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The Kindest Word I Can Use is “Coward”

Posted: December 14, 2022 by datechguy in Uncategorized
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When I see something like this:

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1602142894600884224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1602142894600884224%7Ctwgr%5E6bfea864e92ea1280043974b0585c5bd6f4a14e7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fculture%2Fcatherinesalgado%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Fhalf-naked-drag-queen-teaches-kid-to-twerk-in-nyc-as-parents-watch-calmly-n1652899

I think about the parents who took their kids there and the kindest work I have for them is “Coward”.

At best they are afraid of being pilloried by the liberal left in their community for not celebrating this garbage for their kids and are willing to celebrate their future in order not to face such wrath.

And again, that’s the kindest think I can say.

And then I think of the signing ceremony for the Biden Administration’s gay marriage bill and who they’ve invited to attend:

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1602469659864797185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1602469659864797185%7Ctwgr%5E9c052b797aa5c0bdc79d3116b226ed9bb90b7fcf%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsarahd-313035%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2Flibsoftiktok-sheds-light-on-what-bidens-promoting-with-drag-artists-at-respect-for-marriage-act-event%2F

And This:

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1602419909543268352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1602419909543268352%7Ctwgr%5E7e7ab2fa3bac89d8441659d678ec17de7fa39b7b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsarahd-313035%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2Flibsoftiktok-sheds-light-on-what-bidens-promoting-with-drag-artists-at-respect-for-marriage-act-event%2F
Now again, remember this is what the Biden Administration wants to associate the passage of the bill to codify Gay Marriage in this nation. No longer are they playing the propaganda of happily married monogamous gay and lesbian couples, for them it’s all about drag queens and twerking to kids.

As I put it yesterday on twitter:

And the masks are coming off because they aren’t needed anymore, they have power and can force what they want and they know too many people are too afraid of any blowback to speak up.

Like I said the kindest word I have is “coward”.

Of course given that the sexualization of children was the norm in Pre-Christian days the idea that a post Christian society would celebrate such things as good and right should not be a surprise.

Pray for these people, they need it and when you do include a prayer for Mitt Romney who did all he could to block a referendum in Massachusetts when the court ruled 4-3 to foist this on the nation because the thought such a vote might hinder his presidential chances.

Shining light on Penn State’s foibles

Posted: December 13, 2022 by chrisharper in education
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By Christopher Harper

It’s difficult to find a journalistic enterprise that is worth supporting.

I just found one: PA Spotlight’s bureau in State College, the home of Penn State University.

After nearly 20 years at a public university, I saw many examples of waste, mismanagement, and potential fraud.

It’s rare to see the emphasis of a journalistic organization on a public university like Penn State, even though colleges employ thousands of people and allegedly educate thousands more in the ways of the world. For example, Penn State has a massive $7 billion annual budget.

Here are some of PA Spotlight’s most recent headlines about Penn State:

–Penn State’s Board of Trustees spent nearly $318,000 on its past six in-person meetings, covering travel, lodging, food, and other expenses of attendees, according to newly released records.

–Unlike nearly all of its Big Ten counterparts, Penn State does not have to publicly disclose the salaries of its employees, which include $7 million to head football coach James Franklin. Penn State’s special status as a state-related university makes it largely exempt from Pennsylvania’s open records law.

–Given the university’s budget shortfall, hiring freeze, and recent tuition increase, Spotlight PA tracked the use of its jet, discovering that it flew 44 times in one month. The university declined the provide the cost of maintaining and using the plane.

The Spotlight PA team also provided one of the most extensive profiles of Neeli Bendapudi, the new president who took over last year. See https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2022/11/penn-state-president-bendapudi-profile/

The profile included a subtle analysis of a woman born in India, educated in Kansas, a one-time banker, and a Republican who faced significant issues at her former post at the University of Louisville. She currently faces similar matters from the left-leaning faculty at Penn State.

The State College bureau is the first regional outpost outside Harrisburg, the state capital, and covers issues of interest to north-central Pennsylvania, where I live. The bureau includes four reports and a budget of $500,000 a year.

The reports are available through a free weekly newsletter and regional news organizations. See https://www.spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown

I applaud the team’s effort so far and hope the organization will be around for some time to come!

A Simple Guide to Identify What’s Biblical (or traditional) in the Chosen and What Isn’t

Posted: December 13, 2022 by datechguy in Uncategorized
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Saw episode 1 of the third season of the Chosen and was impressed, the sermon on the mount was really something in terms of delivery but for me the most memorable moment was the exchange between Nathanial and Simon Peter after Peter got home and was finally going to have some time alone with his wife.

On this feast of St Lucy (Our Lady of Guadalupe was yesterday my bad) it hit me that this is an excellent illustration of how to identify what is drama and what is scripture or in the tradition of the Church in the series using a simple web search

For example, if you do a search for “the sermon on the mount painting” in brave this is what you come up with under images:

…you will find pages of paintings of this moment from scripture all over, however if you do a search of “St. Peter wanting to bash in St. Nathanael’s head in with a rock painting”

Not a painting, let alone a renaissance master in sight.

I submit and suggest this is a pretty solid method to separate the Drama and the reality.

It still was pretty funny.

Update: Today is the feast of St. Lucy, Our Lady of Guadalupe was yesterday, my bad but the rule stands, if it’s a biblical or a church tradition odds are some Renaissance artist painted it.

Report from Louisiana: Shreveport finally gets a Republican mayor!

Posted: December 12, 2022 by Pat Austin in Uncategorized
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By: Pat Austin

SHREVEPORT – For the first time since 2006 Shreveport, Louisiana has elected a white Republican mayor. Attorney Tom Arceneaux was elected in a runoff election Saturday.

I am astounded yet also extremely cautious exactly HOW conservative this mayor-elect actually is given that he was endorsed by the much loathed, ineffective outgoing Democrat mayor and two other locally prominent Democrat politicians.

His opponent is longtime veteran state senator Greg Tarver who has a colorful political and personal history.

The abysmal voter turnout of 30% has a lot to do with the outcome of this election and local pundits point to the fact that in a primarily black city, those voters did not turn out for Greg Tarver.

Shreveport has been circling the drain economically for decades and we have been losing our young, producing citizens for decades. There is literally nothing to hold upwardly mobile young people here except family ties. There are no jobs, no industry. Even the casinos are stagnant. With Dallas, Texas three hours away why would these young people stay here when there is so much more on the table so close by?

Crime is, of course, at an all time high with shootings, murders, and other violent crime literally a daily occurrence.

This is, of course, not unique to Shreveport. Many cities, small and large, are suffering the same plight. Is a new Republican mayor a step in the right direction?

Meh. Who knows.

Is it too late?

Maybe.

Am I skeptical? Definitely!

Tom Arceneaux will take office December 31. I sincerely hope he has an impressive start and generates a lot of optimism and hope in this town. I would say that it can’t get much worse, but of course it always can.

Color me disillusioned.

For further reading: NOLA: Tom Arceneaux wins, is Shreveport’s first Republican mayor in more than twenty years.

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