting for Winchell's last book The Cause of Us All, to be in stock for a year or so; was it actually published?
bio
In Memoriam
Notice in AmConMag on his passing in 2008.
Dixie.net
"The Dream of the South"
I've been waiting for Winchell's last book The Cause of Us All, to be in stock for a year or so; was it actually published?
bio
In Memoriam
Notice in AmConMag on his passing in 2008.
Dixie.net
"The Dream of the South"
Friday, December 27, 2013
Stand With Your "People"
The Phil Robertson controversy and life in general makes me think that we should have the mentality that we should be on permanent war footing - the culture war but in other respects as well.
Ilana Mercer poo-poos the show. Too low-brow for her tastes? Or grasping for reasons to be deliberately contrarian? I think Rod Dreher likes the show itself more, but I could be wrong. Is this a giant money-making scheme hatched by A&E and the Robertson Family? Or should we believe the family that the network deliberately set up a trap for Mr. Robertson and that the show didn't work out like it had planned (U.S.A. getting laughs from dumb hicks acting like dumb hicks)?
While his talk may lend itself to support of white nationalism, I think the principles that one should determine who is one's people (not necessarily based only on race) and act in solidarity with them are valid for "conservative" Americans.
Jack Donovan, Becoming the New Barbarians:
Of course, traditional conservatives may prefer to see themselves as the civilized defending and preserving civilization from the barbarians (the leftists) in our midst - the folks at Chronicles, Rod Dreher, and so on. It's a noble attitude, but nonetheless we still need males who are willing to be men and do what men do for themselves and their group.
Meanwhile the Lefties continue to push their own brand of social engineering (that is, formation or paideia), in the name of deconstructionism: There's Something Absolutely Wrong With What We Do To Boys Before They Grow Into Men
Edit. A&E Welcomes Phil Robertson Back to 'Duck Dynasty'
Ilana Mercer poo-poos the show. Too low-brow for her tastes? Or grasping for reasons to be deliberately contrarian? I think Rod Dreher likes the show itself more, but I could be wrong. Is this a giant money-making scheme hatched by A&E and the Robertson Family? Or should we believe the family that the network deliberately set up a trap for Mr. Robertson and that the show didn't work out like it had planned (U.S.A. getting laughs from dumb hicks acting like dumb hicks)?
While his talk may lend itself to support of white nationalism, I think the principles that one should determine who is one's people (not necessarily based only on race) and act in solidarity with them are valid for "conservative" Americans.
Jack Donovan, Becoming the New Barbarians:
As America declines and becomes a failed or failing state, the corporations and businessmen and bureaucrats who run it will continue to preach globalism and multiculturalism and feminism.
They will continue to condemn anything that could be considered racism or tribalism—especially among whites—until they are safely in the minority. They will continue to condemn “male sexism” and continue to promote any kind of go-girl female sexism that emasculates or devalues men. They will continue to promote reverence for their own academic priest class while condemning as “extreme” any religious belief that challenges the moral authority of progressive beliefs. They will continue to promote dependence on the State for security and income and healthcare—for life itself.
Of course, traditional conservatives may prefer to see themselves as the civilized defending and preserving civilization from the barbarians (the leftists) in our midst - the folks at Chronicles, Rod Dreher, and so on. It's a noble attitude, but nonetheless we still need males who are willing to be men and do what men do for themselves and their group.
Meanwhile the Lefties continue to push their own brand of social engineering (that is, formation or paideia), in the name of deconstructionism: There's Something Absolutely Wrong With What We Do To Boys Before They Grow Into Men
Edit. A&E Welcomes Phil Robertson Back to 'Duck Dynasty'
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian Patriot
Pravmir: Patriarchal Condolences to the Family and Friends of M. T. Kalashnikov
Russia Today
NYT
Washington Post
BBC
Politico
His most famous invention, introduced by Larry Vickers:
Russia Today
NYT
Washington Post
BBC
Politico
His most famous invention, introduced by Larry Vickers:
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Felix dies Nativitatis! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Merry Christmas!
χριστός γεννάται! δοξάσατε! Christ is born! Glorify Him!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
What Did He Say About Pretty Women Using Feminism to Draw Attention to Themselves?
Someone in the Androsphere... maybe it was Vox. Or maybe it was Sunshine Mary.
Feminism and AA in the guise of 'patriotism'?
Former Eagles cheerleader now stars for Army
Feminism and AA in the guise of 'patriotism'?
Post by Military.com.
Former Eagles cheerleader now stars for Army
The Neal Study
Important research: diversity is incompatible with community - The Atlantic: The Paradox of Diverse Communities by Richard Florida
“The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community” by Zachary Neal and Jennifer Watling Neal
Steve Sailer
“The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community” by Zachary Neal and Jennifer Watling Neal
Steve Sailer
Vespers in English at St. Sebastian Church
Come and Worship in Song - Vespers of Epiphany
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Celebrant
Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB, Choirmaster and Composer
A Celebration of Light and Life!
Sunday, January 5th, 3:30 PM - St. Sebastian Church
373 Bon Air Road, Kentfield - Greenbrae
3:30 PM Rehearsal for the Vespers Schola
4:00 PM Introduction by Archbishop Cordileone and refreshments
4:30 PM Practice singing simple English Chant with Fr. Samuel
5:00 -- 6:00 PM Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Related:
Sacred Music by Fr. Samuel F. Weber
Taking up the Psalter
A letter to some friends by Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.
The Office of Compline (audio samples)
New Liturgical Institute in San Francisco by Roseanne T. Sullivan
Archbishop Cordileone Rebuilding Church, Society in San Francisco (reaction at Pray Tell)
Surprise resignation stuns California seminary students, faculty
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Goes SSPX
Letter of Patrick J. McGrath, Bishop of San Jose
Cal Catholic Daily
Meanwhile... Bishop Daly leads campaign for new Catholic high school.
Cal Catholic Daily
Meanwhile... Bishop Daly leads campaign for new Catholic high school.
People of Costco... not necessarily a prettier sight.
There are very few places where people watching is enjoyable.
Anyway... Karen De Coster, No Carbs, No Energy? Wrong.
There are very few places where people watching is enjoyable.
Anyway... Karen De Coster, No Carbs, No Energy? Wrong.
Without an abundant of ease, comfort, and food made possible by cheap energy, would the modern nation-state be as stable as it seems to be? One of its goals is the pacification of the populace by satisfying their appetites. But another goal is the removal of political liberty and participation, along with the suppression of masculine agency, as these are potential threats to the state.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Nicole Foss on the Extraenvironmentalist
Episode 70: Downloading Responsibility (hi/lo) (Resilience)
The episode also features Laurence Boomert and John Michael Greer.
The episode also features Laurence Boomert and John Michael Greer.
Orthodox in Hong Kong
Keeping Faith in the City by Brian Yeung
The majority of Hongkongers celebrate Christmas on December 25. However, a handful will set aside January 7 as their holy day – that’s the day the Russian Orthodox Church observes Christmas Day and many non-Russian Hongkongers have embraced the faith.
The majority of Hongkongers celebrate Christmas on December 25. However, a handful will set aside January 7 as their holy day – that’s the day the Russian Orthodox Church observes Christmas Day and many non-Russian Hongkongers have embraced the faith.
Peter O'Toole
Passed away on Sunday; I didn't find out about his passing until Wednesday. One of his last movies is Katherine of Alexandria:
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
First World Affectations
Hipsters of the World
Got a view of some TAD customers last weekend; the "urban tactical" look can be so pretentious, especially when modelled by overweight people and seniors. Lots of Asians and whites at the store - a young Indian couple, even. The fashion trend hasn't even really taken hold yet in San Francisco--how long will the company stay in business? (They seem to be able to sell out of their special knives and hatchets quickly, though.)
Got a view of some TAD customers last weekend; the "urban tactical" look can be so pretentious, especially when modelled by overweight people and seniors. Lots of Asians and whites at the store - a young Indian couple, even. The fashion trend hasn't even really taken hold yet in San Francisco--how long will the company stay in business? (They seem to be able to sell out of their special knives and hatchets quickly, though.)
Friday, December 13, 2013
Two of Dubious Quality
David Letterman - Josh Groban Christmas Songs Top Ten
His talent is wasted on that show.
Trying too hard?
His talent is wasted on that show.
Trying too hard?
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Finally, a Bishop with...
Fortitude to give some defense to patriarchy. Though another term could be substituted for fortitude, either in English or in Spanish, and it wouldn't be so disrespectful.
"Granada's Archbishop Francisco Javier Martinez, who chose to publish the book has defended its content and insists that the furore surrounding it is "ridiculous and hypocritical" in a society that allows abortion, which he argues is a much clearer example of violence against women."
Book on 'submissive wives' becomes hit in Spain
Book that advises new wives "to be submissive" proves surprise success in Spain but angers feminists
Meanwhile Msgr. Cormac Burke (of Opus Dei) is the latest to attempt to reappropriate the term "feminist" (via PBlosser).
"Granada's Archbishop Francisco Javier Martinez, who chose to publish the book has defended its content and insists that the furore surrounding it is "ridiculous and hypocritical" in a society that allows abortion, which he argues is a much clearer example of violence against women."
Book on 'submissive wives' becomes hit in Spain
Book that advises new wives "to be submissive" proves surprise success in Spain but angers feminists
Meanwhile Msgr. Cormac Burke (of Opus Dei) is the latest to attempt to reappropriate the term "feminist" (via PBlosser).
Junk E-mail from an Aspiring Federal Politician
The same old...
Friend --
My name is Ro Khanna. I’m a proud Democrat and I'm running to represent you in Congress.
I was born in Philadelphia, PA. Like so many people in the Bay Area, I am the American born son of immigrants who came to this country to give their children a better life. I attended public school, took out student loans, and after receiving my law degree, I moved to Fremont to be a part of the innovative and forward-looking spirit of Silicon Valley. After serving as a trade and manufacturing official in the U.S. Department of Commerce, I wrote a book on the future of American manufacturing. Currently, I teach economics at Stanford.
I’m proud to call the 17th district my home – and I’m excited to be running for Congress with so much local support.
Our country is facing many critical issues that need our attention: growing the economy, creating good-paying jobs, and improving access to a high quality education.
That is why I am spending every day out in the community knocking on doors, holding meet and greets, and working with people like you to build forward-looking proposals on training a skilled manufacturing workforce, championing small businesses, and advancing women in the workplace.
Unfortunately, Congress is completely paralyzed with ideological entrenchment and finger pointing. The result is a complete lack of vision to keep American competitive in the 21st century.
If you believe that we can’t keep sending the same people back to Congress and expect a different result, please click here to join my campaign.
Thank you,
Ro Khanna
P.S. When I launched this campaign at De Anza Community College back in April, I pledged never to take a dollar from PACs or Washington lobbyists. This campaign is about you, not the well-connected special interests.
I've remarked on the stares that I've received from Indians and Chinese, elderly and not so elderly, in the town or in the neighborhood. If one doesn't want to be threatening or be attacked, one usually avoids looking at the other, no? Such a unfriendly stare (not neutral or blank - there does seem to be some tension in the face; there is definitely no smile) can be perceived as hostile? Is it natural to get angry at such a glare, an instinct to ready oneself for a defensive (or aggressive) stance?
When one receives it within one's own territory (neighborhood) from a stranger, it does seem like a sleight, rather disrespectful. The virtue of sociability is lacking and would serve to defuse the situation.
When one receives it within one's own territory (neighborhood) from a stranger, it does seem like a sleight, rather disrespectful. The virtue of sociability is lacking and would serve to defuse the situation.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
TV = Plato's Cave
Not just "reality TV" but especially "dramas" - lies (for example, sexual egalitarianism) are on display all the time, in the name of political correctness. It becomes another form of indoctrination.
Even escapist fare (action series like Burned Notice) involve artistic license with respect to their portrayal of the real world. (How much deviation from reality can a story feature before it is no longer realistic?)
Comedies might seem to be the exception but even they have reality as a standard in some respect - can there be comedy if the standard is not true?
Even escapist fare (action series like Burned Notice) involve artistic license with respect to their portrayal of the real world. (How much deviation from reality can a story feature before it is no longer realistic?)
Comedies might seem to be the exception but even they have reality as a standard in some respect - can there be comedy if the standard is not true?
AntiWar: A Book the Military Won’t Want You To Read by Kelley B. Vlahos
Ann Jones on They Were Soldiers
Ann Jones on They Were Soldiers
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
California, the Apex of Culture
From FB:
FROM THE PASTOR
December 8, 2013
by Fr. George W. Rutler
A young businessman told me that on a recent trip to California he was struck by how insipid the art of conversation had become among those he met there, and that the stock reply to almost every observation or critical comment on any subject was: “It’s all good.” Although New Yorkers might breezily pass this off as typical of the insipidity of what they call “La-La Land,” this insouciance has infected all parts of our society, and anyone walking among pre-Christmas shoppers here on 34th Street can marvel at the epidemic of vacuousness all around. To say of everything, “It’s all good,” is to imply that nothing is bad, and that, in turn, means that nothing is either really good or really bad.
Uhmerica!
Obama's gestures during Mandela memorial scrutinized
As many Uhmericans won't see any problems with taking a selfie at a memorial service, this won't be enough to shame those who voted for the man for their poor decision. But if scandals and Obamacare can't shame them, either, then what will?
"At another point, President Obama posed for a "selfie" from his seat at the memorial with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt."
The other participants were the "man" they call prime minister in the UK and the female prime minister from Denmark (who may have been the instigator - what a shock). Good job, Boomers, you've raised your children well.
As many Uhmericans won't see any problems with taking a selfie at a memorial service, this won't be enough to shame those who voted for the man for their poor decision. But if scandals and Obamacare can't shame them, either, then what will?
"At another point, President Obama posed for a "selfie" from his seat at the memorial with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt."
The other participants were the "man" they call prime minister in the UK and the female prime minister from Denmark (who may have been the instigator - what a shock). Good job, Boomers, you've raised your children well.
Vox on the Jane Austen MMORPG
Games for girls
Of little interest will be the resources historically required for such a lifestyle...
Of little interest will be the resources historically required for such a lifestyle...
Monday, December 09, 2013
Sunday, December 08, 2013
Friday, December 06, 2013
The Pittsford Perennialist has some thoughts on NBC's Sound of Music after watching it last night. Reading the FB newsfeed this morning, I was taken aback that nuns were featured in the updated production, though their songs were apparently bad. Worthy of a post-Vatican II Uhmerican Mass? Maybe. I suppose the producers can only go so far in updating the story - taking out the nuns and Maria's difficulty in discerning her vocation would probably outrage fans of the musical and movie, or of the von Trapp family.
Von Trapp family snubs NBC casting, Suhay family concurs
Von Trapp family snubs NBC casting, Suhay family concurs
You don't say?
The upward lilt, noticed by Dr. Wilson? Valley Girl talk. "What is wrong with American men?" Mainstream TV and media? Their mothers and teachers? Why do they no longer talk like men?
American men have started to talk like WOMEN: Californian study finds that males are rising in pitch at the end of sentences
American men have started to talk like WOMEN: Californian study finds that males are rising in pitch at the end of sentences
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Having seen posts of obituaries for Nelson Mandela, the secular canonizations on Facebook (and undoubtedly Twitter) from those on the left, celebrities, and those who have been assimilated to modern PC group-think or are seeking to ingratiate themselves with the mainstream (Catholics included) were not far off.
Will it be a travesty?
Post by Carrie Underwood.
NBC's live performance of The Sound of Music will probably resemble the musical more than the movie. The musical and the original movie could be considered products intended for mass consumption as well, and one could question
how much 'religion' was present in the real-life story (though the family was Catholic). NBC is desperate for viewers and trying to capitalize on Carrie Underwood as a country-pop star, but the producers probably feel the itch to update the musical in some way. I expect there to be very little religious references.
NBC's 'Sound of Music' Producers on Live Show Fears and Big Expectations (Q&A)
120 Martyr Saints of China
CWR: New Book on China’s Saints Published in Chinese
Hong Kong’s Salesians of Don Bosco mark the conclusion of the Year of Faith with a book celebrating the 120 martyr saints of Mainland China
Hong Kong’s Salesians of Don Bosco mark the conclusion of the Year of Faith with a book celebrating the 120 martyr saints of Mainland China
With the Advancement of Neurophysiology, Radical Egalitarianism Falls
Independent: The Hardwired Difference Between Male and Female Brains Could Explain Why Men Are Better at Map Reading (Vox)
A good reminder that the accepted distinction between right and left brain could be erroneous:
The Master and His Emissary
A good reminder that the accepted distinction between right and left brain could be erroneous:
Part of the problem here is that too many of the science media, and too many people commenting here, are assuming that the initial findings of Roger Sperry remain correct: that the left cerebral hemisphere deals with verbal phenomena, while the right deals with non-verbal phenomena. A good layman's presentation of this material can be found in Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary
A more accurate view, or at least one which is closer to current findings, is that the left hemisphere addresses close-focus processes (e.g., attention to detail, semantics, melody, etc.), while the right hemisphere deals with broad-attention processes (e.g. observation of background, syntactics, background sounds, etc.). As verbal behavior is a complex of integrated right and left brained functions, it should not be surprising from the recent study now cited that women would be better at verbalizing than men.
On the other hand, I think that several conclusions can be drawn from the recent study:
1. It would appear that men tend to work with two parallel tracks: close attention and far attention, simultaneously. This would make them better hunters and warriors.
2. This dual processing system in men would appear to integrate more in the way of executive, motor, and pan-sensory functions. This, by the bye, would explain why men are more quickly able to exercise their common sense or sensus communis than women. (I suggest that argumentative readers go through the wikipedia article on 'common sense' before beginning their disputations on this point).
3. This dual process involving a deeper integration of pan-cerebral functions could explain the reason why the creative process in men (as related by Koestler) involves intense study of a problem, prolonged contemplation, and then sudden insight: that process of cogitation has gone from the left to the right hemisphere, and then back again. It would also explain why the overwhelming majority of scientific, artistic, and literary creative breakthroughs have been (and will continue to be) accomplished by men.
4. The study would also explain why verbal instruction in childhood education works better with girls than with boys. Further, if McGilchrist is correct, a sole focus on semantic and close attention processes would tend to make worse the tendency for left brain activity to suppress right brain activity in males. A more pan-sensory and pan-motor activity approach (i.e. games and sports) would therefore be needed for boys, if people were actually interested in educating them.
I can think of more consequences from the underlying study, but this would appear to be enough to start with.
The Master and His Emissary
The Loss of the Immigrant Church
J.F. Powers and the missing Catholic subculture by Russell Shaw
Catholicism was once "a natural part of the cityscape" in Chicago and other U.S. cities
Until it was pushed out through a form of ethnic cleansing initiated by WASP elites, if we accept the thesis of E. Michael Jones.
There is a new immigrant Church now, but it's not white.
Catholicism was once "a natural part of the cityscape" in Chicago and other U.S. cities
Until it was pushed out through a form of ethnic cleansing initiated by WASP elites, if we accept the thesis of E. Michael Jones.
There is a new immigrant Church now, but it's not white.
Two on Conservatism
Yuval Levin’s Must-Read Primer on America’s Ideological Faultline by Scott Galupo
Seven Conservative Minds by Bradley J. Birzer
Russell Kirk’s revisions trace the right’s evolution—and his own.
Seven Conservative Minds by Bradley J. Birzer
Russell Kirk’s revisions trace the right’s evolution—and his own.
Cheap, Insensitive Moralism?
What can a socon post about a 'comedy' made to appeal to modern women and white knights teach us about social conservatism?
What Can Pornography Teach Us About Love? By Michael Bradley
Apple trailer
Is this sort of shaming helpful to betas and nice guys who use pornography? Let us be clear: the use of pornography and its attendant sins are contrary to reason and can become a vice, and heavy use of pornography and subsequent sins can lead to physical and emotional desensitization and other bad effects. But are these effects universal, or for only those who are heavily dependent, the "addicted"? Can pornography lead to unrealistic expectations about relationships and sex? Or is it possible for men to use pornography and be relatively unscathed when it comes to 'managing' their personal lives, treating it more as a relief or as an escape rather than as a substitute for a real relationship?
Often in popular moralism we see the heavy use of consequentialist argumentation to 'scare' people to avoid a certain action. Is this really an effective strategy? Or should we consider the reasons why men might be turning to pornography more (besides being hooked while young through early exposure) and address those as well? This kind of moralizing may seem like one-upmanship by those who've "got theirs" or are on their way to getting married at least.
The disordered desire for venereal gratification is a problem and a form of self-love but might it be possible that the natural psychic separation of sex and emotional intimacy in the male mind prevents many or most men from falling into the psychological pitfalls that conservative moralists always seem to discuss? (Even when men learn to associate sex with emotional intimacy and genuine love, they probably do not experience this association in the same way that women do, who do so 'naturally.')
If St. Paul is correct that it is "better to marry than to burn with passion," then what are conservatives or Christians doing to promote and facilitate early marriage in their communities? Do they acknowledge sex differences and what a healthy masculinity is like, or do they try to diminish it through a misguided ideology like TOB (which can be both sentimental and 'spiritualist' simultaneously)?
TOB lectures: EWTN
Christians Find Help for Porn, Masturbation Addiction Through 'NoFap' Community Started on Reddit by 24-Y-O Web Developer
Related:
Beware: Non-Celibates Writing about Celibacy by James Martin, SJ (via PBlosser)
What Can Pornography Teach Us About Love? By Michael Bradley
Apple trailer
Is this sort of shaming helpful to betas and nice guys who use pornography? Let us be clear: the use of pornography and its attendant sins are contrary to reason and can become a vice, and heavy use of pornography and subsequent sins can lead to physical and emotional desensitization and other bad effects. But are these effects universal, or for only those who are heavily dependent, the "addicted"? Can pornography lead to unrealistic expectations about relationships and sex? Or is it possible for men to use pornography and be relatively unscathed when it comes to 'managing' their personal lives, treating it more as a relief or as an escape rather than as a substitute for a real relationship?
Often in popular moralism we see the heavy use of consequentialist argumentation to 'scare' people to avoid a certain action. Is this really an effective strategy? Or should we consider the reasons why men might be turning to pornography more (besides being hooked while young through early exposure) and address those as well? This kind of moralizing may seem like one-upmanship by those who've "got theirs" or are on their way to getting married at least.
The disordered desire for venereal gratification is a problem and a form of self-love but might it be possible that the natural psychic separation of sex and emotional intimacy in the male mind prevents many or most men from falling into the psychological pitfalls that conservative moralists always seem to discuss? (Even when men learn to associate sex with emotional intimacy and genuine love, they probably do not experience this association in the same way that women do, who do so 'naturally.')
If St. Paul is correct that it is "better to marry than to burn with passion," then what are conservatives or Christians doing to promote and facilitate early marriage in their communities? Do they acknowledge sex differences and what a healthy masculinity is like, or do they try to diminish it through a misguided ideology like TOB (which can be both sentimental and 'spiritualist' simultaneously)?
TOB lectures: EWTN
Christians Find Help for Porn, Masturbation Addiction Through 'NoFap' Community Started on Reddit by 24-Y-O Web Developer
Related:
Beware: Non-Celibates Writing about Celibacy by James Martin, SJ (via PBlosser)
50 Years After Sacrosanctum Concilium
The Liturgy, Fifty Years after Sacrosanctum Concilium by Dom Alcuin Reid
NLM: Is Your Liturgy Like What Vatican II Intended? by Peter Kwasniewski
Fr. Z: 50 years ago today: BUGNINICARE!
A Council Not Yet Fully Realized by Kathleen Pluth
Sacrosanctum Concilium Turns 50
Then you get the stuff over at a certain blog...
V2-50th Anniversary III: “A Reflection on the Ecumenical Impact of Sacrosanctum Concilium“
Pray Tell Live – Massimo Faggioli Interview
Sacrosanctum Concilium
NLM: Is Your Liturgy Like What Vatican II Intended? by Peter Kwasniewski
Fr. Z: 50 years ago today: BUGNINICARE!
A Council Not Yet Fully Realized by Kathleen Pluth
Sacrosanctum Concilium Turns 50
Then you get the stuff over at a certain blog...
V2-50th Anniversary III: “A Reflection on the Ecumenical Impact of Sacrosanctum Concilium“
Pray Tell Live – Massimo Faggioli Interview
Sacrosanctum Concilium
Download it before it's gone for good
WinAmp is shutting down on December 20 - free version of the player.
When I first got the program through RHK, I thought it was a cool mp3 player and I was satisfied with it, not seeking any alternatives. I've simplified a bit since then, using vlc player as I don't listen to many mp3s while I'm using the computer - I'm more likely to listen to some online program. What killed WinAmp? Not enough people paying for the product?
When I first got the program through RHK, I thought it was a cool mp3 player and I was satisfied with it, not seeking any alternatives. I've simplified a bit since then, using vlc player as I don't listen to many mp3s while I'm using the computer - I'm more likely to listen to some online program. What killed WinAmp? Not enough people paying for the product?
What's Next for the Food Movement?
The Future of the Food Movement
With the requisite leftist cheerleading for women. That can be ignored without too much difficulty.
With the requisite leftist cheerleading for women. That can be ignored without too much difficulty.
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Economic vulnerability to Peak Oil by Christian Kerschner, Christina Prell, Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek
Related:
Imminent peak oil could burst US, global economic bubble - study
Major industrial sectors are at risk without a swift transition to a more resilient, post-carbon economy
Related:
Imminent peak oil could burst US, global economic bubble - study
Major industrial sectors are at risk without a swift transition to a more resilient, post-carbon economy
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
A Quibble Over Words?
Or does antifragile really mean something different (and better) than resilient?
AoM: Beyond “Sissy” Resilience: On Becoming Antifragile
AoM: Beyond “Sissy” Resilience: On Becoming Antifragile
Wonder Woman in the Superman/Batman movie now? Setting the movie up for failure by increasing fan expectations?
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Monday, December 02, 2013
Statists, Feminists, and Homosexualists Killed It
Whatever Happened to Male Friendship? by Brandon McGinley
McGinley's post is inspired by the recent Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey ad. I posted a video of the commercial here.
Daily Mail: To be a happy chap, see your pals twice a week: Men's wellbeing depends on meeting up with friends and 'doing stuff'
McGinley's post is inspired by the recent Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey ad. I posted a video of the commercial here.
Daily Mail: To be a happy chap, see your pals twice a week: Men's wellbeing depends on meeting up with friends and 'doing stuff'
True?
A comment at Vox Day: "North Vietnam Sodomized the invading PLA in 1979. The PLA suffered more dead and wounded in 6 weeks than the US suffered in the entire Vietnam war. As a side affect it also proved to the PLA leadership that women, who made up 20% of the invading army, should not be in combat. This toned down any belief they may have had in the PLA being a competent instrument of foreign policy."
The Dominant Value of California Culture is Comfort?
I have not seen any evidence of tool-sharing or skill-sharing groups popping up in this part of the Bay Area - I had thought that if this is reality, then this part of the Bay Area may be doing well despite the Recession Depression. But then I thought about another possibility, mentioned in recent articles about Silicon Valley and I was reminded of it as a cousin mentioned that there are many California transplants moving into his town in AZ, having moved there for work opportunities.
In the survival of the financially fittest, those wage slaves who become employed or would be in need of tool-sharing group or other solutions may not be able to stay to use such solutions. They may have been pushed out of the state already because they can no longer afford to live here, having lost their jobs or they are no longer able to make payments on the banks' houses.
Who's left? Those who still have decent-paying jobs or those who are being subsidized by the public, or live in poor, undesirable areas (bad school districts).
Many of the immigrants who come here do so because of high-paying jobs and good school districts (which they believe will enable their children to have high-paying jobs as well). Those whites (geeks) who are employed at the various tech companies can't be said to be different in this regard. (Besides, both the whites and non-whites who live here are predominantly 'liberal' in their politics and mores. Do the Indians excuse fornication, so long as it is with white women? I wonder.)
Middle-class and upper middle-class people move to California for the "good" jobs, the pleasant weather, the possibility of road trips to spectacular natural areas... the nice life. For the sake of joining a community, of being part of a people? No.
Hedonism and self-gratification. It doesn't have to be in the form of drugs or rock n' roll.
Are there any gray market alternatives? What a hotbed of cultural insanity California is, and the people who live in the blue areas are ignorant of their own sickness.
Edit.
Something I read at Vox Day which was appropriate to this post:
In the survival of the financially fittest, those wage slaves who become employed or would be in need of tool-sharing group or other solutions may not be able to stay to use such solutions. They may have been pushed out of the state already because they can no longer afford to live here, having lost their jobs or they are no longer able to make payments on the banks' houses.
Who's left? Those who still have decent-paying jobs or those who are being subsidized by the public, or live in poor, undesirable areas (bad school districts).
Many of the immigrants who come here do so because of high-paying jobs and good school districts (which they believe will enable their children to have high-paying jobs as well). Those whites (geeks) who are employed at the various tech companies can't be said to be different in this regard. (Besides, both the whites and non-whites who live here are predominantly 'liberal' in their politics and mores. Do the Indians excuse fornication, so long as it is with white women? I wonder.)
Middle-class and upper middle-class people move to California for the "good" jobs, the pleasant weather, the possibility of road trips to spectacular natural areas... the nice life. For the sake of joining a community, of being part of a people? No.
Hedonism and self-gratification. It doesn't have to be in the form of drugs or rock n' roll.
Are there any gray market alternatives? What a hotbed of cultural insanity California is, and the people who live in the blue areas are ignorant of their own sickness.
Edit.
Something I read at Vox Day which was appropriate to this post:
"The Chinese are generally entrepreneurial , hard-working, family oriented, social conservatives."
That's just dandy, but none of those thing make them or anyone citizens of a nation. Is the qualification for citizenship: must be hard-working, family oriented, and conservative?
Also, they may work hard, but it's to benefit themselves, not the community. They may be family oriented, but they are oriented not around their communal families, but their nation i.e. Chinese families. And like we need more people to vote Republican.
All my Chinese expat friends are moving to Houston. There, they will move out the indigenous population and take over schools and businesses. They will not assimilate or work to improve Texas as a whole. This is all textbook Putnam.
'Feminine Genius'
Francis, women and clerical temptation. Andrea Tornielli
And yet...;
Also saw this tonight: Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves, edited by Helen Alvaré, whose own contribution to the volume is on 'single motherhood.' (Does she endorse the restoration of patriarchy as a solution?) I think those who have power are quite content to continue having women become wage slaves.
One essay "Sex, Mating, and the Marriage Market" by Elise Italiano, whose credential (a M.A.) is listed after her name. The editor's decision? Or hers? One possible red flag. There is the common complaint, "Where are the good men?" How many chaste Catholic "nice" guys has she dated? If she were to be interrogated by a manosphere writer, what would her answers reveal about her and her actions? Does she think the description "Catholic professional woman in her late 20s who spent her 20s finding her identity) applies to herself as well? If so, more red flags?
Commonweal review
NCR
Washington Examiner interview with Alvaré.
Most importantly, Francis writes that “the Church acknowledges the indispensable contribution which women make to society through the sensitivity, intuition and other distinctive skill sets which they, more than men, tend to possess. I think, for example, of the special concern which women show to others, which finds a particular, even if not exclusive, expression in motherhood.”
And yet...;
“I readily acknowledge,” the pope adds, “that many women share pastoral responsibilities with priests, helping to guide people, families and groups and offering new contributions to theological reflection. But we need to create still broader opportunities for a more incisive female presence in the Church. Because “the feminine genius is needed in all expressions in the life of society, the presence of women must also be guaranteed in the workplace” and in the various other settings where important decisions are made, both in the Church and in social structures.”What Catholic feminist, liberal or conservative, would not cheer him for this? How will the Church mount a resistance to liberalism, statism, and social atomism if endorses the perpetuation of the social structures that are their manifestation?
Also saw this tonight: Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves, edited by Helen Alvaré, whose own contribution to the volume is on 'single motherhood.' (Does she endorse the restoration of patriarchy as a solution?) I think those who have power are quite content to continue having women become wage slaves.
One essay "Sex, Mating, and the Marriage Market" by Elise Italiano, whose credential (a M.A.) is listed after her name. The editor's decision? Or hers? One possible red flag. There is the common complaint, "Where are the good men?" How many chaste Catholic "nice" guys has she dated? If she were to be interrogated by a manosphere writer, what would her answers reveal about her and her actions? Does she think the description "Catholic professional woman in her late 20s who spent her 20s finding her identity) applies to herself as well? If so, more red flags?
Commonweal review
NCR
Washington Examiner interview with Alvaré.
None Dare Call It Treason?
The Roman Catholic recreation of the proposition nation.
Saw this book on display tonight.
Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation by Archbishop José Gomez
What does Archbishop Gomez endorse specifically in this book? Any talk of assimilation and what is required to make it happen? Does he sound like an ethnonationalist who seeks benefits for his people at the expense of another group? Or at the minimum, without any duty to assimilate, being permitted to carve out their own place if they so wish?
Conquest by another name? He may deny that it is his intention to advocate it, but what of 'unintended' consequences? Is he that naive?
A Test for America
One man's mission to renew America's soul By looking at immigration’s past, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles conceives its future by Gretchen R. Crowe
Gomez's "Immigration and the Next America" by Michael Sean Winters
Immigration and the Soul of America by Elise Hilton
Read: Immigration and the Next America by Meinrad Scherer-Emunds
Immigration And the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation by Mark and Louise Zwick
The Catholic Spirit
Archbishop Gomez writes book on immigration, discusses America’s Catholic heritage
Archbishop Jose Gomez's vision of 'Immigration and the The Next America'
An endorsement from Archbishop Chaput.
I am reminded of Paul Gottfried:
Saw this book on display tonight.
Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation by Archbishop José Gomez
What does Archbishop Gomez endorse specifically in this book? Any talk of assimilation and what is required to make it happen? Does he sound like an ethnonationalist who seeks benefits for his people at the expense of another group? Or at the minimum, without any duty to assimilate, being permitted to carve out their own place if they so wish?
Conquest by another name? He may deny that it is his intention to advocate it, but what of 'unintended' consequences? Is he that naive?
A Test for America
One man's mission to renew America's soul By looking at immigration’s past, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles conceives its future by Gretchen R. Crowe
Gomez's "Immigration and the Next America" by Michael Sean Winters
Immigration and the Soul of America by Elise Hilton
Read: Immigration and the Next America by Meinrad Scherer-Emunds
Immigration And the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation by Mark and Louise Zwick
The Catholic Spirit
Archbishop Gomez writes book on immigration, discusses America’s Catholic heritage
Archbishop Jose Gomez's vision of 'Immigration and the The Next America'
An endorsement from Archbishop Chaput.
I am reminded of Paul Gottfried:
Even more importantly, says Ryn, Catholics recognize in Straussians figures who share their own “alienation” about living in a predominantly Protestant country. As Canadian philosophy professor Grant Havers documents in a forthcoming book about the studied avoidance by Straussian interpreters of America’s Protestant heritage, Straussians provide a narrative about the American founding that make ethnic Catholics feel secure about their Americanness.
According to the Straussians, America was founded on secular, materialist and democratic principles, but in no way on Protestant ones. Thus, if the Straussians try to de-Christianize and de-ethnicize America, they also conveniently cover up the Protestant aspects of a specifically American tradition.
Catholic Straussians (of whom there are many in Conservatism, Inc.) feel safe living in a “propositional nation” and “global democracy” in which they don’t feel threatened by the real American Protestant (and/or Northern European) American past, extending back to the colonial period. It’s more convenient to jettison such associations for the vision of a constantly changing hybrid society that is held together by universal, egalitarian propositions.
28 Days of Christmas Music
That's the programming for at least two local radio channels. After Christmas Day it all stops.
Pertinacious Papist: Chesterton: "There is no more dangerous or disgusting habit than celebrating Christmas before it comes. - Fr. Rutler's Weekly Message (his new parish)
Pertinacious Papist: Chesterton: "There is no more dangerous or disgusting habit than celebrating Christmas before it comes. - Fr. Rutler's Weekly Message (his new parish)
Sunday, December 01, 2013
Some Vids from Favorite Indie Artists
Kina Grannis (and Tyler Ward and Lindsey Stirling)
Marié Digby
Marié Digby
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Observing the Welfare State
Several weeks ago I had to visit one of the local Social Security offices - a few white faces, senior citizens. The rest of the crowd? Immigrants, some could communicate in English well, others sounded FOB. Or fresh off the airplane. What were they doing there? You can guess. Everyone is out for his "share" of the pie.
The female security guard... "nice" but definitely looked butch and uhmerican. And packing a pistol. What stereotypes?
Vox: Multiculturalism is Isolationism
The female security guard... "nice" but definitely looked butch and uhmerican. And packing a pistol. What stereotypes?
Vox: Multiculturalism is Isolationism
The Current Issue of Utne Reader
Will they reconsider their wisdom? "The Cure for Ignorance"
The articles:
November-December 2013 Table of Contents
Women's Work
Mother and Children
A Day without Care
What does it mean to strike when "production" isn't the production of widgets, but care for the children, the ill, disabled, or elderly? by Sarah Jaffe, from Jacobin
Sympathy for the Stay-at-Home Mom
Work, life, and the modern calendar by Judith Shulevitz, excerpted from The New Republic
Know-It-All
Patriarchy, privilege, and work by Larisa Zehr, from Geez
The articles:
November-December 2013 Table of Contents
Women's Work
Mother and Children
A Day without Care
What does it mean to strike when "production" isn't the production of widgets, but care for the children, the ill, disabled, or elderly? by Sarah Jaffe, from Jacobin
Sympathy for the Stay-at-Home Mom
Work, life, and the modern calendar by Judith Shulevitz, excerpted from The New Republic
Know-It-All
Patriarchy, privilege, and work by Larisa Zehr, from Geez
Friday, November 29, 2013
Fitness At What Cost?
The extremely wide variety of body types among top-tier athletes [14 pictures]
But are all sports created equal? Or are some more "human" than others? Or should we be concerned overall, well-rounded [functional] fitness, rather than in excelling in one sort of movement? Is it possible for certain forms of extreme physical fitness in women to ruin their physical attractiveness? I think so, especially when it has an impact on their body fat percentage. (Then there is the stunted growth of female gymnasts.)
Steve Sailer: Women's Olympic ski jumping: The Anorexia of Defeat
But are all sports created equal? Or are some more "human" than others? Or should we be concerned overall, well-rounded [functional] fitness, rather than in excelling in one sort of movement? Is it possible for certain forms of extreme physical fitness in women to ruin their physical attractiveness? I think so, especially when it has an impact on their body fat percentage. (Then there is the stunted growth of female gymnasts.)
Steve Sailer: Women's Olympic ski jumping: The Anorexia of Defeat
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Surprise Monarchists?
Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries
The nerds who would be kings?
I've seen the use of "Cathedral" before by Roissy. Did he get it from Yarvin? I'm anti-democracy, but that's because I'm a republican.
The nerds who would be kings?
I've seen the use of "Cathedral" before by Roissy. Did he get it from Yarvin? I'm anti-democracy, but that's because I'm a republican.
Wealth Pumps, Liberal Justice, Social Atomism...
Not to mention immigration and the pursuit of wealth - these are all at work in Silicon Valley, but gentrification is taking place elsewhere, notably San Francisco. How much longer before it leaps across the Bay Bridge into the East Bay? Small wonder those in government are engaged in social engineering, coming up with solutions for problems that they've created because of their adherence to liberal capitalism.
Where does that leave those who are 'native' to the state but cannot find employment in tech companies or high-paying service jobs (plumbing)?
Charlotte Allen, Silicon Chasm
California's New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude
Rod Dreher, The Shantytowns of Silicon Valley
Where does that leave those who are 'native' to the state but cannot find employment in tech companies or high-paying service jobs (plumbing)?
Charlotte Allen, Silicon Chasm
California's New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude
Rod Dreher, The Shantytowns of Silicon Valley
JFK
Gene Healy, Kennedy Was No Conservative
His undelivered speech from that day.
Related:
Bill Kauffman, What Rural America is For
Where Wendell Berry Meets Martha Stewart
His undelivered speech from that day.
Related:
Bill Kauffman, What Rural America is For
Where Wendell Berry Meets Martha Stewart
Steve Sailer on the New Hunger Games Movie
Google+ Hangout with Peter Jackson
Post by The Hobbit.
If my cousins want to see it, I'll go with them, but I won't be that enthusiastic about it. Peter Jackson's interpretation/adaptation has worn thin.
Details Interview with Christian Bale
The Transformer: Christian Bale
Regarding his character in Out of the Furnace (FB):
DETAILS: For a Brit, you play a lot of Americans.
Christian Bale: I'm English, but America has been my home for half my life now, and I see Russell, for example, as someone who isn't represented very much: good old America at its peak. Someone who stays and is loyal and has to endure and take care, who is really having to take a look at his priorities and his loved ones and his loved town. And that's a very important part of it—the loved town. I've never had that. I've always moved around a lot, so I'm jealous when I see people who have an attachment to a place.
Variety: Christian Bale: Reluctant Movie Star Talks ‘Furnace,’ ‘Hustle’
'Out of the Furnace': Christian Bale on loving enough to let go
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-out-of-the-furnace-envelope-screening-series-christian-bale-bridge-scene-20131127,0,3850498.story#ixzz2lyEUHr5b
Details interview from 2008 - Bonus Photos
Related:
Ridley Scott’s Moses movie will be “shocking”, says Bale - Hitfix
Regarding his character in Out of the Furnace (FB):
DETAILS: For a Brit, you play a lot of Americans.
Christian Bale: I'm English, but America has been my home for half my life now, and I see Russell, for example, as someone who isn't represented very much: good old America at its peak. Someone who stays and is loyal and has to endure and take care, who is really having to take a look at his priorities and his loved ones and his loved town. And that's a very important part of it—the loved town. I've never had that. I've always moved around a lot, so I'm jealous when I see people who have an attachment to a place.
Variety: Christian Bale: Reluctant Movie Star Talks ‘Furnace,’ ‘Hustle’
'Out of the Furnace': Christian Bale on loving enough to let go
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-out-of-the-furnace-envelope-screening-series-christian-bale-bridge-scene-20131127,0,3850498.story#ixzz2lyEUHr5b
Details interview from 2008 - Bonus Photos
Related:
Ridley Scott’s Moses movie will be “shocking”, says Bale - Hitfix
Arnie's Next Movie to Be Released
Max Martini's in this one. But, not just one strong woman but two! Still, Arnie himself is enough to turn me away from the movie.
For Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Go and leave...
and take any feminist priests and bishops with you...
Vox: Bring it on - "I agree with Tony Jones. It is absolutely time for a schism in the Church over the role of women."
Mr. Jones is ostensibly a Protestant, but there are feminists in all Christian denominations in the West.
Sunshine Mary: Learning domesticity in a post-feminist world.
Vox: Bring it on - "I agree with Tony Jones. It is absolutely time for a schism in the Church over the role of women."
Mr. Jones is ostensibly a Protestant, but there are feminists in all Christian denominations in the West.
Sunshine Mary: Learning domesticity in a post-feminist world.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
C.S. Lewis
It was the anniversary of his death last week - there are a couple of Lewis fans at OLF. C.S. Lewis: Scholar to the Common Man
Blind to the Problems of the Age?
The tyranny of low standards & the acceptance of girl power - no mention of the endorsement of radical egalitarianism by the movie.
What’s So Great About “The Hunger Games”? by Kim Scharfenberger
It's not great fiction and often leaves a lot to be desired, but there's more depth in this series than in other young adult offerings like 'Twilight.'
Lifeteen
What’s So Great About “The Hunger Games”? by Kim Scharfenberger
It's not great fiction and often leaves a lot to be desired, but there's more depth in this series than in other young adult offerings like 'Twilight.'
Lifeteen
Sold Out!
NOM NOM PALEO: FOOD FOR HUMANS BOOK RELEASE PARTY + A GIVEAWAY!
Hope there are other local events on the book tour.
Related:
Adobo Peppered Steak
Something by the third winner of Master Chef (US), Christine Ha.
Hope there are other local events on the book tour.
Related:
Adobo Peppered Steak
Something by the third winner of Master Chef (US), Christine Ha.
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