Monthly Archives: May 2009

Pentecost sunday.

It is both Queens’s birthday weekend and Pentecost Sunday. In my view, winter runs in the South from Queen’s birthday until the beginning of Term IV (which is in September), and it at times does not feel warm until after … Continue reading

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Quotes for the day.

From chairman Ann: “Empathy,” in Liberalspeak, is nothing but raw political power David Frum argues that the value of Liberal Arts degree is declining. I like this comment: The entire American education establishment needs reform. Maybe tough high school exit … Continue reading

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Note to warmists: Snow, rain and gales bring winter chill

Ah yes, everyone is moaning. We expect a clod snap aorund now but then we want cold bright frosty days and to see the son. Not miserable gray chilly coldness. And ii is cold. Full winter cold. Too early. Philip … Continue reading

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Hebrews 4

The intercessor we have works from a position of gentleness, because he understands what it is like to be vulnerable, lonely, hurt, rejected, angry, and tempted. Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, … Continue reading

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How to be an opposition.

Hat tip to Power Line. THis is what leadership looks like. Gov. Pawlenty and the minority Republicans have stopped the Peronistas. Cold. Dead. For two years. Today is the last day of the legislative session here in Minnesota. The action … Continue reading

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Trainwreck continues

The owner of theBuffalo Sabres pro football team. did the math. And moved. As I said yesterday, the US is a natural experiment that has proved, in the last decade, that Peronist economics does not work. Politicians like to talk … Continue reading

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The scientific method in action.

California has been run by Peronists for a while. The government works for the unions and the legislators. There is an effluvium of populism and sloganeering. However, the budget is bloated. Taxes are soooo high that firms and people are … Continue reading

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This is going viral: The Corrupt Lying Politicians

The UK fascist socialists banned it. Good reason to mirror it, I say. YouTube – New Nazis – New Pigs -Same Old Corrupt Lying Politicians.

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I TImothy 4.

This is from today’s lectionary. It notes that fa;se teaching leads to asceticism. Indeed, there is a belief that no believer can have fun or enjoy the everyday goodness in creation. 1Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times … Continue reading

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Trainwreck on the way.

I like Bloomberg. Like most financial papers, it has to give figures. Businesses need ‘em. From today. President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by … Continue reading

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