Bits & Bytes

BARBIE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ28EZBpWwM and click to 15:43 to hear conservative Catholic Michael Knowles talk about why he loved the movie. He almost makes me want to watch it.

CANCEL CULTURE: NASCAR driver Noah Gragson has been suspended indefinitely for “liking” a George Floyd meme/song on Instagram.

CLICK https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1687954637239009280 [2/53] to hear the “Under the Sea” parody. It’s not funny or profound, but apparently Gragson and 77,600 other people saw something “like-able” in it.

But, instead of sticking up for his right to have his own opinion, Gragson groveled. “I am disappointed in myself for my lack of attention and actions on social media. I understand the severity of this situation. I love and appreciate everyone. I try to treat everyone equally no matter who they are. I messed up plain and simple.”

As per usual, it didn’t help. He’s still out of a job.

• https://www.outkick.com/nascars-noah-gragson-suspended-for-liking-george-floyd-meme/

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixHGR2wL7_o [11:47] to hear Fr. Mike correctly explain the RCC doctrine on eternal salvation with regard to faith and works. HINT: It’s not “Protestants believe we are saved by faith; Catholics believe we are saved by works.”

• https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/faith-and-works-0

KNIFE SKILLS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtEfBKJZrVQ [13:05] for another great kitchen lesson from Lan Lam.

WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING: CLICK https://twitter.com/Protestia/status/1688516964702990336 [2:31] to hear a Presbyterian Church USA pastor use her pulpit to praise child sacrifice. “I felt God’s presence with me as I made the decision to end two pregnancies and I felt no guilt, no shame, no sin.”

I don’t think it was God’s presence she felt.

• https://notthebee.com/article/presbyterian-pastor-wearing-a-planned-parenthood-stole-praises-abortion-celebrating-two-of-her-own-i-felt-no-guilt-no-shame-no-sin
• https://protestia.com/2023/08/07/pcusa-pastor-sermon-slams-pro-lifers-rejoices-in-her-two-abortions-i-felt-no-guilt-no-shame-no-sin/

STOCK UP NOW: This fall, some foods are going to be in shorter supply with higher prices. These include beef, rice, wheat, corn, sugar, oranges, tomatoes, butter, eggs, mayo, olive oil and seed oils (soybeans, sunflowers, peanuts, rapeseed, and canola oils), infant formula, beer and champagne.

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/start-thinking-alternatives-6-foods-205048504.html
• https://www.thedailymeal.com/1166891/the-13-food-shortages-to-expect-in-2023/

GRAMMY NOTES: One day, my mother found burn marks on the kitchen counter. After inquiries, my little brother informed her proudly that he had poked a screwdriver into the toaster to “fix” it and, in an excited voice, announced, “Blue and orange sparks flew out!!” My mother turned dead white.