Eric Scheske
From the Notebooks
Fascism, Bilderberg, and the Vatican
Definition of Fascism: Use of coercion to promote a goal that is neither a good
that is self-evident from the natural law nor a good that is supported by an
overwhelming majority.
It differs from Socialism in this: It does not eliminate private property in
Meyers
A 10-year-old in Ohio has been suspended after pretending his finger was a gun
and aiming it at another student. Just wait until school officials find out he
was in possession of nine other guns.
Interesting
H.I.F.
Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network ran this piece
[http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2014/March/The-New-USA-Secession-Movement-Gains-Steam/]
today, claiming that secession movements are picking up steam. Drudge linked to
it. Now The Daily Bell is talking about it
[http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35082/Secession--Logical-Outgrowth-of-a-Modern-Reformation/
Interesting
H.I.F.
I'm glad I wear Brute. I don't think that attracts anything (including girls).
Reddit: "TIL Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love Calvin Klein's Obsession for
Men. The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness."
Ash Wednesday
Lent
Welcome to Lent 2014. The time to repent is at hand, and we all have plenty to
repent for. Forty days ain't enough time for all the work we have to do, but I'm
sure we'll all give it (yet another wholly-adequate) shot.
Meyers
Despite the fact that the Ukraine has been all over the news for the past few
weeks, a survey found that 64 percent of U.S. students still couldn't find
Ukraine on a map. Said Vladimir Putin, “Soon nobody will.”
Despite being on the other side of the
Frustrating
H.I.F.
I've spent the last month looking at the long-term forecast on my iPhone apps.
They're repeating the same pattern as last year: things look great in 10-15
days! And then as the days shrink, so does the optimism. The default weather app
for
Mardi Gras
You Learn Something New Every Day, Episode 17,441: "Le Krewe d'Etat is a
satirical New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe with their first organized inaugural
parade in 1998." Link [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Krewe_d'Etat]. I looked
that up after a TDE
Meyers
"On Monday, Chipotle will begin selling tofu burritos in the New York area. So
if you love burritos, and you love tofu . . . you probably don't exist."
"On Thursday, the captain of the crashed cruise ship Costa Concordia went back
to the wreck for the first