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September 6, 2021- September 12, 2021
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Deep Thoughts on Star Trek Day
Steven D. Greydanus 55 years ago today, western civilization ended. Happy Star Trek Day. Aude perge quo nemo antecessit! Mark Shea
Deacon Steven D. Greydanus responds
For those who may have been wondering about Mark’s joke post on my wall yesterday (Star Trek Day):
In seminary I had a punctilious canon law professor who solemnly told us on the first day of class (in the process of setting expectations for the papers we would write for him) that September 8, 1966 marked the end of Western civilization, because on that date “Star Trek” debuted and split the infinitive “to go” in its title sequence (“to boldly go”).
I raised my hand and remarked that split infinitives had been used in English for centuries by great stylists like John Donne, Wordsworth, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln—and that, since the prescriptivist rule against them was based on Latin, style guides today agree there’s no reason to impose that limitation onto English. (Well, I may not actually have said all that, but whatever I said was convergent with this.)
His serious response: “I don’t care!” The nuns had taught him that infinitives were not to be split, and that, for him, was the end of it.
Mark’s “Aude perge quo nemo antecessit” is of course meant to be rendered “boldly to go where no one has gone before”—without splitting the infinitive because, of course, in Latin “to go” (perge) is one word!
Responding to Mark’s post, I wrote, “I wish to cheerfully raise a glass and toast my canon law professor!” (thereby, of course, splitting an infinitive!).
Now You Know!
Mark Brumley writes on September 8 at 11:55 PM
Maybe one of these days STAR TREK will boldly go where Roddenberry would never go and allow actual, serious questioning of some of Trek’s major axioms about what constitutes a “progressive” future. In the past we had relatively safe questioning, here and there, of the Prime Directive. But nothing truly challenging of the Status Quo Post.
I realize that as certain elements of Trek become Dogma that’s unlikely. And of course as “progressivism” is taken as coterminous with moral development, and Trek prides itself on being morally visionary, it’s all-but impossible it would consider a different perspective. Religions often don’t leave room for serious questions, even secular religions. Still, it would be … fascinating.
Last Week’s Other Stories, Articles and Things
This Week on
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
MYS171: On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the main alternate theories about what happened on that terrible day, including whether it was really planes that caused the deaths of nearly 3,000 people and destruction at three sites.
FEAST DAYS ,HOLIDAYS AND LAST WEEK IN HISTORY
WinCalendar: Calendars, Holidays, Days & Today
Monday September 6, 2021
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary– Feast
Labor Day
Labor Day Facts & Quotes
- The Central Labor Union observed the first Labor Day holiday in 1882 in New York City.
- Labor Day marks the end of the summer season, the beginning of school and the start of football season.
- According to the rules of fashion, Labor Day Weekend is the last official time where wearing white is appropriate.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
– Martin Luther King Jr.Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.
– Abraham Lincoln
CDC Recommends That Unvaccinated People Don’t Travel Over Labor Day Weekend : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
‘Shang-Chi’ Box Office Set For Record Labor Day Weekend
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
- 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan‘s expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
- 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- 1628 – Puritans settle Salem which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
Tuesday September 7, 2021
Top news stories on this day
- Actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment
- Mexico’s Supreme Court Votes to Decriminalize Abortion
- A statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City will be replaced by one of an Indigenous woman
- Caitlyn Jenner on abortion law: ‘I support Texas in that decision’
- The Taliban is holding hostage six planes chartered by Glenn Beck charity to rescue Americans left behind by Biden admin
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
- 1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen.
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1303 – Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.
- 1996 – Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He succumbs to his injuries six days later.
Wednesday September 8, 2021
- Steve From Blue’s Clues Made A New Heartwarming Video
- Hospital Can’t Be Forced To Give Ivermectin To COVID-19 Patient, Judge Rules : NPR
- Richmond, Va.’s Robert E. Lee Confederate Memorial To Come Down : NPR
- Britney Spears’ father files petition to end conservatorship after 13 years at helm of pop star’s estate
- Greg Abbott says Texas will ‘eliminate rape,’ defends abortion law
- Patton Oswalt cancels shows in Florida, Utah after venues fail to comply with his Covid requests
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary– Feast
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1100 – Election of Antipope Theodoric.
- 1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by king Bolesław II.
- 1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
- 1276 – Pope John XXI is chosen.
- 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
- 1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
- 1974 – Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
Thursday September 9, 2021
Saint Peter Claver, priest – Optional Memorial
- Justice Department to sue over Texas’ restrictive abortion law
- Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
- United Airlines staff granted religious exemptions to vaccine mandate will be put on unpaid leave
- Howard Stern rips vaccine opponents: ‘F— their freedom, I want my freedom to live’
- Unvaccinated TikTok User Encouraged Vaccinations Before Her Death : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
- 1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
- 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
- 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
- 1845 – Possible start of the Great Famine of Ireland
- 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
- 1972 – In Kentucky‘s Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
- 1994 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64
Friday September 10, 2021
- Biden to announce vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees
- LI students, parents, teachers prepare to walk out of school in protest of mask mandates
- Tennessee teen talking about grandma who died of Covid heckled by adults at school board meeting
- Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1570 – Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
- 1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
Saturday September 11, 2021
- Children of the same foul spirit’: George Bush compares domestic terrorists and 9/11 attackers
- Opinion | Biden Is Right: Vaccine Refusal ‘Has Cost All of Us’
- Biden honors 9/11 families, calls for national unity in video commemorating 20th anniversary of attacks
- Trump makes surprise visit to New York police and firefighters
- Visiting the 9/11 Memorial: An unforgettable experience
- Denmark Ends Its COVID Restrictions, Thanks To Its High Vaccination Rate : NPR
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
- 1997 – NASA‘s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- 2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.[6]
- 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
- 2011 – The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Sunday September 12, 2021
Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Bishop Barron’s Homily of the Week
Here is what else happened on this day in History.
- 1940 – Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- 1953 – U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
- 1959 – The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon.
- 1959 – Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
- 1962 – President Kennedy delivers his “We choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University.
- 1966 – Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA’s Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
POPE FRANCIS’S FAMOUS LAST WEEK’S WORDS
A Chance To Do A Work Of Mercy
Urgent need please…we were about to loss some of our orphanage children after the toilet fallen down…We can’t live without toilet as it will bring several virus which causes diseases… please help as soon as possible to shift to new house with good toilet …Here it’s the link to Donate:https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MercyForLifeCorp
Please if able make a donation, only $90 needed left to raise. Almost out of time to finish raising it. We have almost reached goal. Please share. Mark Shea
Programs For Exceptional People (PEP) is deeply saddened to learn that a beloved member, Joseph Taylor, passed away from COVID complications. Joseph fought a brief and courageous battle after being admitted to MUSC ten days ago.
Joseph taught us many things about kindness, love, and patience. He had no hate in his heart. His presence at PEP was exemplified by his unwavering belief in his faith, manifested with his angelic voice. Despite challenges, his constant smile and gentle soul were a blessing to his peers and an example to emulate.
Tunes I Came Across Last Week
They didn’t necessarily come out last week.
Imagine Dragons – No Time For Toxic People (Official Lyric Video)
Trying to keep up with what is newly published during the last week is rather difficult as there is no coherent list of all the too many books published.
And so here are some interesting
Book Titles I Came Across Last Week
They didn’t necessarily come out last week.
Malignant (2021)
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
Sunday, Sept. 12
2021 MTV Video Music Awards, TBD, MTV
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