Posted: August 17, 2021 by datechguy in Uncategorized
A quick reminder to everyone who thought it was OK to let the last election be stolen.
Even if we are very lucky and the end result of this Afghanistan debacle is the best care scenario which is :
The Russians DON’T take advantage of this situation annex any parts of the Ukraine they want.
The Chinese DON’T decide now is the time to take Taiwan
Iran DOESN’T feels free to develop their nukes or takes advantage of the US weapons that fleeing Afghan units are bringing with them.
The Taliban DOESN’T use their sudden acquisition of 1st world arms and drones to arm and equip Islamic Terrorists
The ISIS terrorists now freed in Afghanistan DON’T start planning attacks in the US through our porous southern border
Even if a miracle occurs and none of these obvious consequences take place there will still be tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan slaughtered by the Taliban with millions more repressed as they impose a full Islamic state on the region.
Every one of these deaths will be a direct consequence of the steal of the election and unlike the fantasy costs of “climate change” these will be real people murdered by an Islamic regime out to enforce Islamic law at home and export it abroad.
All of you who let this happen are complicit in it.
And that’s the best case scenario.
On the plus side for you it unless you are a casualty of said terror it will not likely cost you a thing personally so you will not likely care this side of judgement day.
ARNAUDVILLE LA – Being retired has its perks, one of which is that you can attend events that you could not when you had to work.
I finally was able to attend the Fete Dieu du Teche this year which takes place on August 15: the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. My husband and I are both practicing Episcopalians, or as he calls it, “Catholic Lite.” There are enough similarities in our services that I can easily follow along although as non-Catholics we are not allowed to participate in Communion.
The day begins at 8 AM with Sunday Mass in French by Bishop Douglas Deshotel at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Leonville.
Following the Mass there will be a procession with the Blessed Sacrament and a statue of Mary and St. Joseph to the nearby boat landing. Families are encouraged to join the procession as a family and follow to the boat landing for Benediction. At 9:30 AM boats will depart in procession down the Teche toward St. Martinville, retracing the voyage made by the Acadians over 250 years ago.
August 15 is a significant date as it is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the Acadian people and of Acadiana. It is also a day that marks the 256thanniversary of the arrival of French-Canadian immigrants who brought the Catholic faith to Acadiana after enduring great trials and suffering.
Bishop Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette states, “Fete Dieu du Teche has become an annual celebration in commemoration of the arrival of the first Acadians from what is now Nova Scotia. They were the first examples of ethnic cleansing in the New World when they were forced to leave their homes and go into exile because of their Catholic Faith at the end of the French and Indian War. A large number of them found their homes in South Louisiana which was Catholic and French. Many settlements were established along the Teche river where they built Churches, homes and a new life.
We stay in Arnaudville, Louisiana five weeks of the year, spread throughout the year; our place in Arnaudville is on Bayou Teche and half a block from the church. We watched the French mass via live stream then walked down to the landing site at the church to participate in the ceremony.
It was simply beautiful to see the boats coming around the bend, down the bayou, slowly making their way to the landing site. The boats tied up along the bank, the procession made its way to the top of the hill, and the Rosary began. From The Daily Iberian:
Father Michael Champagne, organizer of the event said, “Having a Eucharistic Procession by boat on the waters of the Teche rather than by foot in the streets makes a lot of sense. Fête-Dieu du Teche on the Feast of the Assumption recalls our rich Acadian history and, in a way, re-enacts the journey made by the Acadians over 250 years ago.”
Champagne said that having a boat procession with the Blessed Sacrament and a statue of the Assumption involving priests, religious and laity is basically what happened in 1765: “In order to serve the Acadian settlers in the Attakapas district, Father Jean-Louis de Civrey accompanied the Acadians on their journey down the Bayou Teche. Father de Civrey became the first resident priest. In his records, he refers to his new home as ‘la nouvelle Acadie’ and his new parish ‘l’Eglise des Attakapas’ and later, l’Eglise St. Martin de Tours. It is believed that St. Martinville is named after the church.”
During Fête-Dieu du Teche, the Blessed Sacrament will be carried on an altar under a canopy on the lead boat. Another boat will carry the statue of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This year will feature a St. Joseph boat as well as a boat carrying relics of the saints. The procession will stop and disembark at makeshift altars along the Teche for recitation of the Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
I felt truly blessed to be able to participate in this and I will definitely return next year. If you want to watch any of the live streams, including the French mass or the procession down the Bayou Teche, be sure to check out the Facebook page here. There are also nice, short videos about incense, relics, the monstrance, and other pieces.
Posted: August 16, 2021 by datechguy in Uncategorized
I’m old enough to remember when Democrats thought that impeachment & a trial was fine even if a person was out of office. but now that it’s Cuomo and not Trump the Democrats and media don’t believe it so much anymore.
Obama was set up to be the greatest of American heroes, but proved to be a common swindler and one of the great political liars of all time — he fooled us all.
I beg to differ, he fooled YOU all. There were plenty of us who saw Obama for the unqualified Chicago machine pol that he was and said it loudly, we were dismissed as racists or ignorant or both. That it took you this long to figure it out speaks volumes but in fairness there are plenty who never will so I guess that’s progress.
Unexpectedly of course
Two things come to mind seeing the rapid fall of Afghanistan contrary to all the public predictions by the best and brightest in the Biden administration and the shock of the Bill Kristols of the world at their dishonorable behavior.
When your administration is own and put in power by the enemies of the country it’s likely that they consider a humiliatingly dishonorable defeat for America as a feature rather than a goal.
Why it’s almost as if you have an administration not legitimately elected that doesn’t care what happens to the US.
Unexpectedly of course
One of the most interesting things we’ve seen in the last 48 hours is a brave crew of leftists rushing to twitter to bravely equate Trump supporters and GOP members to the Taliban.
The very fact that they are doing so is proof of the lie, because if the Tea Party the GOP and Trump supporters were like the Taliban folks like these twitter heroes would be dead or in hiding and would not dare to express such opinions. The fact they can and do proves either they are lying through their teeth and/or simply stupid
In five or ten years when people start filing lawsuits over said side effects against companies that forced the shots on them and your local TV & Radio stations are full of informercials from lawyers seeking people to join said suits, the media/left will suddenly starting calling them the “Trump Vaccines” again.
This summer Netflix debuted the Icelandic series Katla. The actual Katla is a subglacial volcano, which last erupted in 1918.
Whereas for the series, which is centered on the village of Vík, Katla erupted one year earlier, forcing the evacuation of most of the town, save for some essential workers and their families.
Then a Swedish woman covered in ash, Gunhild (Aliette Opheim), not seen in Vík for twenty years, appears mysteriously, having not aged at all.
Others then emerge in the same manner.
To explain the setting and mood of the Katla, I need to make a diversion. Stick with me. Although this bit is quite fascinating.
According to Icelandic folklore much of the country, particularly rocks and boulders, are inhabited by the huldufólk, the hidden people.
Iceland is unique. In the fifth episode of his long running podcast Lore, “Under Construction,” host Aaron Mahnke describes the island nation this way: “Now you have to understand something about Iceland, much of the region is a vast expanse of sparse grass and large volcanic rock formations,” adding, “the ground boils with geysers and springs and the sky seems to be eternally gray and cloudy.”
Nature is particularly harsh in Iceland. Earthquakes are common, it has a chilly subpolar oceanic climate, long winter nights, and of course there are those volcanoes, nearly thirty of them are active.
The use of folklore is a common method to explain the world and with so much of Iceland being a seemingly blank canvas–the “vast expanse of sparse grass” that Mahnke described, as well as its unpredictable volcanoes, it is understandable that folklore’s roots are deep there.
Mahnke in his podcast mentions a couple of road projects in Iceland–one just six years ago–that were altered to assuage fears that the huldufólk would not be disturbed. Click here to find other projects that were changed for the sake of the huldufólk.
In a 1998 survey slightly more than half of Icelanders said they believe in the hidden people. In the minds of many Icelanders the huldufólk are quite real. They are certainly part of the psyche of this Nordic nation.
Huldufólk take on many incantations within Icelandic folklore, among these are as changelings.
Katla is an eight-episode series that is the work of Sigurjón Kjartansson and Baltasar Kormákur. The duo was also responsible for the series Trapped, Kormákur directed the movie Everest.
It appears Kormákur and Kjartansson’s primary audience for Katla is Icelanders and other Scandanavians. The former and probably the latter have a basic understanding of the huldufólk, whereas the primary audience of this blog does not. Hence my diversion because the huldufólk legends aren’t discussed at all in Katla except briefly midway in the series, but that part is featured in the Netflix trailer.
After the emergence of the young Gunhild, the “other” one–twenty years older of course–is discovered in Sweden. Next to come from the ash is Ása (Íris Tanja Flygenring), whose return puzzles her sister Gríma (Guðrún Eyfjörð), a rescue worker in an unhappy marriage with a dairy farmer, Kjartan (Baltasar Breki Samper). Ása and Gríma find themselves entangled in the complicated life of Gunhild and an old relationship of his.
In Katla we also find a deeply religious man, police chief Gísli (Þorsteinn Bachmann) and a scientist Darri (Björn Thors), whose lives are dramatically altered by the new arrivals.
Katla is part science fiction and part psychological drama. It’s worth your time.
The show’s directors make the most of the stark scenery–the cinematography is breathtaking. And the acting is compelling.
Katla is rated TV-MA for violence, scenes of suicide, brief nudity, and strong language. It is available in English, in Icelandic with subtitles, and in English with subtitles. I recommend watching the Icelandic with subtitles version, as there are passages in English and Swedish–and that method of viewing fills out the storyline a little better.
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