16 June 2013. Is There Hope for Iran?

THIS is what Our Lord Christ thinks of the anti-Muslim haters…

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A friend wrote me:

I have some hope that Rouhani might actually make a difference. He has the cred to have standing with the powers-that-be in Tehran, but also may find a way to dialogue with the West in a way that’s neither obsequious nor terminally dysfunctional (like Ahmadinejad). Fingers crossed and candles lit; may God shed his grace on all of us and bring an honourable and peaceful end to the ridiculous nuclear stand-off. The Iranian people deserve it.

I quite agree. As a god-fearing Christian, I oppose Potapov, Dreher, Paffhausen, Webster, and Jacobses, who support the American demonisation of Iran, neocon warmongering throughout the world, and rightwing lunacy in general. All decent people hate their vicious and god-denying drivel (may God offer them “the onion”, though)…

BMD

15 June 2013. Midwest Calming Down After Booting Out Moriak

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Got this from one of the Cabinet:

It’s sure been quiet in the OCA Midwest. I can’t tell you how welcome that is. I don’t know what’s going on, but the diocesan website hasn’t had an update since the end of Lent. From all accounts, Golitzin’s taking care of some things neglected during the Moriak mess. The OCA parishes I know are in the midst of the usual summer rounds of weddings, outdoor work days, and parish picnic planning. No drama, unless it’s from a bride when something goes wrong. Some things don’t change and I’m very grateful for that.

That’s GOOD NEWS, kids… it means that Golitzin is doing things the Old School Metropolia way, the way they’ve always done things in those parts. He’s not ordering people about or issuing bombastic ukases… no! He’s takin’ care of business the old-fashioned way… something that’s good to see. The OCA took a wrong turn under Schmemann and Meyendorff… now, it’s time to go back to the old true path and go home. This could be an earnest of that. Good on Alexander Golitzin.

If there’s good news, I’ll report it, and gladly. I’ll NOT cheerlead, but I’ll report the good as well as the bad. In short, I’ll never kiss ass, but I’ll be there to give out an attaboy, if it’s deserved. It’s deserved in this case. As I said, good on Bishop Alexander. May all the others get the hint…

BMD

14 June 2013. Good Sense From the Cabinet

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One of the Cabinet wrote me:

Where does one find one of Jacobses’ “progressively-captive” churches? I might want to attend Divine Liturgy there!

Indeed! Raise a glass and cheer! There’s still a good deal of Old-School feisty grit left in the Church. I do daresay that Jacobses forgot (or never learned) that St Aleksei Toth BLESSED the Wobblies! I’m handing out the AKs, machetes, RPGs, and axe handles out back. Git here before they’re all gone!

BMD

14 June 2013. Hans Jacobses Kisses Acton Institute’s Arse in Lickspittle Post

The Church has NO problems with the Left… neither should we. Oppose such rightwing filth as the Acton Institute and the Orthodox toads who support them. They want to bring Satan‘s money-worshipping lies into the Temple… don’t argue with them… just fight them with all your God-given talents. After all, there IS a Judgement…

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Read this. The only reply to such mind-numbing rot is, “Kiss my arse, Hans Jacobses”. Hans Jacobses is an overeducated konvertsy cretin… he’s one of the more egregious members of the ignorant convert brigade. Look at the title he chose… “The Progressive Captivity of Orthodox Churches in America”. He’s upset that most Orthodox oppose the greedster agenda of grasping and soulless rightwing buzzards such as the Acton Institute. I’d remind Mr Jacobses that HH OPPOSES the so-called “Free Market” and calls it a fraud. So does Pope Francisco, for that matter. Indeed, all major Orthodox First Hierarchs CONDEMN the rapacity of the godless greedster libertarian nonsense that Mr Jacobses (and the konvertsy in general) eat up by the gross (you see, the Republican Party says, “Greed is good” and “The race goes to the swiftest”… and their subservient dogs such as Jacobses, Potapov, and Paffhausen slobber on command when that bell is rung… after all, “The richer someone is, the better they are”. That’s the bedrock credo of American suburbia).

This post shows the vapid vacuity and bovine ignorance that lies behind konvertsy bluster. A more true post would have the title, “The Rightwing Captivity of Orthodox Converts in America”. As I said at the head of this post, “Kiss my arse, Hans Jacobses”. You can stand with HH or you can stand with Hans Jacobses. I’ll bet you any amount that Jacobses voted for the godless sectarian Romney (anyone who can equate an anti-Christian sect such as Mormonism with Christianity has rocks in their head)… that shows you the depth of his “Orthodoxy”. There are no other alternatives. Don’t argue with such self-centred cretinish ignorance… oppose it, with all your powers. God wills it…

BMD

13 June 2013. Is JP Starting a “New” Monastery? … REAL Orthodox “Race Relations”… And More…

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One of the Cabinet whispered:

Scuttlebutt has it that JP’s going to start a new monastery. I did hear that Patriarch Kirill told ROCOR NOT to take JP.

Remember how Potapov and Paffhausen were yelping that the Centre was going to take in JP, just you wait n’ see? Well, HH gave that one an old-school NYET. NO WAY… NO HOW. If JP’s starting a “new monastery”, where’s the money coming from? The OCA doesn’t have it… Valerie Ringa sez so. ROCOR is as flat-busted broke as the OCA is… Jordanville has fallen to rack and ruin. The Centre ain’t ponying up any cash for the OCA. In fact, Mollard’s trying to get clergy to go with him on his pending ad limina trip to Moscow (all OCA Metropolitans have to go to the Centre to get its nod… the OCA is autocephalous in name only, as everyone knows), but he doesn’t have the gelt to pay their fare and HH isn’t forwarding any either. Ergo, a “new monastery?” Well… he’ll have to pull several rabbits out of the ol’ tired hat… and I don’t think it possible. I’ll lay money that he’s gong back to Manton… where he’ll be a royal pain-in-the-arse to all concerned. We haven’t seen or heard the last of him… he’s got some nastiness to pull before he goes…

Another person wrote:

Our La-Di-Dah “Orthodoxy is so lucky to have me” converts obnoxiously presume Russians need lessons in race relations. I’ve never seen people more free of racial bias than “real” Russians and Ukrainians… especially, those from the “other side”. That’s a fact.

You want proof? How ‘bout Aleksandr Pushkin? How ‘bout his gran’pa Ivan Gannibal? Of course, I just posted about James Lloydovich Patterson… it’s clear that the Rodina wants him back. Don’t listen to rightwing pukes… Russia has always been a land of many peoples, creeds, and races. We’re a mixed lot… Eurasians, indeed! The konvertsy have nothing to teach us… NOTHING. If we follow what’s best in our Russian heritage, trust me, we don’t need “education” from condescending former-Anglican worthies.

Here’s something about one of the OCA crowd:

Michael J Pasonick Jr, a Wilkes-Barre engineer tied to several public corruption cases, has been fined by the Department of State. Pasonick was one of 156 licensed or commissioned professionals and organisations that the Department of State took disciplinary action against during May, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele announced Tuesday. Pasonick was ordered to pay a 1,000 USD (31,960 Roubles. 750 Euros. 640 UK Pounds) civil penalty and to attend and complete at least five hours of remedial education on ethics. He also had a public reprimand placed on his permanent disciplinary record with the board and had his licenses suspended because he was convicted of a criminal offence. He previously pleaded guilty to paying a school board member in Luzerne County between 1,000 and 5,000 USD (31,960 to 159,800 Roubles. 750 to 3,750 Euros. 640 to 3,200 UK Pounds) to win the board member’s support for his efforts to secure school district contracts. During court testimony, Pasonick also said he paid 2,000 USD (63,920 Roubles. 1,500 Euros. 1,280 UK Pounds) to former Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert Cordaro to keep engineering contracts with a sewer authority in the county.

http://m.citizensvoice.com/news/state-fines-pasonick-for-role-in-corruption-cases-1.1503796

Pasonick was tight with Herman and Mollard. He’s trying to get reinstated as a deacon, but one of my contacts at St T’s told me in the car park that that’s going nowhere FAST. Pasonick was one of Bobby’s confrères… and that’s the kiss of death, now.

In short, the usual stew pot is bubblin’ away. God do help us… our “leadership” certainly isn’t…

BMD

 

13 June 2013. Fr Michael Kovach’s Health is Failing… Say a Prayer Today

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Fr Michael Kovach, who’s in his nineties, is in worsening health. Say a prayer for him, and have your priest mention his name at the Proskomidi at Liturgy this Sunday. Light a candle for him, too… it’s what Christians do. The Mystery of Death… the End of Life… it’s comin’ for all of us, sooner or later. It’s one of the reasons why we’re Christians… what is, IS… there’s nothing more to say, is there?

BMD