The Anchoress

I keep getting emails from folks trying to convince me that “Embryonic Stem Cells are the most promising blah blah for treatment of disease, blah blah, mean conservatives inhibiting science, blah blah…”

And they’re not convincing me. If ESCR held the promise these folks vaunt, there would be venture capitalists lined up around the block to throw money at the researchers. Hey, there is nothing stopping them from doing so, there is NO LAW against ESCR. When I see that happening, when I see the chilling George Soros investing as much money in ESCR as he has invested in political manipulation, I’ll start to believe that ESCR might actually show some promise.

Meanwhile, AJ brings the news that a small human liver has been grown in a lab, via umbilical cord stem cells. Now that’s news. THAT should be a lead story on ABC/CBS/NBC. But you’ll probably only read about it on the blogs.

You still thinking you’re going to sit out your vote? Follow the links and if you still sit out your vote, you’re not allowed to complain, later, in fact you should be ashamed. And I NEVER say that about anything…

Meanwhile Election Fraud Allegations are Surfacing - read Siggy and watch the videos. Maddening. Almost more maddening than this.

The Year of Two Popes - an interesting-looking piece in The Atlantic that Siggy sent along and which needs printing out and reading…unless you like reading very long things online.

French Justice as entertaining and effective as the Knave’s trial in Alice in Wonderland. A very interesting and troubling piece. You’ll want to read it.

The phenomenon of Democrats throwing away the people in their lives who take a differing view. Ummm, yes, it’s happened to me, too. Some of the Dems in the piece realize they’re being extreme…but some don’t. As a former Dem, I’m thinking perhaps it is a combination of believing in your moral and intellectual superiority and some deep-seated sub-conscious insecurity. If you are convinced that your belief system is founded on something firm, and not sand, you don’t mind other people taking a different view of things.

The blackface thing, again. Only Dems can get away with it…or, seemingly…would want to I see it as rank projection.

Melanie Philips on Britian’s very screwed up priorities and on its going wobbly, too. Both are must-reads.

Hang Right Politics is enormously energetic - you can go there and just scroll down, there is so much there. I liked this review of those awful tax cuts the Dems can’t wait to repeal.

When I wrote my predictions for 2006, I made a lot of errors (so did freaking A-Rod…). But, sadly, I got this one all-too right.

Is porn providing some sort of catharsis for teens? Glenn Reynolds is looking at some statistics and wondering about it. Maybe it’s just making kids benumbed and jaded. That would be weird.

About the flu shot: Dr. Steve Clouthier gives 5 reasons why he’s against ‘em.

“Dilbert” creator, Scott Adams has retreived his ability to speak, and tells about it in a very interesting piece

I can’t remember where I found this and am sad about that, because I’d like to give a hat-tip, but Ulysses for Dummies is great fun. And, you know…better than the book.

I love this Indiana Jones Rejection Letter

A new blog on Catholic Education and other things: Detocquevilles Daughter. She’s a Steeler’s fan, but we’ll let it stand!

Speaking of films, this one sounds kinda charming.

If you had planned on starting a novena to The Holy Spirit, or to Our Lady of Guadalupe or to St. Michael the Archangel, or to St. Jude or to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in hopes of ending it on Election Day…well, yer late! But it’s never too late to pray. I started a novena today while at Adoration, praying earnestly for the “highest good” to prevail for the sake of our nation. I’ll keep at it and the novena will be finished on Election day…but you know…if you start now, you can finish while the threatened recounts are going on.

I never thought I’d see the day when American elections reminded me of banana republics…but…then again, I never in a million years, back when I was a liberal Democrat, thought I’d see the Dems use the children of their opponents as political fodder, and I never thought they’d become the “gay outting party,” either. But it seems to be what they do. The Cheney daughter, Santorum’s assistant, “the list“…what low-class politicking this is.

A while back I wrote:

I think Boomers like to hear the lie – they know that as long as the lie is predominant, it is, essentially, the truth. They…I probably should say “we” have made it our “tolerant” habit to excuse deviant, dishonorable behavior with a shrug and a “we all make mistakes,” as long as the dishonor is perpetrated by the right sort of person. Thus, Al Gore’s son can drive drunk – George W. Bush’s daughters may not drink at all. Absolution, it seems, is no longer granted or denied through the Right Hand of God, but from the Left.

That double standard of moral superiority is what drove me rightward. Now, I struggle for balance.

I can never be a Democrat again. I can barely be a Republican, but I know I can never be a Dem again.

Btw, several of you have inquired as to why I was so quiet today - nothing terribly wrong, just follow-up medical visits regardings Buster’s knee which is healing nicely and will require some physical therapy but thankfully no surgery. I do believe all of your prayers and good thoughts helped him! Thank you!