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Review: Limitless
This show is based off of the film of the same name. While I have never seen it (nor had I heard of it at the time), I have gathered that the film starred Bradley Cooper. In it, Cooper plays … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction
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Dear Media: Stop Lying about the Pope
There is a new article out about the six times that you’ve been flat out lied to about Pope Francis. While long-time readers of The Catholic Geeks have noticed the running gag based around this problem — Strawpope Frank — … Continue reading
Judge Napolitano’s Odd View of Catholicism
The Catholic Geek network brought to my attention an interview with Andrew Napolitano, a former judge on the New York Superior Court and now a law professor and a commentator for various publications in both print and on television. The former … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, History, News, Rants, Resources, The Church
Tagged Annulment, Capitalism, Communism, Doctrine, Economics, Papal Infallibility, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Strawpope Frank, Traditionalism
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Obama to Francis: Screw You
Dear President Obama, can we talk? Because, I know that you’re a complete and total douchebag. But does that mean you have to be rude as well? Look at this lineup for Obama to meet the Pope next week: a”pro-abortion religious sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News
Tagged Episcopal bishop, Gay Marriage, Obama, Pope Francis, President Obama, White House
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Agents of SHIELD or Agents of “Meh”?
I’ve had some issues with Marvel’s tv show Agents of SHIELD. Between my own blog and other blogs, it pissed me off so badly, I’ve blown about eight blog posts, and God only knows how many words on it. In the … Continue reading
Refuting More NY Times Idiocy on Catholicism
The New York Times, in its continuing quest to print all the news that fits the narrative, has published an opinion piece by one Jill Filipovic title “The Pope’s Unforgiving Message of Forgiveness on Abortion.” In it, Ms. Filipovic tries … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Abortion, Scott Eric Alt, The New York Times, Year of Mercy
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That Day in September – a New Yorker remembers 9-11
Remember, remember that day in September, Airplanes and Terror and plot I see no error in thinking that terror Should never be forgot.** You know what today is.
Posted in Commentary, History, Personal Posts
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The NPR’s Pathetic Attempt at Catholicism: A Fisk
Pope Francis will soon visit the United States, and that means ’tis the season for moronic attempts by non-Catholics and fake-Catholics to pretend to explain Catholicism to the Low Information Readers. It’s amazing; not too long ago, people had the … Continue reading
Strawpope Frank Returns: A Fisk
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the Battle of the Fisks! This article was so horrible, it got not one, but two fisks here at The Catholic Geeks! That has to be some kind of record. Enjoy! Anything that the … Continue reading
Fisking the Post’s Strawpope
Yesterday, the Washington Post published an article on Strawpope Frank. Well, actually, they claim it’s on Pope Francis, but we know how that works now, don’t we? The title of the article is “Conservative Dissent is Brewing Inside the Vatican,” … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, News, The Church
Tagged Cardinal Burke, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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Catholicism and the Recency Bias
On Sunday, as I was leaving the 7:30 Mass at my parish, I met an elderly woman coming in early for the 9am. She decided to strike up a conversation about the weather, which in my area around this time … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, History, Resources, The Church
Tagged Bias, Vatican I, Vatican II
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ACLU Forces Catholic Hospital To Sterilize Woman
I’m sure no one, at all, saw this coming. The threat of a lawsuit — not the actual lawsuit, the mere threat — from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has compelled Catholic hospital Mercy Medical Center in San Francisco … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Health, News, The Church
Tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Mercy Medical
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The Radio Show Hugos AAR and PP
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7858339 Check Out Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio This week on The Catholic Geek radio show, there were two guests talking about two completely different topics. In the first hour, Tom Knighton and … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Science Fiction
Tagged Abortion, Blog Talk Radio, Daniella Bova, Declan Finn, Hugo Awards, Planned Parenthood, Tom Knighton
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Fatherhood is a Sexist Concept
Abortion supporters tend to have only two settings: shrill attacks, and sullen silence. We’ve been seeing a lot of the latter thanks to the Planned Parenthood exposés that have been hitting the Internet (yet not so much with the news … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Health, Resources
Tagged Abortion, Contraception, Family, Planned Parenthood
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Hugo Who?
If you’ve been on social media this weekend, you might have seen a kerfuffle over the Hugo Awards, which took place on Saturday. This kerfuffle has been going on for a long time, but it’s getting louder and louder, and … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, News, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Science Fiction
Tagged Hugo Awards
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Anime 101: the Catholic Geeks Intro to Anime
Look, you keep me around on a general geek blog for long enough, and you’re bound to get a post about Japanese animation (colloquially known as “anime”). Several posts, in fact; between talking about various series, discussing currently-airing shows, and … Continue reading
The Liturgy Wars: More on Sacred Music
Not too long ago, I wrote a post on all the reasons why sacred music done right was so important. There are good reasons why fluff is not right for the Mass, and “fluff” includes guitars, pianos, and anything written … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, News, The Church
Tagged Archbishop Chaput, Church Teaching, John Romeri, Liturgy, Mass, Music, Orthodoxy
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Karina Fabian returns to The Catholic Geek
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7819391 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Tonight was the long threatened episode where Karina Fabian return to The Catholic Geek to talk about the conclusion to her space opera trilogy, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Rants, Science Fiction, Superhero
Tagged Dollhouse, fantastic four, Firefly, Karina Fabian, Marvel Comics, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, x-men
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Pope in US
You can’t visit social media without tripping over news or opinion about Pope Francis visiting the United States right now usually with the hashtag #PopeInUS. I’d say that it was finally drowning out political infighting, but that’s not actually true. … Continue reading →