Mary Ann Glendon *turns down* Notre Dame Laetare Medal:
http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/04/flash-mary-ann-glendon-turns-down-notre.html
Alumni stops sending in its ISK:
http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/04/black-monday-group-confirms-nd-alumni.html
Archive for April, 2009
In case you have been living in a cave…hope has been busting out all over…
Posted in Victories on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quote of the Day
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
John C Wright:
Let me explain that I regard political correctness as worse than a lie.
A lie is a straightforward attempt to deceive a victim. It [is] almost honest by contrast. Political Correctness is a corrupt attempt to poison thought and speech, and to impose upon the nobility and courtesy of its victims to get [...]
Anti-Catholic bigotry on parade Exhibit C
Posted in Anti-Catholic Bigotry on Parade on April 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The title says it all: Pell rides papal bandwagon of death and concludes with, “Safe sex campaigns have strong political backing. But how many good Catholics will die in Africa and the Philippines before they learn that in the 21st century disobeying the Vatican line is a matter of life and death?”
Uncle Di responds:
How many [...]
Those on the take from the ones saying, “there’s no one but us chickens in here” and, “As long as it promotes dialog…”
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
James Bowman comments on what us in the blogsphere encounter all the time: defenders of The Same Old Crap demonstrating incredulity that, well, defies credulity:
There must be some significance to the fact that, for the moment at any rate, while we in America have moved on from random shootings of schoolchildren and young adults to [...]
Challenging the Academic-Media Complex on contraceptives
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And the condomaniacs get away with it because John Q Public doesn’t understand that probability is multiplicative, not additive; the odds (of preventing infection) go down as he continues his risk-taking.
NIH advertises an 86% effective rate for condoms in preventing pregnancy. Lets put that in terms we can understand:
Would you jump out of a plane [...]
