tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20651648847370808212024-03-14T00:57:36.101-04:00Est Quod EstPaulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3084125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-37920146502624762062023-10-16T11:12:00.004-04:002023-10-16T11:12:35.076-04:00Robert Spencer corrects Marc Lamont Hill<iframe width="450" height="253" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yDs58krKXm0?si=dzdJNF2wJS508zjJ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-17478037873390149082023-10-13T08:46:00.004-04:002023-10-13T10:36:50.461-04:00Terry Crews Was Right...and he should never have apologized. But he was under enormous pressure, so I am not blaming him.<br /><br />
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Terry Crews was a Prophet, and Prophet's are always persecuted for bringing the Truth.<br /><br />
BLM are a bunch of bullies, BLM are a bunch of racial bigots, BLM are a bunch of Marxists. And white liberals have never understood this, or they are afraid to admit it.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-55459051422336521162022-11-29T12:53:00.004-05:002022-11-29T12:53:55.453-05:00Here's the list of companies who are sad about Elon Musk buying Twitter<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11478165/Fifty-Twitters-100-advertisers-left-platform-Elon-Musks-44B-takeover.html" target="_blank">Source.</a><br /><br />
<div><div>Abbott Laboratories</div><div><br /></div><div>Allstate Corporation</div><div><br /></div><div>AMC Networks</div><div><br /></div><div>American Express Company</div><div><br /></div><div>AT&T</div><div><br /></div><div>Big Heart Petcare</div><div><br /></div><div>BlackRock, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>BlueTriton Brands, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Boston Beer Company</div><div><br /></div><div>CA Lottery (California State Lottery)</div><div><br /></div><div>CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Chanel</div><div><br /></div><div>Chevrolet*</div><div><br /></div><div>Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Citigroup, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>CNN</div><div><br /></div><div>Dell</div><div><br /></div><div>Diageo</div><div><br /></div><div>DirecTV</div><div><br /></div><div>Discover Financial Services</div><div><br /></div><div>Fidelity</div><div><br /></div><div>First National Realty Partners</div><div><br /></div><div>Ford</div><div><br /></div><div>Heineken N.V.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hewlett-Packard (HP)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hilton Worldwide</div><div><br /></div><div>Inspire Brands, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jeep</div><div><br /></div><div>Kellogg Company</div><div><br /></div><div>Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kyndryl</div><div><br /></div><div>LinkedIn Corporation</div><div><br /></div><div>MailChimp (The Rocket Science Group)</div><div><br /></div><div>Marriott International, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mars Petcare</div><div><br /></div><div>Mars, Incorporated</div><div><br /></div><div>Merck & Co. (Merck Sharp & Dohme MSD)</div><div><br /></div><div>Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.)</div><div><br /></div><div>MoneyWise (Wise Publishing, Inc.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Nestle</div><div><br /></div><div>Novartis AG</div><div><br /></div><div>Pernod Ricard</div><div><br /></div><div>PlayPass</div><div><br /></div><div>The Coca-Cola Company</div><div><br /></div><div>The Kraft Heinz Company</div><div><br /></div><div>Tire Rack</div><div><br /></div><div>Verizon</div><div><br /></div><div>Wells Fargo</div><div><br /></div><div>Whole Foods Market IP</div><div><br /></div><div>Yum! Brands</div></div>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-81366783769596219142022-11-28T21:12:00.002-05:002022-11-28T21:12:18.912-05:00We're screwed<iframe width="450" height="253" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yS1ibDImAYU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />
I get a kick out of the people who make these videos. They are pretty ardent about becoming an interplanetary species, and they are worried about "global climate change" and troubled that world governments don't see the value of creating a moonbase. I am just trying to raise my kids and survive the next apocalypse, which will be financial if nothing else.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-92228152898981950832022-11-02T09:07:00.006-04:002022-11-02T09:07:37.863-04:00Tucker Carlson eviscerates affirmative action<iframe width="450" height="253" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_T9GwpuAKIg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-36274010818801626302022-10-08T10:38:00.000-04:002022-10-08T10:38:01.222-04:00Officer Tatum calls itthe way it is.<br /><br />
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The choice is made in the bedroom, not the clinic.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-74498692239472644832022-09-30T09:29:00.004-04:002022-09-30T09:29:38.460-04:00Stoeger = Budget GlockI'm a striker-fire guy; might pick one of these up.<br /><br />
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<blockquote>I know a guy, 23, that told me that he has joined a support group for men, they hang out, talk about bbq, sometimes they do work on eachothers houses and will lean on eachother for mateship. I felt pretty sad for this, that the world is so hostile towards men, young men and boys that they need to seek eachother out this way just to do guy stuff. I might even join, but honestly it's a f*cking awful state of the world.<br /></blockquote><br />
Yes, that is the bad news. But one piece of good news is that it is easier than ever to start a club like this.<br /><br />
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I don't want to be judgmental about other peoples' habits, but I could never leave my dog in the car. She hates it. But I am pretty sure that if she found the horn she would do exactly the same thing. And she would lay it on all day like a freakin' Brooklyner.<br /><br />
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<blockquote>Attorney and TikToker @TrialByPreston revealed in a video that the Good Information Foundation attempted to pay him $400 to spread <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-biden-administration-officially-terminates-disinformation-governance-board?" target="_blank">unsubstantiated rumours and misinformation</a> about <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-hecklers-chant-f-ck-joe-biden-as-president-attacks-maga-americans-in-dark-philadelphia-speech?" target="_blank">January 6</a>, <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-s-war-on-trump-heats-up-with-40-subpoenas-issued-by-the-doj-in-one-week?" target="_blank">President Trump</a>, and his 2020 presidential campaign.<br /><br />
"I was just offered $400 to make an anti-Donald Trump propaganda post related to the January 6 investigation that is completely not true," Preston Moore, Esq. said in the video. The Good Information Foundation, headed by Rick Stengel, Former Under Secretary of State in Obama administration, emphasizes that "America is in an information crisis," and that "disinformation is threatening public health, safety, social trust and democracy."<br /></blockquote><br />
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Preston Moore, Esq. turned down this invitation, and he appears to do so on ethical grounds. But my question is this: is what the Good Information Foundation which the article says is a 501c3 non-profit. Could not this action be described as "directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office" as the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/the-restriction-of-political-campaign-intervention-by-section-501c3-tax-exempt-organizations#:~:text=Under%20the%20Internal%20Revenue%20Code,candidate%20for%20elective%20public%20office." target="_blank">IRS rules specifically forbid</a>?Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-41568639423415850682022-09-16T09:26:00.002-04:002022-09-16T09:26:09.202-04:00New Signs at Martha's Vineyard<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuz-1bHD3OhAAwfoRHQs51cIpUylwym-Liz-t757QYjHextr6PSkeQmWcplWi_6Trff1J49BAFwwFJ9GVrYCe5B5VKjQ1aChAPT5QyoiXp4Kk1B-1rhEaahrEE6X2q5eBhkvSQMIfXVDb9A7mReHQhGoWkD-c0m7kTLQdw1XX_gyA0EyHBX12RSZG/s1284/martha%27s-vineyard-sign-change.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuz-1bHD3OhAAwfoRHQs51cIpUylwym-Liz-t757QYjHextr6PSkeQmWcplWi_6Trff1J49BAFwwFJ9GVrYCe5B5VKjQ1aChAPT5QyoiXp4Kk1B-1rhEaahrEE6X2q5eBhkvSQMIfXVDb9A7mReHQhGoWkD-c0m7kTLQdw1XX_gyA0EyHBX12RSZG/s400/martha%27s-vineyard-sign-change.jpg"/></a></div>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-8365985364520014252022-09-13T11:40:00.008-04:002022-09-13T11:43:26.651-04:00Cherry Picking and Broad Brushing: Some "How-to" GuidesOver at the
<a href="https://markpshea.com/2022/09/13/the-mark-of-post-christian-conservative-humor/" target="_blank">Daily Stumble, the author is sad</a>
that the satirical Babylon Bee "...used to be funny, now and then, but is now
simply dull GOP agitprop for Evangelical Trump adorers." I'm not an Evangelical
nor a "Trump adorer", and I find the Bee a funny read now and again. What's
insightful about the Stumbles accusation of "cruelty" and those of a
<a href="https://hackingchristianity.net/2022/08/punching-down-behind-the-babylon-bees-practice-of-christian-mockery.html" target="_blank">blog post at Hacking Christianity</a>
is how a single instance of so-called "punching down" has led to gross generalizations like the following:<br /><br />
<blockquote>
After being banned from Twitter, the CEO of the Babylon Bee reveals why they
punch down at marginalized groups instead of focusing on the powers and
principalities.<br /><br />
Babylon Bee is punch-down frat humor, not real satire that punches up.<br />
</blockquote>
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This is simply the standard
<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unraveling-the-mindset-of-victimhood/" target="_blank">perpetual victimhood mindset</a>
on the left that treasures and exploits what it sees as disadvantages from being
a part of a marginalized group. You can see the insincerity when people like
Kyle Rittenhouse become victims of intense injustice and dishonesty in society
and they join the jackals in the media in lying about them.<br /><br />
But is the claim by self-proclaimed Christianity Hacker Jeremy Smith that the
Babylon Bee never punches up even true? It is pretty simple to disprove this generalization, and
requires little effort.<br /><br />
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<td class="tg-0lax">US President Joe Biden</td>
<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-announces-new-initiative-to-cure-cancer-before-it-spreads-to-the-rest-of-his-body">Keeping His Promise To Rid Country Of Cancer, Biden Steps Down</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax">US President Joe Biden / FBI</td>
<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-voters-put-biden-signs-in-their-yards-so-that-the-fbi-will-pass-over-them
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<td class="tg-0lax">World Economic Forum</td>
<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/world-economic-forum-introduces-pumpkin-spice-crickets">World Economic Forum Introduces Pumpkin Spice Crickets</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax">Male Gamer with disposable income</td>
<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/after-800-hours-and-3000-dollars-man-fully-completes-free-mobile-game">Man Spends 800 Hours and $3000 To Beat Free Mobile Game</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-concerned-that-if-maga-doesnt-conduct-a-terrorist-attack-soon-theyll-have-to-fake-one">FBI Concerned That If MAGA Doesn't Conduct A Terrorist Attack Soon They'll Have To Fake One</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax">World-famous Members of British Royalty</td>
<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/king-charles-replaces-harry--meghan-with-two-corgis-in-line-of-succession">King Charles Replaces Harry & Meghan With Two Corgis In Line Of Succession</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/obama-releases-memoir-about-that-time-he-got-his-portrait-made">Obama Releases Memoir About That Time He Got His Portrait Done</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax">Multi-millionaire Jennifer Lawrence</td>
<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/its-tucker-carlson-screams-jennifer-lawrence-at-every-image-in-rorschach-test">It's Tucker Carlson!' Says Jennifer Lawrence At Every Image In Rorschach Test</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/lost-journalist-accidentally-wanders-into-the-washington-post">Lost Journalist Accidentally Wanders Into The Washington Post</a></td>
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<td class="tg-0lax"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/powerless-figurehead-leader-with-no-official-responsibilities-still-alive">Powerless Figurehead Leader With No Official Responsibilities Still Alive</a></td>
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These have all just been posted over the last several business days, and if it is not "focusing on powers and principalities" I don't know what would consitute it. This took me about 10 minutes to put together, and it demonstrates that almost every target of the Babylon Bee is considered to be a powerful person, entity or social subgroup. You could argue that taking a shot at "male gamers" is punching down, but I include that group because anyone with kids know that this subgroup is supposed to be comprised of some of the most virulently anti-trans people alive. So why would the Bee skewer them if they are such purists in their trans-hatred? Hint: it's because this is just one more canard about the Babylon Bee.<br /><br />
A more honest criticism of the Babylon Bee could be accomplished in this way. Suppose <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/king-charles-replaces-harry--meghan-with-two-corgis-in-line-of-succession" target="_blank">I am offended by this article</a> because it seems to compare Corgis and goats, and I am a big super-fan of corgis. I could link to it, say why I am offended, state why God is mad about it since he made Adam give the animals different names, for example, and then end with a big QED and a "so there".<br /><br />
But it is preferable for them to <i>accuse</i>, <i>assert</i> and <i>generalize</i>. It is very curious to me neither the Daily Stumble article nor the Christianity Hacker site links to the Babylon Bee article in question, and that is most likely by design. You would go there and see a trans-joke surrounded by shots at Pres. Biden, PM Trudeau, WEF, FBI, IRS, Disney, Amazon, etc. — all powerful entities — and the assertion that this satire site only punches down would be clearly disproven. They would have to settle for being able to say "This one thing they did and said? I disagree with it. It is mean and cruel."<br /><br />
But oh, no. This is not <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_operating_procedure" target="_blank">SOP</a> on the left anymore. Dave Chappelle makes a trans-joke they want to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62249771" target="_blank">cancel him</a>. Joe Rogan makes a vaccine remark they want to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/covid-misinformation-joe-rogan-spotify-petition-1282240/" target="_blank">cancel him</a>. They are big mad when these people won't go away. And they might even be the maddest at the Babylon Bee, I would suggest, and it is <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/elon-musk-opined-about-buying-twitter-after-babylon-bee-ban" target="_blank">because of this</a>.<br /><br />
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Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-1601920854568332452022-09-12T20:46:00.006-04:002022-09-12T20:46:30.041-04:00Fan Baiting: It's a thing<iframe width="450" height="253" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ngqO9Hp19_4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-74969498917313538292022-09-12T11:59:00.003-04:002022-09-12T11:59:25.998-04:00MSNBC's Ari Melber admits to deceptive edit about Project VeritasAnd he issue's a retraction.<br /><br />
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"But what's with the headline, Pauli? What the hell are you talking about?"<br /><br />
I got the nickname <i>Wokappopotamus</i> from this <a href="https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=390667" target="_blank">Rate My Professor's page for Meredith Raimondo</a>. She is really the big, big loser of the moment, whether she would admit it or not. The nickname is from an obviously fake review, but oh well.<br /><br />
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</a></div><a href="https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-lorain/racial-dispute-at-beloved-bakery-roils-liberal-college-town" target="_blank">Meredith Raimondo</a> is the former Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs at Oberlin who distributed flyers condemning Gibson's Bakery as a "RACIST establishment with a LONG ACCOUNT of RACIAL PROFILING and DISCRIMINATION".<br /><br />
It was <a href="https://counter-currents.com/2019/06/dean-meredith-raimondos-reading-list/" target="_blank">Meredith Raimondo</a> who egged on students to slander and libel Gibson's with a bullhorn.<br /><br />
It was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10708941/Oberlin-College-refuses-pay-33m-bakery-accused-racism-calling-cops-shoplifters.html" target="_blank">Meredith Raimondo</a> who did all these things in her official capacity as a representative of Oberlin College, causing all the pain and suffering of the bakery owners and eventually causing the original judgment of $32 million to be leveled in the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oberlin-college-president-defamation-lawsuit-verdict-gibsons-bakery-44-million-libel/" target="_blank">original 2019 case</a>, and my guess is that it was Meredith Raimondo whose shear insolence and intransigence led to refusal to pay and appeals which increased the price tag by over $4.5 million.<br /><br />
There was never any evidence provided for this "long account of racial discrimination". And this was all occasioned on a refusal to admit that some kids are bad and sometimes they actually steal stuff.<br /><br />
It is highly unlikely that this will hurt Oberlin College financially that much which has an endowment of over $1 billion. But it is a huge victory for Truth, because now supporters of the Truth can point to this court victory and say "Look --we can still win in court." It is too bad it has to come to this, but here we are.<br /><br />
I would love to hear what certain people at Oberlin say about Meredith Raimondo behind closed doors. She basically came in and stood behind an obvious lie, and then she puts the school's name on the lie, and then she lied long-form, <i>in court</i> and she LOST the college $36+ million. What did it gain or would it have gained the school if the judge had ruled that no slander or libel occurred? I can only think of one thing, and that is respect among other liars, mostly of the liberal persuasion.<br /><br />
The award for my favorite summation of this hard-fought victory <a href="https://wng.org/opinions/the-cost-of-libel-at-oberlin-college-1662636889" target="_blank">goes to Daniel Suhr in his article</a>:<br /><br />
<blockquote>When universities cross that line to actively back such protests, they have to own the results. Responsible adults in charge of billion-dollar institutions should not lightly accuse beloved small businesses of racism because their spoiled students feel entitled to shoplift scot-free.<br /></blockquote><br />
Amen, buddy.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-39190714100708216882022-09-07T09:44:00.009-04:002022-09-07T22:38:32.844-04:00Hinged and UnhingedIn a video produced by Word on Fire, actor <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479471/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank">Shia LaBeouf</a> discusses main points of his recent conversion to Roman Catholicism with Bishop Robert Barron. I think it is very much worth watching and I have embedded it below.<br /><br />
I am happy Shia Labeouf found the Holy Church. I always liked his acting, and some of the crazy stuff he was involved in during his past life showed me that he was searching for something, not unlike the rest of us. Hopefully he will keep his newfound faith, but no matter what happens with Mr. LaBeouf in the future, this video has value. Because it shows someone in the midst of discovery, turning his life around and pursuing God with the sort of relentlessness which we are all suppose to aspire to.<br /><br />
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Shortly after this video was released we got this <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/vaticans-liturgy-head-latin-mass-convert-shia-labeouf-lets-talk" target="_blank">gem from Cardinal Arthur Roche</a>. Displaying all the normal reticence of churchmen to speak directly, we get this strange line of argumentation:<br /><br />
<blockquote>The head of the Vatican's liturgy office says he would welcome a conversation with Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf, who recently cited the traditional Latin Mass as motivation for his conversion to Catholicism.<br /><br />
"I'd like to know why he thinks that, what is his experience of the celebration of the Mass," said English Cardinal Arthur Roche. "That's what priests do; we try to talk to people."<br /><br />
"Reform of the liturgy was an enormous, long preparation prior to the council and the council is the highest legislation that exists in the church," he said. "Once that legislation comes into effect, it's a very serious matter."<br /><br />
"You disregard that and you're really putting yourself sideways towards the edges of the church," he added.<br /><br />
Roche warned against those reluctant to embrace the reforms of Vatican II, describing them as "not only dragging their feet but stubbornly opposing what the church has decreed."<br /><br />
"And that's a very serious matter," he continued. "In the end, people have to ask themselves, 'Am I really a Catholic or am I more of a Protestant?'"<br /></blockquote><br />
Yes; every Catholic at the Latin Mass needs to ask themselves "Am I a Protestant?" You know, I used to say about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Pius_X" target="_blank">the SSPX</a> that they were more Protestant than they realized, <a href="https://sspx.org/en/pope_Francis-SSPX-communion" target="_blank">but then Pope Francis slapped me down on that idea</a>. "They are Catholic. They love the Church," he exclaimed in 2016. Well, then! I stand corrected.<br /><br />
But back to Cardinal Roche. When he states that Tradition lovers are putting themselves "sideways towards the edges of the church", it sounds like he is saying that we're out <i>on the margins or peripheries</i>, right? <a href="https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/1744/pope-s-mission-church-must-not-become-closed-but-go-to-margins" target="_blank">We most definitely have heard that kind of language before.</a> I wish at least one of these Churchmen would work on a pastoral strategy of accompaniment for us weirdos who like tradition and Latin. <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20070707_summorum-pontificum.html" target="_blank">Oh, wait... one of them did.</a><br /><br />
The title of <i>Cardinal</i> comes from the Latin word for "hinge" as most Catholics know, and a lot of what happens in Church government hinges on what they say and do. If Cardinal Roche really wants to talk to LaBeouf I'm sure it is merely a matter of contacting Bishop Barron and getting his contact info. Then he could provide LaBeouf with all the teaching and mystagogy he would like to. It seems to me like this calling out of a public person is merely being used to express a contrary opinion, and I really do not have a problem with simply doing that per se. It just seems like he could accomplish this discussion rather easily, and so stating publicly that he is trying to talk to someone means he is using this situation to push his own messaging.<br /><br />
Speaking of hinges, we got another article from NCR Online about Shia LaBeouf which is a little more unhinged a few days after the article about the Cardinal. <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/shia-labeouf-conversion-interview-portrait-masculine-aggression" target="_blank"><i>The Shia LaBeouf conversion interview: A portrait of masculine aggression.</i></a> Oh, man, do I love that headline. The author, Madison Chastain, is one of those Catholics <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/im-anti-abortion-disability-advocate-overturning-roe-isnt-answer" target="_blank">who was sad about the overturn of Roe v. Wade</a>. And she is not shy at all about expressing how she feels about Mr. LaBeouf:<br /><br />
<blockquote>LaBeouf also says, before his conversion, he did not initially feel compelled to have a relationship with Jesus because he only knew the "soft, fragile, all-loving, all-listening but no ferocity … meek" Jesus (Barron immediately offers the word "feminized"), and it was only when LaBeouf encountered what he considered to be "masculine" — "cape, dipped in blood, sword" — that Jesus felt "appealing."<br /><br />
We should be concerned about anyone who finds the Gospel most compelling in its violence or who is put off by the femininity of Jesus. If we are to understand Jesus as the savior of all, we must embrace his full divinity that has no gender, and we must confidently identify the goodness of both the masculine and feminine in the incarnation.<br /><br />
Throughout the interview, LaBeouf cites a number of tropes and returns to them often: cowboys, cavemen and gangsters. He repeatedly expresses gratitude for the men who accompanied him and "masculinized" his journey, "the hero's journey."<br /><br />
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At the time of his initial engagement with Catholicism, LaBeouf's mother wasn't speaking to him and his career was flatlining. LaBeouf shares about experiencing suicidal ideation and total lack of hope. Once he embraces the Gospel, he feels God calling him to let go of his egotistical striving for power. He finds the safety he was looking for in "non-transactional" relationships where he isn't expected to do anything besides contemplate how best to use his gifts for others. It is a beautiful narrative of acceptance.<br /><br />
And yet still, the concerns about the attractiveness of Catholic violence and secrecy cannot be downplayed, as they directly relate to LaBeouf's troubled past. LaBeouf minimally addresses the accusations made against him in the last few years, referring to them only as "the news." Barron never asks.<br /></blockquote><br />
The money line: <i>If we are to understand Jesus as the savior of all, we must embrace his full divinity that has no gender, and we must confidently identify the goodness of both the masculine and feminine in the incarnation.</i> This is language which Miss Chastain probably heard from a liberal priest or theologian. Jesus is both God and Man; He is God throughout Eternity and he became a human male in space and time. He embodies masculine goodness and masculine gentleness and not aggression. And in Christianity, Divinity most definitely has a gender: masculine.<br /><br />
In fact, the idea that aggression need be masculine is faulty, and I would argue that this article is written with a great deal of feminist aggression, making needless assumptions about LaBeouf's guilt and insinuations that Bishop Barron is negligent for not probing into his Hollywood scandals.<br /><br />
Read the <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/shia-labeouf-conversion-interview-portrait-masculine-aggression" target="_blank">whole Chastain piece</a> and tell me it is not a perfect occasion for playing <a href="https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/how-to-play-buzzword-bingo.html" target="_blank">Buzzword Bingo</a> for members of the intersectional feel-feels contingent. We get to hear all the standard terms and phrases mentioned: Black Lives Matter, #Metoo, bigotry, sexism, racism, cultural appropriation, platform, Catholic violence, powerful men, etc.<br /><br />
Back to the Cardinal's concern about the Traditional Liturgy. I would advise him to read a really well-considered and well-written article by Rebecca Weiss called <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/traditional-latin-mass-not-problem-traditionalist-communities" target="_blank"><i>The Traditional Mass is not the problem with Traditionalist communities</i></a>. I don't know if that would help, however. It might be that Mr. LaBeouf will never get any respect or trust from certain quarters. After all, he does mention that he is friends with Mel Gibson and that might explain all the reactions, both hinged and unhinged.
Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-80569153045111840502022-07-18T14:25:00.004-04:002022-07-18T14:25:28.779-04:00Dan Bongino: "[Members of the media are] Champions of Misinformation"<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u9jfh5"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");</script>
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Democrats be sayin' "check your privilege!" I be sayin' "check your President."Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-87914243750447749712022-07-14T09:22:00.003-04:002022-07-14T09:22:20.099-04:00"This government stands unequivocally against critical race theory."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The anti-critical race theory campaigner <a href="https://twitter.com/KemiBadenoch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kemibadenoch</a> could be the next Prime Minister of the UK. Listen to her incredible speech denouncing CRT: <a href="https://t.co/YSPfvT0cc2">pic.twitter.com/YSPfvT0cc2</a></p>— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1547287878610300929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br />
Excellent speech. There is no such thing as inherited guilt, let alone inherited <i>racial</i> guilt.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-82968121734945753682022-07-08T15:03:00.004-04:002022-07-08T15:03:39.807-04:00Vivek Ramaswamy on freeing the Energy Producers from outside influences<iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/726036146?h=e22aa00e07" width="440" height="248" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />
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The cold war is heating up.Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-81412497704236217632022-07-08T12:47:00.005-04:002022-07-08T12:55:13.727-04:00This is why I am happy to be in a based parish...with a <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/based-and-redpilled" target="_blank">based and/or redpilled</a> priest. I don't have to listen to <a href="https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/03/15/elon-musk-i-support-the-current-thing/" target="_blank">current thing crap</a> during the Prayers of the Faithful.<br /><br />
Sadly I think that <a href="https://dymphnaroad.blogspot.com/2022/07/random-thoughts-on-sunday-afternoon.html?m=1" target="_blank">Dymphna is correct here</a>:<br /><br />
<blockquote>Every week at the Prayers of the Faithful I hear "For the people of Ukraine facing tyranny..." but so far the liturgical committee has not noticed what's been going on in Nigeria where people are being slaughtered and kidnapped at Mass. Considering that this diocese has a large number of Nigerians this is odd and disappointing.<br /><br />
I've said it before and I will say it again. Have you noticed that nobody, not one rabbi, or Protestant preacher has publicly offered to stand by Catholics as our churches are being attacked? The Mass was changed in part, to appeal to Protestants and there are Catholics who have spent their entire church careers for lack of a better term, working feverishly on Interfaith causes. We certainly are seeing the worthlessness of those efforts.<br /></blockquote><br />
This Ukraine thing can be directly traced to Joe Biden's actions with regard to fuel pipelines. Yet I don't hear anyone on the left talking about how <a href="https://noharm-uscanada.org/articles/blog/us-canada/pope-francis-everything-interconnected" target="_blank">Everything is Interconnected!</a> when discussing this, although it is an economic fact that “the gravest effects of all attacks on the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY are suffered by the poorest”. All I hear is <a href="https://markpshea.com/2022/03/01/thoughts-on-war-in-ukraine/" target="_blank">OMG THOSE HORRIBLE RUSSIANS AND TRUMP!</a><br /><br />
There is no Ukrainian flag inside or outside my house. But there are plenty of instances of another flag, believe me.<br /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZe0y7udAi_iB2myfsb7uhxblrzWJY7c00EKH9nz1RE7ZIstkxQSVtHRtYds9z9VnXeOo4vQZ3BP8FPyUVwjSvGPiGsZNuItgZFBDO6hdxmJwyKfoMLZHv--VVX2F5NZFe8ppuRuidajhDXTnDDga5CKbJa4jX4yOr6qfBTKFKcHEWHHHUJRWpX0h/s2160/usa-flag-flat.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZe0y7udAi_iB2myfsb7uhxblrzWJY7c00EKH9nz1RE7ZIstkxQSVtHRtYds9z9VnXeOo4vQZ3BP8FPyUVwjSvGPiGsZNuItgZFBDO6hdxmJwyKfoMLZHv--VVX2F5NZFe8ppuRuidajhDXTnDDga5CKbJa4jX4yOr6qfBTKFKcHEWHHHUJRWpX0h/s400/usa-flag-flat.png"/></a></div>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-37621568132540613522022-07-08T09:03:00.004-04:002022-07-08T09:05:27.156-04:00You bet it's ironic that we're having this conversation<iframe width="450" height="253" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-akYDgueu2w" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.com1