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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Monday, May 14, 2012

Items of Interest, 14 May 2012


Doug Macgregor explains how our military reached its current state, so only desperate reform can save us
Seven predictions about our future. Most are unusual. All are certain to happen (I think)

Thomas H. Naylor on Leviathan, Secession and Vermont's Small Nation Dream (original)


Why America is Doomed to One Disaster After Another

Michael Brendan Dougherty (Business Insider) and Daniel McCarthy (The American Conservative)


What are the Purposes of Foreign Policy

What Separation of Power? - nullification

American Burke by J. David Hoeveler
Irving Babbitt formulated conservatism for a world in whirl.

The Household Gods of Freedom

Christopher Lasch, Conservative?

Thomas Storck, The Contradictions of Liberals and Conservatives

Jack Donovan, Mocking the Vote

Charles Hugh Smith, Acknowledging the Arrival of Peak Government

Understanding the Economic Justice of Marriage

The Constitution Doesn't Settle the Marriage Debate

The President’s Still Contorted Position on Same-Sex Marriage by Carson Holloway

Hilton Kramer & the critical temper by Roger Kimball

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, American Dystopia, Fiction or Reality?

Economics and Energy:
What is Our Energy Future?

The Ten Cities Most Screwed by Peak Oil

Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation with Heavy Debt
The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps

Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs?

Wendell Berry on the Importance of Local, Sustainable Economies
Worth posting again.

Urban Design:
Won’t You Be My Neighbour?
Alexandra Singer on the future of urban planning

JHK on the CNU: Still Standing Amid the Wreckage




Catholic:
Remembering St. Josemaria Escriva
2012 Holds Multiple Anniversaries for Opus Dei
Preparing for June 26th (FB)
Video of May 5 Ordinations

Charity, War, and Peace in St. Thomas Aquinas by John Hittinger (pdf)

France celebrates Joan of Arc's 600th birthday

Filas 1: The Battle of the Sexes… can it be avoided? - soundcloud
Fr. Francis Filas, S.J.

Unlikely bedfellows (Jack Donovan and the pope)

No Doctrinal Obstacle for SSPX

English Is a Perfectly Fine Catholic Liturgical Language
My First Anglican Communion


I Can't Believe You Haven't Read KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER

TAC: The 2012 Commencement Address of Mother Assumpta Long
College Awards its Highest Honor to Three Recipients
slideshow

When Catholics Were Cristeros

History:
Justinian’s reconquest of the West : ideology, warfare, religion, and politics in sixth-century Byzantium (PDF)

Interview with Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

Feminism:
A comment on "Reframing Christian Marriage"
The Ultimate Short Advice about Women
Suz says: About Submissive Women

Why Are Feminists Against the Male Pill

FDL Book Salon: The New Feminist Agenda

Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
Is there anyone TED won't feature?

Food, Diet and Health:
Taco Salad w/ Avocado & Cilantro Dressing

Wake Up, Food Television Execs! So Says Chris Cosentino.

New Potential Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods Found


Anthony Bourdain on Vegans



Music:
Steep Canyon Rangers Bring the Bluegrass to Slim's on Friday, May 4th


First Listen: Hilary Hahn and Hauschka, 'Silfra'

Katie Melua: Back from the Brink


Misc:
New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun

Hot Shots Episode 8 Clip - Clint Upchurch 3-Gun Training


Blue Force Gear is Growing

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Items of Interest, 2 May 2012

‘Obscure Scribblers’ of the World, Unite!
Dr William Partlett reflects on the best way of overcoming the right-left divide

The Manhunt to Capture Osama Bin Laden

Why the Loyalty Day Declaration is a Good Thing
Vox Day

Judge Napolitano: Eric Holder Could Be Held In Contempt For Non-Response On Fast & Furious

Counterpunch:
PATRICK COCKBURN, Why Osama Lives
DAVE LINDORFF, The Constitutional Crimes of Barack Obama
RUSSELL MOKHIBER, Bribery as a Business Model

Economics and Relocalization:
5 Questions for Woody Tasch

Meet Your Food Chain

USDA Publishes "Regional Food Hub Guide"
USDA? What's its hidden agenda?

David S. D'Amato: Don’t Worry About Occupy

Here's Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years
Looking solely at meeting market demand; not at the deeper question of whether they are sustainable without a consumer base to generate advertising revenue for anyone.

Permaculture:
Celebrate International Permaculture Day
Why permaculture needs accurate data and measurement to persuade the mainstream

Energy:
Richard Heinberg, Top 11 FAQs (EB)
Moving towards ethical energy by Ian Westmoreland (EB)
My Neighbors Use Too Much Energy by Tom Murphy (EB)

Catholic:
Chant Cafe links to this: Four Kinds of Chant
Chant Inspires the Blogosphere
It Is Time to Get Serious About Catholic Social Doctrine

CWR review of Beauty Will Save the World
Rod Dreher, On Beauty Saving the World

The Case for Catholic Teaching: Seminar on Women, Sexuality & The Church
the book
NCRegister
Authentic Freedom and Equality in Difference

Feminism:
An introduction to the investigation into the mental health of female medieval mystics

Diet and Health:
From 2010: Art DeVany on the New Evolution Diet and Exercise Program


MDA: 5 Primal Superfoods for Fertility and Pregnancy

5 Tips to Keep Your Baby's Feet Healthy

Why Do I Wear Five Fingers

Women, Weights, and Bone Density

Music:
NewFound Road - MS


Merlefest 2012 in Pictures


Katie Melua - Moonshine (Live) - Smooth Radio


Sequentia: Thes habet er ubar woroltring - Jaroslaw, 2009


Interview: Violinist Rachel Podger’s sunshine lights up this week’s Tafelmusik concerts

Movies:
BBC to screen four Shakespeare history plays after 30-year gap

TV:
Sherlock: A Character Who's More than Elementary

Etiquette:
Business Casual

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012

Katie Melua ft Davy Spillane - Gold in them Hills @ Titanic commemoration (14.04.12)

Monday, April 02, 2012

Items of Interest, 2 April 2012

Dr. Fleming has read Philip K. Dick! I was surprised by this recent column: Alien Life Forms.

In the comments section, he writes:
To explore the concept of "cool" would require more space than a newspaper column, much less a comment section. The Magnificent Seven is not at all a bad movie, but it is not good either, especially when compared with Kurosawa's original. It may have been influenced by the apparent coolness of Kurosawa's heroes who are not, however, indifferent, but merely Stoically Japanese.
As for cool, it is largely though not exclusively a post World War II phenomenon that is a convergence of several tendencies. The French existentialists clearly have a strong influence--Camus' Meursault seems indifferent to everyone and everything including his own death. Cool people have few attachments. They can, of course, fall into love or lust or cherish a tender spot for something or someone or somewhere, but outwardly they seem indifferent to their fate. One of the predecessors of the cool film hero is the Bogart persona. Rick Blaine: "I don't stick out my neck for anyone." Film noir heroes and villains are often though not always cool, though Richard Widmark is too over-the-top, usually, to be cool. The Man With No Name and his enemies are ultra-cool, because they are nothing. Harry Callahan, by contrast, only seems cool. At bottom he is a moral and compassionate man who refuses to show what he feels--another thing, entirely. What you put your finger on in the Magnificent Seven is the obvious fact that the Western is not a genre, really, for cool people. In the mythology of the West, only Doc Holliday is cool and that is because he know he is dying.
To cut this short, let me just say that the tight-lipped hero who does not often show his feelings is a solid Anglo-American ideal, who stands in stark contrast with the cool hero who is subhuman. Steve McQueen is a repulsive character in virtually every film as are most cool actors/characters. Cool is also related to hip--the people with so much inside knowledge about the human condition that they are indifferent to it. Hipness is of course a gift from black Americans who cultivated this act. Some time in the future we should take this up at greater length in Chronicles.

Peter Hitchens, Iron Fists, Islamic votes, general thoughts

The Distributist Review:
Thomas Storck, The Chief Question in Economics
Dr. Franciszek Stefczyk: Father of Polish Credit Unions

Jennifer Roback Morse, Privatizing Marriage Is Impossible

Bhutan leads the world to a new economy of happiness

KunstlerCast #199: Communications Wasteland (mp3)
Our Overcomplexity and Hyperdependence on Modern Technology

Healthcare for all in the U.S? by Mary Logan (EB)

"Debacle: Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future"

Fabius Maximus: We ask the mineshaft: should we be reasonable when arousing America? Perhaps reason plays no role in this battle.
What every American needs to know about the Federal Reserve System

Energy and Technology:
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Third World of Energy, the U.S.

Are We Oppressed by Technology? by Jeffrey Tucker
Cluelessness which merits a considered response... if it is driven by the free-market then people should adapt right? Even if no real consideration is given to what is required for these practices, i.e. cheap energy. What about respecting people's choices for a simpler way of life? Would we be right to expect the use of contemporary technology by monasteries? As for faciltating communication and strengthening community -- that's bs, if you're still neglecting your neighbors.

Farming:
Local Good Food - Melo Farms
How to Farm in Your Big City Apartment (Via CollapseNet)

Holy Shit: Managing Manure To Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon

Catholic:
Monk, He Shines
A Canonical Defense of Father Marcel Guarnizo - II
Father Anonymous Responds

The Pope Slipped One Word Into His Speech In Cuba That Makes The Castro Regime Shake
Tehachapi nuns break ground on new future
The Vatican Bank: Moneychangers In the Temple

He's wearing a nice chasuble in the picture, but should Timothy Cardinal Dolan be one of Time's top 100?

ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT’S NEW BOOK
A Heart on Fire: Archbishop Chaput's meditation on secularism in the U.S.
Random House
More "power politics" in promotion of the nationalist system, as opposed to genuine community-building?

Feminism and Misandry:
Oz Conservative: You Couldn't Make This Stuff Up
Review: MIRROR MIRROR, Tarsem's Proto-Feminist, Family-Friendly Fairy Tale
Holding Out for a Hero: Katniss and the New (Female) Role Model

Law and Disorder: The End of Male Mentoring at Law Firms

Podcast: 3/28 Brian talks with Dr. Helen Smith, forensic psychologist, about the negative images of men in the media. (mp3) [via Dr. Helen]

From 2010: Kristin Scott Benson With The Grascals – Cutting The Grass Ceiling

Giving socons a bad name?
Dalrock mentions an internet controversy involving Darwin Catholic over the "manosphere."
Is there a possibility that those involved are talking past one another? Does DC really ignore the consequences of sexual sin on a woman's character, her ability to bond, and so on? One may be able to look past one or two "indiscretions" but how many mistakes are too many, and reflect upon her true character?

Blanket condemnations of the manosphere are rather useless. It would be better to respond to the concerns expressed there than to play the amateur therapist. So long as the manosphere helps men understand the reality in which they find themselves, I think it should continue. But it does have a limited usefuleness.

Update: Mr. Darwin Responds

Diet and Health:
Balanced Bites: Useful Guides
11 Natural Ways to Heal and Prevent Heartburn

Sugar:
What Eating Too Much Sugar Does to Your Brain

60 Minutes: Is Sugar Toxic?


Wait a Minute, Lustig. The Threat of Fructophobia. And the Opportunity.

Jerry Douglas Dobro solo - Little Rock, AR


Katie Melua - Better Than a Dream @ Kvelden er din (31.03.12)


Stars and Stripes: MMA Issue

April Verch live-streaming concert on April 27 - $3. Details.

Lubbockites step back in time for English country dance


5.11's April Fools gag:

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Items of Interest, 29 March 2012

Two on the subject of empire:
John Michael Greer, America: The Two Empires (EB)
Damien Perrotin, Disunited kingdoms (EB) - he discusses Scottish independence.

Jim Antle, Constitutional Contempt
Time-shifted live-blogging of this morning's Obamacare oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court.

A Burke for Our Times by Mark A. Signorelli

Bill Kauffman, Peckinpah Country

Philosophy As Therapy

FNC: Hemmer interviews Obama surrogate: hijinx and anti-Catholicism result

Karen De Coster, Why I Am Not a Libertarian

Vox Day: Working Mothers Harm Children
Day Care and the Middle Class

District Holds Second Amendment Applies Outside the Home, Strikes Down Ban on Gun Transportation During

A review of The Holistic Orchard.

Catholic:
Christendom College: Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to Speak at Christendom College

Energy:
The Myth of Peak Oil by GEORGE WUERTHNER
The author misjudges how feasible, economically and otherwise, it is to produce oil from alternate sources.

Feminism and Courtship:
TPM: Constant, Unending Attention

Find a Ukrainian woman! haha.

Younger Women Turning to Domesticity

How To Survive College a Virgin

Diet and Health:
The LLVLC Show (Episode 562): PaleoFX Founders Keith And Michelle Norris Reflect On Their Inaugural Event (mp3)
Robb Wolf, MovNat! On the podcast!
Why Barefoot is Best

Mark Sisson: 6 Books I Am Reading Right Now (plus the Official Release Date of The Primal Connection)
Some of the books sound rather goofy, but what can you expect when it involves recreating the past and the "primitive" psyche?

Music:
The full version of "Hold On"




Someone who participated in Operation Market Garden: Tributes as brave war hero dies at age of 92

TV:
PBS - Gillian Anderson on Great Expectations

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Items of Interest, 1 March 2012

Fabius Maximus: Ask the mineshaft: what’s gone wrong with America? The decay spreads faster than I imagined possible.
Mumbo Jumble: The underwhelming response of the American economics profession to the crisis by Philip Mirowski (EB)

Philip Giraldi, Corruption and the Citizen, American Style

Paul Gottfried, How England Helped Start the Great War

Counterpunch:
How Empires Fall by Andy Kroll
How The Media Got The Parchin Access Story Wrong by Gareth Porter
Our Gang of War Criminals by Dave Lindorff
Why Raising the Minimum Wage is a Winning Issue by Ralph Nader

“The Gray”: A Man’s Movie by Jon Basil Utley
The Private Man on hats.

Darian Worden, Preventing a Syria Scenario

Alternative Right:
The Once-Weres and the Could-Have-Beens by Derek Turner
Why Conservatives Always Lose by Alex Kurtagic
The Soul of Western Man: Making Our Appeal by Paul Deussen
Good luck, as Alternative Right may be perceived as a WN website.

Hold the Genocide, Please By Andy Nowicki
Boer Self-Determination as a Just Cause
I am reminded of the movie Safe House; there's a scene involving a street demonstration by blacks and whites. I suppose there may still be some liberal whites in South Africa who believe in multiracial harmony, especially among the youth. Once they decided to share power was the black-on-white violence inevitable? How do you protect yourself against a numerically superior group in a "democracy"? If the whites couldn't partition a separate state for themselves, they should have just left (as many are doing now).

His evaluation of the greatest hits of Whitney Houston.

Spengler on demographic decline: The fifth horseman of the apocalypse.

Relocalization:


Book Review: Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter: Scaling Back In The 21st Century

Peak Oil and Energy:
$5 Gas = Long, Hot, Crazy Summer by Richard Heinberg (EB)

Great Decisions: Energy Geopolitics by Daniel Lerch (EB)

Great Decisions - February 3, 2012 - Energy Geopolitics: Daniel Lerch from World Affairs Council of Oregon on Vimeo.

The Peak Oil Crisis: A Breakthrough? by Tom Whipple (EB)

Future of food in Japan by Brendan Barrett and Mark Notaras (EB)

Diet and Health:
The Paleo Eating Basics: An Interview with Free the Animal Creator Richard Nikoley



Catholic:
Johnny Cash vs. MTD

Fr. Z: Benedictine Monks at Norcia have a new video on their way of life: Quaerere Deum… To Seek God.


Feminism:
Lila Rose posts the following on FB - Celebrate Women’s History Month with America’s Original Feminists

Alas, there is very little to admire in the first feminists not much to praise in the positions, given how radical they truly were. Self-proclaimed Catholic feminists do not understand this, believing that they are acceptable merely because they are against abortion and endorse true equality. See Full of Grace, Seasoned with Salt.

Bargaining in the shadow of the law.
Raising Conservative Daughters (What if Your Daughter Divorces)
The Celebrity of Female

History:
Chuck Baldwin, Remembering the Alamo
The Cost of Capital and Medieval Agricultural Technique
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: The Culture and Practice of Crusading in Medieval Iberia



Music:
The Bit That I Don't Get - Katie Melua - LIVE - ARD Morgenmagazin - DAS ERSTE


The passing of Davy Jones...
The Grascals - Last Train To Clarksville


They used to air the show on one of the local channels when I was a child, but I never was absorbed into it. A bit too foreign, the music and everything.