General Discussion, Saturday, July 8, 2023

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Stella

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  1. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    July 8, 2023 at 12:23 am

    Buon Sabato, Stellares! Divertiti sui fiumi d’Italia (Happy Saturday, Stellars! Have a great time on the rivers of Italy)….

    Fiume Adda, Lombardia Regione (Lombardy Region)…

    Fiume Arno, Firenze (Florence) e il Ponte Vecchio (and the Old Bridge)…

    Fiume Po, Torino (Turin)…

    Fiume Tevere Isola (Tiber Island), Roma, la Citta Eterna (Rome, the Eternal City)…

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    • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
      July 8, 2023 at 9:45 am

      Fancy commentary today. You speak Italian?

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      • weather257's avatar weather257 says:
        July 8, 2023 at 2:37 pm

        I took Italian in an adult ed class long ago. Turned out, when I went to Italy, all you need is your hands!! 😁

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      • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
        July 8, 2023 at 2:45 pm

        Good day, czarina! Took an interest in Italian in the 1970s when I was dating an adorable Italian-American actor, but remember very little since I never consistently used it in daily life. In college I wanted to be different when all my friends were taking Spanish which is of actual use in California, and studied French. Don’t remember it either. A linguist I’m not.

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  2. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    July 8, 2023 at 12:33 am

    Operation Mockingbird: How The CIA Took Over The US Media
    By Tim Brown / July 7, 2023

    We’ve known for some time that the Central Intelligence Agency, an unconstitutional one at that, has been warring not only against the people in foreign countries but also against the People of the United States of America.  Many have heard of Operation Mockingbird, which was the CIA’s plan to control the narrative of anything they wanted to control via the media, but how did they actually take it over?

    https://thewashingtonstandard.com/operation-mockingbird-how-the-cia-took-over-the-us-media/

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  3. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    July 8, 2023 at 3:57 am

    Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton discusses a major court ruling against the Biden administration regarding contact with social media companies, the discovery of cocaine in the White House, our latest findings on “critical race theory” in the U.S. Air Force, and more!

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  4. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    July 8, 2023 at 8:35 am

    Mornin’ y’all! What today…..

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  5. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    July 8, 2023 at 12:17 pm

    Afternoon all. It is still in the 60’s (on my patio in the deep shade) but the sky is perfectly clear and blue.

    I’m still working on the same things, sorting a getting ready to move. I haven’t heard from the apt complex yet, but the man in the apt is supposed to be moving out next weekend. Waiting is so hard.

    Hope you all have a nice weekend.

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  6. Sharon's avatar Sharon says:
    July 8, 2023 at 5:39 pm

    I received my new issue of Iprimis in the mail today–just an excellent speech with a lot packed in. The commencement speaker was Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire Catholic Ministries). Here’s a link to the current issue:

    https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-most-important-decision-in-life/

    Some excerpts:

    “Do we hunger and thirst for righteousness? Or do we seek our own advantage? In a way, there is no question in the moral and spiritual order more fundamental than that.

    “A locus classicus for studying this question is found in Plato’s Gorgias. In this dialogue, the character Gorgias is a sophist—which is to say, an expert in teaching the art of persuasive speech. Polus and Callicles are his students. Their concern is not being truthful or just but rather speaking in such a way that they appear truthful or just and hence become convincing to others. Such sophists were, obviously enough, enormously useful to prospective lawyers and politicians in ancient Greece…”

    and this from Frederick Douglass, former slave owner, in 1863:

    “There is no such thing as new truth; error might be old or new, but truth is as old as the universe.”

    I found the speech easy reading (as is almost everything coming from Hillsdale) and packed with source information, names, quotes, etc. So well done.

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      July 8, 2023 at 8:41 pm

      Hi, Sharon! Haven’t check my mail for a few days but my copy from Hillsdale is probably in the box. I also subscribe to Hillsdale’s YouTube channel and Bishop Barron’s commencement address was posted May 17th.

      The Most Important Decision in Life | Bishop Robert Barron

      Besides reading the address, I think most folks would really be inspired at hearing this man speak.

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      • Sharon's avatar Sharon says:
        July 8, 2023 at 9:09 pm

        Thank you for posting that! I need to subscribe to their youtube channel…..

        I have been fascinated for a long time with the obvious quality of the material in Imprimis. They make very effective use of language!!

        A couple years back, I also went through a couple of the online courses. I still hope I find the gumption and focus to take their series on C. S. Lewis.

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        • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
          July 9, 2023 at 12:36 am

          You’re welcome, Sharon! I enjoyed several online courses offered by Hillsdale, too. Unfortunately, the commitment of so much time is not the easiest. Likely I won’t be signing up for any new courses and will just stick to viewing various YT channels which cover subjects I like.

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      July 9, 2023 at 1:25 am

      I really like Bishop Barron’s commentary. I’ve followed him for many years, way before he became a bishop, and even before he founded Word on Fire.

      I like to use some of his work during Advent, Lent, and Easter. Last time I did that at the Tree I got attacked, and boy do I mean attacked, by some Trad Catholics who hate him.

      In all the years of posting over at the Tree I don’t think I’ve had such vicious and hate filled remarks as I did on that post.

      I have gotten his daily Biblical commentary, a very brief few paragraphs, for years. He has a wonderful ability to really turn things upside down and make you look much deeper into what you thought you knew.

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