Blithe Spirit

Interesting fellow.

Vasquez joked that he wasn’t homophobic but would “beat a f*ggot down”

(Vasquez author name ‘prime!!!’ at undergroundhiphop.com)

In Andre’s Own Words

Misspent youth, apparently.

Would you like this man to be your alderman, a former “battle rapper,” yeah!

The lyrics featured on the website include: “Holdin’ mics with a slight buzz. Beatin’ bitches like Ike does” and “Grab you by the clavicle and drag your ass across the ground. Leave you bound and gagged in a bar surrounded by f*gs. Looking like a clown that found a gown and dressed in drag.”

In a video posted to YouTube, rapper Vasquez tells his female battle rap opponent: “I’m going to smack you til your dizzy, give you a tilt-a-whirl. I want to battle a real MC not a little f*cking girl” and “Yo everybody she the right size so she can blow me.”

This be a Democratic Socialist candidate whose motto is “It’s our moment.” Yeah!

Is that what I was feeling all those times?

If I had only known.

Later: Kidding, you know. Never had a nanosecond regret.

Another chess game. Makes life interesting for lower-case democrats.

The heavy hand of the dictator cardinal lands yet again.

Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to close St. Joseph College Seminary is creating sharp disagreement from the seminary’s advisory board.

In a scathing letter obtained by NBC 5, sent this week to Cupich, the 12-member board called the announcement to close the seminary “unexpected and disturbing.”

Cupich told the board the the number of seminarians were too low – 20-plus current students, however the board responded “we’ve been more focused on the quality of young men over quantity” and “we, as a board, expected more from you than just an 11-minute announcement with no warning or dialogue.”

The actions of an edict-prone prelate:

The advisory board says they were totally disregarded and added: “The complete lack of transparency surrounding this decision (neither the Board nor the Rector were consulted) seems symptomatic of many issues currently affecting the church. Aside from the horrible impact this decision will have on the Seminarians and our church in the future, we feel compelled to tell you that this unfortunate approach to decision-making is driving people away — not encouraging opening and healing to a broken church.

Your unidentified “advisors” who apparently recommended this abrupt action court have considered the effects of this unfortunate decision. When veiled in complete secrecy, how can we, as a Board of Advisors with years of dedicated service and millions of dollars raised conclude anything other than this was a decision bereft of objective criteria and prayerful discernment? While talk about “transparency and accountability” is a noble goal, here there was neither.” [emphasis added]

Not to worry, says the spokesperson:

“It is clear there is a need for clarification on the decisions made with regard to the seminary,” she said. “He looks forward to providing that information to them.”

Eagerly, of course.

Question, besides the above: In an age of declining candidates and priests, why this? Also: what’s the recruitment and training program now? Incredible.