New Year's Eve

🇬🇧 For nature depends on man, or makes him whole, and man cannot reach perfection if he does not reflect nature and is not at work upon it.
- Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae

📷 https://t.co/HLn1NnGJae / Raluca Ene#thedayofprayerforcreation #Prayers #creation #September1st pic.twitter.com/x2S1QWCGOI

— Basilica.ro Photos (@BasilicaPhotos) August 31, 2020

Ecumenical Patriarch’s (@EcuPatriarch) message for Sept. 1: Respect for the environment is an act of doxology of God’s name.https://t.co/UIx1HL7g8A pic.twitter.com/RtWDVjyaZX

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) August 31, 2020

NEW EPISODE OF THE STEADY STATER PODCAST!

Topic: Buzzwords, Oxymorons, and Slippery Shibboleths!

"Green growth," "circular economy," "sustainability"... what do these terms and terms like them REALLY mean? Find out below 👇https://t.co/reScU2eDuJ

— CASSE (@SteadyStateEcon) August 31, 2020

"In what are called brittle environments with seasonal humidity, if plants don't get grazed properly year after year, they become stagnant and they start accumulating plant material that becomes a liability to the plant.”https://t.co/08MBE6uKk5

— Savory Institute (@SavoryInstitute) August 30, 2020

Read the latest release, “Finance for a Regenerative World: Act IV,” from Savory advisor John Fullerton of @CapInstitute. https://t.co/MygkSxVshr

— Savory Institute (@SavoryInstitute) August 29, 2020

“The surging interest in local food has been a lifeline for many. And it just might help the country make a long-term shift toward a more sustainable, more resilient and more just food system.”https://t.co/Z2XBroTVga

— Savory Institute (@SavoryInstitute) August 31, 2020

Uh Huh

"It might be appropriate to revise the Haivry/Hazony binary thesis just a bit - starting with Thomas Jefferson." https://t.co/iyNWiw7VwA

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 31, 2020

Robert Merry

Tory Anarchism

McCarthy is right about the attractiveness of decentralization but wrong to use the word "anarchy" to describe what is "localism." The state is no "modern republic" and true political community (which is properly scaled) is not "anarchic."

If the only escape from Leviathan is radical decentralization, will conservatives become Tory anarchists? https://t.co/JahdXgVXVC

— Modern Age (@ModAgeJournal) August 31, 2020

Modern Age

Is It Compatible with LCHF?

Generally, I get cranky when I'm hungry, and therefore don't fast beyond what the Church requires for Lent. I'm unbearable

That's why this 72 hour fast was so incredible. It wasn't hard. This book by @DrJayRichards makes it doable for most people

It's the couch to 5k of fasting pic.twitter.com/fp57rEyACj

— 0xJeff.eth 🕊️ (@NavyInnovator) August 29, 2020

Harper Collins







w/Hank Hanegraaf

and... w/Timothy Gordon

Two Father-Son Movies Involving a Trip

Don't know if either of them are good: Made in Italy and End of Sentence.

Dr. Michael Eades - 'Paleopathology and the Origins of the Low-carb Diet'

Dougie MacLean, "Caledonia"

Dougie MacLean - Caledonia https://t.co/Ug9jwGmWzP via @YouTube @GallusGatsby

— IS FEIDIR LINN (@houndsecho) August 28, 2020

An Old Conspiracy Theory

But is it true?

Hola, please find the unroll here: @anony_fa_mous: https://t.co/WfyVF8EUt3 Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) August 30, 2020

The Premature Sexualization of Children

This mass conditioning was deliberate and desired.

Saluti you can read it here: Thread by @AbhinavAgarwal: ""A 4-year-old girl, in the dramatic play area of her preschool, begins swaying her hips & singing, “Baby, I’m your s […]" https://t.co/kOJMHVtN0W
Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) March 19, 2019

"Knowledge Wins"

Our teammates at the U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School have released a 🔥 two-part "Knowledge Wins" podcast episode on ARSOF's role in Great Power Competition.

Great topic, great conversation. Check it out!

🔊https://t.co/J3POAaS218@USASOCNews

— 1st Special Forces Command (@1st_SF_Command) August 30, 2020

Gaelic Psalm-Singing

I first heard the spine-tingling beauty that is the free heterophony of Gaelic psalm-singing on a battered CD borrowed from our holiday cottage near Port of Ness last summer - bringing together, as it says here, our particularity and our unity in God. Do read and listen! https://t.co/OXapgKfcJW

— Arabella Milbank (@ArabellaMilbank) August 28, 2020

'A vertical connection to God': the euphoria of Gaelic psalm singing https://t.co/h5IIDIb1lX

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) August 30, 2020

James Lindsay on His Latest Book

The great @ConceptualJames joins us again to talk about his recently released book as well as the failing university system - two topics of great import that need more time in the sun. https://t.co/6MOuVHIDmk

— Vincent Freeman (@LatentPhysicist) August 29, 2020

Randy Barnett and Josh Blackman on 100 SCOTUS Cases

Calling all of our Con-Law friends! @RandyEBarnett & @JoshMBlackman went on the latest @FreeThoughtsPod to talk about the 100 Supreme Court cases everyone should know!https://t.co/t9KvWw1263

— The Pursuit Podcast (@ThePursuitPod) August 29, 2020

PJB's Recommendation

Shawn Ryan Interviews Mike Ritland, Part 1

Patriotism

"Those who insist they are on the right side of history are mistaken to think they have mapped the mind of God. To appear to resist the decrees of Providence—like the forgotten people on November 8, 2016?" https://t.co/8ou1We9PhF

— Modern Age (@ModAgeJournal) August 28, 2020

PATRIOTS AND POPULISTS: FROM BURKE TO TRUMP by Ian Crowe
If Burke is being used to promote civic nationalism and "national community," maybe it's time to leave Burke to the professional conservatives and start referring to other authorities for the tradition which we wish to pass along.

Devolution by Max Brooks

"The symbolism here—an upper-middle class enclave whose residents seek to live in harmony with nature, suddenly exposed to the pitilessness and fury of the nature which they’d come hoping to live harmoniously with—is rich and delicious." https://t.co/xUvQFvetKz

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 28, 2020

Penguin/Random House

Max Brooks discusses new horror novel ‘Devolution’ with Northwest Passages Book Club







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One-Person Economies

The single way of life has quietly become a trend in China, creating continuously growing business opportunities for the “one-person economy.”

Read more: https://t.co/JFm3hkhKIB#AppleDailyENG

— Apple Daily HK 蘋果日報 (@appledaily_hk) August 29, 2020

In Japan, where the proportion of singles is higher, the one-person economy has long become a mature industry expressed in a variety of forms.

Read more: https://t.co/usgqx8GLnn#AppleDailyENG

— Apple Daily HK 蘋果日報 (@appledaily_hk) August 29, 2020

Capitulation

#HongKong’s Catholic diocese has rejected a proposal for an ad campaign calling for democracy in the city, with some critics blaming Cardinal John Tong for cracking down on progressive views.

Read more: https://t.co/LpN1UMaGe5#AppleDailyENG

— Apple Daily HK 蘋果日報 (@appledaily_hk) August 29, 2020

So not even prayer for #HongKong is allowed any more in Hong Kong, it seems, despite an initiative inspired by the call for prayers for the city by the wonderful Cardinal Charles Bo, President of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences.https://t.co/TIOR0XtuZ8 via @scmpnews

— Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 (@benedictrogers) August 29, 2020

Lord Have Mercy

Ming Pao: 12 Hong Kong people arrested in mainland waters when fleeing to Taiwan held at Yantian district detention centre in Shenzhen. Mainland sources said it would not rule out authorities other than coast guard to handle the case https://t.co/aHTcilxPok pic.twitter.com/FiuJXviHiH

— Kris Cheng (@krislc) August 29, 2020

China’s coast guard captured 12 HKers fleeing to Taiwan on a speedboat because of a tip-off from the Hong Kong Police Force, according to an Apple Daily source.

Police chief Chris Tang had denied the HKPF had any involvement in the immediate aftermath.https://t.co/vn3bokNBwP

— Jack Hazlewood (@JackHHazlewood) August 29, 2020

John Colet

John Colet, Catholic Humanist (essay by Thomas Banks) https://t.co/HPMgDPteAk

— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) August 29, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

Colet’s life and learning represent Catholic humanism at its finest. He advocated for such reforms in education as the soundest minds of his day also desired, and gave real impetus to the study of the Greek language, which was then seen by certain more cautious authorities as too powerful an intoxicant. He knew the value of learning and—unlike more than a few intellectuals—he knew also the limits of its advantages. So much we find in one of his surviving letters to Erasmus, in which he writes, “Of books and learning there is no end; but there is nothing better in this short life than to live purely and holily, to strive daily after perfection and enlightenment, as these books teach us; but that can only be done by a tender love and imitation of Jesus Christ.”

Would it be unfair to criticize the Christian humanists for failing to appreciate Greek theology on its own terms and as a proper inheritance from Hellenism, and instead of focusing too much on the pagan Greeks (and Latins)?

Redefning the Modern Military

Special Thanks to Col. Tyrell O. Mayfield & Dr. Pauline Shanks-Kaurin for their book-led session on professionalism and ethics. Dr. Shanks-Kaurin and Col. Tyrell Mayfield, who is the co-editor of the book “Redefining the Modern Military: The Intersection of Profession and Ethics” pic.twitter.com/tzT3PBPUBn

— 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (@7thForces) August 29, 2020

U.S. Naval Institute

Blog Talk Radio ep 449


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Colin Macleod and Julie Fowlis: "Dream"

Here it is! The full video - hope you like it ❤️

Colin Macleod & Julie Fowlis - Dream
🎥 by @mikeguesty https://t.co/sB0PRuy1IE via @YouTube

— Julie Fowlis (@juliefowlis) August 28, 2020

Bulgarian Folk Dance

. @swinglesingers perform the traditional Bulgarian folk dance Bučimiš, arranged by Clare Wheeler and Edward Randell.

This performance was filmed as part of the #LiveFromLondon festival. Book tickets for the 10-concert series at https://t.co/XeoY2SE2HI pic.twitter.com/MQUM20mN2A

— Songlines Magazine (@SonglinesMag) August 28, 2020

Something Different

An Dr @ailbhe_ngc ar a taighde ar scéalta draíochta Dhúiche Sheoighe, Contae na Gaillimhe le léargas ar an cheangal idir scéalta an cheantair agus síscéalta amhail Cinderella agus Beauty and the Beast. Filleann Viva Voce an tseachtain seo chugainn ar @bbcradioulster ┐ @bbcsounds pic.twitter.com/5WMM0UAD7J

— BBC GAEILGE (@bbcgaeilge) August 26, 2020