ishkabible 2009-09-08T15:55:51Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2009://2 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2009, chug2005 Simon Newcomb 2009-09-08T15:55:51Z 2009-09-08T15:47:01Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2009://2.1633 2009-09-08T15:47:01Z There is at the present day too great a disposition to regard the will of the majority as that of each individual of the community. --Simon Newcomb Wikipedia article Books at Project Gutenberg Books on Google... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Quotations There is at the present day too great a disposition to regard the will of the majority as that of each individual of the community.

--Simon Newcomb

Wikipedia article

Books at Project Gutenberg

Books on Google

]]> Adding Catholic feast days to a Google calendar 2009-09-03T02:42:10Z 2009-09-03T02:27:34Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2009://2.1628 2009-09-03T02:27:34Z See How to Easily Add the Catholic Liturgical Calendar to Google Calendar on ProductiveCatholic.com Probably the most notable online source for everything liturgical is Universalis. Universalis offers the Catholic Calendar, daily and Sunday Mass readings, and the Liturgy of the... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Catholicism See
How to Easily Add the Catholic Liturgical Calendar to Google Calendar on ProductiveCatholic.com

Probably the most notable online source for everything liturgical is Universalis. Universalis offers the Catholic Calendar, daily and Sunday Mass readings, and the Liturgy of the Hours online.

Thanks to Catholic Culture for the pointer.

Also see the Holy Days of Obligations at one of the sites below and then set them up to repeat annually - there are only 10 HDOs in the US.


]]> "To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it." 2009-08-22T23:29:34Z 2009-08-22T23:27:05Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2009://2.1621 2009-08-22T23:27:05Z Among the very rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Quotations Among the very rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

-- G.K. Chesterton

]]> Fred Thompson explains bailouts 2008-12-16T16:31:07Z 2008-12-16T16:27:07Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1426 2008-12-16T16:27:07Z Dropping money from helicopters will not work because some people have bigger rakes than others. But we can have some people dig holes and then hire more people to fill them up! Yeah, that's the ticket.... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Economics

Dropping money from helicopters will not work because some people have bigger rakes than others.

But we can have some people dig holes and then hire more people to fill them up!

Yeah, that's the ticket.

]]> Obama and the new age of sobriety 2008-11-14T14:27:02Z 2008-11-14T14:27:28Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1399 2008-11-14T14:27:28Z ‘Bush is an alcoholic who has never been treated’, said Frank. ‘[H]e needs an intervention… I think the only way to deal with him is to isolate him, and neutralise his behaviour, which would mean blocking everything he proposed, and... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye ‘Bush is an alcoholic who has never been treated’, said Frank. ‘[H]e needs an intervention… I think the only way to deal with him is to isolate him, and neutralise his behaviour, which would mean blocking everything he proposed, and refusing to go along with it: sanctioning him, quarantining him, censuring him, and impeaching him. He needs to be removed from office. He’s a very destructive man, who is not in touch with his destructiveness.’ Well, what are the democratic wishes of 50million American voters compared with the diagnosis of one doctor? The demand to treat Bush, or quarantine him, even to topple him, reveals the reactionary streak in the moralistic, borderline Catholic critique of his sinfulness. Many of the liberals who criticised Bush for his denigration of liberty and democracy in the name of politics seem happy to denigrate liberty and democracy in the name of therapy.

Obama, in contrast to Bush, is not only healthy and organic, he has also talked openly about his former ‘abuse’ of drink and drugs (though he still struggles with his addiction to cigarettes). This is one of the essential differences between Obama and Bush, argues the influential commentator Juan Cole: Obama wrote about his personal problems, and ‘honesty is the highest form of leadership’. In other words, Obama seems to accept the Gospel According to Oprah, built upon the Old Testament of Alcoholics Anonymous, which decrees that we must all accept our personal powerlessness and open ourselves up to external intervention. The spectre of the religious right was always partly the product of fevered liberal minds; the far more powerful religious force in the US today is the religion of therapy, with its emphasis on self-esteem over self-belief and meekness over ambition. At least part of the reason why members of the cultural elite are loudly celebrating the victory of healthy Obama over self-destructive Bush is because he better represents their irrational faith.

"Obama and the new age of sobriety," by Brendan O’Neill, Spiked!, November 10, 2008

]]> Real Estate Downfall 2008-11-12T12:06:31Z 2008-11-12T12:07:55Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1398 2008-11-12T12:07:55Z “We had some very good years but a lot of people over-capitalised,” he says. “They bought $300,000 new boats, $300,000 new houses, and new trucks, never putting anything away for a rainy day. But here it is, pouring rain.”... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye
“We had some very good years but a lot of people over-capitalised,” he says. “They bought $300,000 new boats, $300,000 new houses, and new trucks, never putting anything away for a rainy day. But here it is, pouring rain.”

"Maine lobstermen suffer as prices fall," by Rebecca Knight, FT.com, November 10 2008

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]]> Christianity has not been tried and found wanting... 2008-11-10T13:24:08Z 2008-11-10T13:27:26Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1395 2008-11-10T13:27:26Z Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net GK Chesterton Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

-- Gilbert K. Chesterton

]]> "The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations" 2008-08-04T22:41:01Z 2008-08-04T22:37:39Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1354 2008-08-04T22:37:39Z The Financial Times has an interview with Gloria Steinem, a former Playboy bunny and founder of Ms. magazine who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Steinem, who now backs Barack Obama, commits an amazing blunder: She believes... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Ay Caramba! The Financial Times has an interview with Gloria Steinem, a former Playboy bunny and founder of Ms. magazine who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Steinem, who now backs Barack Obama, commits an amazing blunder:
She believes women will vote for Obama even if Clinton doesn't get the much-mooted consolation prize of the vice-president's spot on the Democratic ticket--a job Steinem doesn't think is good enough for her anyway. Why? "It's not an independent position, to put it mildly. I would rather see her as the president of the Senate."

Steinem apparently is ignorant of Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, which stipulates: "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate." Hard to believe both Playboy and Ms. had such low standards.

"The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations," by James Taranto, Best of the Web Today, August 4, 2008

]]> "Society is the same in all large places." 2008-07-27T01:40:21Z 2008-07-27T01:37:45Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1348 2008-07-27T01:37:45Z "Society is the same in all large places. I divide it thus:1. People of cultivation, who live in large houses. 2. People of cultivation, who live in small houses. 3. People without cultivation, who live in large houses. 4. People... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye "Society is the same in all large places. I divide it thus:
1. People of cultivation, who live in large houses.
2. People of cultivation, who live in small houses.
3. People without cultivation, who live in large houses.
4. People without cultivation, who live in small houses.
5. Scrubs."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.) (writing while a medical student at Harvard)

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]]> Counsels of St. Francis de Sales 2008-07-23T13:20:38Z 2008-07-23T13:17:08Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1219 2008-07-23T13:17:08Z Live + Jesus! "I found Him, whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go.""Gaze on God simply and straightforwardly and let Him do as He pleases." St. Francis de Sales by Bro. Benedict Schmitz, OSFS,... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Salesian Tonics Live + Jesus!

"I found Him, whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go."

"Gaze on God simply and straightforwardly and let Him do as He pleases."




St. Francis de Sales by Bro. Benedict Schmitz, OSFS, Ingolstadt, Germany




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]]> Time for Some Campaignin' 2008-07-18T13:34:32Z 2008-07-18T13:37:13Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1343 2008-07-18T13:37:13Z Time for Some Campaignin' - from JibJab on YouTube... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Fun

Time for Some Campaignin' - from JibJab on YouTube

]]> Happy Yorkie and owner 2008-07-16T22:10:53Z 2008-07-16T22:07:09Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1340 2008-07-16T22:07:09Z Happy Yorkie and owner, Richmond, VA... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Dogs


Happy Yorkie and owner, Richmond, VA


]]> Globalization and Its Discontents 2008-07-06T15:19:06Z 2008-07-06T14:47:21Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1335 2008-07-06T14:47:21Z Red State Update: Budweiser Bought By Foreigners? - YouTube "Country Boys Can Survive: The Boys of Red State Update have Risen from Murfreesboro Obscurity to National Fame," by Jim Ridley, The Nashville Scene, September 20, 2007 . . .... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Humor

Red State Update: Budweiser Bought By Foreigners? - YouTube

"Country Boys Can Survive: The Boys of Red State Update have Risen from Murfreesboro Obscurity to National Fame," by Jim Ridley, The Nashville Scene, September 20, 2007



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]]> "Bachelorhood And Its Discontents" 2008-07-05T05:23:50Z 2008-07-05T02:07:29Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1332 2008-07-05T02:07:29Z It wasn't just that the bachelor was untrustworthy, wrote [George] Ade, he was also a “draft dodger” and a “slacker,” one who had exchanged the traditional male role of provider for that of refusenik. Or, as another wag put it,... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye It wasn't just that the bachelor was untrustworthy, wrote [George] Ade, he was also a “draft dodger” and a “slacker,” one who had exchanged the traditional male role of provider for that of refusenik. Or, as another wag put it, “The bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.” Until quite recently the office bachelor was seen as a serious liability, and earned considerably less than his married counterpart. Vance Packard, in his 1962 book The Pyramid Climbers, noted that, “In general the bachelor is viewed with circumspection, especially if he is not well known to the people appraising him…[However] the worst status of all is that of a bachelor beyond the age of 36. The investigators wonder why he isn’t married. Is it because he isn’t virile? Is he old-maidish? Can’t he get along with people?” By contrast, the married man was the steady one, the stable lot, not least because, in Tallyrand’s memorable phrase, "a married man with a family will do anything for money.”

"Bachelorhood And Its Discontents," by Christopher Orlet, New English Review, July 2008




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]]> "Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013" 2008-07-02T11:38:10Z 2008-07-02T11:37:42Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1329 2008-07-02T11:37:42Z The Onion: Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013 . . . . . . . . .... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Fun

The Onion: Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013




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