William Lind, On War #268: Evidence

of what is happening south of the border...

via NLM: Usus Antiquior, a new journal devoted to the Gregorian rite and edited by Dr. Laurence Paul Hemming and Dr. Alcuin Reid.

Register your interest in the journal here (it does not obligate you to purchase a subscription).

A good supplement to the CIEL proceedings.

CIEL France
CIEL UK

Zenit: 40 Years of "Humanae Vitae" (Part 1)
Interview With Dr. Thomas Hilgers

Did having a single national currency have an impact on centralization and the destruction of local economies? (Or did it exacerbate regional rivalries?)

Sermons by priests of the FSSP?

Michael Shedlock, You Know The Banking System Is Unsound When....

Matt Schmucker, Physical Intimacy and the Single Man

Physical Intimacy and the Single Man
by Matt Schmucker
What may be considered innocent — holding hands, putting an arm around her in the pew, some "light" kissing, long talks over Starbucks coffee — all send her the message that reads, "You're mine."

Solomon's Line on Premarital Sex
by John Thomas
The Bible doesn't specifically say premarital sex is wrong, does it?

I don't visit The Smoking Gun often, but this story about a man who strangled his girlfriend after being inspired by Natural Born Killers strikes me as demonic.

via Drudge

Because we've got money to burn?

BBC: Manned spaceship design unveiled, via Drudge

A possible joint project between the ESA and the Russian Space Agency, was it meant to be a competitor to NASA's Ares/Orion system (wiki: Ares & Project Constellation)? While I do not have hopes that the country as a whole will be able to switch over to solar energy, couldn't the money being spent on various space projects be used to solve the energy problem?

YouTube - Constellation: Ares and Orion

Zenit: Cardinal Dias to Conference of Anglican Communion
"Mission, Social Justice and Evangelization"

More Taliana Vargas videos

What do you think of her accent Sarge?

Amanda Shaw Mudbug Madness Devil Went Down to Georgia

Taliana Vargas Carrillo-sen~orita magdalena


Miss Colombia 2007 CORONACION


Nuestra Taliana Vargas Señorita Magdalena Reina De Colombia

At least someone is buying them...

In this photo released by the official Xinhua news agency, members of China's armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment during an anti-terrorist drill held in Jinan, east China, on Wednesday July 2, 2008, roughly one month ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Paramilitary policemen on Segway personal transporters take part in an anti-terrorism drill in Jinan, Shandong province July 2, 2008. China will have nearly 100,000 commandos, police and members of the military on standby up to and during the Beijing Olympics to handle potential terrorist attacks, state media reported. Picture taken July 2.

Segway (wiki)

Listen to excerpts from the Schola Cantorum San Francisco cds here.

Special events with the St. Ann Choir

From the mailing list:

The St. Ann Choir invite you to join them in

the following special celebrations for the summer

St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Waverly at Homer, Palo Alto

Friday evening, July 25, 8:00 p.m.
St. Ann's Day (anticipated Mass) Sung Mass in Latin
Josquin Des Prez, Missa Ave Maris Stella
with Gregorian chants for the feast day
The celebrant and preacher will be Fr. Kevin Joyce.

Friday evening, August 15, 8:00 p.m.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung Latin Mass
William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
with Gregorian chants for the solemnity

Every Sunday, 12:00 noon: Mass sung in Gregorian chant
by congregation and choir, with Renaissance polyphony
6:15: Latin Vespers in Gregorian chant at St. Ann Chapel

Further information: 650-493-7933 or www.stannchoir.org

the choir's website

10 Rules for Dating My Daughter

Via The Hermeneutic of Continuity.

Also from Fr. Finigan: New film about St Philip Howard (from Mary's Dowry Productions) and Byzantine Catholic Radio

What is the real agenda behind Libertas?

Declan Ganley was on The World Over last week, being interviewed of course by Raymond Arroyo.
He opposes the Lisbon Treaty. He seems to be Catholic; but recently I came across a post hinting at questionable connections. (You can see read some of this in the wiki entry.) Does Libertas have a hidden agenda behind its opposition to the EU?

Libertas website

YouTube - Declan Ganley on The Lisbon Treaty
Declan Ganley: Ireland's Mysterious Mr. No
Silobreaker: PROFILE: Declan Ganley, mystery man behind Lisbon no campaign

Another response to Adam Webb--R. R. Reno, Cosmopolitanism with Real Roots

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Severing the Ties That Bind: Women, the Family, and Social Institutions

Mike Whitney, Visualizing Dow 6000

Winslow T. Wheeler, An Air Force in Free Fall

Twitch: COWBOY BEBOP Going Live Action

Seven Samurai remake... being shown on pachinko machines?

W. James Antle III, The Dixiecrats Rise Again

Democrats I could vote for? I don't think any such Democrats will run for office here in California.

The Stupidity of the EU

In the original regulation, at least:

Knobbly cucumbers could make a comeback
Zoë Casey, EuropeanVoice.com

From artichokes to water melons, the EU has a whole raft of legislation governing how fruits and vegetables should appear from the outside. Never mind if they are more tasty, vegetables that are too long or too knobbly, slightly misshapen or blemished are, under current rules, consigned to the EU’s food dustbin.

I believe Japanese supermarkets are very picky about the appearance of the produce they carry. It's rather stupid and superificial, but at least this is left up to the initiative of the supermarket. If this article is true, regulating this at the level of the superstate is just moronic.

NLM: Alcuin Reid reviews Britt's Dictionary of the Psalter

Get it at PCP Books.