Ah, US Immigration. One of the reasons I actively avoid going there. For the record, I do have a current Visa Waiver: I needed it because I was flying on Air NZ 2 last year: the plane left Auckland, landed at LAX, and we were all trooped through US Homeland Security before getting on the … Continue reading How to annoy your allies.
Month: June 2016
Time to be rude.
Overnight, Islamists killed again. Well, it is Ramadan, and the death toll this year is pushing 1400. This time it was in Turkey, a country that has overtly rejected the West while trying to blackmail itself into the EU and promote Islam there. A country that wants to censor us if we say anything about … Continue reading Time to be rude.
Regulation or Joy. [Rom 7]
We don't talk about sanctification and the struggle against habitual sin enough. In this world, we are left, though saved, with the old nature and habits we need to expunge. There is old growth that needs to be pruned away. If we say that we are without sin we lie. If we claim to be … Continue reading Regulation or Joy. [Rom 7]
The growth of ADHD is stunted?
One of the difficulties in psychiatry is that of threshold. When is something severe enough to require assessment, or intervention. Most guidelines suggest interventions should be step-wise, with medication considered after the use of talking therapy or behavioural treatment. Another issue is recognition. There are patterns, that once described, are seen by clinicians. Often the … Continue reading The growth of ADHD is stunted?
Thugs over the converged. [Mt 21]
How the mighty have fallen, and by the mighty I mean two groups I have a lot of sympathy, the geeks and the Presbyterians. Let's start with the geeks: github used to be a useful thing, full of distributions of Linux. Less so now: OpenSUSE uses its open build service, and the Arch based distros, … Continue reading Thugs over the converged. [Mt 21]
The fig tree [Mt 21]
Well, the Bible is not nice, and the licensing and regulations that we have were one of the things that Christ took care of. Literally. He drove them out. This annoyed the elite. For these people paid rent: I would expect, akin to a mall. that you paid much more to buy and sell in … Continue reading The fig tree [Mt 21]
From order, allies.
Our Northern Brother is talking about politics here. But it also applies to theology. There are those of the gospel, and they preach Christ crucified. You do not have agree with them on every issue. Then there are those, within the church, who have converged, and please others. And those we fight. As I’ve written … Continue reading From order, allies.
Freedom, now. [Acts 17]
This is taken from the daily fishwrap. The elite in New Zealand are as shocked as the leader of the synagogue. The people may want to be healed. They may want to be free. The young voted for what they know. The older voted for what they had lost: the ability to ignore the slavemasters … Continue reading Freedom, now. [Acts 17]
Failing in the Virtue Olympics [Rom 6]
What the left seem do want is chains, and disability. They don't want to be healthy, for it does not fit into queer theory. Now, of course, queer theory is bad for you, and claiming that your sins and weaknesses can just go away is equally bad. We all have to make choices. Every day. … Continue reading Failing in the Virtue Olympics [Rom 6]
Mutterings (Brexit reactions)
Two quotes: one from Charles Stross, who is a tad annoyed that the UK voted to leave the pit of Mordor. Calling two thirds of Englishmen fascist is over egging the pudding somewhat, but... finding this stuff is easy: finding relatively coherent reactions is harder. This is about as coherent as things are today. Okay, … Continue reading Mutterings (Brexit reactions)