Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Angels We Have Heard On High
Something different: Sixpence None The Richer - Angels We Have Heard On High
An oldie from Dr. William Tighe: CALCULATING CHRISTMAS
William J. Tighe on the Story Behind December 25
Monday, December 24, 2012
Moffat Promotes the Anti-Culture Like Russell T. Davies
Beyond overt lesbianism - inter-species romantic love (which no doubt involves sexual relations). And you thought Captain Jack was just an anomaly.
This is supposed to be a short prequel episode to this year's "Christmas" special.
Related:
Tom Piatak, The War on Christmas
Obama's War On Christmas, Media Matters' War On Truth, And Emerging Gay Christophobia
WAR AGAINST CHRISTMAS 2012: The Eight Stages Of Christophobia
Merry Christmas From VDARE.com!
Cultural Amnesia and the Separation of Church and State
Can You See the Baby?
You're Just Compensating for a Small...
Alt-right: Gun Control as Castration by Michael Enoch Comments
The author is using "castration" figuratively. Gun owning men are generally psychologically healthy; they are not making up for a sexual inadequacy, as women and sheep in general like to claim; rather they are following the masculine impulse to defend themselves and their families and their own. Men who perceive that they are called to be warriors will of course seek adequate means to enable them to be such. The author of this piece as well is not subscribing to the view that a gun is a surrogate for sexual potency. Can we say that instead the imagery is a projection by those who oppose gun ownership? Misandrists, especially, like to belittle men by attributing a small size to their penises and so on. Those who vehemently fear the power of men cannot but reduce masculinity to the male sexual organ .
The author is using "castration" figuratively. Gun owning men are generally psychologically healthy; they are not making up for a sexual inadequacy, as women and sheep in general like to claim; rather they are following the masculine impulse to defend themselves and their families and their own. Men who perceive that they are called to be warriors will of course seek adequate means to enable them to be such. The author of this piece as well is not subscribing to the view that a gun is a surrogate for sexual potency. Can we say that instead the imagery is a projection by those who oppose gun ownership? Misandrists, especially, like to belittle men by attributing a small size to their penises and so on. Those who vehemently fear the power of men cannot but reduce masculinity to the male sexual organ .
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Christmas in San Francisco
I've heard this version on the radio (KOIT), but also an updated version as well, in which some of the lyrics are updated ("Jazz in the Fillmore"). As soon as I heard it for the first time (which was this month), I was annoyed. My reaction hasn't really mellowed since then. It's a sappy 'holiday' song trading on nostalgia, and sounds exactly like cheap lounge music - a Christmas song, like many others, which is focused on us and glorifying our mundane experiences, instead of Christ. Some may think of it is a "golden oldie," but it's another isntance of our cultural and civilization decline.
Brainwash
From Steve Sailer: Norwegian human sciences documentary "Brainwashed" now with English subtitles.
Also, Obama's eulogy for Obama at Sen. Inouye's funeral - our narcissist-in-chief.
Wiki entry for Hjernevask.
Also, Obama's eulogy for Obama at Sen. Inouye's funeral - our narcissist-in-chief.
Wiki entry for Hjernevask.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Battle of the Black Sea
From the FB page for Panteao:
Related:
Stance and Grip with Paul Howe
On October 3, 1993 a group of US Rangers and Special Operations soldiers set out on a mission into the heart of the Bakara market in Mogadishu. What started as a mission that should have lasted 30 minutes turned into a battle for their lives. Known by these men as the Battle of the Black Sea and later portrayed in the motion picture Black Hawk Down, here is the untold story of that battle. Coming soon in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and streaming from the Panteao website.Featuring Paul Howe. Pic of the box cover here.
Related:
Stance and Grip with Paul Howe
Friday, December 21, 2012
Another Pointless Attempt at Dialogue
Women Leading Congregations, Part II
What sort of resolution does Rod Dreher expect from discussions such as these? Those who think that Judaism or Christianity would be watered-down if teachings about patriarchy were eliminated will not convince those who believe in egalitarianism and the sort of abstract universalism that results from that.
What sort of resolution does Rod Dreher expect from discussions such as these? Those who think that Judaism or Christianity would be watered-down if teachings about patriarchy were eliminated will not convince those who believe in egalitarianism and the sort of abstract universalism that results from that.
Some Pieces on Economics and Growth
James Tuttle, A Crisis of Political Economy
Nate Hagens, The End of Growth
Against growth: A conversation with economist Joshua Farley
His reader on Ecological Economics (pdf).
The city of Edmonton features him in a series of videos, talking about Ecological Economy: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
A hermit from Korea talks about life and death
Richard Heinberg, Conflict and Change in the Era of Economic Decline: Part 4 - Post-carbon governance
Conflict and Change in the Era of Economic Decline: Part 5 - A theory of change for a century of crisis
(I don't think I posted links for parts 2 and 3.)
Related:
Don't fall for the shale boom hype - Chris Martenson Interview by James Stafford (EB) - Part 2
Nate Hagens, The End of Growth
Against growth: A conversation with economist Joshua Farley
His reader on Ecological Economics (pdf).
The city of Edmonton features him in a series of videos, talking about Ecological Economy: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
A hermit from Korea talks about life and death
Richard Heinberg, Conflict and Change in the Era of Economic Decline: Part 4 - Post-carbon governance
Conflict and Change in the Era of Economic Decline: Part 5 - A theory of change for a century of crisis
(I don't think I posted links for parts 2 and 3.)
Related:
Don't fall for the shale boom hype - Chris Martenson Interview by James Stafford (EB) - Part 2
What Sort of Armed Citizenry
Mark Mitchell complains: NRA Proposes More Policemen: "In short, we need a police state to protect our right to own all the guns we want? "
Paleolibertarians have their own complaints about increasing the size of the police (and by extension, the government), instead of allowing citizens and institutions to protect themselves.
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Text of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Speech
This is also the solution put forth by Paul Howe. Meanwhile, there are those like Dave Grossman who advocate teachers and administrators being trained to defend themselves and their students and carrying concealed on campus. Some even offer this sort of training for free. One example had his comments posted over at Free the Animal. Other local gun owner associations and tactical instructors offer this service, either at reduced rates or for free as well.
Many will protest having armed teachers at the school - the only "sensible" thing to prevent school massacres is stricter gun control. So what can the NRA say, other than having someone else to defend schools? The NRA, if it is to be faithful to its mission and its understanding of the Second Amendment, will not acquiesce to the demands of those who fear guns or suffer from the "logical fallacy of misleading vividness."
My preferred solution would be to rid ourselves of public mass education. Deprive those with mental issues of a target. But how many would accept that?
Those Catholics (former Democrats?), CST advocates, dwelling at various websites and online discussion groups push for stricter gun control laws. Some are ignorant of our current legislation; others don't see the need for citizens to own semi-automatic rifles or magazines with a capacity higher than 3, 5, or 10. Many, like certain traditionalist Catholics, either dismiss the Constitution or think the Second Amendment is no longer relevant. It is laughable then when they claim we live in a republican system of some sort, when they are ignorant of what makes a republican system possible in the first place - an armed citizenry.
Related:
The Secret History of Guns
(The article of course claims that the text of the Second Amendment is "ambiguous" - failing to take into account the proper interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. The author probably wouldn't bother to read Stephen Halbrook.)
The Unorganized Militia: 10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes
Paleolibertarians have their own complaints about increasing the size of the police (and by extension, the government), instead of allowing citizens and institutions to protect themselves.
(alt)
Text of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Speech
This is also the solution put forth by Paul Howe. Meanwhile, there are those like Dave Grossman who advocate teachers and administrators being trained to defend themselves and their students and carrying concealed on campus. Some even offer this sort of training for free. One example had his comments posted over at Free the Animal. Other local gun owner associations and tactical instructors offer this service, either at reduced rates or for free as well.
Many will protest having armed teachers at the school - the only "sensible" thing to prevent school massacres is stricter gun control. So what can the NRA say, other than having someone else to defend schools? The NRA, if it is to be faithful to its mission and its understanding of the Second Amendment, will not acquiesce to the demands of those who fear guns or suffer from the "logical fallacy of misleading vividness."
My preferred solution would be to rid ourselves of public mass education. Deprive those with mental issues of a target. But how many would accept that?
Those Catholics (former Democrats?), CST advocates, dwelling at various websites and online discussion groups push for stricter gun control laws. Some are ignorant of our current legislation; others don't see the need for citizens to own semi-automatic rifles or magazines with a capacity higher than 3, 5, or 10. Many, like certain traditionalist Catholics, either dismiss the Constitution or think the Second Amendment is no longer relevant. It is laughable then when they claim we live in a republican system of some sort, when they are ignorant of what makes a republican system possible in the first place - an armed citizenry.
Related:
The Secret History of Guns
(The article of course claims that the text of the Second Amendment is "ambiguous" - failing to take into account the proper interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. The author probably wouldn't bother to read Stephen Halbrook.)
The Unorganized Militia: 10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Archbishop Chaput on St. Thomas More
A Man for This Season, and All Seasons
Of course, he is appropriating the example of St. Thomas More in relation to the HHS mandate.
Of course, he is appropriating the example of St. Thomas More in relation to the HHS mandate.
Neutered Christianity
Rod Dreher, Why Don’t Men Come To Church?
Dreher cites Podles, who writes:
"In reading about war, I realized that here was something that men took with deadly (both literally and metaphorically) earnestness. War, and the vicarious experience of war in literature and reenactments, as well as the analogues and substitutes for war in dangerous sports and avocations, provide the real center of the emotional, and I would even say the spiritual, life of most men in the modern world. The ideology of masculinity has replaced Christianity as the true religion of men. We live in a society with a female religion and a male religion: Christianity, of various sorts, for women and non-masculine men; and masculinity, especially in the forms of competition and violence that culminate in war, for men."
So would traditional Ignatian spirituality, for example, be more appealing to men? It invites the Christian to think himself of as a knight choosing between two standards, one standard being that of Christ, the other being...
However, I do not think that what is missing from contemporary Christianity is the lack of thumos -- the emasculation of men goes much deeper than that, to the point that infused fortitude is required at an almost heroic level for the average layman. Or perhaps, it is not the remedy that the frustrated male who feels powerless to live his life as he thinks is appropriate. If we think that men are either on the path of creating or destroying (a simplistic dichotomy, to be sure), it is not enough to tell men that they should abandon themselves to God. Only a few may be given the heavy cross of having no outlet in this world for their energies. Rather, they need to find ways to be men however they can.
Dreher cites Podles, who writes:
"In reading about war, I realized that here was something that men took with deadly (both literally and metaphorically) earnestness. War, and the vicarious experience of war in literature and reenactments, as well as the analogues and substitutes for war in dangerous sports and avocations, provide the real center of the emotional, and I would even say the spiritual, life of most men in the modern world. The ideology of masculinity has replaced Christianity as the true religion of men. We live in a society with a female religion and a male religion: Christianity, of various sorts, for women and non-masculine men; and masculinity, especially in the forms of competition and violence that culminate in war, for men."
So would traditional Ignatian spirituality, for example, be more appealing to men? It invites the Christian to think himself of as a knight choosing between two standards, one standard being that of Christ, the other being...
However, I do not think that what is missing from contemporary Christianity is the lack of thumos -- the emasculation of men goes much deeper than that, to the point that infused fortitude is required at an almost heroic level for the average layman. Or perhaps, it is not the remedy that the frustrated male who feels powerless to live his life as he thinks is appropriate. If we think that men are either on the path of creating or destroying (a simplistic dichotomy, to be sure), it is not enough to tell men that they should abandon themselves to God. Only a few may be given the heavy cross of having no outlet in this world for their energies. Rather, they need to find ways to be men however they can.
Art of Manliness on Honor
I had not been keeping up with the series - Manly Honor VI: The Decline of Traditional Honor in the West in the 20th Century (via Tea at Trianon, which also links to this 2007 interview with Dr. Anthony Esolen).
The previous installments:
Manly Honor: Part I — What Is Honor?
Manly Honor: Part II — The Decline of Traditonal Honor in the West, Ancient Greece to the Romantic Period
Manly Honor: Part III — The Victorian Era and the Development of the Stoic-Christian Code of Honor
Manly Honor Part IV — The Gentlemen and the Roughs: The Collision of Two Honor Codes in the American North
Manly Honor Part V: Honor in the American South
The previous installments:
Manly Honor: Part I — What Is Honor?
Manly Honor: Part II — The Decline of Traditonal Honor in the West, Ancient Greece to the Romantic Period
Manly Honor: Part III — The Victorian Era and the Development of the Stoic-Christian Code of Honor
Manly Honor Part IV — The Gentlemen and the Roughs: The Collision of Two Honor Codes in the American North
Manly Honor Part V: Honor in the American South
He's Our Curmudgeon
Dr. Fleming, Christmas: Some Caveats
And, to be perfectly frank, I could never stand to watch Charlie Brown's Christmas and I do not like Vince Guaraldi's music. Two thousand years of art, literature, and music, and people are still watching Peanuts? Schulz is often praised for the Christian themes in his comics, but he was an ex-Christian and a self-described secular humanist. In my view, he was a board member of that sinister Northeastern syndicate.
I hate all Christmas specials, especially the Grinch who did not so much steal as profane Christmas with Seussian inanity. I did get a bang out of the Andy Williams specials for which he hired actors to play his family, while his wife was doing life for murdering her faithless lover the Croat-American skier Spider Sabich. "Ain't that America?"
I am also sick to death of the anti-Christian Charles Dickens' rewrite of Christ's Nativity as a a softcore Marxist parable without Christ or angels but with a new pantheon of bogus deities--the deeply offensive Ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. How dare such a man pen such a line as "God bless us, everyone." The nasty hypocrite should have been on his knees praying to escape the fires of Hell.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
I purchased some of the St. Louis ribs that were seasoned in-house from Costco. I can't say much about the quality of the meat, but the ribs were probably over-seasoned. The taste reminded me of some of my early efforts at seasoning. I was too lazy to make the glaze (or to braise the ribs properly, but the ribs came out moist regardless). I do prefer a bbq sauce, or something something with sugar rather than too much spices, even though the sugar wouldn't be so good for me. But 80/20, right?
Saint Pasius Monastery
I don't think I'll be able to visit the bookstore during this coming trip to Arizona. Check out the photos of the interior of the catholicon. There are some other photo galleries as well.
At least there is the online gift shop I can use.
At least there is the online gift shop I can use.
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