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Today, my media-famished slaves, I bestow upon you the gift of How to Ditch Netflix if you are among those who discerns the imminent Apocalypse in their raising their prices a few bucks.

That is all!

Bloodshed, Monsters, Honor, Savagery, True Love, Dying Cities, Flying Machines and Naked Folk Armed to the Teeth.

What is not to like?

What a gift to the human race John C. Wright is!

Kathy Shaidle, as is often her custom....

...is bluntly perceptive about all the "gay bullying" hogwash:

I can't believe anyone with even a passing familiarity with human nature finds this surprising (but then again, I also don't write for Slate):

This week, though, the [Dan Savage] podcast started with an attack on Marcus Bachmann's masculinity. After a short preamble about the accuracy of gaydar (with a scientific citation, no less), Savage—whom I respect tremendously—played a tape of Michelle's husband's speaking voice. Bachmann has a tiny bit of a lisp—though it's barely perceptible—and he slurs his words slightly. To Savage's ears, it was a gay accent. Savage played the tape over and over, and reprised it several times throughout the podcast. He even did his own Bachmann impression, exaggerating the lisp and camping it up.

In other words, the man who launched the "It Gets Better Project," an effort to stop the bullying of gay teens, was acting like a big bully.

As Savage always notes, the kind of smear-the-queer taunts that can cause so much pain to young people aren't aimed only at kids who are gay, they're often aimed at boys who don't live up to some mythical standard of masculinity and girls who just aren't girly enough.
I can only imagine how listeners who happen to have the kind of lisping, effeminate speech and affect that Savage was ridiculing felt upon hearing the attack.

Don't believe it? Here is Savage, fresh from bullying Bachmann's husband about his lisp, fantasizing about inflicting rape (pardon me: "hate sex" which is totally different) on his political enemies to the applause of the sort of apes who populate the audience of "Real Time".

This is a militant crusading intolerant and deeply hypocritical faith that does not hesitate for a second to deploy against its perceived enemies everything it pretends to decry. Hate sex Rape is openly bruited and applauded. The most miserable schoolyard bullying is just part of the toolkit for these phony apostles of compassion. These guys are going to wear out their welcome damn fast once they use the force of law to try to hammer people into Goodthink. You can't beat people into loving your perversion.

Prayer for Fr. Christopher Fadok's Dad

Fr. Christopher Fadok, a fine young Dominican who our beloved Blessed Sacrament is proud to have pastoring us, just lost his father on Sunday afternoon. May his father's soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Father, grant grace, healing, consolation and peace to all who love him through Christ our Lord. Amen!

Infinite Grace...

...continues her post-abortive walk. May the saints, angels, Mother of God and Christ our Lord, walk beside her.

Fr. Scott Hurd has a new book out...

...about what I regard as the single most scandalous, difficult, and necessary teaching in the entire corpus of Catholic moral doctrine:



I don't know about you, but I suck at forgiveness, which is why it is so necessary and crucial to hear authentic Catholic teaching on the matter. Go Fr. Hurd!

Sheila Hughes Sends You All a Huge Thank You!

I wanted to let you and your readers know about Joshua's first day at Summer Camp. He must have been divinely inspired to sing "A Thankful Heart", from Veggie Tales, but we are all so thankful for how this opportunity was made to be: countless prayers and the financial support of over 33 donors! I will be posting daily on his blog, (Lord willing) with updates as to how he is doing. Thanks again and please encourage your readers to check in, at least, weekly at www.raisingautisticchildren.com, to follow his Journey at Summer camp!

Well done, slavering hordes! An extra ration of grog and manflesh for each of you!

Two Hearts in One

Why are the Our Father and Hail Mary the two big prayers of the Catholic tradition? Find out here.

A reader writes

I found out today a very close co-worker of my father was killed in a car accident. His mother and grandfather are in critical condition.

Please keep the Burgin's in your prayers and all those who were affected by this tragic accident.

Father, may this man's soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace through Christ our Lord. Grant healing to those who survived the crash and grace, consolation, peace and strength to all those involved, especially the police officer who hit them. Mother Mary and St. Michael the Archangel, pray for them. Amen.

A Few Month Back...

...Peter Nixon called and did an interview with me. We had a lovely chat. Here is the result: a little profile of a few of us Evangelical Tiber Swimmers, including Yr. Obdt. Svt. I'm happy to see he also interviewed my friend Sherry Weddell.