by | April 27, 2026 · 9:08 am

WHCD Shooting

Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto with graphics added by CtH.

Hello everybody!

So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.

I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”

I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)

I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.

I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.

I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.

On to why I did any of this:

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

What my representatives do reflects on me.

And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.

(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)

While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)

Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t*

Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)

Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security

National Guard: same as Hotel Security

Hotel Employees: not targets at all

Guests: not targets at all

In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)

I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.

Rebuttals to objections:

Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.

Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.

Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.

Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.

Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?

This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.

Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.

Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.

Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.

Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack

Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.

Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.

I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.)

Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.

Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.

Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.

Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.

Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.

Thank you all for everything.

Sincerely,

Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen

PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.

Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.

What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.

No damn security.

Not in transport.

Not in the hotel.

Not in the event.

Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.

I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.

The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.

Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.

Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed s–t.

Actually insane.

Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.

Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.

There’s been some nonsense talk about how Trump supposedly has the “lowest approval rating in history” and that the WHCD shooting was staged to improve those numbers. You can look at the historical approval records yourself; there’s no paywall.

On April 21, 2026, House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries, posted to social media, “Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight. We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

On April 26, 2026, the day after the WHCD shooting, Jeffries posted to social media, “America will not be lectured about civility by far right extremists in Congress. Particularly those who provide aid and comfort to hundreds of violent rioters who brutally beat police officers on January 6. There will be ample time to vigorously debate the issues of the day. Now is a time to unify.”

CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2048407639063711811 [:26] to hear Jamie Raskin respond to a question about his “heated rhetoric” with “What rhetoric?”

  • On Apr 7, 2026, Rep. Jamie Raskin called a Trump speech a “rambling and hate-filled diatribe” and urged Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment to get rid of him.
  • On Feb. 25, 2026, he called Trump “the most corrupt president in American history.”
  • In 2024, he called Trump a “career criminal” and “incorrigible recidivist con man” with a legacy of “American carnage” that nearly toppled the constitutional order.

Babylon Bee writes, “‘This Is A Both Sides Issue,’ Says Side That Shot President Trump, Assassinated Charlie Kirk, Tried To Assassinate Kavanaugh, Tried To Shoot Trump Again, Shot Steve Scalise, Firebombed Governor Shapiro, Tried To Shoot Trump A Third Time … murdered schoolkids in Minnesota, murdered schoolchildren in Nashville, burned an elderly Jewish woman to death in Colorado, murdered a couple at the Jewish embassy in D.C., seized campus buildings and held janitors hostage, assaulted students on campus who appeared Jewish, ambushed ICE officers in Dallas and shot an officer in the neck, assassinated FBI officer David Underwood, assassinated the United Healthcare CEO, cheered the murder of over 1,200 civilians on October 7th, murdered schoolkids in Colorado in 2019, injured over 700 police offers in 2020 riots, murdered retired police captain David Dorn, murdered a 16-year-old boy in ‘CHAZ’, burned down Minneapolis, firebombed a Washington ICE center, murdered six people in Waukesha, assassinated five Dallas officers in 2016, assassinated three police in Baton Rouge in 2016 (you know what, we’re going to stop now, this is getting sad).”

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by | April 27, 2026 · 6:16 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Keep our president safe from all harms. And grant us the graces we need to pray sincerely for the conversion of the minds and hearts of those who hate him. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 27, 1865, the paddle-wheel steamboat, SS Sultana, blew up, killing 1,800 of its 2,427 passengers. Most of those aboard were Union soldiers returning home from Confederate prisoner of war camps. It remains the worst maritime disaster in US history.

BORDER: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ALdhp-191tw [1:27] to hear a “Public Service Announcement” from someone who allegedly moved here from a place with “better vibes, music, food, culture, history.” She has NO accent, which means that, if she was born abroad, she almost certainly moved here while she was a small child and likely has little or no memory of her “better” birth place.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment have collected more than enough valid signatures to put the question on next November’s ballot. The amendment would add a new section to the state Constitution requiring voters to show government-issued identification when voting in person, or to give the last four digits of a unique government-issued identifying number when voting by mail. If the amendment passes, the state will provide voter ID cards at no cost.

CATHOLIC: Professor of History, Dr. Thomas Madden, debunks common myths. [35:46]

  1. False: “The Catholic Church taught the Earth is flat.”
  2. False: “The Galileo affair proves the Catholic Church was against science.”
  3. False: “The medieval inquisition was a reign of terror.”
  4. Semi-False: “The Catholic Church burned Joan of Arc at the stake.”
  5. False: “There’s never been a bad pope.”
  6. False: “The Catholic Church kept the Bible from the people.”
  7. False: “The Catholic Church burned pagan literature.”

DRY EYES: Dearest and I both suffer from dry eyes. The article linked below explains a lot about why the eye drops and heated mask only help for a while. I’m not up for spending $130 on the advertised product, but I am going to try using heat and massage. Since the eye mask we got from the doctor cools off too fast, I’m switching to my home-made rice bag. i.e., a sturdy cloth bag filled with a pound of dry rice and nuked at power five for two minutes.

ENERGY: America’s energy exports hit a record 12.9 million barrels a day last week.

IRAN: [8:36] – A good update.

GRAMMY NOTES: I was an usher at a wedding once. The bride said she didn’t want the male guests trailing after the female/usher guests like lost puppies. I got such delighted responses from the guys when I offered my arm and explained. So fun!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/3947061672094230 for a bunch of nifty beach/pool hacks.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TRw-Ep09p20 for a wonderful “product review.”

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by | April 26, 2026 · 8:20 am

Shooting at WHCD

On Saturday evening, an assailant breached a security checkpoint near the White House Correspondents Dinner and shot a Secret Service agent. The agent, whose vest caught the bullet, is doing well.

The president and first lady were evacuated safely and the shooter was apprehended.

We all know that if the president had been a Democrat, the leftists would be screaming for gun control.

Instead, they’re mourning the fact that the shooter only managed to wound a Secret Service agent.

Minocqua Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin, has been promising “free beer all day” the moment someone kills President Trump. The owner of this brewery, Kirk Bangstad, is running for state office as a Democrat. He sells t-shirts and hoodies saying, “I wish it was free beer day at Minocqua Brewing Company,” “FDT,” “Abolish ICE,” and “Do your part. Punch a NAZI in the face.”

Vincent Hawkins, an ER nurse and anti-ICE organizer, is organizing a GoFundMe account for the shooter. “I’m sure it’ll hit $10 million.”

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by | April 26, 2026 · 6:03 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May your kingdom come over the whole world under the staff of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Amen. Alleluia.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 26, 1933, Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.

CATHOLIC: [6:31] – This is worth your time and prayerful reflection.

EVERYDAY HEROES: In April 2018, a man was threatening to jump from an overpass onto the I-696 freeway in Detroit. Michigan State Police contacted nearby truck drivers via dispatch. Thirteen semi-truck drivers responded, parking their rigs side by side beneath the bridge. The truckers stayed in position for hours while negotiators talked to the man, who eventually allowed himself to be taken to a hospital for help.

FBI: On Monday, Cuba deported Eri “Rose” Ethington (42) and his/”her” lover, Carly Ann “Blue” Crosby (32), both of Cache County, Utah. Upon landing in the United States, the FBI transported them to Richmond, Virginia, for arraignment. The remainder of their case will be handled in Salt Lake City. The two have been charged with International Parental Kidnapping for stealing Ethington’s 10-year-old son from his custodial parent and taking him to Havana to have his boy parts removed.

IRAN: [12:05] – Updates on the Strait of Hormuz and other war news.

LIFE: Nearly four years ago, the Biden FBI sent an armed goon squad to arrest Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck in front of his wife and seven children. He was acquitted and this week won a settlement of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Sadly, We The People will be paying that bill. The people actually responsible will have to wait for eternal judgment to face any consequences.

SEAN OF THE SOUTH: Sean Dietrich reminds me of Garrison Keillor and Bailey White. Grok says that most of the short stories he posts at “Sean of the South” are “true or very closely based on true events and real people.” I hope you’ll click on the link below and find out how “Which Color Do You Want?” ends.

SHEEPLE: CLICK https://x.com/VladTheInflator/status/2047693369032470773 [1:02] to hear Kaitlin Bennett gently explain to a student activist how he is being a hypocrite. I once had a VERY sincere young woman ask for my signature on a climate action petition. I kindly gave her a few facts and suggested she should find out what the other side is saying before promoting a cause. She teared up and speed walked off my property.

SPLC: [16:07] – Federal filings show the Obama Foundation gave the Soros-connected Tides Foundation $1 million in 2022 and 2023 each. According to the NY Post, this money was donated to the Obama Foundation to build the Obama Presidential Center. Instead it was funneled via Tides to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which used some of it to finance white supremacist groups. The SPLC then used the existence of these groups to raise funds to help them in their “fight” against racial hatred and violence.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2047836739079929957 [:32] and marvel at another pointlessly mean thing some LWW put out on social media.

@Smatterchuboy commented, “There are so many things JD Vance can be thankful for in his life. You’ve just pointed out another one.”

@StillHere1976 commented, “Yeah, a guy who overcame coming from a very humble background, serves in the U.S. Marine Corps, honorably, went on to get a law degree from Yale, went on to successes in that field, then became a U.S. Senator, now VP of the U.S.? What a nightmare!“

For the record, Usha Vance is a first generation American of Telugu Indian immigrant parents. She was graduated with a B.A. (History) from Yale University and with a J.D. from Yale Law School. Before joining a law firm, she served as a law clerk for several senior federal judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts. Her husband calls her one of the smartest people he has ever known. I think it’s obvious in the photo above how she feels about him.

VIRGINIA: CLICK https://x.com/NickMinock/status/2047349930478522849/video/1 [1:06] to hear Democratic state Sen. Lamont Bagby say that conservative Virginians shouldn’t worry that Democrats like him can’t understand rural America because, “I grew up watching the Waltons. I grew up with Opie. I even watched the Dukes of Hazzard. I think I know a little bit about rural America.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Me. Except my bed wasn’t high enough to store stuff under and we didn’t have a rug.

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by | April 25, 2026 · 9:07 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Unending praise be to You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Amen! Alleluia!

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 25, 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The first proposals for a deep waterway linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes were considered in the 1890s. It took more than a half-century to turn the ideas into reality with construction being nearly as ambitious as the Panama Canal project.

DEMOCRATS: Iran’s political, religious, and military leadership are all dead, their navy, air force, and missile launchers are toast, and they’ve lost control of the Strait of Hormuz. Only in fevered Democrat brains like Hakeem Jeffries’ does this add up to “a stronger position” than before.

EDUCATION: I had trouble with 7×8= and 8×8=, so borrowed the flash cards. I remember sitting in bed, flipping between them, saying “56, 64, 56, 64” over and over. To this day, when I encounter 8×8=, I do “56, 64” in my head. LOL

EVERYDAY HEROES: [3:10] – This is so cool!

HYPOCRITES: I asked Grok for sex jokes these three have told about Trump. There were a lot, most of them too gross to repeat on this venue.

Jimmy Kimmel: “The president didn’t want me to tell any jokes about him tonight, but he also didn’t want to pay me $130,000 to shut up. So, here we are. Sorry, mushroom d**k.”

Jimmy Fallon: “In her testimony, Stormy talked about seeing Trump in his satin pajamas, spanking him with a magazine, and having unprotected sex.” He paused, then added with a wince: “Yep, Stormy said they had unprotected sex. Trump was like, ‘The hush money was supposed to be my protection.’”

Stephen Colbert: Frequently joked about Trump dozing in court during salacious testimony and punned on the trial being in “the city that never sleeps… with Stormy Daniels.”

I then asked Grok for jokes any of these three have told about Eric Swalwell’s sexual activities.

“Here’s a straightforward answer on jokes from Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, or Jimmy Kimmel about Eric Swalwell’s alleged sexual activities. There are essentially none that have been publicly documented or aired on their shows.”

MAINE: Platner is leading the US Senate race in Maine, meaning that the same Democrats who were horrified by Pete Hegseth’s “Nazi” tattoos and Elon Musk’s “Nazi” salute are totally unconcerned by Graham Platner’s ink and gesture.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047708403795955942 [:51] to hear the pathetic decision of jerknalists over Trump’s decision to finally, for the first time, attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s not like we needed any more evidence of their rampant bias, but here it is.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/REVWUTRUTH/status/2047661796396302626 [:50] to hear SecDef Hegseth answer “a very TMZ question.” My response is this: THANK YOU! My brother got sent to a war we weren’t 100% committed to winning. My kids got sent to wars that everybody now says were “stupid.” I still have two kids in uniform. It gives me tremendous comfort knowing Trump and Hegseth are in charge.

MYTH BUSTER: The political party switch myth refers to the misconception that the Democratic and Republican parties switched ideologies in the mid-20th century, particularly regarding race and civil rights. The Republican Party was founded specifically to end slavery, which was supported by the Democratic Party. Democrats started the Civil War, established the Ku Klux Klan, and opposed the Civil Rights Movement. Modern-day liberals like to claim the parties somehow switched places on these issues in the 1960s. What really happened is that racist Democrats changed their strategies for suppressing and controlling black participation in our political and economic systems.

S&G: From June 1 through June 4, Israel will host Israel will host the biggest LGBTQ festival the Middle East has ever seen. Organizers plan to convert the area into a temporary city with 15 hotels, beach venues, a central performance stage and nonstop programming. The venue? The Dead Sea, where Sodom and Gomorrah used to be.

STUPID PEOPLE: If her vagina is making noises, she probably has a yeast infection and should see a doctor.

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2047397605974720615 [3:11] to hear him explain how much $$ he saved We The People $298 million. Government bureaucrats wanted $300 million and 3+ years to rip up the famous reflecting pool. Trump said hell no. He called in pool experts and had them scrub, seal, and seal it. Total cost: $2 million. Not gonna hold my breath waiting on the legacy media to report this.

GRAMMY NOTES: I am really enjoying having adult offspring. In a recent group family email, one of our dear daughters offered her sister the following advice. “Take a day to war game what those options might look like and develop some courses of action to consider. Weigh pros and cons. Walk through the possibilities now and really lay out – if this, then that. Might make a future decision (if needed) easier to make.” Such a smart girl we raised! :-)<3

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by | April 24, 2026 · 7:57 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Grant us Your peace to the eternal glory of Your name. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 24, 1990, Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.

BUDGET: [16:43] – Update on the second Schumer Shutdown.

FAFO: A night in jail for assaulting a federal officer? Check. Fired? As one commenter noted, “If she were at work, then she probably had a Walmart vest on and was, therefore, representing Walmart.” So, also check.

HHS: Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had to answer dumb questions from low IQ Democrat senators.

CLICK https://x.com/overton_news/status/2046977124272062797 [:42].

CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2047019441494335805 [:43].

CLICK https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/2046686994651070894 [1:15].

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047042223238172995 [1:21].

CLICK https://x.com/ResisttheMS/status/2047023883086364897 [1:38].

IRAN: [10:29] – On April 22, Iranian forces fired on two commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. One ship was damaged, but no crew members were harmed. They and a third ship may have been seized by the IRGC. Trump said he did not view the incidents as a violation of the current ceasefire, because the vessels did not belong to the United States or Israel.

MEDIA: Why does the media always ask Ivanka Trump about the way her father treats women, but they never ask Chelsea Clinton the same question?

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/2046975390128697679 [1:01] to hear Sunny Hostin (The View) say the war in Iran “is estimated to have already cost us $50 billion. $50 billion, which is more money than this country has spent since World War II.” To date, we have spent roughly $188 billion on the war in Ukraine.

CLICK https://x.com/Jamesjonesik8/status/2047303168145723503 [2:17] to hear Jessica Tarlov (Fox) insist that RFK Jr. is denying people access to the COVID jab. She’s wrong. It’s available at major pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, and others, as well as clinics and some doctor’s offices. In most states, no prescription is required.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2047122029736874276 [:38] unless you don’t want to lose some IQ points listening to a really self-destructive LWW living with major TDS.

VIRGINIA: [14:31] – Dr. Steve talks about the redistricting war and where he sees them going. Spoiler Alert: It’s beautiful!

GRAMMY NOTES: One of my precious offspring wrote this to me yesterday. “It has been so hard for me to raise children so far away from [home]. Every little holiday, every school activity, there is a small part of me missing from the joy – right where I wish my parents could be enjoying their grandbabies.” I need a tissue.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/MustangMan_TX/status/2047114656813056271 [:15] for a quick laugh.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4tftez0GgYo [1:10] to watch horses sleeping.

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by | April 23, 2026 · 9:45 am

April Fools from the USPS

On April 1, Dearest went to the post office to mail our grandson his birthday present. I had pre-printed the label; he went to the desk to fill out the customs form and get it weighed. As of today, the package still had not arrived at its destination in Europe, so I logged into the USPS to check the tracking history. I’m thinking we should’ve waited until April 2 to mail it!

Local Post Office in Central NY:

  • Arrived April 1 @ 4:02 pm
  • Departed April 2 @ 7:41 am

Northwestern Regional Facility in Rochester, New York:

  • Arrived April 2 @ 7:57 pm
  • Departed April 3 @ 12:41 am

USPS Facility, Rochester NY:

  • Arrived April 3 @ 12:55 am
  • Departed April 4 @ 7:43 am

International Distribution Center in Chicago IL:

  • Departed April 4 @ 7:43 am (same moment it departed Rochester)
  • Arrived April 4 @ 7:43 am (same moment again)
  • Departed April 5 @ 6:49 pm
  • Departed April 6 @ 3:40 pm
  • Departed April 7 @ 2:00 am (some people just can’t leave a party)

Network Distribution Center in Warrendale PA:

  • Arrived April 7 @ 1:18 pm (two minutes before departing Chicago?)
  • Departed April 8 @ 5:00 am

International Distribution Center in Chicago IL:

  • Arrived April 8 @ 12:50 pm
  • Departed April 9 @ 8:20 am
  • Arrived April 9 @ 8:21 am
  • Departed April 9 @ 8:21 am (could you people try and hit the right buttons?!)
  • Departed April 9 @ 8:40 pm
  • Departed April 13 @ 1:12 am
  • Departed April 13 @ 6:12 pm
  • Departed April 14 @ 7:13 am (arrived twice, departed six times?!)

Avondale, AZ 85323:

  • Arrived April 16 @ 7:28 pm
  • Departed April 16 @ 7:53 pm

This package is supposed to be going to Europe! How did it end up in ARIZONA?!

Phoenix AZ Distribution Center:

  • Arrived April 16 @ 11:02 pm
  • In Transit to Next Facility @ April 18, 2026

Syracuse NY Distribution Center:

  • Arrived April 19 @ 12:22 pm

Northwestern Regional Facility in Rochester, New York:

  • Arrived April 20 @ 11:57 am
  • Processing Exception: April 20 @ 3:17 pm

Syracuse NY Distribution Center:

  • Departed April 22 @ 12:54 pm

Northwestern Regional Facility in Rochester, New York:

  • Processing Exception: April 22 @ 1:28 pm
  • Departed April 23 @ 2:50 am

Syracuse NY Distribution Center:

  • Arrived April 23 @ 4:44 am

Twenty-two days to go nowhere … sigh.

I called the local PO and she said she’d try to “get a picture of it and give you a buzz back.” ::sigh:: I’d be less dismayed if I’d just bought him something I could easily replace, but the fact is that I spent a lot of hours making his gift. Also, his birthday was on the tenth. :-(““

LATER: PO lady called back quite quickly and reported that somebody managed to lose the customs form, so the package is coming back here. “It should be delivered to your house in a couple of days.” Oh goodie! So we get to start all over again!

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by | April 23, 2026 · 6:57 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Strengthen us in our faith and teach us to pray. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 23, 1635, Boston Latin School opened its door. Puritan colonists particularly wanted their children to be able to read and understand the Bible, so the curriculum centered on religion, Latin, and classic literature. Harvard University was founded the year after Boston Latin, in part so that “Boston Latin’s graduates would have somewhere to go.” Five of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence attended Boston Latin, which 390 years later is still in operation.

EVERYDAY HEROES: In 1943, during a mission over Burma during World War II, the crew of a B-24 had to bail out and deploy their chutes. Several Japanese pilots circled back to strafe the parachuting airmen. Baggett played dead as a fighter approached, then, when the Japanese pilot slowed down and opened his canopy to inspect him, he shot and killed him. After landing, Baggett was captured and spent two years as a prisoner of war before being liberated in 1945.

LEBANON: IDF soldiers fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon decided to destroy the corpus on a large outdoor crucifix belonging to Lebanese Christians in the town of Debel. One did the damage, a second filmed it, and six others stood by. Their superiors have publicly apologized, punished the soldiers, and replaced the crucifix with a better one .

CLICK https://x.com/AFpost/status/2045971171410370852 to see a video being circulated in regard to the recent incident, but it’s obviously not the same crucifix. Commenters say this one was destroyed by Muslims in Lebanon on Christmas.

NATIONAL DEBT: I just checked the debt clock. It’s over THIRTY-NINE trillion now.

SCIENCE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5vyGIvVLRxQ [2:08] to hear Mr. Smith explain microwaves.

SPLC: [10:30] – A grand jury has indicted the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center for paying fascists and racists to do bad things to fuel their fund-raising propaganda regarding right-wing extremism. IOW, actual white supremacist groups were in such short supply that lefties had to fund their own.

VIRGINIA: A new congressional map would give Democrats control of all but one district. A day after the deceptively worded referendum passed, a judge ruled it unconstitutional. Spanberger’s administration is filing an appeal.

This is the very definition of “democracy”, a form of government in which even a slim majority can totally disenfranchise the minority. This is precisely why our Founding Fathers established a “constitutional republic”, not a “democracy.”

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2046920367021625449 [1:29] to hear Scott Jennings discuss it.

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by | April 22, 2026 · 8:56 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 22, 1878, the White House hosted its first official Easter Egg Roll.

CALIFORNICATION: On April 15, the California Supreme Court disbarred attorney John Eastman. The California State Bar claims Eastman, who represented Donald Trump on several legal challenges related to the 2020 election, knowingly peddled unlawful strategies to overturn a legitimate election. Eastman plans to seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

CATHOLIC: The Catholic Just War Theory is a doctrine that outlines the conditions under which war can be morally justified. It requires that the damage inflicted by the aggressor must be lasting and grave, all other means of resolution must be impractical, there must be serious prospects of success, and the use of arms must not produce greater evils than those being eliminated.

ISLAMISM: On the evening of August 19, 1978, four Shiite Islamist militants entered the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, doused the structure, lobby and exits with flammable liquid, exited, barred the doors, then set the building on fire. Between 377 and 470 people burned to death for the “crime” of watching a movie. Several of the perpetrators, who had been allied with the revolutionaries who would take over Iran the following year, went on to become members of the post-revolution Iranian parliament.

LEO vs DONALD: There is a long, but worth it article at the link below presenting the (Catholic) author’s conclusion that the feud was nothing more nor less than a Democrat psyop. “The pope didn’t say any of it, not in the context of Trump and Iran.”

WOLVES: CLICK https://x.com/Protestia/status/2046165174025932806 [1: 09] to hear a United Church of Christ bishop say we need to remove “problematic” pages from the New Testament.

CLICK https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2046259095166996721 [:58] to hear Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister and Democrat running for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd District, describe the wedding she officiated for a couple of Satanists.

GRAMMY NOTES: I remember admiring my new Purple People Eater face mask in the mirror while sitting on one of those stools.

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by | April 21, 2026 · 12:22 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Fill us with confidence that You are in charge. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 21, 1898, Spain declared war on the United States.

DELAWARE: For over a century, Delaware has been the preferred home for corporations, but that has changed under Deep Blue Democrat rule. More than 60 public companies have moved or are fleeing Delaware for more business-friendly states such as Texas, Florida, and Nevada.

HEALTH: On April 18, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that removes legal impediments preventing American researchers, scientists, physicians, and clinicians from properly studying the benefits of psychedelic drugs on mental illness.

IRAN: [2:12] – Sooo well done!! LOL!!

MINNESOTA: The linked article describes what Somali migrants have done to Faribault, a city of just 20,000 about an hour’s drive from Minneapolis.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Andrew Klavan writes, “Pacifism, if it is not suicidal, is just straight up wicked. It simply shunts the moral responsibility of waging war onto another man’s shoulders.” Click the link to read the rest of “Talking Nonsense in the Name of God.” It’s worth your time.

GRAMMY NOTES: Yesterday, I learned I will be undergoing a full, robot-assisted, left knee replacement on May 12. Prayers will be much appreciated.

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