tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post2956368376688036409..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: MAJORLY UPDATED: This Gathering Is Unlawfulmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-69031177427042106572021-04-05T22:16:39.176-05:002021-04-05T22:16:39.176-05:00Right. What do these people think they're prot...Right. What do these people think they're protecting themselves from? Bizarre.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79332387881320742362021-04-05T22:09:24.323-05:002021-04-05T22:09:24.323-05:00I love (well, I don't) seeing folks fully mask...I love (well, I don't) seeing folks fully masked up driving around town in their own car with the windows rolled up.Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-67031690086472580472021-04-05T22:01:19.534-05:002021-04-05T22:01:19.534-05:00Madness. Sh*theads. The other day on my walk I saw...Madness. Sh*theads. The other day on my walk I saw someone riding a bike--with a mask on!mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-86256500860493009992021-04-05T20:31:59.981-05:002021-04-05T20:31:59.981-05:00Spirit Airlines ...
Family with a 2 year old with...Spirit Airlines ...<br /><br />Family with a 2 year old without a mask “caused” a male Karen to complain. The flight attendant forced the issue and the entire flight had to deplane. Everyone got back on, including the family with the 2 year old. The Karen did not and supposedly, the Karen was an employee of Spirit.<br /><br />I deal with such stupidity all the time. What should have happened TexasDudehttps://tdnew10.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-83865752411800374472021-04-04T11:28:16.852-05:002021-04-04T11:28:16.852-05:00Yep--hopefully the resistance will spread. This ha...Yep--hopefully the resistance will spread. This has nothing to do with science.<br /><br />LE has a difficult job, but citizens need to understand that LE works for and obeys the people who cut their checks. It's like government teachers. They have "teachers" unions. Those are for the benefit of teachers--not students.<br /><br />Time for people to wise up.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-74219529868471869772021-04-04T11:16:23.071-05:002021-04-04T11:16:23.071-05:00At another Polish church - in Calgary, a differen...At another Polish church - in Calgary, a different outcome:<br /><br /><b>“Get Out, Nazis!” Calgary Pastor Shouts Down Police Interrupting Church Service During Holy Week (VIDEO)</b><br /><br /><i>Now this is how a real man handles the Covid Nazis.<br /><br />Artur Pawlowski, the Pastor of the Cave of Adullam Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada shouted down police officers who interrupted his Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-9208989187196439992021-04-03T15:59:17.832-05:002021-04-03T15:59:17.832-05:00Which is exactly the comedy I was channeling from ...Which is exactly the comedy I was channeling from the get-go...YM & YPM - by far the funniest series in the history of the telly IMHO...got the box sets and watch them every year. Never gets old to an old bureaucrat! Seriously thought it should be watched by every outsider tapped by Trump for his administration to get some kind of idea of what they were going to be up against when it came Hotlanta Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019546809736756263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-70792553723999364192021-04-03T15:25:21.167-05:002021-04-03T15:25:21.167-05:00Right, and in the rest of śląsk there were other d...Right, and in the rest of śląsk there were other disputes--including armed conflict--re the German/Polish border due to the mixed population.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-48888541672742620132021-04-03T14:36:37.451-05:002021-04-03T14:36:37.451-05:00@Spartacus
"No, I don’t laugh at Polish joke...@Spartacus<br /><br />"No, I don’t laugh at Polish jokes."<br /><br />I wonder who, <i>really</i>, brought the Polish joke to the U.S. Must have been someone with a sense of inferiority who had to make themselves feel bigger by making fun of someone else. <br /><br />Never a good look. Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-73859471012729696322021-04-03T14:35:48.243-05:002021-04-03T14:35:48.243-05:00Mark in my "Origins of WWII" class at OS...Mark in my "Origins of WWII" class at OSU I remember the Cieszyn Silesia Pocket part of Czechoslovakia. A reason for the Poles not coming to the defense of the Czechoslovakia. This was the "time of the Coronals" who took over after the death of Jozef Pilsudski who contemplated invading Nazi Germany in 1935 much to the world's regret.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-90857652697087013582021-04-03T14:28:09.483-05:002021-04-03T14:28:09.483-05:00@HH and Mark
"Those who know the system can g...@HH and Mark<br />"Those who know the system can game the system beyond the knowledge of the newbies who will eventually go away as administrations change."<br /><br />As hilariously demonstrated 40 years ago in the timeless "Yes, Minister".<br /><br />Here's a link for readers who don't go back quite that far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnBYVHFjIECassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53290727692807089872021-04-03T14:26:50.722-05:002021-04-03T14:26:50.722-05:00Naah, Mark..."brusqueness"? I eat it fo...Naah, Mark..."brusqueness"? I eat it for breakfast! The problem with the Internet is the difficulty of strangers to ascertain jocularity...or the lack of it. Had we indulged in this conversation in person somewhere, I woulda played the part of Monty Python's Black Knight and jousted with you until all appendages were lopped off, so to speak. As always, carry on - ya didn't Hotlanta Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019546809736756263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-14466792133534742472021-04-03T14:21:02.021-05:002021-04-03T14:21:02.021-05:00It is the old adage "follow the money". ...It is the old adage "follow the money". Whoever has the gold rules. I appreciate you response to Old Hippie. I will research, ponder and pray about it.<br /><br />SpartacusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-85412124113399478172021-04-03T14:07:14.597-05:002021-04-03T14:07:14.597-05:00You're a real sicko.You're a real sicko.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55790803461674216502021-04-03T14:01:58.712-05:002021-04-03T14:01:58.712-05:00Of course no country is perfect, but "Poland ...Of course no country is perfect, but "Poland was part of the German success in WW2" is a pretty unhinged statement. Moreover, I believe you've got your "facts" mixed up: "<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=poland+broke+treaty+to+defend+czechoslovakia&t=h_&ia=web" rel="nofollow">poland broke treaty to defend czechoslovakia</a>"mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-34340360809346349742021-04-03T13:47:25.725-05:002021-04-03T13:47:25.725-05:00No country is perfect. Poland was part of the Ger...No country is perfect. Poland was part of the German success in WW2 because she broke her treaty promise to join with other small countries to defend Czechoslovakia, the first of Hitler's conquests. Karma, unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-72990150005819840902021-04-03T13:41:11.301-05:002021-04-03T13:41:11.301-05:00I'm sorry if I've seemed brusque. These ar...I'm sorry if I've seemed brusque. These are complex topics that are difficult to present briefly. I'll provide a link to something written by a political philosopher, Robert Kraynak, called:<br /><br />The influence of Kant on Christian theology: a debate about human dignity and Christian personalism<br />https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+influence+of+Kant+on+Christian+theology%3a+a+mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58915128474256190472021-04-03T13:18:01.895-05:002021-04-03T13:18:01.895-05:00As the great philosopher Roberto Duran may have on...As the great philosopher Roberto Duran may have once said: "no mas"...I know when I'm overmatched, sigh<br />I lurked your blog for years for insights different from what I get from the Catholic Herald and I bow to your perspicacity and erudition about all things Catholic. As another great philosopher once said: "a man's got to know his limitations" and I know mine Hotlanta Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019546809736756263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-42964749413291575592021-04-03T12:48:26.128-05:002021-04-03T12:48:26.128-05:00Also, re The Police and Us, while we need police w...Also, re The Police and Us, while we need police we should not mistake them for our friends. Be wary is my advice. After decades in law enforcement I have no desire to be unfair, but it's reality. mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6603568054853566992021-04-03T12:44:59.092-05:002021-04-03T12:44:59.092-05:00In my working years I spoke with many, many people...In my working years I spoke with many, many people like that, who had similar stories.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-9031525333912078832021-04-03T12:44:16.380-05:002021-04-03T12:44:16.380-05:00Wojtyła was very much an insider at V2 and identif...Wojtyła was very much an <b>insider</b> at V2 and identified strongly with the Nouvelle Theologie of his 'doctrine' chief, Ratzinger. Wojtyła--an intellectual wannabe--was an exponent of Kantian 'personalism'. I don't have space here to go on, but what you're seeing now is very much the result of all that. Whether Wojtyła and Ratzinger still harbored some residual mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-52169990060985055252021-04-03T12:34:35.305-05:002021-04-03T12:34:35.305-05:00Mark, I can't disagree with your observations ...Mark, I can't disagree with your observations about the upper (and lower) echelons of the Church, sigh. I was more speaking about the triumvirate of Thatcher, Reagan & the Pope leading the way towards the end of the Cold War. That being said, I think Wojtyła was an outsider in much the way Trump was and once you take charge, whether it be in Rome or DC, how do you staff important Hotlanta Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019546809736756263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26780520230442789992021-04-03T12:33:40.079-05:002021-04-03T12:33:40.079-05:00Regarding the police coming in a breaking up the c...Regarding the police coming in a breaking up the celebration. It reminds me again of a very prescient Codavilla essay, “The Police and Us”. I have it marked in my personal reference library.<br /><br />The Police and Us - American Greatness (amgreatness.com)<br /><br />Spartacus<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2784419107293147522021-04-03T12:31:59.299-05:002021-04-03T12:31:59.299-05:00If you can please provide more info. I am very in...If you can please provide more info. I am very interested in what you have discerned.<br /><br />SpartacusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79349161935261675532021-04-03T12:25:57.964-05:002021-04-03T12:25:57.964-05:00I don’t laugh at Polish jokes. I lived in Poland ...I don’t laugh at Polish jokes. I lived in Poland for 1997 to 2000 for work and lived in Warsaw and Krakow. Many scenes from “Schindler’s List” were filmed in my neighborhood. My place of work was 15 miles from Auschwitz. <br />My in-laws were Polish refugees from WWII. Both recently passed. My mother in law was in Galicia at the start of WWII. Her most vivid memory was her brother was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com