FINAL POST: This blog has moved to a new home- January 17, 2007 Change your bookmarks, etc. to RelapsedCatholic.com. Our new host is Blogmatrix, founded by Toronto's own David Janes.As of right now (Wednesday, Jan 1707) the RSS feed at the new site is still being fixed, and we have a CSSfont size issue. But otherwise the site is 95% working, so please come visit! PS: So long, Blogger. It's been a great 6.5 years but your "new" and "improved" platform is icky, and your help forum is worse. Bye.http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/final-post-this-blog-has-moved-to-new.html URGENT: This blog is moving!- January 17, 2007 UPDATE 2: Cross stays, atheist dies. UPDATE: I'd recommend visiting SmallDeadAnimals while I'm tied up, for excellent posts on race & culture, "global warming", a Greenpeace founder's moment of clarity and much more. My other daily visits include RightGirl, BloodThirstyLiberal, WesternResistance and GatesOfVienna.Another place to look for good stuff is the right hand sidebar at Mark Steyn's Greatest Hits page, under "Ports of Call."As promisedthreatened: I'm leaving Blogger after almost 7 years.http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/urgent-this-blog-is-moving.html David Warren: Baghdad express- January 15, 2007 "President Bush is at his most Lincolnesque at the moment. Abraham Lincoln made most of the key decisions that ultimately won the American Civil War, over the opposition of Congress, public opinion, and most particularly, his generals. He was depicted in the press of his day much as Mr Bush is depicted in the media of our day: as a simpleton, in over his depth. Which doesnt mean Bush is another Lincoln. But doesnt preclude it, either."http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/david-warren-baghdad-express.html BC Sikhs honour assassin who murdered Canadian official- January 15, 2007 No wonder we didn't want to let you in!"If a minority group doesn't like Canadian immigration policy, it is justified in murdering the government officials charged with enforcing it. Now that's multiculturalism with a vengeance! "Let's be clear. If this article is accurate, the gurdwara is teaching its members to despise the British Canadians who built Canada. I don't believe in 'hate speech' laws, but I do note the inconsistency with which they are enforced. It seems to me saying a murdered...http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/bc-sikhs-honour-assassin-who-murdered.html Australia: Muslim group denounces "uncovered meat" sheik- January 15, 2007 "In the television interview, the sheik labelled white Australians "liars" and said Muslims were more entitled to be in Australia than those with a convict heritage. (...)"The sheik is on holiday in Egypt in what was supposed to be a self-imposed exile following comments he made late last year during a Ramadan speech at Sydney's Lakemba mosque."He compared immodestly-dressed women to 'uncovered meat' and said they were responsible for the sexual assaults they incur."http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/australia-muslim-group-denounces.html Well, half of 'em are happy...- January 15, 2007 Is this a joke Guidebooks to Denmark correctly assert that winning the 1992 European Championship in football by beating Germany 2-0 in the final put Danes in such a state of euphoria that the country has not been the same since. This would explain the high plateau of life satisfaction in Denmark after 1992. Football 1992 Yet Euros call Americans shallow and stupid. (Saith Julie Burchill: Show me a man who loves football and nine times out of ten you'll be pointing at a really bad shag.)Here's..http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/well-half-of-em-are-happy.html PJ O'Rourke's new book -- for $1- January 15, 2007 Actually, you get 5 books for $1 when you join the American Compass conservative book club.Other new titles just out include Dinesh D'Souza's The Enemy at Home, Clint Johnson's The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South and Dr. Laura's latest, The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage. (Sorry: US residents only.)http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/pj-orourkes-new-book-for-1.html UK: more on the schoolgirl and the crucifix- January 15, 2007 According to the Telegraph, the school has a jewellery ban for certain grades; small cross lapel pins are allowed, however. My Catholic high school had a no-jewellery policy too, to cut down on status symbols. I still don't understand the "health and safety" aspect -- sounds like bureaucratic and legal hoo-haw -- but the school's position otherwise seems reasonable. She should wear the regulation lapel pin instead of her crucifix.http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/uk-more-on-schoolgirl-and-crucifix.html The Gospel According to Oprah- January 15, 2007 "Winfrey learned all about 'testifying' as a girl back in the Faith United Mississippi Baptist Church, where jealous peers often called her 'Miss Jesus.'"But here's the irony, noted journalist Marcia Nelson, author of The Gospel According to Oprah Winfrey has become a billionaire and one of world's most powerful women by baring her soul and urging millions of others to follow her example, resulting in what some critics call the 'Oprahfication' of America. However, it's almost impossible to...http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/gospel-according-to-oprah.html In the 70s, there was always some crazy chick named Annie- January 15, 2007 I love Foxes and overlook its flaws because even though the release date is 1980, it is a quintessential 70s film that nobody talks about. Mostly because it is such a teenage girl movie; I doubt many men could sit through the whole thing. If Janis Ian's voice makes your life flash before your eyes, if you remember Love's Baby Soft and Bonnie Bell Lipsmackers and scented belted Kotex, you should really watch this movie. It will make you want to dig up your old Holly Hobby diary with the little...http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/in-70s-there-was-always-some-crazy.html |