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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Briefly on Pope Francis and Traditional Spiritual Instruction:

My words will be in regular font.

he’s repeatedly used words that lend one to think he believes in impanation or consubstantiation..

Only if you presume what he is saying must be unorthodox because he does not use specific words you want him to use or because your judgment is formed by an presuppositional inclination against him. St. Francis de Sales counseled against "people whose judgment is solely formed by inclination; who always think well of those they like, and ill of those they dislike." This principle applies to the words and actions of others. As Fr. Quadrupani noted in an eighteenth century spiritual instruction to devout souls referencing St Francis de Sales:
"Always be ready and willing to excuse the faults of your neighbour and never put an unfavourable interpretation upon his actions. The same action, says St. Francis de Sales, may be looked upon under many different aspects: a charitable person will ever suppose the best, an uncharitable one will just as certainly choose the worst." 
This principle also made it into the CCC in the section on the eighth commandment and violations thereof (CCC 2478).

can you find similar words before 1965?

It would not matter if I could or could not. But if you want words "prior to 1965" for some arbitrary reason, the words of Quadrupani are from 1795 and the words of de Sales are from 1619.

On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:

This is a further response on social media to the following material:

Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform

The first installments in this series can be read HERE and HERE. My words will be in regular font.

Shawn, wait a second. You gonna tell me that the assassination of a president, governor, or mayor is not going to be more vigorously prosecuted than a drive-by shooting?

Apples and oranges. There is a qualitative difference between a democratically elected chief executive and some unelected tin badge wearing authoritah jackoff.

Same principle applies, albeit to a lesser extent, to law enforcement for the simple reason that these occupations represent security beyond just themselves.

Geez, the photo from earlier was more on point with you than I thought.


7 Times John Roberts Was A Leftist Hack

Briefly...

1) The clownservatard right were the ones engaging in judicial activism by refusing to sever the mandate in NFIB v Sebilius and instead pretending it could not be severed (which was a lie) all so they could try and strike down an entire statute. This was blatant judicial activism of the sort clownservatards claimed they abhorred. Except it is not true. Because when supposed "conservatives" think they can get away with it, they will curb kick all that talk about originalism and judicial restraint. Hypocrites.

2) This was a basic move of the sort the court often does when there is a case in the pipeline on the same matter awaiting a lower court ruling. That the author sought to use it as one of her examples shows she is really straining to build her list.

3) Now she is bitching about a Roberts' concurrence in a 9-0 court case? Sad and pathetic reaching yet again.

4) The decision here actually was a proper utilization of the Administrative Practices Act. Wilbur Ross' agency screwed up by giving a less than reasonable reason for the addition so it was an example of doing the right thing for the wrong stated reasons. For those who do not give a damn about procedure and only want their chosen end result, they will of course not care.

5) So one complaint she had is during the President Trump impeachment trial, the presiding chief justice refused to engage in right wing political bullshit preferring to focus on the real issue at hand? Yeah, that is such hackery whereas nothing Rand Paul was doing was grandstanding hackish bs? Bitch, please.

6) Gorsuch wrote the opinion and Roberts is being blamed for this one? Boy are we desperate now.

7) Ok, finally we get a legitimate gripe rather than political hackery. What one president puts in place with pure executive authority should be just as easily be removed by another president. So yeah, Roberts blew it on this one.

So of her seven examples, only one really holds water.

Thursday, June 18, 2020

We must always put the best construction that we can upon what we see our neighbour do. In doubtful matters, we ought to persuade ourselves that what we noticed is not bad, but that it is our imperfections that cause such a thought to arise in our minds; that thus we may avoid rash judgments, which are a very dangerous evil, and for which we ought to have a sovereign detestation. In cases clearly wrong, we ought to have compassion for our neighbour, and humble ourselves for his defects as if they were our own, and pray God for his amend ment with the same heart we should for our own, were we subject to the same defects. [St. Francis de Sales]

On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:

This is a further response on social media to the following material:

Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform

The first installment in this series can be read HERE. My words will be in regular font.

Shawn, I have made no excuses whatsoever for police misconduct. And no, it is not an Animal Farm view of things to believe that violent crimes against law enforcement should be prosecuted with even more vigor. It’s not because they are better than anyone else, but for the reason I state above, that is killing cops makes a community more vulnerable. In other words, to BETTER PROTECT A COMMUNITY!!! Woke Shawn refuses to understand the simple logic of deterrence there.

As far as the death penalty is concerned, you know I’m one of the most pro-death penalty folks around for the capital murder of civilians,

Equality under the law should not be a mindless slogan. But just as leftists love to namedrop Dr. King while not bothering to listen to what he said, folks like yourself pay lip service to the notion of being "a nation of laws" and "equality under the law" to create special exemption preserves for some groups of people. In short, "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." In a nutshell: Animal Farm.


Wednesday, June 17, 2020

On Law Enforcement Reform And Conservative Intransigence:

This was a response on social media to the following material:

Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform

My words will be in regular font.

This should be a two way street. 1) If you mouth off to a cop (tell him to fuck off, call him a pig etc.)in the performance of his duties (traffic stops etc.) you should at least spend the night in jail. When I was growing up, a cop whipped your ass if you mouthed off and no one said shit about it. This was especially true with cops in the suburbs.

2) If you try to physically attack a cop on duty, it should be a felony if it isn’t already. If you happen to get a concussion in the process, tough shit!

3) Murder of a police officer should be an automatic federal death penalty-eligible offense. Since we are treating the Tenth Amendment as dead letter, might as well do it in favor of the good guys once in a while.

There is a difference between wanting effective law enforcement that respects the constitutional and civil rights of those they are supposed to serve and blowing the cops while making excuses for inexcusable violations of constitutional and civil rights with an Animal Farm view of things. Maybe someday you will realize this.

Monday, June 15, 2020

Seven Ideas For Law Enforcement Reform:


2) Make falsifying a police report a felony

3) End qualified immunity

4) End no knock warrants

5) End warrantless searches

6) Make intentionally turning off a police body camera to conceal evidence a felony

7) Require at least a year's training for police officers before they are allowed to go armed into a community.