Spent the morning and afternoon on Treasure Island for the Dragon Boat Festival; then I went over to Berkeley for the square dance at Ashkenaz.
Paul Craig Roberts, Revolution from Above
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Why would you kick a ginger?
Especially when she's as pretty as Jessica Chastain. Redheads...
Hollywood ingenue Jessica Chastain in Studio Q
She's in Lawless. Having read Roger Ebert's review of the movie, I was expecting more bloodshed. Consequently, I wasn't expecting the ending, which was rather "happy." While it is not a Western, it reminds me of one, much as Hatfields and McCoys did. How authentic are the accents? Shia LaBeouf is cast well as the "runt of the family." Meanwhile his brothers are played by foreigners (Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke), as well as Charley Rakes (Guy Pearce). (More reflection on the sad state of American males in Hollywood?)
Jack Donovan should watch and review the movie. Is the movie too graphic in its depiction of violence and its consequences? Could it have the same impact if it had been done in accord with the standards of the '40s and '50s? I did like the look of the '30s, the clothing and such. And the movie does touch upon being a man and living up to what one's family (that is, one's brothers, the other men in the family) expects of him. Does the movie develop this movie well enough? This perhaps could have been handled better. And what was the anabaptist(?) sect in the movie?
There isn't much of a discussion of the morality of Prohibition and the making of moonshine. Even though the 18th Amendment was ratified, was it a just law?
More:
Matt Bondurant - The Wettest County in the World
Q&A with 'Lawless' Author Matt Bondurant
The Real Story Behind ‘Lawless’ by Matt Bondurant
On Movies: 'Lawless' author's 'surreal' look at his film
The Wettest County in the World
Rolling Stones
Jessica Chastain Takes Us Shopping, Talks Lawless' Sex Appeal by Leila Brillson
Tom Hardy's voice remains much the same as in The Dark Knight Rises; it's no longer the young voice you hear in Star Trek Nemesis. Are the rumors of steroid use true, and can that have an impact on one's voice?
Is Tom Hardy's 'Star Trek: Nemesis' screen test better than the finished film? -- VIDEO
WATCH: Tom Hardy In 'Star Trek: Nemesis' Screen Test With Patrick Stewart
Hollywood ingenue Jessica Chastain in Studio Q
She's in Lawless. Having read Roger Ebert's review of the movie, I was expecting more bloodshed. Consequently, I wasn't expecting the ending, which was rather "happy." While it is not a Western, it reminds me of one, much as Hatfields and McCoys did. How authentic are the accents? Shia LaBeouf is cast well as the "runt of the family." Meanwhile his brothers are played by foreigners (Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke), as well as Charley Rakes (Guy Pearce). (More reflection on the sad state of American males in Hollywood?)
Jack Donovan should watch and review the movie. Is the movie too graphic in its depiction of violence and its consequences? Could it have the same impact if it had been done in accord with the standards of the '40s and '50s? I did like the look of the '30s, the clothing and such. And the movie does touch upon being a man and living up to what one's family (that is, one's brothers, the other men in the family) expects of him. Does the movie develop this movie well enough? This perhaps could have been handled better. And what was the anabaptist(?) sect in the movie?
There isn't much of a discussion of the morality of Prohibition and the making of moonshine. Even though the 18th Amendment was ratified, was it a just law?
More:
Matt Bondurant - The Wettest County in the World
Q&A with 'Lawless' Author Matt Bondurant
The Real Story Behind ‘Lawless’ by Matt Bondurant
On Movies: 'Lawless' author's 'surreal' look at his film
The Wettest County in the World
Rolling Stones
Jessica Chastain Takes Us Shopping, Talks Lawless' Sex Appeal by Leila Brillson
Tom Hardy's voice remains much the same as in The Dark Knight Rises; it's no longer the young voice you hear in Star Trek Nemesis. Are the rumors of steroid use true, and can that have an impact on one's voice?
Is Tom Hardy's 'Star Trek: Nemesis' screen test better than the finished film? -- VIDEO
WATCH: Tom Hardy In 'Star Trek: Nemesis' Screen Test With Patrick Stewart
Items of Interest, 14 September 2012
Join the Insurgency Against the Jobs Crisis
Technology + God = Meaning in Work?
Neoliberalism, Degrowth and the Fate of Health Systems
IG Report Fingers Top ATF Officials For Fast & Furious
An exceprt: America the Possible: Breaking the Chains of Consumerism
by James Gustave Speth
“The Reason we All Need Community”
Dalrock, Which sex is driving delayed marriage in the US?
New Esterházy Quartet Bridges "Pop" and Highbrow Haydn
Technology + God = Meaning in Work?
Neoliberalism, Degrowth and the Fate of Health Systems
IG Report Fingers Top ATF Officials For Fast & Furious
An exceprt: America the Possible: Breaking the Chains of Consumerism
by James Gustave Speth
“The Reason we All Need Community”
Dalrock, Which sex is driving delayed marriage in the US?
New Esterházy Quartet Bridges "Pop" and Highbrow Haydn
Michelle Long
Michelle Long at the New Economics Institute Strategies for a New Economy Conference
Conference
BALLE
Her NEI profile
More:
Growing Local: Interview with BALLE's Michelle Long
Related:
Beyond the Monoculture: Strengthening Local Culture, Economy and Knowledge
By Helena Norberg-Hodge
Conference
BALLE
Her NEI profile
More:
Growing Local: Interview with BALLE's Michelle Long
Michelle Long, Executive Director, BALLE, Charleston, South Carolina, May 21, 2010 from BALLE on Vimeo.
Related:
Beyond the Monoculture: Strengthening Local Culture, Economy and Knowledge
By Helena Norberg-Hodge
St. Paul's Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon
A couple of photos. Another photo. Melkite!
Watching EWTN - Pope Benedict looks a bit older - his face seems thinner.
Pope urged to recognise Palestinian state
Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center
Related:
A Divine Liturgy in Rome, 2 years ago
Updated:
Zenit: Pope's Question and Answer Session During Apostolic Trip to Lebanon
"Christians and Arabs Have Built These Lands and Must Live Together"
Benedict XVI's Address Upon Arriving in Beirut
"Your Joys and Sorrows Are Constantly Present in the Pope's Prayers"
Watching EWTN - Pope Benedict looks a bit older - his face seems thinner.
Pope urged to recognise Palestinian state
Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center
Related:
A Divine Liturgy in Rome, 2 years ago
Updated:
Zenit: Pope's Question and Answer Session During Apostolic Trip to Lebanon
"Christians and Arabs Have Built These Lands and Must Live Together"
Benedict XVI's Address Upon Arriving in Beirut
"Your Joys and Sorrows Are Constantly Present in the Pope's Prayers"
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Benedict XVI to Visit Lebanon
Rome Reports: How to watch Benedict XVI's visit to Lebanon live
website for the visit (which you will not find at the RR link)
EWTN will be covering the trip:
website for the visit (which you will not find at the RR link)
EWTN will be covering the trip:
Apostolic Journey To Lebanon: Visit To Basilica Of St. Paul (Live)
Fri. Sept. 14 at 11 AM ET & 10 PM ET
Pope Benedict XVI visits the Basilica before signing the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation.
Apostolic Journey To Lebanon: Meeting With Government Officials And Representatives (Live)
Sat. Sept. 15 at 4 AM ET & 5 PM ET
The Holy Father meets with the President of Lebanon, and the Prime Minister and Speaker of the Parliament. He also meets with the heads of Muslim communities before going on to pronounce an address to political and cultural leaders.
Apostolic Journey To Lebanon: Meeting With Youth (Live)
Sat. Sept. 15 at 11 AM ET & 10 PM ET
Meeting with Youth in the square across from the Maronite Patriarchate of Bkerke.
Apostolic Journey To Lebanon: Mass And Angelus (Live)
Sun. Sept. 16 at 2:30 AM ET & 11 AM ET
The Holy Father will celebrate Mass (and Angelus) at Beirut City Centre Waterfront and consign the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation.
More from Rod Dreher on Fr. Groeschel
The Groeschel Memory Hole
He mentions the book by Leon Podles on the subject of the clerical sex abuse scandal, Sacrilege.
He mentions the book by Leon Podles on the subject of the clerical sex abuse scandal, Sacrilege.
Ralph Nader on the Two Conventions
Profiles in Decadent Cowardliness
The Republicans put three themes in just about every speech. Tell your personal story, recount your humble beginnings, and describe how you pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps. Show the people you’re human or at least humanoid, not corporatist. Keep heralding small business so you don’t have to talk about Big Business which has bad vibrations these days around the country. Also, praise, praise, praise Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as family men with family values. Imagine Republicans telling the press that the convention was to “humanize” Romney and give the voters a warm, fuzzy feeling about their candidate so as to forget that his campaign is a clenched-teeth mouthpiece for Big Business.
The Democratic Convention evokes pity. They too had similar scripts at the podium – narrate your humble, hardworking family lines, talk incessantly about jobs so you won’t have to talk about wages. Especially muzzled was the willing Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, who, since 2009, has been given the back of Obama’s hand on “card check organizing rights” and on an inflation-adjusted minimum wage. His staged remarks even withheld any mention of a $10 minimum wage (See H.R. 5901 bill “Catching up with 1968”) and the raiding of worker pensions by corporate raptors.
Cowboys & Indians Fall TV Preview
Fall TV Preview: 'Vegas,' 'Nashville,' And 'Malibu Country' by Joe Leydon
"Earlier this year, there was a lot of loose talk about a possible “renaissance” of TV westerns. Unfortunately, it looks like that hype hasn’t actually translated into new shows about Wild West cowboys."
"Earlier this year, there was a lot of loose talk about a possible “renaissance” of TV westerns. Unfortunately, it looks like that hype hasn’t actually translated into new shows about Wild West cowboys."
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Orthodox Christian Links
Byzantine, Texas: Assembly of Bishops celebrate Liturgy in Serbian Cathedral - photos (alt)
(3rd Annual Meeting of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops)
Istanbul Patriarchate purchases world's third oldest church
From last year, via Orthodox Christian Information Center: Consecration of St. Andrew Orthodox Church (the church's website)
(3rd Annual Meeting of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops)
Istanbul Patriarchate purchases world's third oldest church
From last year, via Orthodox Christian Information Center: Consecration of St. Andrew Orthodox Church (the church's website)
Children and Original Sin
Reflecting today upon children's behavior after I learned of something that happened to student...
One of the girls, HD, a hard-worker, seemed really nice and generally well-behaved in class, but she was being catty to another girl (EN) because they're both running for the student council office (VP). She was allegedly telling other students to cover her competition's posters or to destroy them up. Competitiveness turned into animosity? Or something else at work?
CB, who finished 6th grade last year seemed to liked one of the bad boys of the class, someone who didn't do his work but was cocky-funny and defiant. I was disappointed, but she doesn't know any better, does she? It's not like her parents are governing her emotions for her.
One of the girls, HD, a hard-worker, seemed really nice and generally well-behaved in class, but she was being catty to another girl (EN) because they're both running for the student council office (VP). She was allegedly telling other students to cover her competition's posters or to destroy them up. Competitiveness turned into animosity? Or something else at work?
CB, who finished 6th grade last year seemed to liked one of the bad boys of the class, someone who didn't do his work but was cocky-funny and defiant. I was disappointed, but she doesn't know any better, does she? It's not like her parents are governing her emotions for her.
2012 San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival
This coming Saturday and Sunday.
SF Chinatown
(Sunday is also the celebration of the patronal feast day of the local parish as well.)
SF Chinatown
(Sunday is also the celebration of the patronal feast day of the local parish as well.)
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
If one is not saying the Divine Mercy chaplet already...
3:00 Prayer in the Year of Faith
Bishop Kieran Conry's suggestion: a demonstration of faith? Or hypocrisy?
Reclaiming the Angelus as a prayer of the local community might be a good move, but should we be showy to strangers? Or should we strengthen bonds through the proper observance of the order of charity instead? I think that would make more of a difference.
50th Int'l Eucharistic Conference
Bishop Kieran Conry's suggestion: a demonstration of faith? Or hypocrisy?
Reclaiming the Angelus as a prayer of the local community might be a good move, but should we be showy to strangers? Or should we strengthen bonds through the proper observance of the order of charity instead? I think that would make more of a difference.
50th Int'l Eucharistic Conference
Wedding of Archduke Imre and Archduchess Kathleen
Spiering Photography (via Rorate Caeli)
Can't say that I prefer the ceremonial of the Nuptial Mass in the Roman rite, regardless of whether it is according to the EF or the OF. I think it was at Rorate Caeli a while back talking about the procession of the bride down the aisle was not traditional - rather there should be a procession of the groom and bride (and everyone else, including the clergy)? The setting doesn't help me much, even if it is a sentimental favorite for some Christendom alumni. Neo-gothic architecture... I suppose it is now difficult for me to appreciate certain Latin artistic styles.
I imagine there had to be some security for the events.
An announcement of the royal nuptials here.
Something on the crowning in the Byzantine rite.
Can't say that I prefer the ceremonial of the Nuptial Mass in the Roman rite, regardless of whether it is according to the EF or the OF. I think it was at Rorate Caeli a while back talking about the procession of the bride down the aisle was not traditional - rather there should be a procession of the groom and bride (and everyone else, including the clergy)? The setting doesn't help me much, even if it is a sentimental favorite for some Christendom alumni. Neo-gothic architecture... I suppose it is now difficult for me to appreciate certain Latin artistic styles.
I imagine there had to be some security for the events.
An announcement of the royal nuptials here.
Something on the crowning in the Byzantine rite.
Social Engineering? Or Wise Central Planning?
The California Department of Housing and Community Development and ABAG is imposing "affordable" housing quotas on cities, threatening to withdraw funds for road maintenance if municipalities do not comply. (HCD's NIMBY resources.)
Pleasanton from July: Council approves draft rezoning plan for 105 acres of new 'affordable' housing
Citizens Alliance for Property Rights: SF Bay CAPR - Housing
Can they favor housing applicants (especially senior citizens) who have natural ties to the community? That would be preferable, but it's would probably be deemed illegal somehow. There is admittedly a sifting of the population according to class and income (and race), but why shouldn't people associate with their own kind as they choose? Because Big Brother knows better about interracial harmony and a happy society. Hello ethnic cleansing and white flight.
That which is too big cannot be managed (or ordered) well.
As for environmental concerns - if they want sustainable development they should reconsider their economic model, which is probably predicated upon infinite growth. There are too many people in California, living in areas that are too densely populated. Sustainability is closer to an agrarian model, but we aren't willing to give up our electronic technology industries, even if [cheap] energy scarcity stares us in the face.
Association of Bay Area Governments
Related:
San Francisco Bay Area Vision Project
On One Bay Area: Public Input or Kabuki Theater? Another Example of Suppression of Speech
California: Bay Area roll out of Agenda 21 environmental controls
Pleasanton from July: Council approves draft rezoning plan for 105 acres of new 'affordable' housing
Citizens Alliance for Property Rights: SF Bay CAPR - Housing
Can they favor housing applicants (especially senior citizens) who have natural ties to the community? That would be preferable, but it's would probably be deemed illegal somehow. There is admittedly a sifting of the population according to class and income (and race), but why shouldn't people associate with their own kind as they choose? Because Big Brother knows better about interracial harmony and a happy society. Hello ethnic cleansing and white flight.
That which is too big cannot be managed (or ordered) well.
As for environmental concerns - if they want sustainable development they should reconsider their economic model, which is probably predicated upon infinite growth. There are too many people in California, living in areas that are too densely populated. Sustainability is closer to an agrarian model, but we aren't willing to give up our electronic technology industries, even if [cheap] energy scarcity stares us in the face.
Association of Bay Area Governments
Related:
San Francisco Bay Area Vision Project
On One Bay Area: Public Input or Kabuki Theater? Another Example of Suppression of Speech
California: Bay Area roll out of Agenda 21 environmental controls
Christine Ha Wins MasterChef
'MasterChef' season finale: and the winner is
Fox
Before the reveal, I thought Josh might have won with his lamb chops, but apparently it was Christine's braised pork belly that was the decisive dish.
Meet Blind MasterChef Christine Ha
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Her profile and audition.
official casting site - casting for season 4 now!
The Hell's Kitchen finale was last night, too; are the contests rigged in favor of sensational human interest stories (or PC considerations)? We'll see what happens with the restaurant in LV. How many of the other HK winners still have a job at the restaurants originally seeking executive chefs? (An update from last year.)
Gather.com
Fox
Before the reveal, I thought Josh might have won with his lamb chops, but apparently it was Christine's braised pork belly that was the decisive dish.
Meet Blind MasterChef Christine Ha
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Her profile and audition.
official casting site - casting for season 4 now!
The Hell's Kitchen finale was last night, too; are the contests rigged in favor of sensational human interest stories (or PC considerations)? We'll see what happens with the restaurant in LV. How many of the other HK winners still have a job at the restaurants originally seeking executive chefs? (An update from last year.)
Gather.com
Ron Hansen on Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
First Things: Ron Hansen on Faith and Fiction
Watch Catholic Writer Ron Hansen on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
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