Saturday, April 25, 2009

Let's end this bickering, just agree with me for unity


Jimmy Carter implores Baptists to unite : Associated Press


Former President Jimmy Carter implored fellow Baptists on Saturday to look beyond a range of doctrinal disputes that have split the denomination, and urged them to focus on reconciling under a common cause.

That's the way to do it, Jimmy. Just call that disagreeable stuff "doctrine", and make your agenda the "common cause".

Friday, April 24, 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo gets Wired for Speed

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new shoes:Mercurial Vapor Superfly
Nike’s latest product Mercurial Vapor Superfly is considered as the future generation in soccer shoes as of its specific design. Nike has applied a new FlyWire system which rolls over the top of the shoe making a stabilization force. The FlyWire connects at the top of the shoe and gets the same dimensions as a hanging bridge. This system allowes Nike to apply a lighter material and therefore producing one of the lightest soccer shoes of all time weighing only 185g.

Nike’s latest product Mercurial Vapor Superfly

Besides Cristiano Ronaldo Nike’s latest product Mercurial Vapor Superfly is to be worn by world soccer stars such as Didier Drogba,Zlatan Ibrahimović,Nicklas Bendtner, Robinho......

Here’s what Cristiano Ronaldo stated about his co-operation with the Nike development team to bring his dream soccer shoe to life.
“I give feedback about what I like best, what makes me feel good and things I’m accustomed to. Nike listens to my feedback and they improve the boots each time. This boot is very different to the one I’m using and I prefer these to my old boots. The Mercurial Vapor Superfly is much lighter and helps me attack faster.”.

Cristiano Ronaldo Nike mercurial icon

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Angelina Jolie -- Diet and vitamins to get pregnant

Angelina Jolie is on a special diet to help her get pregnant. The Changeling actress, who already raises six children with her partner Brad Pitt, has reportedly taken several steps to ensure she is expecting again by the summer. A source said: Angelina is doing everything she can to get pregnant. She is taking prenatal vitamins, has dramatically cut down on her junk-food consumption, and is seeing her obstetrician regularly whenever shes back in Los Angeles. It has been claimed doctors previously advised Angelina against trying for another baby for a year after her twins Knox and Vivienne were born last July

MTV Lands First Amy Winehouse Post Addiction Concert ?

Embattled Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse has a new gig ! According to MTV, Winehouse is on the bill for its brand new series titled MTVs World Stage, a series the network says will feature live performances from around the world every Friday night. Winehouse, who has long been at the center of controversy including stints in rehab and an ongoing divorce battle, will join Linkin Park, The Pussycat Dolls, Enrique Iglesias and Coldplay on the concert series.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Angelina Jolie -- Diet and vitamins to get pregnant

Angelina Jolie is on a special diet to help her get pregnant. The Changeling actress, who already raises six children with her partner Brad Pitt, has reportedly taken several steps to ensure she is expecting again by the summer. A source said: Angelina is doing everything she can to get pregnant. She is taking prenatal vitamins, has dramatically cut down on her junk-food consumption, and is seeing her obstetrician regularly whenever shes back in Los Angeles. It has been claimed doctors previously advised Angelina against trying for another baby for a year after her twins Knox and Vivienne were born last July

MTV Lands First Amy Winehouse Post Addiction Concert ?

Embattled Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse has a new gig ! According to MTV, Winehouse is on the bill for its brand new series titled MTVs World Stage, a series the network says will feature live performances from around the world every Friday night. Winehouse, who has long been at the center of controversy including stints in rehab and an ongoing divorce battle, will join Linkin Park, The Pussycat Dolls, Enrique Iglesias and Coldplay on the concert series.

Saturday, April 18, 2009


Tampering in God's Domain Dept.


Extracting semen from a cadaver.



Woman Allowed to Have Dead Lover's Child: Associated Press



A New York judge has given a woman permission to harvest her dead lover's sperm so she can still have his baby.


Johnny Quintana was only 31 when he died Thursday of an apparent heart attack.


He had wanted to have a second child with his fiancee, Gisela Marrero, but the only way to make it happen was to quickly collect his sperm, which stays fresh for only 36 hours after death.


A court order was needed because Quintana and Marrero were not yet married.


The Bronx judge said "yes" Friday with only four hours left until the deadline.


Sperm bank staffers then rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where Quintana's body lay.


Marrero already has a 2-year-old son with Quintana.



This is wrong on so many levels. It is basically an injustice to the child who may be born in this process to have be deprived of a father. This assumes a likely scenario where Gisela Marrero will continue to choose not to be married.

Can me skeptical but I doubt that he made an explicit desire to become a posthumous father.


There's a disturbing aspect to this about a girlfriend having marital rights in some areas but not others. The state and city denied survivors pensions to all the girlfriends/boyfriends of the police and fire employees killed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11 for example.


It's like judge-supervised lottery.


Why isn't self-defense a right in international waters?


I need to research this. On cable news, they have been saying very casually -- like you'd be a fool not to know why -- ships cannot arm themselves beyond bats and firehoses.

Ronaldo signs new deal with oil firm Castrol

Ronaldo signs new deal with oil firm Castrol

Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Castrol Motor Oils and Lubricants as Global Ambassador.The partnership between world's best footballer of the year 2008 and the Castrol Motor Oils will last till 2011.
Cristiano obligations to Castrol who is also FIFA World Cup sponsor, will be to represent Castrol as a “global ambassador” leading up to the World Cup in South Africa and that basically means that we will see his face on their products.
The Castrol did not reveal the amount of money involved in the contract, but it counts on Ronaldo to promote Castrol mark, particularly in the initiatives that will take the effect at the start of World Cup 2010 and during the event.

As part of the bargain, his fans from all over the world will be given the opportunity to meet in person their hero in a uncomparable initiative that will provide fans to feel sacrifices and dedication involved to be named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2008.
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Friday, April 17, 2009



Georgetown University Hid Religious Symbols at White House Request: FoxNews


The Reuters caption for the photo:


April 14: President Obama speaks about the economy at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall. The school covered up religious symbols bearing the name of Jesus during Obama's remarks at the behest of the White House.


Catholic League: On Georgetown's cowardice


The Catholic League summarizes it well.
I think we are making regress here: First it was separation of Church and State, then it was separation of religion from public life, and then we have arrived at separation of Catholic imagery from Catholic institutions -- of course on a voluntary basis. Just remember, this is the time of the green wood.

[Luke 23:27] A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.' At that time people will say to the mountains, 'Fall upon us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?"
Blasphemy Dept.



The Local: Germany's News in English. Klinsmann suing daily over crucifixion cover


Bayern Munich coach Jürgen Klinsmann is taking legal action against a German daily after it printed an image of him being crucified on the front page of its Easter edition, the paper said on Tuesday.

It's a post-Christian world over there.


The only time you see Christian imagery is when it is being mocked.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo's spectacular 40 yard goal vs FC Porto

Cristiano Ronaldo's spectacular 40 yard goal vs FC Porto
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational long range goal against Porto last night and assured Man United passage to the Champions League semi finals and once again showed why he is the best player in the World

In the sixth minute Cristiano Ronaldo after he picked up a pass from Anderson,steamed home an unstoppable shot in to the top right corner of the Porto goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo's spectacular 40 yard goal vs FC Porto video
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Fr. Stanley Jaki OSB: New York Times Obituary


It's a tragedy that many of his best books are out-of-print. My favorite is Bible and Science. The Times did a better than expected job on the obituary.

Monday, April 13, 2009


Cardinal Egan: A tough tenure full of triumphs


George Marlin, New York Post



IN MAY 2000, when Pope John Paul II had to decide on a successor to the late John Cardinal O'Connor, the pontiff rejected Vatican recommendations and plucked from the ranks a man who had served him well as a canon lawyer in Rome and who had proven himself an able shepherd in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., the Most Rev. Edward M. Egan, D.D., J.C.D.

I wanted to say something positive about Cardinal Egan. I think George Marlin's summary is excellent and far better than I could express it.
Tampering in God's Domain Dept.


Girl born a record 22 years after father's sperm is frozen: Times UK


Doctors selected the best of the remaining [sperm] cells and injected them into ten eggs harvested from Mrs Biblis, of which seven fertilized successfully in the laboratory. Two of the embryos were implanted, though only one survived, and five remain in storage, allowing the couple the option of having more children.

This is one of the hard cases. Our sympathy rushes to the Chris Biblis who at 16 was rendered incapable of fathering children because of the treatment for his leukemia. The language of the article is coarse -- never giving human dignity to human embryos, or having ethical second thoughts about the collateral damage


Brave New World Dept.


I had no concern about working with old sperm – bovine and equine sperm has been frozen for long periods and has resulted in successful gestations.

Hey! It's science and the scientists are in charge. Stella may eventually learn of her sibling in the womb and her frozen siblings. Perhaps when she is an adult, the consciences of the world may just accept this as a routine way of being born.

Who is Alice Goodwin?

Who is Alice Goodwin?
Alice Goodwin is a beautiful English model and according to the latest rumors she supposedly spent a hot night with Manchester United Star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Alice is already famous in the United Kingdom for having shown her stunning body in several magazine such as Maxim and Zoo. But for now Cristiano neither confirmed nor denied her statement about their supposedly hot night together.While waiting for Cristiano’s comment about Alice Goodwin’s statement,we will be watching her pictures.....

Alice Goodwin is a forthcoming British model ,and is for now best known because of her statement that she had recently spent a wild night with Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Usain Bolt named Cristiano Ronaldo a “wuss”

Usain Bolt addresses Cristiano Ronaldo a wuss who had better copy Wayne Rooney.
The Jamaican sprinter said that Ronaldo needed to be more alike his team-mate team-mate Wayne Rooney if he wants to improve.He also criticised the Ronaldo's tendency to "fall over" on the pitch and said the trouble was his running technique.

Bolt, who gained a reputation as the fastest human on globe after winning the Olympic 100 m and 200 m sprints in record breaking time in Beijing China last year, is visiting Manchester following month to provide the Manchester United team some running advices.


22 year old Jamaican, said:
“The first thing I’m going to tell him: stop acting like a wuss.
“Seriously, because the fact why his game is kind of down right now is because these guys are picking on him because he’s so soft. No one in football will try it with Rooney. Ronaldo’s got to be a little like Rooney, he’s got to be aggressive, then these guys will stop picking on him. If Ronaldo’s aggressive back to these guys, and gets a few red cards, people will stop picking on him.”

Usain Bolt the world's fastest man
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

How to catch a pirate: New York Times


The strange thing about this roundup of solutions is that the authors who claim to know the real deal when pirates are concerned are fully of certainty only about what is not going to work. None of the know-it-alls has a solution other than wait and see what happens.

I made a pro-life connection when I first saw this image

Is or isn't this baby connected to his/her mother's body?

Are you satisfied you are looking at two people?

In any event, this is product for sale so let me plug the vendor Peekathru at mom4life.com and HT to urlesque.com

Friday, April 10, 2009


Vale, Edward Cardinal Egan


I wish Cardinal Egan well in whatever assignment he receives from the Pope. It is ironic that he is getting the greatest amount of local television coverage now at his exit. This wasn't true with his three predecessors during my life. Cardinal Egan was the master of his ecclesial domain and confronting the culture of death was a secondary concern for him. It will take the perspective of history to judge if he left the Church in New York in better condition than he found it.

As I blogged earlier the Cardinal made himself a prisoner of precedent and invited candidate Obama to the Al Smith dinner on the basis that while he was pro-abortion, he wasn't Catholic, and therefore not subject to the Church's "discipline".

Best wishes as well for Archbishop Timothy Dolan.

Chinese Model Lingerie

Chinese Model Lingerie

A Chinese model strikes pose at 'Eves temptation' fashion show as part of Shanghai Mode Lingerie.

Vivian Hsu Models for Lingerie Brand

Vivian Hsu Models for Lingerie Brand

Vivian Hsu Models for Lingerie Brand

Sheer Flyaway Camisole with Lingerie Triangle Soft Cups

Sheer Flyaway Camisole with Lingerie Triangle Soft Cups

Sheer flyaway camisole with triangle soft cups. Lace ribbon on cups and hem. Matching sheer g-string with lace ribbon.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009





I see a pattern emerging (and I will explain the pirate picture)


In the aftermath of the sexual abuse scandal it seems that legions of anonymous cowards have stepped forward to verbally defecate over every news item or blog posting that mentions "priest" to make a crude reference to child molestation. Before I give an example of this, so you too can recognize it, let me give you two core truths about the scandal of sexual abuse:

    The scandal was to a very large extent (perhaps as high as 80%), about homosexual relationships between priests and sexually mature males -- many under 18 and many over 18. Another segment was heterosexual relationships between priests and unmarried women over 18 (immoral but not illegal), and women who were married (which would be both immoral and legally actionable) and the smallest segment: sexually immature (i.e. prepubescent) boys and girls - illegal and morally depraved.

    Sexual abuse of children respects no occupational boundaries: it occurs more frequently among public school teachers and doctors. There are child sexual abusers among police officers and fire fighters, politicians and Wall Street executives, show business types and Internet technologists, venture capitalists and bloggers. It is in no sense specially prevalent in the Catholic priesthood.



Many people hate the Catholic Church. It is just a sad fact of post-Enlightenment post-modern and post-Christian United States. The task at hand is to call them out. Answer them with charity or answer them with sarcasm -- whatever fits the circumstances and audience and your blogging skills. I've been doing this for 25 years starting with USENET and Compuserve, and I am not alone.

To the particular case of the Pirate and the Priest:

One has to feel sorry for Father Commolly. Whether or not he said what was attributed to him, his goose has been cooked by the narrative given by Paul and Peggy Kanigoski. We should all give Father tactical support. The statue in full is soft-porn like a Victoria Secrets ad. It is objectifying the image of women. However, this is not high on my list of priorities. Women walk around with less on top during the summer in New York or any major city in the US. Sex sells. I think it more important to tell people that images like this subtract from human dignity rather that letting the Kanigoski's claim a cheap Larry Flynt-like martyrdom, and open door to the the sneers of the stupid comment boxers.


Here are the links:

    WNEP (video link), I think this is the origin






I have decided to post a modest picture of the statue. You can use your imagination or click on one of the above links.

Let me also mention that Curt Jester blogged on this earlier in the day.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Going Wobbly Dept.


Maybe Notre's Dame's invitation could be good for the unborn


Archbishop Quinn in America blogged on googlinggod



The bigger question though which Bishop Quinn addressed in the first few paragraphs of the article is a doozy: How do unborn get served in the end by either withdrawing the invitation or by allowing President Obama to speak? Which ends up serving their needs best?

My comment:


Yet another pathetic "call to dialog" with the killers of the unborn. The foolish Catholics and Catholic institutions have been doing this since before Roe. It is easy to answer the question of "how does it help the unborn" -- because it can deny Obama (or his surrogates) an updated clone of the infamous Cuomo political cover "...as I said in my September 13, 1984 speech at Notre Dame..." which every pro-abortion Catholic pol uses today as their position slip to defy God and his Church.


This dialog has only served to confuse, confound, and contradict clear Catholic teaching on the right to life of the unborn.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Catholicism and Economics


At the Nassau Community College, Center for Catholic Studies


The speakers were

  • Charles Clark, the Democratic Socialist, St John's University
  • Michael Novak, the Democratic Capitalist, American Enterprise Institute
  • Thomas Storck, for the Distributists, The Distributist Society


    It was not capitalism's day to shine. It's wasn't a classic debate along the lines of "Resolved: The United States should abandon capitalism for socialism." or
    "Resolved: The United States should abandon capitalism for distributism" it was more like put the texts of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations through Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse into a pinata and beat it around.


    Really, there were so many lies and half-truths said about the "c" word, there would be scarcely any time to offer up criticism on socialism and distributism.


    Michael Novak, I think, fell into several traps, citing government interventions into political matters as favorable evidence for capitalism. I thought citing the provision for patents and copyrights in the Constitution as a very odd way of defending capitalism -- an example of how the government grants a limited monopoly. Rather, it demonstrates that government often intervenes into markets.


    Rather than convincing me to stop being a capitalist, I heard many familiar complaints which I could have answered like "capitalism necessarily increases income inequality", but I also heard a few that made me think about things: how different the country would be if it were not so easy to create limited liability corporations.


    The lasting impact on me was a resolution to reread Rerum Novarum (1891) and its sequels through Centesimus Annus (1991) to get a better sense of how they connect to Catholic social justice.


    Finally, if they do this again, it should include someone who can argue for more capitalism -- that the Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional because it was not an enumerated power, and that "commerce clause" cases all the way back to Gibbons v. Ogden were decided in contravention of the principles of capitalism. Don't stop with unwinding creeping socialism in FDR's new deal, let's unwind all the way back to George Washington.

  • Thursday, April 2, 2009

    Mob Rule Dept.



    Village mob thwarts Google Street View car: Times of London (UK)



    Angry villagers formed a human chain to thwart the progress of a Google Street View car that was in the process of taking photographs of their homes.

    The end does not justify the means. When a mob wins, it only encourages them to do it again.


    I am not sure that the end in this case is a good thing: How can you make one rule for any photographer and another rule Google's photographer?