The report that Pope Francis will jaw-jaw the UN over "emissions" (if accurate) is not too surprising to anyone who's familiar with the Jesuits.
They're called "Jebbies" for a reason; it's a term which has a connotation calling to mind the slightly daft but loveable uncle you entertain every Christmas. You politely listen to his rants and excuse yourself from the room, rolling your eyes.
Over the past 50 years, the Jebbies have written popsicle-music for the liturgy, lost about 70% of their numbers, and--locally--attempted to quash a non-PC discussion in a college classroom.
So yah; the Pope says stuff that Jebbies say. Meh.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
The Big Gummint Grinch
(Since the totalitarian tendency is genetically Grinch, redundancy resounds in that title.)
Anyhoooo....
It appears that the trans fats pushed on us by FDA in the 1980's are now ....well......Nevermind!
Early next year, the FDA is expected to finalize a new regulation intended to eradicate even trace amounts of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, from our diets. --Breitbart, quoted at MoonBattery
Since we survived--quite well--the imposition of trans fats, FDA will now determine if you lab-rats survive the eradication of same.
There is a serious side effect to this, of course.
Now these assholes want to deprive my grandchilluns of SPRINKLES??
Time for war is now, folks.
Buy More Ammo
Anyhoooo....
It appears that the trans fats pushed on us by FDA in the 1980's are now ....well......Nevermind!
Early next year, the FDA is expected to finalize a new regulation intended to eradicate even trace amounts of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, from our diets. --Breitbart, quoted at MoonBattery
Since we survived--quite well--the imposition of trans fats, FDA will now determine if you lab-rats survive the eradication of same.
There is a serious side effect to this, of course.
Even sprinkles will be included.
Now these assholes want to deprive my grandchilluns of SPRINKLES??
Time for war is now, folks.
Buy More Ammo
Journal-Sentinel's Perception Dead-On!
This morning, the perception of Milwaukee's Journal-Sentinel headline editors shows:
http://www.jsonline.com/
On the right-hand side:
On the left-hand side:
Since the former incident is one of half-a-dozen similar ones in the past 60 days, I'd say they're right.
Of course, the JS' editors mean to tell us that the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevilllllllllllllll conservatives are ruling the State.
What they're actually saying: the City of Milwaukee, Socialist or Democrat-ruled since 1940 or so (seventy-some YEARS) is......ahhh......different from most of the rest of the State.
Yup.
http://www.jsonline.com/
On the right-hand side:
1-Year Old Boy Killed by Shots Fired Into Home
On the left-hand side:
Already Polarized, State's Fault-Lines Now Wider, Deeper
Since the former incident is one of half-a-dozen similar ones in the past 60 days, I'd say they're right.
Of course, the JS' editors mean to tell us that the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevilllllllllllllll conservatives are ruling the State.
What they're actually saying: the City of Milwaukee, Socialist or Democrat-ruled since 1940 or so (seventy-some YEARS) is......ahhh......different from most of the rest of the State.
Yup.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
The Norskis? Really? How About Putin?
If you read between the lines here, you may think twice about fixing the blame on the Norskis for that Sony thing.
It's really very elegant. Putin has no interest in the movie itself and probably doesn't have an interest in North Korea. So why not?
It's really very elegant. Putin has no interest in the movie itself and probably doesn't have an interest in North Korea. So why not?
Liturgy Counts--a Lot.
From an essay which remarks upon the unfortunate early demises of OT figures who did not observe the rules:
It is obviously no surprise that liberal Catholics have traditionally placed a low value on the quality of liturgical celebrations; I say not on liturgy itself, because progressive Catholics think liturgy is extremely important - that is, so long as it is an anthropocentric, horizontal affair. It is not liturgy per se they disparage, but liturgy done well - that is, liturgy that is transcendent and centered on the dignified worship of God. "Why be so finicky about the liturgy?" they say. "There are more important issues to get upset about! Issues like poverty, war, abortion and social justice! Why get all worked up about liturgical reform? It is just a matter of aesthetics anyhow!"
Umnnhhhh, yah. He goes on:
Unfortunately, it is also common for more conservative Catholics to hold a dismissive attitude towards the liturgy as well, adopting a minimalist approach that the externals of liturgical action are "mere" externals, that they can be discarded or changed without consequence, that all that matters is having a valid Eucharist, etc.
(I think he's wrong there: 'conservative' Catholics are not minimalists. What he mentions here are simply more marks of 'liberal' Catholics, such as those who dismiss critics as "fuss-pots." That snark was pronounced by a local Chancery poobah in the last six months or so. But I digress.)
The point of his essay: God does not take lightly transgressions of His liturgical laws.
Scripture is replete with examples of persons who were struck dead in wrath for violating the dignity surrounding the Hebrew liturgy and the ceremonial worship of God.
He goes on to name a dozen or so.
Hmmmm.
It is obviously no surprise that liberal Catholics have traditionally placed a low value on the quality of liturgical celebrations; I say not on liturgy itself, because progressive Catholics think liturgy is extremely important - that is, so long as it is an anthropocentric, horizontal affair. It is not liturgy per se they disparage, but liturgy done well - that is, liturgy that is transcendent and centered on the dignified worship of God. "Why be so finicky about the liturgy?" they say. "There are more important issues to get upset about! Issues like poverty, war, abortion and social justice! Why get all worked up about liturgical reform? It is just a matter of aesthetics anyhow!"
Umnnhhhh, yah. He goes on:
Unfortunately, it is also common for more conservative Catholics to hold a dismissive attitude towards the liturgy as well, adopting a minimalist approach that the externals of liturgical action are "mere" externals, that they can be discarded or changed without consequence, that all that matters is having a valid Eucharist, etc.
(I think he's wrong there: 'conservative' Catholics are not minimalists. What he mentions here are simply more marks of 'liberal' Catholics, such as those who dismiss critics as "fuss-pots." That snark was pronounced by a local Chancery poobah in the last six months or so. But I digress.)
The point of his essay: God does not take lightly transgressions of His liturgical laws.
Scripture is replete with examples of persons who were struck dead in wrath for violating the dignity surrounding the Hebrew liturgy and the ceremonial worship of God.
He goes on to name a dozen or so.
Hmmmm.
Modernism and the Fight for Marriage
In an essay linked to the evolution of the Christmas proclamation (!!) we find this paragraph from Pope St. Pius X:
"Hence it is quite impossible to maintain that they absolutely contain the truth: for, in so far as they are symbols, they are the images of truth, and so must be adapted to the religious sense in its relation to man; and as instruments, they are the vehicles of truth, and must therefore in their turn be adapted to man in his relation to the religious sense. But the object of the religious sense, as something contained in the absolute, possesses an infinite variety of aspects, of which now one, now another, may present itself. In like manner he who believes can avail himself of varying conditions. Consequently, the formulas which we call dogma must be subject to these vicissitudes, and are, therefore, liable to change. Thus the way is open to the intrinsic evolution of dogma. Here we have an immense structure of sophisms which ruin and wreck all religion".
Hmmmm. The essay's author 'splains that this way:
...Pius X noted that the evolution of dogma proceeds from the principle of vital immanence, the belief that all religious truth is ultimately a reflection of the internal experience of individuals. Because the experiences and spiritual needs of individuals are liable to change, the meaning of the truths of the faith required by people must change as well...
It does not require too much imagination to understand 'changing experiences and spiritual needs' as the basis for the contention of some Churchmen that Catholics who are civilly re-"married" following divorce are not objectively living in sin, for such a "change" in living arrangements necessitates a "change" in Church teaching on the topic. (Mutatis mutandis, this theory would apply to homosexual "marriage" as well.)
Another, more broadly stated, expression of the Modernist thought, condemned by Pius X, is this:
"Dogmas, Sacraments and hierarchy, both their notion and reality, are only interpretations and evolutions of the Christian intelligence which have increased and perfected by an external series of additions the little germ latent in the Gospel"
What Pius condemned does not include licit development of doctrine; the condemnation is reserved to material changes in "notion and reality" which contradict or undermine dogmatic teachings.
(There is a rough analogy between the thought of Modernists and political Progressives, by the way. They are brothers. For that matter, and by no coincidence, Marxism is also a brother: "The doctrine of modern Communism, which is often concealed under the most seductive trappings, is in substance based on the principles of dialectical and historical materialism previously advocated by Marx, of which the theoricians of bolshevism claim to possess the only genuine interpretation. According to this doctrine there is in the world only one reality, matter, the blind forces of which evolve into plant, animal and man. Even human society is nothing but a phenomenon and form of matter, evolving in the same way. ... In a word, the Communists claim to inaugurate a new era and a new civilization which is the result of blind evolutionary forces culminating in a humanity without God" --Pius XI, 1937)
Despite his best efforts, Pius X was unable to root out Modernism and its adherents from the Church. They continue their efforts. Nothing is new under the sun.
"Hence it is quite impossible to maintain that they absolutely contain the truth: for, in so far as they are symbols, they are the images of truth, and so must be adapted to the religious sense in its relation to man; and as instruments, they are the vehicles of truth, and must therefore in their turn be adapted to man in his relation to the religious sense. But the object of the religious sense, as something contained in the absolute, possesses an infinite variety of aspects, of which now one, now another, may present itself. In like manner he who believes can avail himself of varying conditions. Consequently, the formulas which we call dogma must be subject to these vicissitudes, and are, therefore, liable to change. Thus the way is open to the intrinsic evolution of dogma. Here we have an immense structure of sophisms which ruin and wreck all religion".
Hmmmm. The essay's author 'splains that this way:
...Pius X noted that the evolution of dogma proceeds from the principle of vital immanence, the belief that all religious truth is ultimately a reflection of the internal experience of individuals. Because the experiences and spiritual needs of individuals are liable to change, the meaning of the truths of the faith required by people must change as well...
It does not require too much imagination to understand 'changing experiences and spiritual needs' as the basis for the contention of some Churchmen that Catholics who are civilly re-"married" following divorce are not objectively living in sin, for such a "change" in living arrangements necessitates a "change" in Church teaching on the topic. (Mutatis mutandis, this theory would apply to homosexual "marriage" as well.)
Another, more broadly stated, expression of the Modernist thought, condemned by Pius X, is this:
"Dogmas, Sacraments and hierarchy, both their notion and reality, are only interpretations and evolutions of the Christian intelligence which have increased and perfected by an external series of additions the little germ latent in the Gospel"
What Pius condemned does not include licit development of doctrine; the condemnation is reserved to material changes in "notion and reality" which contradict or undermine dogmatic teachings.
(There is a rough analogy between the thought of Modernists and political Progressives, by the way. They are brothers. For that matter, and by no coincidence, Marxism is also a brother: "The doctrine of modern Communism, which is often concealed under the most seductive trappings, is in substance based on the principles of dialectical and historical materialism previously advocated by Marx, of which the theoricians of bolshevism claim to possess the only genuine interpretation. According to this doctrine there is in the world only one reality, matter, the blind forces of which evolve into plant, animal and man. Even human society is nothing but a phenomenon and form of matter, evolving in the same way. ... In a word, the Communists claim to inaugurate a new era and a new civilization which is the result of blind evolutionary forces culminating in a humanity without God" --Pius XI, 1937)
Despite his best efforts, Pius X was unable to root out Modernism and its adherents from the Church. They continue their efforts. Nothing is new under the sun.
Puer Natus
The Introit chant from Third Mass of Christmas Day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-fWQxbtq0
The Introit chant from Midnight Mass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnJOJRDTbA
An old Chant hymn!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaroIcQ-cnM
There. Merry Christmas!!
Grim also posts some good Christmas stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-fWQxbtq0
The Introit chant from Midnight Mass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnJOJRDTbA
An old Chant hymn!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaroIcQ-cnM
There. Merry Christmas!!
Grim also posts some good Christmas stuff!
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Return Fire: McAdams v. Marquette U
Prof. McAdams' counsel has advised Marquette University that there is nothing....NOTHING...licit about McAdams' suspension-maybe-not-suspension.
Most enjoyable excerpt:
...Suspending a faculty member without specification of what he or she has done wrong and the process for contesting the suspension violates Marquette’s Faculty Statutes. As WILL put it, the letter to Dr. McAdams says only that “he is being investigated for some unnamed event that might violate some unidentified requirement of the university to be found somewhere in one of several documents enclosed with the letter.”...
Yes, well. The Jebbies are known for casuistry. Now they can be known for casuistry about nothing!
Seinfeld, call your office....
Most enjoyable excerpt:
...Suspending a faculty member without specification of what he or she has done wrong and the process for contesting the suspension violates Marquette’s Faculty Statutes. As WILL put it, the letter to Dr. McAdams says only that “he is being investigated for some unnamed event that might violate some unidentified requirement of the university to be found somewhere in one of several documents enclosed with the letter.”...
Yes, well. The Jebbies are known for casuistry. Now they can be known for casuistry about nothing!
Seinfeld, call your office....
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Chisholm's Riot
After the death of Dontre Hamilton, District Attorney Chisholm, a nasty little Lefty, has a problem. Local folks, recently joined by out-of-State professional organizers (read: Communists and anarchists), are demanding that the MPD cop involved in the death be prosecuted on a criminal count of either murder (in some degree) or manslaughter (in some degree.)
MPD's chief fired the officer, but only after allowing the officer to apply for "duty disability". That application is still pending but under Wisconsin regulatory law is likely to be approved. The chief is under fire from the police union, but has temporarily escaped the Outrage Machine's ire due to his personnel action.
Meantime, Chisholm temporized. He excused his malingering with stories about calling in half a dozen alphabet-soup Fed and State agencies, investigators, and other "reviewers" to winnow, sift, and comb through the evidence. He continues to temporize to this day.
That's because Chisholm can not win at trial against the cop.
That hasn't set will with Hamilton's family (who, in fairness, should get some sort of closure). And when the outsiders got involved, things became a lot more .........ahhh.........interesting. The Enraged have now marched onto Interstate highways twice and consequently won overnight passes to the Graybar Hotel, which is exactly what the Communist and Anarchist organizers wanted.
Now we are reliably told that every police and sheriff's agency from Appleton south to the State line is on 24-hour alert, joining the National Guard in preparation for the potential of a race riot in Milwaukee.
In other words, Chisholm's failure of nerve--his political cowardice--may well eventuate in a full-blown riot. This will include all the usual destruction, fires, looting, injuries, and perhaps deaths, which accompany such events.
Aficionados of schadenfreude will contrast this story with Chisholm's reckless and vindictive persecution of conservatives, noting that Chisholm has a lot more courage when he has all the guns on his side (if not the law itself).
So.
We hereby move to refer to the riot, should it occur, as "Chisholm's Riot." It's a well-deserved dishonor for an eminently dishonorable Democrat politician.
MPD's chief fired the officer, but only after allowing the officer to apply for "duty disability". That application is still pending but under Wisconsin regulatory law is likely to be approved. The chief is under fire from the police union, but has temporarily escaped the Outrage Machine's ire due to his personnel action.
Meantime, Chisholm temporized. He excused his malingering with stories about calling in half a dozen alphabet-soup Fed and State agencies, investigators, and other "reviewers" to winnow, sift, and comb through the evidence. He continues to temporize to this day.
That's because Chisholm can not win at trial against the cop.
That hasn't set will with Hamilton's family (who, in fairness, should get some sort of closure). And when the outsiders got involved, things became a lot more .........ahhh.........interesting. The Enraged have now marched onto Interstate highways twice and consequently won overnight passes to the Graybar Hotel, which is exactly what the Communist and Anarchist organizers wanted.
Now we are reliably told that every police and sheriff's agency from Appleton south to the State line is on 24-hour alert, joining the National Guard in preparation for the potential of a race riot in Milwaukee.
In other words, Chisholm's failure of nerve--his political cowardice--may well eventuate in a full-blown riot. This will include all the usual destruction, fires, looting, injuries, and perhaps deaths, which accompany such events.
Aficionados of schadenfreude will contrast this story with Chisholm's reckless and vindictive persecution of conservatives, noting that Chisholm has a lot more courage when he has all the guns on his side (if not the law itself).
So.
We hereby move to refer to the riot, should it occur, as "Chisholm's Riot." It's a well-deserved dishonor for an eminently dishonorable Democrat politician.
Influenced by Rhetoric in NYC?
Our man on Sipsey Street makes a very good point.
Turn on the television and you will see the clips of marchers in NYC chanting "What do we want?" Answered by "DEAD COPS!" Followed by "When do we want it?" "NOW!" These clips are followed by much hand-wringing by the collectivist talking heads that people are making a connection between the anti-police rhetoric and actions of Eric Holder and the mayor of NYC (dubbed "Big Bird" by his critics) and the assassination of the two policemen.
"Wait," they demand, "you can't blame our First Amendment expressions for cold-blooded murder. The one has nothing to do with the other." Of course these are the same people who blamed Rush Limbaugh and the militia movement for Timothy McVeigh and the OKC bombing. They are the same people who blamed me for the Georgia Waffle House geezers whose "deadly plot" was conveniently uncovered by an FBI snitch....
So yah. While the oh-so-sensitive (and rather murderous) Left screeches about Penetrating Radio Waves, that screeching applies only to Certain Kinds of People.
Not the Mohammedans who rail against America--from mosques IN America. And certainly hot slimebag hustlers like DeBlasio, Sharpton, and Holder.
Curious, no?
Turn on the television and you will see the clips of marchers in NYC chanting "What do we want?" Answered by "DEAD COPS!" Followed by "When do we want it?" "NOW!" These clips are followed by much hand-wringing by the collectivist talking heads that people are making a connection between the anti-police rhetoric and actions of Eric Holder and the mayor of NYC (dubbed "Big Bird" by his critics) and the assassination of the two policemen.
"Wait," they demand, "you can't blame our First Amendment expressions for cold-blooded murder. The one has nothing to do with the other." Of course these are the same people who blamed Rush Limbaugh and the militia movement for Timothy McVeigh and the OKC bombing. They are the same people who blamed me for the Georgia Waffle House geezers whose "deadly plot" was conveniently uncovered by an FBI snitch....
So yah. While the oh-so-sensitive (and rather murderous) Left screeches about Penetrating Radio Waves, that screeching applies only to Certain Kinds of People.
Not the Mohammedans who rail against America--from mosques IN America. And certainly hot slimebag hustlers like DeBlasio, Sharpton, and Holder.
Curious, no?
Saturday, December 20, 2014
More Criminals in Office: GAB/Wisconsin
The IRS' mini-mes, Kevin Kennedy and J. Becker--who, laughingly, is head of "ethics" division of GAB--are caught flagrantly disobeying the mandate of the GAB Board.
Why?
To cover their own asses against civil (and perhaps criminal) liability for their egregious, unlawful, actions.
Pace Rep. Voss, "reform" is not possible here. Nuke the outfit and start over.
By the way: revoke the pensions for these characters, too.
Why?
To cover their own asses against civil (and perhaps criminal) liability for their egregious, unlawful, actions.
Pace Rep. Voss, "reform" is not possible here. Nuke the outfit and start over.
By the way: revoke the pensions for these characters, too.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Cheap Labor, Not US Labor: ObozoConomy
Yah, all that 'pride to be American' is nice.
Unless you have to pay bills.
..According to BLS data, in November of 2007 there were 23.1 million foreign workers in the United States with jobs. Today, the BLS reports, there are 25.1 million foreign workers in the United States with jobs – meaning 2 million jobs, on net, have gone to foreign workers since the recession. By contrast, BLS reports there were 124 million American-born workers with jobs in November of 2007 but only 122.5 million American-born workers with jobs today – a decline of 1.5 million for American workers.
Think about this: despite American workers accounting for 70 percent of all population growth among adults, they received, on net, none of the post-recession jobs gains. As a result, there are 11 million more American workers outside the labor force today than 7 years ago....US Senate budget committee quoted at PowerLine
By and large, this is not a question of abilities; very few of the LEGAL immigrants are MD's, RN's, or astrophysicists-cum-software engineers.
And it is certain that none of the ILLEGALS are.
Maybe Pope Francis and the US Bishops have a solution?
????????????
I didn't think so.
Unless you have to pay bills.
..According to BLS data, in November of 2007 there were 23.1 million foreign workers in the United States with jobs. Today, the BLS reports, there are 25.1 million foreign workers in the United States with jobs – meaning 2 million jobs, on net, have gone to foreign workers since the recession. By contrast, BLS reports there were 124 million American-born workers with jobs in November of 2007 but only 122.5 million American-born workers with jobs today – a decline of 1.5 million for American workers.
Think about this: despite American workers accounting for 70 percent of all population growth among adults, they received, on net, none of the post-recession jobs gains. As a result, there are 11 million more American workers outside the labor force today than 7 years ago....US Senate budget committee quoted at PowerLine
By and large, this is not a question of abilities; very few of the LEGAL immigrants are MD's, RN's, or astrophysicists-cum-software engineers.
And it is certain that none of the ILLEGALS are.
Maybe Pope Francis and the US Bishops have a solution?
????????????
I didn't think so.
Judging the "Francis Play" on Cuba
After all is said and done, there is only one criterion on which to judge the "Francis play" vis-a-vis Cuba.
As we know from history, freedom of religion (not "worship" as the Left calls it for their own malevolent purposes) leads to good government.
Do not misunderstand: "good government" is not synonymous with "democracy", nor a "constitutional republic." Those forms are fine, although in the US since Wilson the cracks in those forms have begun to show--and widen.
Anyhow, it remains to be seen if Pope Francis has a grasp of realpolitik or is just another gadfly in the game.
Will Cubans have freedom of religion?
As we know from history, freedom of religion (not "worship" as the Left calls it for their own malevolent purposes) leads to good government.
Do not misunderstand: "good government" is not synonymous with "democracy", nor a "constitutional republic." Those forms are fine, although in the US since Wilson the cracks in those forms have begun to show--and widen.
Anyhow, it remains to be seen if Pope Francis has a grasp of realpolitik or is just another gadfly in the game.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Chubby IRS Worm Threatens Taxpayers
Maybe you overpaid your taxes, or will file a paper return.
You'll be sorry!! The fat little IRS worm-in-chief (and liar) has news for you.
...Budget cuts at the IRS could delay tax refunds, reduce taxpayer services and hurt enforcement efforts, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Thursday.
About half the people who call the IRS for assistance this filing season won't be able to get through to a person, Koskinen said. Once tax returns are filed, there will be fewer agents to audit them.
'Everybody's return will get processed,' Koskinen told reporters. 'But people have gotten very used to being able to file their return and quickly getting a refund.'
'This year we may not have the resources, the people to provide refunds as quickly as we have in the past.'...
Oh. Really?
You'll be sorry!! The fat little IRS worm-in-chief (and liar) has news for you.
...Budget cuts at the IRS could delay tax refunds, reduce taxpayer services and hurt enforcement efforts, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Thursday.
About half the people who call the IRS for assistance this filing season won't be able to get through to a person, Koskinen said. Once tax returns are filed, there will be fewer agents to audit them.
'Everybody's return will get processed,' Koskinen told reporters. 'But people have gotten very used to being able to file their return and quickly getting a refund.'
'This year we may not have the resources, the people to provide refunds as quickly as we have in the past.'...
Oh. Really?
Deputy Speaks Truth. That's a Warning
Out in the State of Washington, a sheriff's deputy committed a gaffe.
...Jerry Moffett, a deputy in Spokane County, Washington, was caught on tape at the Holiday and Heroes event during which some officers took underprivileged children shopping while others stood outside meeting and greeting those attending. But one woman who spoke to Moffett decided to record the interaction. In the video, the woman asks Moffett about the department’s Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) military-style vehicles.
“I’m thinking that is totally appropriate in Iraq but what kind of a situation in the U.S. would you see that happening?” the woman asked Moffett.
The deputy responded by saying, “We’ve got a lot of Constitutionalists and a lot of people that stockpile weapons, a lot of ammunition. They have weapons here locally.”--quoted at Captain's place
Umnnhhh, yah. Those loonies who......I dunno......actually believe that the Constitution means something or something like that.
...Jerry Moffett, a deputy in Spokane County, Washington, was caught on tape at the Holiday and Heroes event during which some officers took underprivileged children shopping while others stood outside meeting and greeting those attending. But one woman who spoke to Moffett decided to record the interaction. In the video, the woman asks Moffett about the department’s Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) military-style vehicles.
“I’m thinking that is totally appropriate in Iraq but what kind of a situation in the U.S. would you see that happening?” the woman asked Moffett.
The deputy responded by saying, “We’ve got a lot of Constitutionalists and a lot of people that stockpile weapons, a lot of ammunition. They have weapons here locally.”--quoted at Captain's place
Umnnhhh, yah. Those loonies who......I dunno......actually believe that the Constitution means something or something like that.
MU v. Speech & Morality, Chapter Two
Everyone in the country now knows that Marquette University has banned one of its tenured professors from the campus (sorta) over a case of FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELings.
That was silly enough.
But it appears that Marquette University didn't bother to read its own rules about suspensions.
So. Either MU administration is composed of a bunch of really stupid people......
OR
MU administration is not serious, but acted to make some twinky TA happy for Christmas. Or something.
That was silly enough.
But it appears that Marquette University didn't bother to read its own rules about suspensions.
In all cases of nonrenewal, suspension, or termination for absolute or discretionary cause, except Section 307.02(1) and (3), death, and permanent, total disability, the appropriate appointing authority of the University shall notify the faculty member in writing of the University's action. The notice shall include:The bold section? That's kinda significant because NONE of those provisions were followed in the MU notice to the prof.
(1) The statute allegedly violated; the date of the alleged violation; the location of the alleged violation; a sufficiently detailed description of the facts constituting the violation including the names of the witnesses against the faculty member.
So. Either MU administration is composed of a bunch of really stupid people......
OR
MU administration is not serious, but acted to make some twinky TA happy for Christmas. Or something.
Will NASA Give Back This $349 Million, Mr. Sensenbrenner?
Over the years, Jim Sensenbrenner has insisted that the US spend lotsa money on NASA. No doubt he was joined by others, such as the senile, doddering Thad Cochran. (As you recall, Cochran "won" a close primary race due to (R) Ruling Class ....ahhh.....trickery and deceit.)
Anyhow--amid the $3 billion or so that's been wasted by NASA over the years, we find a large chunk of it here:
...The A-3 test stand tower was built to test the effects of the vacuum of space on new rocket engines and had been in the works since the year 2007....
....Initially the program was to have cost a mere $119 million and was scheduled to be completed by 2010. But in that same year, budget cuts and new priorities ended the rocket program for which the test facility was being constructed.
Yet, construction on the Mississippi facility continued regardless of the fact that even if completed, the tests meant to be carried out there would never be conducted.
Apparently in June, as soon as the construction was successfully completed on the A-3 test stand, the whole facility was shut down and locked up, never to be used again.
Merry Christmas, US taxpayer!!
Anyhow--amid the $3 billion or so that's been wasted by NASA over the years, we find a large chunk of it here:
...The A-3 test stand tower was built to test the effects of the vacuum of space on new rocket engines and had been in the works since the year 2007....
....Initially the program was to have cost a mere $119 million and was scheduled to be completed by 2010. But in that same year, budget cuts and new priorities ended the rocket program for which the test facility was being constructed.
Yet, construction on the Mississippi facility continued regardless of the fact that even if completed, the tests meant to be carried out there would never be conducted.
Apparently in June, as soon as the construction was successfully completed on the A-3 test stand, the whole facility was shut down and locked up, never to be used again.
Merry Christmas, US taxpayer!!
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Jay Weber Is Simply Wrong
Jay Weber apparently has swallowed copious amounts of Christmas cheer a bit early this year.
This morning, he dutifully read from the script (provided by RoJo? McConnell?) which would have us believe that Cruz's crusade for the Constitution enabled Harry Reid to confirm all of SCOAMF's nominees.
Oh, yah. It's all Cruz' fault.
There are people who have been in Washington for a long, long, time. One of them is Jeffrey Lord, who came to DC in the Reagan Administration while Mr. Weber was still in high school.
...There are four problems with the anti-Cruz scenario. The first is that on Dec. 9, days before Cruz threw a wrench in the works, Reid signaled his intention to confirm all of Obama's remaining nominees, no matter how long it took....
...Does that sound like a majority leader who is ready to pack up and go home without passing his party's nominees? No, it doesn't. And that leads to the second problem with the scenario, which is the nature of Harry Reid himself. It is simply impossible to believe that the man who made the Senate pass Obamacare on Christmas Eve would abandon the president's nominees out of the goodness of his heart...
...The third problem with the scenario is Reid's authority as majority leader. He can keep the Senate in session whenever he wants...
...the fourth problem with the scenario is Reid's filibuster "reform." The whole point of Reid's exercise of the so-called "nuclear option" was to make it possible for Democrats to roll over Republicans when it came to confirming the president's nominees. Yes, GOP lawmakers could force brief delays in such confirmations, but when push came to shove -- as it did at the end of a session with the Democratic majority set to disappear — Reid could muscle through any nominee for whom he had 51 votes. And so he did; if there was any single factor that accounted for the rush of year-end confirmations, that was it....
Whether you like Ted Cruz or not, believing the (R) establishment's line is the political equivalent of believing in the Easter Bunny.
Except the Easter Bunny drops goodies. The (R) establishment's droppings are--in this case, as in many others, bovine excrement.
Sorry, Jay, but you are simply wrong.
This morning, he dutifully read from the script (provided by RoJo? McConnell?) which would have us believe that Cruz's crusade for the Constitution enabled Harry Reid to confirm all of SCOAMF's nominees.
Oh, yah. It's all Cruz' fault.
There are people who have been in Washington for a long, long, time. One of them is Jeffrey Lord, who came to DC in the Reagan Administration while Mr. Weber was still in high school.
...There are four problems with the anti-Cruz scenario. The first is that on Dec. 9, days before Cruz threw a wrench in the works, Reid signaled his intention to confirm all of Obama's remaining nominees, no matter how long it took....
...Does that sound like a majority leader who is ready to pack up and go home without passing his party's nominees? No, it doesn't. And that leads to the second problem with the scenario, which is the nature of Harry Reid himself. It is simply impossible to believe that the man who made the Senate pass Obamacare on Christmas Eve would abandon the president's nominees out of the goodness of his heart...
...The third problem with the scenario is Reid's authority as majority leader. He can keep the Senate in session whenever he wants...
...the fourth problem with the scenario is Reid's filibuster "reform." The whole point of Reid's exercise of the so-called "nuclear option" was to make it possible for Democrats to roll over Republicans when it came to confirming the president's nominees. Yes, GOP lawmakers could force brief delays in such confirmations, but when push came to shove -- as it did at the end of a session with the Democratic majority set to disappear — Reid could muscle through any nominee for whom he had 51 votes. And so he did; if there was any single factor that accounted for the rush of year-end confirmations, that was it....
Whether you like Ted Cruz or not, believing the (R) establishment's line is the political equivalent of believing in the Easter Bunny.
Except the Easter Bunny drops goodies. The (R) establishment's droppings are--in this case, as in many others, bovine excrement.
Sorry, Jay, but you are simply wrong.
Marquette U. Steps Off the Deep End
Well, well.
John McAdams, a Marquette University associate professor, says he is being "treated like a potential terrorist" after being suspended with pay and banned from campus while the university investigates his conduct, presumably because he publicly criticized a teaching assistant for not allowing discussion of gay marriage in an ethics class. TMJ-S
We've followed that controversy at McAdams' blog. While the TA was correct to hold that Marquette--as a private institution--can 'ban' certain discussions, the TA--and Marquette officials--have carefully avoided mentioning that Marquette holds itself out as "...a Catholic institution."
The Catholic Church holds, de fide, that marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. No exceptions. This is not only a moral position, it is also a position derived from nature itself. So in effect, Marquette, while claiming a "Catholic" imprimatur, suppresses discussion of a matter which demands a Catholic clarification.
MU's presser basically says that there are "hurt feelings" abounding; those of the TA and (potentially) those of students who could be "hurt" by a frank declaration of Catholic teaching on the subject.
Egads. Such precious little flowers! Our Little Snowflakes might melt! Run away! Run!! Run!!
Anyhow, MU also advised McAdams that he could not step foot onto the "Catholic" campus without prior permission and, implicitly, without an escort (armed??). Very curious, indeed.
John McAdams, a Marquette University associate professor, says he is being "treated like a potential terrorist" after being suspended with pay and banned from campus while the university investigates his conduct, presumably because he publicly criticized a teaching assistant for not allowing discussion of gay marriage in an ethics class. TMJ-S
We've followed that controversy at McAdams' blog. While the TA was correct to hold that Marquette--as a private institution--can 'ban' certain discussions, the TA--and Marquette officials--have carefully avoided mentioning that Marquette holds itself out as "...a Catholic institution."
The Catholic Church holds, de fide, that marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. No exceptions. This is not only a moral position, it is also a position derived from nature itself. So in effect, Marquette, while claiming a "Catholic" imprimatur, suppresses discussion of a matter which demands a Catholic clarification.
MU's presser basically says that there are "hurt feelings" abounding; those of the TA and (potentially) those of students who could be "hurt" by a frank declaration of Catholic teaching on the subject.
Egads. Such precious little flowers! Our Little Snowflakes might melt! Run away! Run!! Run!!
Anyhow, MU also advised McAdams that he could not step foot onto the "Catholic" campus without prior permission and, implicitly, without an escort (armed??). Very curious, indeed.
Did JPMorgan Thank You?
Most people know that the "Cromnibus" budget contained a provision which will--potentially--bail out the Too Big To Fail banks.
Not everyone knows that JPMorgan Chase was the principal beneficiary of that bailout.
See, JPMChase had already FAILED its Basel stress-test before Cronmibus. Had a real-life crisis emerged--not impossible at all--JPMChase could have lost $35 billion.
That would have negatively impacted their bonus payments, among other things.
So now that the taxpayer (you) is going to bail out Jamie & Co., did they send you a "thank-you" note?
They surely sent one to Jim Sensenbrenner and Ron Johnson, and Paul Ryan, and Reid Ribble, and whats-his-name Duffy.
Not everyone knows that JPMorgan Chase was the principal beneficiary of that bailout.
See, JPMChase had already FAILED its Basel stress-test before Cronmibus. Had a real-life crisis emerged--not impossible at all--JPMChase could have lost $35 billion.
That would have negatively impacted their bonus payments, among other things.
So now that the taxpayer (you) is going to bail out Jamie & Co., did they send you a "thank-you" note?
They surely sent one to Jim Sensenbrenner and Ron Johnson, and Paul Ryan, and Reid Ribble, and whats-his-name Duffy.
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