Saturday, September 21, 2019
Friday, September 20, 2019
Global Educational Alliance
The imperial papacy at it, again. By what authority or Divine Commission? Even if it were a Christian humanism, he would be overstepping his authority. But a humanism that deliberately doesn't mention Christ? The pope is a bishop, not a NGO leader trying to promote some sort of agenda for the political sphere. More Roman Catholic Personalism that is easily exploited by the state through its transformation into liberalism? Protestants might read these and think themselves justified calling the Pope the Whore of Babylon.
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL COMPACT ON EDUCATION
Pope Francis invites religious, political leaders to sign ‘Global Pact’ for ‘new humanism’
Pope’s proposal for ‘new humanism’ would ‘wipe out Christianity’
Pope calls for educational alliance to promote care for common home
Pope Francis: a global pact for education
Pope Francis announces ‘global village’ alliance for education, environment
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL COMPACT ON EDUCATION
Pope Francis invites religious, political leaders to sign ‘Global Pact’ for ‘new humanism’
Pope’s proposal for ‘new humanism’ would ‘wipe out Christianity’
Pope calls for educational alliance to promote care for common home
Pope Francis: a global pact for education
Pope Francis announces ‘global village’ alliance for education, environment
Opening Today in Select Cities
Midnight Diner, adapted from the original Japanese manga and TV series.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Dreherian Dilemmas and Despair
Murti-Bing Conservatism:
A comment in his combox has it right:
On the other hand, what does Team Ahmari have to offer to replace decadent liberalism? To put a fine point on it: what do they have that could win the support of a majority in America, while not crushing the minority? After all, we might hate each other, but we have to live together somehow.Realistically or morally? And perhaps the divide between the two isn't as great as Dreher thinks.
I believe that Frenchism can only hold the barbarians at bay for so long. The Left is becoming increasingly illiberal, and absent some unforeseen radical change, its worldview will have captured all the institutions, including the courts. The arguments David French makes may no longer persuade jurists. Conservatives who put their faith in the ability of liberal proceduralism to defend our interests will themselves be crushed.
That said … what else is there? What else is realistically available to conservatives now? I honestly don’t know. Hence my dilemma.
That’s why I’m on Team Ahmari in principle. What deeply undermines my confidence is the fact that we have lost the culture, and show no signs of getting it back. Again: in a morally sane society, Drag Queen Story Hour would not even occur to anybody. I often feel that many of my fellow conservatives have taken the Pill of Murti-Bing, and are willfully numb and blind to what is overtaking us, and maybe even celebrate it as the glory of individual liberty.Maybe Dreher needs to take his mind out of blue America and focus instead on red America, even if he chooses to live in blue America.
A comment in his combox has it right:
This is the source of your dilemma. At some point, you will have to drop the premise that we have to live together. On the evidence, many on the left have already done so (see, e.g., Antifa in Portland). The solution to the dilemma is to accept that people who don't share a common vision of the good life can't actually live together. The remaining question is what the separation looks like. The republic can survive, but it may not survive whole. I don't think this is imminent; but I'm afraid it is, some day, inevitable. To me, the main difference between Ahmari and French may well be that Ahmari accepts this inevitability but French does not.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Another BSG Series?
NBC's Battlestar Galactica 'Reboot' Isn't a Reboot After All
NBCU's New BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Not a Reboot, Will 'Stay True to Spirit Of' 2000s-Era Show
'Battlestar Galactica' Reboot From Sam Esmail in the Works at NBCU's Streamer
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reboot From Sam Esmail Headed For NBCU’s Peacock Streaming Service
The Man Behind Mr. Robot Is Bringing Battlestar Galactica Back [Updated]
Oh, frak: There’s another Battlestar Galactica reboot coming
Battlestar Galactica reboot from Mr. Robot creator headed to Peacock streaming service
One of the many reboots heading to NBCUniversal’s streaming service
Monday, September 16, 2019
And if the government is illegitimate or unjust, what then?
What if it acts contrary to the common good, or if the common good is just a fiction to prop up the state?
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Saturday, September 14, 2019
A Problematic Notion of Sacrifice
Is this Biblical?
“I think people think that if we start having married priests, that would fix all the problems. But in fact, from a spiritual point of view, in terms of the actual communion that we share as the body of Christ, there’s actually less sacrifice being made.
“So do we need more sacrifice being made for the sake of the Church, or do we need less sacrifices being made?” Fr. Fletcher asks.
“To change that–to where we start ordaining priests because we think we don’t have enough–we’re actually instituting less sacrificial offerings being made for the life of the Church.”
Friday, September 13, 2019
Thursday, September 12, 2019
How Do We Derive Rights?
NCReg: A.A.J. DeVille: Did God give man ‘right to bear arms’? By A.A.J. DeVille
Let us grant that "rights" are not immediately given in Tradition. Is it possible that they can be derived by reason, using premises from Tradition or the Natural Law?
Deville refers to Vatican II and John Paul II, as though the documents can be considered exhaustive or authoritative. They can't -- because we are dealing with moral philosophy or moral theology, and not Tradition.
Category error.
Let us grant that "rights" are not immediately given in Tradition. Is it possible that they can be derived by reason, using premises from Tradition or the Natural Law?
Deville refers to Vatican II and John Paul II, as though the documents can be considered exhaustive or authoritative. They can't -- because we are dealing with moral philosophy or moral theology, and not Tradition.
Category error.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Actors or Real People?
Stock Photos? PC Casting for ads by a National Government agency?
More... and here
U.S. Marshals...
Now some of the photos may be of actual agents, and no doubt there are minorities working in these agencies of the National Government. But can one believe that the choosing of these agents for recruitment ads and the like is accidental? To show that these agencies are not white-dominated but "diverse"?
More... and here
U.S. Marshals...
Now some of the photos may be of actual agents, and no doubt there are minorities working in these agencies of the National Government. But can one believe that the choosing of these agents for recruitment ads and the like is accidental? To show that these agencies are not white-dominated but "diverse"?
Accelerated Collapse
Robert Harris: First the internet dies. Then civilisation crumbles
For all its technological genius, our modern world is fragile. Robert Harris, whose new book imagines life after an apocalypse, considers how we might be thrown back to the middle ages
For all its technological genius, our modern world is fragile. Robert Harris, whose new book imagines life after an apocalypse, considers how we might be thrown back to the middle ages
Written by an Opus Dei Member?
Did I link to the original Crisis article when it was first published?
Which reminds me of the allegation that Byzantine spirituality has been dominated too much by monastics... something to ponder.
Instead of "slave morality" do we have "wage-slave spirituality"?
(Imaginative Conservative)
Which reminds me of the allegation that Byzantine spirituality has been dominated too much by monastics... something to ponder.
Instead of "slave morality" do we have "wage-slave spirituality"?
(Imaginative Conservative)
Doug Sikkema Interviews Randy Boyagoda
Should a contemporary cosmopolitan novelist's opinion about Catholic culture matter?
First Things: The Breath of God: A Conversation with Randy Boyagoda by Randy Boyagoda
In an age of collapse, how many new books do we need?
(Imaginative Conservative)
First Things: The Breath of God: A Conversation with Randy Boyagoda by Randy Boyagoda
In an age of collapse, how many new books do we need?
(Imaginative Conservative)
Monday, September 09, 2019
Sunday, September 08, 2019
Saturday, September 07, 2019
No Winners in the Debate
Because they have accepted the starting point of their opponents.
Catholic Herald: Why this debate between Christian conservatives matters for everyone by C C Pecknold
Livestream
This is to play into the hands of liberalism -- accepting their assumption that all differences in opinion about morality can somehow be dialogued away, and that reason alone will establish which is correct. "All we need to do is convince them that a substantive vision of the good exists!" With the loss of common culture (and morality) and the subsequent breakdown in social cohesion, only a few solutions are possible, and dialogue or affirming the "true conservative position" in stronger terms is not one of them.
Related:
Rod Dreher: French-Ahmari: A Report From The Scene
Catholic Herald: Why this debate between Christian conservatives matters for everyone by C C Pecknold
Livestream
Ahmari is right. Defending Drag Queen Story Hour as “freedom of viewpoint” is a kind of moral indifferentism that doesn’t really redound to Christian witness either. French is right that Christians ought to be in the business of “loving our enemies,” praying for the conversion of our neighbors, and defending their intrinsic dignity as bearers of God’s image. I want David French in the courtroom defending Christians. But I think that Ahmari has the more fundamental truth on his side. Namely, that we cannot afford to settle for procedural freedom, but we must advance a substantive vision of the good. Christians might suffer either way. It has sometimes been our lot in God’s good providence. But if Christians are to suffer, it shouldn’t be for “viewpoint neutrality.” It should not be because we failed to stand for what is right and just for all men, but because we did.
This is to play into the hands of liberalism -- accepting their assumption that all differences in opinion about morality can somehow be dialogued away, and that reason alone will establish which is correct. "All we need to do is convince them that a substantive vision of the good exists!" With the loss of common culture (and morality) and the subsequent breakdown in social cohesion, only a few solutions are possible, and dialogue or affirming the "true conservative position" in stronger terms is not one of them.
Related:
Rod Dreher: French-Ahmari: A Report From The Scene
Friday, September 06, 2019
Thursday, September 05, 2019
A Distraction from the Protests
People have been critical of what they perceive to be TVB's favorable coverage of the HK Police during the protests. How is the network doing, ratings-wise?
Deception by Carrie Lam?
From a FB account:
Meanwhile...
The announcement earlier today by the Chief Executive of HK SAR is basically a spin, aiming to confuse the uninformed public and foreign press / governments.
That announcement merely said that they will make a "motion" for the Legislative Council, which is dominated by the pro-government legislators and "appointees," to consider the "formal withdrawal" in the next session in the Fall. According to the proper legislative procedure, it's totally unnecessary and misleading (even in violation of the established procedure, according to a lawyer). Back in 2003, the then highly controversial "National Security bill" was withdrawn immediately by the then CE, after 500,000 Hongkongers marched to the streets in protest, without such twist and turn...
The other three so-called "actions" are essentially farce, without any use, sincerity, or effectiveness to address the five main demands by the protesters, who in the last three months marched out to the streets in the millions multiple times, as well as physical confrontations with the police force, met with brutal suppression and lawless practices...
Meanwhile...
Wednesday, September 04, 2019
Haha
(via Steve Sailer)
every woman in a 70s movie pic.twitter.com/EFO2OyG0TD
— Lauren Wilford (@lauren_wilford) September 5, 2019
When is the Union Army going to converge the 75th Ranger Regiment?
They're just waiting to be strengthened with the presence of female officers and grunts.
Girl-Power Fairy Tale
In a different way from Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. In this one Gretel's name goes first in the title, possibly because she is the older sibling and in charge of her brother. (Unlike in the original fairy tale, which might leave the reader with the impression that the two siblings were relatively close in age, but before the age of puberty.)
The witch looks like a CGI creation, like something from a bad Bob Zemeckis animated film.
The witch looks like a CGI creation, like something from a bad Bob Zemeckis animated film.
Stand Down: How Social Justice Warriors Are Sabotaging America’s Military by James Hasson
American Greatness
How Obama-Era Social Engineering Transformed the Military
The Fifth Estate podcast
WMAL Interview with James Hasson
The Daily Caller: Liberals Target the Military - podcast
More cheerleading for girl-power in the military:
How Obama-Era Social Engineering Transformed the Military
The Fifth Estate podcast
WMAL Interview with James Hasson
The Daily Caller: Liberals Target the Military - podcast
More cheerleading for girl-power in the military:
What did he do about this issue while he was SecDef?
Was he another cuck?
Related:
Veterans: Mattis Spent Career Tending the Status Quo by Hunter Derensis
Related:
Veterans: Mattis Spent Career Tending the Status Quo by Hunter Derensis
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Monday, September 02, 2019
No Agenda Here
Hey foreign governments we respect you and your diplomats so much, we'll entrust their security and protection to women!
What Has Been Suspected
And was even reported on in People Magazine. See also this.
Also from 2015: Major Lisa Jaster Becomes Third Woman to Graduate Army Ranger School: 'Quitting Was Not an Option'
Excerpts from James Hasson’s Stand Down: How Social Justice Warriors Are Sabotaging America’s Military
Daily Caller: The Inside Story Of How The Army Reduced Standards To Get Women Through Ranger Training
Part 2
Also from 2015: Major Lisa Jaster Becomes Third Woman to Graduate Army Ranger School: 'Quitting Was Not an Option'
Excerpts from James Hasson’s Stand Down: How Social Justice Warriors Are Sabotaging America’s Military
Daily Caller: The Inside Story Of How The Army Reduced Standards To Get Women Through Ranger Training
Part 2
James Kalb on Nationalism
CWR: Catholics, Nationalism, and American Identity by James Kalb
The claim that the United States is a “proposition nation” makes it once again simply an ideological project.
The claim that the United States is a “proposition nation” makes it once again simply an ideological project.
Sunday, September 01, 2019
Saturday, August 31, 2019
A Victim Caught in the Middle
Something she didn't bargain for when she didn't decline becoming the chief executive?
Don't tell me she thinks that by staying in office she can somehow prevent things from turning worse...
#HongKong leader Carrie Lam proposed withdrawing the #ExtraditionBill earlier this summer and suggested an independent inquiry was a good idea, but Beijing ordered her not to make any concessions, Reuters news agency reports. https://t.co/iHhKif0HfI
— RTHK English News (@rthk_enews) August 30, 2019
Don't tell me she thinks that by staying in office she can somehow prevent things from turning worse...
Friday, August 30, 2019
Because We Don't Have Enough Girl Power Yet
I'd rather see the Brad Pitt movie Ad Astra.
What's closer to reality?
NASA astronaut accused of crime committed in space
Lesbian Astronaut Anne McClain Accused of First Space Crime
And back in 2007: Court Papers: Arrested Astronaut Had Bondage Photos
And then there's this feminist period piece.
What's closer to reality?
NASA astronaut accused of crime committed in space
Lesbian Astronaut Anne McClain Accused of First Space Crime
And back in 2007: Court Papers: Arrested Astronaut Had Bondage Photos
And then there's this feminist period piece.
This Trailer Was Supposed to Be an Improvement Over the First
Still reeks of a girl power fantasy:
And are the rumors of John Connor's death true?
And are the rumors of John Connor's death true?
Taking a Metaphor from the Greeks
What sets one ecclesial tradition apart from another, other than the jurisdiction (or ecclesial membership) of the one upholding that tradition? What is to be considered outside that tradition and what are the rules for determining this?
Thursday, August 29, 2019
A New Movement?
Or just cultural civic nationalism?
Chronicles: Resurrecting the Old Right by Paul Gottfried
"I’ve never stopped believing that the Old Right tradition, or paleoconservatism by any other name, is the only appropriate doctrine for the right, to whatever extent the right is still concerned with social morality, a sane non-interventionist foreign policy, and the taming of the egalitarian madness that is now subverting most Western societies."
Again, no recognition that ethnic diversity may pose a problem to social cohesiveness.
Chronicles: Resurrecting the Old Right by Paul Gottfried
"I’ve never stopped believing that the Old Right tradition, or paleoconservatism by any other name, is the only appropriate doctrine for the right, to whatever extent the right is still concerned with social morality, a sane non-interventionist foreign policy, and the taming of the egalitarian madness that is now subverting most Western societies."
Again, no recognition that ethnic diversity may pose a problem to social cohesiveness.
Latin Blinders
Incomplete and reductionistic in so far as she ignores the diversity of ethnic groups and which became more numerically significant after the 60s. It is symbolic of the uselessness of much of Catholic academia in understanding today's problems and their causes.
The Catholic Thing: From “Home-Alone America” to “Primal Screams”: in 15 Years or Less by Mary Eberstadt
The Catholic Thing: From “Home-Alone America” to “Primal Screams”: in 15 Years or Less by Mary Eberstadt
Hrm, a PC Villain?
Was that added touch really necessary for the story? That is rather disappointing.
How Yellowstone Set Up A Very Different Season 3 With Emotional Season 2 Finale
Yellowstone Season Two Ended With a Tarantino-Style Nazi Bloodbath
How Yellowstone Set Up A Very Different Season 3 With Emotional Season 2 Finale
Yellowstone Season Two Ended With a Tarantino-Style Nazi Bloodbath
AA in Catholic Academia
That is, affirmative action.
Notre Dame philosopher appointed to Vatican academy on St. Thomas Aquinas by Amanda Skofstad
Notre Dame philosopher appointed to Vatican academy on St. Thomas Aquinas by Amanda Skofstad
Cucks in Charge of the Union Army
The one on the left is a woman?
Female drill sergeants...
First enlisted female to graduate from Ranger School reflects on experience
Female drill sergeants...
First enlisted female to graduate from Ranger School reflects on experience
Colbie Smulders upping her mannishness after beign an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Did she need to take extra shots of T for this job?
1. Girl power? Check.
2. Interracial relationship (or FWB at least)? Check.
What other items on the SJW/Cultural Marxist list of what is acceptable entertainment?
A powered-down version of Marvel's Jessica Jones, without the emotional issues too?
The latest shot by Disney/ABC in the culture war. "Let's just cast a woman for the part of the tough, lone wolf private eye of the 70s and 80s."
1. Girl power? Check.
2. Interracial relationship (or FWB at least)? Check.
What other items on the SJW/Cultural Marxist list of what is acceptable entertainment?
A powered-down version of Marvel's Jessica Jones, without the emotional issues too?
The latest shot by Disney/ABC in the culture war. "Let's just cast a woman for the part of the tough, lone wolf private eye of the 70s and 80s."
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
National Museum of the Union Army
I like how the first two "construction workers," or whatever they may be, holding the doors open are women. Not so subtle messaging there.
Related:
USASOC receives Congressional Medal
Duolingo Latin
CWR: Language learning app takes Latin from ‘dead’ to said (CNA)
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/08/28/language-learning-app-takes-latin-from-dead-to-said/
Duolingo
Hebdomada Papae
Paideia Institute
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/08/28/language-learning-app-takes-latin-from-dead-to-said/
Duolingo
Hebdomada Papae
Paideia Institute
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