The New Beginning

Friday, July 04, 2008

William F. Jasper, Shooting the Messenger

Another article on Sibel Edmonds (wiki).

Links:
Google Video: Sibel Edmonds-Lost in Translation-'State Secrets' and 9/11
Dave Lindorff: A Real 9/11 Cover-Up?
American Conservative: Found in Translation
For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets - Times Online
Let Sibel Edmonds Speak
Complete 911 Timeline: Sibel Edmonds and Related Scandals
Kill the Messenger: Sibel Edmonds: Interview: Sibel Edmonds Manifesto
An Interview with Sibel Edmonds - by Christopher Deliso
The BRAD BLOG : EXCLUSIVE: FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds Will ...
Sibel Edmonds - SourceWatch

Dr. Rao, Chartres, Dr. James Hitchcock & the Social Kingship of Christ

First Principles Journal: A Stirring Defense of the Conversation
James Seaton - 06/27/08

In the decades since The Closing of the American Mind became a bestseller, many critics have joined Allan Bloom in arguing that the changes in higher education since the sixties have been mostly for the worse. Anthony Kronman adds his voice to the lament for the humanities in his recent title Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life. While offering a trenchant critique of the academy’s too often dogmatic adherence to the articles of multiculturalism, tolerance, and constructivism, Kronman notes both the moral worth of such commitments as well as the ways in which their contemporary iterations fall short of the ideal of a truly humane liberal education. . .

More from Psallentes

Gregorian Chant (Advocatam) Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Advocatam II (Gregorian Chant) Chant Group Psallentes in the context of Llibre Vermell ...
Ave Maria I (Gregorian Chant) Chant group Psallentes in the context of the ...
Ave Maria II (Gregorian Chant) Chant Group Psallentes in the
Benedicamus Domino
Caritas pater est (Plainchant by Chant Group Psallentes)
Caritas pater est II (Gregorian Chant group Psallentes)
Caritas pater est III (Gregorian Chant group Psallentes)
Caritas pater est IV
Caritas pater est V (Gregorian Chant - Chant group Psallentes)
Caritas pater est VI (Gregorian Chant - Chant group Psallentes)
Caritas pater est VII (Gregorian Chant Group Psallentes)
Caritas pater est VIII (Gregorian Chant - Chant group Psallentes)
Gregorian Chant (Mater Patris) in the context of Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
O lux (Gregorian Chant by Chant group Psallentes)

The group's website.

Macross Frontier, ep 13

I've missed episodes 11 and 12--13 is a bit of a shocker, from what I've gleaned from the forums. Next episode is supposed to feature another big battle. Veoh.

Macross Frontier - 13 | Random Curiosity
Star Crossed Anime Blog :: Macross Frontier - 13 :: July :: 2008
Celestial Kistune

Macross Frontier - 12 | Random Curiosity

Star Crossed Anime Blog :: Macross Frontier - 12 :: June :: 2008
Macross Frontier Episode 12 | Atarashii Prelude
Macross Frontier Episode 12 | Animation Online | Animation World
Yukan Blog! » Blog Archive » Macross Frontier - 12: Panic at the ...
Sea Slugs Episode 12

Thomas DiLorenzo, Happy Secession Day!

That's what Thomas Jefferson would be celebrating today. Unlike so many Americans, he would not be celebrating the American empire, with its "unitary executive," swarms of tax-collecting bureaucrats, its militarization of society, protectionism, economic fascism, suspension of habeas corpus, domestic spying, etc., etc. The Hamiltonian republic that we now live under, which is celebrated by the liberal/left and neocons alike, is the opposite of Jefferson's dream of an "empire of liberty."

Another recording of "If Ye Love Me," sung at the Sacred Music Colloquium: It's Not Only All About Latin. Also from NLM: Interview with Abbot of Heiligenkreuz - "We do this in Benedictine serenity".

PJB, Loss of Independence

Clark Stooksbury, Independence Day

Entrevista con Selenis Leyva y Denise Quiñones

with Sarge's latest fancy...

Brussels Journal: Knife Crime; Britain’s Shame

Joseph R. Stromberg, On Not Celebrating the Government’s Birthday

An oldie from Joseph Stromberg--On Not Celebrating the Government’s Birthday

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

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Thursday, July 03, 2008

A translation of Fr. Lang's article in the L'Osservatore Romano on the pallium can be found on this page of the Papa Ratzinger Forum.

John Médaille, Chapter VI: Justice and the Political Economy
Chapter V: Equilibrium, or The Tao of Economics
Chapter IV: The Purpose of an Economy

Thomas DiLorenzo, America's Forgotten Declaration

via the Western Confucian

Troubadour- George Strait

Looks like those vigilant Japanese companies have done their work again, and all the links for this post are gone.

Internet connection temporarily restored.

Twitch: 5 minute clip for Mamoru Oshii’s ‘Sky Crawlers’!

Scott Richert, Church and Nation: A Credal Nation, Part 3

Clyde N. Wilson, A Modest Proposal for Peace and Reconciliation

William Lind reviews Pat Buchanan's book: On War #265: The Necessary War

Fr. Z translates Andrea Tornielli's post on Pius XII: In support and better understanding of Pius XII

podcast of Pope Benedict XVI's homily for the Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul

NLM: Essay: The Contribution of the Oratories to the Liturgical Life of England

the essay

Via EB:

New book from John Michael Greer: The Long Descent
John Michael Greer, New Society (book publishers)
The Long Descent
A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
By John Michael Greer
Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear that, now, the times are different and the crisis may not easily be resolved.

The Long Descent examines the basis of such fear through three core themes:

Industrial society is following the same well-worn path that has led other civilizations into decline, a path involving a much slower and more complex transformation than the sudden catastrophes imagined by so many social critics today.
The roots of the crisis lie in the cultural stories that shape the way we understand the world. Since problems cannot be solved with the same thinking that created thyem, these ways of thinking need to be replaced with others better suited to the needs of our time.
It is too late for massive programs for top-down change; the change must come from individuals.

Hope exists in actions that range from taking up a handicraft or adopting an "obsolete" technology, through planting an organic vegetable garden, taking charge of your own health care or spirituality, and building community.

Focusing eloquently on constructive adaptation to massive change, this book will have wide appeal.

John Michael Greer is a certified Master Conserver, organic gardener and scholar of ecological history. The current Grand Archdruid of AODA, his widely-cited blog, The Archdruid Report (www.thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com) deals with peak oil, among other issues. He lives in Ashland, Oregon.
(2 July 2008)
The long-awaited book by a long-time writer for Energy Bulletin (list of articles).

We hope to arrange to publish excerpts and reviews of the book. -BA

Also, his latest blog entry:
Lessons from amateur radio

John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Too many visions of the future treat today's particular form of technological society as the only form there is. A glance at one of today's many technological subcultures shows that other alternatives exist -- and some may be much better suited than our present form to the needs of a postpeak world.

archived Jul 3 2008
(original)

Natalie MacMaster, Hayley Westenra - Ave Maria

Hayley Westenra －Ｉ　ｂｅｌｉｅｖｅ

Hayley Westenra - 白い色は恋人の色(English Ver.)

Hayley Westenra - 花（Flower）

Today I realized that the upside of having to move out is that I won't have to deal with ants any more. Ugh. Can't believe there were some in the room again. Need to find something to clean carpet stains--I didn't make them, but I didn't notice them until after the "room inspection" (there really wasn't one when I moved in--my fault, I should have remembered).

In other news... niece #2 knows how to say 'po po' and 'kau kau' now, but I haven't heard her actually say it. She said it to my mom, after my sister put her on the phone.

Last night my friend JY called from Australia--she was trying to find out about whether she could take custody of her children from her husband's parents. Apparently they are on the road to getting a divorce, but the problem is that the children along with the husband are now in the U.S.. If they had stayed in Taiwan, perhaps this would be an easier problem to solve, but the husband and the children usually visit his parents every Summer. Not a good situation--I don't know how much power she has under U.S. law.

Their marriage has been rocky from the beginning, though I blame the husband more than JY, and not just because she's a friend. He's a bit immature, and in the middle of a career change--he no longer wants to teach English, but wants to become a nurse. His parents had wanted them all to move to the US, and thought that she could find a good-paying job to support the family, while he goes to nursing school. She thinks that when they first met, he was running away from his mom (who is apparently rather domineering), but either has caved into her pressure to have the grandchildren close to her, or actually wants to live close to them. Well, he should have thought about where he was going to settle down before having sex with someone half-way around the world. What a mess.

The HS friend with the mental illness apparently will not be coming to the U.S., not this week at any rate. Her father decided that she should get better before she flies. Hrm... seems to me that her condition while she is in Taiwan is worse, but I don't know if that is really the case, and if it can be attributed to someone's actions (or lack of action).