Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Polish education.

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The unspeakable horror: Polish textbooks are not full of absurd but obligatory profiles of the marginal contributions of various historical...

Disappointing cynicism.

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Zero Hedge has a story today about three kids being stabbed outside a Manhattan public school by another kid described as wearing a red hat....
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

“Your Healthcare”

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     As one who is serious about the meanings of words and sensitive to their misuse, I got a particular jolt of adrenaline out of the title...
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Pearls of expression.

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"We believe it is highly likely that the attack was carried out by the Assad regime," British Prime Minister Theresa May said in ...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Correcting The Histories

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     Who controls the past controls the future.      Who controls the present controls the past.      [George Orwell, 1984 ]      Histor...
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The U.S. continues its support for scum.

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As the CIA reopens its rebel supply lines [in Syria], it’s important to note that the entire opposition is dominated by al-Qaeda and other...

Pearls of expression.

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What is the difference, I wonder, between a Russian military satellite's eyesight and that of a commercial satellite and for that matte...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Sunday Funday

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     Well? Just because we’re supposed to keep it holy doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyable too, does it? God has nothing against fun!     ...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Baksheesh: An Addendum

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     With regard to this morning’s essay. Military / SF writer Tom Kratman has graciously supplied the following snippet from his novel Cou...

Yet Another Hand Out For Baksheesh

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     “Ev'ry one's got something      And they're out tryin' to get some more.”      (Randy Newman.)      Seldom are fore...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Losing The Thread

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     Few institutions, and even fewer nations, can survive the loss of their conceptual core.      I received a Catholic grammar-school edu...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Open War On The President

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     Scott Adams renders the verdict:      I saw this quote on CNN.com today: “The episode is the latest woe for Trump, whose administrati...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Strangest Entitlement

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     No, not the kind paid out with Treasury Department checks. I have another in mind today – possibly one that’s irked you for a while.  ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

That Bellow

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     No, not Saul. Joy! My recently acquired 2009 Chevy Corvette convertible!      There’s nothing like the bellow of an American V8 engine...
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Do You Want More Trump? Because...

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     “Another thing that bothers me. Why don’t we ever challenge the spherical earth theory?”      “Huh?”      “Look,” Joe said, “If all t...
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New game plan in Syria.

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The militant [U.S.] promotion of regime change is no longer in the cards for Syria, and great advances have been made on the anti-terrorist...

Unsayable troof.

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There was no way to chalk up these complaints to adolescent theatrics. A February survey of CHS teachers had already revealed a school that...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Monday Maunderings: The Cheap Psychologizing Edition

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     Okay, so Sunday is the “day of rest” for the rest of you. I prefer to rest on Monday. I find the irony delicious.      Sunday remai...
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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Mediatrices: A Mothers’ Day Rumination

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     Many who disparage the Catholic Church for a wholly imaginary misogyny would do well to study the immense importance of Catholic women ...