Miscellaneous

After writing my jeremiad about the shamanism that goes by the name "meteorological science," I deleted the Accuweather app from my phone and resolved never to look at another long-term weather forecast again, except, maybe, the Chicago Weather Center Blog's. I would only rely on weather

H.I.F. From Reddit's Today I Learned: TIL Alfred Hitchcock was notoriously hard on actors. He was once quoted as saying, “Actors are cattle”–a quip that stirred up a huge outcry. In response, he issued this correction: “I have been misquoted. What I really said is,

H.I.F. Dalrymple on UNICEF's blundering incompetence [http://takimag.com/article/unicefs_chemical_weapon_theodore_dalrymple#axzz2v7WG2l3g] . If you're supporting UNICEF, you should probably stop. This National Catholic Register blog entry spells it out [http://www.ncregister.com/blog/simcha-fisher/should-catholics-support-unicef].

If you didn't hear, Fulton Sheen took another step closer to sainthood earlier this week. Another, I suspect, saint, Andrew Apostoli, talks about Sheen here [http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/father-apostoli-on-archbishop-sheen-i-call-him-my-father-in-christ/] .

BYCU Burger and beer? $250 (plus the cost of the beer). At this bar in midtown Manhattan. "A Midtown restaurant will sell a $250 hamburger – an umami bomb comprised of Kobe beef, foie gras, crispy pancetta, white truffles and caviar." Link [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/meet-250-burger-article-1.

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

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.

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/

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."