Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 1374

Catholics, Nazis and Rat-Eating Aliens

Oh my!

With a title like that, you just have to read the piece.

Pat Archbold...

begins a fun taxonomy of sundry combox personalities.

For the complete lowdown, check out the magnificent Flame Warriors site.

Tales of the Unexplained

Odd and creepy. I'm open to explanations. I'm also moved to pray for the Mideast. Our Lady of Zeitoun, pray that the glory of your Son Jesus be revealed to the children of Ishmael and that Satan, who appears as an angel of light, be defeated by the power of God.

Greatest Felicitations of the Day!

Every Ned Ryerson scene from Groundhog Day, one of the greatest films of all time.

Murder Inc. Proves Once Again...

that when you dedicate yourself to slaughter of the most innocent and vulnerable, it can lead to supporting prostitution, and even to fibbing.



Your tax dollars at work.

Watch this story either a) not get picked up by the MSM at all or b) disappear faster than you can say "The Butcher Kermit Gosnell". I wonder how long YouTube will allow it to stay up?

Aggie Catholics

Verily, they do rock.

Check out the Aggie Catholic blog here.

New Book of Tolkien Criticism

The Ring and the Cross offers a forum for a bunch of different writers--Christian (including several Catholics), pagan, atheist--to argue about the impact of Christianity on Tolkien's fiction.

Sandra Miesel speaks well of it, so that's a good sign.

Uh oh

It looks like Fr. Euteneuer might not be so manly and forthright as I supposed.

Fr. E. Yesterday: "I must acknowledge, however, that one particularly complex situation clouded my judgment and led me to imprudent decisions with harmful consequences, the worst of which was violating the boundaries of chastity with an adult female who was under my spiritual care."

HLI's response today: "Since the time of Rev. Euteneuer's resignation, the Board subsequently learned of additional allegations in connection with his exorcism ministry. As Rev. Euteneuer no longer serves as president of HLI, we are not especially endowed with the competence or authority to investigate, evaluate, or act on these additional allegations, but they have been submitted to the proper ecclesiastical authorities. "

So tragic. More prayer is the only thing I can think of.

Kiss of death, if true

The International Network for Rights and Development has claimed that Israeli logistical support has been sent to Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to help his regime confront demonstrations demanding that he steps down as head of state. According to reports by the non-governmental organisation, three Israeli planes landed at Cairo's Mina International Airport on Saturday carrying hazardous equipment for use in dispersing and suppressing large crowds.

I know nothing about this NGO, so this could just be some attempt to whip up anti-Israeli sentiment. I would be surprised if the Israelis were stupid enough to do this, but then the capacity for human stupidity is almost infinite, so you never know.

Speaking of meddling in the affairs of nations and having it backfire, this image has been making the rounds. It encapsulates pretty well the predicament we have created for ourselves by anointing ourselves Globocop.



Of course, one completely crazy lunatic has been suggesting ways of avoiding these foreign entanglements and the blowback that goes with Empire:



But he's barking mad. Let's get back to solving the mystery of how to cut our insane spending and deal with the deficit. And if those seething masses inexplicably feel some hostility to us for our decades of support for Mubarak, well, who can fathom the Arab mind?

Tres Bien!

Way to go, French Senate, with the whole rejecting euthanasia thing! Well done!