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Words I didn’t expect to read when I came Home: “Milo Yiannopoulos Dedicates his life to St. Joseph” edition

Posted: March 10, 2021 by datechguy in Uncategorized

Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues and you know it don’t come easy

Ringo Starr It Don’t Come Easy 1971

Mary Cooper: Lord, thank you. Even though you can do anything, that was mighty impressive.

The Big Bang Theory: The Proposal Proposal 2017

About 30 minutes ago I came home from work and as I don’t own a cell phone or have an internet connection at work went to the net to see what was up. Given what we’ve seen over the last two months there’s not very much that can surprise me but this via Lifesite and Citizen Free Press did:

Activist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. Joseph

‘Secular attempts at recovery from sin are either temporary or completely ineffective. Salvation can only be achieved through devotion to Christ and the works of the Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.’

The interview that followed tells the story and like all such stories is one of ups and downs:

My own life has changed dramatically, though it crept up on me while I wasn’t paying attention. I’m someone who responds to micromanagement and accountability, so I’ve found counting days an effective bulwark against sin. In the last 250 days I’ve only slipped once, which is a lot better than I predicted I would do.

It feels as though a veil has been lifted in my house — like there’s something more real and honest going on than before. It’s been a gradual uncovering, rather than a dramatic reveal.

This is not going to be easy although he is likely to get an awful lot of support from actual faithful Catholics and a ton of hate from not only the intolerant left but from the various: “Catholics for Mortal Sin” groups, not to mention being targeted by Satan. It’s not going to be an easy time. he’s likely going to stumble more than once, which is what the sacrament of confession is for and will undoubtedly have every failure he experiences during this time trumpeted and highlighted by the media and their pals.

If he manages to persevere he will undoubtedly be reviled boycotted and excoriated by the media, academia, the Hollywood and secular left till the day he dies.

However After that I guarantee he will not be alone.

Pray for him.

A royal mess

Posted: March 9, 2021 by chrisharper in Uncategorized, Uncomfortable Truths
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By Christopher Harper

I’ve never really understood the American fascination with the British royal family.

For centuries, the monarchy has been a dysfunctional band of malcontents who battled over religion and turf. Henry VIII and George III were bona fide madmen. Princess Margaret and Lady Diana didn’t get along with the other royals. Prince Charles always struck me as a dopey mope.

So why did 17 million Americans watch an interview by Oprah Winfrey with Prince Harry and Princess Megan?

I don’t know. Maybe prurient interest?

A quick survey of my friends on Facebook found no one would admit to watching the two-hour attack on the royal family.

One British friend, a former BBC reporter, disagreed. “It’s quite important, he wrote. “Just think about it. It’s about institutions, race, personal freedoms, mass idiocy, and it’s told through a story of two young people who went against the grain. Yes, they’re rich. But does that make The Grapes of Wrath better or less significant than The Great Gatsby?”

It’s not a bad defense for watching the program. Since there’s little I haven’t watched on Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix during the pandemic, my standards are pretty low, but I still wouldn’t spend two hours on Harry, Meghan, and Oprah.

Then there’s the money. It’s reported that someone—probably Oprah’s production company—paid between $7 million and $9 million for the interview. There was a time that paying for news was an ethical breach. I guess the interview may not be technically news, but still.

It’s unclear who got the money. Everyone swears that Harry and Meghan didn’t get a dime. Since they face being cut off from the royal treasury, particularly after the interview, I find the disclaimer hard to believe.

Since the program aired on CBS, how much did the one-time “Tiffany Network” plop down?

I never thought Oprah was a particularly good interviewer. I worked with the best: Barbara Walters.

It seems that Oprah didn’t press the royal couple on what I would consider the most crucial question: What did they expect to happen after they got married?

In 1936, King Edward VIII took over the reign of England. However, he abdicated his throne to marry the love of his life, Wallis Simpson, an American and two-time divorcee. In an interview many years later with the BBC, Edward provides a path Harry and Meghan should take. See https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/03/07/meghan-can-learn-mrs-simpsons-tell-all-tv-interview/

At the end of the interview, the reporter asked the duke if he had any regrets about not having remained king. “No,” he said. “I would have liked to have, but I was going to do it under my conditions. So I do not have any regrets. But I do take a great interest in my country – my country which is Britain – your land and mine. I wish it well.”

Very Quick Thoughts Under the Fedora

Posted: March 9, 2021 by datechguy in Uncategorized

Apparently people are trolling the left with terms like. “Superstraight” defined as a hetrosexual person who is attracted to the opposite sex.

During my youth the term for this was “normal”

I think this is a very pythonesque way to fight back against these fool and obviously anyone who object is a racist sexist etc who should be banned from everywhere.

Can anyone tell me who actually decides who gets to be one of our “elites”?

Given the resources available I can’t see why we just can’t come up with our own.

Do actual people who are struggling to get by actually care about fabalously rich former royals who claim to be oppressed and suffering?

I work with a bunch of people working for minimum wage in a country they are not from who don’t speak the language yet I don’t hear them whine they way these folks do, although in fairness given my inability to speak Spanish, Portuguese Creole, Cambodian or several African languages if they were whining I would not likely not know it.

Speaking of these folks with gas going up .75 over the last two months Joe Biden has done more for Russia in his first 60 days then any other US president.

There is a lot of loose talk about civil wars but while a lot of people think it will happen I’m thinking that the well armed people on the right aren’t going to start taking up arms and shooting until

  1. Antifa violence spreads to Red areas (blue cities in Red states don’t count)
  2. they are made uncomfortable

When people are well fed, well entertained and generally not in physical danger they are not likely to be running for the guns, particularly when death is not a regular part of life anymore.

However there is one factor that makes it more likely, the complete unfamiliarity of most of the American people with what an actual war entail but that deserves a much longer post..

And Now a Sports Interlude

Posted: March 8, 2021 by datechguy in Uncategorized

With the Departure of Jackie Bradley Jr the Boston Redsox have now lost all three members of what was once the best outfield in baseball.

It’s fair to say that the best outfielder that the Sox currently have is worse than the worst outfielder they had in 2018 (Andrew Benintendi).

The number of flyouts that will become doubles and the number of extra bases that will be taken against this pitching staff will not be an enjoyable sight to see.

There has been some talk about Shaq’s comments concerning NBA players of today being coddled.

He is of course right but in general the youth of today have not had to face reality in general and have not been said no to about anything so as average students without massive ability aren’t subject to anything resembling discipline I don’t see why he would expect young people in the NBA who by definition have a high level skill set that make them a potential source of revenue for people and are paid highly for it to show any?

This isn’t an NBA problem it’s a societal problem.

Here in New England there is still all kinds of talk concerning who will be the QB for the patriots this year. Will it be Cam Newton? Will Belichick draft a QB, will he sign a free agent, will he do something else etc etc etc.

All of this talk is basically meaningless. As long as Tom Brady is still playing in the NFL he will be the only measuring stick that any Pats QB will be measured against and there is no available QB that can be signed or drafted that will not be found wanting in such a comparison so whoever comes here is going to be here for a paycheck not to take this team to a title. As long as Brady is on the field anywhere being the Patriots Quarterback will be the most thankless job in the NFL.

Personally my thought is that if you don’t have the potential to make this a playoff team I’d just pick up players in the draft to improve other position and perhaps trades for some picks next year presuming there is someone coming up the pike that might be worth looking at.

Am I the only person who thinks it’s both pathetic and creative that the NFL sold the naming rights to their divisions to make up for lost Corona Virus revenue? I mean the Honda West Division? Really?

Frankly the most interesting thing about hockey these days is that it’s been decades since the Montreal Canadians who were once the NY Yankees of the Hockey world has won a Stanley Cup or even been in contention for it.

We’re still nowhere near Red Sox after 1918 futility but the drought has almost reached 30 years. That’s pretty sad.

Finally it appears that with fans shortly to start returning to the various sports venues in the near future the owners have decided to put the breaks on “woke” displays designed to appease the arrogant left.

It’s one thing to do these things when there are no paying fans to offend, it’s quite another to risk fan bases already disgusted with athletes who treat them with contempt.

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