Saturday, March 21, 2020
"This Is Gender War"
Turns out Liz Warren's mysterious Super PAC was funded almost entirely ($14.6 million) by one mega-donor in the SF Bay Area, Karla Jurvetson, a quintessential Hillary-style "liberal feminist" whose ex-husband made a fortune in venture capital, of course https://t.co/zgty5Pmgz8
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 21, 2020
Friday, March 20, 2020
Ecumenism as Purification
Boo Hoo
Interesting to see how the manifestations of existential stress prioritize in a crisis situation.
— Rollo Tomassi (@RationalMale) March 20, 2020
Keep these lessons in mind when this is all over. When they go back to their old grievances you'll have a better understand of the shaky foundations they're built upon. pic.twitter.com/qpSG5zkt0e
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Pope Pius XI
Eighty-three years ago, Pope Pius XI wrote encyclicals condemning two of the most brutal regimes in history: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Two Generations: Boomers and Millenials
Stay Home, Boomer
'Mom! Dad! Stop acting like children!'
Coronavirus Confidential
Overwhelmed staff, med school snowflakery, and a coming Albuterol shortage
Only Part of the Picture
Time to Educate People
The Great Mississippi Flood of '27 and the Depression led to a massive political realignment in America. This could too.
Rod Dreher: How The Pandemic Will Change Us
A 'temple exile' mentality regarding religious worship and university education could be a permanent legacy
Livestreaming of Services from Holy Cross Monastery
WEEKDAYS WITHOUT PRESANCTIFIED
5:00am – 7:00am Matins, First Hour, Typica, Litia for the Departed
12:00pm – 12:15pm Sixth Hour
5:00pm – 5:45pm Ninth Hour & Vespers
6:30pm – 7:30pm Great Compline (Monday-Thursday)
6:45pm – 7:15pm Universal Pannykhida (Friday)
WEEKDAYS WITH PRESANCTIFIED
5:00am – 7:00am Matins, First Hour, Typica, Litia for the Departed
12:00pm – 12:15pm Sixth Hour
4:00pm – 5:50pm Ninth Hour & Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
6:30pm – 7:30pm Great Compline (Monday-Thursday)
6:45pm - 7:15pm Universal Pannykhida (Friday)
SATURDAY
5:00am – 8:15am Matins for the Departed, First Hour & Liturgy
12:00pm – 12:10pm Sixth Hour
6:30pm – 10:00pm Vigil
SUNDAYS & VIGIL RANK FEASTS
9:00am – 11:30am Hours & Liturgy
5:00pm – 6:00pm Ninth Hour & Lenten Vespers
6:30pm – 7:00pm Small Compline
Don Abbondio
“In times of pandemic,” Pope Francis said this past Sunday, “[priests] mustn’t be the don Abbondio of the situation.” What was he referring to?
Dorothy Day: An Introduction to Her Life and Thought
CWR: The radical and orthodox faith of Dorothy Day
Terrence Wright’s recent book demonstrates that Day was a radical in her political and social views because she was first a truly radical Catholic in her appropriation of the deepest currents in the Church’s ancient Tradition.
War Crime?
"Do you want me to drop this cunt?"
— Rune (@ragerhus) March 17, 2020
Recently declassified helmet-cam footage shows Australian Special Forces shoot & kill an unarmed, innocent Afghan farmer.
3 shots in the head. Tantamount to war crimes.
This pandemic can't stop us from showing the truth about imperialism. pic.twitter.com/2KlNmILq7P
Let the Local Cult Flourish, Then
UCA News: Vatican sensitivity cited for stalling Chinese cardinal's beatification
From 2010:
Waiting for the beatification of Card Kung Pin-mei ten years after his death by Annie Lam
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The Purpose of This Article on Breitbart?
I've written a post on Esther/Mordecai to look back at the week of Purim, drawing from recent books by @mikeeisenberg and @bethelseminary's John Anthony Dunne. Are we incorrectly reading piety into the story? https://t.co/BL0yd5Urbi
— Ezra Dulis (@ezradulis) March 16, 2020
What Sort of Maneuver Warfare Is This?
Banking on cost-effective complexity to overwhelm adversaries
Mosaic Warfare: Small and Scalable are Beautiful by Benjamin Jensen and John Paschkewitz
Mosaic Warfare by David A. Deptula USAF (Ret.) and Heather Penney
Maybe Not an Opportunity for Some, But Definitely a Motivator
There’s never been a better opportunity to localize and decentralize than right now.
— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) March 12, 2020
Start with yourself and your family, make them as robust as possible. Then work on your community and extend outward from there.
Think about who you can touch in a positive way and how. Go.
Localism in the 2020s, Part 5 (Pandemic) – It All Starts With You
Which Narrative to Accept?
.@amandahess interviewed 26 current and former Wing employees — from workers in cooking and cleaning to management. Most told a similar story: how excitement about their feminist workplace turned into anxiety and disgust due to the way they were treated https://t.co/coApvQMbPR
— NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) March 17, 2020
Started at the ground level, helping to stand-up ICE after the events of 9/11, advancing through plain hard work while respecting every colleague along the way - during #WomensHistoryMonth, read more about retired ICE leader Mary Loiselle https://t.co/gLTSPJRqT0 pic.twitter.com/fUd7pSshq2
— ICE (@ICEgov) March 17, 2020
Almost One Century Later...
Ireland 1927 pic.twitter.com/DrQnTv9cEX
— Traditionalist Western Art (@Trad_West_Art) March 17, 2020
What to Do?
I have several hundred books in my personal library that I’ve yet to read. I plan to use the current isolation reality to catch up on some reading. Join me in nourishing your mind. Use this opportunity to dust off some books!
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) March 17, 2020
Rod Dreher:
This Is Not A Snow Day
What It Feels Like To Be On A Ventilator
Coronavirus As Nemesis
Letter From A Christian Country Doctor
The Germs Of August
The Long Duration
The Coronavirus Winter
Monday, March 16, 2020
"It's not because of me, right?"
A sign of strange times: The Pope blessing an empty St. Peter’s Square. Photo via @VaticanNews pic.twitter.com/18FFQ67fgO
— Daniel Burke (@BurkeCNN) March 15, 2020