I am so tired this morning! Not surprising that I thought of posting this hymn: Revive Us Again, sung by Nathan and Lyle, deep in the heart of Texas. We could all use some revival, couldn’t we?
Year: 2024
Cats Being a Pain
I’m glad none of my cats got into knocking things to the floor. It’s funny when other people’s cats do it.
Helpful hint: Don’t get into a contest of wills with a cat. You’ll only lose.
UK Methodist Church Joins Team Stupid
Don’t let those un-inclusive words out!
It’s always disappointing when a church decides to be conformed to the fads and trends of a profoundly fallen world, and adopts foolishness as wisdom. That’s what the Methodist Church in Britain has done.
UK Methodists are not supposed to say “husband” or “wife” because, say they, those are “offensive” terms, they’re not “inclusive,” and make sure you consult your Inclusive Language Guide before you say anything, blah-blah-blah (https://www.christianpost.com/news/uk-based-methodist-church-advises-against-husband-and-wife.html).
The kindest adjective I can find for this is CONSTIPATED. I’m also thinking along the lines of “shameful,” “stupid,” and “inane.”
Whose favor are they courting here? And what price are they willing to pay to get it?
Another E-Car Flambe
It’ll Save The Planet!
Firefighters had to use 36,000 gallons of water, the other day, to put out the fire of an E-car debtmobile that burst into flame after a single-car accident in Pine Level, Alabama (https://www.wsfa.com/2023/12/26/driver-custody-after-tesla-crashes-burns-interstate-65/). The driver–currently charged with drunk driving–escaped from his Tesla Y-Model before he was fricasseed.
Four tanker trucks and ten rescue organizations had to mobilize to put out the fire. Firefighters had to wear protective gear against toxic fumes.
A “normal” car fire, officials said, usually requires some 500 gallons of water to extinguish.
But why let a little thing like that get in the way of Saving The Planet from gas-powered cars that don’t burst into flame at the drop of a hat? Damned ungrateful peasants don’t know what’s good for ’em! But our leaders always know best.
Disney Bombs Again (‘Alien’ for Kiddies)
Remember Alien? A particularly gory and violent science-fiction movie from the 1970s. It spawned a couple sequels, but the first was really gross.
So! Now Disney Corp., aided and abetted by Random House and Little Golden Books (what a disappointment! for shame!), next summer will release a children’s book, A Is For Alien, described as “a light-hearted re-imagining of the iconic movie.” How many cliches can they fit into one sentence?
By “children” they mean pre-schoolers.
That scene where the alien parasite tears its way out of John Hurt’s abdomen–think they’ll have that in the children’s book? And what’s next–a light-hearted re-imagining of Hannibal Lecter’s personal cookbook? All for the children, of course.
Man, there are air forces that drop fewer bombs than Disney.
While we snarl at each other, Disney, teachers’ unions, the Democrat Party, and all their friends are injecting poisons into our culture. I saw Alien in the theater: I like monster movies. But I wasn’t four years old at the time.
(“Yeahbut, yeahbut! It’s a book–it isn’t like the movie!”)
Are the groomers at Disney Corp. crazy… or do they know us better than we think? Heaven forbid the latter.
‘Germany’s Version of Free Speech’ (Re-Posted)
Merkel’s out to pasture, but her freedom-hunt continues…
Remember when there used to be a “Free World,” and West Germany was in it, and the Soviet Union loomed in the east, waiting for its chance to push its tanks out to the English Channel?
That threat is over–although assorted (ahem!) “leaders” are working to revive it. But one thing that’s never over is the open season on free speech.
Ah, Hate Speech laws! Germany, Britain, Canada, France, etc., etc.–that was the Free World, once upon a time.
But now it’s where you go if you’ve run out of patience with the First Amendment.
Coming soon to an America near you! Weird European notions of “freedom”! In case you need to remember why we fought our War for Independence.
‘Carol of the Bells’
All the information on this video is in German, so it’s “Mei fa-tzu” for me. I’ve been trying to remember the name of this song. It’s The Carol of the Bells. Played here on two harps.
The World’s Oldest Animal?
Scientists think this Greenland shark is 512 years old. No birth certificate: they base it on an assertion that the shark grows one centimeter per year. It’s 18 feet long now. That’s 216 inches, and centimeters be blowed: I never had much use for ’em.
Harvard President: She’s Out
“Really–it depends on the context!”
Claudine Gay has resigned today as president of Harvard. Calloo, callay, O frabjous day (https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4385128-harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-plagiarism-antisemitism/)!
She was one of three university presidents called by Congress to testify about a wave of antisemitism at her school. Unable to provide a straight answer, she sought refuge in “It depends on the context.” Can you say “lame excuse”?
After that, she faced a blizzard of accusations of plagiarism which she could not explain away. Harvard (of course) pledged to stand by her. That lasted for just a few days.
So another fat-head university bigwig bites the dust, another commie goes down in flames. Let’s hope there are many more. The president of the University of Pennsylvania has also been forced out after airing her hypocrisy in a hearing at the House of Representatives. That leaves only the honcho at M.I.T. Hopefully she’s next.
The university presidents’ lily-livered testimony did not convince anyone that their institutions were NOT in sympathy with Hamas’ campaign to wipe out Israel and slaughter Jews.
So much for “Everybody ought to go to college”–a very bad idea whose time has gone.
No more federal funds until–if ever–the academics clean up their act. If they can.
Pray for… ‘Diversity’???
Pachamama–how much “diversity” does he want?
Pope Francis I, the Red Pope who brought a “Pachamama” idol into the Vatican, has announced that he will make “diversity in the Church” his January prayer intention (https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/01/02/pope-francis-dedicates-january-prayer-to-diversity-in-the-church/).
Meanwhile, at the same time, he continues efforts to wipe out the traditional Latin mass. Apparently that’s too much diversity. Or the wrong kind of diversity. I don’t know: words get very tricky when leftids use them. It would be nice to know just what he means by “diversity.”
We sigh and pray for faithful Catholics who have to live with this pope. We Protestants have our own problems, just as bad. We are all the sheep of Christ’s pasture and we all need our Shepherd.
Honk if you can imagine St. Paul praying for more “diversity.”