Monday, May 13, 2019

I'm Leaving, On a Jet Plane...

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At least, I will be, Wednesday evening. The Hubs is staying home. My son-in-law has an operation on Friday, so I'm going to be staying...
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Sunday, May 12, 2019

For Those Who Have Asked (STICKY Until 05/13/2019)

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     It’s here:      It’s a collection of my essays on the subject, spread over the twenty-two years I’ve been writing for the Web: mat...
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The Divine Right Of Men

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     [Christianity is] the most persecuted religion in the world today.” -- Glenn Reynolds      There are days it all seems just too terri...
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Sunday Randomness - Mother's Day Edition

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In an unintended twist on the day, I noticed this piece from Conservative Review, that has a judge ruling that non-doctors can perform abort...
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Quickies: A Truism With A Nasty Laugh Embedded In It

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     “The biggest voter suppression mechanism in American politics is Hillary Clinton’s personality.” -- David Forsmark      Kick ‘em when...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Metrics

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     Allow me to begin this tirade begin on a personal note: I’m overweight and have been for years. Not grotesquely, mind you; just about f...
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Oh, THAT constitutional crisis.

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Both Attorney General William Barr and IG Horowitz appear to be fully committed to revealing the criminal leaks, the illegal electronic sur...
Friday, May 10, 2019

What Makes an American?

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I've written about this in the past, but The ZMan has a post on that concept that just has to be read. The least understood part of na...

Moron America.

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Headlines: Pentagon Approves $7.4M for Troops to Feed, Care for Border Crossers ... will also include busing and transporting border crosse...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Some Innovators Should Be Hanged

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     …perhaps with a noose made from their “innovations,” if that can be managed.      We’ve known for centuries that “newer” isn’t always ...
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Why I Never Went into Finance Dept.

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Trend Followers Capitulate: CTAs Flip "Max Short" In The Russell. [1] Notes [1]  By Tyler Durden , ZeroHedge, 5/9/19.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Are You a Boy, Or Are You a Girl?

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"With your long brown hair, you look like a girl," as the old song said. Wonder no more - a person is the "gender" he/...
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Coin Of The Realm

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     “There is an old song which asserts that ‘the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy w...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

When You Are Feeling as Though You Haven't Accomplished Enough

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...This thought should cheer you up. In all seriousness, I've been remarkably productive in the last week. I'm getting around b...
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Monday, May 6, 2019

Who’s Watching You?

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     We are involved here in a far reaching conspiracy to undermine our most basic beliefs and sacred institutions. Who’s behind this conspi...
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Pearls of expression.

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Comments on " Bolton Announces Carrier Strike Group Deployed In 'Message' To Iran ." By Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge, 5/5/19: ...
Sunday, May 5, 2019

Congregations: A Sunday Rumination

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     The following is taken from Meditations Before Mass by the late Father Romano Guardini:      When we say that Holy Mass is celebrated...
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Plumbing the depths.

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My last post, " A peroration on populism," basically expresses my growing realization that the ruling elites in the West have noth...

Humor Is Where You Make It

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     At 9:00 PM yesterday, May 4, Glenn Reynolds posted:      PARTY ON: Wildlife in British rivers test positive for cocaine, pharmaceuti...
Saturday, May 4, 2019

There Is a Case to be Made for Supporting the Outcasts

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The ACLU USED to do it - support people, regardless of their politics or personal characteristics, in order to defend a principle that could...